The Wraith

--Is it betrayal? Damn him, Damn me--

The next few hours consisted of getting my rear end thrown repeatedly to the floor. Finally, The commander growled and set his bow staff to the side, while I just laid myself on the floor. Breathing heavily as if in labor as my body ached from the repeated blows I had received. They all still stung and burned. "did you have to hit me so hard?" He simply hissed and took my staff, setting it alongside his.

"Yes." I opened my eyes to look up at him. "Why?" His face didn't waiver or change in any way. "Because next time, you'll be more prepared of what's to come if you don't move quickly enough." I just groaned in response and forced my aching body to move. He started moving and i had to limp after him, my leg being extremely sore. Though he didn't seem to notice or care, whichever the case was; because he kept his usual long strides.

When we made it back to our room, I watched as he sat down and laid back. I, taking to my own bed; sighed at the relief I felt when I no longer had to stand.

Again my mind went to the idea of the rebellion on the ship. I could easily stop it. Tell the queen of the hive and have her men put a stop to it before it started. It would save hundreds of lives from being lost. But how could I sell out my own people? I'd be betraying them in telling. But I can't just sit by and watch them bring their own death.

I have to do something because doing nothing is just as good as walking up to every human aboard this ship with a gun and shooting them myself. I looked over at my commander to find he had dozed off in a light sleep. I decided not to disturb him and quietly left the room, venturing down the halls; Passing many Wraith and humans along the way. Stopping just outside the queen's chamber.

"He has gotten surprisingly far with his work, considering he had just started today." A male voice spoke. "Good, then it won't be long before we can get rid of him." The queen's voice rang out. "Get rid of him?" I heard the queen hiss in response to his question as if it were the most idiotic thing the had ever heard. "Yes. That male will be worthless to me once he provides us with this information."

there was a moment of silence before she spoke again. "And once he provides us with everything, I will feed on his life." By the end of it, my stomach churned and I felt sickened by everything I had heard. "Yes, my queen." The commander was going to die. she was going to feed off of him as if he hadn't gone through hell already. As if she had just plucked him newly from his own hive.

I was brought out of my own thoughts by a harsh yank that caused me to yelp out in startlement, and the pain of my arm being nearly broken from the sheer grip of the male that had dragged me in. "What are you doing here human?" I cowered from both the queen who stood over me and the male who still had an unforgiving grip on my arm.

"I-im sorry to be bothering you but... I had to say something... about the rebellion." My heart raced as hissing emanated from the Queen and the surrounding males I hadn't noticed where there. "What rebellion?" The males' grip tightened and I winced from the immense pain that shot from my arm. I quickly told them everything Leham told me and threw his name into the mix.

After hearing all I had to say she was silent before nodding to the male, who then released his grip on me. I was hit with a wave of relief and cradled my arm, stepping away from him. "Why do you tell us of this human? Why not fight with your own people."

Looking the queen dead in the eye, I told her the exact truth. "Let's be honest here. The whole idea is suicide. There will still be more than plenty of Wraith soldiers on the ship when the next planet is to be culled, and even then, the darts can return within seconds. And finally, let's not forget your neural interface feature. Even with the impossible outcome of this rebellion being a success, we wouldn't be going anywhere." I sighed and looked around. "I hoped that if I told of their plans to you then you could discourage them from it. In this, saving more lives than what would have been lost."