cedar_grove | Deliverance Act 2

Title: Deliverance
Rating: NC-17 (adult readers)
Spoilers: Some spoilers, maybe, for S1-4.
Summary: Keller works with Todd to cure Sheppard, but the research reveals a questionable course of action, wherein ethics and loyalties become strained. With expedition teams caught in the escalating conflict between Michael's forces and the strengthening Wraith Alliance, some in the team begin wondering just how much of what they saw in the alternate universe could come to pass in their own.
Disclaimer: MGM own Stargate: Atlantis. This story is for entertainment purposes only and no revenue is being made from copyright material. No infrigement intended.

Act 1 & 2 now available.

Author's Note: Look guys, the rating says it all, but I'll spell it out. This contains explicit scenes, and explores themes which some readers may find disturbing. Your browser has a back button!

Previous Episodes:
Harm's Way (1), Chain of Command (2), Enmity (3), Mantle (4), In Truth... Freedom (5) Letting Go (6) and Beyond the Third (7) can be accessed here.

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Interesting bit of Wraith Matriarch history there. Did he save her? No wait, didn’t I already ask that same thing somewhere?

Pity they aren’t making a movie out of all this Wraith stripping. *Reads ‘Malcolm’ stripping once more*

Did you know that stripping sounds like ripping? You never know if he rips off his own clothes.

/Thunk/

Awe, he’s such a lovable thing at times, taking care of the girl! *g*

Todd and Keller, what can I say? You know I hate that part. I mean, I’m here for my newfound pairing, and then you get that served as an ‘extra’. And I really didn’t want that to be an extra. We don’t know for sure yet what he did or didn’t do, perhaps, because maybe he can make her think they did it with his mind… You never know. Though I’m probably in denial. I really want it not to have happened, as I don’t like infidelity fics (hey, I consider Todd to be with Alicia already) and definitely not when I haven’t chosen to read it, when I’m not in the mood for it. I kinda hope we’re already ‘past’ that thing, though. I think you said I wasn’t gonna like Act 2, but it gets better again, now?

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha @ Michael having taken precautions against knocking her up. Lol. Payback’s a bitch, so is she, and Michael’s just better.

Lol @ the Queen being breathless and semi-conscious on the bed… And all for nothing. Ha! If he’s not even properly motivated and he can do that, then ‘poor’ Teyla must be in for a nice ride! Er… Did I say that correctly? :o

"The Hive Commander is an ineffectual fool.

I don’t know if you know it yet, but you have a new word, and it pops up every other page all of a sudden. ^^

Poor sod, that Hive Commander, skipped again… He must really be pissed. I mean, how many Queens did he make starting from Michael’s and Malcolm’s arrival on the Hive? If everybody used that trick, not that many! Haha!

I’m thinking that reward that the Second wants to give Michael is a negative one? ^^

"Mine," he snarled, *snip* "She is mine."

Well then, at least there’s *one* Wraith aboard that Hive that uses his Handmaiden the way he should. Of course, it’s also the biggest idiot… Lol.

"But he's treating you… okay, right? With respect?"

Sure, sure…

Breathing in deeply he could tell that she had recently been here. Her scent was unique. It warmed him at once.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! So cute, that it warms him up. He doesn’t even seem to be distracted by what ‘happened’ with Keller earlier on. Don’t know if that’s a good thing or not… Though of course I prefer him to be focussed on Alicia. If only I could cut that thing out… :(

Oh, we’re at full!Wraith!Michael… Yay! Then it’s almost reversing-time again. :S

Neat @ the two boys finding the solutions to their problems, or questions, at the same time. Nice way to end Act 2.

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Gots to go packing some further, or rather putting stuff ready.

Spikey

I don't know whether you asked that before or not, but I think my answer this time is going to be 'wait and see.'

You want a movie of Wraith, stripping?

Lovable? Who's loveable? The Hive Second? Boy are /you/ in for a shock if that's what you think. Loveable and Hive Second certainly do not go together.

Right - deep breath - Todd and Keller. All this talk of 'pairings' and 'extras' and - excuse me - infidelity? Lets look at the social structure of the Wraith Hierarchy for a minute shall we, and lets underline the word, Wraith.

Queen - commanders - Sub-c's - drones. How many females there in that list?

Todd, as a Commander (and a fertile one at that), is beholden to the Elder Queen. The Queen sent Vega to him for the purposes of sexual favours, but she coulda sent anyone... or no one at all - her choice, his instinct to act or not to act... and there's a hell of a lot of instinct going on here, what with the EQ being in season/on heat, and her pheromones flying around all over the place.

Todd's WRAITH. He's not with anyone. Relationships of the kind you're talking about happen between Humans, Wraith don't /do/ that kind of thing - especially not with Humans. They might be totally devoted to their queen, but the QUeen's don't mind who they're shagging so long as they remember where their loyalties lie - so why the hell would a male Wraith, driven by the 'animal' instinct to mate be bothered either.

Very occasionally, you'll come across a Wraith that forms a kind of 'emotional' attachment to on of his Concubines, and very, /very/ rarely, you'll get a commander that actually /bonds/ with said concubine, but that doesn't suddenly give him a socio-cultural transplant, Wraith to Human sensibilities - no. The devotion might still be there, but the devotion is /deeper/ than just the animalistic act of mating... it's /mental/

So... no more talk of 'infidelity' since Wraith are not monogomous creatures. Jealous and possessive, yes, but not monogomous...

Just think about something you spotted earlier - it'll make you feel better.

Michael is a canny, clever hybrid, and he was a canny, clever Wraith too. Yep, Teyla's in for a real treat.

I have a new word? What word is that?

What do you mean about the HC being skipped again?

The Second's reward for Michael is definitely a negative one, yes.

Hive Commander/Hanna - hold that thought.

See... Todd is warmed by the thought of Vega's presence.

Yep, poor Michael... he's in so much trouble.

What makes you think what Todd and Michael saw on their respective screens where the solutions to their problems?

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Have fun packing... I have to as well

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