Offworld
Written by Monique
Summary:
Yugi finds a jar with strange symbols. He doesn't understand them, and his yami can't remember. When he puts his findings on the net, he gets a strange comment…
AN:
First things first… I can't write… not as good as the most of you can…
I'm not the biggest Stargate fan of the world, but I did see almost every episode that was on tv…
I don't own YGO, or Stargate SG-1…
I do own this plot…
My thanks go to Lizeth, for the idea!
Things you should know:
Yugi's a Professor in History... mouth opens in shock
Yugi to Yami / .../
Yami to Yugi )...( sorry, there's no other way lets me...
1. Jar
"Don't worry, I'll take over while you're gone." a kind voice said in accented English.
"That's exactly what I'm afraid of, Yugi." An older man replied. His mid-long, gray hair shone in the bright Egyptian sun. It reminded Yugi of Pegasus. His eyes shone kind behind his glasses. A brown hat kept the rays of the sun out of the windows of his soul.
Yugi smiled, it was exactly the way Jono reacted when they were in a situation like this. Despite the ocean's width between him and his friends, Yugi wouldn't be forgetting them any time soon.
"Sure Charley," he replied good-naturedly, "you just go easy on those students."
The two friends shook hands and the older professor stepped in the jeep and drove off.
Turning, Yugi went back to what he did for living: digging.
He was the second in command of the excavations, and while Charles, known as Charley, was gone, he was responsible of the whole lot.
The Japanese man was tanned because of all the fieldwork he had done in the past few years. His hair was heavier than before. He let it grow, and now it hung down. Not completely of course. It now hung on his back in a braid. His face looked more like his yami had in ancient times.
"Be careful with that!" he exclaimed when one of the Egyptians almost dropped an ancient carafe. Shaking his head, Yugi strode back to the main trench, where the so-called 'goodies' were.
It wasn't long before he found something, which wasn't uncommon in the new trench. It was another jar.
Yugi sighed. 'Another one! This must be the twentieth jar I found in this trench!' he thought.
As he did with all of the things he found, he examined it closely. 'First the outlines; nothing wrong, in perfect state. Then the inscriptions; nothing seemed to be w-'
"This can't be!" Yugi exclaimed. A few people looked his way, wondering what could be wrong about a little ancient jar.
Yugi's fingers slid over one of the symbols. /Yami, do you have any idea what this could mean/ he asked the ancient pharaoh, hoping he would remember something.
Yami's transparent body appeared next to him. )Can I see that?( he stated. Yugi laid the bottle in the dry sand of the Egyptian desert, 7 strange symbols decorated the front of the bottle.
Yugi sought for a bag to take it to the artefact tent, while his other half stared at the symbols.
Yami used his magic to roll the bottle over to its other side, and he read:
To find eternal life
Find the Gate of the Gods
To find the Gate
Open this jar
These magical symbols
Will guide you
To the House of the Gods
Yugi returned with a plastic bag in his hands. He opened it and put the jar in. /Translated it/ he asked through his mind link.
)I couldn't translate the symbols, but I do have an idea what they stand for.( he said. Yami then retreated to his soul room.
/Aibo, what do you mean by that/ Yugi asked. Yami didn't answer. Yugi spent the rest of the day to catalogue all findings and mentally poke his other, urging him to tell his secret.
When he finished all the cataloguing, Yugi walked out of the heavily guarded artefact tent. 'That was quite a day…' he thought, yawning.
The Japanese archaeologist entered his tent. He never really liked camping, but being in Egypt was making it bearable. /Want to tell me what's wrong/ Yugi sent through his mind link.
The ancient pharaoh had been very quiet for a while, Yugi figured it had something to do with the jar. His other half had remembered most of the history of Egypt. He could read everything, but if he didn't remember these symbols, what language were they? He noticed Yugi was getting ready for bed, as he was pulling off his clothes.
/Mou hitori no boku/ Yugi urged, afraid his other was having an other flashback.
)I'm fine aibou.( the pharaoh sighed. If this information reached his enemies, it would give them a great advantage. )I'm fine.( he added when he felt the wave of trust his other half had sent.
"Tell that to Anzu." Yugi said without noticing he said it out loud. Yami's transparent form disappeared into his soul room as Yugi took off his shirt and stepped into his bed.
After what seemed like hours of tossing and turning Yugi sat up. 'It's been a long day, why can't I sleep?' he thought, careful not to wake his other. He rubbed his eyes. Suddenly Yugi remembered: "The jar!" He definitely wasn't sleepy anymore. Yugi put on his trousers, and ran out of his tent, wincing when his feet touched the cold desert sand.
Yugi ran to the heavily guarded artefact tent, protecting himself from the cold using his magic. The two armed men at the entrance eyed the foreigner with a hint of amusement on their faces. The guards opened the outer flap for him, and looked each other in the eye. When Yugi pushed aside the inner flap, he was forced to shield his eyes from the wave of light that hit him.
"Whoa!" Yugi exclaimed, rubbing his eyes.
"I'm sorry, Professor." an female voice apologised.
