Bee stood in front of the Ancient stasis pod as it completed the cycle and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand.

'Bee?' Cay asked solicitously.

'His only thought was of her.' Bee replied. 'He loves her so much.'

'Do you not remember how Arthur was with Guinevere?' Ame sighed. She placed an arm around her sister and gave a comforting squeeze.

'He left the cottage.' Gog remarked as she sat down on the bench opposite the stasis pod in the basement of the crystal cave. The cave had been their first hiding spot when Lot had invaded. The dark was illuminated with the rocky formations of multicoloured crystal.

'Vizar must have tricked him somehow.' Fi defended Jack strongly. 'He would not have left for no reason.'

'Given his injuries it is clear that Vizar has Lot's powers.' Ame added. 'It would have been easy to have used a glamour. Perhaps convinced him that it was a friend approaching.'

'And then Vizar poisoned him with the bite of a Carchk.' Dal sighed. 'It is lethal.'

'I still do not understand why I was unable to heal him fully.' Cay said fretfully.

Eli patted her hand. 'You did your best.'

'Perhaps the continued paralysis is not from the spider.' Gog theorised out loud.

'Vizar must have paralysed him before the spider.' Dal said excitedly. 'This is some kind of mental paralysis suggested into the subconscious by Vizar.'

'Then how can we break Vizar's spell?' Ame demanded. 'Because until we can restore him and give him Arthur's powers, we cannot hope to win in a fight against Vizar.'

'His wife.' Bee blurted out. 'She will be able to heal him. She will be able to break past Vizar's spell.'

Ame sighed. 'We have no way of knowing where she is or how quickly she could get here, and we cannot delay. Every moment Vizar has with his powers is another moment he learns how to use them against us.'

Bee tilted her head to one side. 'I don't think we have to worry about that.'

'What do you…'

A hum in the air had all sisters scuttling across the cave. They linked hands defensively and huddled together as the space was filled with light. As it faded four people stood in front of them; two men of equal height with brown hair and blue eyes, one wore spectacles, a women with dark hair and a bright, lively expression and a dark-skinned, muscular man with a gold tattoo.

The man without glasses raised his weapon as soon as he saw them.

'Mitchell,' the one with glasses said reprovingly, 'I don't think they're going to hurt us.' He took a step forward and made a show of putting his weapon on the ground. 'Hi. I'm Daniel Jackson. This is Vala.'

The dark-haired woman waved jauntily and smiled widely.

'Teal'c.' The dark-skinned man bowed politely.

'And Colonel Cameron Mitchell.'

Mitchell lowered his weapon and nodded cautiously. His blue eyes were pinned to them whereas the woman's eyes travelled around the cave with glee before settling on the pod.

'Daniel?'

'Not now, Vala.' Daniel said, his attention still on the sisters.

'Daniel.' Vala tugged at his green sleeve until he turned in exasperation and saw Jack.

'This isn't good.' Daniel remarked with a sigh.

Mitchell echoed the sigh. 'It explains why we couldn't get a firm lock on him for transport.'

'Indeed.' Teal'c intoned.

Ame took a step forward. 'You are Knights?'

'They fight with Arthur.' Bee confirmed. 'They are concerned for him.' She peered at Vala. 'You are not his wife.'

Vala's expressive eyes widened. 'No, oh no.' She shook her head fiercely. 'In fact, his wife is a very good friend of mine.'

'Is she here?' Gog asked brusquely.

'Why is that important?' Mitchell shot a look at Vala, clearly telling her to zip it.

'She is the only one who can save him.' Dal explained, stepping forward. She tucked her hands into the wide pockets of her robe. 'Please, it is very important that she comes here.'

'Let's just hold on that until we get some information.' Mitchell said firmly. 'Like how our friend ended up in one of those pods.'

'And who you are would also be good.' Vala added, gesturing. 'I mean I think we know who you are but you might not be who we think you are in which case that would be a problem and…'

'Vala.' Daniel broke into her spiel. He turned back to the sisters. 'You're the fairies of Avalon; Morgan's daughters.'

'Yes.' Ame confirmed. 'I am Ame.' She gestured at each of her sisters in turn. 'Bee, Cay, Dal, Eli, Fi and Gog.'

'You healed Arthur.' Daniel began.

'We don't have time for this.' Gog broke in. 'We must revive Jack and face Vizar before he becomes too powerful.'

'Vizar has Lot's powers?' Daniel asked worriedly.

Gog nodded. 'We believe he used them to trick your friend. He was poisoned.'

'We were able to heal the damage caused by the poison but Vizar left behind a mental suggestion of paralysis so strong that Jack is unable to resist it.'

Bee took a step toward them. 'Only a powerful bond such as that he shares with his wife will be able to break it.'

Daniel looked at Mitchell beseechingly.

Mitchell sighed and pressed his radio. 'Mitchell to The Phoenix.'

There was a crackle in response.

'The crystal is probably interfering.' Vala pointed out.

'Is there a way out?' Mitchell asked.

'No,' Dal said, 'but we may be able to help your signal to break through.' She closed her eyes and the light within the crystalline structures dimmed.

Mitchell hurriedly pressed the radio. 'Mitchell to The Phoenix; come in.'

'We hear you, Cam.' Sam responded. 'What's your status?'

'We've found General O'Neill; he's in an Ancient stasis pod.' Mitchell replied immediately. 'I'm requesting your assistance on the planet.'

'Sam, it's really important you come down.' Daniel sent in support.

'OK. I'll beam down in a five minutes.' Sam replied. 'Phoenix out.'

Bee clapped her hands excitedly as Dal breathed out and the lights brightened again.

'Neat trick.' Mitchell commented.

'From what we've learned,' Daniel said hesitantly, 'you hold the key to defeating Vizar.'

Ame nodded. 'We hold Arthur's powers but they must be given to a descendant of his.'

'Jack is a descendant of Arthur?' Daniel blinked. 'Really?'

'He is a good warrior, is he not?' Fi said tersely. 'So too was Arthur.'

Daniel held up his hands. 'I just…I thought Arthur died without leaving an heir.'

'When you say you have Arthur's powers is that some kind of weapon?' Mitchell asked hopefully.

Ame nodded at Gog who carefully pulled out a slim bright green crystal from her robes.

'This holds all of Arthur's powers.' Gog said. 'We will transfer the powers when he awakens and then we will all face Vizar.'

'We might have a few tricks to help with that.' Mitchell commented.

'If you're thinking of your Anti-Prior technology you cannot use it.' Bee said briskly. 'It would leave us unable to use our powers.'

'Maybe that's not such a bad thing.' Mitchell pointed out. 'Level playing field; us against Vizar.'

'If we are to destroy Lot's powers once and for all, we must fight Vizar on the right playing field.' Ame informed him.

Daniel raised his hand, a perplexed frown creasing his features. 'Exactly how do you intend destroying Lot's powers?'

The buzz of a transporter interrupted the conversation and an instant later, Sam's form solidified in the cave. She looked around swiftly and halted at the sight of Jack.