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Ji'tal remained quiet, and sitting as Todd was brought into the cell next to his.

"You should know I had no intentions of killing you, but I will now take the pleasure of doing so." Todd said speaking to Ji'tal, as he to sat down on the bench in his cell, the threat in his tone quite clear.

John was very surprised that Todd would be so outright with a threat, but he couldn't say the threat itself surprised him.

"I do not care what you say, for I do not trust you." Ji'tal said with a low hiss, as he tried to rest, his eyes remaining closed, ignoring Sheppard as he walked in.

He stepped to the two imprisoned Wraith. "Now if you can behave we'll let you out Todd." Sheppard said. "But don't try anything stupid or you wont be heading for a cell, it will be a grave. Have I made myself clear?" Sheppard asked very serious.

"Quite clear." Todd assured.

"He threatens to kill me, and you let him out? What is wrong with you humans?" Ji'tal said not amused by this what so ever, as he stood and looked to John.

John turned to face the stormy Wraith. "Because I don't know you that well yet, Red." he said calmly. "But rest assured when I do, I'll probably threaten to kill you too." Sheppard added causing Todd to grin like a child who just one upped a sibling, as he was released.

With a loud frustrated huff Ji'tal turned away from Sheppard and sat back down on the bench, a pissed look on his face. It was then that Ji'tal felt the gentle pulling tug of his mate's mind. This calmed him down quite a bit as he allowed her into his mind. Again they each did their best to sooth the other, feeling they were close to the other. Then Aeen'na focused her mind on that if her son, learning of him, and he of his mother. Ji'tal was close to a light sleep, when a hard kick to his side from his son woke him. Along with the kick a small wave of pain came from the lower part of his stomach. He paid it no mind for as quickly as it came it went. That was till it happened several more times, a bit stronger each time. This gave him cause for concern, as he still had a little over a week left to his pregnancy. The child still needing that time to gain the weight he needed. Again the pain came several more times before Ji'tal spoke. "I need to speak with Dr Keller, now." Ji'tal said the urgency in his tone quite clear.

"What is it you want?" Carson asked as he walked into the brig, looking to Ji'tal.

"Where is Keller?" Ji'tal asked in a demanding tone.

"Busy on Atlantis. Now again what is it you needed, as I'm the only chief doctor on board this ship at this time." Carson said watching Ji'tal.

Ji'tal was about to speak, when John, Ronon and Teyla came walking into the brig.

"I heard he called for a doctor. What's going on?" John asked as he looked from Ji'tal to Carson.

"I don't know yet. I think he was about to tell me." Carson said looking to John.

Ji'tal was quiet as another pain hit him.

Teyla, her Wraith powers stronger then they where before, picked up on the fact Ji'tal was in pain. It was then, as Teyla picked up on the sensation of the pain, realized she knew this type of pain. "I think he's in labor."

Ji'tal hearing Teyla looked to her, not wanting to admit the fact that he very well could be.

"Well according to what Keller's notes say, he's still got a week left before his due date, and the child still doesn't have the weight he needs. My god, I need to check him, see what's going on." Carson said in a panicked rush.

"Do you think that's wise?" John asked, not sure of all this.

"I will not harm him." Ji'tal stated as another pain hit him. "You have my word."

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"Well the good news, it appears he was 'aving false labor. But just in case, I gave 'im a drug to stop any further contractions he may 'ave, and for the moment he's resting." Carson said, walking up to Sheppard. The whole time they all had remained in the brig. "If its alright with you, Col, I would like to ask Todd a few questions, about this."

"I really don't care. Just don't be too surprised if he doesn't tell you anything, doc." John said being truthful.

"Aye." Carson said, hoping that Todd would be helpful.

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"His health is of no concern to me." Todd said as he worked on a panel on the bridge of his transport shuttle.

"I understand that. All I want to know is if this is common?" Carson asked as he followed after the Wraith.

Todd paused as he looked to the human. He was about to speak when one of his lesser commanders walked up to him, and spoke in Wraith. Todd nodded his head as the other then left.

"What is it?" Carson asked, looking to Todd.

"The other Hive, they just arrived." Todd said, some agitation in his tone.

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"Raise shields, and power weapons." Ellis commanded as he sat in his chair.

