This is the anticipated sequel to my debut story Stargate: Disclosure. A new enemy has risen from the infernal fires of hell. The return of an old enemy may also spell the end of the Tau'ri. I am in no way affiliated with the Stargate franchise. All ideas and characters, except for my original characters, do not belong to me. Enjoy!
Rated T for language, violence, and mild sexual content. There will be some Daneil/Vala, Jack/Sam, and Jennifer/Rodney, but nothing egregious. Please R&R.
Stargate: The Fires of Hell
Chapter 1
Imperium, a forested world. Constantly cloudy and rainy. To anyone's knowledge there had not been a sunny day in decades. The forests stretch on for miles, green and peaceful. The tree tops form a dense canopy over the forest floor. The ground is covered with lush green plants covered with beautiful flowers in every color imaginable. Many of the flowers are shaped like vases to catch the water from above. The most beautiful is called the Teter Flower. When pollinated, it produces the delicious Probrosus Berry. Every square inch of ground is covered with moss. There are large lakes of incandescent teal water. They get their color from the CaedeAlgae. Imperium has no oceans, only freshwater lakes. The wildlife in the forests and lakes is very diverse. Anything and everything is possible. Moving past the forests, there are wide plains covered in exotic grasses, the most prominent being Turpe Grass. Beyond the plains there is a range of mountains snaking through the landscape, stretching almost all the way around the planet. On the other side of the mountains there is a vast network of rivers connecting hundred of lakes. Each teal river flows from one deep teal lake to another. The lakes are like glass the way they reflect the sky. They are almost always perfectly still. Rain is not as common here as it is in the forest, but the sky is always cloudy. By an odd chemical process in a plant called the Gelo Tree, carbon dioxide in the air is frozen in the bulb of the tree and then deposited at the bottom of lakes. The trees grow exclusively near the lakes creating 'pure' air with very little carbon dioxide present. The dry ice at the bottom of the lake boils the water creating cold water vapor which is forced close to the ground by the warm atmosphere. The swirling fog rolls over the landscape for miles. Imperium is a beautiful world, but one thing stands out like an ugly mole. The city of Imperium…
Clangore Buccinæ Orca was a very odd man. He was the leader of the Igne Inferi people. Ruler of Imperium. The woman entered his office again.
"Have you considered my offer?" she asked.
"Yes," Orca said. "The answer is no."
"What?" her voice was calm, but Orca could sense the anger building in her. "I offered you galactic domination!"
"The galaxy already is ours," Orca said. "We are in the center of it; therefore, we rule it."
"You and your primitive little brain are too simple to understand the way the Universe works," she said.
"Universe?" Orca had never heard that word before. Without another word, the woman left. Orca could see her on the street below. Then, she disappeared. He sat back down at his desk and continued to veto laws promoting equal rights. The Orca Oris activated. They named the device after their leader. A group of prisoners from Aranea emerged. Another execution. It was the fifth that day.
"These people never learn," Orca said as he stood up. He walked out onto the plaza. The firing squad was there.
"I hope you all understand the severity of your crimes," Orca said. He sounded bored, like he wanted to be somewhere else. The prisoners were silent. Orca turned around, and the firing squad shot. The bodies were disposed of. They activated the Oris. The bodies were vaporized in the vortex. Orca returned to his office. The woman was there again.
"Leave," Orca said.
"No," she responded coldly.
"This is my world, my office. Not yours," he said. Fire erupted around the woman.
"You will accept my offer, or you will die," the woman said. She walked closer Orca. The heat of the fire grew.
"Alright!" Orca said. "I'll do it." The woman smiled; the fires were extinguished.
"Wise decision," she said. "I'll be back." She walked out of Orca's office.
On Earth:
"That's strange," General Carter said looking at a map of the known Stargates in the Milky Way.
"What?" Rodney asked.
"There are no Gates in this section of the galaxy," she replied.
"So?" Rodney asked.
"Don't you think it's just a little odd?" Sam said.
"Yes, but maybe the Ancients didn't get to them before they left?" Rodney said.
"That's not likely," Sam said.
"What's going on here?" Daniel said, walking into the Atlantis Control Room.
"Look at this," Sam said.
"You're sure?" he asked.
"Yes," Sam said. "There are several isolated groups of Stargates in this section of the galaxy."
