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So, here's the first chapter. The first part is in Sam's POV, and the second is in Jack's. As always, I own nothing. Enjoy!

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"I can't believe it." Colonel O'Neill muttered.

"Well, you'd better believe it, Jack. And at least Teal'c didn't get caught this time." Dani sighed as she fidgeted with her bindings.

"This is, what, how many times?" He looked over to me, ignoring Danielle's optimism about Teal'c for the moment.

I looked over and answered, attempting valiantly to ignore the itch that had developed on my nose (scratching is kind of hard with your hands tied behind your back), "5 times this month, sir."

"You're kidding. The Goa'uld got us 5 times this month!?"

"Yes, sir. I can't really believe it either, to be honest."

"Well," he sighed, "This certainly sucks."

"It depends whom you are asking."

The tell-tale resonation of the arrogant Goa'uld voice made itself known, and I could hear the clicking of shoes coming up behind me.

"What have we here?" I could almost feel the smirk that surely came across the Goa'uld's face as she said it. I didn't dare turn around to confirm it. I rather liked my face without it being burnt off with a staff weapon, thank you very much.

"Prisoners, my lady." One of the Jaffa, her fist prime from the looks of the gold tattoo on his forehead, stepped forward to speak to the 'goddess' behind us, "They were found snooping around the device."

"Oh, really." The Goa'uld still had not come into view, which was quite strange, but I wasn't about to complain. The only good Goa'uld to look at is a dead one, as so eloquently put by Colonel O'Neill, "Well then, since they are so interested, let's show them how it works, shall we?" That didn't sound so good. But before I had time to process the implications of that particular order and as all of the Jaffa left the room to presumably get the device, the Goa'uld came into view. I froze. The host was not quite human. She was very pretty, but her skin was tinted red, her eyes the most startling green I had ever seen. Her ears were smaller than a normal human's, and her red hair, which was tucked behind them, fell to her waist. I had never encountered a race like her's before. I lifted my eyes to lock with the Goa'uld's, and she laughed, "I see that you are startled by my appearance. Allow me to explain."

"I will allow it." The colonel spoke up cheekily in response to the rhetorical statement.

Instead of the typical flashed eyes and ordering him to shut up in the form of a staff weapon to the kidneys, the Goa'uld simply smiled, "Let me begin from the beginning. I am Sekhmet."

We all turned to Dani, and she instantly responded, "The goddess of war, fire, vengeance, and also enchantments. Was sometimes known as 'the scarlet lady' because of her legendary thirst for blood."

Sekhmet's face curved into another smile, "Very good, Doctor Jackson. And yes, I do know who all of you are. But that is beside the point. I had conquered a small, but very advanced city of people approximately 3 of your years ago. They were the only one's inhabiting the planet. I ruled over them for a moderate amount of time, and during that time a rebellion began. The people of the planet were, as I said before, very advanced, and smart enough the know that I am not an actual goddess. They rose up against me and despite the fact that I had confiscated all of their technology, they managed to kill quite a few of my Jaffa and my beloved, Ptah. The rebellion failed, of course, and they had to be punished. I killed all of them except for one, whom I took as host. She is the one I inhabit now. Having such a technologically advanced host has most definitely paid off, and I was able to develop some very intriguing pieces of technology. One of which you were captured studying. Now-" The sound of the Jaffa suits clanking on the floor became louder and she smiled, picking up the pace of her explanation, "I have been waiting for some test subjects, and I now have 3 humans who are at my disposal. I could torture you for information, sure, but what's the fun in that? I have no need for anything you may offer, unlike the other system lords, so you will be my laboratory test subjects." And 8 Jaffa entered the room, four of them holding a device the size of a microwave on a golden stretcher-like thing, and the other 4 guarding them. The device was set carefully on the ground, and the Jaffa knelt, the first prime speaking.

"My Lady. The Dolor device, as requested."

She smiled, "Thank you. Set it here so that I may activate it."

The colonel leaned over to me, "Are you sure we're in the right universe, Carter? I could have sworn I just heard a Goa'uld-"

"…say thank you." I finished the thought, staring opened mouth at Sekhmet.

"This can't be right…" Dani said incredulously.

Colonel O'Neill smiled slightly, "Oh, but it is. Shockingly enough, it is."

