What the Frell did you do this time Erpman!
Disclaimer: See chapter one
Author's Notes: Thanks for the reviews. Also to prevent any forthcoming confusion, Farscape's Ancients are NOT Stargate's Ancients. It's just a case of similar names. Sorry for the delay, it was out of my hands.
Alltorian: That's the best compliment I've ever had! Thanks!
Mac the fallen: Thanks for that information, I'm going to change it soon. Hopefully:)
Joe: Sorry, it had to be done.
Dr Shubert: The mistake has already been made. In fact they are several not just one.
Rating: PG13, just some language and violence.
Chapter 10 Showtime
The wormhole spat Jack O'Neill out on Palpatine's planet. He raised his P-90 and surveyed the area in front of him. The other soldiers had taken up defensive positions around the gate. The marines at point signaled the all clear.
Jack reached for his radio, "Sierra Gulf 1 to Prometheus..." Jack signaled the Prometheus.
He did not have to wait long for an answer, "Prometheus here."
"What's your status?" Jack asked.
"All clear. No fighters or ships airborne or spaceborne on our sensors. One grounded mothership near your position" answered the communications officer of the Prometheus.
"Alright, stand by for further instructions," commanded Jack.
"Major Carter, which way's the base?" asked Jack while still surveying the terrain.
Sam checked her compass and said, "Uh…that way," as she pointed straight down the path leading away from the gate.
"Alright, all teams spread out and move out!" Jack commanded.
"Sir what about guarding the gate?" Sam asked in surprise.
"You heard me Carter, this time we need everybody," Jack said grimly.
Sam kept her protests to herself.
This was no ordinary mission.
Not by any means…
Thirty minutes later they were at the perimeter of the Goa'uld base. They could see Palpatine's grounded mothership, sitting on a pyramid. The perimeter wasn't guarded except by four evenly spaced staff canon towers.
In fact Jack could only see a couple of Jaffa patrolling around the mothership.
"O'Neill!" called out Bra'tac, "The vessel is damaged!"
"What?" Jack exclaimed.
"He' s right," confirmed Jacob.
Jack reached for his binoculars and scanned the Goa'uld mothership. Bra'tac was right. All over the ship Jack could see black charring. In one place part of the hull was missing and he could see into the ship. The pinnacle on the central pyramid was also gone.
"What the hell!" Jack exclaimed in astonishment.
"Perhaps Anubis attempted to destroy Palpatine and was repulsed " theorized Teal'c
"Now there's a cheery thought," Jack retorted sarcastically.
Being here if Anubis tried to attack again-that would not be pleasant at all, Jack shook off this disturbing thought.
He quickly devised a plan, "Okay Carter call the Prometheus and have the F-302s prepare to attack the base on our mark. We're going to sneak into the pyramid and enter the ship through there. Their primary targets should be the towers. SG-7 and 8 will stay here and pick off any Jaffa that appear. SG-1, Jacob and Master Bra'tac, we'll sneak in first. Once inside we'll open the docking bay doors that will be your signal to storm the ship…Oh and tell the F-302s not to attack until the docking bay doors open. That's their mark, got it?" Jack said.
"Yes sir," she turned to relay his orders via radio to the Prometheus while he talked to Major Ferreti who was to take command in his and Carter's absence.
When Jack finished he turned to Jacob, "You don't know where the secret entrance is, do you?" he asked sarcastically.
Jacob paused for a minute, "Well actually…"
Jack looked at Jacob in surprise, "You do!"
Jacob's eyes glowed and Selmac spoke up, "I recognize this base now. We had an operative here but he hasn't reported in since last week. We were about to send someone when the attacks occurred," explained Selmac, "It's this way…"
They eventually found themselves walking down some of the Tok'ra's underground crystalline tunnels that ran under Palpatine's pyramid.
"The transport rings are over there," said Jacob.
"Where do they come up?" Jack asked.
"They should come up in an unused storage area" answered Jacob.
"Good. Bra'tac, Teal'c and I will go first," ordered Jack.
Jacob nodded and the three of them stood back to back weapons at the ready, prepared for anything.
Jacob activated the control, the rings descended around the trio of ready warriors. They appeared in a darkened, apparently empty room. They spread out looking for any hidden Jaffa, they didn't find any and a few seconds later the rest of the group appeared.
"Okay, where's the controls for the docking bay doors?" Jack asked.
"One level down in the docking bay," answered Jacob.
"Lead the way…" Jack commanded.
What they found when they opened the storage room's door shocked them. The corridor of the mothership was in ruins.
"What the hell!" Jack exclaimed in disbelief.
The corridor looked like someone had set off a bomb in it.
"What happen here?" asked Daniel and Carter simultaneously in surprise.
"I'd say it was damage the ship received in battle," answered Jacob.
"I'll bet it was one hell of a battle…" said Jack sarcastically.
