Lightning Fervor
Chapter 1
Lightning Fervor
Helltanz's notes: This is the rewrite, translate Retcon, upgraded, of the original chapter, as with the original I can see the main problem for anyone who isn't a grammar nazi (to whom are warned ahead of time) that the chapters just aren't long enough.
Disclaimer: come on you should know the drill by now
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Prologue: The state of the galaxy
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Sithis's Homeworld was located deep within the Perseus arm the Daedric lord Sithis ruled from his homeworld's massive Cathedral, deep deep within the territory of the Dread Father. Sithis's homeworld cut the stark contrast of many ancient city planets, a mix of wide nature preserves, and then massive crystal spire cityscapes.
Every year billions of pious souls wouldjourney to the capital from across the reaches of space coming from five different galaxies. Emissaries from more than seventy two major individual interstellar empires came to the Dread Father's court to plead their cause, as countless smaller polities did the same. The massive libraries of the great cities that recorded ancient wisdom, in addition to new information grew every day. Massive shipyards turned out hundreds of ships a year on the planet surface, which paled in the comparison to the massive network of structures in orbit.
To look upon all of this was to steal any mortal's breath way, such was the expanse of Sithis's domain... and yet... the dark god turned to the courtier,
"The little wyrmling's death is a surprise, my lord." He was saying, "Surely with it we could rally Sokar's force, strike an assassinate many of his rivals,"
Sithis turned, "No, there are more pressing matters." The lizard like creature stumbled backwards, black robes ruffling as it moved, and it's god approached. "Ra's death is useful yes, but not worth a commitment at this time," Not when it risked attracting more attention. Ra's death already had all the signs of a higher power intervening as it was, the probabilities reeked of daedric meddling. Most likely Azura, but thus far there was no proof, and proof was all important in these things. Let the goa'uld squirm and wimper and in fight, the shard of his soul embedded into one system lord would be more than enough to guide things while his kin were able to do nothing about it. After all they hadn't been able to do anything about it for millenium as the shard grew. "Inform the black hand they will be convening tomorrow,"
Dark cloaks and dark armor ruffled quietly,as the other beings in the room shuffled. To put it into mortal terms the Black Hand in many ways was like a parliament, a king's council, a collection of various high ranking officials tasked with specific responsibilities. They convened regularly, but on a schedule, but could also, as was the case here, could also be convened by Sithis to deal with particular changes to various areas. Or as the case might end up being to counter another god's actions in the mortal realms as it were.
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On the planet Oa the headquarters of the Green Lanterns, and the homeworld of the Guardians another important meeting was being convened. "The delicate balance of the galaxy has changed," The Guardian pronounced from his chair. It was here on the planet Oa in the Cygnus Arm that Green Lantern core was based, deep near the core of the galaxy the Green Lanterns protected thousands of worlds serving as the law for so many worlds on this side of the galactic divide. "The death of the Warlord Ra changes thing, his power to negate the paranatural energies of his foes, and keep peace amongst his kind no longer exists." The guardians of Oa, and their green lantern corp were not particularly fond of the goa'uld, not that they acted on such policing their swathe of the galaxy consumed much of their time and resources, and challenging the dominant power in the galaxy was foolish and wasteful.
The other guardians nodded, "It is true, without Ra we must face the possibility of the worst case scenario, a galactic war." The milky way was always a complicated place. "There is also the matter of the war between the Thanagarians, and their age old foes that we must also face. The war between them may attract the attention of those goa'uld who would seek to exploit this power vacuum to their own benefit."
"We must dispatch a Lantern to each of these empires to attempt to broker a resolution," Another proponed, "before the goa'uld can mobilize their forces. For now we have the time to take advantage the Warlord's enforced technological stagnation, that restriction will soon pass, and Ra's fleet will soon be divided amongst the goa'uld, swelling their ranks to numbers not seen in several centuries since the terrors of Sokar."
The Lanterns disliked remembering such times. A thousand years ago the Goa'uld Sokar and sworn to the great gods of the other realm a bringing of a new dawn. He'd pledged to several of the Daedra, terrible ancient beings of power, a new era would be ushered in. Offered oaths to them, and had marched against the system lords. It'd taken the combined mights of Ra, Apophis, and Cronus particularly, along with contributions from many other goa'uld to throw back Sokar's armies. The trio of system lords had finally beaten him and driven him into exile after both sides had expended much of their fleets.
