SG-1 stepped out of the wormhole, and took their first look at P3X269

Fight For Freedom

(Please note, I hate thinking of titles for stories, so sorry if this one is a bit crap!!)

Disclaimer: You know the score, I don't own any of these characters or anything, I'm just borrowing them and will promise to put them back once I've finished!

Series: Probably set some where in Series 4

Summary: SG-1 one have another run in with the Go'auld, but will they make it out of this one?

Spoilers: None that I can think of at the moment!

I think that's all I need to put, sorry if I missed anything out!

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Chapter One

SG-1 stepped out of the wormhole, and took their first look at P3X269. It was you normal oxygenated planet, lots of tress and plant life all around. The sky was dark and angry, threatening to realise the water from its heavy and over filled clouds.

"Carter, which way did the UAV say the village was?"

Major Samantha Carter turned to her CO, and pointed to a small path between the trees

"It's approximately three miles that way Sir."

"Ok kids, lets get going, I'd like to get there before it starts raining!"

Just as Jack finished addressing his troops, there was a loud clap of thunder, and the first drops of rain started to fall.

"So much for that idea, Jeez, me and my big mouth!"

Carter let out a small smile, as her Daniel and Teal'c set into position behind their Colonel, and started off along the path.

The hike to the village had been a lot harder than expected, with steep hills made even harder to climb by the wind and rain that seemed to be pushing them back in the opposite direction. Eventually the four wet and exhausted team-mates reached a point that they could see the village from. Not wanting to give away their location until they were sure the villagers were friendly, the whole of SG-1 lay flat down on the wet ground with just their eyes peering over the mound they were behind. Jack peered through his binoculars, and could see the houses in the village were more like wooden huts, and although it was pouring with rain, there were many people working in the clearing, carrying wood, shaping metal. It was then that something caught Jack's eye, something that he had not seen at first, all the villagers were chained around the ankles, allowing them enough movement to walk, but obviously preventing escape. The site of chains made all the hairs on the back of Jacks neck stand on end, he'd had to many experiences of being held captive, and it was something he wouldn't wish on anyone, well expect maybe that snake head Apothis.

"What do you see O'Neil?" Asked Teal'c, his powerful voice waking Jack from his current line of thinking. He looked up realising that everyone's focus was on him.

"I don't like the look of this place" he replied to their expectant faces, as he gradually drew back from the mound and stood up.

"I think someone's keeping these people..."

Just then there was the sound of breaking twigs behind them. Jack swung round, looking for the hidden intruder, but before he had even heard the ZAT fire, he had felt the blue electricity flowing through his body, knocking him to the ground, making everyone muscle in his body twitch with an excruciating pain. Zat's before had hit him, but his one seemed to hurt even more.

"Colonel!" cried Carter having heard his muffled groan, and then turning just in time to see his body crumple to the floor. She could see the lines of pain etched into his face; her scientific mind straight away realising that the Colonel's wet uniform was probably intensifying the flow of electricity through his body. Another Zat shot flying just to the left of Daniel made Carter's military mind come back into play.

"Take cover!" she yelled desperately as all three instinctively dived behind tress and bushes.

From their cover, Carter and Daniel had their focus purely on the fallen form of their unconscious friend, who still lay out in the open. Teal'c on the over hand was desperately searching the undergrowth to find their attackers. This searching was quickly rewarded as a mixture of Jaffa and Villagers appeared from amongst the trees, weapons raised and ready for action. One of the larger Jaffa stepped forward, his staff weapon raised; he walked over and looked down over the fallen man. Carter's heart skipped a beat as the Jaffa held the armed staff weapon at Jacks head. Please don't kill him, please!

"SG-1, you are surrounded, come out now or I will kill the man you call O'Neil" Boomed the Jaffa's voice. For a while no one moved, Carter, Daniel and Teal'c unsure as what to do. Eventually it sunk in that they had no way to escape and the only option was to put down their weapons if they wanted to prevent the death of their team mate and friend. Slowly, SG-1 appeared from their cover, their hands open to show they were unarmed.

The large Jaffa signalled, and several of the villagers lowered their weapons, and grabbed hold of each member of the team, roughly binding their hands behind their backs.

"Get up!" yelled the Jaffa at Jack who was still on the floor. Jack was barely conscious, he tried to focus on the Jaffa, but he seemed to be dancing in front of him, he wanted to move, but his muscles were still tingling and painful from the Zat shot, and simply wouldn't do as he wanted. The Jaffa growing impatient kicked Jack hard in the ribs; he let out a small groan

"Heh!"

