I own nothing
"Speech"
"Thought"
"Goa'uld Speech"
"Goa'uld Thought"
Chapter Nine: Buying Time
Kirk wasted no time in raising the shields thus stopping the transport before it could teleport them onto the tau'ri ship. They were too close! He could taste victory. It was within their grasp! Nearly firing at the Enterprise Kirk stopped when he realized that it would drain the power they needed for the time machine. Thinking over his options Kirk started to hail the tau'ri.
-On broad the Enterprise-
Spock sat in the captain's chair waiting to hear if they had succeeded in beaming the captain and the others back to the ship. Unfortunately Chekov's update wasn't what he had hoped for.
"I can't get a lock now sir!" Chekov reported as he worked trying to see if he could get past the shields, but each try he hit a wall.
"We're being hailed." One of the officers stated from the comm station.
"Put it through." Spock ordered.
"Greetings," Kirk said. "Hunting myself and my colleagues is something I would advice against."
"May I ask who you are?" Spock inquired. "You only spoke of being goa'uld."
"Pathetic half-breed." He answered checking his systems in the process. It wouldn't be long now till they had the necessary power. "Why should I grace you with my name?"
"Several crew members were taken hostage earlier by you and your colleagues I believe," Spock began. "Please return them immediately, unharmed."
"As a member of an endangered species, Spock, I would assume you would understand the need to survive." Another voice joined in. It sounded feminine in nature. The Enterprise crew watched as Uhura stepped in view of the screen.
"Should I assume that you are not truly Lt. Uhura?" Spock asked keeping his feelings about her under control. He could not let his emotions cloud his judgment, not now. Instead he sought answers to his questions.
"You are symbiotic race are you not?" Spock asked, his voice very controlled.
"Yes," Nyota continued. "We require hosts to survive."
"Is that why you took our crew members?" Spock questioned.
"We needed hosts, your crew were able provide for us. This is natural."
"It does not make it right." Spock stated.
"According to who? You are but a pitiful half-breed. What do you know of our right?" Nyota ranted.
"Sir?" Chekov quietly spoke. "I'm picking up a temporal disturbance near ze goa'uld ships."
"Move in closer." Spock ordered. The Enterprise steadily moved forwards. Coming closer Chekov updated Spock again.
"Ze energy is increasing, sir." The man stated. "I believe they may be attempting to create a rift in ze space-time continuum!"
"What are you planning?" Spock inquired. "You have made it clear you have hostile intentions towards a race known as the tau'ri-"
"You are the tau'ri!" Nyota interrupted. "You ungrateful slaves believe you can rebel and just forget your gods?"
"We are open to diplomatic-" Spock attempted to offer a non-violet solution only for Nyota to cut him off.
"We are through." And then the transmission went dead.
A/N: And we're nearing the end of the first half of the story.