"Sir, the new Hive, its hailing us." the helmsman said.

"Well cant say this is a surprise. Woolsey and I were expecting this might happen." John said as he looked to Ellis.

"Understood. Open a channel with them." Col. Ellis said, looking to the view screen. The image of the Queen appeared on the screen.

"I'm Colonel Abraham Ellis of the USS Apollo. We know who you are, and why you are here. So you are made a wear, neither he or the child have been harmed, and will continue to not be harmed so long as you don't do anything threatening against us." Ellis stated in a serious tone.

"I know. And that is the only reason why I do not attack and destroy you now." the Queen hissed to Ellis. "Give him back to me, and we will leave Atlantis peacefully. You have my word." the Queen said sincerely.

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"The Queen is sincere in her words. You give him back to her, and she will leave." Todd confirmed as he finished watching the recording of the conversation.

"Alright. The question is, were do we make the hand off?" Ellis asked as he looked at Col. Sheppard, Col. Caldwell and Todd.

"Do you have any darts on your shuttle?" John asked looking to Todd.

Todd caught on instantly, nodding his head.

Ji'tal was lead to the docking bay, were to his surprise was a dart docked there. Nothing was said as he was lead to it. With ease he hoped into it, activating the dome, and engines. In no time he was heading back to his Hive. Finally he was away from the humans. As quickly as he could, he flew the dart onto his Hive, and docked it. The moment he was out of the dart he felt as the Hive entered into hyperspace. He made his way to the bridge, as he made contact with Aeen'na's mind. She told him were to go.

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John, along with Ronon, Carson, Teyla, and Col. Ellis watched as Red's dart disappeared, and soon after the second Hive quickly went into hyperspace away from Atlantis. Seems the Queen kept her word. For now. It wasn't long after, that Todd returned to his Hive and it too disappeared into hyperspace.

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Ji'tal had made his way to the Queens new quarters, or to be made fact his and the Queens new quarters. Ever since there first mating, they shared quarters and would continue to do so, till one or both died. Walking into the quarters, he looked about for his love. It was when he heard movement from behind and felt the gentle loving touch of Aeen'na's mind that he smiled his sweet smile he had only for her. He purred loud as he and her embraced each other, he resting his forehead on the side of her head as she rested hers on his shoulder. For the better part of an hour they stayed that way. Aeen'na also very gently messaged at Ji'tal's stomach, reaffirming her bond with her son as she gentle touched at his mind as well. As much as they wished to continue to stay this way, they could not. They had duties to perform. Quickly getting some food into himself, Ji'tal then headed to the bridge. Aeen'na had already been there for quite some time. Quickly Ji'tal took his spot on the bridge.

A day had passed since coming back to his normal life on the Hive. Coming out of hyperspace, the Hive stayed at a high altitude of the planet. They came to this planet to cull, as it was one of there main feeding grounds. Getting the cue from Aeen'na he signaled the release of the darts. The population of this feeding ground was high, over 5 thousand, and it was one that many another Hive wanted to claim. The culling was quick, only taking 10 percent of the population. Ji'tal was in charge of making sure each human was cocooned proper for best preservation. There was of course the special case ones. The females which were pregnant, or had very young children, or babies still. This accounted for 3 percent of the culling's and were released back into the population. As he and the soldier drones herded the females and there young onto a transport shuttle, he noticed a very young female was watching him, not with fear but curiosity. Ji'tal found this fascinating, but for now he had a job to do, and ignored the child as he did the job. Finally the humans were in the holding room. As he was leaving the room, he was stopped as he felt hand pressure on his lower leg. Looking down he saw the young female. This very much surprised him. Already he could hear as her mother called for her, yet the child did not move away.

"Go back to your mother." Ji'tal said in a firm tone as he looked to the child, very, very gently pushing her away from himself and towards her mother. It was then he heard the mother's crying scream. That's just what he didn't want or need. Again he very gently pushed the child away from him, but again for some reason unknown to him, she was insistent on staying close to him. Again he pushed at the child this time a bit harder, and again she stayed with him looking up to him with wide curious eyes, even as her mother called for her to come. With a flare of his nostrils he kneeled down to her, intending to scare her away from himself, but before he could even get the growl out, she placed her tiny soft hands onto his cheek, inspecting every detail of his face, including running a single finger down his facile slits, before then moving to touch his hair. In an instant Ji'tal grabbed hold of her hand very gently pulling it away from his hair. "Go back to your mother." he hissed to the child.

