The energy beam that struck the Daedalus is on constant flow in to the Sun, it would appear the Daedalus was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time and not, as the crew first thought, its intended target, no this was not an attack it was something else and they later discovered the origin of the beam was the surface of the Earth.
A powerful beam of light now appears to be emanating from the opposite side Sun and heading out in to the vastness of space.
Caldwell immediately contacted Stargate Command and General Landry is currently in urgent conference with the IOA and the President trying to determine what is going on and what action to take if necessary.
Luxlal
With the strange object in place and the device now fully activated, it glows just like the other back on Earth, a spark of light spins around the disc shaped object as the orb hums loudly and continues to glow brighter.
A sudden beam of light shoots down from the Sun above and in to the device, a ball of light forms in the middle of it and slowly grows in size until it reaches the edges of the ring, no one can bare to look directly at it for more than a few seconds as the light is blinding and hurts the eyes.
"Do you know what the Ka-Ba-Akh is, Daniel?" asks Linda, shouting to be heard over the hum of the orb, "...Daniel?!"
"The Egyptians believed it was a persons soul." replies Daniel.
"The components that make us all what we are, the essence of us all, the mind, the body and the soul." says Linda, "..when we die the mind and soul leave the body." she adds.
"..Okay...?!" replies Daniel, not having a clue what she's dribbling on about.
"Imagine if you could capture your essence at the moment of death, everything that makes you...you, you could put the pieces back together and be born again." says Linda.
Then, occasionally glancing at the blinding light, they see a shadow, something forming from within the light.
Earth
The President is in conference with the Egyptian President, they've had a jet do a fly-over and they've discovered the source of the beam coming out of the great pyramid, Colonel Caldwell is on the Daedalus in open comms with General Landry down at the SGC awaiting instructions.
"Steven..." says Landry.
"Yes, General." replies Caldwell.
"I've just got off the phone with the President's and the IOA, they're all in agreement, they want you to destroy the pyramid." says Landry, with a frog in his throat.
"How long for them to clear the area?." asks Caldwell.
"There's no time, they want you to do it now." replies Landry.
Caldwell leans uncomfortably forward in his chair, "Sir, that's a popular landmark they'll be hundreds of tourists down there."
"I know." replies Landry, as uncomfortable about the situation as he is.
"If I do this there's no coming back, they won't be able to cover this up. Innocent people are going to die and it'll be very public." says Caldwell.
"It's already public, the local news network went live less than five minutes ago, you have your orders, Colonel." says Landry, he knows how tough it is to carry out orders knowing innocent people may be hurt or killed in the process, "..I'm sorry." he adds.
Caldwell wrestles with his emotions for a few moments and then leans back in his chair, "*Ahum*, Major, do you have a lock on the coordinates?." he asks.
"Yes Sir."
"...Fire."
The Daedalus fires a low intensity Asgard beam and in less than a second it hits the peak of the pyramid, the beam penetrates the top and travels through the rocky structure and moments later the entire pyramid explodes in a cloud of dust and debris that spreads throughout a several hundred meter radius and the energy beam is successfully destroyed.
Luxlal
Everyone was looking toward the device to see what was forming in the light when suddenly the beam from the Sun cuts out and the light quickly fades.
"No..." says Linda, looking around in confusion, "...what happened?!, why did it stop?!" she shouts.
She goes in to a screaming rage, she takes her anger out on the guards, pushing and punching them out of the way and then starts hitting the device, "No, no!."
"Aww, that's too bad..." says Alisana, "...at least we all got a bit of tan." she adds.
Linda doesn't appreciate the gloating, she turns around grabbing a guards Zat in the process and storms over, she activates the Zat and points it at Alisana, holding it right up to her nose.
"Well..." says Alisana, closing her eyes, "..go ahead, shoot me." she adds.
As Linda contemplates shooting her, suddenly a bright glow appears from behind her, the light reappears inside the device, much brighter than last time and literally almost blinds them all, then as quick as it appeared it fades away again, Linda turns and heads towards the device barely able to see, but as her vision clears she sees a man, naked and on his hands and knees inside the device.
