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Chapter 9

Clark heard the gun shot. He ran outside and saw Dr Jackson looking at a man pointing a gun at him. On the ground near Dr Jackson lay Murray.

The man shot again this time aiming at Daniel Jackson. The NID agent shoot as Clark was super-speeding his way toward him. Watching the bullet come out of the gun, Clark altered his course and grabbed the bullet. He heard the second shot, still in super-speed, and he blasted it with a super-heat ray. Altering his course once more, Clark ran behind the agent and before he could fire a third time and Clark knocked him down. Returning to normal speed, he ran to the Dr Jackson.

- "Dr. Jackson, are you alright?" asked Clark while crossing the road.

- "Yeah, he missed me." said a surprised Daniel.

- "How's Murray?" Clark asked seeing the big man slowly getting up.

There was blood on his clothes. Switching to x-ray to see the injury, Clark discovered more than he had bargained for. In the middle of the man's chest there was a living creature. One of the bullets must have hit it because the thing was letting a fluid out of it's body. Other wounds were on Murray's arm and on his left shoulder, missing the heart by a few inches.

- "Daniel Jackson, I must asked that we return. I have a problem."

- "For Teal'c to ask that, the injury must be real bad." Thought Daniel "Sure, let's go. Thank you for your concern Clark."

- "Murray what are you?" asked Clark, unable to stay silent.

- "I don't understand the meaning of that question."

- "Look, I saw something in your abdomen. What the hell is that? It looks like a snake with four eyes and a fin…"

Daniel looked at Clark who had just described a Goa'uld symbiote.

- "How can he have seen it?" then to the boy "Come with us, we'll explain later."

- "Are you sure Daniel Jackson? O'Neill won't be happy to ear that."

- "He saw it, at least we owe him to explain thing before he tell every body… Come Clark." As he said that Teal'c fell down to the ground.

Clark was at his side before Daniel even realised what was going on.Clark lifted the big man to his feet. He faked having difficulty. Teal'c looked at Clark.

- "You are strong Clark Kent. You would be a formidable warrior."

- "T... Murray, are you alright?"

- "I will be fine Daniel Jackson." Letting Clark go, he made a few step.

- "What about the man who shot you?" asked Clark.

- "We should bring him with us. Do you think you could handle Murray while I get him?"

- "I'm perfectly able to walk Daniel Jackson. You and Clark go get the man and bring him."

From the other side of the street, Cassie had seen the entire scene, Clark had became blurry and then he had reappeared behind the shooter and knocked him with a single hand.

- "Daniel! Wait for me." She said. She had to speak with Sam. That was why she was hereafter all.

- "Quick Murray had been injured" said Clark.

They both took the unconscious man's arm. Daniel looked at Cassie, she was visibly pale.

- "Everything's going to be fine. You know him."

- "I know. Do you think Sam will be back from whatever she was doing with Jack?"

- "Most certainly she is." said a voice behind them.

- "Jack, that's great. That man shot Murray." said Daniel to Jack.

- "It's going to be alright. Clark, we'll handle thing from here." said O'Neill.

- "Actually Jack, the boy will come with us."

- "Why?"

- "He saw Murray's Symb… snake."

- "Damn, I can't let you go out for a walk without you screwing up everything. Ok kid you come with us."

Clark looked at the three men and remembered Chloe's warning. Looking at Cassie, he remarked that she was looking at him strangely.

- "Is there anything wrong Cassie?" Clark asked her.

- "No, everything is fine." But her voice was saying something else.

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- "I'll be damned." said Carter looking at who the officer that had send the mail to Chloe.

Picking up the phone, she called Jack.

- "Colonel, its Carter, I just want to warn you that it was General Lane who had send the mail to that Chloe Sullivan. He's not our leak but he knows more that we thought. Ok I'll wait for you"

Ten minutes later, movement near the door sent Sam looking through the windows. When she saw who was coming she opened the door.

- "What happen?" she asked when she saw the blood on Teal'c cloth and that he was grabbing his abdomen in pain.

- "I was shot" stoically said Teal'C

Sam looked at the boy who was with them then at her CO and asked, "Jack, what his he doing here? And who's the unconscious man?"

- "Daniel will explain…"

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Chloe was with Lana at the Talon.

- "What was that?" asked Lana.

- "Clark Kent in action, saving the day once more." laconically answered Chloe.

- "What's wrong Chloe, you seem a little nervous since yesterday?"

- "It's just that I fear that Clark is getting involved in something to big for him. And I can't do anything."

- "Are you talking about those four archaeologists that arrived yesterday?" then a sudden thought occurred to her. "Or are you speaking about that girl?"

- "They're not archaeologists, they're military. And that girl, I'm sure she's just playing with him. They want to know something that Clark or someone Clark knows knows."

- "What can we do?" Lana asked.

- "Well at least we can make him see that girl for what she really is."

- "How do you propose we do that?"

- "I have a plan… Listen"