SG-1 were having some down time and playing video games in Daniels research room, Jack and Sam took the opportunity to get some 'alone' time and snuggle up, unfortunately their enjoyment was interrupted when General Landry requested they urgently join him in the briefing room, they stopped what they were doing and headed up.
"General." says Jack, appearing at the top of the stairs from the control room leading up to the briefing room with the others behind him.
Landry is sitting at the head of the table with two Jaffa sitting beside him.
"SG-1, take a seat." says Landry.
Jack pulls out a chair and slowly sits down looking curiously at the Jaffa, "What's the big emergency?." he asks.
"You're dismissed." says Landry, facing a security officer standing by the door, the officer leaves the room.
"This is Du'ak and Hanul, Mr Du'ak is a member of the Free Jaffa council and has some information that requires our attention." says Landry.
Teal'c sits opposite them and bows in respect.
"It is good to see you again, Teal'c." says Du'ak.
"And you." replies Teal'c.
"So what's up?." asks Mitchell.
"After the defeat of the Ori and destruction of the final system lord Ba'al, the Jaffa have worked hard to rebuild what we had lost, many Jaffa were brainwashed in to following the teachings of the Ori and it has been difficult for them to transition, however, with our new home built on Goranak and the help of the Tok'ra we have made significant progress in rebuilding the free Jaffa nation." says Du'ak.
"Good for you." says Jack, patting Du'ak on the shoulder.
"That is indeed good news." says Teal'c, with happiness and pride for his Jaffa brothers and sisters.
"It is." says Du'ak.
"I'm sensing a 'but' coming." says Mitchell.
"As you know, even though most of the Jaffa have embraced our new found freedom, they are still those who continue to believe that we are meant to serve the Gods and refuse to accept their freedom and join us. These Jaffa rebels believe that those who have embraced freedom will one day be punished and they have tried on numerous occasions to sabotage the council and what we are doing." says Du'ak.
"Well can't you stop them?. Surely you can reason with them." asks Daniel.
"We have tried in the past, they will not listen." says Hanul.
"After a number of attacks on shipments of food and supplies destined for our new Jaffa settlements, the rebels disappeared and they have not shown themselves in quite some time." says Du'ak.
"Well that's a good thing, isn't it?." asks Vala.
Hanul stands from the table, "May I?" he asks the General, pointing to a computer.
"Please." replies Landry.
Hanul walks over to the computer and brings up images on the large screen at the foot of the table, "When the rebels went silent we became concerned that they may have retreated in order to plan a larger and more devastating attack on Goranak, the Tok'ra sent a spy to infiltrate the rebels and monitor what they were doing, we received word a month ago that they had formed a base here, on Luxlal." he says, bringing up an image of the planet.
"Luxlal?" questions Daniel.
"One of the first worlds dominated by the Goa'uld." says Teal'c, "It is forbidden for any Jaffa to travel there." he adds.
"But you're free now." says Vala.
"We went to Luxlal after the destruction of Dakara in the hopes of building our new settlement there, but we were unable to get to the surface as the planet is protected by a shield." says Du'ak.
"Can't you use the gate?." asks Alisana.
"There is no Stargate on Luxlal, the only way to reach it is by ship." says Hanul.
"This is all very fascinating, but what does it have to do with us?." asks Jack.
"We lost contact with our Tok'ra operative following the information received about their base, then we captured a rebel spy on Goranak, he was attempting to plant a bomb in the council meeting chambers, we interrogated him and he told us the rebels were planning an attack." says Du'ak.
"So what, you want us to help defend Goranak?" asks Mitchell.
"The attack is not intended for Goranak, they're preparing to attack Earth." says Du'ak.
"You just found out about this?" asks Jack.
"We have known for a couple of weeks." says Hanul.
Jack looks surprised, "You've known about this for weeks and you're only telling us now?!" he moans.
"Why did you not inform us sooner?." asks Teal'c.
"We hoped we would not have to, once we learnt of their intentions we sent a number of ships to Luxlal to search for their base and stop them before they could initiate their attack, but the shield is still active and we're unable to penetrate it. As all travellers arriving through the Stargate on Goranak are monitored, we believe the rebel we captured arrived on Goranak by ship, our search of the planet discovered an Al'kesh of old Goa'uld design, it is equipped with what we believe to be the mechanism capable of penetrating the shield around Luxlal, however, a key component is missing, it was not found on the capture rebel, we believe he did not arrive alone and other rebels may still be on Goranak that have so far eluded us. We have come to seek your assistance and to help prevent this attack on your world." says Du'ak.
General Landry stands up quickly, throwing his chair back with his legs, "I need to speak to the IOA.", he says in an angry tone, he wasn't aware the Jaffa had known about this for weeks, he rushes in to his office.
Abydos
Linda's Tel'tak exits hyperspace near Abydos, she heads for the planet and then through the atmosphere to the desert surface below.
"Where is it." she says, fiddling with the dash sensor display as she pilots the ship over the ruins where Anubis' super weapon struck the planet.
The screen maps out of large square area where the pyramid once stood and then an area a short distance away, "Got it." she says, activating the ships weapons, she flys the ship around a small area and fires several shots at the surface which reveal a hole, after manoeuvring the ship above the hole she heads in to the back of the ship and activates some rings after grabbing some bits of gear off the top of a crate.
The rings transport her in to a large underground chamber, she holds a small metallic rod in her hand and activates it, the top sparks and illuminates the chamber around her, it looks like a torch but without the naked flame, its more electrical in function, as the room lights up she stands looking around, the walls covered in hieroglyphs, its the Abydos cartouche that Daniel discovered in his explorations of the planet containing addresses and maps of Stargates.
She walks slowly through the chamber passing large Horus Guard statues, some broken rocks lay scattered on the ground, parts of the chamber probably caved in during Anubis' attack, she continues and heads for the end of the chamber where a stone table stands with two golden statues of birds with their wing tips touching standing on top of it, above it is a large circular symbol, the eye of Ra hanging from the ceiling.
When she reaches the table she stands on the step below it and blows off some dust and dirt from the top and wipes away what remains to reveal a small indented circular pattern with small hieroglyphs surrounding it, she smiles and reaches in to her pocket, pulling out the small orb shaped object she stole from Brunal and places it on to the middle of the circle on the table.
She stands looking at it briefly, then the seams around the orb begin to glow, she steps back, waves of bright white energy begin to flow from the base of the bird statues, flows along their wings and then transfers to the orb which glows brighter and brighter by the second, this continues for a few minutes and then suddenly stops and the glow fades.
Linda stands on the step once again and picks up the orb and looks at it with amazement, "It worked." she whispers to herself, then the chamber begins to shake and fall apart, after looking around in panic she turns and dashes away, the eyes of the Horus statues glow red and beams of light like lasers shoot from their eyes as she runs through the chamber dodging the beams, she leaps in to the ring platform and is transported away as the entire chamber implodes in on itself.
She appears laying on the floor of her ship, "I should have seen that coming." she says, puffing and panting.
She jumps back in to the pilot seat and takes off in to space again.