They marched down the corridor, Jacob leading the way with Teal'c and Jack behind him, followed by Daniel and Sam with Bra'tac bringing up the rear.
All were looking for any signs of Jaffa.
They found none…
Jack was starting to get worried; they should have at least run into one patrol.
At least.
"I'm starting to get a bad feeling about this…" Daniel commented to no one in particular.
Jack turned to look at him incredulously, "You're just starting?"
"Indeed I am most disturbed by the absence of guards," concurred Teal'c.
"As am I," added Master Bra'tac.
"Nice to know we're all on the same page," Jack added grimly.
They continued on to the docking bay in silence, still not encountering any Jaffa.
They came to a stop and Jacob quietly slithered up to the docking bay's control room with Jack and Teal'c in tow. They reached the door and Jacob took up position next to the door switch. Jack raised his P-90 and aimed it at the door while Teal'c did the same with his staff weapon.
Jacob looked at Jack, who nodded indicating his readiness.
Jacob opened the door.
Jack and Teal'c raced into the room catching the two Jaffa warriors inside unawares. In a shot burst of plasma and a hail of bullets the two Jaffa lay dead on the floor, in a rapidly growing pool of their own blood.
"Clear!" shouted Jack.
The rest of the team moved into the room as Teal'c dragged the bodies out of the way. Jacob started manipulating the controls in front of the window looked over the docking bay. Sam moved to the window and looked down at the docking bay. Her eyes grew wide in alarm and shock as she took in the scene in front of her.
There were two ships in the docking bay; one was a severely damaged Alkesh that looked as if something had started chewing on its aft section, the other was the weapon they were after. It was surrounded by over four dozen Jaffa.
So that's were all the Jaffa are… thought Sam, it's no wonder we hadn't encountered any Jaffa; they're all here protecting Palpatine's prize possession!
As Sam was taking in the sight in front of her one Jaffa below her caught sight of her and shouted in alarm. She ducked down quickly in response but it was already too late.
A dozen Jaffa broke off from the main group and advanced upon the control room, firing at the window as the moved. The window held at first but eventually collapsed under the combined firepower of a dozen staff weapons, shattering inwards and showering everyone in the control room with glass shards.
"Jacob lock the door to the bay!" screamed Jack as he took cover below the window's edge.
"They're locked!" shouted back Jacob as he continued to work on the control console from where he kneeled behind it.
Jack pulled out a grenade, pulled the pin and tossed it out of the window at the Jaffa. Bra'tac added a shock grenade to O'Neill's grenade, just for variety.
They all took cover as the docking bay was momentarily engulfed in bright light and sound.
When it subsided Jack lifted his P-90 over the window sill and began firing on the remaining Jaffa that were approaching, the rest of his team started firing as well while Jacob continued working on the control panel.
"WE could really use having those doors open Jacob!" Jack screamed sarcastically as he took down another Jaffa.
"Doors are opening…NOW!" cried out Jacob.
The docking bay doors slowly opened.
This was the signal!
Major Ferreti signaled the Prometheus. High in orbit the Prometheus's eight F-302 fighters kicked their engines into drive and raced to the Goa'uld base. They entered the atmosphere leaving vapor trails in their wake. They came upon the base quickly and as one targeted the nearest staff canon tower.
It never stood a chance…
It exploded in a massive fireball and showered parts all over a group of nearby Jaffa.
As the F-302s came around for another pass the waiting SG teams came up out of the bushes and began advancing on the base and caught the Jaffa that were beginning to react to the fighters, unawares.
For the first time ever Palpatine's Jaffa felt fear! They had all heard how four Tau'ri warriors had destroyed two of Apophis's motherships, and how similar numbers of warriors had been responsible for countless defeats of other System Lords.
And now they were facing a small army of Tau'ri warriors being supported by a large number of fighters!
Many Jaffa hesitated in the face of such odds…it was the last mistake many ever made.
SG teams 2 to 6 made their way over the terrain being led by Major Ferreti while being covered by SG 7 and 8. The F-302s came back for another pass but the other staff canon towers had raised their shields and were not destroyed in the second salvo from the F-302s.
The return fire from the towers missed the fighters as they took evasive maneuvers.
Eventually the SG teams being led by Ferreti eventually reached the ship and ran into the Jaffa in the docking bay. Bullets flew at the Jaffa and plasma blasts and zat blasts answered in kind as the marines ran headlong into the Jaffa.
Up the control room Jacob had joined in with his zat and was firing relentlessly at the Jaffa, who suddenly found themselves stuck in a deadly crossfire between two groups of hostiles.
"Hey Jacob, why don't we pay the snakehead a visit while Ferreti deals with these jokers?" shouted Jack over the din of weapons fire.
"You were reading my mind, Jack. This way…" retorted Jacob as he turned to lead the way to the peltac.
