Stargate Atlantis 13 - Hunt and Run by Aaron Rosenberg

Author:Aaron Rosenberg [Rosenberg, Aaron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

“Ronon Dex, conqueror of the Wraith,” Rodney declared, though not loudly—even at a whisper the sound echoed around them until it made his head ring. “So why didn’t you and your buddies simply slaughter every last Wraith? Would have saved us a lot of trouble, that’s for sure.”

“We tried,” Ronon growled. “We took out plenty of them. Not as many as Atlantis, but there were only seven of us, with barely any gear.”

“Sure, sure, you got notches in your bedpost and written commendations and merit badges, the works,” Rodney agreed. “Sounds perfect. If you like killing.”

“It was. And I do.” That last was said with deliberate menace, but Rodney waved it off.

“You didn’t go to all this trouble to keep me alive just to kill me,” he pointed out.

“No, I went to all this trouble to keep you alive so you can repair the jumper and get us out of here. It’s Sheppard and Teyla I’m worried about.”

Rodney nodded. He was trying not to think about their two friends, and what might be happening to them right now. He was safe, if a little bruised, and sitting in a cave listening to Ronon’s equivalent of a campfire story. They’d been captured and were probably being beaten, maybe tortured—or worse.

“Okay, so we have the perfect killing team,” he said, forcing his attention back to Ronon’s tale. “A true hunter’s paradise. Why aren’t you still there with them?”

“Because nothing lasts forever,” Ronon answered after a minute. There was something different in his voice, and it took Rodney a second to place it. Regret. But more than that—grief. He’d only heard Ronon sound this way once before, when he’d talked about his wife and their homeworld, Sateda.

“Something happened, didn’t it?” Rodney asked. “What?” He was genuinely curious.

“We were at war with the Wraith,” Ronon reminded him, his voice dropping even lower. “And every war has casualties.” He didn’t say anything for a minute, and Rodney waited, not rushing him. He could tell this was something Ronon actually wanted to talk about, maybe even needed to.

Sure enough, after that minute of silence had stretched into two, Ronon picked up his tale again. “Sometimes it doesn’t take much to bring everything crashing down,” he started. “It can be something tiny. Or it can be something huge. Or it can be both at once. That’s what happened to us…”

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