Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate Atlantis or any of its characters. I own Mac "Blazing Heart", Emily, the Queen, Rima, Leeander, and Tina.

I ran as fast as I could before skidding and hiding myself inside a storage closet within the Hive, my heart pounded. What had happened? The last thing I remember was standing in the room looking at my new attire before some strange blinking lights; then when I woke up this morning I called the Wraith Queen "mother" it wasn't until a few hours later that I found myself staring out one of the Hive's windows. That was when I became confused, how long I had been with the Wraith? A day or two, a month, a week?

I looked down at my attire, it was definitely not made for running, twice I had stumbled on the long dark blue coat. I found myself wishing I was more like Colonel Sheppard, who was the bravest person on Atlantis as far as I'm concerned. If this was him right now he wouldn't be hiding in some closet in fear, he'd be trying to get out; but how?

My heart pounded and my stomach ached, not from hunger, but from fear. My entire body was tense and I could barely keep myself sitting down; I pushed my glasses up my nose and reached to grab mom's peace symbol I always wore around my neck, I froze and looked at my pendant. I slightly remember that Wraith who captured me putting it on around my neck; I frowned, if I had to leave my mother's peace pendant behind...I didn't want too, but...I know mom would understand. It was going to be hard to be separating with the last thing I have of hers, but I know she'd tell me my life was more important that a necklace. I looked down at my hands, like the rest of me, they were shaking badly and I couldn't stop them from shaking; I leaned forward. OK, how to get out of here?

I don't know anything about Hives. If I knew what had happened to me after the blinking lights maybe I could write myself a little note so when I'm...Doing whatever I can find and read it and maybe escape? I blinked and saw that even though I was shaking and nervous I was sitting tall and straight, very dignified, with my hands on my lap; since when I did I sit scared without slumping?! Weird, this was all way too weird. I have got to get out of here.

I froze and held my breath when I heard footsteps, I darted behind a large crate and saw that it had once belonged to the Genii but the Wraith had taken it for whatever reason. I was glad it was tucked almost in a corner so I had a good place to hide.

"Blazing Heart," exclaimed my Wraith captor, "come out. I know that you are in here, there is no use hiding."

I got down as low as I could and kept holding my breath; fear ran through me making me feel as if my legs and arms were trapped in concrete; my heart pounded, the shaking got worse. I realized though with a strange pride that I wasn't crying, I was starting to "woman up" as my mom called it when she was alive.

"Blazing Heart, I am warning you come out now before I come in and get you. I will not take your hand and lead you out of here as I have done before."

I blinked, before?!

"I know for sure you are in here, Blazing Heart, I heard that thought; yes before. Yesterday before you went to sleep you started regaining your human memories and I found you hiding in here behind a stack of human items." My wraith replied.

I kept my mind quiet and watched as the Wraith slowly walked into the closet. I was so glad that it was full to the brim with junk, I forced my legs and arms to move as I crawled and kept low so he didn't see me; I was also thankful that Hive Storage Closet's didn't have lights. At least I hope they don't have lights. I froze when I glanced up and saw two glowing green eyes looking around the room, I realized then that the glowing eyes belonged to my Wraith! OK, that was it, I'm getting the heck outta dodge!

I kept my slow and steady crawl so I was careful not to ruffle any papers, make anything fall, or make a noise. I froze and noticed he was coming towards me, I had to do something to get his attention! I paused and noticed my coat had a small pin on it with a design that felt like a Celtic knot but different. I took the pin off and waited until my Wraith paused and turned as he looked towards another wall, I threw the pin to the pile of junk way behind me. That grabbed his attention, he ran over there, I crawled and stood up near the doorway in time to hear him turn and see his glowing eyes set on me.

"Blazing Heart!"

"Mac!" I replied before running out of the closet, I backed up and hit a part of the wall that made the doors hiss close. Ok that bought me some time; I heard the Wraith pounding the wall looking for the 'handle' to the storage closet door to open it. Obviously he had night vision, but not x-ray vision!

