Stargate SG:10
Dark Passengers
The day had begun like any other for those assigned to the SGC, the new satellite network around the planet had made it easier for those assigned to the SGC to have what they called 'A Normal Life'. Although many of the SGC personnel lived either on the base or close to the base, some had a family in other parts of the United States and even in the many different countries, which had signed on with the highly classified Stargate Program. Since the establishment of the Cydonia Base over a year ago, many personnel had come and gone through the Stargate almost as part of a daily commute. Yet a heavy feeling had hung over the base since the death of Captain Macdonald a year earlier as she had been considered by many as the life and sole of the party, no matter the situation she always had a smile and a joke although sometimes inappropriate joke which had gotten her into lots of trouble since she had joined the SGC. Although her body was never recovered, an image of her hung in what they called 'The Wall of Fallen Heroes' alongside the many killed or lost on missions including Doctor Janet Frasier, the former head of the Medical Division at Stargate Command.
Sat alone in her on-base quarters, the recently commissioned Captain Amanda Williams looked over the mission files of SG-10's last trip through the gate; it was nothing more then an inspection of the Cydonia Facility discovered by Captain Macdonald and the rest of SG-10 before she had arrived in this reality. Although the Stargate Program in her universe was still young and the discovery of the Atlantis City by her own team, the Cydonia site was a major find and could possibly exist in her own reality. Although a brief contact had been made, she knew that deep down she could be stuck in this universe permanently.
'Goa'uld Death Gliders, fully stocked… Offensive and Defensive systems… check' She read too herself.
Slowly closing the file before her, she picked up her cup of coffee and took a sip before spitting it back into the cup in disgust.
"Damn it, this thing is cold"
Sighing too herself, she poured the cold coffee into a sink near her desk as alarms echoed through the facility followed by a voice.
"Unscheduled off-world activation. General Landry to the Command Centre!"
Slamming her cup onto the desk before her, she picked up the jacket hanging off the back of her chair before she left her quarters and ran towards the Command Centre of the facility. Upon entering the Command Centre, she looked at the young Australian woman working at the console as General Landry walked up behind her calmly.
"You really didn't need to run Captain"
"Sorry sir…" She said politely.
"What is it Miss Welter?" Landry said calmly.
"Gate activation General… picking up a signal once again… someone is trying to access our systems"
"Lock out the main computer, shut off the gate!" He demanded.
"I can't sir, the gate is locked open… putting the signal up now sir"
"That looks like an IDC… not familiar with it though" Landry said slowly.
"I am sir" Amanda replied quickly. "Forgive me General, that is an Old Recon Team One IDC… Welter, are you picking up anything unusual, are my people trying to make contact?"
"Sorry Amanda…"
Since the Australian woman's arrival on the base, Amanda Williams had made her personal assignment to get to know the young woman since in a small way, they where both far away from home.
"General, if you don't mind… open the Iris"
"Are you insane?" He laughed. "We have no idea what is behind that gate!"
"Sir I recognise that code, the phase-variance is a little off, but it's my old code. Only one person I know of knows that code…"
"Who?" Welter asked quickly.
"A friend. Request permission to join the Defensive teams"
"Granted. Make it quick!"
Breaking into a run, Amanda left the Control Room and headed down towards the Gateroom, as she entered she grabbed a M-15 off one of the Guards and stood at the bottom of the ramp with her weapon trained at the gate before her as the Iris shield retracted from the opening of the gate and exposing the Event Horizon of the Active Stargate. Seconds felt like hours as the large defensive force took aim before a body flew from the gate and crashed down onto the ramp before them followed by a female form. Gasps came from those in the Gateroom as the woman lowered her weapon and yelled aloud.
"Finally, what the hell too you so long?"
"Captain Macdonald?" Landry said over the speakers.
"Do you have any idea how long I have been standing before that damned gate? Close the damned Iris!"
Quickly, Amanda ran up the ramp towards the body on the floor keeping her weapon trained on the body as it moved slowly in pain.