Shouted Carter, not wanting to see her CO and friend treated so harshly, The Jaffa turned and gave her a look, which she knew meant to be quiet unless she wanted a beating as well. Sam hung her head. When Jack still didn't comply, the Jaffa signalled to two of the other Jaffa who grabbed Jack by each arm, and pulled him into a standing position. Jacks legs refused to support his weight, and they crumpled beneath him, the Jaffa being the only thing keeping him up right.

"You will stand!" Yelled the Jaffa, placing a heavy punch in Jacks abdomen that made him gasp for air. He signalled to the two holding him, and as they let go, Jack dropped to his knees, still unable to stand, and now with his forehead resting on the floor as he struggled to catch his breath,

"Leave him alone!" Shouted Daniel; unable to watch them harass his friend any longer. The Jaffa was also bored of this game,

"You are right Dr Jackson, I will leave him for now"

The Jaffa walked a few steps away and then watched as the other Jaffa started to kick Jack, who was now flat on the floor again, and letting out small moans as each boot made contact with his body.

"No!" shouted Teal'c, as all three tried to break free and help their friend.

Realising he had showed his power enough, the lead Jaffa ordered the others to stop.

"We will take them to the camp!" He barked.

The villagers started to lead SG-1 away, and the Jaffa once again took Jack by the arms.

"Oh, Tauri, before you go" said the Jaffa with an evil grin, SG-1 turned round, and then flinched as they watched him deliver a vicious blow to the head of Jack, who had been struggling to stay conscious. He crumpled down once more, and this time was dragged by the Jaffa though the woods towards the camp.

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When Jack woke up, the first thing he noticed was the mind splitting headache that threatened to make him vomit, even with his eyes closed, he was sure he could feel the room spinning. Jack reached his hands up to his head, hoping it would subdue the pain, and let out a small moan as it failed to do so and also made him aware of the bruising over his body, and the possible cracked ribs in his chest.

"Colonel O'Neil...,Sir…, Jack…,can you hear me?!"

Darkness threatened to creep over Jack again, but the worry evident in the woman's voice was so strong that he forte this darkness and slowly opened his eyes. At first everything seemed blurred and disjointed, but after a few minutes, it all started to come back into focus,

"Carter?" Jack quietly croaked, his throat sore and dry,

"Oh thank God" was the whispered reply, Jack was slightly confused by the emotion present in Carter's voice, but then realised he probably didn't look to hot shot right now. He could feel the dried blood down the side of his face already, and imagined he probably had Carter pretty worried.

"Jesus Jack, you scared the crap out of us!" came the familiar voice of Daniel.

Jack squinted as Daniel's face came into his line of focus, he saw the worry also etched into Daniel's features, and realised he had to lighten the mood

"I wondered what that smell was!" he joked, trying to put a smile on though a painful cough, there was no response from his two friends,

"Wow, tough crowd!"

This time his inappropriate humour worked, and he got a small smile out of Carter.

Jack then realised he had no idea where he was, he was lying on something that at some point probably resembled a grotty old mattress it smelt of decay and dirt. It was still probably better than sitting on the hard grimy floor like the rest of his team-mates were. Wanting to get a better look of his surroundings, Jack struggled to sit up, a simple hand on his shoulder from Carter, was enough to push him back down again,

"Sir, I don't think you should move, you've been unconscious for over two hours, you need to rest" said Carter, the worry evident in her voice

"Major, I'm fine" Replied Jack, trying to sound convincing, "Now please, would you give me a hand here! "

Realising there was no chance of winning this argument, Sam and Daniel took the struggling Jack by the tops of his arms and helped him into a sitting position, Jack winced as they put pressure on the already bruised arms the Jaffa had roughly dragged him by,

"Easy" he told them through gritted teeth, hoping they would ease the pressure they were putting on them,

"Sorry" said Sam and Daniel in unison, both forgetting how bruised he was, and feeling guilty for causing him pain,

"It's alright" replied Jack, trying to stop them from worrying.

Once sitting, Jack closed his eyes and swallowed deeply to stop the dizziness and nausea that was sweeping over him.

"Sir?"

"I'm fine Carter" replied Jack as he forced open his eyes, anticipating the question before it had been asked.