She looked at him like he was insane for a moment, before speaking up, "No, no. The thing that the first prime called the device. He said Dolor device. That- that's Latin."

I turned to face Dani, flashing a quick look at Sekhmet to make sure she was still busy activating the device, "Latin for what?"

"Pain."

The colonel cleared his throat, "So your saying that we're about to become testers for something called the pain device?"

Dani nodded slowly, "Pretty much."

"Just checking."

Sekhmet pressed one final button on the device, and the top opened up to have three tubes rise up about a foot above the device. Three tubes of… something. Each was a different color, one brown, one dark red, and one black. If you looked close enough, the liquid inside seemed to be moving. Which was, as you can imagine, kind of unsettling, considering we were probably about the be injected with it.

And then movement caught in my peripheral vision. One of the Jaffa had spun his staff weapon and was aiming at… us.

"Dani! Sir! Look out!"

But the blast didn't hit us. It hit our chain bindings with impressive accuracy and completely obliterated them. Instantly I jumped up and lunged at the nearest Jaffa, the colonel and Dani doing the same. I glanced over and saw the Jaffa who had freed up reaching up and undoing the metal mask cover. As it retreated, I breathed a sigh of relief. Good to know Teal'c was alright. But my distraction was my downfall. I felt something slam into me and I was tossed to the ground, hearing the bone in my arm snap as I landed. Sharp, agonizing pain radiated through me and I staggered upright, clutching it to my chest. Delivering a kick to the head of the Jaffa who hit me, I spun around to see all the remaining Jaffa in the room laying on the ground, and Sekhmet laying in front of her throne, dead. My arm let out another lance of pain, and I gritted my teeth against the urge to scream, feeling my eyes begin to water.

"Damn it." I quickly swiped at my eyes, destroying all proof that there were tears there. A woman in the military showing weakness is not good at all. I had worked so hard to be accepted as a major and a woman, and that was not going to be shattered by some stupid broken arm.

"Sam, you okay?"

I focused on Dani, "Uh, ya."

The colonel arched his eyebrows, "Uh huh. Sure you are…"

"Really, sir, I'm fine. We should probably get moving though."

"Good idea." Dani nodded and grabbed a zat gun off the floor, "Think we should grab the Dolor device?"

"We really need a better name for that." Colonel O'Neill went over to it and shrugged, reaching to press a random button.

"Sir!"

"Jack!"

"O'Neill!"

But he pressed the button anyways, and the tubes quickly fell back into the box, the lid closing.

"Oh, relax. I saw Segment… Sekmint... whatever, press the button." The Colonel reached down and grabbed two handles of the stretcher the device was on, "Hey T, mind giving me a hand?"

Teal'c swiftly waked over and grasped the remaining two handles, raising the stretcher up, "We should proceed immediately. The remaining Jaffa have no doubt been alerted of our presence."

"Alright, then let's head out. Carter, take point. Dani, cover our sixes."

"Yes, sir." I raised my gun and grimaced against the pain as we started toward the door, "The 'gate should be close. All we have to do is get to the rings, and it's right there."

"This base is of an unusual design, but I have seen it before. The rings should be located in the room directly to the left of this room." Teal'c spoke up, and I veered left, pressing a few buttons on the control panel to open the door to the ring room. As they slid open, two Jaffa turned and raised their zat guns, but were quickly dropped by Dani and I. We swiftly jogged into the circle on the floor, avoiding the unconscious bodies, and I pressed the sequence of buttons to activate the rings. I jumped inside as they came down from the ceiling and engulfed us in a bright white light. Overcoming the usual dizziness that came from a ring transport, I glanced around the temple and stepped out of the rings, watching as Dani ran over and started dialing out.

"Wasn't that a little to easy?" I glanced around the temple suspiciously.

"Ya, well, let's not look gift horse in the mouth." The colonel glanced around the room quickly before adjusting his grip on the stretcher, moving closer to the gate as Dani sent our IDC.

"For what purpose would we look a horse in the mouth, O'Neill?"

The colonel opened his mouth to respond, but quickly shut it, "You know what, T. I'll explain later. Now let's get out of here before we get captured for the 6th time. I have no desire for Ferreti to win that particular bet." He gestured toward the now open and cleared 'gate.

