"So," Cam stated after a couple of silent minutes. "You mean that there isn't an actual weapon? You know, something that can actually destroy the Ori."
"Cam," Sam chastised looking towards the new 'leader' of SG-1. "He just said-"
"He said that knowledge can neutralize the Ori," Cam interrupted. "Yeah, I heard him Sam, and I don't know about you, but I was hoping for an actual weapon."
"Oh there's a weapon." Daniel stated with a smirk.
"There is?" Vala asked as she helped Daniel sit up.
"There is?" Adria asked, equally surprised.
"Yes." Daniel nodded. "And I know where it is."
"So, where is it then?" Ba'al asked crossing his arms. "Where is this all powerful weapon?"
"Yeah, like he's going to tell you." Cam scoffed.
"He does not know." Adria muttered, looking Daniel in the eyes.
"I do-" Daniel insisted, "At least, I will-" Daniel paused to look at the rest of his team. "I know that it's in there somewhere. I can feel it. I just have to find it."
"Alright." Cam agreed hoisting Daniel to his feet with Sam and Vala's help. "Come on, lets get you back to the SGC."
"No." Daniel argued. "We have to stay here."
"Daniel-"
"Sam, there is more here. I have to go through the rest of these books, maybe there is something her that will jog my memory or something…"
"...or something." Vala echoed softly.
"Daniel, there isn't time." Sam argued.
"Jack had loads of time." Daniel pointed out walking towards a stack of books. "So, I have time to look though these."
"O'Neill had the ancient gene," Teal'c pointed out. "You do not."
"Yes," Daniel agreed. "But I was ascended."
"That doesn't mean that you can handle the knowledge any better than General O'Neill could." Sam pointed out.
"That doesn't mean that I can't try."
"Daniel…" Sam began with a shake of her head before she was cut off.
"This is all well and good." Ba'al interrupted. "But what you Tauri are failing to realise is that even with Dr. Jackson having the knowledge of the ancients in his mind, we still do not have a way out."
"I hate to say it, but I have to agree with Ba'al." Cam agreed looking from Ba'al to the members of his team. "We can't go back the way we came and don't have a way out."
"I know the way out." Daniel confirmed.
"Alright then, let's get going." Cam ordered, indicating that Daniel should lead the way out.
"Mitchell…"
"Jackson, there isn't time to argue." Cam countered. "Now, we need to get you back to the SGC to make sure that you're alright."
"But what if one of these devices is the key to defeating the Ori?"
"Jackson, once we've made sure that you're alright we can come back." Cam offered, trying to get Daniel to realise that leaving would not be a bad thing. "Now, lead the way."
"Right," Daniel sighed and began walking to one of the many passages when he stopped suddenly and grabbed a strange spherical device off one of the shelves and shoved it in his pocket. "This way…."
Vala fell in behind Daniel, Cam behind her followed by Adria, Sam, Ba'al and finally Teal'c. They walked through a labyrinth of tunnels until they came out of the mountain through the mouth of another cave.
"Well," Cam began looking down the mountain side, seeing the entrance that they had entered earlier. "This is convenient, if we had known this passage way was here we wouldn't have faced all those obstacles."
"You'd think that wouldn't you." Daniel stated with a smile. "This passage only goes one way, out."
"Ah," Cam nodded and scanned the area, keeping an eye on Adria and Ba'al who were lingering near the mouth of the exit.
"The time dilation field is that way." Sam stated, pointing in the direction that they came. "So the village is beyond that…Daniel is there anyway that we can go around it?"
"No. But I know of something that might help."
"Alright then," Cam said with a smile. "Then lets get out of here."
"What about them?" Sam asked turning to look at Adria and Ba'al. They don't serve any purpose now do they?"
"Well you can not kill us." Ba'al pointed out.
"We can not kill her." Teal'c stated solemnly walking towards Ba'al his P-90 pointed at the Goa'uld. "But we can kill you."
"That won't be necessary Teal'c." Daniel interrupted as he walked to the left of Ba'al and ran his hands over a dark patch of rock.
"Jackson, I don't think…"
"Here." Daniel stated as the dark patch of rock disappeared leaving a panel that was distinctly ancient in its place. "If I just do this…" Daniel pressed a couple of clear buttons and a force field went up around Adria and Ba'al.
"What?" Adria asked in shock. "What is this?"
