Title---The Arena
Author----Winnie
Rating----T
Disclaimers----I don't own SG1, but I enjoy trying to keep the playground alive.
Comments------I just saw the last episode of the series and wish there'd been more time to see Cameron Mitchell in action. I have truly come to enjoy watching Ben Browder's portrayal and wish they'd given us just a few more episodes like Babylon. So, on that note, there will be major Mitchell whumping ahead.
The Arena
"Welcome to Viridian…it is our pleasure to serve you."
"Now that's something you don't see or hear every day," Mitchell said of the beautiful female standing before them. They'd come through the gate moments before and were quickly surrounded by the indigenous people of RTK-2L7. They were tall, with golden tresses that framed angelic faces. Their garments were blue, with gold trim that covered them from head to foot.
"We are honored that you have graced us with your presence…I am called Rianna."
"Well, Rianna, it is a pleasure to meet you. I am Colonel Cameron Mitchell...this is Teal'c…"
"You are the chosen ones…you will come with us."
"Well, that was the plan, but chosen for what?" Mitchell asked.
"You will meet in the arena…you will fight…"
"Now just a minute!" Daniel Jackson interrupted.
"You were not given permission to speak!" Rianna snapped and motioned for her consorts to step forward.
"Rianna, we are not here…"
"Colonel Mitchell, you and the one you call Teal'c will come with us or these two…" She motioned toward Jackson and Carter and the duo dropped to their knees, hands going to their throats as if they were unable to breathe. "Will take your place and I assure you they will not be given the same chance you and Teal'c are given. They will most assuredly die in the arena before the first test is completed."
"Stop it! Let them go!" Mitchell said and raised his weapon. He knew Teal'c was mirroring his moves, but the look on the female's face told him it was too little, too late. He tried to fire, but nothing happened, no satisfying sound of gunfire, just the ragged sound of gasping that signaled two members of his team were in serious trouble.
"Silence, Colonel…I will not stand here and argue any longer. Choose, Colonel Mitchell, or I will take them with me and you will know they perished because of you."
"I'll go…just let them go!" Mitchell told her.
"What of Teal'c?"
"I will accompany Mitchell!" Teal'c told her.
Rianna smiled at the two virile warriors standing before her and released her unseen hold on Jackson and Carter.
Mitchell quickly knelt between the two unconscious SG members and was relieved to find they were both still breathing. He stood up and turned toward the humanoids, no longer seeing them as beautiful, but as cold and deadly. "Why?"
"Because we are in need of new blood in the Arena, and you two are the most likely subjects to come along in nearly twenty years. Bring them!" Rianna ordered.
"Wait just a minute…" Mitchell tried, but something struck his chest and the air seemed to be sucked from his lungs. He felt his legs buckle and turned his head as Teal'c toppled like a felled tree. Consciousness left him, but the face of the female Viridian followed him into the darkness.
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