The guards rush over and drape a robe around him, Linda walks over and kneels in front of him, "Is it you?" she whispers, reaching out to the quivering man and lifting up his head to see his face, she stands and steps away and orders the guards to help him to his feet.
"I am Ba'al, last of the Goa'uld, supreme system lord, and now your humble servant." says Linda before falling to one knee and bowing before him.
As Linda kneels and bows, SG-1 kneeling behind her get their first look at the man, known by them all but instantly recognised only by three.
"Impossible." says Teal'c.
"Jack, are you seeing this?." asks Daniel.
"Ra." says Jack, with a tremble of fear in his voice.
Ra, being held up by the guards looks down at Linda, he speaks in old Egyptian tongue, Linda understands the language, Daniel translates for the others.
"Who released me?."
"I did my Lord." says Linda.
"What time is this?."
"My Lord, many years have passed since the time of your death, the Goa'uld have fallen. I released you so that together we can reclaim our rightful place as rulers of the galaxy." says Linda.
"You mean MY rightful place as ruler."
"Yes my Lord, forgive me." says Linda.
Ra begins to regain his strength and pushes the guards away, "Let go of me, I am not a child that must be handled." he stands in front of Linda, "I sense no Goa'uld within you."
"I am a clone, I retain the memories of my symbiote." says Linda.
"You're an abomination!, I should kill you where you stand."
He sees SG-1 and walks over to them, Linda slowly follows behind, he stops and stands looking directly down at Jack, after a momentary glance at Daniel.
Jack doesn't want to look at him, out of all the Goa'uld he's encountered over the years, Ra is a first and the worst of them all, he would like nothing more than to kill him right now but given the situation that doesn't seem like a option, he reluctantly looks up at him, "Ra...been a long time." he says.
Ra used to find him mildly amusing, not anymore, he quickly reaches out, grabbing Jack by the throat and lifting him to his feet, "Did you think I would not remember you, my first memory upon my rebirth here was my final memory at the moment of my death...you transported the atom bomb that killed me, Human!."
"Your welcome." says Jack, joking.
"You've aged poorly, but still have many years left in you, years you will spend enduring the pain I will inflict upon you."
Then the temple trembles, the sound of several impacts echo through the chamber, Ra releases his grip on Jack and throws him back to the floor before walking towards a guard who just ran in to the chamber.
"My Lord, we are under attack." alerts the guard.
"Defend the temple. Prepare a ship for departure."
"Yes my Lord." says the guard, the other guards turn and run off to help.
Ra turns back around and comes face to face with Linda who snook up behind him and he feels a sharp pain in his stomach, "Arrgh...", he looks down and sees her holding a dagger, he looks at her, "...guards!" he shouts.
When the guards turn and see what's happening they run back to him and open fire but Linda has activated a personal defence shield around them both and the weapons fire has no effect.
SG-1 know this is their chance to escape and they decide to take advantage of the situation, when the guard behind them comes running towards them to help Ra, they all spring to their feet, Teal'c grabs the guards staff and punches him twice hard in the face until he lets go, then he swings the staff around and shoots him, while the others try to take cover, Jack and Mitchell stand by the sides of the door as more guards are on the way.
"Did you really think that I would serve you." says Linda, while SG-1 and the guards fight around them.
"..why?.."
"Why what...why did I bring you back. You had what I needed, I am the last of the Goa'uld, you are the last of the Lords, and now I will claim my prize..." says Linda, she leans in and whispers in to his ear, "Amunastra.", Ra appears both surprised and concerned at the mention of that word, then groans in pain when Linda swiftly pulls the dagger from his stomach.
Linda stands leaving Ra laying and bleeding on the floor, as she slowly walks away the shield follows her allowing the guards to tend to their God, she holds the dagger in front of her and seems fascinated at the sight of Ra's blood that appears to have been collected in the handle of the dagger, it appears she intended to collect his blood and the dagger acted like a syringe extracting it in to a vile.
She walks over to the side chamber wall and activates a panel, moments later rings appear and transport her away.
SG-1 have disarmed several guards coming through the door and are holding off the rest for the time being.
Daniel sees the guards carrying Ra through the doors at the back of the chamber, "Jack!" he shouts to get his attention.
Jack turns and sees them, the guards stop briefly and Ra, still alive, looks back at him with a gloating grin, he opens fire and the guards rush through the door.
