Chapter 2; The Melatai

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Harry and Kel'ac came back to consciousness at the same time so that neither truly knew which had opened their eyes. Harry turned their head to take in the scenery; they were on a wide beach. A mile to their right was the sea, quietly rolling against the sand with a muffled crashing sound with a back drop of a deep red sunrise. To their left was a row of trees. Harry thought they looked like the pictures of tropical palm trees but something was off about them.

'I think we're on an island. Quite a large one though.' Kel'ac informed him.

'How do you know?' Harry asked curiously.

'The beach curves round at both ends and the water out to sea is a darker blue than normal on larger continents.' Kel'ac explained patiently.

Harry had to agree with the information. He remembered looking out to sea in Cornwall and seeing that the water was quite a bit lighter than this place showing that the water here got deep very quickly.

Harry allowed Kel'ac to push up to a standing position and he began to walk along the beach, keeping a good few metres away from the treeline so that nothing could surprise them but close enough that if they saw anyone on the beach they could duck for cover.

Whether it was just an hour that they walked or six they didn't really know as Harry had never had a watch before. All that they knew was that the sun was now much higher in the sky. Harry had assumed that the distance would change the same as earth until Kel'ac reminded him of the Toc'ra base at the moment where the sun travelled across the sky in almost twice the time as Earth's.

Just as the sun was reaching its highest point in the sky they heard a humming sound that Kel'ac vaguely recognised before Harry could sift through his new memories. A ship, something powered by technologically advances engines. Before they could dive for cover however a large silver ship burst from above the tree line throwing a shadow over them. The ship was a sleek design. Smooth curves swept the whole length of ten metres. The front was a dome of about two metres and then the ship splayed out to about seven or eight metres. From below it they couldn't make out any other features apart from two large swivelling turrets that were both locked on them.

"Shit!" Harry whispered. But before either could come up with the ability to move five men in dark clothing jumped from the tree line and formed a semi circle between them and the trees. Harry stumbled back in shock and would have tripped on a mound of sand if Kel'ac hadn't taken over his movements and with a grace only learnt from a thousand years of existence twisted around slightly to stop from falling.

The attackers brought up sleek black weapons. Harry thought they looked like machine guns that he had once seen in a movie that Dudley had watched several times.

"Don't move or we'll open fire!" One of the figures shouted commandingly.

Harry froze instantly, a wide innocent look on his face that he hadn't even tried to fake.

"Show your hands!" The man said again.

"He's only a child!" A woman said in astonishment.

"I noticed." The first man said sarcastically. "Our orders are to bring him in for questioning so that's what we'll do!"

At this their wavering rifles were brought back up to their proper position at shoulder height. The woman spoke next.

"Will you surrender? We don't want to hurt you." She said her voice as soft as she could make it.

'We have no choice, Harry? They've given us the option to surrender at least which is a good thing.' They both knew that Harry would be the better spokesman in this situation in case these people knew of the Goa'uld. In fact if they didn't figure out that Harry was a host then they wouldn't offer the information.

Harry nodded with only a second's hesitation. He was quickly searched by one of the as yet silent attackers and then told he could relax his hands which had been held out to his sides since they had told him to show them. He was led down the beach to the now landed ship and up a ramp that hinged down from the belly of the craft.

He followed the woman into a curved corridor. The craft was small compared to the many designs that Harry now had the knowledge of. He was led into a plain room, a cot sat against the far wall and a sliding door sat in the right hand wall. He was told he could use the bathroom to the side to clean up and that he would not be able to leave these rooms. With that she left and the door slid shut behind them with an audible thud.

They both listened to the hum and with a small jolt they were obviously in motion. Harry glanced around the room in search of a window but when he found none he paused in front of the second door. He noticed the small green pad to the side of the door and with a glance to his right took in the red pad by the side of the room's main door. He touched the pad with a finger and the door opened with a swishing sound.

He returned to the room after spending ten minutes working out the foreign controls to otherwise normal looking facilities. He lied down on his back on the cot and shut his eyes.

'You know this world.' Harry wasn't asking, he recognised the craft from his memories but couldn't place it.

'I believe we are in the custody of the Melatai. That would be a good thing. A lot of the people that live on their worlds are refugees.' Kel'ac explained. 'They are at war with Ra and are holding their own.'

Now Harry knew where they were. The Melatai were quite advanced, maybe not as much as the Goa'uld or some of the other races but they were strong strategists and had been able to blunt every one of Ra's attacks so far.

'How did we get here? Its half way across the galaxy from Earth.' Harry knew that Kel'ac had a theory but thought he would let him explain it.

'I think it had something to do with your magic. All I remember is your magic knocking us out and then waking on that beach.' He paused as he thought. 'I think your magic transported us here.'

'Why here though?' Harry searched with Kel'ac for several minutes through everything that they had on the Melatai before they found it.Excuses made to Ra about why their ground forces were always completely obliterated. Rumours of special powers. People appearing or disappearing impossibly, whole squads firing and their shots hitting invisible barriers. 'Magic! We came here because they can do magic?'