I ran and quickly stepped into another empty room with a group of Wraith passed, I heard one of them talking and realized they were looking for me! They were telepathic, crud, I almost forgot about that. I waited until they were far down the hallway and around the corner when I opened the doors and glanced around I didn't see anyone, I ran...I heard loud buzzes and followed the noises. It took me nearly 20 minutes I guess but finally I found the source of buzzing: the Dart Bay. YES! Wait how do I fly one of these things?

I looked at all the Darts and froze when I saw one was starting to hover in the air ready to take off, it was getting ready to beam up some supplies. Please, wherever you are going, let there be humans!

Blazing Heart, don't you even think of going into that beam! My Wraith's voice threatened in my head.

I ran towards the Dart as the beam came on I jumped and made it into the beam in time, the last thought that entered my head was: I hope the beam doesn't give me a cheap haircut.

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Leeander mentally shouted at the pilot to stop, but he kept insisting the Queen had ordered him to immediately deliver the unwanted Genii supplies to a 'Lantean Off World base. He knew the supplies contained subspace transmitters that would lead them to Atlantis and he'd get Blazing Heart back. He ran in just in time to see her jump into the beam, her eyes wide with hope and fear. Then the Dart flew out of the Hive...For some odd reason Leeander felt a strange pain in his chest. He did not want Blazing Heart...Mac...To Leave. He wanted to know more about Mac, not the woman he had "created." He shook his head, an odd feeling...He should not have this feeling for any human, let alone a child.

He tensed and heard his Queen's voice mentally snapping at him to get to the throne room. He walked stiffly down the hallways, his fellow Wraith sent him glances, that not show sorrow, fear, or empathy, just indifference. He walked into the throne room a minute later and bowed low to his Queen, he knew never to give a short bow to the Queen after failure; this was a sign of disrespect and it was as if he was saying, 'I enjoyed making sure you couldn't get what you wanted.' Bowing low was an apology, a sign of complete utter respect and loyalty.

"Why did you allow Blazing Heart to leave?" The Queen asked, her voice low and steely with anger. She kept her mouth open and her pointy teeth bared, her hands rested calmly on the armrests of her throne, her legs crossed.

"I did not, my Queen," Leeander replied trying to hold back a wince, in all his years of serving for the Queen he knew never to argue with her, arguing with a queen was an insult to her, "I followed her into storage closet 31 B on the 3rd level of the Hive. When I found her she was at the door and shut the doors on me."

"You simply did not open the door?" The Queen asked in sarcasm.

"It...Took me a few moments, my Queen, the storage closet is very full. I tracked her thoughts to the Dart Bay and arrived in time to see her jumping into the beam. It is the Dart that is going to a 'Lantean Off World Base," Leeander replied before he clasped his hands behind his back and lowered his head.

The Queen paused, "I will give you one more chance: get the girl and bring her back. If she reaches Atlantis than you follow her there and have her waiting at a place that a Dart will have easy access to beam her into it."

"Yes, Queen-"

"She is very important to me, to us," The Queen replied.

"I know, my Queen, she is your new daughter-"

"She is not only my adopted child but she also has a strong ancient gene that will be of use to us. She is also our key into destroying Atlantis once and for all," the queen replied, then paused, "in Wraith years she is old enough to be trained to be a hunter."

"Yes, my Queen," Leeander replied.

"This means she is also old enough to go through a mating ceremony. But I do not think she is mature enough in Wraith or human years for this. Which is why I only want you to hypnotize her into thinking she has always been my child and only give her knowledge of the Wraith customs and ways that is common knowledge to each 17 year old Wraith, the rest you shall teach her."

Leeander nodded.

"That is if you are capable of bringing her back to this Hive safely and not failing again," the Queen replied.

"I will bring her back safely, my Queen I swear," Leeander replied.

"If you fail me again, Leeander, it shall be the last time you fail on my Hive, I shall leave you on a barren and lifeless world, then contact all Wraiths in the territory to instruct them never to allow you on their Hive. You will slowly starve to death, or if your failure displeases me worse than this one has, I shall kill you myself and spare you from the starvation, which would be an act of mercy towards you."