"A single Lantern to either side will mean nothing to them, yet if we send a squadron it will seem to the warring factions we mean to declare war and force their compliance. Such a move would only further exasperate the situation. We must weigh the benefits of our actions carefully billions of lives depend upon our actions."
The first guardian to speak, did so yet again, "Ra's death has changed things, it would be in our best interest to reinforce our defenses. If the Corp were to be dispatched across the sector to spread word of a diplomatic summit aimed at insuring the peace than perhaps we could present a united front against any goa'uld who would seek to attack this region of space."
It was the most sound solution, an invitation to Oa was unheard of in the modern era. For such a summit to be called would surely bring all the powers together beneath the safety and impartiality of Oa's, and its Guardians', judgement. An attack upon this world was unheard of it, such had not happened in millions of years, violence that had been long ago, and that few remembered, and fewer still discussed. Those who bore responsibility for those attacks against Oa were pledged that they would not bring their warfleets against it, and no simple offering by those mortals who despised the Green Lantern Corp. and the Guardians with all their hearts would be able to stir the darkest of the ancestors to raise their hands. Without those powers involved nothing could challenge Oa's defenses. Not even the warfleet of the supreme system lord Ra of the Goa'uld Empire could challenge Oa's defenses.
"We are overlooking those who bear responsibility for the death of Ra, it was those of Earth's military who took his life. A world which has produced THREE Green Lanterns in such a short span of time," A guardian spoke up, it was beneath the guardians' notice that all three had come from the same nation on earth, "Earth's heroes have long done and struggled to complete good works, and we must consider their safety."
"The Goa'uld do not know this, but if they were to attack the Earth, and the Green Lanterns who originate from that world will defend its innocents from the predations of the Goa'uld."
It took a moment for the other Guardians to consider the announcement, "A squadron of Green Lanterns would be well suited to insuring Earth's protection for the time being, and would adequately serve the interests of peace, and justice. It would also be good to grant some temporary relief to the Heroes of Earth."
Earth was the Ancestral Home to so many billions of sentient throughout the Galaxy, and it had produced so many Heroes in such a short time, but that was not the only consideration. "That is not the only concern. A fight over earth would bring darkness to the galaxy, an era of war unseen in millions of years since long before the Goa'uld were tainted by the screaming of a dying race, and a hunting god."
"We should consider speaking with the Aedra, while not impartial their wisdom is great..." The Aedra were the other side, a counterpart to Daedra their names bearing back to the Ancients of yore
"Their wisdom is great, but we must weigh their insights against attracting the attention of their darker kin."
Another Guardian nodded, "Then let us invite them as well, in peace, and hospitality. They will not permit their own to violate such a sacred covenant, and they too bear great wisdom. An insight which could assist us in our task to secure peace." The Guardian stopped for a moment, "there is however the concern voiced yet that, Ra's death was not entirely a simple act by humans from earth. There is implication that one of the Dark Gods meddled, whether it is true, or if it was done with or without mortal invitation is unknown.
It was thus in 1995 by the earth calendar that the Guardians, those who ruled Oa, set the stage for the largest galactic peace conference in the history of the milky way. It was at the same gathering that a squadron of Green Lanterns would be assigned to insure the protection of the Earth. A protection that would be circumvented by one earth trusted in the years to come.
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Kandrakhar; This world held the dubious honor of bearing the hate of the last Ayelied, of Goa'uld, and of many humans, and many other sentient species. For all that they were hated by good and evil forces Kandrakhar bore responsibility for countless millions, and millions of lives, and a multitude of worlds. Though there domain was much smaller than that patrolled by the Green Lantern Corp each individual world was significantly better defended, and that was the subject of the debate. The Veil, it was the ancient and powerful arcane barrier that it was shielded all of Kandrakhar's domain from hostile predations of that which lay beyond.
"We must prepare for war!" A voice proclaimed to entirety of the council chambers.
"That is impossible," Another responded.
"The barrier protects us from our enemies outside," This was also true Kandrakhar's survival, and that of the worlds under its protection, had for countless thousands and thousands of years hinged upon its defenses that effectively negated the power of the enemy fleets. Without the ability to reach past the veil in numbers Kandrakhar's suzerain states could not be harmed by the various fleets which belonged to numerous powers. It was this which kept Kandrakhar independent. Without the Veil nothing substantial protected them. Few of the member worlds had anything resembling a space force, much less one capable of fending off the fleets of the Aedra or Daedra, or even holding back an assault sent Yu Huang Shang Ti of the Goa'uld Empire. Many times Kandrakhar had had statesmen petition for such, during the Terrors of Sokar a thousand years prior the goa'uld fiend's warriors had breached Kandrakhar's mighty defenses, but his armies had been too busy facing his kindred for his horde to do little but wreak havoc rather than endanger the whole realm.