The child's eyes became wide and wet with fear now, and very quickly she ran back to her mother, who scooped her up and held her tight.

Shaking his head slowly, Ji'tal stood and left the room. In truth he did not want to frighten the child, but she had to learn her place. Other Wraith may not be so kind as he. He felt as the Hive jumped out of hyperspace. That was his cue, to take the shuttle and transport the humans to the planet they picked for them. In less then two hours the task was finished, and the transport shuttle was once again docking in the Hive, and back into hyperspace. Ji'tal was quite tired, his body sore and ready for a bit of rest. He informed Aeen'na of this through his mind to hers, as he headed to their quarters, intending to rest. Striping of all but his leather pants, and losing them so he could rest as comfortable as he could, he rested himself onto the smooth silk sheets of the bed, and covered himself in the luxury furs up to his mid upper body. Within moments he was sound asleep.

Aeen'na some time later, had also gone to their quarters. A sweet smile graced her face as she gently sat on the bed beside Ji'tal as he slept. He always looked very relaxed as he slept, she thought as she very gently caressed the side of his face, and at his hair. He seemed to enjoy it as a steady soft purr came from him as he slept. Aeen'na smiled wide at this. Then everything seemed to go wrong.

Inside the dart bay the bomb that had been set to register hyperspace radiation, clicked twice and exploded. The resulting fire ball melted all the controls and sent shrapnel spinning into the air. When the fire hit the fuel cell the massive backfire result caused a chain reaction turning the remaining darts into smaller version of the first dart. The combined destruction tore a large hole into the dart bay, leaking air into the vacuum of space. The Hive instantly dropped out of hyperspace. All around the Hive, alarms went off. Inside the Queens quarters, she and Ji'tal had felt as the explosion, and then the lurch of the Hive jumping out of hyperspace, then as the alarms went off. Ji'tal was quick to wake, and dress then rush out to see what had happened.

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Ji'tal remained quiet, and sitting as Todd was brought into the cell next to his.

"You should know I had no intentions of killing you, but I will now take the pleasure of doing so." Todd said speaking to Ji'tal, as he to sat down on the bench in his cell, the threat in his tone quite clear.

John was very surprised that Todd would be so outright with a threat, but he couldn't say the threat itself surprised him.

"I do not care what you say, for I do not trust you." Ji'tal said with a low hiss, as he tried to rest, his eyes remaining closed, ignoring Sheppard as he walked in.

He stepped to the two imprisoned Wraith. "Now if you can behave we'll let you out Todd." Sheppard said. "But don't try anything stupid or you wont be heading for a cell, it will be a grave. Have I made myself clear?" Sheppard asked very serious.

"Quite clear." Todd assured.

"He threatens to kill me, and you let him out? What is wrong with you humans?" Ji'tal said not amused by this what so ever, as he stood and looked to John.

John turned to face the stormy Wraith. "Because I don't know you that well yet, Red." he said calmly. "But rest assured when I do, I'll probably threaten to kill you too." Sheppard added causing Todd to grin like a child who just one upped a sibling, as he was released.

With a loud frustrated huff Ji'tal turned away from Sheppard and sat back down on the bench, a pissed look on his face. It was then that Ji'tal felt the gentle pulling tug of his mate's mind. This calmed him down quite a bit as he allowed her into his mind. Again they each did their best to sooth the other, feeling they were close to the other. Then Aeen'na focused her mind on that if her son, learning of him, and he of his mother. Ji'tal was close to a light sleep, when a hard kick to his side from his son woke him. Along with the kick a small wave of pain came from the lower part of his stomach. He paid it no mind for as quickly as it came it went. That was till it happened several more times, a bit stronger each time. This gave him cause for concern, as he still had a little over a week left to his pregnancy. The child still needing that time to gain the weight he needed. Again the pain came several more times before Ji'tal spoke. "I need to speak with Dr Keller, now." Ji'tal said the urgency in his tone quite clear.

"What is it you want?" Carson asked as he walked into the brig, looking to Ji'tal.

"Where is Keller?" Ji'tal asked in a demanding tone.

