Title: Show No Fear
Chapter Two: Recollect
Author: Feral Geek
Rating: Pg-13
Disclaimer: I don't own Stargate, Stargate owns me, however the doctor and wraith in this story are mine, and I use them often.
Summary: HumanxWraith pariring, be afraid, interspecies roamce shall abound in later chapters, not beta-read because if I don't post things fast, I forget about them >.
ONWARDS!
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The sound of her team approached, voices rising above the rustle of moving leaves as they called her name. Pausing slightly as they waited for some reply before moving on again.
Once the noise grew close she responded with a single word ¡°Here.¡± Rather quiet as her head tilted towards them, watching.
As they spotted her, expressions ranged from relief to annoyance, and one of them began to berate her for getting separated from the natives, it had been her responsibility to see them safely to their hideaway, which she hadn't done. She said nothing as he spoke, eyes fixed on him, watching blankly.
Soon enough he would realize she was not listening, and the group would head back to the gate and Atlantis.
Once through everything was standard procedure, to the infirmary for a check-up, then to a de-briefing with Doctor Weir.
Once in the infirmary her companion began to berate her, the sharp tone of his voice becoming like a gnat in her ear as she watched him pace back and forth, barley paying any attention as Beckett checked her over, contemplating the events of the day.
Things came in flashes, the startled natives dropping their things and fleeing the village as the gate opened to admit the darts, flashes of things laying strewn about, chaotic as the leader of her temporary team shoved her in the direction of the people, orders falling silent on her ears as she watched a dart fly overhead. The milling about in the forest, the press of bodies and the sudden urge she felt, a tightening in her chest to get away from them.
The rough bark of the tree.
The intense gaze of her would-be hunter, the rough texture of armor beneath her hands, and the wave of calm that swept through her, bringing her back to her childhood.
Fear is weakness.
Weakness brings pain.
Show. No. Fear.
A mantra she had repeated in her head as a child.
The world snapped back into focus, Carson lightly patting her, telling her to get some rest, Adrienne had work tomorrow, morning shift in the infirmary. She smiled and slid from the cot, legs feeling like jelly as she nodded and waited for her team to pass examination.
She had to go back.
Not to that planet, just off world, despite the danger there was a strange sense of exhilaration
She would speak to Doctor Weir after the de-briefing, the infirmary staff was full, and she could still attend to her duties, be on call incase of any trauma cases that needed her attention.
She would be of so much more use on an out going team, she could work with their allies…those that had less advanced medical care, help them advance themselves, and gain new methods of treatment for themselves in the process.
When Weir agreed, Adrienne nearly fell over from shock, she hadn't expected a yes, and as the expedition leader explained things, the words barley registered in her mind.
She would have to talk to Carson, he was in charge of her field after-all.
That was a simple matter, and he agreed readily, glad that the young woman would have something to do, asking if she could obtain samples...wraith, human, any new medicines she should come across.
Adrienne nodded, smiling as she thanked the good doctor and headed for the mess hall, food to eat and then to rest, she had to work in the morning, and there was another mission soon.