"Welcome back Mac" Amanda smiled. "Brought us a gift?"
"Major Anna Grant, as requested" Alison smiled.
"You look good for a dead woman" Amanda winked.
"Yeah, thanks for that by the way. Do you have any idea how much that shot hurt?"
Slowly and almost in a case of shock, the defensive teams lowered their weapons as Amanda walked towards her counterpart and smiled, looking down at the woman on the floor as she spoke.
"Is she still…"
"Goa'uld? Yes. General Landry, request I speak with you right away"
"Of course, Defensive teams, please take out guest on the ramp into isolation. Captain Williams, escort Captain Macdonald to my office"
"Aye sir!" Called out Amanda. "After you Mac!"
Word of the arrival of Captain Macdonald through the Stargate had spread like wildfire throughout the base as SG-10 had been recalled from their various other assignments throughout the Command as even General O'Neill had been once again recalled to the SGC for what would be a very lengthy debriefing.
Gathered in the Office of General Landry, General O'Neill entered with a small tablet computer in his left hand as Alison looked around at him with a slight smile on her face.
"Welcome back Captain"
"Thank you General, it's good to be home sir"
"Report" O'Neill called out.
"As requested, I infiltrated the Command of the Goa'uld Mabus and his counterpart, how is now under lock and key in a very… highly guarded room here. For eighteen months I worked undercover for the Tok'ra and Homeworld Security to weaken Mabus' position in the galaxy…"
"What?" Landry barked. "Why wasn't I informed?"
"Sorry sir, this was an… off the books mission at the request of General O'Neill and the Tok'ra High Council, very few people knew about this with the exception of Alanis… the Tok'ra inside Major Green"
"Mac, Carla is a Lieutenant Colonel now. She was promoted after you… died" Amanda smiled.
"Really? Good for her"
"You're getting off track Captain" O'Neill sighed as he sat down.
"Sorry Jack… umm… oh right, of course. At the meeting last year, Alanis injected me with a… modified version of the Goa'uld virus allowing a Tok'ra symbiont to grow inside of me… not a Goa'uld"
"You ordered this Jack?" Landry said with disbelief.
"No General, I volunteered for the assignment. It was never an order, may I continue?"
Eighteen Months Earlier…
A dark and twisted sound of the stone like sarcophagus opened as a hand reached out for the sides and slowly a form appeared as the remnants of Mabus' personal guard bowed before the emerging figure. Standing slowly, the host that was Captain Alison Macdonald stood and stepped out of the alien technology as two handmaidens wrapped a black silk robe around her as she stepped onto the cold hard floor and looked around with a dark and twisted smile on her face.
"An interesting body you have procured for me" The symbiont voice called out.
"We thought you would find it… pleasing" Called out another Goa'uld.
"My host is strong; I can feel it trying to take back control… a futile effort. What is our current location?"
"We are on course for the homeworld; our lord Mabus is awaiting your arrival"
"What happened to the one SG-1 had shot?"
"She is dead" Called out the male Goa'uld.
"That is… unfortunate. Since I am now here, I will assume command of this vessel as is my right"
"That was a part of…"
"Do not underestimate me. The body you are in is the brother of my own host. However, she feels no… link to it, nor I too you. You will follow my lead or I will kill you and take command as is my right, the Tau'ri will pay for what they have done to me"
Tying the silk robe around her naked form, she walked past the Goa'uld before her as he bowed slightly. Smiling too herself she looked back and nodded as he ran too her side followed closely by the Jaffa guards.
"This vessel has taken large amounts of damage; I want it fully operational by the time we reach Lord Mabus"
"Yes mistress" He bowed slowly.
"The body of your former… companion, where is it?"
"In holding mistress"
"Have the body burned; I will take up residence in her quarters. What was hers is now mine"
"Everything mistress?" He said with respect.
"Everything"
"That includes myself, I was her… consort" He said slowly.