"We have no Guardians at the moment, the heart has not chosen! We must ready our defenses to insure our safety and the safety of our people!" One of the councilmen declared, he cut a massive figure twelve feet, and pale white fur, massive shoulders, and a large round head. "Without the guardians, only the individual guards our worlds are ready, those are little good save to police common brigands." The councilman was entirely accurate, whilst Khandrakhar had access to limited stockpiles of, thousand year old, Goa'uld weapons amongst other technology they lacked the ability to produce it. For thousands of years the worlds had been a peace, and the Veil had insured that peace with the outside continued. Magic thrived, and science didn't because there was not motivation to advance many of the fields needed for breaking the Industrial barrier. For the few who had some kind of technological innovation there was likewise no inclination to develop further, especially since it made their fellow worlds nervous... and the fact Guardians tended to shrug off bullets, and directed energy weapons fire for anyone who decided to get uppity and challenge the status quo by force. No one in Khandrakhar wanted to go war, well no one sane that was.
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The Sol system, named for its primary and only star house the world of Earth, which itself was a planet many, many watched though for many different reasons.
In North Africa there was a relatively new dig site in Egypt, what made it particularly interesting was its location relative to a temple of Ra, the Sun God. Wizards were always interested, always had been.
The summer of 1995 had actually been mild for Bill Weaslly and the temple complex actually was relatively cool, mostly as a result as it was intact, and being underground helped obviously. It was a temple complex that he'd found through carefully examining some of the most obscure records dating back to the very beginning of the middle kingdom. This was the find of the lifetime for either world; magical or muggle. Initial mapping and studying dated the temple at two BC, hieroglyphics proclaimed that in an act of benevolence Ra had brought down a shard of the Sun to the lands of the Pharaoh. There was also something regarding the tomb of Osiris, and Set's treachery marking this day. This in itself was interesting, and would have been a massive find on top of the temple complex, but there was also the massive metal, actually some kind of alloy, doorway decorated with symbols and paneling know one had any idea the meaning of, even though it looked like some dialect of Egyptian.
So naturally when someone opened the massive locked door, he wanted to ask, so he stepped forward, and realized just precisely what the other guy was wearing. He was dressed in black oriental style trousers and shirt, decorated with blockish spirals and lightning bolts. The way in the wizard world was was that the Chinese said Yu Huang Shang Ti arrived from Heaven birthed from a dragon, and unified the whole of the Middle Kingdom bringing into life the first civilization into the world. The Japanese claimed that their gods had lifted the home islands of Japan out of the sea. Everyone else had their own myths and legends. The Egyptians had claimed that Nut had from Chaos made the world... except that wasn't what some of the inscriptions with Ra's history here claimed. "can you read that?" It was a stupid question
The new guy chuckled darkly. In point of fact he wasn't a boy at all but the youthful form was one he preferred. "It was a very clever trick by Ra, a shielded location to hide your treasure, I really ought to thank the Tauri for killing you." He murmured, "As to your question Tauri, I can it is a particularly old form of the language of the Goa'uld. Ra favored it for his priests to know, and use, this tells of Anubis's betrayal and murder of Apep, many many years ago. Of course Ra neglects to include that it was Yu who hunted Anubis down and killed him in cold blood, but that was Ra's way. A dragon's fury when raised is nothing to take lightly." Emerald eyes and a lightning bolt scar, a scar that looked light it had been carved in, or burned. There was something about it that nagged at Bill. "I am Raiden Kami of the Storm, so much of this Galaxy speaks Goa'uld it is easy for one to forget there are so many dialects. Of course using it made it far too easy for someone to figure things out, no it was much better to use Alteran or Ayeleid dialects if you didn't want someone to figure something?"
"Um who are?" inquired Bill.
"Ignorance?" Raiden chimed eyes glowing bright, "They are the old ones, when stars were new born and all the galaxy was but an infant. Long ago before the terrible war in heaven split them apart divided them. Long ago there were four old races, the Asgard, the Nox, and furling. One of the ancients long ago hunted the Furling to extinction and the death scream birthed the new gods. Of them only Apep was kind and just, or so they say. Apep is long dead, he and his queen murdered by Anubis."
Bill gulped. Well that was morbid as anything, "I'm a curse breaker and archeologist working for Gringotts."