"A trap by the look of things," Sam smirked as she walked towards their two trapped enemies. "Good work Daniel."
"Thanks."
"This will not hold us forever." Adria pointed out.
"No it won't." Daniel agreed looking very pleased with himself, "But it will hold you until we go through the gate and by that time you'll have no idea where we are."
"I am the orici." Adria challenged. "I know everything."
"You keep thinking that." Daniel whispered with a smile as he turned to leave. "But it won't do you any good."
"You'll never make it past my soldiers." Adria declared with what little confidence she had left. "So, you'll never make it to the gate."
"Then you'll never get out of there." Daniel called over his shoulder as he walked away. "So you better hope that we make it to the gate."
"Daniel Jackson-" Adria pleaded, but Daniel was not listening and Vala and Sam were already following him.
"You know, I think we'll manage." Cam stated with a smile as he and Teal'c turned their backs on Adria and Ba'al.
"Indeed."
"Wait!" Adria called out in frustration. "Come back."
"Oh, give it a rest Adria." Ba'al muttered as he sat down on the ground, resigning himself to his fate. "They won't come back." Ba'al watched bemused as Adria sighed and joined him on the ground, and knew that she was hoping they would make it to the gate as much as he was.
Meanwhile, SG-1 was following Daniel though a forest and each of them hoped that Daniel knew what he was doing. They all remained silent on their trek, with the exception of Vala who caught up to Daniel and fell into step with him.
"Daniel?"
"Hmm?" He murmured, not really listening to her.
"Why'd you do it?" Vala asked softly, catching Daniel off guard.
"Huh?" He asked in surprise.
"Why did you download the knowledge of the ancients?" Vala asked again, slower this time and watched with concern as Daniel sighed before answering.
"The last time we found a repository of the ancients, death gliders were firing on our position. Jack wanted to rig the device to explode, but we couldn't loose the out only chance at finding the lost city-"
"Atlantis." Vala interjected.
"Right, only we didn't know that it was Atlantis back then-" Daniel shook his head and continued with his story. "Anyways, when I realised that there was only one course of action I made a run for the device."
"You were going to download the knowledge."
"Yes." Daniel confirmed, nodding his head. "But he pointed out that there would be no one to translate once I went Ancient, because I was the only person who could translate. So, he downloaded the knowledge into his brain."
"You felt guilty." Vala stated with amazing insight.
"I did."
"That still doesn't explain why you-"
"Well, with the Ori being the threat that they are…I figured that having some of the ancient knowledge would even the playing field a bit."
"But you already have the knowledge from when you were ascended before." Vala pointed out as they came to a clearing with a bunch of stones protruding from the landscape.
"I know, but I've never been able to access it," Daniel explained. "At least, not with out outside help…."
"Jackson," Cam interupted, coming up to walk on the other side of Daniel. "Do you have any idea where we go from here, 'cause the search for the sangraal was a bust."
"No," Daniel argued. "We found it, I have it up here." He tapped his forehead. "All we have to do is wait until I find exactly what we need to neutralize the Ori."
"Okay, but do you have the knowledge to stop their ships right now?" Cam asked, looking at Daniel sceptically.
"No." Daniel admitted as he rubbed his forehead, smiling as the information came to him. "But I do know who does."
"Who?" Sam asked, walking towards her dear friend.
"Merlin."
"Merlin is no longer around." Teal'c pointed out.
"That's right." Vala agreed. "He ascended, de-ascended and died….didn't he?"
"No," Daniel affirmed with a smile. "No, he ascended again."
"And you know how to get in contact with him?" Sam asked surprised.
"I know how to get in contact with him."
"Spit it out Jackson!" Cam exclaimed, the prospect of getting closer to the weapon. "Where can we contact Merlin?"
"Camelot."
"Where?" Vala asked, unsure if she heard Daniel right.
"The hologram in Camelot."
"Camelot it is then." Cam stated with a smile. "But-uh- how are we going to get around the Ori soldiers?"
They all watched with interest as Daniel scrunched up his face searching for an answer. It took a couple of minutes but Daniels eyes shot open with excitement.
"Leave that to me." He smiled and looked around and saw a standing stone with a blue gem on it. "This way-"
"Daniel..." Sam asked Daniel led him to a stone that was similar to the stele that was behind the sangraal and watched him run his fingers around the edges. "what are you doing?"