"Very well, however I feel that my host is sickened at the thought"
"Humans of the Tau'ri have such a… closed mind my mistress" He bowed once more.
"If you touch me in any way… I will kill you"
"Yes, my mistress" He said quickly.
Present Day…
In the office of General Landry, O'Neill laughed slightly as he listened to her dramatic story telling.
"So he actually thought you and him where going too…"
"Something like that sir" She said quickly.
"Eww! So then what happened. You got the ship operational right?"
"Yes sirs… dropping in and out hyperspace, I delayed the arrival at Mabus' homeworld by a week as I had demanded more upgrades to the ship I was on… however by this time Mabus was becoming a little… upset. Finally, a week later we arrived at his homeworld and I was brought before him for… evaluation…"
Eighteen Months Earlier…
Entering the large hall, Macdonald bowed slightly as her eyes glowed and her voice took on the persona of the Goa'uld as she spoke.
"Lord Mabus, it is a pleasure to finally meet you"
"Your arrival is later then expected, explain" The male Mabus demanded.
"Forgive me my lord. The vessel I was on had taken a large amount of damage, upon damage control I realised that several of the key systems could be upgraded using my host's experiences"
"How so?" A female voice called out.
Slowly turning too her left, Alison saw the Goa'uld whom had taken Major Grant's body walk past her slowly, as she reached the large throne at the centre of the large hall, the male stepped off the seat and bowed with respect as she took his seat.
"Forgive me my lady, several of the… battle systems where antiquated even by Tau'ri standards"
"I see, well you have a lot of work ahead of you little one… how fitting that arrival has coincided with an attack by the Lucian Alliance on one of our ships. You will take your vessel and destroy those responsible for this attack, if you survive you will have proven your worth to me" She smiled darkly.
"As you wish my lady. However, this one will remain here" She said as she looked at her brother.
"Why?" He said in protest.
"What I must do, I do alone. There can be only one… in command, I will not share command with anyone"
"You do not know…"
"My host has many years of experience in combat; she had even commanded a Tau'ri vessel in combat against the Lucian Alliance"
"Very well go!" The female Mabus said quickly. "However, you will bring the Commander of the enemy vessel before us; we will make an example of him"
"As you wish, would it not be in better interest to have the commander implanted with a symbiont? We could learn all of his secrets in that way, and it would not hurt to have someone on the inside of the Alliance"
"Let it be done" Called out the female Mabus.
Present day…
As the meeting between Alison, the SGC Command Staff and General O'Neill continued, the door to Landry's office opened quickly as Lieutenant Colonel Carla Green entered and looked around, as her eyes fell on her former commanding officer, a large smile rippled across her face as she walked towards her and hugged her slightly.
"I thought you where dead!" She said past her tears.
"You know me Carla, can't keep me down. Congrats on your promotion"
"Thank you, actually it was in response to your… death! Amanda has been invaluable to SG-10. What happened to you?"
"I was actually just explaining, take a seat" Alison smiled. "… So as I was saying, I was sent to engage the Lucian Alliance ships which had attacked Mabus' fleet"
"We got a report of a vicious attack by one ship from Mabus' fleet on the Lucian Alliance" Landry replied.
"Yes, that was me!"
"Unusual choice of tactics, we dispatched a 304 to the area, all they found was wreckage"
"I know, I saw it. I jumped to Hyperspace before the 304 say us. Anyway, that attack earned me a little respect in Mabus' inner court, but I still had a long way to go before I was accepted into his or her inner circle, so to speak. For the better part of six months I ran milk runs for the Goa'uld while I work behind the scenes to break down their growing empire"
"How so?" Amanda Williams said with interest.
"That was the fun part, it seemed that the… Male Mabus had developed an attachment to me; I used his attachment to draw a line between the two of them"
"How?" O'Neill grunted.
"How do you think? He must have had a thing for redheads"
"Ohh my god!" He said with disgust.
