Appearances Can Be Deceiving
A horn blew in the distance, sounding the alarm for any Jaffa to come. The Stargate lay in an open area, but a circle of Jaffa guards surrounded it. A yellow streak from a staff weapon hit a Jaffa in the stomach pouch – killing him instantly. The attacker was still unseen, but one by one the other Jaffa fell. At last the Stargate was accessible and the attacker approached the DHD. The symbols of an address were hastily punched in and the Stargate spun and finally opened, the rippling blue event horizon shining with a promise of a new life. Without another thought, the attacker dashed for the Stargate, diving through headfirst as a staff weapon fired somewhere behind.
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Colonel O'Neill was just headed for the elevator, thinking of a weekend filled with nothing but fishing. It wasn't that he disliked his job, quite the opposite, but a few days off were always welcomed. He ran into a guy with hands full of papers and books.
"Ah, Daniel, sure you don't want to accompany me for a fine weekend of fishing?"
Daniel looked up startled, his eyeglasses crooked as though he had shoved them on before picking up the armful.
"Uh, no thanks, got enough to do for the moment." Daniel turned the corner and disappeared, leaving a bemused O'Neill in his wake. For as long as the colonel could remember, Daniel had always been the geek with glasses, never happier than when he was translating some document or pouring over ancient artifacts.
O'Neill's eyes caught the flash of blonde hair just dashing past him. "Carter!"
"Sorry sir, I have to get to work on the generator that…" O'Neill tuned out the rest of the scientific jargon for which the Astrophysicist was famous. He merely nodded and waved.
Suddenly red lights began to flash, accompanied by a voice that came over the intercom.
"Unscheduled Off-world Activation – attention All SGC personnel, this is not a drill, I repeat this is not a drill."
"So much for my weekend retreat," O'Neill sighed to himself, turning to dash back down the hallway and into the Gate room.
"Who is it, General?" Hammond was already there, watching as the Stargate opened and the iris closed securely.
"Siler? Any signal?"
"None, sir." Suddenly Siler's voice reached an urgent tone. "Sir, someone just entered the wormhole!"
"Open the Iris." Turning to the microphone, Hammond spoke to the men in the Embarkation room. "Be prepared men, turn your safeties off and aim to kill."
Captain Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson, and Teal'c were only moments later behind O'Neill, watching with interest as the event horizon began to ripple. Suddenly a figure came flying out of the Stargate head-first. The first thing O'Neill – and indeed everybody else – noticed was that the person was wearing the uniform of a Jaffa.
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--Who is this person?
--Where did the person come from?
--Why was this person wearing a Jaffa Uniform?
--Will the person gain anyone's trust or lose it?
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