Malik Craynal
Ragnarok
Book One
Daniel is told he must save an alien world, but will he be able to save himself?
Part Two: Rival Gods
Jack paced the hallway in the old city. SG-4 had arrived 15 minutes ago. When Jack had told the others what had happened Teal'c had volunteered to go back for help. SG-4 had arrived in record time, they'd got to bring a jeep.
Jack wanted to just pull the damn lever and see for himself where it had taken Daniel but Colonel Meyers of SG-4 had strongly advised against it.
"Look, Jack," Meyers said softly. "I know you don't want to hear this but Daniel probably stumbled onto some booby trap..."
Jack had turned on Meyers and had him pinned against the wall before he could even finish his sentence. "Daniel is fine. He'll be fine. He's not dead and I'd appreciate it if you didn't jump to conclusions," Jack growled.
Meyers pushed the man off of him, "Sorry O'Neill but face facts. How do you expect him to get back? To find him? We don't have any idea or clue as to where it is he could even be. And it's not like we can just risk pulling the lever we already decided..."
"You decided," Jack said quietly.
Jack's eyes were burning and Meyers began to think that was exactly what O'Neill planned to do... "You can't try it! Pulling that lever could do anything! It could send the whole temple crumbling around us."
"It's the only thing I can do," O'Neill said softly.
"Hammond won't approve this," Meyers told him.
"It's my opinion as head of SG-1 that we can't waste time returning to the Stargate and reporting to Hammond. I've got to go now, I'll bring Daniel back."
"O'Neill, I don't believe that this is wise," Teal'c told him.
"Me either," Sam added. "I want to find Daniel too, sir but we have no idea what will happen if you do this."
"What will happen if I don't?" he asked as he opened the secret door. He could hear the others yelling at him not to do it even as the door shut but he ignored them and pulled the lever down.
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Daniel once again opened his eyes. When he realized he was alone he wonde3red if his earlier experience had only been a dream but when he sat up he knew at least part of what he remembered was real because he had no idea where he was.
The room he was in was large, filled with mirrors and ancient writings, only a few of which he recognized on first glance. He saw the Forbidden City written many places... Malik Craynal. The woman who had spoken to him earlier must have been real as well but where was she now? More importantly, where was he?
His last clear memory was of pulling the lever, he couldn't seem to recall anything after that.
Getting up from the bed he saw that there weren't any doors, despite his headache and the hazy feeling he decided there must be another secret door so he began to search for the eye symbol.
After a few minutes of searching he found what he was looking for and a portion of the wall slid aside revealing a torch lit hallway.
The mysterious woman was standing in front of him, her green eyes scrutinizing him with a rapt attention consisting of both concern and awe. "Tiva tri manda zit nun."
Daniel's mind was still foggy but he understood what she had said, You recover quickly.
Daniel rubbed his temples, "Crue sar tandi," he responded. What happened to me?
She answered and he translated it in his head, "You came to us through the passageway of the Gods."
"The passageway of the Gods?" he asked becoming more comfortable with the language.
The woman nodded and pointed up, "You fell from the sky, through the window of our temple, you fell down to the ground."
No wonder he had a headache and more bruises than he could count.
"What's you name?" he asked her.
She smiled, "I'm Kina."
"Daniel," he said.
"Welcome to the Forbidden city, Daniel."
Daniel nodded, "Thank you, do you know how I can leave?"
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Jack looked around.
Nothing happened.
He'd pulled the lever and nothing happened.
He turned around as he heard the door sliding open. Sam, Teal'c and Meyers were looking at him as though he'd gone mad.
"It didn't work," he told them.
"What do you mean `it didn't work'?" Meyers asked.
Jack pulled down the lever again to demonstrate.
All three shouted protests at once but again...
Nothing happened.
"Maybe we broke it?" Sam said quietly.
"Whatever happened, there isn't anything we can do about it now. We should go back to the SGC," Meyers told them.
"No," Jack said quickly. "We need to bring a translator down here. We need to understand these writings."
"Daniel's the only linguist in the SGC that could translate these," Meyers said.
"Then we get someone who isn't in the SGC," Jack decided.
"You know we can't do that, Jack," Meyers said trying to get through to his fellow Colonel. "We can't involve anymore civilians. We have to go back, there isn't anything we can do here."
"It's only been a couple of hours and you're asking me to give up?" Jack asked angrily.
"No, I'm asking you to see reason, we'll come back, Jack but we've done all we can for now."
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"You wish to leave?" Kina asked sounding confused. "Were you not sent here to save us?"
"Save you from what?"
"Ourselves. Our people have divided. Chosen sides of our two Gods, if it is not ended our city will be destroyed."
