HALF-BREED: CH. 12 - "ARRIVAL"

Summary: Autumn is not happy to be in Atlantis.

Autumn woke up with a throbbing headache and blinked, her eyes trying to adjust to the bright lights of the room she was in.

“Ah, sleeping beauty awakes,” observed Carson Beckett.

“Where am I?” asked Autumn.

“You are in Atlantis, in the infirmary,” Beckett replied. “You assaulted a military officer so he rendered you unconscious.”

“My head hurts. Why am I here?”

Beckett walked over to a cabinet and took out a small container and a bottle of water, then went over to Autumn and stood next to the bed she was in.

“Here is something to help you with the pain,” he stated, opening the container and taking out one of the pills before giving her the water. “Other than your headache, how are you feeling?

Autumn looked at the pill in her hand.

“How do I know you are not trying to poison me?”

HALF-BREED: CH. 11 - "ACCEPTANCE"

WARNING: CONTAINS ADULT-CONTENT

Summary: Autumn accepts her fate – and her new role as the Hive Commander's personal worshiper.

The extra time the Commander promised didn't seem to be enough time as far as Autumn was concerned. He ordered a guard to walk her around the hive for about an hour a day and then allowed her several food breaks spaced out every few hours, to eat a plate full of small portions of fruit, bread and cheese, and he insisted she drink as much water as possible. This became her daily routine. 

HALF-BREED: CH. 10 - "DISCIPLINE"

WARNING: CONTAINS ADULT-CONTENT

Summary: Autumn learns what daily life with her Wraith Commander is going to be like.

The sun was shining and there was a gentle breeze flowing through the trees, flowers and plants. She was in the field at the forest's edge, behind the tented hut she and her mother called home on P3X-774, the Nox home world. Lorelei was sitting Indian-style, on her calves, plucking bright purple clusters of flowery buds from the plants and dropping them into the basket next to her. The scent of lavender wafted through the air. Autumn was up on a tree branch, picking apples and dropping them into a bucket on the ground below her.

“Careful daughter,” her mother called out to her. “Don't fall and hurt yourself! And you shouldn't be throwing the apples from so high up. They will bruise!”

HALF-BREED: CH. 9 - "TORTURE"

WARNING: CONTAINS ADULT-CONTENT

Summary: Claustrophobia takes on a whole new meaning when the Commander takes pleasure in Autumn's pain.

Autumn's mood went from euphoria to sheer terror as she followed the Commander through the corridors of the massive hive ship. It seemed that whenever she was forced to be naked, it was usually followed by some dreadful punishment. What horrible thing was he doing now?

Oh you have no idea of the horrors that await you, my darling devotee.

Great, he was trespassing on her thoughts again. She wished there was some way that she could just shut off all the thoughts going through her mind.

We will be exploring that later, Half-Breed.

Change the subject, Autumn. Anything to distract him from your thoughts.

“Sir, I am so chilly,” she stated. “May I please have something to wear? I will do anything you ask. Please, Sir. I am begging you.”

HALF-BREED: CH. 8 - "PLEASURE"

WARNING: CONTAINS ADULT-CONTENT

Summary: Autumn sees another side of the Commander but it turns out to be an illusion.

The stiffness in her limbs began to subside as more of the warm air came into contact with her naked flesh. She was still a little disoriented.

“C-C-Commander?”

“Yes, my dear. It is me. Do not try to make any sudden movements. Your body is still in the process of warming up.” He took a step forward and delicately took her hand into his. “Allow me to help you out of there.”

He pressed his body against hers, guiding her arm around his waist. “Here, lean into me so you do not fall. You are still a little unsteady but that will soon pass.”

She allowed him to hold her up as she began to take in the familiar surroundings.

“Thank you, Sir,” she said, her voice still a whisper.

“The pleasure is mine,” he answered with just a faint hint of rancor in his tone. Autumn was still too dazed to notice he was acting eerily strange.

“W-Where are we going?” she queried.