"Yes, my Queen," Leeander replied.

"You're dismissed," the Queen exclaimed.

Leeander bowed low once more before quickly leaving the throne room, his heart pounded. He had to find Blazing Heart ad return her to the Hive at once, his life was depending on it. He walked quickly through the Hive.

"Leeander!"

He turned and found his sister walking quickly over to him, his face softened. His sister, Rima, was only 100 years old, she too was a very young wraith.

"Rima, what is wrong?" Leeander asked.

"I have heard rumors amongst the Hive that you are to be banished or killed," his sister replied. She was a few inches shorter than he was, she wore a black coat, black leather pants and black boots; her long white hair was tied back in a loose pony tail. She had become a scientist when she was only 50, she was the Hive's genius and Leeander knew the Queen never wanted anything to happen to Rima. Leeander knew she was safe here.

Leeander paused and attempted to keep his face indifferent.

"We are alone for now, brother," Rima said softly, "here we can show emotions. What has happened these last few days, Leeander? Why I have not seen you as I do each day? Why is our Queen so angered by you?"

"Do you remember the small human girl I carried into the Hive two days ago?" Leeander asked.

"How could I forget? Never have I seen such a human with hair that looks like old rusty metal," replied Rima.

He nodded, "her name is MacKenzie, though she refers to herself as 'Mac' I have named her Blazing Heart."

"It is a name of high honor...It is also a name of emotion," replied Rima, her light amber eyes looked into his own before scanning his face. Leeander tensed and did his best to show no emotion on his face. Rima paused before asking, "do you have feelings for this human girl, Leeander?"

"I have no feelings for the human girl child, I just want to return her to the Queen...Then it shall be up to me to raise her in our ways," Leeander replied.

"Raise...Her? Leeander...How did she get away, what happened, why are you going to raise her?"

"As punishment for my failure of letting her escape," replied Leeander, he glanced behind him and watched a Drone walk through, the Leeander and Rima then stared at each other pretending to have a mental conversation between each other. Anything the Drones heard with their ears always went straight to the Queen, Leeander did not want this.

When the Drone was gone Leeander explained, "I used the machine that you and I created last month."

"The Hypnotic Personality-Memory Equalizer?" Rima asked, "Leeander, we created that machine to help the Wraith who have forgotten who they are to remember their identity and their place on this Hive. We also created it to help the most ancient of Wraith to keep their minds in tact."

"I know my sister," Leeander replied, "but the Queen ordered me to use it on the human girl to make her think that she is the Princess of this Hive and so we can gain access to Atlantis. Blazing Heart started to remember who she was in short bursts only a few hours after the hypnotism."

"Its effects on humans only lasts for 2 short days," replied Rima, "no human has ever had flashbacks of their own memories in only hours."

"I know, her mind is strong to such influences...But she is not good at blocking others out of her thoughts. I found her in the storage closet, but before I could get to her she shut the doors on me. It took a few moments to find the latch to open the closet, I tracked her through her thoughts and found her in the Dart Bay. As I walked in she jumped into a Dart's beam, now I must leave to return her to this Hive or lose my life," Leeander replied.

"Be careful my brother, and stay safe," Rima replied.

"I shall," Leeander replied before turning to leave.

"Do not lie to met again, brother."

Leeander turned, "what did I lie to you of, Rima?"

"Your feelings for this human," Rima replied, "I know you have them, as do you; they are not the feelings of love, they are the feelings of curiosity, they are the feelings a male wraith gets when he meets a female to his liking. Be careful, brother, with these feelings; they can lead to love and happiness with you and the human...Or to heart break, anger, and grief."

"I shall guard my heart against this child," replied Leeander.

"Stop referring to her as a child," Rima exclaimed, "if she is old enough for you to start to have feelings for than she is not a mere child. If you...Begin to grow strong feelings for this human girl...Perhaps she may feel the same for you after a while?"