"A civil war?" Daniel asked. "Many places have civil wars. It may seem hard now but you'll get through it."
Kina grabbed Daniel's arm, "You don't understand, the followers of Rinas claim he had told them to destroy us. They believe we all must pay for our rivalry. They plan to take the others' technology and destroy our planet as a sacrifice for Rinas."
Daniel looked at her horrified, "The whole planet?"
Kina nodded.
"Who are `the others'?" Daniel asked. "What's the technology you were talking about?"
"A bomb, it is made from the same material as the Stargate by the others,"
"You know about the Stargate?" Daniel asked excitedly.
"Of course. It is in front of our temple, it was made by the others."
Daniel's eyes lit up, "Will you take me there? If I had access to a Stargate I could get home."
Kina's eyes went to the ground, "If I must, but if you return home, what will become of me and my people?"
Daniel felt a rush of guilt, "When I return I'll tell my people about you, they might agree to help you."
Now Kina looked frightened, "No! You must tell no one of the Forbidden City. All trespassers on these grounds will be killed. No one must know of it or my Goddess Kolanar will punish us."
"But aren't I a trespasser?" Daniel asked.
Kina shook her head, "No, you came by the passageway of the Gods not the Stargate. You are here because Kolanar and Rinas wish it, Daniel. You were brought here for a reason. Not just anyone is allowed access to the passageway of the Gods."
"There isn't anything I could do, Kina. I'm not some savior. I don't know how to help you."
"Daniel," Kina said softly. "If you truly could not help us you would not be here."
"Kina you need to understand, I'm just an archeologist, a linguist. I don't know how to end a war."
"A linguist?" Kina asked.
Daniel nodded, "I study languages, translate ancient writings."
Kina's eyes lit up, "Ancient writings?" she echoed.
Daniel nodded, "Yes most of them, some take longer than others but..."
Kina interrupted, "There are a few of my people who believed the Rival Gods stopped fighting and live in peace. It has never been proven but if that's what the writings say... if Kolanar and Rinas are no longer fighting then we have no reason to."
"Where are these writings?" Daniel asked.
"At the temple inscribed in the pillars, it is of a language we can not speak."
"You said the Stargate is in front of this temple?"
Kina nodded eagerly.
"Then I suppose it couldn't hurt to take a look before I returned home."
Kina smiled widely and took his hand, "Come then, I will take you there."
to be continued...
Ragnarok
Book One
Daniel is told he must save an alien world, but will he be able to save himself?
Part Two: Rival Gods
Jack paced the hallway in the old city. SG-4 had arrived 15 minutes ago. When Jack had told the others what had happened Teal'c had volunteered to go back for help. SG-4 had arrived in record time, they'd got to bring a jeep.
Jack wanted to just pull the damn lever and see for himself where it had taken Daniel but Colonel Meyers of SG-4 had strongly advised against it.
"Look, Jack," Meyers said softly. "I know you don't want to hear this but Daniel probably stumbled onto some booby trap..."
Jack had turned on Meyers and had him pinned against the wall before he could even finish his sentence. "Daniel is fine. He'll be fine. He's not dead and I'd appreciate it if you didn't jump to conclusions," Jack growled.
Meyers pushed the man off of him, "Sorry O'Neill but face facts. How do you expect him to get back? To find him? We don't have any idea or clue as to where it is he could even be. And it's not like we can just risk pulling the lever we already decided..."
"You decided," Jack said quietly.
Jack's eyes were burning and Meyers began to think that was exactly what O'Neill planned to do... "You can't try it! Pulling that lever could do anything! It could send the whole temple crumbling around us."
"It's the only thing I can do," O'Neill said softly.
"Hammond won't approve this," Meyers told him.
"It's my opinion as head of SG-1 that we can't waste time returning to the Stargate and reporting to Hammond. I've got to go now, I'll bring Daniel back."
"O'Neill, I don't believe that this is wise," Teal'c told him.
"Me either," Sam added. "I want to find Daniel too, sir but we have no idea what will happen if you do this."
"What will happen if I don't?" he asked as he opened the secret door. He could hear the others yelling at him not to do it even as the door shut but he ignored them and pulled the lever down.
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Daniel once again opened his eyes. When he realized he was alone he wonde3red if his earlier experience had only been a dream but when he sat up he knew at least part of what he remembered was real because he had no idea where he was.
The room he was in was large, filled with mirrors and ancient writings, only a few of which he recognized on first glance. He saw the Forbidden City written many places... Malik Craynal. The woman who had spoken to him earlier must have been real as well but where was she now? More importantly, where was he?
His last clear memory was of pulling the lever, he couldn't seem to recall anything after that.