"Trust me." Daniel asked as he managed to pry to stone off revealing more ancient technology.
"Oh, she trusts you." Cam uttered under his breath.
"Daniel?" Vala asked standing beside him, watching as he fiddled with the ancient controls.
"I know what I am doing…" Daniel began when there was suddenly a spark.
"Jackson!"
"Sorry." Daniel apologized and he went back to work on the ancient panel ignoring the gaze of his friends as the minutes ticked by.
"Daniel Jackson," Teal'c began, minutes later. "Have you almost completed your task?"
"Yep." Daniel confirmed with a smile as he put the blue stone back on the standing stone. He held out his left hand and placed his right hand on it. He pressed it in three different places and five personal shields appeared in his other hand. With a grin he turned and held them out to his team.
"Uh- no." Sam shook her head and stepped back from Daniel holding up her hands. "I'm not putting one of those things on. McKay told me how hard they are to get off."
"Huh?" Vala asked confused at what was going on.
"They have a mental component built into them. Once it's on, it's extremely hard to get off again." Sam explained when another thought struck her. "Not to mention the fact that they require the ATA gene to work."
"Jackson, nice try- but I don't think that this is going to work."
"Don't worry." Daniel comforted with a smile. "That was what I was doing, I was re-programming them to work on us."
"You can do that?" Sam asked impressed.
"Yep." Daniel confirmed with a smile.
"But what about the mental component? Rodney-"
"Rodney didn't have the password." Daniel interrupted Sam, his face showing how excited he was.
"Password?" Vala asked looking from Sam to Daniel.
"These things have a password Jackson?"
"Well, it's more of a command really." Daniel admitted as he put one of the devices on, amazed as a green wave encompassed him. He looked giddily at his team. "Alright shoot me."
"Daniel- no one is going to shoot you." Sam stated shaking her head.
"Okay then, hit me." Daniel looked from Sam to Cam to Vala and then finally- "Teal'c?"
"I will not physically assault you Daniel Jackson."
"I need to prove to you that this works!"
"Alright." Vala interjected. "I'll do it." She smiled and stepped in front of Daniel. "Like the first time we met…"
"Vala, just do it." Daniel interrupted, trying not to think about their first meeting on board the Prometheus.
"Alright, alright…..just know that I am deriving absolutely no pleasure from this so-" She took a swing at Daniel and recoiled in pain after her fist made contact with his face. "Ow! Daniel!"
"Didn't feel a thing." Daniel stated with boyish giddiness.
"Alright, you've proven that they work Jackson, now what's the command?"
"Mayu semina est liam videlicen." Daniel stated in ancient.
"What does that mean?" Sam asked.
"My path is now clear," Daniel translated. "In ancient of course."
"Of course." Vala muttered.
"Nothing happened." Cam pointed out.
"That's because I didn't think about it, watch." He closes his eyes and muttered under his breath and scrunched his eyes tight and the device fell off his chest and into his hand. "See!"
"I'm convinced." Vala smiled taking a device from Daniel.
"Me too." Cam agreed, taking a device from Daniel too.
"As am I." Teal'c stated taking a device from Daniel as well.
"Alight." Sam sighed taking the last device from Daniel's left hand. "Me too."
"Now that's what I'm talking about." Cam smiled as he put the device on, watching as the rest of his team put the devices back on. "Let's move out."
A/N- Hey all! A treat for ya! Churned this chapter out in about 2 hours. It's longer than the rest, eight pages long. I don't know if any more chapters will be this long- hopefully they will be but I don't know. Anyways, I hope that you enjoyed this chapter, I know I liked writing this chapter- so if you liked reading it please review. You know that as a writer its nice to know that my work is being read and enjoyed. Oh, and thank you to StargateAngel101, tricky1379, LoveU4ever and BkWurm1 for reviewing chapter 3. And for everyone who has reviewed so far, THANK YOU SO MUCH! Your reviews make me giddy and because of them I want to write more...much more...so please, keep your reviews coming! And chapter 5 should be up soon...monday at the latest
A/N2- Oh, and just so you all know 'Mayu semina est liam videlicen' is just Latin with a couple of letters changed...cause we all know how ancient is a base for latin... Oh, and i fixed a couple of the grammer mistakes...at least all the obvious ones...anyways I'm off to work. Check out the other stuff that I have up here till I update. Ta ta for now!