Twinkle Twinkle Killer Star
Squinting at the change of light, Sam tried to make out her other teammates. After a couple of mille-seconds, her eyes adjusted and she made out her friends sitting a couple of feet away from her. Jack was sitting in the same cross-legged position as hers, with his hands rubbing the side of his head. Daniel stood towering over Jack, blinking in surprise. Both of the men were wearing similar attire as she was with black t-shirts and cotton pants. The room that they were sitting in was a bare and large square with white walls, floor, and ceiling. It reminded Sam of the time when she had been taken by the Replicators and she quickly stood and briskly walked over to her teammates as Jack stood up.
The glowing disk then descended down toward them, causing all three team members to group together more closely and take a step back. The disk stopped in front of them and displayed a life-sized holographic image of a large man in a black cloak. His face was hidden beneath the hood.
"Once again, welcome." The voice projected, and this time SG-1 was certain that the voice came from the man in the cloak.
"Not to be rude or anything, but you should really look into decorating this room. Right now it seems a little empty." Jack said with a fake grin. The man in the cloak didn't seem very affected by his comment.
"I am Rok, and I shall be the Punisher who will give you your punishment." The hologram continued.
"Hi Rok. I think we may have a misunderstanding here," Daniel said kindly, stepping forward. "You see, we are just explorers from another planet who come through the Stargate to make peaceful contact with other civilizations."
"There is no misunderstanding. You all trespassed on government land and must be punished as so!" Rok said angrily. The three friends glanced uneasily at each other. What Daniel had said shouldn't have upset him so much.
"How about you let us go back through the Stargate and you will never see us again? We promise!" Jack asked with a pleased smile.
"The Ring has been destroyed so that the Fakers can never return." Rok said with a hint of anger still in his voice. "How do we know that you are not one of the Fakers? You look nothing like them and that is why we have spared your life so far."
"He must mean the Goa'uld." Daniel muttered. "We assure you that we are not Fakers. We are from a planet called Earth. The Tauri, have you heard of them?" Daniel tried, hoping that these people would understand. Rok was quiet for a while before he turned and consulted quietly with someone who the three team members couldn't see.
"Your punishment of cutting your tongues out has been rethought and a new fate shall be bestowed upon you." Jack frowned at the comment. So they had been thinking of cutting their tongues out, what a lovely fate. "Your new punishment is death!" Rok sounded oddly pleased with this and he rested his hands behind his back.
"Wow, hold on a second!" Jack burst out in anger, taking a step forward. "We just told you that we weren't these Fakers, as you call them. We are just normal people." Jack paused for a moment. "Sort of…" he added with a reluctant expression.
"You are from the planet where the Fakers first harvested us. It is partly thanks to you that the Fakers have invaded our worlds, posing as gods." Rok said, his voice once again loud, uncontrolled, and angry.
"But that was a really long time ago!" Sam tried, watching Rok with pleading eyes.
"It was because of the Fakers that this happened!" Rok said angrily, tearing off his black hood to reveal his face. Sam gasped. Half of Rok's face was a metal slab. A smooth half circle of metal that reflected in the bright light. The other half of Rok's face was a mess. He was bald with scars running across his head and across his face, one slashing across his vivid blue eye. He didn't look human. He was more half metal, half human. "You see!! They burned and cut my face, the doctors thought I wouldn't survive. But I did, and now I'm going to punish everyone who has ever crossed paths with the Fakers. They shall pay for what they did!" Rok continued. He turned away and reached out a hand to press some buttons that were out of sight for the three members of SG-1. "Your death is certain." Rok said in a low voice, having finally calmed down after his anger attack. His hood was still down though and the three friends couldn't help but stare at the round metal slab.
Suddenly, across the room, three holes opened in the wall and six objects emerged, two from each hole. For a moment they just hovered there, letting the team get a good look at the objects. They looked like metal stars with a yellow glowing center. The team glanced at each other in confusion. Before any of them had the chance to speak, the stars started spinning and heading toward them with incredible speed. Jack swore loudly before he started running backwards toward the wall to get as far away from the spinning stars as possible.
"Get out of the way!!" He called to Daniel and Sam as he ran, but the two friends were already heading in opposite directions. The stars followed, breaking up into groups of two and heading after each one of them.
"Daniel, duck!" Sam called out as she saw the stars zooming toward Daniel's head. Daniel ducked quickly and the stars whizzed over his head, barely missing. Sam kept running, veering around the floating disk device and an amused Rok. Was that bastard going to watch them fight for their lives? Suddenly Sam heard a low humming sound coming directly from behind her and increasing, she rolled onto the ground and maneuvered around so that she faced the opposite direction. The stars flew over her head and she started running once more, this time toward the opposite wall.