"Come on, move out..let's go." shouts Jack as he chases after him and the others follow.
"Where's Linda?." asks Daniel.
"Who cares..." replies Vala, "Let's just get out of here." she adds.
They run through the corridors chasing Ra with Jack and Teal'c in front, they have to stop and kill a few cumbersome guards that they encounter on the way, they finally catch up to them as they head out of the main temple entrance in to day light but they're too late, they exit to see an Al'Kesh, no doubt with Ra on board, taking off and heading away, they get a few staff shots off but its pointless.
"Damn it!" shots Jack, angrily throwing his staff to the floor.
All they can do now is stand at watch the ship head away through the countless ships engaged in battle in the sky, "O'Neill." says Teal'c, seeing a different ship in the distance heading their way, SG-1 stand ready to fire as it approaches, the ship turns and lands a few meters ahead of them, the doors open, its Du'ak of the free Jaffa.
"Du'ak." greets Teal'c.
"It is good to see you're alive, we were concerned." says Du'ak.
"I take it those are the free Jaffa they're fighting up there?." asks Mitchell.
"Indeed they are. We interrogated the rebel further after you left Goranak, when we learned of the rebels true intentions we wasted no time in assembling the fleet. Is it true, has the Goa'uld Ra returned?." says Du'ak.
"I'm afraid so, brother." says Teal'c.
"He got away." says Vala.
"Then I must inform the council, it appears the fight with our demons is not yet over." says Du'ak, "Please, allow me to take you to the nearest Stargate so you may return home." he adds.
SG-1 were taken to the nearest Stargate and safely made it back home to Earth, but it's far from the happy ending they were hoping for, believing they finally put the fight and struggle with the Goa'uld behind them, now the most vicious of them all has returned.
Daniel thinks that Ra used the Ancient device to capture his essence, heavily modified to meet his own needs. The mysterious chamber by the pyramid on Abydos contained a golden Ark, he believes this was also part of the device and Ra used it to capture his 'soul' at the point of his death, no one knows how he did it.
It would later be discovered that Siirjan was the leader of a cult, the Tum-Ex-Ra, who were indeed Ra worshippers. Ra did murder all but one of the Horakhty on Luxlal, the device would only work with the Horakhty physiology, he instructed the Tum-Ex-Ra to keep the last surviving Horakhty safe as without it he could not return.
Ra separated the device in to five pieces, the Ark, the orb, the disc, the central spire and the base of the device itself. The Ark would carry his soul when in close proximity, the orb carried his soul and mind to be transferred to the body, the disc acted like an operating system instructing the device on what to do, the Leeti (Horakhty) was the final component, the body, he used the rare alignment of seven suns to not only power the device but to create the unique conditions required to de-materialise the Leeti, send his particles through space and manipulate them on a molecular level in order to re-materialise them in to the body, essence and form of himself.
The leaders of Earth and the Jaffa council unanimously agreed that the device was too dangerous and they could not allow it to fall in to the wrong hands, the device and the temple have since been destroyed.
The revelation that Ra has returned has divided many in the free Jaffa worlds, those who embraced their freedom still believe in that freedom and will continue to fight for it, those who believed the Goa'uld would return to punish them now live in fear after being proved correct, hundreds of Jaffa ships currently scour the galaxy searching for Ra.
No one knows what Linda's true intentions were, she wouldn't go to all that trouble to bring him back just to kill him.
The incident on Earth involving the energy beam streaming out of the great pyramid was captured by a local news crew and broadcast live to the entire world, 97 tourists from all over the world lost their lives when the pyramid was destroyed, the world leaders did what they believed to be the best course of action at the time, they had no idea what the energy beam was or what the Tum-Ex-Ra's true intentions were, it was a threat and it had to be dealt with.
No one knows how this is going to effect people but the fact remains that the world is now aware that secrets are being kept from them and they're demanding answers.
Sam confirmed to Jack that she was pregnant, he was disappointed that she kept it a secret but is now overjoyed knowing he's going to be a father again, they don't know the sex of the baby yet but are already discussing baby names, Jack wants Homer, Sam's having none of it.
The end
..To be continued in further adventures.