He never got an answer though because the door reopened and two men walked in. They were dressed almost the same as before except now their rifles were clipped to their black tactical jackets and in their right hands was a metre and a half long metal staff. The top two feet had a coil running around. He recognised it as a weapon that Ra's forces had confiscated from prisoners. A close ranged weapon that when charged held a blue energy on its end that delivered a powerful stunning charge to anything it contacted. It was very effective against the Jaffa, the foot troops of the Goa'uld.

Harry stood and followed them out of the ship. It had landed in some sort of docking bay. Guards surrounded him and he was led through dim hallways to a plain room with a table and three chairs in it. He was sat down and then his guards left. The door shut behind them.

Two minutes of companionable silence between Harry and Kel'ac passed before two men arrived. Harry recognised the first as the leader of the troops that had captured him. The other Harry took as an intelligence officer.

The men sat opposite him and with a stern look the officer spoke with disgust in his voice.

"You Goa'uld disgust me. Taking a seven year old child as a host just to try to infiltrate our inner provinces." Harry's eyes widened. "Our scanners picked you up as soon as you entered the scout ship."

"Don't talk about Kel'ac like that, he isn't a Goa'uld!" Harry almost shouted out.

"Don't even try it." The troop leader stated calmly. "Are you Kel'ac then? What is your mission?"

Harry felt the gentle nudge on his mind and gave up control of his voice for the first time since arriving. "I am Kel'ac." The two men recoiled slightly going slightly pale. "Harry was the one just talking. He is my host. We are Tok'ra, not Goa'uld!" He spat out the last word and the two men before he frowned.

The officer brought his wrist up to his lips and spoke quietly for a few seconds and then listened to something before looking back at his captive. "Our nervous monitor will prove that." As he finished a man in a white coat walked in, a small metallic disc in his hand.

"Tip you head forwards please," the officer told Harry firmly. Harry did as told and felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck but then only a slight discomfort. The white coated man nodded at the officer and then left silently. "This device will confirm that the symbiote inside your body is not influencing your system. Kel'ac, withdraw all of your influence."

Harry felt a sudden emptiness in his head and a certain weakness in his body and sagged slightly against the table. The troop leader went to stand to help but was held back.

"What is your name host?" The officer asked.

"Harry. Like Kel'ac told you." Harry said rather harshly and then with more confidence then was probably appropriate from a seven year old. "What are your names?"

"Our names are Officer Curtis," he said more kindly pointing to himself, "and Loen. Are you really Tok'ra?" He seemed to be almost hopeful.

"We are Tok'ra." Harry said simply.

"Why has Kel'ac bonded with such a young human?" Loen asked, "And why are you having trouble staying still?"

The monitor on the back of his next beeped as Kel'ac brought back his influence. The exhaustion that Harry had been feeling almost disappeared. "I had no choice to bond with Harry, my last host was killed and before he died he asked Harry to take me in. Harry accepted. Harry and I have been through a lot in the last 24 hours and as you have said, he is only a child. Without my influence the effects of starvation and fatigue are much worse."

"Thank you," Curtis spoke, more at ease then he had been since walking into the room. The interview continued for a long time. Harry and Kel'ac worked together to describe everything that had happened to them including the magic that had brought them here. After almost an hour the two men left the room and Harry and Kel'ac waited silently until a guard entered the room with a tray of food and drink.

Harry accepted gratefully and was soon devouring the food as only a seven year old can. Kel'ac chuckled in his head.

Harry was just finishing the food when the men returned. "What are your plans now?"

"The magic that Harry yields is new to the both of us. We would like a chance to study it."

"We can put you into our Mage training which is a one year long course given to our troops with the ability to wield magic. What about after you finish that?"

Harry answered this time. "Kel'ac was betrayed by somebody within the Tok'ra or in contact with them, we would like the chance to find out who by and to avenge Telmar."

"It is decided then," Curtis spoke. "You may join our Mage training classes for the year and then do as you will afterwards. Any information on Ra's forces that you can give us would be more than enough payment and if you wish to join our fleet afterwards then all the better. Your status as a Tok'ra however will not be made common knowledge and I suggest keeping it that way. A lot of our peoples have been killed by the Goa'uld and not everyone will be as kind to you as us."

Harry and Kel'ac accepted the offer but said that they were not sure about what they would do afterwards.

A/N; Rather a crap end to the chapter so I'm sorry. They'll be a bit of a jump now, but not too much, maybe a year. As for a time line this is set six months before the Stargate film. Which means Harry is set to finish his Mage training half way between the defeat of Ra and the first episode of the series.

As for reviews, thank you thank you thank you! I can't believe I got that many reviews. 29 reviews in one day is awesome, thank you so much! And the hit count is over 550! Because of the amount of reviews I worked really hard to get this new chapter out.

To all the reviewers that pointed out the Tok'ra spelling, thank you. I've now hopefully fixed that. I didn't even notice the error until someone pointed it out.

As for the magic transport thing, everything will be explained it time.

Till next time!