Heart Of Glass by Baalsgirl
Disclaimer: I don't own anything of Stargate: SG-1, but the story line of this one and one of the characters (the girl).
Rating: PG-13 and T (suitable for people younger than Teal'C - ;-) - !
Season: End 7 introducing 8
Pairings: Sam/Jack & Daniel/the dangerous girl (as usual)
Summary: Daniel is drawn to an extremely powerful and dangerous female. (And she isn't too different from Repli-Carter in a way...)
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"Crap", Jack pulled Daniel around the corner as a group of Jaffa suddenly approached from behind.
Sam and Teal'C crouched against the opposite wall.
"What are these folks doing here?" Sam inquired after they had passed.
"So much about this place being abandoned", Jack sighed, "Let's follow them, wanna see what's going on here."
Quietly they stalked along the main corridor, always staying as far behind the Jaffa as possible.
Then, after awhile, the guards walked through a huge double door that slammed shut behind them.
"A pity we can't poke our noses in there", Jack stated ironically while Daniel stood beside him, quietly eyeing the wall.
"There might be a way", he told him after a moment showing the others to follow him.
He led them to a small service entrance hidden some feet away from the main door.
Suddenly it slid open and a servant girl stepped outside, staring at the intruders with wide eyes, but before she could alert somebody Teal'C had already zatted her.
"All right", Jack said, "Teal'C, Carter and you hide her somewhere and give us backup. Daniel, you're with me."
Quietly the two of them slid into the small service corridor climbing some stairs that led to an empty gallery.
In the spacious hall beneath them a tall woman dressed in black was just scolding the small group of Jaffa.
"What is she saying?" Jack whispered not getting response at once, "Daniel?" he turned his head and found the archaeologist plainly staring at the scene.
"What are you staring at?" O'Neill exquired.
"I know her..."
"Where from?"
"I don't remember", Daniel sighed.
"But you get what she's saying, don't you?" Jack questioned again.
"She's reprimanding them for their defective behavior toward their one and only god... Now she threatens to punish them and ..."
That moment both O'Neill and Jackson held their breath. With one move of her hand she shot a glistering stream of energy at one of them, he screamed with pain and dropped dead only instants later.
"Now she's just set an example", Jack let out a shocked breath, "How the hell is this possible..."
"It isn't, let's get out of here", Daniel proposed.
"Agreed", quickly they crawled back to the stairs and returned to the others.
"We've got to make a move out of this place", the colonel then ordered once again turning around to look at Daniel who had just stopped dead in his tracks.
'What is it?" he asked.
"Nothing... it's just that ... forget it", Daniel sighed, "let's go."
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An almost unnoticeable draft of air drew her attention. Someone had been watching her. Quickly she reached out her senses.
The intruders were still inside the fortress, but they were trying to escape. She studied them a little longer and realized that there was one of them she was not willing to let go.
You won't escape me, quietly she slipped into the other's mind.
Meanwhile she ordered her first prime to go after the group, to catch them and to bring them to her, alive.
As the Jaffa was gone, she smiled inwardly:
So we meet again, Daniel.
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Halfway to the Stargate Daniel came to a stop again, alert in his eyes.
"We have to speed up", he called, "she has sent her Jaffa after us."
Not waiting another second they all started to run faster and shortly before the reached the gate, staff blasts crashed into the trees behind them.
"Dial it", Jack yelled while he and Teal'C stepped back to face the quickly approaching attackers.
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Blasts frequently hit the DHD while Daniel tried to dial home as fast as he could. Sam tried her best to cover his position while he did, but the mass of Jaffa suddenly storming in on the gate was far too big to be handled.
Shortly after Daniel had activated the gate Sam got shot into the thigh, breaking down to her knees. Protectively he threw himself over her and helped her to get through the event horizon.
All of a sudden he felt a rush of pain that went through his entire body and only seconds after her realized that he had been shot, he passed out.
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"Receiving SG-1's IDC, Sir. They are under attack."
"Have the gate room secured and then open the iris", General Hammond ordered
Only instants later the gate was secured and the iris opened.
It did not take long until Sam landed on the ramp, she was obviously injured, unable to walk on her own.
Not long after her Jack and Teal'C jumped through the gate followed by a salve of staff blasts, the iris closed behind them.
Out of breath Jack ran over to Sam, "Where's Daniel? We thought he was with you?"
"I don't know, Sir. I haven't seen him since he pushed me through. I supposed he'd be right behind me."
Now Hammond walked up toward them, "What happened, people? And where's Dr Jackson?"
"The planet is now holding a garrison of Baal's soldiers", Teal'C replied plainly.
"And yet we have to assume that they've shot and captured Daniel", Jack added, anger and sorrow in his voice.
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