I was able to hear Teal'c's reply of, "As you wish" before I was whisked away through the wormhole.

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"Sir, I can handle it." Carter piped up from her seat along the briefing table. After we had returned, it had taken forever to be medically cleared (compliments of Carter's broken arm) but we were finally done and in the middle of the debriefing.

"Major, I'm sorry. The pentagon has been putting an enormous amount of pressure on us to give area 51 more access to our projects. Once you brought it home, I had no choice but to contact them. The representatives should be here any second now. The best I could do was ask them to stay on the base when they conduct their research on this," he paused to consult his notes, "Dolor device. You will oversee the project, Major. But we have absolutely no authority over them, so tread lightly."

She nodded, but didn't look happy about it, "Yes sir."

I decided that maybe Carter needed a little backup with dealing with those pinheads, "General, I'll stay with Carter and the egg heads. I'll keep 'em in line."

The general turned to face me, "I'm sure that Major Carter can manage whatever you had planned."

"Sir, I would still like to be there. I don't like the idea of her having to deal with those assholes alone."

"Well, it's good to know that we're appreciated."

Two men was standing in the doorway to the briefing room. The taller one smirked as he walked in, both of them taking a seat.

"General Hammond, it's nice to finally meet you. I'm Dr. Anderson Madrith and this is my colleague Dr. Rob Sayers."

The color drained from Dani's face. Her eyes widened and her breathing quickened. I narrowed my eyes at her, and she suddenly stood up, her chair rolling away from her.

"General," She said quietly, "Dr. Madrith can't be trusted." He voice was steady, but I could see her hands shaking minutely at her sides. Something was very, very wrong.

The general looked confused, "Dr. Jackson?"

Then Dr. Madrith stood up as well, "I didn't think you would recognize me, Dr. Jackson." His voice was ice cold, and so was his glare.

She drew in a sharp breath, "You underestimate me, Dr. Madrith."

He smiled bitterly, "Wouldn't be for the first time, now would it?"

"Oh, that's bull shit and you know it!" She said angrily.

"Oh, THIS is bull shit? Well, I guess you of all people would know."

"Me of all people? What's that supposed to mean?"

"Well you were the one who completely annihilated my trust!"

"I annialated YOUR trust?" She raised her eyebrows incredulously, "Then how the hell do you explain what you did? How is that not annihilating trust?"

"I didn't do anything I didn't have to."

She froze.

Everyone sucked in a breath.

And she smiled.

"You think you had to do that?" She smiled even wider, "You think that she had to die?" The smile stayed frozen on her face, but her eyes got increasingly colder, "You. Are. A. Complete. Son. Of. A. Bitch." She snarled, "You ended her for no good reason. All of this is your fault. Everything that happened then is on YOU."

His face was twisted in rage, and he took a step closer. They were nose to nose. And then the tension dissipated. Dani stepped back. She took a breath.

"General. It is my recommendation that Dr. Madrith not be able to come within a hundred miles of the SGC. He is a danger to every single man and woman serving on this base, and if you don't kick him out I will not hesitate to do so myself." Her voice remained completely level and almost close to monotone the entire time. And that was even more frightening then if she had screamed it.

What the hell was going on?

General Hammond sighed, "Dr. Jackson. I'm sorry I cannot get him off the base, but I can post a security detail on him at all times. My hands are tied, and Area 51 has authority over us at the moment. That's the best I can do."

She nodded shortly, "Yes sir."

"Good. Now that that's settled, let's get down to business. Sit down please, Dr. Jackson and Dr. Madrith."

They sat, not looking at each other. I shot Carter a look.

What's going on?

She got the message and shrugged a shoulder, The hell if I know.

My eyes flicked to Dani and Madrith, She ever mention him?

With the slighted shake of her head I got what she was saying, I know as much as you do.

Which was nothing. Notta. Squat. Zip. Zero. Zilch.

And I hated not knowing.

But I did know one thing.

We were in deep, deep shit.

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NOTE 2:

So, there it is! I know it's short, but it seemed like the right place to end the chapter, so I did. Anyways, I will promise nothing about the posting of the next chapter of this story or my other ongoing story Day of Redemption, sorry, but my schedule is erratic. Please review!