Out of the corner of her eyes, Sam saw Daniel ducking and rolling repeatedly on the ground as the stars were in hot pursuit. They smashed into the ground, leaving large dents in the white material as it tried to impale Daniel to the floor. She neared the wall and tried to think of some sort of plan to get rid of the stars. She would surely become tired very soon since she wouldn't be able to maintain this speed for such a long time. The whizzing was once again heard behind her and the wall was quickly approaching. Thinking of a plan, Sam sped up, waiting until the last second to turn away from the wall. She heard a loud thump as something impacted with the wall behind her and she dared to glance over her shoulder. One of the stars was stuck in the wall and its yellow light was flickering and dying out. The other star, however, veered away from the wall and continued its pursuit of Sam. Sam cursed under her breath and changed course, heading toward another wall in hopes that she could use the same maneuver on the remaining star.
"Ouch!" The loud voice of Jack, followed by many curses, reached Sam's ears and she glanced to her right where Jack was running in the opposite direction of her. He had a small gash on his calf, not deep enough to be serious but enough to hurt. Sam continued running, her lungs complaining greatly at the lack of Oxygen. She needed to rest soon or she was going to collapse.
"Sam! Look out!" Daniel's voice distracted Sam for a moment and she turned to see Daniel standing by the floating disk and hologram with a scared expression on his face. Before Sam had the time to react to his warning, something slammed into her upper left arm. Immediately pain seared through her body and she clenched her teeth tightly to keep from screaming. Instead of collapsing like she thought she would, the speed and force that the star had hit her with propelled her forward, straight toward the wall. She hit it with a sickening thump and then collapsed on the ground.
She could feel the star in her arm, pulsating and pushing against her bone, trying to dig through her body so it could finish her off. Her head felt like it had been crushed and blackness started slowly to creep into her vision. She wanted so badly to pull out the metal star from her arm and make the pain stop but her limbs wouldn't respond to her thoughts. Sam felt the comforting presence of unconsciousness calling to her but she needed to stay awake. Her team depended on her. But with a final groan, she surrendered to the darkness and everything went black.
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Sam was aware of a lot of noise, the kind of buzzing sound you would hear on a busy street in the middle of the day. She could hear animal sounds and people talking and laughing. None of these things did anything to improve the bolting and pounding of her head and arm. She could still feel the presence of the star in her arm but it was no longer trying to dig its way out of her arm. It felt very painful none the less. Sam could also feel something wet and cold against her skin where the star had impacted her and she guessed it must be blood. She would surely never be able to use her left arm normally again, and the thought made her angry and frustrated at the same time. At least she was alive.
Sam noted that her body was lying on something cold and uncomfortable while her pillow was warm and comforting. The air was nice and cool around her upper body while her legs were burning up in the sun. She shifted them slightly and her pillow suddenly tensed. 'Well that's odd.' Sam thought in annoyance. Pillows shouldn't tense.
"Sam," came the soft and worried voice of Daniel. Sam slowly opened her eyes, prepared to close them again if it was too bright. The light did hurt her head but not enough for her to close them again. She was lying with her head resting on Daniel's thigh, in a small patch of shade created by Daniel's shirt. He had taken it off and tied it to the top of the cage. Wait, cage? Glancing around, Sam noted that they were in a large metal cage, only tall enough for someone to sit in. 'great…' Sam thought as she noticed where the cage was located.
The noises she had heard were actually coming from a street. A very big street. The street width was probably over forty feet and Sam couldn't get a good view on how long it was. It was crowded with people of all age and sizes wearing different colored robes, mainly grey, and other attire. The cage was located on the side of the street for any passerby to look at.
Sam turned her attention back to Daniel and gave him a weak smile, making his worried expression turn into one of relief.
"Where are we?" Sam asked, her head spinning and pounding in pain just by speaking. Sam tried to bring her arms over her had where she could massage her forehead to maybe make the pain go away but Daniel's hand quickly shot over her and held down her left arm firmly.
"Don't move it," Daniel said at Sam's questioning glance. "It just stopped bleeding and any movement will tear the wound again." He finished, slowly removing his hand.
"Thanks." She said with a grateful smile. "Where is the Colonel?" she asked since apparently he wasn't in the cage with them. He wouldn't fit.
"He's-"Daniel was cut off as a shadow fell over the cage and his expression turned serious. Sam squinted up at the man and noticed that he was holding a gun to Daniel's head.
"Out." The man said in a gruff voice, nodding toward Sam.
"She is still injured, her arm finally stopped bleeding." Daniel said calmly, keeping his eyes glued to Sam who was looking at him with a confused expression.
"I do not wish to have this argument with you again!" The man said in an angry voice, pointing at Sam. "Get. Out. Now."
A/N: This is very overdue… sorry guys. My life has been very stressful with a family member dying and such. I hope that this long chapter will make it up for you all. I'm still not sure if I should make this a Jack/Sam, Daniel/Sam, or just a team fic. What do you guys think?