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cedar_grove) wrote2009-12-22 01:15 pm
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Apostasy Act 3 - Merry Christmas
Title: Apostasy
Rating: NC-17 (adult readers)
Spoilers: Some spoilers for S1-4. S5 The Seed
Summary: Sheppard and the others relentlessly pursue the Hive responsible for the destruction of the Elder Hive and Teyla's death, believing Todd to be behind the attack. The Elder Queen and her Wraith struggle to rebuild after their crushing defeat. Meanwhile, Michael begins to undo the harm he suffered in Wraith captivity, and to formulate the next step in his plan for The Cause. Each must decide where lie their true loyalties, and for some, that means irrevocable change
Disclaimer: MGM own Stargate: Atlantis. This story is for entertainment purposes only and no revenue is being made from copyright material. No infrigement intended.
Acts 1 through 3 now available.
Author's Note: Look guys, the rating says it all, but I'll spell it out. This contains explicit scenes. Many thanks
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Apostasy: Act 3 - Review part 1
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Gah. It’s boat Hanna… Great. Poor people who have to stand in the slut. :-)
… the increase of sensation from his perception and then…
Hmm, for a moment there I thought the “Todd?” thing was a reference to the scene in which Hanna went to snoop around Todd’s laboratory, you know, when Alicia and Todd were having that conversation about her going to his worshippers rather than his Hive, but she didn’t mention him by name in the little flashback that we had, so perhaps not.
Then for the second part, is that a Handler getting murdered by her? Now, if those parts belong together, question is, what’s the “Todd?” part doing in there? Should we perhaps wonder about what else she could have seen while keeping an eye on Todd and Alicia?
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"Let me go," she whimpered, "Don't touch me. Who are you? What… are you?"
Those memories that he’s showing her, will she retain those as a ship? Or will they be forgotten?
He allowed her increasingly fervent touches over his neck and shoulders… even onto his face.
Ew, now she’s touching him. He’ll need a bath or something. Poor guy… If only he had his Isla to draw him one… *sigh*
"Oh…" He sighed the word, letting it form as a long, slow breath against the woman's hair. "Merihanna…"
"Lord…" her hand trembled, fumbling at the fastener beneath his throat.
Urgh… You can write worse than Todd/Keller, I think… *barf* Yup. Worse. Lol.
And the stupid cow even began to undress him, or had the intention to do so… As I said, urgh. Yeah, I don’t think I’m gonna get hungry again today. o_0
Poor Malcolm, he really, really needs a bath right now. And I need bleach… :P
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"And his own ship was destroyed when Michael turned it back on him," McKay said,…
And *how* was he able to turn it back on him? Michael must obviously have had some knowledge about it to be able to do that… But that they don’t think about, silly boys.
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"The stench of her corruption is all over you."
Poor Teyla, no matter what she does, someone will always see her as corrupted. *shakes head*
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Without another word, he turned and walked away, leaving the Commander gasping and impotent, slumped against the side of the transport ship.
For the sake of my eyeballs, I sure wish him being impotent was true! *grin*
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Nor had it been for Teyla the fount of answers it could have been.
Silly boy, Teyla might have found her answers easier if you had stayed for the cuddling. If you're lucky, it won't seem now that you only wanted to have some fun, or something… *shakes head*
"Teyla," he said softly. "You are not… hurt?"
Okay, when you said that Teyla was more Queen than she knew, is this another indication? *grin*
Her not being hurt is good. If you compare it to the Commanders and their concubines, perhaps the concubines get more hurt from the finger armour and feeding, though, and not so much from the actual coupling. Though, yes, Hanna did suffer great pains at the hands of the Commander, but I doubt Michael was actively seeking out to hurt Teyla, while the HC got more off on that aspect as well. Silly boy for thinking he hurt her. *sla– maybe not yet*
No. It had been a mistake to submit to that side of his hopes for a future with Teyla.
Well, if Teyla wants it and Michael doesn't want to give it, she can always have some alone fun and send it through that nice bond thing they have got going on… He'll want some again quickly, after such a show. Heh.
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(cont.)
Re: Apostasy: Act 3 - Review part 1
The whole Todd thing is one scene, and it's a memory being given to her by Malcolm, from someone else.. not Malcolm's memory, but some other Wraith's whom he happened to see...
Yes, Hanna and Malcolm would be very bad... so we wont go there.
She was trying to curry favour by undressing him, stupid girl. She really doesn't know much at all.
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They are silly, yes.
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Yes, Teyla is doomed...
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Staying for cuddles is just not Michael's way - yet.
No, Michael was not seeking to hurt Teyla at all...
LOL at what Teyla could do.
Re: Apostasy: Act 3 - Review part 1
That Todd scene is confusing, dude...