"No problem." Yugi squeaked. A girl shut off the lights with a click, it was Cassandra.She looked at the Japanese man for a while. How could he only wear trousers in this cold?
"What are you doing here?" Yugi asked when he saw the pile of files on the desk.
"Oh, some research. I wanted to know what kind of building stood here." Cassandra said. She started to clear the desk, giving Yugi some space to work.
"May I ask what you are doing here at this time of night, Professor Mouto?" she asked. Brushing her hair out of her face with a sweep of her hand.
Yugi yawned. "I couldn't sleep. There are some strange symbols on one of the jars I found. I was wondering if I could copy them onto the internet." he explained. Yugi walked to the closet and pulled out the strange jar. "Here, take a look." He handed the jar to Cassandra.
Yugi searched for a pencil and a paper. The people behind this dig wouldn't like it if he put everything about the dig on the net. So he planned to do this subtle. He was going to put the pictures on a few forums, and ask people what it could mean.
"Any idea what those symbols mean?" the girl said, following the lines with his finger. Yugi, who was just returning with his tools shrugged.
"Not a clue, I'm afraid." he replied. Yugi got the jar back, and started drawing. Somehow he found it easy to draw the symbols, it was almost as if he had drawn them before. 'Nah, that couldn't be.' he thought. "Finished." Yugi stated after a while, putting down the pencil.
"I'm going to call it a night." Cassandra said. She got up from her chair, and bade Yugi a good night.
Yugi watched her leave the tent. Some of the cold night air got inside and made his skin crawl. He put his picture under the scanner. And watched the picture appear on his screen. He put up a post, asking people what they knew about these symbols, and if they would share that information with him.
Samantha Carter was checking a forum when she found an interesting post. It wasn't unusual for people to post sketches of things that looked like chevrons, but these were exact matches. The sketches of seven chevrons appeared on her screen. The doctor saw the last symbol and jumped. It looked like an 'A' with a circle over it. That was the point of origin of Earth! This had to be a Stargate address!
She checked the log name. "Pharaoh. Now that's not someone who thinks lowly of himself."
Sam decided to put up a post, she needed to be sure.
"Pharaoh, we need to meet face to face.
Is there a way to reach you any time soon?" she wrote.
She didn't need to think about what to do next. This was something that the general needed to know. She got up, and walked to general Hammond's office.
Sam knocked on the door. "Sir?" She opened the office door. General Hammond signalled for silence, he was on the phone.
"Yes sir… Of course… Have a nice day Mister President." The general put down his phone.
He directed his attention to his visitor. "Yes?" he asked in a kind voice.
"Sir, I think we sprung a leak." Sam said.
"Go on." the general said, offering the blonde a chair.
Samantha accepted, and sat down. "I was checking a forum, one of the many science, history and sci-fi forums. Then I came across a post with seven symbols. They were chevrons. It was an address, originated from Earth. The one who posted it asked what they meant. He calls himself Pharaoh." she explained.
"Did you let out anything?" Hammond said. It wasn't good to have this on a world wide information centre.
"No. I told him we needed to meet face to face." she wasn't questioning her decision. All she needed to do was ask him if she could go there personally. After all, she found out about it.
"Good, please keep me informed." Hammond wasn't in a good mood, not after the news he had just received from the president.
"Thank you sir." Sam took her cue to leave, and returned to her computer.
"Hmm?" Yugi had just refreshed the page of the forum. He read the new post. "Pharaoh, we need to meet face to face. Is there a way to reach you any time soon?" he read. The one who posted was called Sam.
"Sam, I don't understand why you want to contact me about this, but you can reach me on my mail address for more information.
You can find it in my forum profile."
"Why doesn't he want to talk about it in public?" Yugi thought.
He checked Sam's profile, but didn't get anything helpful. After about an hour he decided it had been a good break, and was just about to push the on/off button of his laptop again, when he received a mail.
"Hello,
I'm interested in meeting you in person.
I might be able to get some information from my contacts, if you tell me what's going on.
But I'm afraid I can't accept information by email. For I believe my email address is being checked by others.
Kind Regards
Sam"
"What? Already? Where does this guy live." The Japanese decided to mail back and get back to bed.
"Sam,
Meeting in person sounds good.
Please get as much information as you can.
I'm currently in Egypt, where are you?
-Pharaoh"
"If I don't sleep good now, I don't know what else I could try." Yugi pressed the off button of his laptop and walked to the desk that stood firmly in the middle of the tent. He took the jar and read the text he had read a thousand times that day.
To find eternal life
Find the Gate of the Gods
To find the Gate
Open this jar
These magical symbols
Will guide you
To the House of the Gods
What could it mean? How could it say anything to the one he shared his body with. Yes, his other was holding secrets for him, he had noticed before. The spirit wasn't the only one with secrets. Yugi had his own secrets too. Just little things that were private, the things he didn't like to share with others.
Yugi walked back to his tent, the cold sand forming around his feet every time he put them down. The icy winds licking his skin with every move he made.
A/N:
So? What do you think? Should I keep writing?
When I write it, it sounds so good in my head… but when I read it a day later, it sounds pretty stupid.
That always happens to me…
I thank Lizeth for beta-ing my first chapter!