Here we are again, off on yet another adventure. This one should be fun.
Those of you who've read my previous stories may notice certain events coming together here.
Enjoy.
- The Prophecy -
Giza, Egypt, 1928
The hot sun beams down on the baking desert sands, a hundred men are working and digging around a small rocky crater, an archaeological dig site.
Two men are standing on a hill watching them at work, they hear a horn and see a car pull up to the dig site below, a man accompanied by a young girl step out and head in to the site with another very excited sounding man, after walking down a dusty wooden ramp they stop and examine a group of circular stones that were recently uncovered on the ground.
They watch intently as the young girl wanders off to the side of the site and stops at a table where artefacts are being cleaned and catalogued, the man calls her back, "Caterina, come." he shouts and they run through the site to another area where a large group of men are pulling ropes tied to a large metallic disc as they hoist it up from the ground.
"They have found the eye." says one of the men, looking agitated.
The workers begin to shout after making another discovery, men pull up a stone slab and toss it aside and they all gather around and look at what's underneath.
"Do you not see, they have the eye." says the agitated man.
"I have eyes." says the man in the middle who he was speaking to, he appears to be in charge.
"They will take it.." says the agitated man, who then grips a long curved dagger in his belt, "..we must stop them." he says, angrily.
"No!." replies the other man, grabbing the man's arm before he can fully pull the dagger from his belt, "We do nothing." he says.
"But.."
"No, do as I say. Now is not the time, brother."
They turn to see another man approaching them from behind, he was one of the men standing behind the table of artefacts when the girl came over, the man in charge looks at him intently.
"The child took the necklace." says the approaching man with a smile on his face.
He joins the other men and they all turn and look at the workers below, "Then it is time." says the man in charge, he turns to the agitated man, "Go quickly, tell the others to prepare." he says.
The agitated man turns and rushes away while the other two remain standing and staring down at the workers.
Present day: Planet designation - Unknown
There's a small village surrounded by a tall log wall, contained within are a number of wood and stone buildings, the ground is pretty muddy from people walking around quite regularly, lots of stalls line the entrance to the village selling different merchandise like a market, people wander around going about their business.
In the middle of the village is a small wooden tavern with lots of rowdy patrons inside drinking away their days, at a table at the back of the tavern are a group of men, quite scruffy, dirt on their hands and faces and it looks like they've had a few drinks – quite a few drinks – and they're talking to a young girl, it's Linda the Ba'al clone.
"All right, I bought you some drinks. Now do you have it or not?." asks Linda.
She's attempting to trade for something with a scruffy bearded man named Brunal and his smelly companions.
Brunal reaches in to his pocket and pulls out a small round object and slams it on to the middle of the table, "I have it." he says, moving his hand away so she can see it.
Linda smiles and reaches for it but Brunal quickly slams his hand on top of it, "What are you going to give me for it?." he asks.
Linda reaches under the table and picks up a bag made of rags, she tips it over and a large stash of gold and silver jewellery and gems fall on to the table.
"Very nice." says Brunal, casually picking up and inspecting random items, "What else you got?." he asks.
"What?" says Linda.
"Is that all you've got?." asks Brunal.
"That's a lot of gold, its worth a fortune, more than what that things worth." says Linda.
"You're right it is a lot of gold, which makes me think that you want this thing pretty bad, so its got to be worth a lot more to you." says Brunal.
Linda looks confused and then gets angry, "That's what we agreed on." she says, bashing her finger on the table, "You can't go back on your word." she says.
"I'm changing the agreement." says Brunal, picking up the object and placing it back in to his pocket, "If you want it, I want more gold." he says.
"You son of a b.." shouts Linda as she throws herself across the table, grabbing Brunal by the throat and falling backwards off the chair on to the floor.
The other men who were with him stand up and brawl breaks out in the tavern between them and the other drinkers who get punched and hit by flying glasses and broken bits of chair, the fight gets quite violent and bloody and Linda gives as good as she gets, but eventually she's overpowered and a group of men including Brunal grab and lift her off the ground and run across the tavern and throw her violently through the wooden wall.
Linda lands hard in the dirt outside.
"Get lost. Come back when you've got something real to trade. Hahaha." shouts Brunal from inside the tavern, laughing and heading back to the bar for a drink with his companions.
"Scr*w you, I don't need you're cr*p anyway." shouts Linda.
