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This is a WIP prequel to Soul Mates, there will eventually be a sequel to it as well. It is being posted here and on Tthfanfic (dot) net under FireDragon. There will also eventually be a sequel to Soul Mates as well.

The fleet of ships fell out of hyperspace and started firing almost instantly upon the blue and green planet below. The people living there were going about their day oblivious to the reality of what lay beyond their little planet. They were going about their lives, loving each other, fighting each other and just trying to get by. But in one moment their world crashed down around them and they realized that their existence was far more fragile than they ever could have imagined. It wasn't long before Jaffa were dispatched to kill and gather the slaves to serve Anubis.

Daniel watched all of this from the place of light and energy where he belonged. Though he was energy he stood upon a precipice of choice. He could try to do something, but he would loose everything he had gained and he knew that he would not be able to make any difference. A part of him longed to try but there was so much he would have to give up.

Enlightenment was not something that you lightly throw away. There was such beauty and peace here such wisdom ripe for the picking, but it came with a price. Daniel was surprised how much he missed the simple act of touch. He could interact with the things around him but he couldn't really feel, he didn't have a body to feel with. Touch was a gift that he had taken for granted in his life. Something he never really understood. Now that it was gone, it was one of those things he longed for. Everyone did, but it was never spoken of. It was never shared between them as they shared their innermost thoughts and feelings with each other through the link. The loss of the connection of touch was something they all dealt with. They had the link which more than compensated, but it would be a lie to say that they didn't miss it.

The other price was the thing that Daniel had the hardest time with. He had all this power that he could use for good. So much wasted potential just sitting there because it was forbidden. He often had wondered why Eve would choose to turn from the bliss that was the Garden of Eden and partake of the Apple of Life, the fruit of the knowledge between good and evil. Now he wondered if she was seeing things from a different perspective. Sometimes the right thing to do is the wrong thing to do. If that wasn't enough to keep his mind in a quandary he had his own choice to make.

It was wrong to use his powers to right the wrongs of the world below. He knew that it would upset the balance between good and evil causing chaos. Yet, he couldn't help thinking it was also wrong to have the power to stop such evil from happening and do nothing. By standing idly by was he not as guilty for doing nothing? In life he was not a person who could stand by and watch injustice without doing something to try and stop it. Now he had the power he could save all the people on the planet below, that is, if the others would let him. Granted he could help those who were dying to ascend as Oma was doing, but that didn't help the people who were being enslaved. Those whose lives were not in jeopardy but who were being forced to face an existence worse than death.

From where Daniel stood he could see the light of those who were crossing beyond the veil of death, which he and the others lived. He could see those who were accepting enlightenment to become an ascended being like him. Daniel didn't feel badly for any of them. They had found their peace. It was the people they left behind who were forced to face the life of an enslaved race that had his heart and attention.

"It bites doesn't it kid?" A voice with what sounded like a Bronx accent asked from next to where he watched. "You have all this power and your hands are tied. Wouldn't it be better to forget about those poor bastard's below? You're an enlightened one now. You aren't supposed to concern yourself with them. They are like ants to you why do you care?"

"I can't help them, because the others won't let me, but I can't turn my back and pretend it isn't happening. They aren't ants! They are flesh and blood people who matter! They deserve better than to be left to the wolves." Daniel growled out angrily.

"Glad to hear you feel like that." The newcomer stated happily. Daniel looked up and saw a little man in a bowler hat. There was something completely different about him. He was not one of the ascended ones.

"Not to be rude or anything but who or what are you?" Daniel could tell that there was something very off about him.

"Names Whistler, I work for the Powers That Be. They are higher powers like you but they watch over the world's and call champions to right the balance."

"I thought none of the higher powers interfered." Daniel asked obviously curious.

"You honestly think that the Ascended ones are the only higher powers there are? Kid you need to get out more. I know you have heard stories of miraculous happenings, Angels and such. There are all kinds of higher beings and they all have a part that they play. The PTB's have been watching you for some time kid. Even from before you ascended. They have liked what they have seen and so they have sent me to offer you a deal."

"You speak for these higher powers?" Daniel asked his mind whirling. There was so much more than he ever realized, even as an ascended being there was so much to learn.

"I'm their mouthpiece. I get a lot of flack for it too let me tell you." Whistler paused for a moment as if realizing that he was getting off of topic. "Well kid we realize that you need to be doing something to help those flesh and blood people who matter and we want to offer you a chance to make a difference."

"The others won't let me use my powers to interfere." Daniel stated wondering if it would be possible to actually make a difference again.

"Well you won't actually be using your powers to fight the darkness. You will be using them to help and comfort a champion of the light. She is the one fighting the darkness." Whistler said dropping his bait knowing that this fish was already caught.

"She? Who are you talking about?"

"Come with me kid and I'll show you." Whistler stated.

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