Getting up from the bed he saw that there weren't any doors, despite his headache and the hazy feeling he decided there must be another secret door so he began to search for the eye symbol.
After a few minutes of searching he found what he was looking for and a portion of the wall slid aside revealing a torch lit hallway.
The mysterious woman was standing in front of him, her green eyes scrutinizing him with a rapt attention consisting of both concern and awe. "Tiva tri manda zit nun."
Daniel's mind was still foggy but he understood what she had said, You recover quickly.
Daniel rubbed his temples, "Crue sar tandi," he responded. What happened to me?
She answered and he translated it in his head, "You came to us through the passageway of the Gods."
"The passageway of the Gods?" he asked becoming more comfortable with the language.
The woman nodded and pointed up, "You fell from the sky, through the window of our temple, you fell down to the ground."
No wonder he had a headache and more bruises than he could count.
"What's you name?" he asked her.
She smiled, "I'm Kina."
"Daniel," he said.
"Welcome to the Forbidden city, Daniel."
Daniel nodded, "Thank you, do you know how I can leave?"
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Jack looked around.
Nothing happened.
He'd pulled the lever and nothing happened.
He turned around as he heard the door sliding open. Sam, Teal'c and Meyers were looking at him as though he'd gone mad.
"It didn't work," he told them.
"What do you mean `it didn't work'?" Meyers asked.
Jack pulled down the lever again to demonstrate.
All three shouted protests at once but again...
Nothing happened.
"Maybe we broke it?" Sam said quietly.
"Whatever happened, there isn't anything we can do about it now. We should go back to the SGC," Meyers told them.
"No," Jack said quickly. "We need to bring a translator down here. We need to understand these writings."
"Daniel's the only linguist in the SGC that could translate these," Meyers said.
"Then we get someone who isn't in the SGC," Jack decided.
"You know we can't do that, Jack," Meyers said trying to get through to his fellow Colonel. "We can't involve anymore civilians. We have to go back, there isn't anything we can do here."
"It's only been a couple of hours and you're asking me to give up?" Jack asked angrily.
"No, I'm asking you to see reason, we'll come back, Jack but we've done all we can for now."
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"You wish to leave?" Kina asked sounding confused. "Were you not sent here to save us?"
"Save you from what?"
"Ourselves. Our people have divided. Chosen sides of our two Gods, if it is not ended our city will be destroyed."
"A civil war?" Daniel asked. "Many places have civil wars. It may seem hard now but you'll get through it."
Kina grabbed Daniel's arm, "You don't understand, the followers of Rinas claim he had told them to destroy us. They believe we all must pay for our rivalry. They plan to take the others' technology and destroy our planet as a sacrifice for Rinas."
Daniel looked at her horrified, "The whole planet?"
Kina nodded.
"Who are `the others'?" Daniel asked. "What's the technology you were talking about?"
"A bomb, it is made from the same material as the Stargate by the others,"
"You know about the Stargate?" Daniel asked excitedly.
"Of course. It is in front of our temple, it was made by the others."
Daniel's eyes lit up, "Will you take me there? If I had access to a Stargate I could get home."
Kina's eyes went to the ground, "If I must, but if you return home, what will become of me and my people?"
Daniel felt a rush of guilt, "When I return I'll tell my people about you, they might agree to help you."
Now Kina looked frightened, "No! You must tell no one of the Forbidden City. All trespassers on these grounds will be killed. No one must know of it or my Goddess Kolanar will punish us."
"But aren't I a trespasser?" Daniel asked.
Kina shook her head, "No, you came by the passageway of the Gods not the Stargate. You are here because Kolanar and Rinas wish it, Daniel. You were brought here for a reason. Not just anyone is allowed access to the passageway of the Gods."
"There isn't anything I could do, Kina. I'm not some savior. I don't know how to help you."
"Daniel," Kina said softly. "If you truly could not help us you would not be here."
"Kina you need to understand, I'm just an archeologist, a linguist. I don't know how to end a war."
"A linguist?" Kina asked.
Daniel nodded, "I study languages, translate ancient writings."
Kina's eyes lit up, "Ancient writings?" she echoed.
Daniel nodded, "Yes most of them, some take longer than others but..."
Kina interrupted, "There are a few of my people who believed the Rival Gods stopped fighting and live in peace. It has never been proven but if that's what the writings say... if Kolanar and Rinas are no longer fighting then we have no reason to."
"Where are these writings?" Daniel asked.
"At the temple inscribed in the pillars, it is of a language we can not speak."
"You said the Stargate is in front of this temple?"
Kina nodded eagerly.
"Then I suppose it couldn't hurt to take a look before I returned home."
Kina smiled widely and took his hand, "Come then, I will take you there."
to be continued...