"She is terrified of me and our kind," Leeander replied, "I do not intend to give my heart to a mere human...Half human...Anytime, my sister. My heart will go to a Wraith female who I will guard, love, and treat with honor every day of my life; I will protect her even on my death bed."

Rima paused, "I...Lied to you also my brother."

Leeander stared at his sister, "what about?" He questioned, shocked; he knew his sister lied to him all the time, but it was extremely rare for her to admit when she lied.

"I...saw Blazing Heart when she left the Storage area but she did not see me. I took a moment to scan her mind, she fears you but I feel that she is also fascinated by you. You are kind to her when she...is Mac...Not Blazing Heart...You treat her with kindness and in a way she feels safe. This is a large step that can be built on, if you continue being kind to her and helping her feel safe while...'raising' her perhaps when she is older she shall give you her heart?"

"I am not ready to mate anyone, let alone a stubborn half human girl, Rima," Leeander replied before heading to the Darts.

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Tina's heart pounded when the radio message came through from the Off World Base on Huron; Mac had been beamed down by a Wraith dart with supplies. She was passed out and had some type of surgery done to her; Todd and Emily's hive had reached the base faster and Todd helped to revert the surgery.

John walked beside Tina, "however she got out she did good," he exclaimed.

"Extremely, I'm so proud of her."

"They said her clothing was odd, we need to know what happened on that Hive," John replied before pausing and taking Tina's hand, "do you want me to wait in the hallway?"

"No," Tina replied, "I think it would help her to see you in the room as well. You are her hero, John, if she won't talk to me I know she'll talk to you."

John nodded before walking into the room, Todd was staring a miniature Christmas Tree in Mac's room; John had explained Christmas and the Christmas Tree to the Wraith nearly 8 times yesterday and most of today...The Wraith understood it...Some. Emily explained as well, but he still remained confused on the concept of bringing a tree into one's house, home, or place of business; decorating it with 'bobbles' (as he called ornaments) and giving gifts to each other only one day of the year. John said gifts were giving on Birthdays and wedding days too, but Todd seemed to ignore that information.

Todd looked up and left the room, Emily was sitting beside Mac stroking her hair when she saw them she stood and walked over.

"Did she tell you anything?" John asked in concern, Tina's eyes were wide with worry.

Emily sighed, "she told me that when she woke up she found herself in a cell, brought to a Wraith Queen by her captor and the Queen adopted her as her daughter to make up for the son that you murdered, John."

"Mac is not her daughter!" Tina exclaimed, "how dare that Queen!"

"Voice down," Emily said softly, "she's really shaken up. She said that only a few hours ago she felt like she had just 'woken up' out of a long dream that she couldn't remember and found herself standing at the window of the Hive, then she ran. She hid from her captor who named her 'Blazing Heart' and managed to get away when a Dart was beaming a few supplies onto it. Did you check the supplies?"

"Of course we did," John replied, "we found a few Subspace transmitters."

Emily nodded, "careful, some of the transmitters are extremely small and can be inside food, or even the wood of the crates themselves."

"Is Mac ok?" Tina asked.

Emily looked to her, "she is very shaken and fearful that her captor is going to return to come get her. She's extremely confused and very upset; her captor took her mother's necklace...But she left her with this one...It is much like the one Todd has given me."

John took the pendant as Emily handed it to him, he looked at it. The pedant was circular with the Pegasus galaxy in it; it was all silver except for a cluster of 3 golden stars.

"The golden stars is the location of where that Hive stays, its territory, and where it can be found. The necklace also serves almost as a Subspace transmitter, but not as powerful, it helps amplify one's thought to another Wraith who wears the exact same pendant."

"Can I see her?" Tina asked.

"Dr. Beckett has given his OK," Emily replied, "go ahead. I do not think I should be around her for a while, although she spoke with me I feel Todd and I scare her."

John nodded, "thanks, Emily. What she told you and what you told us, it's good information better than we could get from any other Wraith."

"It's never a problem, big brother," Emily smiled before hugging John again.

John froze, "you're pregnant...Again?"

