Of Gods, Men and Monsters
"I am the Alpha and the Omega..."

Cameron Mitchell was thrown out of the Stargate, Vala and the gang tumbling after him. 'Ow. Sam I think somethings wrong with the gate.' he said standing up.

'I don't think so, that's not a Stargate' Vala pointed out. It was then Cam looked around, they weren't back at the SGC. They were in a large room, deep reds and richly coloured woods with gold patterned shields on the walls. No windows or doors, the only way in or out was the gate.

The four of them; him, Sam, Teal'c and Vala had been following up leads on Dr Jackson since his kidnapping. They were dead ends but they still had to try.

Coming back from this last wild goose hunt had spat them out here instead of their base. 'Okay so where the hell are we? And what is that?' It looked like a trapezoid, or a triangle with the top cut off. The whatever had a Stargate pond in it.

'It looks like a different type of 'gate. I've never seen anything like it.' Sam admitted.

'Neither have I.' Vala chipped in.

Cam sighed. 'We'd guessed that.' He knew it was mistake to say anything but it was too late now.

She huffed indignantly; 'I'll have you know I've been from one end of this network of Stargates to the other. I've seen things you can't imagine.'

'Probably stole them too.' Cam snapped.

'Some of them may have fallen in to my hands through less than legal means yes. But that still makes me more than qualified to say that I don't know what that is.' She trailed off, waving a finger at the object.

'Thank you.' Sam growled at the two of them as the not-gate shut down. It took Cam a moment but he noticed something, there was no light source but it was as bright as day inside.

Teal'c was standing in front of one of the shields. The pattern was two great swirls, one on top of the other in gold and black. 'Colonel Carter, I do not recognise the symbol. This is not a Goa'uld I am familiar with.'

'Doesn't look like their style Teal'c.' she replied. 'I don't know it looks... it doesn't look right.'

Cam was more interested in the lights and said so. Everyone shrugged it off and tried to find a DHD. There wasn't much to search and the only thing they found was a small wooden box sitting on a table.

'So what's in it?' Vala asked as they gathered around.

Not for the first time Cam wondered just how Jackson could put up with her. Without the good doctor there was no one to answer the stupid question. 'We don't know yet. Am I the only one to think it is a bad idea? Scary box, trapped in a big room, lost. So let's all open the scary box?'

'That is a good point.' Sam winced

'What could you fit in a box like that?' Vala asked and opened it before anyone could stop her

The whole thing shook. not just the box or the table but the whole room. You could hear the wood panelling cracking and for an instant a terrible whaling shrieked from the open box.

Vala slammed the lid down. 'No harm.' she tried a smile before the box exploded throwing them into the four corners of the room.

The scream continued for a whole minute before the shimmering started. From the pile of matchsticks that was the table something rose. Looking like a landing strip in the middle of summer the shimmer morphed into the rough shape of a man. The man screamed again. It wasn't in pain but anger. This guy was almost insane with rage Cam realised before the shape blinked out of existence.

'What was that!' he shouted getting back to his feet.

'Prison?'

'Sounded like one to me.' Vala agreed with Sam

'Indeed the more important question is for what.'

A deep growling voice rumbled. 'My name is Omega. Before your world spun from the darkness I was a man. I existed.'

'And now?' Teal'c asked.

The disembodied voice howled again. 'Now... Now I am but a shade! My intellect, my vast power... RENDERED down to this.'

'Right...' Cam winced as the voice echoed around his head. 'So you're just a voice. Imprisoned in a box?'

'It is not the box that imprisons MEEE!' Cam really wished he'd get over that shouting. 'It is this... This formlessness that hampers me. You must help me, be my arms and hands. Only TOGETHER can any of us escape this... this limbo existence.'

Sam stepped up and looked up. 'We've been through this all before. You've been put here for a reason. Why?'

'Why? WHY? I created the Eye of Harmony! I created the very keys to unravel the universe and by way of thanks I was left. SEALED in the heart of a black hole. MY body, DESTROYED. Only my MIND survived and when I tried to escape I was REJECTED. After uncounted MILLENNIA my own people had abandoned me. Cast the GREAT OMEGA aside.'

Cam stood next to his friend. 'Sam, please don't get him shouting again.' he muttered. 'I don't think he's all there and I'm not talking about his body Sam.'

'Can you judge me? A HUMAN JUDGES OMEGA!' It was a deep booming laugh. It also had absolutely no sanity attached to it, at all. 'What arrogance. What SUPREME stupidity. You are all trapped here with me. If you will not help me of your own free will I will have to force you.' The voice was no longer booming, it was that quiet sort of gloating you get when the pantomime villain knows he has won.

'Okay, how are you going to...?' Cam asked before blacking out.

Vala picked herself off the floor. The strange stargate was open again and the whole room was full of it's light. 'Did what I just think happen, happen?' she asked the gang.

'If you're asking were we just all possessed by a voice that was trapped in a box the answer is yes.' Sam stood up. 'Am I the only one with a headache?'

'At LAST!'

'Oh no he's still here.' Cameron slumped back down to the floor.

Omega kept ranting though. 'My freedom. MY FREEDOM! And then, REVENGE! Revenge against all EXISTENCE! I thank you my friends, for your aid I grant you two boons. The first is your own freedom from this accursed place, the second... The SECOND is the warning. Do not oppose me again, for you will lose.' Still laughing he left. The stargate rippled slightly.

Without waiting Vala helped Cam up. Sam and Muscles helped each other up and the four of them scrambled for the gate.

Falling out on the other side they were back in the SGC. Cam turned on her. 'So, thanks to Vala we have another unstoppable, almost supernatural, force wanting us all very dead. Thank you.'

End I am The Alpha and the Omega

Authors note:-

hum... Cliffhanger ending, check. Sequel set up, check. Overall plot secure, check. Completely irrelevant following chapter just to annoy people who what to see what happens next, check. Convoluted plot in it works, check. what am I missing... my own sanity, of course!

Up next, another interlude. For this one we're stepping outside of Dr Who for a one time only crossover with another BBC Sci-Fi show...

Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!