Chapter 7

When the ship landed in the docking bay, they opened the back end of the ship to see the medical staff there. Dr. Brightman ran up and into the ship. She quickly checked her patient over.

"OK. She's stable. Let's get her to the O.R."

Then her staff ran up, picked up the stretcher, and walked off the ship, just as Jack and Daniel walked though the door. They saw the staff lowering Camilla Wray onto a gurney. Then they wheeled her out of the bay. Jack and Daniel watched the other medical staff help the other wounded off the ship.

"General O'Neill, sir," one of the airmen said as he tried to salute Jack.

Jack waved his hand, "At ease airman. You will be home soon."

"Yes, sir."

"Go," Jack said. Then the nurse helped the airman to the door. Once all the wounded were off the ship, Jack and Daniel walked up and onto the shuttle.

"General, sir," the Lieutenant said as he stood at attention.

"At ease. Daniel and I are catching a ride back with you. So, when you're ready, Lieutenant..."

"Yes, sir." They sat down and put there safety belts on. Jack and Daniel watched what the Lieutenant was doing.

Then the ship left the Hammond and flew back to the Destiny. When it landed, they heard a clunk noise, just as the engines were shutting down.

"What was that?" Daniel asked.

"That was the clamps."

"Oh." They undid there belts and stood up. Jack and Daniel followed the Lieutenant off the ship and onto the Destiny.

"Welcome to the Destiny."

"Where's Dr. Rush?" Jack asked. The Lieutenant touched his ear piece.

"Dr. Rush, it's Lieutenant Scott. Where are you?"

"In the chair room, Lieutenant."

"Copy that. I've got General O'Neill and Dr. Jackson with me."

"Good, bring them down here."

"This way, sir. Dr. Jackson."

Jack and Daniel followed the Lieutenant down to the chair room. They passed a number of civilians and personnel on their way. They were all smiling, since they were happy knowing that they would be going home soon. When they walked into the chair room, Dr. Rush was looking at some writing.

"Dr. Rush." Rush turned around and smiled.

"General O'Neill. Welcome."

"Thanks. So, what have you got so far?"

"Well, from what I was able to translate, whoever activates the chair controls the ship."

"Really? Anything else I should know about before sitting in it?"

"Yes. There are two hours left before the ship jumps into hyperspace."

"OK. Daniel's here to help you. Daniel, you're here now. Have fun. As for me, I'll look around and talk to some of the people here. Let me know when it's safe to sit down in that chair."

"OK, Jack."

"Good." Then Jack turned around and walked out the door.

Jack looked around the ship. He spoke to Chloe Armstrong for a while. He even made her smile with his humor, which she was grateful for.

Jack, then, walked down to where the cell blocks were. The airman who was on duty stood at attention. "General O'Neill, sir, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Yeah, which room got Kiva in?"

"This one, sir."

"Is she alone?"

"No, sir. She's with three others."

"OK. Open the door." The airman opened the door. The four that were in the room stood up and were shocked to see someone new on the ship.

"Who are you?" Kiva asked.

"General O'Neill. I know who you are, Kiva."

"How did you get here?"

"By ship and super gate."

"What? There are no super gates in this part of the galaxy?"

"Yes, there is and Ori ships, too."

"I don't believe you."

"Then come with me."

She looked at him.

"Come on." He walked out the door and stopped, then turned to look at her.

"Are you coming?"

"General, sir...?"

"It's OK, airman. I've got it."

"Yes, sir." Then Kiva walked out and started walking next to Jack.

"Where are you taking me?"

"You will see."

"My people will come looking for me and my men."

"I don't think so. Well, not right now."

"What do you mean?" Then they noticed two air marines following them. Jack stopped. Then Kiva stopped. He turned to look at her.

"The reason is that there are going to be over a thousand wraith hive ships heading towards Earth and other planets in our galaxy. That's why."

Kiva was shocked. "You lie."

"It's true. Between them, the the remaining Ori priors and there ships, we are better off fighting side by side than apart." Then he turned and continued walking. Kiva followed him into one of the viewing rooms. She was shocked when she saw the Ori ships.

"Is that an Ori ship?"

"Yep. There are more coming."

"Then, why not shoot them?"

"Because the prior on one of those ships saw the light."

"Meaning the truth?"