"Busy on Atlantis. Now again what is it you needed, as I'm the only chief doctor on board this ship at this time." Carson said watching Ji'tal.

Ji'tal was about to speak, when John, Ronon and Teyla came walking into the brig.

"I heard he called for a doctor. What's going on?" John asked as he looked from Ji'tal to Carson.

"I don't know yet. I think he was about to tell me." Carson said looking to John.

Ji'tal was quiet as another pain hit him.

Teyla, her Wraith powers stronger then they where before, picked up on the fact Ji'tal was in pain. It was then, as Teyla picked up on the sensation of the pain, realized she knew this type of pain. "I think he's in labor."

Ji'tal hearing Teyla looked to her, not wanting to admit the fact that he very well could be.

"Well according to what Keller's notes say, he's still got a week left before his due date, and the child still doesn't have the weight he needs. My god, I need to check him, see what's going on." Carson said in a panicked rush.

"Do you think that's wise?" John asked, not sure of all this.

"I will not harm him." Ji'tal stated as another pain hit him. "You have my word."

oooooOOOOOooooo

"Well the good news, it appears he was 'aving false labor. But just in case, I gave 'im a drug to stop any further contractions he may 'ave, and for the moment he's resting." Carson said, walking up to Sheppard. The whole time they all had remained in the brig. "If its alright with you, Col, I would like to ask Todd a few questions, about this."

"I really don't care. Just don't be too surprised if he doesn't tell you anything, doc." John said being truthful.

"Aye." Carson said, hoping that Todd would be helpful.

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"His health is of no concern to me." Todd said as he worked on a panel on the bridge of his transport shuttle.

"I understand that. All I want to know is if this is common?" Carson asked as he followed after the Wraith.

Todd paused as he looked to the human. He was about to speak when one of his lesser commanders walked up to him, and spoke in Wraith. Todd nodded his head as the other then left.

"What is it?" Carson asked, looking to Todd.

"The other Hive, they just arrived." Todd said, some agitation in his tone.

oooooOOOOOooooo

"Raise shields, and power weapons." Ellis commanded as he sat in his chair.

"Sir, the new Hive, its hailing us." the helmsman said.

"Well cant say this is a surprise. Woolsey and I were expecting this might happen." John said as he looked to Ellis.

"Understood. Open a channel with them." Col. Ellis said, looking to the view screen. The image of the Queen appeared on the screen.

"I'm Colonel Abraham Ellis of the USS Apollo. We know who you are, and why you are here. So you are made a wear, neither he or the child have been harmed, and will continue to not be harmed so long as you don't do anything threatening against us." Ellis stated in a serious tone.

"I know. And that is the only reason why I do not attack and destroy you now." the Queen hissed to Ellis. "Give him back to me, and we will leave Atlantis peacefully. You have my word." the Queen said sincerely.

oooooOOOOOooooo

"The Queen is sincere in her words. You give him back to her, and she will leave." Todd confirmed as he finished watching the recording of the conversation.

"Alright. The question is, were do we make the hand off?" Ellis asked as he looked at Col. Sheppard, Col. Caldwell and Todd.

"Do you have any darts on your shuttle?" John asked looking to Todd.

Todd caught on instantly, nodding his head.

Ji'tal was lead to the docking bay, were to his surprise was a dart docked there. Nothing was said as he was lead to it. With ease he hoped into it, activating the dome, and engines. In no time he was heading back to his Hive. Finally he was away from the humans. As quickly as he could, he flew the dart onto his Hive, and docked it. The moment he was out of the dart he felt as the Hive entered into hyperspace. He made his way to the bridge, as he made contact with Aeen'na's mind. She told him were to go.

oooooOOOOOooooo

John, along with Ronon, Carson, Teyla, and Col. Ellis watched as Red's dart disappeared, and soon after the second Hive quickly went into hyperspace away from Atlantis. Seems the Queen kept her word. For now. It wasn't long after, that Todd returned to his Hive and it too disappeared into hyperspace.

oooooOOOOOooooo

Ji'tal had made his way to the Queens new quarters, or to be made fact his and the Queens new quarters. Ever since there first mating, they shared quarters and would continue to do so, till one or both died. Walking into the quarters, he looked about for his love. It was when he heard movement from behind and felt the gentle loving touch of Aeen'na's mind that he smiled his sweet smile he had only for her. He purred loud as he and her embraced each other, he resting his forehead on the side of her head as she rested hers on his shoulder. For the better part of an hour they stayed that way. Aeen'na also very gently messaged at Ji'tal's stomach, reaffirming her bond with her son as she gentle touched at his mind as well. As much as they wished to continue to stay this way, they could not. They had duties to perform. Quickly getting some food into himself, Ji'tal then headed to the bridge. Aeen'na had already been there for quite some time. Quickly Ji'tal took his spot on the bridge.