Twelve Months Earlier…
Climbing out of the large bed, Alison pulled on her robes and bowed slightly before the male Mabus as she spoke softly with a Goa'uld voice.
"If our relationship is ever discovered by your… superior"
"I know, it is hard to believe this was all once mine and you where an enemy"
"My I speak freely?" She bowed slightly.
"As you wish"
"It could be once again, SHE is over confidant, I have… others in place ready to take command, it would be more… influential if you stood at my side"
"What you ask, is dangerous" He said slowly.
"As are all ventures. I have managed to bring her First Prime over to our side; once the order is given we will take her down"
"You speak like a Tau'ri my love" He smiled.
"My host is strong, even now she fights me, it is nothing I can not handle"
"What does the First Prime ask for in return?"
"He has requested that once we take her down, we install him as leader of the Jaffa Nation. He will swear allegiance to us as it should be"
"Interesting, when will this take place?"
"In one day. Once we have destroyed your… counterpart, we will place the blame solely on him and deal with him"
"You are very… deceitful my dear. What of me?" He smiled darkly.
"You will take your rightful place as leader, with me at your side"
"Let it be done" He smiled.
Present Day…
"So then what happened?" O'Neill smiled with interest.
"Her First Prime moved against the female Mabus as planned, he tried to kill her. However, I stopped him and claimed he was working under the orders of the Male Mabus"
"Why?" Amanda said quickly.
"Dealing with two Mabus was difficult. Once he had retaken his Empire, he wanted to move against Earth in an all out attack, that was something I would not let happen. His counterpart saw this as a betrayal and arrested him, he tried to place the blame on me but I had her… ear. You see, I was working under her orders to bring him down…"
"Working both sides against the middle, nice work Captain" Landry smiled.
"Thank you sir. We disposed of the Male Mabus, but not before something… else happened" She sighed with regret.
"What?" O'Neill replied with concern.
Twelve Months Earlier…
After being held for a day in interrogation, the male Mabus had attempted to place the blame for this betrayal on Alison, although she had yet proven herself in the eyes of his counterpart and given a name worthy of her abilities, she was simply known as 'Huntress' because of her unrivalled ability to hunt down and eliminate enemies of the Goa'uld Mabus. Through the torture, he had protested his innocence as Alison stood and watched his final breath through the pain and blood which had poured out of his own body. Laughing darkly, the Goa'uld which had occupied Major Grant's body stood at her side and smiled as she spoke.
"Well done my dear, you have almost proven yourself too me"
"Thank you My Lady. Is their anything else you require?"
"One thing. He had an agent here in my inner circle, you know of the one"
"My host's brother" She said slowly.
"Yes, dispose of him and take your place at my side. We will be the first of our kind to rule an Empire in two dimensions. Once I return to my home, you will rule this one in my name"
"Yes… my lady" She said slowly.
Reaching into robes, Mabus pulled out a Tau'ri weapon and placed it in the hands of Alison as she looked down at it in shock at what she had been given.
"Do you recognise this?"
"Yes, a Tau'ri weapon. It belonged too my host"
"You will use this. Eliminate your host's brother"
"As you wish, My Lady"
She could not believe what she was hearing, she had just found her brother, one of the main reasons why she had accepted this assignment in the first place was to bring him home and free him of his Goa'uld captor. Yet, now she was given the task of killing him. If she had refused to follow orders, she could discovered as an undercover agent or worse, executed for not following orders. The only thing that settled her mind as she thought was the thoughts of the symbiont deep inside her. A specially designed creation of Tok'ra origin which had given her the appearance of a Goa'uld, glowing eyes, deep voice, increased strength and perfect health. However, its thought patterns had been specifically altered and its personality suppressed to give Alison full control of her own mind all of the time, yet deep down inside of her, she could still hear the symbiont helping her with her dark and twisted tasks. Her only solace was once the symbiont was removed; the dark and twisted emotions of what she had done over the past six months would be removed from her mind, as only a fragment of the memory would remain.