"So I heard. He's already irritating me and I have yet to meet him" she said. Todd chuckled at that. When they finally reached the bridge she asked, "How long do you think the side effects of the therapy will last?" The initial effects lasted a day with the others. But her body chemistry was different than a male's. They were pretty much going into this blind, and while her tone didn't hint at such, her questions about the gene therapy and what it might do to her suggested she was a little anxious. Maybe even scared. She was a young wraith after all, a queen at that. Her reign could be over before the week was out.
"No telling what might happen exactly" Todd said honestly. "But we worked hard and sacrificed much to get the gene therapy to where it is. The problems are relatively minimal compared to before the changes."
She nodded and turned to the screen. Her commander looked to the helmsman, Kenny, who nodded and brought the hive out of hyperspace. "Hailing Atlantis." the second said, pushing a few buttons on the podium he was at.
There was silence for a long while, and then the screen lit up and a familiar bald head appeared, "Hello Todd."
"Mister Woolsey." Todd acknowledged
"You're cleared to land on the mainland. There will be some strict protocols while you're parked here"
"Such as?"
"No more than yourself, your queen, and one other may be allowed on Atlantis at any one time."
"Why so distrustful?" Todd said, feigning hurt, but expecting such.
"We don't feel there's a need to devote more marines than necessary to your stay."
"Fair enough. Anything else?"
"To avoid detection by any hives in the neighborhood, you're to power down your hive to the bare minimum. No wraith ships may fly without express permission from me. A Puddlejumper flown by one of our people will be used to ferry yourself and your other choice back and forth when needed, though quarters have been set up for you again so that the need for that is kept to a minimum. This...procedure, is going to take time, possibly as long as when we had you if the therapy doesn't take right away."
The commander nodded.
"One final bit." Woolsey said, and this time, he turned his attention to the queen, who seemed a little annoyed that the man had been addressing her commander and not her, but kept quiet, deciding a fight over rank among wraith could wait until she met him face-to-face. "Double cross us in anyway, and your hive will be obliterated."
"So the usual threats?" Todd said with a grin.
Woolsey gave the slightest shrug. "Can you blame us?"
"Something more original would be nice." Todd chuffed. "Any other...new security changes?"
"No. For now I think that will do it. Safe landing to you." and he cut out the feed.
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"No telling what might happen exactly" Todd said honestly. "But we worked hard and sacrificed much to get the gene therapy to where it is. The problems are relatively minimal compared to before the changes."
She nodded and turned to the screen. Her commander looked to the helmsman, Kenny, who nodded and brought the hive out of hyperspace. "Hailing Atlantis." the second said, pushing a few buttons on the podium he was at.
There was silence for a long while, and then the screen lit up and a familiar bald head appeared, "Hello Todd."
"Mister Woolsey." Todd acknowledged
"You're cleared to land on the mainland. There will be some strict protocols while you're parked here"
"Such as?"
"No more than yourself, your queen, and one other may be allowed on Atlantis at any one time."
"Why so distrustful?" Todd said, feigning hurt, but expecting such.
"We don't feel there's a need to devote more marines than necessary to your stay."
"Fair enough. Anything else?"
"To avoid detection by any hives in the neighborhood, you're to power down your hive to the bare minimum. No wraith ships may fly without express permission from me. A Puddlejumper flown by one of our people will be used to ferry yourself and your other choice back and forth when needed, though quarters have been set up for you again so that the need for that is kept to a minimum. This...procedure, is going to take time, possibly as long as when we had you if the therapy doesn't take right away."
The commander nodded.
"One final bit." Woolsey said, and this time, he turned his attention to the queen, who seemed a little annoyed that the man had been addressing her commander and not her, but kept quiet, deciding a fight over rank among wraith could wait until she met him face-to-face. "Double cross us in anyway, and your hive will be obliterated."
"So the usual threats?" Todd said with a grin.
Woolsey gave the slightest shrug. "Can you blame us?"
"Something more original would be nice." Todd chuffed. "Any other...new security changes?"
"No. For now I think that will do it. Safe landing to you." and he cut out the feed.