"Well maybe if you said that, I would've believed you," Rodney said. Sam smiled.
"How can we dial them?" Daniel asked.
"I'm not sure. The addresses are easy," Sam said. "But they're locked out."
"Will the first-gen Gates get a lock?" Daniel asked. The first-gen Gates were the only thing left behind when the people who brought the fake Seed Ships to Earth left.
"We tried," Rodney said.
"And?" Daniel said.
"Let's just say our count of destroyed Stargates climbed to twenty three," Sam said.
"Wait," Daniel said. "You tried five times?"
"Yeah," Sam said. "You would think the first attempt would've deterred us."
"It usually does," Daniel said.
"Well we thought maybe if we tried different locations on the planet, but that didn't work," Sam said.
"Of course it didn't," Rodney said. "
"Okay," Daniel said. "This is too complicated. I am going to go work on something simpler. Like designing a starship." He left.
"What's up with him?" Rodney asked.
"Let's just say he's had a bad week," Sam said.
Vala was away on a lengthy mission with Cam and Teal'c. They were working on establishing an outpost on a few of the most distant worlds in the galaxy. They were doing this in an attempt to create a galactic web of Tau'ri colonies throughout the Milky Way. This was all part of a plan to explore the Universe.
"Well that wasn't so hard was it?" Vala asked. Teal'c stared at her. They worked for hours trying to get an Ancient Cloaking Device working.
"Cloak," Cam said. The small outpost disappeared.
On Imperium:
"I don't have much time," the woman said. Orca jumped a little. He didn't see her come in.
"What is it?" Orca asked. The woman placed her hand on Orca's desk. A small memory storage device appeared.
"Make the ship that is described here," before she could finish, a glowing ball of light entered the room.
"Thought you could hide from me here Adria?" Ganos Lal's voice said. Adria's eyes glowed with fire. She transformed herself into energy, and the battle continued. Orca was shocked. He had absolutely no idea what had just occurred right in front of his eyes. He examined the memory device. A holographic image appeared. It was something Orca had never seen before.
"What did the woman call this?" he said to himself. "A….ship?" He had never heard this word before. He took the device to his leading scientists who also had no idea what it was describing. There was only one thing to do. They placed the device in the obelisk that sat near the Orca Oris. A destination was selected. It was one the Igne Inferi had never seen before. They didn't even know they could go there. The Oris began to spin. When the final symbol locked into place, it activated.
"Unscheduled off world activation," Walter said. Before the shield could be raised, a small memory storage device came through the Stargate. The shield went up; the Gate deactivated.
The Igne Inferi were terrified that the device could activate the Oris, so they disposed of it the only way they knew of, destruction in empty space. They believed any address other than the ones to their worlds activated an Oris in empty space where planets weren't created.
"What is it?" Sam asked, walking into the Gate Room.
"It's a memory device," Daniel said. The hologram appeared. "These are specs for a ship." The Stargate activated without dialing. Morgan stepped through.
"Morgan?" Daniel sad. "I didn't know…"
"That Ascended Beings could look like they've been through hell?" Morgan said. Another figure emerged from the Stargate.
"Who's that?" Daniel asked. Morgan grabbed the hood that covered the figure's face. It was Adria.
"You defeated her?" Sam said.
"In a manner of speaking," Morgan responded. "She is still Ascended, but she has no memories. You must guard her." She noticed the memory device in Daniel's hand. "Where did you get that?"
"It came through the Gate," Daniel responded.
"Do you know the address?" Morgan asked.
"Not yet," Sam responded. "It came through ten minutes ago."
"Interesting," Morgan said. "I cannot give you the address, but be warned." She disappeared, leaving Adria behind.
"Whoa…" Eli said as the Destiny dropped out of FTL.
"What is it Eli?" Young asked.
"We made it," Eli said. "The edge of the Universe."
"Can we go past the edge?" Young asked.
"If you want to die a horrible death yes," Rush said.
"Why do you say that?" Young asked.
"We'd be reduced to nothing if we passed the edge. That's assuming we'd even be able to," Rush responded.
"Where did that come from?" Volker mused.
"What is it?" Young asked.
"A solar system," Volker said. "I'm reading a Stargate."
"How long do we have on the clock?" Young asked.
"As long as we need," Rush responded. "That solar system is the ship's destination."