Chapter 2: To Catch a Goa'uld

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A/N: Thanks to AshDawnSoulmates and zigpal for checking this out for me.

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Cheyenne Mountain

Jack felt like banging his head on the conference table. It had been almost two months since Jacob told them that Seth was on Earth. Two months of looking for that snakehead in news reports and internet searches. He was tempted to start knocking on doors soon.

Fortunately, Sam saved his knees from the extra wear and tear. After her dad arrived, she explained, "We found his compound, here in the States. There's a problem though."

"What, Carter?" Jack snapped, his usual good temper gone in the wake of his frustration.

She only hesitated momentarily at his brusque tone. Everyone was on edge knowing there was a Goa'uld loose on Earth. "It's being watched by the Feds."

Jacob snarled in sarcasm, surprising Selmak, "Great. Can we take over jurisdiction?" he asked Hammond hopefully.

General Hammond shook his head in regret, "The best we can do is ask for cooperation as part of a joint operation." He tried every trick in his book to get the ATF out of the way, but nothing worked.

Setting aside the problem of the Feds for the moment, Daniel inquired about the real threat, "How are we supposed to get in there anyway? Wouldn't Seth just have his followers simply kill us?"

"He'd drug you first," Jacob corrected the young archeologist. "Teal'c and I couldn't go in since he'd feel our symbiotes," he continued ruefully.

"Wouldn't he be able to sense me?" Sam pointed out. After all, she could sense Jaffa and Goa'uld because of her blending with Jolinar a few years earlier.

Selmak answered for Jacob, "It's unlikely. You have such a small presence that he'd need to be practically touching you to feel it."

"That's too dangerous of a risk for her to take. Not only would she be putting herself in harm's way unnecessarily, she could compromise the mission," Hammond shot down the idea. This was too important to take chances.

Sam tried to protest, "Sir, I--"

Jack stopped her with a hand outstretched, "Ah! No, Carter; you'll have to stay with your dad and Teal'c on the outside as our back-up."

Jacob went on to tell them about the Nishta and how to count-act it. Jack and Daniel were fitted with devices that would give them the appropriate amount of electrical shock if they were given the brainwashing drug.

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Seth's Compound

2 days later…

Once the plan was essentially decided upon, they made their way to the compound. With minimum fuss, the operation was put under 'General' Jacob Carter's authority. They would have used Jack, but since he needed to infiltrate the compound, it had to be Jacob.

"Don't forget to keep your heads down as long as you can. We really don't want to have to come in with guns blazing to save you," Jacob winced at the image of how badly that could turn out.

Jack just gave them his irrepressible smile. "We'll be the souls of discretion, right Danny?" he slapped his friend's shoulder.

Groaning, Daniel whimpered, "We're doomed."

"My thoughts exactly," Sam muttered after the two men disappeared into the tunnel.

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A/N: Sorry for the extreme shortness of this chapter, but this will be where the story splits into two possibilities. This one is the story I have finished…mostly. The other one is thanks to a reviewer's comment. When I get the chance, MaxGSandeman, I'll write an alternative story for you.

A/N2: Next…SG-1 and Buffy meet at Seth's compound.