The two giant Starships orbited the planet side by side while the away teams from Odyssey beamed to the surface of the old and dead world, it appeared as if very little had set foot on this planet in years, remains of dead Jaffa littered the immediate area of the beam down coordinates as SG-1 awaited the arrival of the away team from Enterprise. Although a brief tour of the Enterprise was given to SG-1 the tour of the Classified ship would have to wait until the away mission was over.
"So Williams, you're our resident 'Trek' expert, what do you think?"
"This is just amazing sir… Everything is exact. Right down to the colour of Kirk's eyes… it could actually be William Shatner and the cast"
"But this is Not Star Trek Williams, how do you explain this?"
"Like I said sir many times. I can't"
"What about that Multiple Dimension thingy?" Replied Vala with a smirk.
"Vala, that's by far the stupidest thing I have ever heard. You're telling me someplace out there Captain Kirk and crew are fighting Klingons?"
"Then who is about to beam down Williams?"
"I don't know who or what is about to beam down… but I say we play along, see where it leads"
"She's right" Jackson laughed. "What ever is happening around here, the answer isn't up on that ship. It's down here. Take a look Mitchell these Jaffa have been dead for years, the armour suggests Ra's Jaffa"
"Alright, I'll play along with this Hallucination but only to a certain point, after that I want answers or we are leaving this place… agreed?"
"Indeed"
"Thank you Teal'c, I can always guarantee on your valuable lengthy input"
Moments later the sound of energy filled the immediate area as five figures materialised in a haze of blue energy and finally the forms of Kirk, Spock, McCoy and two security officers formed out of the energy, smiling Vala leaned closer to Williams and whispered something that made the young officer almost burst out into laughter.
"So who are the Red Shirts?"
"I see you have been busy Colonel. We usually wait a few minutes before killing the locals"
"Ahh yes, the McCoy wit" He muttered his next words under his breath. "Or at least half of it"
Nodding softly Kirk and his team looked around the ruins of the city surrounding them as Mitchell spoke.
"I believe it is this way Gentlemen"
"Of course, after you Colonel Mitchell. Set Phaser to heavy stun… what ever killed these people could still be out here"
Slowly the two groups cautiously made there way threw the abandoned and destroyed streets of the city while Spock scanned the area around them with his Tricorder, smiling to herself Williams pulled a small white slender box from her jacket and activated the device, raising one eyebrow with interest Spock made his way towards her as she scanned the area slowly.
"Excuse me Lieutenant, may I ask… what is that device?"
"Just your basic everyday Life-Signs detector… this one has been set for long range scans and to pick up anything that seems like a weapon or explosive device also"
"Impressive, I had no idea that 21st Century Earth had such capabilities. Yet your weapons appear to be less advanced"
"Don't let the gun fool you Spock… this had a range greater then your Phasers, it's more accurate and it doesn't allow an enemy to see your position when the suppressor is used"
"Fascinating, May I see that device?"
Smiling slightly she handed him the small white scanner, as he took a hold of the device it instantly shut down.
"It appears to be defective"
"No sir, this device is keyed to a specific Genetic marker in my DNA, few humans have it… I doubt your species do"
Nodding slowly he handed her the device back, as it touched her hand it once again reactivated, as the screen filled with an view of the city a small red dot appeared close to their positions.
"EVERYONE, COVER NOW!"
Quickly both teams jumped for cover as bolts of yellow energy ripped threw the air and impacted on the ground nearby, in the blink of an eye SG-1 aimed at the open window and fired their P-90's at the silhouette firing at them. Sparks appeared on the metallic armour worn by the figure returning fire until it fell too it's left and hit the floor. Quickly Mitchell stood and looked around at his team.
"Anyone got any extra holes?"
Everyone nodded in shock, only the sound of McCoy calling out to them caught their attention.
"Jim, over here"
Quickly Kirk, Mitchell and Williams ran towards the Doctor as he was attempting to save the life of a young Starfleet Security Officer until he finally looked up at his friend and commanding officer and spoke.
"He's dead Jim"
"I'm sorry Kirk…"
"What the hell was that?"
