author's note: Okay, here is the first chapter, revised of course. It's definitely longer than the old first chapter. I did change a few things here and there, but I kept it pretty much the same. In fact, there are some lines that are exactly the same, but hey, it's easier to take them than to have to come up with new ones, that and they just went so well. Anyway, I would like to thank everyone that reviewed, you guys gave me some really good ideas which helped me to be able to write this. I know, that you guys like this story, but hopefully you'll like the revised version even better. I don't know how soon I will have the next chapter up. I have got soooo many stories that I'm working on right now, but I will do my best to get it up as soon as I can. Well, I think that's enough talk for now. I really hope you like this revised chapter. So, please drop me a review and enjoy!

disclaimer: I do not own Stargate SG-1 or Star Trek: Voyager.

Alternative Futures

(Revised)

Chapter 1

Colonel Jack O'Neill sighed as he made yet another round of the cargo ship that SG-1 was on. He was bored out of his mind. There was nothing for him to do. Teal'c was flying and refused to let Jack have a go. Carter was in the co pilot's seat, her eyes glued to the screen showing . . . whatever it was it showed. And Daniel had his nose buried in some book. So, Jack was left alone to find something to occupy himself with. The only problem was that there was nothing to do. He really hated long trips in cargo ships.

"Why are we doing this again?" Jack asked as he sat down on a crate near Daniel.

"Because the Tok'ra asked us to," Daniel answered without looking up from his book.

"So, why are we doing this again?"

Daniel sighed as he closed his book. How many times did they have to explain this mission to Jack?

"Because the Tok'ra detected a spatial anomaly in the vicinity of one of their outposts, but they didn't have a ship to spare to go check it out. They knew we had just gotten a hold of this cargo ship so they asked us to check it out for them."

"Okay, I get that, but why-,"

"Because General Hammond ordered us to take this mission," Daniel said cutting Jack off before he asked yet again why they were doing this.

Jack opened his mouth to say something, but never got the chance when Carter suddenly called from the front of the ship.

"Sir, we're about to exit hyperspace."

Jack and Daniel glanced at each other before they both walked to the front of the ship. Seconds later they dropped out of hyperspace. Through the front window Jack could see nothing but the blackness of space.

"Shouldn't there be some kind of . . . thing out there?" Jack asked pointing out of the window.

"Yes, sir," Carter said sounding confused while tapping buttons on the console in front of her.

"Then where is it?"

"I think it's behind us."

"Behind us?"

"Yes-," Sam was cut off as the ship abruptly lurched backwards.

"What the heck was that?" Daniel asked as he and Jack desperately tried to keep from falling.

"We are being pulled toward the anomaly," Teal'c stated while trying to keep the cargo ship moving forward.

"What do you mean, being pulled toward it?" Jack asked, not liking what his team was saying.

"Teal'c's right, sir, we are being pulled toward the anomaly," Sam replied, still focused on the data.

"Why?"

"Well, there appears to be a strong gravitational pull coming from inside."

"So, we're about to get sucked in?"

"Not if Teal'c can get the ship far enough away-," Sam began.

"I do not believe that will be possible, Major Carter. We are still being pulled backwards," Teal'c said cutting Sam off.

"Carter, what would happen if we went through that thing?" Jack asked leaning forward, clinging to the back of Sam's chair in order to stay upright.

"I think the question is what will happen when we go through that thing," Daniel spoke up from where he was hanging onto the back of Teal'c's chair.

"Perhaps the inquiry should be what will we encounter on the other side." Teal'c's statement was the last thing said before the ship was pulled into the spatial anomaly.

Captain Kathryn Janeway sighed as she set yet another data pad down on her desk. She turned to look out the window to see streaks of light as Voyager traveled through space at warp speed. The ship's sensors had detected a spatial anomaly in the vicinity of space that they were passing through. They couldn't get very detailed readings until they were closer, but Janeway was cautiously hopeful that it might be a wormhole. Turning back toward her desk she picked up the next data pad when Harry Kim's voice issued out of the speaker.

"Captain, we've reached the coordinates."

"I'm on my way," Janeway replied as she gratefully tossed the data pad back on her desk. She then stood up and headed for the door. The door slid open with a quiet hiss to reveal the bridge. "What have you got, Harry?" She asked as she walked over to the young man's station.

"It looks like a temporal rift," Harry replied glancing up at her briefly before turning to looks back at the sensor readings.

"A temporal rift? Can you tell anything else?"

"Not really, Captain. The gravity well is interfering with our sensors."

"Seven, can you enhance the sensors?" Janeway asked turning to look at the former Borg.

"I believe so, Captain," Seven of Nine replied as she began tapping the buttons on her console.

"Harry?" Janeway turned back to look at him.

"There's nothing yet," Harry answered, but then a quiet beep sounded. "Wait, I'm detecting something."

"What is it?"

"I think it's a . . . ship."

"A ship? What kind of ship?"

"I'm not sure, Captain. I'm still not getting complete readings."

Just then a small triangular shaped ship came hurtling out of the rift. It stopped just as suddenly as it had appeared. They all just stood there staring at the image of the ship on the view screen. The ship didn't move, in fact it did nothing, it was just floating there.

"I'm detecting four life signs on board, Captain," Harry spoke quietly finally tearing his gaze away from the ship to look at his console.

"What kind of ship is that?" Chakotay asked coming to stand next to Janeway.

"There is no record of it or anything like it in the database," Tuvok stated.

"Seven, have the Borg ever encountered this kind of ship before?" Janeway asked.

"No. Its technology is limited. The Borg would have deemed it unworthy of assimilation."

"The ship does not appear to have any weapons," Tuvok said.

"Well, how about we find out who these people are," Janeway said. "Hail them."