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Chapter 9:
John's team was the only team with five members. Duo had refused, loudly at that, that he wouldn't go on anyone else's team. With Rodney's ever concerning opinion, they had Duo join John's team. As it was, this was his fist mission off world. He had jumped around excitedly the night before, and ran through sparring sessions with Heero. Teyla and John had watched them during their break from sparring, and couldn't take their eyes off of them.
Now Duo was deathly quiet, his gun out as he watched the Wraith before him. The braided boy wasn't sure what to do, he hadn't fired yet, no one has. This Wraith stood, calmly watching them, from what they could tell he carried no weapons and kept his hands to the side. There was one thing; he couldn't believe his rotten luck. The Wraith started to lean forward.
"Ah, don't even think about it," Duo said and lifted the gun from his chest to his head.
They heard running through the forest, John came in on the scene first and pulled his gun up, Teyla was behind him. Rodney was more or less hiding. Teyla looked at the Wraith. "Guys, why is it still alive?" John asked, sounding a little worried. Heero watched it as it turned to John and the others.
"Don't hurt him!" called some one as they ran out, the girl couldn't be any older then ten as she ran to the Wraith and wrapped her arms around his middle. She buried her face in his clothes. John looked at her.
"That thing is dangerous," John called to her. She turned and glared at him.
"The only ones dangerous here are you," she replied.
John looked at her and then lowered his gun. The Wraith placed a hand on the girl's head and watched them. Teyla looked at them and then to John. "Teyla?" John asked.
"I have never heard of such a thing colonel Sheppard," she said.
"There are three of them that guard and protect us," the girl said. "He is Carnlo, I am Cayla," she said.
"Okay, lower your weapons," John said as he watched the Wraith.
Heero and Duo both lowered their weapons, but kept a good hold on them. They followed them back to the city.
"Colonel I do not like this," Teyla said. John looked at her.
John called the two boys over to him. "I will go alone, stay by the gate, and keep radios open, leave at the first sign of trouble," he said, Heero lifted a bow and Duo chuckled slightly. They and Teyla broke off leaving Rodney to follow them. John went to the city alone with the Wraith and the girl.
The city was more like a town, two more Wraith stood and waited for them, once they reached them the girl broke loose and skipped along to go play. The town was a good size with a good amount of people around. Trade stalls and little shops, a school house and some children at play made it peaceful. It looked like a quiet little town and the three Wraith were well welcomed by the people and not feared. They saw these three Wraith as protectors.
"You do not trust us," said the first Wraith.
"Yeah well, more of your kind have given us good reason," John said truthfully.
"We are different," the Wraith said. John didn't say anything about that. He followed them around; they were quiet for the most part.
"Colonel Sheppard," Teyla said through the radio. The Wraith looked back at him.
"What it is?" he asked watching them.
"Gate activity, it's a Wraith Dart, four of them," she said. John looked at the Wraith they didn't look happy. The darts moved in and started to grab people.
"I thought you said," John started and looked at a Wraith he looked angry. "Teyla," he said.
Heero and Duo nodded and moved around, they looked up and saw a larger Wraith ship.
"We have a cruiser Sheppard," Teyla said over the radio. "And Heero and Duo took off towards it."
"What are they thinking?" Sheppard asked.
"I know not Colonel," Teyla answered. She watched as they were taken.
Rodney watched them. They looked like they knew what they were going to do. "Oh god," he said.
"What?" Sheppard asked. "What happened?"
"They were taken…" Teyla said.
-On the cruiser-
Duo groaned. "Remind me to never do that again," he said and looked at Heero and then to the others in the cell. "The old fashion way?" Duo asked, Heero nodded as Duo sat up, "How long was I out?"
"A couple of hours, they have taken two, you have about an hour before they come again," Heero informed him.
"Ah, better get to work then," he said and walked over to the control panel. He looked back and saw two Wraith in the cell with them.
John saw the question before it was asked, "They're the good Wraith," John joked, "what were you thinking?" he asked.
"Blowing this place sky-high," Duo grinned and reached for his hair and took out what appeared a lock pick and set to work on the panel. Heero watched him as he worked inside the 'skin' of the ship. "Okay this is just nasty," Duo said as the door opened.
Heero took the explosives out of his boots and took Duo's from his hair and other places including the other's boots.
"Let's go to he hanger, we can gather you in a dart and fly out," said a Wraith.
"Lovely," John said and looked at them. "Our weapons?"
"This way," the Wraith said. They followed the Wraith to the arms and armor room. They grabbed their weapons, and their jackets. They had escaped three Wraiths narrowly on their way here. John was still more then shocked that he was following a Wraith, let alone two of them.
Heeo sat up one of their explosives in the armory, and then followed the rest of them out. He and Duo set up their little black boxes along the hallways. It took them some time to get to the hanger bay, and they were being hunted. The Wraith had figured out that they have escaped. When they reached the hanger Teyla walked out the back of a cloaked Jumper and waved at them. John reached the Jumper and looked at the Wraith. He went to a Wraith dart, but a well placed shot blew the dart up and the Wraith with it. John watched it as he sat down. The people of the planet looked around and to the second Wraith. He had stopped moving and then an evil smile appeared on his face.
"Oh no," John whispered, he watched as that one took a person next to him and started to feed from him. Heero and Duo watched for just a moment as Heero placed a shirt fist in the one he was feeding from, and the next few in the head of the Wraith that was feeding. The Wraith turned to him and screamed. The others didn't know what to do. Duo pulled a pin from something and tossed it into the crowd of people. He and Heero went into the Jumper.
"Move it!" He yelled as the back hatch closed. Sheppard turned tail and ran. He used a drone to blast a whole to leave, and as he left Heero pressed a control in his hand and then the entire cruiser ship started to go off with explosions, and finally one large one.
Rodney watched first hand as the ship explodes and burn.
After a moment John turned around and looked at the two boys. Heero sat with his arms crossed head down eyes closed, and Duo had his legs crossed and his hands behind his head eyes closed. "How the hell do you boys do that? How can you? Those were innocent people," John said angry.
"What are a few lives for the death of hundreds of Wraith?" Duo asked. "You wanted help in destroying the Wraith." The boy opened his eyes. "Death cannot be avoided in a war." Heero didn't say anything but nodded in agreement. John looked at the two, they did things differently, but they got the job done, and that was what mattered most.
Teyla looked back at them. "Maybe a couple of them could have been spared," she tried to reason. "Next time, give us a chance to save them."
"I'm not so sure there will be a next time," John told them. He was more then angry.