DISCLAIMER: Not mine. I'm just borrowing them for a little while.

SUMMARY: I stink at doing summaries besides it would give away the whole story.

The alarms were screaming the base. "Unauthorized off world activation! Unauthorized off world activation! All security teams to the gateroom!"

Jack O'Neill ran for the gateroom expecting the worst. He had no idea what he would find.

Jack ran into the gateroom to find a Jaffa holding his second in front of him. Others were scattered around the room with soldiers lying on the floor, dead and dying. "What are you doing?" Jack yelled.

"We're going to take her with us."

"Not a chance." Jack aimed for the Jaffa only to have him move Sam at the last minute. The bullet slammed into her head.

When the Jaffa dropped her, Jack shot him right between the eyes. He then flipped his P-90 to fully automatic and opened fire on the other Jaffa, killing them all.

At that point, Teal'c, Daniel and General Hammond got the doors open to see the carnage in the gateroom. Daniel knelt beside Sam and picked her up. Jack sat down heavily on the ramp, laying his gun beside him.

"Would you mind telling me what happened in here, Colonel?" the general asked.

"Well sir, when I got here, the security teams were down and Carter was being held by one of the Jaffa. I thought I had a clear shot and took it. He moved her the second after I pulled the trigger. The bullet killed her. He dropped her and I slaughtered all of them."

"Maybe we should try to contact the Nox?" Daniel suggested.

"They buried their gate after we left, remember?" Jack said.

"I still have that device that we used to contact them when the Tollans needed help. Maybe we can contact them again."

General Hammond nodded. "It's worth a try. Do it."

Hours later, the gate activated and Lya walked through. Daniel walked up to her. "Lya, it is good to see you again. I would ask for your help. Sam has been killed. Can you help us?"

"We can. Bring her and follow me." With that, Daniel followed Lya through the gate to the Nox homeworld, leaving Jack, Teal'c and General Hammond to wait.