“We are taking a little walk around the hive,” he replied. “You need to get a little exercise right now. You've been in deep freeze for two days.”

“How did I get here? Where are we?”

“You don't remember?” She shook her head. “You became gravely ill after consuming too much food so I had to put you into the rejuvenation pod so you could get your strength back.” He stopped, paused and looked down at her. “Autumn, you almost died.”

HALF-BREED: CH. 7 - "WEAKNESS"

Summary: Commander Jimmy calls Autumn a glutton for punishment after she disobeys an order, then lectures her about why her race is inferior to his.

The Commander told Autumn not to eat too fast and to take small bites – everything in moderation. But once she ate the piece of bread, it was like putting a huge piece of chocolate cake in front of someone on a diet and telling them not to eat it. The fact that her brain was practically starved for oxygen from going without food for 15 days, also meant that her judgment was detrimentally impaired. Once she started eating, she could not stop. She was practically inhaling all the food she ate. The cheese alone would've been enough to upset her stomach – too much dairy leads to excess gas. By the time the Commander returned, there was vomit on the table and she was on the floor writhing in pain, crying.

“Oh God, please make it stop! This pain is unbearable!”

He quickly ascertained what had transpired in his absence – and it infuriated him.

“You stupid girl! I told you to eat SLOWLY and you did not listen! Look at what your total disregard for what I instructed you to do has done! Now you are suffering because of your own ignorance! I am beginning to think you are a glutton for punishment. Look where your gluttony has taken you!”

HALF-BREED: CH. 6 - "HUNGER (GWEN)"

Summary: Autumn makes a new friend and Jimmy plays God with their lives.

Autumn opened her eyes and all she saw was darkness. Where am I? What is this place? Why can't I move? She tried to remember how she got here – wherever “here” was. Hunger and pain. Those were the last things she remembered. Slowly it all came back to her: food deprivation and rape. The Commander forced himself on her in the most vile and violent way possible, burning up her insides and causing her to black out from the pain. And yet he was the one who fed her the first food she'd tasted in several days. But he was also the one who starved her in the first place. Was he trying to be her savior or her tormentor? Her hero or her villain? She tried to wrap her head around the idea that it was possible he was trying to be both.

Whatever plans the Commander had, Erik was not going to save her from them. He was no longer on the ship. She was stuck there with that brute, the one they called "Jimmy." And now she was stuck in some kind of pod, isolated from everyone and everything. Suddenly, the plexiglass-like enclosure opened and she felt a rush of warm air wash over her. She was so numb that she didn't realize just how cold it was inside the pod and she fell forward. 

HALF-BREED: CH. 5 - "PUNISHMENT"

WARNING: CONTAINS ADULT-CONTENT

Summary: The Commander (Jimmy) shows Autumn a whole new world of pain.

When there were no more bananas to feed her, the Commander stood up and looked down at Autumn. She was just looking straight ahead, as if in a trance.

“Autumn!” he said loudly. “Look at me!”

She slowly raised her head and looked up at him, squinting because her eyes were still dry from all the crying. She could sense the change of tone in his voice and whatever he was going to say next, was not going to be good. He just stood there for a few moments, staring down at her, like a bug under a microscope. Then he ordered her to stand up. As she stood up, he then issued another directive.

“Please turn around, with your back to me, facing the wall.”

HALF-BREED: CH. 4 - "COMMMANDER (JIMMY)"

Summary: Autumn is punished by the Commander (Jimmy) for having sex with the Scientist (Erik).

The Commander stood there glaring at his new charge and his old scientist. Autumn was trembling as she looked around for her clothes, attempting to fight back the tears, trying not to show any weakness but it was too little too late. She knew that the Commander frowned upon inter-species breeding, but what of sexual relations? Did she just break some kind of archaic Wraith law? Why was Erik not coming to her defense? He did tell her to do whatever Erik told her to do, right? She quickly tried to think of something – anything – to say to diffuse the situation. She started to open her mouth, not even sure what she was going to say, but before she could even utter a single syllable, the Commander was already shutting her down.