A day had passed since coming back to his normal life on the Hive. Coming out of hyperspace, the Hive stayed at a high altitude of the planet. They came to this planet to cull, as it was one of there main feeding grounds. Getting the cue from Aeen'na he signaled the release of the darts. The population of this feeding ground was high, over 5 thousand, and it was one that many another Hive wanted to claim. The culling was quick, only taking 10 percent of the population. Ji'tal was in charge of making sure each human was cocooned proper for best preservation. There was of course the special case ones. The females which were pregnant, or had very young children, or babies still. This accounted for 3 percent of the culling's and were released back into the population. As he and the soldier drones herded the females and there young onto a transport shuttle, he noticed a very young female was watching him, not with fear but curiosity. Ji'tal found this fascinating, but for now he had a job to do, and ignored the child as he did the job. Finally the humans were in the holding room. As he was leaving the room, he was stopped as he felt hand pressure on his lower leg. Looking down he saw the young female. This very much surprised him. Already he could hear as her mother called for her, yet the child did not move away.

"Go back to your mother." Ji'tal said in a firm tone as he looked to the child, very, very gently pushing her away from himself and towards her mother. It was then he heard the mother's crying scream. That's just what he didn't want or need. Again he very gently pushed the child away from him, but again for some reason unknown to him, she was insistent on staying close to him. Again he pushed at the child this time a bit harder, and again she stayed with him looking up to him with wide curious eyes, even as her mother called for her to come. With a flare of his nostrils he kneeled down to her, intending to scare her away from himself, but before he could even get the growl out, she placed her tiny soft hands onto his cheek, inspecting every detail of his face, including running a single finger down his facile slits, before then moving to touch his hair. In an instant Ji'tal grabbed hold of her hand very gently pulling it away from his hair. "Go back to your mother." he hissed to the child.

The child's eyes became wide and wet with fear now, and very quickly she ran back to her mother, who scooped her up and held her tight.

Shaking his head slowly, Ji'tal stood and left the room. In truth he did not want to frighten the child, but she had to learn her place. Other Wraith may not be so kind as he. He felt as the Hive jumped out of hyperspace. That was his cue, to take the shuttle and transport the humans to the planet they picked for them. In less then two hours the task was finished, and the transport shuttle was once again docking in the Hive, and back into hyperspace. Ji'tal was quite tired, his body sore and ready for a bit of rest. He informed Aeen'na of this through his mind to hers, as he headed to their quarters, intending to rest. Striping of all but his leather pants, and losing them so he could rest as comfortable as he could, he rested himself onto the smooth silk sheets of the bed, and covered himself in the luxury furs up to his mid upper body. Within moments he was sound asleep.

Aeen'na some time later, had also gone to their quarters. A sweet smile graced her face as she gently sat on the bed beside Ji'tal as he slept. He always looked very relaxed as he slept, she thought as she very gently caressed the side of his face, and at his hair. He seemed to enjoy it as a steady soft purr came from him as he slept. Aeen'na smiled wide at this. Then everything seemed to go wrong.

Inside the dart bay the bomb that had been set to register hyperspace radiation, clicked twice and exploded. The resulting fire ball melted all the controls and sent shrapnel spinning into the air. When the fire hit the fuel cell the massive backfire result caused a chain reaction turning the remaining darts into smaller version of the first dart. The combined destruction tore a large hole into the dart bay, leaking air into the vacuum of space. The Hive instantly dropped out of hyperspace. All around the Hive, alarms went off. Inside the Queens quarters, she and Ji'tal had felt as the explosion, and then the lurch of the Hive jumping out of hyperspace, then as the alarms went off. Ji'tal was quick to wake, and dress then rush out to see what had happened.