*Holds on to that 'yet'*
And yes, Teyla could embarrass the *cough* out of him, but probably knows better than doing what I suggested. Pity. :D
Spikey
Apostasy: Act 3 - Review part 2
:o He dare to call her a whore? Her? Geesh. Only because his whore is dead-ish now, right? He's really been asking for it, lately. And soon it shall come, I suspect.
Hmm, remember that list that Malcolm had that Jethera girl check out? The one that listed all the dead? Has the Commander taken the liberty to make one himself, already? Or will the Second present his own list to her in due time?
…and Malcolm saw the Hive's third in command stiffen at her back,…
Ah, there he is, our much overworked third in command! How's the poor chap doing? Question is: will he be Second in a short while?
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A sudden bolt of jealousy panged within her at the thought of the others that must have shared this before her,…
He felt that, right? He must have felt that?
His eyes snapped up then, met with her own.
Waiting for a sign, for his solace yet again? Silly boy, he got the girl, but since she hasn't said 'I do' yet, or whatever it is he needs her to acknowledge, it still isn't good enough… *shakes head again*
"What do you want?" Teyla asked harshly, wishing she could see the woman better. At her unspoken command, the light level in the room increased.
Oh, neat trick! I am going to love these little progresses in the bond/in Teyla!
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"In her condition it would not do for her to fall. Had the attack truly been from the Wraith, your woman and your child would both be lost. I mean you no harm."
Lol, of course you don't. You only just shot the house she came from… Had she not come out, she would have been dead…
"As you can see, I have returned your loved ones to you, unharmed. Bring me your sick, and I will help them.
In addition I can see to it that those remaining in neighbouring settlements are safe from the Wraith."
What he's not saying: I took your people from you and returned them looking freaky, and that disease I'm going to help you with, is something I caused in the first place. :-)
Oh, and Teyla has not said anything yet about that settlement that he abandoned, the world where he got 'caught' by Todd? I mean, if those people give their loyalty to Michael, and can't work their lands anymore because they're either too busy working for him, or there's too little people, it's little gratitude to abandon them to the Wraith when his job, his purpose is done on that planet. She should tell him so. :P
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She was truly beautiful and wore the aura of an avenging angel as she took the place that, on instinct, he vacated.
LOL @ Michael stepping back. Was it from utter shock? *grin*
I can't believe she just walked up to a console and started playing with it… And he let her. I mean, this is practically spanking! :P
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Jennifer Keller possessed the Chimera Radical that he and Michael had identified as being necessary to allow transcription of Wraith RNA to begin in Human cells.
Jennifer being somewhat different since she's from Earth, so the dying of the test subject by the release of the enzyme, isn't going to happen? And yet she's still sick, hmm…
And how did he even get that radical into her? The 'natural' way? Is it in a shot? He did take blood from her, I think, but that's all he did. What we, and she, know of. Who really knows what he did when she was knocked out/asleep?
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She felt his touch in her mind and it was almost gentle, almost affectionate as though what she had tried to do, however unsuccessfully, had somehow strengthened the endearment he felt toward her.
Awe! That's so cute, really!
Oh, and I'm going to guess he won't find out about the stab wound until later, after it's healed and it might be a scar?
If he finds out after they get on board, he'll just be angry again, at himself and her, because his fear of getting her injured down there was correct.
"Are you satisfied?" his question startled her still more. "A handful of villagers willing to listen to your rhetoric?"
Does that mean he is not? Or he didn't think it was worth the effort to get a few extra future hybrids like this?
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Poor Isla, almost home. Hopefully.
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Keller, what's there to say right now? Perhaps wait until the plot even more unfolds, perhaps in the next Act?
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Happy holidays.
Spikey
Re: Apostasy: Act 3 - Review part 2
Not sure what you mean about the list thing...
Yes, the poor Third in command is very much overworked... he might become second soon, yes.
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Yes, Michael probably did feel the jealousy.
Teyla will become more in tune with things as time goes by... very much so...
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Michael is nothing if not a clever sophist.
All Teyla wants to do at this point is protect people as much as she can - shield them from Michael's wrath.
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Something perhaps to do with being from Earth, and yes, she is still sick...
The radical was already present, right from the beginning...
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Do you honestly think that Teyla could keep something like that wound from Michael for long? I think she's going to be in trouble...
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Poor Isla indeed.
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Yeah, Keller in bad way...
Re: Apostasy: Act 3 - Review part 2
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No, I don't honestly think she can keep something like that from him, not really. I believe it's called 'wishful thinking', like Teyla's doing right now. :D
I can see him guiding her to her quarters, while he commands the hybrids to accommodate the newcomers, and start prepping the men, and after they enter her rooms, either a small hell may break loose straight away, or after his first word or sentence. :P Better?
Spikey