Raiden hmmed for a moment, "They say, the whisperings of the dark gods' servants, that one of the Tauri how participated in the slaying of Ra was an archeologist," He murmured slightly interested, "burned with in the fires of the splitting atom, with a weapon he himself had enhanced."
"Um you said Ra was dead err," The red headed wizard paused nervously, "had been killed did you mean the sun god Ra."
"Yes that Ra," Raiden said with a hint of disgust. "It occurred nearly a year ago his brother Apophis, and Cronus, especially have been steadily assimilating his dominion." Answered the system lord in a nonchalant tone, the funny thing had been how before Ra's death how Cronus had started a fight with Yu. The fight had not gone well, Yu's fleet had always been massive by Goa'uld standards, and well organized. Cronus powerful even by system lord standards still should have known better than such a head first assault. The beating Cronus had been given had only stopped after Ra's death, and Cronus begged to be allowed easier pickings. Yu had relented sweeping up a few more holdings in the process. The 'teen' turned and lifted his hand revealing black metal gauntlet with a blood red jewel in the center. He waved his hand in a complicated pattern the glove like thing glowed and the wall separated revealing a concealed trove of treasure. His face twisted into a scowl. "It would appear Ra did decide to put everything in here." Raiden walked forward towards the newly revealed treasure room.
Bill's eyes widened. This was again no minor find.
Raiden held up a glowing Zero point module, not that Bill had any idea what it was. "It would seem Ra did not know the devices potential, not so surprising." He murmured, "Ptah was really the only one besides Apep, and Anubis who truly understood these things amongst their kin."
Bill looked at the crystal wondering exactly what was so important about the crystal given the presence of the other items which appeared more valuable.
"I have no interest in Ra's other trinkets, my only concern is that this does not fall into irresponsible hands,"
"Why?"
It was such a simple question, an honest question "When a god who was on the winning side of the war of heaven demands you find something only a fool refuses," Raiden responded, "you are more than welcome to help yourself." The system lord vanished in what appeared to be bolt of lightning.
Bill blinked, and exhaled the breath he hadn't realized he was holding
His name was as he said best known outside of an isolated spiral arm was Raiden, a fusion of a piece of a god who had once been Harry Potter, of whose near adult form the hybrid being assumed, and the original magically sensitive goa'uld Raiden.
Wizards on this world would have been baffled at how such advanced soul magics could actually be put into practical use, then again they didn't stray into those magics often. On Nirn such had been poked and prodded more thoroughly, though now the secrets had been lost there since the ninth age, and all the terrible catclysms that had entailed.
Bill leaned back against a wall. On the one hand England was a mess right now, on the other there was a distinct lack of apparent gods in England.
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Sol, Mars, Hinotama research facility
One of the five major research stations located on Mars or around it, The Hinotama, or Fire Gem was one of the most advanced Goa'uld labs in the galaxy, excluding those on board one of the massive Rashomon class ships. The other four were the Ark Facility, Phobos and Deimos, were actually entirely bases into them selves, and the fifth was the Pyramid facility, which was used primarily for energy research, it used the same kind of core as a Rashomon class as well. The only Goa'ulds' whose lab could rival these were Ptah, Thoth, Sokar, and the departed, and not missed, Anubis.
The Hinotama was your basic, if you could call it that, it was not designated to any one particular field, it also served as where Raiden stashed all the various devices before they were shipped off to their appropriate locations, the ZPM would be checked and then likely sent off to one of Raiden's ships or a planet/ That was assuming Sithis didn't decide to ship it off somewhere, it might even be sent to one of the City ships.
Thousands of years of preparation, and Ra had managed to get himself killed by the humans of Earth before Raiden had been able to implement his plan, it really was an annoying, if at the same time fortuitous turn of events. Sithis warned of potential interference may have been involved, but without proof...
IF he had had to kill Ra himself then it would have involved going to war against the supreme system lord and that would have been a problem.
Fighting an open conflict with Ra would have been a costly fight, after all despite some decisions Ra was still a dangerous enemy. No Ra might have gotten complacent over the years, but a real fight would have been costly.
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It was two years later that in the United States of America's top secret NORAD facility, within the Cheyenne Mountain complex in Colorado which also housed, the Stargate Command. It was also the facility currently welcoming not three but five of the Goa'uld System Lords.
"I thought we were only having three Gou'uld." O'Neill muttered. "Geez, you think Thor could have told us." As he looked over the five. Yu Huang Shang Ti, who according to Daniel, and Thor was the pro earth Goa'uld. Cronus was supposed to be Neutral... supposedly. While of the original three Nirrti was the one who opposed the whole thing.