"3 months," Emily smiled, "I've learned that as a new Queen I'm expected to be a baby factory," she laughed before leaving the room.

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Tina stared at her niece before walking over to her, Mac was lying on her side curled into a ball, shaking like mad. Her eyes behind her glasses were wide, but no tears brimmed or fell.

"Mac?" Tina asked softly.

"Aunt Tina?" She asked as she sat up, she tucked her legs under her before she knelt and wrapped her arms around Tina and hugged her close, "I'm scared. I know it's immature to say-"

"It's not immature," Tina replied, "I'd be terrified too. It's going to be okay, now sweetie, you're safe. I promise."

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A few hours later I had calmed down but I still kept glancing over my shoulder as I walked to the Jumper with Colonel Sheppard, Aunt Tina, Dr. Beckett, Rodney, Teyla, and Ronon. Everyone was throwing me looks of concern, usually it would bother me but right now I didn't care. I was busy listening for any loud buzzing, voices in my head, or that feeling of my stomach tightening and the hair on the back of my neck rising when my captor was around. Although he scared me (a lot) he also made me feel safe on that Hive for some odd reason. I know that he gets annoyed with me, but he holds his temper unlike that one time yesterday.

"You ok?" Ronon asked me, I nodded.

"I'm just...Freaked out," I replied.

"Yeah, I'd be too," Ronon replied, "we're gonna keep ya safe. You're gonna have nightmares and you're constantly going to be glancing over your shoulder...It's natural, but know that you're safe and we're not letting that Wraith take you again."

I nodded, "thanks Ronon."

"Are you sure you don't want to go back to Earth and stay with Emily and I's older brother?" Colonel Sheppard asked me. I knew that John and Emily's older brother hadn't been a good older brother while they were growing up; but since their dad died he'd gotten a lot better.

I nodded, "I'm sure."

"I could go with you and stay there for a while with you, it would be a nice vacation," Aunt Tina smiled to me.

"No thanks," I replied; I knew Aunt Tina loved her job too much to go back to Earth right now. I knew I was going to have to "woman up" and trust in Aunt Tina and our friends.

"I shall teach you how to fight a Wraith starting tomorrow if you would like," Teyla offered as we walked into the Jumper.

"Really?" I asked.

"Really," she smiled.

"Thanks," I beamed, that would be nice...If my Wraith captor ever found me I'd be able to do more than run. Boy would that surprise him! I could already see the look on his face, it would be of shock. I smirked before paling.

I've come for you, Blazing Heart.

I froze, "close the Jumper door! Hurry! Hurry!"

"What? OK, OK, what's going on?" Colonel Sheppard asked as he turned in his chair.

"The Wraith that got me! He said he's come for me. I don't want to go back, I really, really don't want to go back!"

"Mac, you're not going back there," Aunt Tina exclaimed as Ronon stood and grabbed his gun, at hearing a Dart.

Before John could get the Jumper's door fully closed a Wraith dart flew over head and sent its beam down.

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Leeander looked at his screen for the life signs, he had Mac (the green dot was hers) and 4 other humans. When he heard the sounds of other darts he frowned and turned before he found himself led into another Hive. His Dart's top was forced open once it landed and the humans were beamed out, he looked up to see a Wraith Commander and his mate, the Queen, he had wished never to meet.

"Get out," Todd growled.

"The child is ours," Leeander growled in return.

"Get out before I rip your arm off and beat you over the head with it," the Queen growled.

"You are a child compared to me," Sneered Todd, "I am over 10,000 years old and you dare to disobey me?"

Leeander froze, an Ancient Wraith. He had heard Colonel Sheppard's sister who was turned Wraith was married to an old Wraith, but ancient...He had only met an ancient wraith once before in his life, when he 33 years old. Leeander quickly climbed out of his dart, not because he was commanded too, but out of respect for the Ancient Wraith Commander.

Todd stared at him, "who rules your Hive?" He asked, "and what is she truly after?"

(A/N: The storys only just begun. It's not anywhere near close to over yet. I promise!)