"Yep."

"That ship there. I've never seen that one before."

Jack smiled. "That is an Earth ship, the Hammond."

"Why name a ship, the Hammond?"

"It was named after a good man... a friend and former commanding officer of stargate command. He died over a year ago."

"What was his name?"

"George Hammond."

They looked at the ships until Jack heard Daniel on his earpiece. "Jack, it's Daniel." Jack pressed his ear piece. "Yeah, Daniel. What is it?"

"Time's almost up."

"How much time?"

"Ten minutes."

"OK. I'm on my way." Then he turned to the two marines, "escort Kiva back to her cell."

"Yes, sir."

Then Jack turned to Kiva. "Just remember, Kiva, there are two wars that need to be won, the remaining Ori and the Wraith." Then he walked out of the room. Kiva left a few seconds later.

When Jack managed to walk his way back into the chair room, his ear piece buzzed.

"General O'Neill."

"O'Neill here, Carter."

"Sir, I thought you would like to know, Camilla Wray is going to be fine."

"Thanks for that, Carter. By any chance, did you have something to do with it?"

Daniel saw Jack smiling, so he raised an eyebrow at him.

"Yes, sir. I was... plan B. Just in case, sir."

"Of course. You didn't tell me you you had a healing device on board, Carter?"

"Dr. Brightman brought it along, sir."

"Ah, good idea. Got to go, Carter. It's time."

Sam knew what he meant. "Yes, sir... Carter, out."

"Jack?"

"Camilla Wray is going to be fine thanks to Carter. So, now that I'm here..."

"It is safe to sit in the chair, General," Dr. Rush said.

"OK," Jack walked over and sat in the chair. Then the lights around it came on. A thin clear tube came out from the chair with a small disk, like the goa'uld had, and it went strait into his temple.

"What the hell! Get it out of me!"

Daniel ran over to one of the counter boards.

"Jack, just relax."

"Daniel."

"Jack, just listen to me." He ran back and stood in front of Jack.

"Daniel." Jack was trying to get the disk out. Daniel stopped him.

"Listen, it's the only way the ship can interact with you."

"You could've told me this before."

"I knew what you would have said."

"Daniel."

"Jack, listen. Now, relax and close your eyes."

"And if I don't."

"Then we will be jumping into hyperspace in thirty seconds."

"Oh, so what do I do?"

"Close you eyes and concentrate on the ship. Look for the count down."

Jack did what Daniel said.

"The ship, I can hear it."

"Good. You've got to stop the count down." Then Daniel saw his fingers moving over the gel packs. Daniel look at his watch and then he looked at Dr. Rush.

"We should be in hyperspace now." They looked at Jack and waited. A few seconds later Jack opened his eyes.

"Jack."

"I'm here. I've stopped the count down and now I'm in control of the ship."

"OK. So, now what do we do?"

"We wait for the remaining Ori ships to show up and take it from there."

"OK."

"Daniel, go and contact Carter. Ask her about the wounded, will ya?"

"Sure." Daniel walked over to a laptop was and he used it to contact Sam.

"Daniel, is everything alright?"

"Yeah. Jack wants an up date on the wounded."

"I spoke to Dr. Brightman about that. She wants to take them back to Earth so they can get treated there. She doesn't want to risk operating while on the ship, since it not sterile." Jack managed to turn the chair around so he could look st Sam on the screen.

"Carter, beam Kiva and her merry men into the cell blocks and storage rooms. Then take the Hammond back and beam Brightman and the wounded onto the Odyssey. Then inform Colonel Ronson about what is happening here. After talking with him, beam over the Kiva and her men. Then come back here."

"Yes, sir. What should Colonel Ronson do with the Lucian Alliance people?"

"Have him beam the wounded and medical staff onto a friendly planet, so they can return to Earth. Once done, then beam the Lucian alliance people down. See you when you get back."

"Yes, sir. What about shields on the ship?"

"I'll lower them in a minute so you can beam them over."

"Yes, sir...Daniel?"

"I know, Sam." Then the link was cut. Daniel turned to Jack. "Is there anything I can get you Jack?"

"Nope, I'm fine."

Jack then lowered the shields. Then he noticed people disappeared off the ship and onto the Hammond. Once done, he raise the shields just as the Hammond jumped into hyperspace.