So now they had two other guys.
"That was our original intention Slayer of Ra. However certain event among the system lords have lead to the need for the addition of additional representatives." Stated Raiden steeping forward. "You have the system lords thanks Carter-sa" Raiden paused before correcting himself. "-taisho for slaying Setesh. Were Ra still alive I would think he would reward you handsomely for ridding the galaxy of such a criminal." continued Raiden inclining his head toward Carter, according to modern break down it was an incorrect use but Daniel didn't feel like pissing off the System Lords today. "As well as you have my personal thanks O'neil-dono for slaying Ra." Raiden inclined his head slightly lower than he had for Carter.
The gesture wasn't lost on Carter who had spent two years stationed in Yokohama.
Daniel pretty dragged the rest of SG 1 into one of the more private meeting room in the SGC. "Alright the information on our other two guests the first one is Raiden, also called Raijin, god of lighting and thunder, he is typically shown as demon so at sometime he may have used an Unas as host. According to the Asgard Raiden is one of the most powerful Goa'uld, especially in the areas of technology in fact according to the Asgard his technology is in fact on par with the newer Asgard technologies. "
Thor nodded, "We have reason to believe Raiden has great success in back engineering Ancient technology."
"That's not good." Jack added unnecessarily, "So why is he here?"
Daniel looked up, "He's Yu's ally. They're two of the major members of one of the coalitions of System Lords, apparently there was some hope for Heru-ur come seeing as he's allied with Cronus, but got stuck with Moloc, who is one of Nirrti's allies. "
"Well thats just great,"
General Hammond raised a hand, "Its there anything else we should know doctor Jackson? Perhaps there is something you could share with us Teal'c?"
"Daniel Jackson is correct Raiden and Yu both claimed only small pieces of Ra's territories as their own and systematically crushed any opposition from Apophis however neither of them made a move to claim it all. Their alliance is seen as strange by other Goa'uld, afters Sokar's rise they consolidated their holdings have remained steadfast in alliance with each other."
Daniel nodded, "Moloc is more what we're used to?"
"Moloc is an abomination." Teal'c added, "For many years he has had the female infants of all Jaffa burned in the fires of his temples,"
"Yeah, I was getting to that." Daniel remarked. "Asgard intelligence says Moloc is the weakest militarily of the System Lords, his continued prescence is largely a result of Ra's demise."
"We largely expect Moloc to be eliminated in the coming years as the more established system lords consolidate their forces, and advance." Thor remarked. "Without the safeguard of Ra's reign enforcing peace on the other system lords we expect the goa'uld to have mobilized for war within the year."
"What do you mean?"
The Asgard Supreme Commander activated his holographic projector, "Heru-ur has recently completed a series of capital ship vessels at his primary orbital shipyards, and Raiden has also hastened his introduction of new ship classes. Yu has joined him in accelerating the introduction of a new model Ha'tak."
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The Council room set aside for this meeting was currently playing host to the most ridiculous show in the universe, "Hold on you expect us to-" That was about as far as Jack's interuption got before the Goa'uld had started shouting.
"Enough!" Raiden roared, slamming his hands into the table the move cracked the hard fiberglass, but the collection of system lords didn't particularly seem to notice. "The Tauri representative is obviously not familiar with the appropriate procedure of these hearings."
"His ignorance is no excuse!" Moloc proclaimed, "We have agreed to these negotiations-"
"You agreed to nothing, you were brought along simply to round out the necessity of position. You are an embarrassment to the System Lords,"
"We will recess until the Tauri have submitted a written apology." Stated Yu reaching a hand out to grab Raiden's sleeve, "Violence is unacceptable here."
"What just happened?" asked Daniel
"Apparently we said hello, insulted each other, and broke for recess." Replied Jack matter of factly, "Which is perfectly fine by me, though I'd have liked it if they'd started strangling each other, so who's up for a coffee and snack break?" Jack's wish for a strangling wasn't far off for what happened later after Cronus had been attacked. It was fortunate for things in a way, as it proved that Teal'c hadn't been responsible. Sam had patched up the bastard, Cronus was still stuck in the ICU.
Yu looked pretty pissed, especially for a stoic old bastard, "YOU! You have been hiding this technology, against the by laws of the council with regards to technology that could be used to defeat the Reetu." Yu continued his diatribe furiously, "It has been well known you have always desired Cronus territory, by doing this you now have endangered our delicate relationship with the Asgard." Yu roared making an attempt to seize Nirrti.