She brushes most of the dirt off her clothes and then tosses an object in to the air and catches it like a baseball with a smile on her face, she used the fight as an opportunity to steal the object from Brunal's pocket in the confusion, she places it in to her pocket and turns around and heads for the village exit with a slight limp.
Brunal was having a nice drink when he realised the object was missing, "Where." he says to himself, feeling around his pockets and looking around the tavern, "She stole it." he says angrily.
He and the other men run towards the hole in the tavern wall with their weapons drawn, they stand and look out and then spot her walking away, "Thieving witch. Kill her!" shouts Brunal.
"Oh sh*t!" says Linda, running away as the start firing and chasing her through the village.
They chase her out of the village and through the surrounding woodland continuing to fire at her, the shots hit the ground, trees and rocks as she ducks, dives and zigzags away, a shot hits a tree and knocks a large branch off right in front of her that almost hits her, she stops and turns around, "Are you crazy!" she shouts, she ducks and takes off running again when more shots ring past her ears.
As she heads for a clearing she pulls a device from her pocket and holds it out in front of her pushing a button repeatedly, ahead of her as she enters the clearing a Tel'tak ship de-cloaks and as the door opens she runs inside pushing the door close button as she enters, she jumps in to the pilot seat and powers up the ship, pulling back on the controls she raises the ship and flys off towards the atmosphere with Brunal and the other men standing and shooting pointlessly at the ship from below.
"Haha, sucker." says Linda, laughing with happiness and relief she got away, she flips the bird out from the window not that they can see it, it just makes her feel better.
Stargate Command
Alisana is walking down the halls heading for Daniels research room, she's carrying bags of assorted flavour potato chips and some drinks and tucking in to one of the bags as she walks.
"Hi Julie." she says as she passes a cleaner sweeping the floor in the hall.
"Hello." replies Julie, she looks dutifully at the snack selection Alisana is holding.
"Oh, just a few snacks. I won't make a mess I promise." says Alisana.
"I've heard that before." shouts Julie as Alisana walks around the corner.
Alisana leans her head back around briefly, "I promise." she shouts.
Julie shakes her head and gets back to her sweeping.
Jack and Sam are standing by the door of Daniels research room toe to toe and rubbing and holding each others hands and sharing short sweet loving kisses with each other, they stop when they hear a cough and turn their heads cheek to cheek to look at the doorway.
"Alisana." says Sam, slightly blushing.
"Sam." replies Alisana, smiling back at her and throwing a potato chip in to her mouth, "Am I interrupting?." she asks.
"Ahum, no." says Sam.
"Yes." says Jack.
"Well I'll just get by you here." says Alisana, squeezing herself through between them, "Thanks." she adds.
Sam laughs lightly.
"Where were we?." says Jack, rubbing his nose against Sam's.
"Somewhere around here I think." says Sam, pressing lips with Jack once again.
"Yes, that's three to me." shouts Mitchell, with his arms in the air in celebration, sitting at the other end of the room with the others.
"You're on a roll, Cam-Mitchell." says Teal'c.
Alisana joins them, "Hey guys, I got the chips." she says, "Who's winning?." she asks.
"He is." says Daniel, pointing at Mitchell and grabbing a can of Cola, "Three in a row now." he adds.
"No, no, that doesn't count, he cheated." moans Vala.
"Did not." says Mitchell.
"Yes you did." says Vala.
"How did I cheat, I won that fair and square." says Mitchell.
"You threw a banana at my car and ran me off the road." says Vala.
"What...that's not cheating." replies Mitchell, "Is that cheating?." he asks the others.
"Nope." says Daniel.
"You see." says Mitchell.
"You can't disable a car with a banana that's ridiculous." says Vala, "I'm not playing any more." she moans, throwing the controller on the floor.
"It's just a game, Vala." says Daniel.
"Oh can I play if she's not playing?." asks Alisana
Teal'c passes her the controller.
"What are we playing?." asks Alisana.
"Mario Kart." replies Teal'c.
Daniel notices Vala standing in the corner of the room with her arms folded in a strop, "Come on, Vala, it's just a game." he says.
"Its a stupid game." moans Vala.
The phone on the wall by the door starts to ring, Jack leans his arm out and answers it, barely pausing from kissing Sam, "Yeah?" he mumbles down the phone, "2 minutes." he says, then hangs up the phone.
They stop kissing, "What is it?." asks Sam.
"The General wants to see us." says Jack, not happy about the interruption.
"Well we better go see whats' up." says Sam, giving him one last kiss.
Jack groans, "Hey guys, guys, come on. General wants to see us." he shouts.