Footsteps walked up behind them as Teal'c stopped next to Mitchell and replied.
"A Jaffa… Obviously some one survived from the last landing…"
"Apparently. I want to know what the hell is going on around here Mitchell, the or what the hell are you People?"
An alert beeped on the Life-Signs detector being held by Williams, quickly she raised the device. As she looked into the display, blood drained from her face as her jaw dropped open while red dots appeared all around them.
"SIR! We got more problems"
"What now?"
"I'm picking up 20 no 340 life signs scattered around us… we're pinned in"
"What the hell are you talking about?" Cried out Kirk.
"Kirk, think Butch and Sundance Captain"
Smiling slightly, Kirk stepped back into a doorway as his command staff followed him while SG-1, Williams and his remaining security guard followed him with weapons scanning every window insight as they backed inside slowly.
"Alright this is insanely F.U.B.A.R… We got hostiles all around and we're pinned down"
"Williams, where the hell did they come from?"
"I don't know, they just appeared out of nowhere Colonel" She replied quickly.
Laughing slightly Mitchell looked around the place he was hiding in with what appeared to be three aging actors and an extra.
"Alright, contact the ship. Have an emergency beam out"
"I've already tried that sir, last report was the blip on the sensors has moved in closer. Odyssey is moving to engage"
"Alright, I can't believe I'm gonna say this… Kirk contact Enterprise Have them beam us out"
"Sorry Mitchell, I can't get threw. We must be being jammed"
"Convenient…"
Thinking quickly Williams looked around the area they where hiding in and then back to her scanner, laughing to herself she threw down her weapons and stood. Almost instantly Teal'c grabbed her arm and pulled her to the ground with a hard thud.
"What the hell are you doing Williams" Cried out Jackson.
"Trust me. Everyone clear your minds… I think I know what is happening"
With a smile and a nervous look in her eyes she walked out of the broken building they had hidden in. with a calm look in her eyes she stepped out into the streets and stood in the centre with her arms held out to her side.
"Very funny, but you made on major mistake…"
"What is she doing? Is this what calls for tactics in your military?" McCoy yelled.
"I wish I knew" Mitchell replied.
Slowly she removed her SGC issue vest, her jacket and hat before stepping forward five steps.
"This is not funny anymore, why are you doing this?"
"Williams, what the hell are you doing?" Cried out Jackson.
Staff blasts exploded all around her as she stood motionless with her arms held out to her side, finally after what seemed like an eternity, heavy footsteps echoed from inside one of the ruined buildings. Smiling slightly too herself she turned to face the approaching footsteps as a figure stopped in the doorway, the unmistakeable signature of a Goa'uld's glowing eyes shone out threw the darkness as a voice called out to her with a calm confidence.
"You are brave too face me alone my child"
"I am not your child… face me… I demand it"
A cold shiver ran down Jackson's spine as the figure stepped into the light, his jaw almost hit the floor as person walked towards her. Quickly everyone raised their weapons towards the approaching Goa'uld, from the corner of her eye she saw them raise their weapons, waving her hand slightly she asked them to lower there weapons while the figure walked towards her and grabbed her throat with it's left hand and squeezed tight.
"Bravery or stupidity?"
"Neither" She said aloud.
"You do not struggle, nor do you attempt to stop me… why is that?"
"Because you are not real, none of you are. I don't know what you are… but I know you can not be the Goa'uld Ra… he's dead"
He squeezed her throat tighter and raised her off of the ground, yet with a calm look in her eyes she smiled and turned too her team and spoke calmly.
"Clear your minds everyone… this is not real. None of it is real"
From inside the battered building where SG-1 was hiding, she saw the Security Guard aim and fire his Phaser at the image of Ra, to the astonishment of everyone around the Security Guard the beam past through his body and dissipated the instant it past threw him, yet for a split second he seemed to get stronger. Smiling to herself as she closed her eyes she spoke once more.
"Reveal yourself to me… I demand it. Reveal your true self now"
The image smiled as it let her go and began to change form, gasps came from behind her as the dark and twisted image of the daughter of Vala appeared before them.