Nirti managed to get away fading from view, and ran off. The now cloaked system lord slammed into an airman seizing the M-16 from the guard.
An armed goa'uld would have been an issue save for the sudden rippling of lightning, "Amazing your phase cloak fails to secure from magic, though I should imagine that would be difficult given Ra's pogrom against your subjects,"
Carter groaned at the statement, "Magic really?"
"Your skepticism is unwarranted," Yu commented, "none the less with Nirrti seized, and dealt with this conference is concluded,"
A group of airmen joined General Hammond and SG1 escorting the system lords to the stargate.
"Nirti's so gonna get it." Daniel remarked
"My heart bleeds." Muttered O'neill as SG-1, the System lords, and General Hammond walked in to the gate room as the gate dialed. The Stargate activated with a massive whoosh.
"We have come to a decision." Cronus commented irritably squeezing Nirrti, Moloc scowled.
"And?" O'neill asked, "What kind of decision?"
"The Tauri will be allowed to retain both of their stargates, however we do not guarantee any leniency will be given to any of the Tauri apprehended off world." Cronus snarled turning around and sweeping through the stargate's event horizon, with Nirti in tow. Moloc followed quickly.
Yu turned, "Cronus, rightfully, feels he is in your debt for you saving him," The old goa'uld stated, "it is something to consider."
Raiden nodded, "It is saying something considering his habit for being prideful, Sokar has returned now, and I will warn you now of the system lords that can challenge the Asgard's bluff Anubis, who has begun to mass his forces now that Ra is gone, and Apophis weakened, along with his vassal Baal prepare for war. Lord Yu, and myself also are among those strong enough against the Asgard warships, it is unlikely you have anything to fear from Yu Huang Shang Ti among the system lords he perhaps the most pro-Tauri, Baal despite being the weakest of those I have named is the most dangerous to your world. Sokar despite his persona is also quite pro-Tauri, though I will not say why save that his interest in your world is great." Raiden shrugged, "You will find this galaxy may soon be embroiled in civil war, for the first time in a very long memory." The system lord shrugged, "The system lords fracture into camps, and isolated individuals, you should be wary."
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Well Sokar certainly hadn't been happy to see them, and had promptly tossed them all to freaking planet hell, after that it'd been one miserable thing after another, "You do realize that we aren't to happy to see you." O'Neill said looking at the former system lord, Apohpis. Apophis who had been imprisoned here by Sokar after Heru-ur and Sokar had split Apophis's domain.
Apophis smirked "Your insolence is music to my ears." Aphophis suddenly doubles over a blade, a sword, long and european in styling protruded from his stomach.
Sokar smiled, and that was terrifying, "I find it most pleasing as well." Behind the system lord stood another goa'uld, this one in dark black and red armor.
"What are you doing here?"
Sokar's face twisted apparently a bit irked at the ingraditude "Insuring that you do not die needless deaths as that your Tokra 'friend' has already abandoned you as soon as Raiden's fleet dropped out of hyperspace."
"Is he fighting you?" Selmak perked ignoring the Tokra comment. As Tok'ra his first concern was always gathering information. That was all he got before they suddenly reappeared in Sokar's throne room on his capital.
"Of course not you miserable little worm, Yu may dislike this alliance we all however concur that should Anubis return, and all other possibilities presented this is the keenest move."
Jack held up his hands, "wow you said Raiden brought a fleet, friends don't bring fleets full of big honking space guns unless you two are planning to kill something."
"A reasonable extrapolation. Sithis has demanded Raiden turn over the Potentia he seized from Ra to my possession." Sokar commented, "Your assumption is not incorrect thought we fully expect a battle to break." The 'devil' took a moment to twist the blade in Apophis's side.
"Sithis is who exactly?"
"The god of death, the father of all. Ancient and terrible."
Jack facepalmed, "is he a goa'uld by chance?"
"No, he's a myth." Selmak commented with a sneer. "A thousand years ago Sokar rallied the largest army seen in thousands of years, and plunged the Goa'uld into civil war. He preached fire and death and new dawn in the name of the high gods of the ancients, and how he as their emissary would bring fire to the damned and destroy their enemies. It was an excuse for countless worlds burning."
"The Tok'ra are ignorant because Ra made it a point to insure he killed all of Egeria's spawn with magic," Sokar responded, "The Daedra stir, and with them the Aedra as well, war is coming."
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Chapter conclusion
Helltanz's notes: Chapter two may or may not be rewriten