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Up on the peltac, Palpatine was not having a good day and he only had his six Jaffa bodyguards with him. His First prime was in the docking bay trying to beat back the Tau'ri.
It wasn't going well… not at all.
His already depleted forces were being decimated.
The Tau'ri were going to defeat him!
After he had defeated the System Lords and Anubis!
He began pacing through the peltac as he tried to come up with some sort of plan. He continued to pace back and forth but was unable to think because his host was singing (off key) in his loudest mental voice some sort of song; a country western song if he was not mistaken. One that was sung by some Tau'ri artist called Billy something Cyrus.
It was nearly enough to drive Palpatine out of his host!
Palpatine was brought out of his reverie when the door to the peltac was blown open slamming into two Jaffa that were unlucky enough to be standing in front of the door.
The remaining Jaffa turned towards this new threat as Palpatine activated his hand device's personal shield.
Out of the smoke came two figures; both carrying staff weapons. The nearest of Palpatine's Jaffa aimed their weapons but were cut down by the two intruders before they could fire, leaving two Jaffa still standing.
If you want something done right, do it yourself, thought Palpatine angrily as he reached into his robes and pulled out a pair of pulse pistols. He aimed at the nearest figure, the older one wearing Jaffa armor and bearing the mark of First Prime of Apophis, the other shol'va known as Bra'tac.
He fired and the shol'va Bra'tac was thrown to the floor as the pulse blasts hit him.
Even as the renegade Jaffa fell, Palpatine's remaining guards began returning fire forcing the remaining intruder; the original shol'va Teal'c, to duck for cover behind a nearby wall. Another two Tau'ri came into the peltac and began firing at the Palpatine and his Jaffa forcing Palpatine to duck for cover behind the control console.
The two groups exchanged fire. Bullets and zat blasts flew at Palpatine's forces and were answered in kind by golden plasma and pulse blasts.
Palpatine's last two Jaffa were cut down as two more intruders rushed into the peltac leaving Palpatine alone to try and fed off the intruders.
"Surrender!" called out the shol'va Teal'c from behind cover, "Your forces are defeated!"
"I am the Supreme System Lord! I will never surrender! You will all die at my hand a thousand deaths!" screamed Palpatine in defiance as he rose form hiding and fired furiously at the direction the voice had come from. He had the pleasure of seeing Teal'c dive for cover.
Palpatine ducked down once more behind the control console for the mothership.
On the contrary, you will be defeated, stated firmly a very cultured voice into his left ear.
Palpatine flinched away the voice in fear and fired in its direction. He continued to scramble away once he saw the source of the voice and how the pulse blasts had no effect on it.
Squatting down by his side was a monstrous figure in black leather. Two evil eyes stared at Palpatine from a cadaverous face. The creature smiled evilly at him.
"What are you?" screamed Palpatine in fear.
The creature's smile widened, Why I'm Harvey, the creature stated calmly, And I'm the one that is going to kick your ass out, the creature, Harvey paused for a second, Two minds in John Crichton's body are more than enough, it spat.
Palpatine screeched in terror as the creature descended upon him, but instead of grabbing him it's hands passed into his hosts chest. In a few short seconds the creature had entered the body in its entirety.
Darkness claimed Palpatine.
Meanwhile Sg-1 and Jacob were wondering what was going on. First Palpatine had fired off shots at something behind the control then he had started talking to himself and finally they had all heard his blood curdling scream of horror that cut out suddenly.
Jack looked to Jacob searching for some type explanation but Jacob only shrugged helplessly in confusion.
Suddenly Palpatine came up from behind the console he was hiding behind and they all raised their weapons ready for anything.
Instead of attacking them Palpatine appeared to be having some sort of spastic seizure. They watched him spasm, his limbs jerking 'this way and that' haphazardly. He continued to spasm for several minutes moving about until he was in front of the command console. He dropped down to his knees and bent forward.
They all watched in amazement and shock as the host basically vomited up the Goa'uld.
The Goa'uld flopped helplessly on the deck as the host gulped down several ragged breathes.
The host looked at Palpatine.
He raised the hand device and pulverized the snake, leaving behind a small grease stain on the peltac's deck.
"GOD DAMN IT HARVEY! I KNEW I WAS KEEPING YOU AROUND FOR A REASON!" screamed out John Crichton as he reared back on his knees in front of the small stain that used to be Tutu.
John Crichton flopped down on the floor and leant back on the command console his legs outstretched in front of him. He sat there for several long minutes trying to come to terms with what had happened in the past week.
"Harvey…what the frell took you so long? Couldn't you have evicted King Tut before he took apart my module?" demanded John irritably.
The sound of someone clearing their throat attracted John's attention.
John looked up to find himself looking into the barrels of several weapons…all aimed at him.
John smiled weakly, "Uh…nice day we're having here aren't we?" he said lamely.
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