Melisandre looked at the Event Horizon and smiled.
The Stargate activated!
All these years of being exiled on this planet and she might actually be free again to travel to other worlds as she did in the past. It was all she could do to contain her excitement.
After being exiled to this backwards planet, she had spent decades looking for a way off. With no technology from her own world and her human body weakened, she searched for the Stargate, her sole escape off this planet and its harsh elements. She had almost lost all hope of finding the Stargate and had resigned herself to living out her days here. She knew the Lanteans have visited this planet, as evident by the humanoid population that has grown and flourished as a civilization on this planet. The Stargate must exist on this planet, of this she was sure. So many years and she finally found the Stargate, on the Wall. It was encased in ice and inactive but she lit her fires every day since her find until the gate thawed enough to be activated.
Every day she prayed that the ice would thaw enough and that she would find the Stargate to be functional. Her very life depended on it. Otherwise her salvation would turn into her demise. The Wall was the most dangerous place for her kind and every minute more that she spent here would be bringing her closer and closer to her doom. Her enemy was just on the other side of the Wall, of this she was certain.
"What sorcery is this?" Jon Snow asked Melisandre, drawing his sword. She could tell he was terrified, even though he hid it well.
Melisandre had not counted on the Stargate activating from the outside. Something was coming from the other side and the unknown did not leave her without cause for concern. She steeled herself for what was to come, who was to come, and turned to Jon Snow. She must not betray her knowledge of the Stargate and what it could do. Perhaps her very life depended on her not being discovered for what she really was.
"This is not my doing," Melisandre answered.
Jon was not listening to her. Jon and the rest of the men on the Wall were staring at the Stargate's Event Horizon in terror. A small robot in the shape of a box, which Melisandre deduced it to be a probe, emerged from the portal and started scanning the surroundings. Everyone was standing with their swords drawn and ready to defend themselves, anticipating what this unnknown object would do next. The probe finished scanning and turned around, disappearing into the portal.
Everyone stood in anticipation, which did not last long. Soon a figure clad in black protective gear and armed with some sort of a weapon emerged from the portal. It was a humanoid male from what Melisandre could tell. Five more humanoids clad in identical gear emerged and stood in front of the Stargate, weapons drawn and pointed at the Black Brothers.
One of the newcomers, a female humanoid with short blonde hair like a man, walked forward and opened her mouth to say something. She did not get a chance as her voice was drowned by the screams of a Black Brother charging forward to attack. He did not get very far as loud noises rang out and the next thing he knew, the attacker was lying on the ground, his sword lying next to him. The female discharged her weapon and shot at her attacker's feet. It did not appear that the weapon actually did any damage, Melisandre assessed.
The Black Brothers were standing, staring at the newcomers with astonishment and terror. They were ready to defend themselves, all of them with swords drawn. The female humanoid held out her hand and said, "Stop, we are friends," quickly putting her weapon down on the ground and putting her hands up in the air. "Can you understand me? We mean you no harm."
Jon held out his hands in the air, turning to the other Black Brothers and screamed, "Stop, do not attack!" as he finally came out of his terrified stupor. He quickly turned back to the newcomers, his sword still drawn in his right hand.
"Great, they speak English," the male newcomer said, still holding his weapon pointed at the Black Brothers.
"The Others came to take us!" a Black Brother yelled behind him, running away in fear. Jon did not pay attention to this. All his attention was focused on these six unwelcome visitors who came through the portal.
"Who are you?" Jon asked, cautiously approaching the blonde female.
"We mean you no harm," the blonde female answered quickly. "I only shot this man because he was going to attack me. But we are friends. We are just like you. Human."
Melisandre stood quietly, observing this exchange and studying the visitors intently. Their form of dress and the weapons they carried did not remind her of any planet she had visited in the past.
Jon narrowed his eyes at the words that came out of the female's mouth. He understood what she was saying. She looked like any other woman, a beautiful woman, but her hair was short like a man's and she was wearing men's clothing. The other five visitors were male and dressed in identical black clothing.
Melisandre stood quietly, studying these humanoid visitors.
"What are you doing here?" Jon asked.
"We are explorers," the woman continued, smiling at Jon reassuringly. "I'm sorry I shot at your friend. He was going to attack and he had an awfully big sword. I hope he is not hurt. We do not mean you harm." The female paused to make sure that everyone was listening, and continued when she saw Jon nod. "We come from another world that is connected to yours though this portal, which we call the Stargate," she motioned behind her to the Stargate.
"We made contact with the native," one of her frinds spoke into a communication device. "Close the gate."
Behind her, the Event Horizon disappeared, signaling that the Stargate was closed. Some of the Black Brothers jumped back but remained silent, listening to the woman talk. "We are here to exchange information, and perhaps trade with your world if you would like. We can offer you medicine to treat your sickness..."
Melisandre saw Jon visibly relax as the threat of attack had passed.
"I am Jon Snow, I am the commander here," Jon Snow stepped forward, accepting the peace offering from these visitors.
"My name is Samantha Carter," the female identified herself, "and this is Colonel Jack O'Neill, Doctor Daniel Jackson, Teal'c, Lieutenant Taylor and Brennan," she pointed out each of her friends and identified them by their names.
Melisandre drew her breath in sharply as the visitor Samantha Carter identified as Teal'c stepped forward and Melisandre was able to see the markings on this forehead that identified him as Jaffa.