Jack took his first proper look at the surroundings around him, he was in a small cell, it was dark, dirty, and reminded him very much of the cell he had been held in when captured in Iraq, a shiver ran down his spin. The front of the cell had bars across it, and through the bars it was possible to see other cells, most of which were empty, but they looked lived in, and Jack believed their occupants would probably be returned soon. In the corner of the cell sat Teal'c, his eyes focused on O'Neil.

"Heh Teal'c" Said Jack

Teal's nodded, "It is good to see you awake O'Neil"

"Yeah" was Jacks short reply, "So, do we have any guesses about who owns this lovely place then?"

Asked Jack

"I believe it would be a Go'auld" Replied Teal'c

"Yeah, the heavily armed Jaffa kinda gave it away don't you think" replied Jack sarcastically,

"Any advances on a Go'auld" Jack asked again, there was silence

"So, I guess it's a don't call us, we'll call you kind of thing then!"

As if on queue, two of the heavily armed Jaffa Jack had recently described arrived out side the door,

"The human is awake at last, I never knew what a weak species the Tauri were" laughed one of the Jaffa.

"Yeah well, you learn something new everyday don't you" replied Jack, in a quiet sadistic voice, not wanting to rise to the bait, and feeling stupid anyway for not waking up quicker. That was two hours he had wasted. Carter found it harder to hide her agitation and her face was going red with anger. She wanted to shout at them, to tell them how she'd like to see them cope with being hit by a Zat, beaten to the ground and then dragged through the woods for nearly an hour, but a look from Jack told her to settle down.

"You will come with us!" Yelled the other Jaffa, annoyed that there was no reaction to his friends previous remark,

"You're asking us out on a date already, but we've only just met." Was Jacks reply, as sarcastic as ever. The Jaffa ignored him,

"Stand away from the door" he continued as both took aim with their Zats to prevent an escape. Teal'c who was the only one near the door moved away and over to Daniel and Carter who were now standing either side of Jack who was still sat in the floor. As one Jaffa kept his Zat aimed at the four team-mates, the other signalled for the others to turn round as he reapplied the bounds around their arms. Once they were secure, he reached down to Jack, and grabbed his arm, yanking it upwards. Jack struggled to get his feet beneath him before the Jaffa pulled his arm right out of the socket. He winced and let out a small hiss as the sudden movement made all his injured and bruised muscles scream out their protest.

As he finally managed to stand, the room started to spin. He closed his eyes and tried to breathe deeply, appreciative for the wall behind that offered him support. However, this appreciation soon stopped, as he was harshly spun round and smacked forwards into the wall, a firm hand on his neck preventing him from moving. He could feel himself sliding to the floor, but the Jaffa's firm grip prevented him from doing so. The Jaffa then pulled Jack's arms behind him, and bound him like his team-mates. As he was yanked away from the wall towards the cell exit, his feet tripped over each other, and he once again felt himself being dragged.

The four members of SG-1 were led down thin winding corridors with Jack constantly getting his footing only to trip and be dragged again. The rest of the team found it hard to watch him, they so wanted to help, but knew it was impossible.

When they finally reached the room the Jaffa were taking them to, SG-1 were made to kneel on the floor, Jack was exhausted from this short journey, and in so much pain he believed he would pass out, So these ribs are definitely broken then, he thought to himself. As the Jaffa let him go, he simply dropped to his knees, and then fell forward, struggling to catch his breath and waiting for the pain to subside.

"Jack?" Daniel called, wanting so much to help his friend, but although Jack wanted to reply, to tell him he was fine, to do a typical O'Neil, he simply didn't have the energy, the sound of Jack coughing was the only reply Daniel got.

The group had been taken to a large room, very different from their cell, it was full of gold, and velvet, with Go'auld glyphs on the wall. Most people would be amazed by it, but SG-1 had seen it all before. From the back of the room a man entered, downed in the finest of garments,

"So the infamous SG-1, we finally get to meet"

"And you would be?" asked Daniel, taking over the role of Jack for the moment,

"I am Crytec, the most feared Go'auld on this planet, I am also your worst nightmare."

"And why exactly would that be?" Asked Daniel, becoming sick of this egotistical Go'auld already.

"Because…" Replied Crytec with a grin,

"My master is Apothis!"

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So, that's the end of the first chapter in my first Stargate fanfic. I'd love to know what you thought about it. Please R + R for me!!