“Silence! You will come with me....NOW!”

“Yes, sir,” she replied with a shaky voice. As she slid off the desk, Autumn noticed her shirt on the floor and bent over to pick it up. As she was about to grab it, she found herself pushed backward by a strong, unseen force – the Commander had done it with just a wave of his hand. She was knocked against the wall behind the desk before falling forward, coming to a stop on her knees....right at the Commander's feet. 

HALF-BREED: CH. 3 - "SCIENTIST (ERIK)"

WARNING:  CONTAINS ADULT-CONTENT

Summary: Autumn meets "The Scientist" (Erik) and becomes his guinea pig. He takes her Wraithy virginity but The Commander (Jimmy) does not approve.

The Commander laughed at Autumn's “guinea pig” presupposition.

“It's not like that, Autumn,” he said, trying to put her mind at ease.

“Oh crap, I forgot,” she replied, “You can hear thoughts too.”

“Yes,” he smiled. “So be careful with your mind, I see and hear EVERYTHING.”

He gave her a wink and she tried to suppress another thought – is this weird space albino hitting on me? Again he laughed.

“Is that what you think I am? And I have not hit you.”

Dammit Autumn, she thought to herself. Guard your private musings! His opinion of you could determine whether you live or die!

Again, the Wraith Commander tried to put her mind at ease, though he himself still wasn't sure what he was actually going to do with her. For now, he wanted to study her, find out what made her tick and hopefully, discover the identity of her Wraith father. Ugh, a Wraith mating with a human, he pontificated. That practice should not be allowed to continue. A Wraith should be a Wraith and not tainted with inferior human DNA.

“Now quit trying to stall and avoid the inevitable. You move too slow!” He grabbed her hand and dragged her behind him. 

HALF-BREED: CH. 2 - "DAUGHTER (AUTUMN)"

Summary: Autumn meets the Hive Commander (Jimmy) and The Keeper (Sally) and they become interested in her Wraith DNA...and the identity of her father.

Autumn woke up in a strange-looking prison cell. The walls and the door were made of some organic material with strange inter-locking connectors that came together like the pieces of a puzzle. She knew immediately where she was because her mother had told her the story of how she came to be born and raised with the Nox. Great. Now I'm gonna be starved to death, she thought to herself as she looked around for an escape. There was none to be found. Not that it mattered. She heard footsteps coming towards her.

It was a tall thin male with long white hair, almost as long as her mother's. He had sharp rotted teeth and wore a floor-length coat. It was a Wraith Commander and two big masked...ogres. He stopped in front of the cell and just stared at her. His eyes narrowed as if he were in deep thought. Are these ghoulish creatures even capable of deep thought she wondered?

Yes, we are, came the answer. But it had not been spoken out loud. She heard it in her head. This Wraith could read her mind! For a long time they just stood and looked at each other. She could tell by the expression on his face that he was quietly analyzing her – and what she looked like. And he did not approve. 

HALF-BREED: CH. 1 - "MOTHER (LORELEI)"

Summary: A telepathic human female's village is culled and she is held prisoner on a hive ship where she meets a starry-eyed Wraith who impregnates her.

Lorelei was a beautiful woman with thick, glossy ebony hair so long that it stopped short of her tailbone. She lived on a planet somewhere in the Pegasus Galaxy populated by the Ancients thousands of years ago. Mostly an agrarian society, there were lots of farms and a beautiful landscape with lush green vegetation, tall trees and a few lakes and ponds.

Although there was no real “hierarchy,” Lorelei and her husband, Jonah, were considered the village leaders because they both had the gift of clairvoyance and telepathy. Lorelei also served as the village “medicine woman” having been taught herbal medicine and holistic health from her mother.

Lorelei and Jonah had three children –a daughter named Ivy and two sons – Caleb and Ira. Like her own mother before her, Lorelei passed her gifts onto her daughter and taught her the healing arts. Jonah taught his sons archery, masonry, carpentry and also how to hunt. Life was quiet but productive.

Then the terror from the sky came.