"Adria?" Vala screamed.
"Yes mother, it has been along time"
"Impossible… Your dead"
"The Alteran was no match for my strength. But it took a while for me to gather back my strength"
Laughing to herself Williams walked around the flaming image of the Orici shaking her head slightly.
"Vala, this image is not real. None of this is, the buildings… the Starships, the so called Jaffa. It's an illusion created by something else, along with this image of Adria"
Smiling 'Adria' looked at Williams as she stepped in front of her and nodded slowly as she replied quickly.
"Indeed you are wise young one… many have travelled here, none have seen threw the camouflage. How did you know?"
"At first I didn't, you had me. The scanning beam the scanned our ship created the 'Enterprise' perfectly from my memories I assume? But you made one mistake"
"Impossible, we made no mistakes" The image replied.
"The Security Guard that was 'Killed' I could not place his face at first. But afterwards it hit me… he was an image I had in my mind of a crewmember I created for a fictional story I once published"
"Impossible, the guard stirred up emotions within you"
"He was a composite of my ideal father, you see my biological father died before I was born. I never knew him or anything about him. With no photos to go off I created an image of what he would have looked like from descriptions I was given. The 'Guard' was my perfect father"
"I see. You are very wise Lieutenant Williams"
"No ma'am, just lucky. Why are you doing this"
"We just created the set and players, your minds created the scenario. I believe you would know it better as 'Shore Leave'?"
Laughing slightly she looked back at SG-1 as they had started to walk towards her with a thousand questions in there eyes.
"What about 'Kirk' and his crew?"
"I believe when we scanned your mind your thoughts at the time where… 'Perfect, all we need now is Kirk and his crew to show up'"
"Something like that. So what… who are you, really?"
Suddenly the image of Adria disappeared along with the Enterprise crew and the city around them. Raising there weapons quickly SG-1 looked around and then finally back to the young officer before them.
"What the hell just happened Williams?" Mitchell asked.
"I think… we are free to go"
"What is going on?" He barked.
"It's a long story sir, I will tell you…"
Suddenly the image of James T. Kirk appeared before them with a smile on his face.
"You are all free to go"
"You have held us hostage?" Teal'c asked.
"No, you have never been in any danger"
"Then what the hell is going on around here?" Vala yelled.
"We are simply defending ourselves, we had no idea who or what you are. The last of your kind that came here attempted to destroy us. But we fought back, using images from there minds we fought back. When we encountered your vessel this image was the most useful too us"
"Why?" Asked Jackson.
Slowly the Image of Kirk changed to that of Spock.
"We are a peaceful race that evolved beyond that of our physical form, but it was then we encountered the…"
The image changed again to Adria.
"… Ori, we saw them as a threat to use. They where to powerful for us… many of our kind where destroyed by the Ori. That is when we found this Galaxy, large enough to hide away from the Ori, yet protected by the ones you call the…"
The image changed again to Doctor McCoy.
"… Ancients. They where stronger then us, yet looked upon us as a 'Lower Life Form' and none of there concern"
"Yeah! we had that whole speech too" Laughed Jackson.
"We know…"
The image changed many times between different faces as the whole tale was told to SG-1 until finally, they where free to leave as the image of James T. Kirk appeared before them for the last time.
"You have shown great potential perhaps one day we can even be called friends"
"We would like that" Replied Williams.
"Perhaps you should remain behind with us"
"I would be honoured" Williams replied.
"Wait, we have others who…"
"Colonel Mitchell, allow me to do this"
"She will not be harmed Colonel Mitchell, I give you my word. In fact with her agreement we will bring her too our level"
Slowly she turned and smiled as she stepped to Kirk's side.
"I want a full report when you return" Mitchell said.
"I give you my word" She said with a smile.
"Kirk, or what ever your name is… take care of her"
"I give you my word Colonel Mitchell, no harm will come to her"
A slight one sided smile came from image of James T. Kirk as they both disappeared in a halo of light similar to the Ascension they where all familiar with until the members of SG-1 where alone on the desert world.
"Mitchell to Odyssey, beam us aboard. With have an interesting tale to tell"
