Friend or foe
Chapter 1
(Ok so most characters from this have been borrowed from Stargate SG1 obviously, Alli is my own as are Alec, Crelt Kelek', Seb, Kris and anyone else who sounds vaguely random that I might feel like adding later. All Goa'uld used are either borrowed from SG1 or else from Egyptian mythology, Kriaz-Nor and Rajinee are borrowed from David Gemmel(best fantasy writer in the world!) um yeah I think that's it. If I've forgotten anything don't sue me, I have the worst memory in the world!)
Sirens blared and the corridors glowed with a demonic red light as Colonel Jack O'Neill of the SGC sprinted from his dull grey room to the even duller grey box they called the command centre. Those head ache inducing alarms and lights could mean only one thing, ok so they could mean many things but all the things that they could mean were most certainly not good things.
Charging though the dull grey doors into the dull grey command centre Jack turned immediately to General George Hammond-the commander of the SGC and therefore the guy in charge, ie someone who should know which of the many bad things that could be happening was happening-and yelled out a question that was barely heard over the alarm-which, incidentally, was getting rather annoying.
Hammond replied with an equally inaudible answer before turning to yell at the sergeant working the gate computer. Staring out over the embarkation room Jack realised that the Stargate-the great grey ring of Naquita that so often surrounded an artificial wormhole stretching halfway across the galaxy-had been activated so that the usually dull grey glowed with red lights at set points around the ring. Someone had dialled up Earth's address and was attempting to open the interstellar pathway first created by the Ancients.
"Why the hell isn't the Iris closed?" Jack yelled over the blaring siren.
"We have a positive match on SG4's remote signal." The sergeant yelled back.
"So why all the alarms?"
"SG4 came back four hours ago." Hammond replied.
"So if they're here, who sent the signal?"
"I think we should be finding out about now." The sergeant replied as the great disc of the stargate filled with what looked for a moment like a plume of water before setting down into the vertically held disc of rippling blue/grey energy they knew to be an artificial wormhole.
"And if it's Goa'uld?" Jack asked, perhaps a little belatedly.
"Then we sure as hell better hope we can kill them." Hammond replied.
"We can close the Iris on them." Captain Carter replied as she entered the room followed by Teal'c and Dr Daniel Jackson-the remainder of SG1 had obviously been doing something very important to arrive at such an important occasion so late.
"Nice of you to join us." Jack commented.
"We were trying to work out more of the message the Ancients left." Daniel replied in an excited voice barely heard over the clamouring alarms-see I told you so.
Meanwhile in the disembarkation room someone emerged through the stargate. The 'someone' was undoubtedly Goa'uld. Her skin had a deep golden tan and black hieroglyphs ran up her legs and down her arms, possibly tattoos or maybe just ink it was impossible to tell. The clothes the Goa'uld wore appeared to have been made from gold and-in Carter's opinion-didn't cover enough of her. But it was not these obviously Egyptian aspects that marked her out as Goa'uld, nor was it the perfectly straight golden blond hair that hung loose to her shoulders. It may have been the weapon on her right hand-golden finger tips reaching into a ruby stone resting on the palm-or it may have been the unearthly glow that lit her eyes. Either way she was definitely Goa'uld so it was unsurprising that one of the more anxious of the many soldiers waiting in that room managed to shoot her.
From where Jack stood he didn't see the bullet hit, he did however see the red blood bloom from the small entry wound below the Goa'uld's left shoulder. She dropped to her knees immediately and Jack noticed the glow left her wide amber-yes amber-eyes. He also noticed that the bullet-which should have exited the Goa'uld's back in a plume of red blood-had not done so. Which was impossible! At that range the bullet should be imbedded in the concrete wall at the back of the room.
Before anyone else could open fire a pair of Jaffa appeared from the rippling surface of the Stargate. They were followed by another two pairs all of whom held staff weapons at the ready-although interestingly they were all aimed at the now kneeling Goa'uld for about half a second before the Jaffa realised that they were surrounded by the heavily armed soldiers of the SGC.
The following three seconds were filled with a confusion of fire as bullets and energy pulses flitted back and forth between soldiers and Jaffa-most of the bullets ricocheting from the Jaffa armour and the personal shield erected by the Goa'uld. Finally the Goa'uld rose and turned raising her 'weaponned' hand. With a wave she used it to send the Jaffa flying backwards into the incoming wormhole. As matter can't pass backwards through the artificial wormholes the Jaffa were instantaneously vaporised.
There was a stunned silence for a second or two before an explosion ripped though the stargate making the Goa'uld's hair stream out behind her for a moment before the wormhole collapsed. A moment later the Goa'uld collapsed as well.
"What just happened?" Jack asked.
"This Goa'uld is most likely at war with a rival Goa'uld, she has undoubtedly destroyed the stargate her rival was using." Teal'c replied.
"And how did she have SG4's remote signal?"
"That I do not know Colonel O'Neill."
General Hammond reached for the microphone: "Hold fire." He said quickly-as if they hadn't been holding fire already. Turning to the Sergeant he said: "I want a medical team down here ASAP (which he said asap as apposed to A S A P) Make sure there's an armed guard with her at all times and I want SG4 in the briefing room in five minutes. I want to know how a Goa'uld got hold of one of our GDOs."
"I'd better go with the medical team." Daniel said.
"Why?"
"Those hieroglyphs need translating, it might give some indication of who she is."
"Yes that's obviously the reason you want to be there..." Jack said, then thought about it, "Yes it probably is isn't it? Well I'd better come along to...you know in case she...wakes up...or something."
Teal'c raised an eyebrow, Carter didn't even bother commenting.