Note I do not own any of the characters in this chapter/part!
It will take you a million light years from home.
But will it bring you back?
Now that is the question...
8,000 B.C. In the North African Desert it is night and people are sleeping in their huts in a simple village. Suddenly a light appears from above, shining down from spot to spot over the homes. A wind picks up, rattling the hanging pots. A boy inside one of the huts watches, unsettled. A large space ship begins descending.
More of the villagers awaken as the ship continues to descend. As many of the villagers run, afraid, one boy moves forward, curious at the lightning and strange lights and wind. He moves closer, only becoming concerned as he realizes the ship is descending almost on top of him. A bright light starts to descend on him from above.
1928, in Giza, Egypt a car drives quickly through the desert towards a busy and crowded archaeological site. In the car, a man drives an adult man and a girl, approximately twelve years of age. The car stops, and the driver honks his horn.
From inside a tent, a man who has been writing at a desk hurries out to greet the car.
ARABIC INTERPRETER- "Professor! Professor."
He barely helps them out of the car before rushing ahead, trying to lead them to the center of the site. The girl and man, Catherine Langford and her father, hurry to catch up.
ARABIC INTERPRETER- "We found something beautiful! Very big surprise! Big big big surprise!"
He leads them over to a large round coverstone. One complete disk sits in the center, surrounded by a larger disk split into thirteen sections. Another man greets the professor and shakes his hand.
FOREMAN TAYLOR- "Dr. Langford, hello."
LANGFORD- "What have we here?"
FOREMAN TAYLOR- "Cover stones."
LANGFORD- "It's fantastic."
Meanwhile, Catherine has started looking at some smaller artifacts being catalogued on one of the side tables. She's fascinated by a gold necklace, on its chain is a gold pendant with an intricate design, including the symbol for the eye of Ra.
LANGFORD-"Catherine, come."
Catherine follows her father and the other men to another section of the site. Dozens of workers are using ropes to pull a large stone ring upright—the Stargate.
LANGFORD- "What in God's name is that?"
FOREMAN TAYLOR- "I wish I knew."
WORKMAN- "Look at that. There is something buried underneath!"
The foreman and Taylor rush forward, yelling to the workers. Catherine moves to follow.
LANGFORD- "Catherine, stay back."
He follows the others as more workers crowd forward. Catherine slips through the crowd to see as well. They lift a smaller stone and carefully remove some other rocks.
LANGFORD- "Looks like some kind of fossil."
Their eyes widen as they study this stone a jackel-headed figure buried underneath.