Chpt 10

Okay folks, I have been really working at this. First Commandment is turning out to be quite a trick to get it work out the way I want it too. So lets see where this goes…

Colonel Jack O'Neill, leader of the SGC's flagship unit SG1 was bored. They were waiting for nightfall to execute their plan. He made a mental note to himself to remember to pack his game boy for all future missions where he might have to sit around for awhile. He figured they had roughly another hour till total darkness. He checked in with each officer to make sure that all were ready and in their positions.

With affirmatives from each officer he settled down to wait out the remaining time. What Jack didn't know was that the natives, having been convinced by Hanson that these intruders were demons come to kill him, were quietly and efficiently surrounding them. Hanson had learned of their arrival shortly after they arrived and had set his plans in motion.

Moments before Jack was to give the word they were ambushed. Every one was taken captive without a single shot being fired as they were easily outnumbered. They were promptly marched into the caves to meet the "god" Jonas. Col. O'Neill and Maj. Matthews were lead in first to a large room, with a stone chair at one end.

"Must be his throne." Maj. Matthews commented to Jack.

"Quiet!" one of the natives ordered. "You do not speak in the throne room of Jonas unless he speaks to you first."

"Well, you're talking." Jack pointed out. At which point another of the natives repaid Jack with a swift kick to the knee. Jack momentarily went to the ground before standing up again. At that point Jonas made his entrance.

"Well, well, Col. O'Neill. I'm surprised to see you. Where are the other members of your team?"

"Not here." He replied.

"I can see that. Where are they?" Jonas asked again.

"I think that falls under the category of 'nunya'." Jack replied again.

Jonas nodded to one of his guards. The said guard immediately rammed the end of his weapon into Jack's side. Jack grunted as he took the blow, but otherwise kept silent. He wouldn't give Jonas the satisfaction of seeing him in pain.

"Again, Colonel, where are the other members of your team."

Jack remained silent.

"Very well, we'll go this the hard way. " Jonas motioned for a gun from the guard to his left. He was handed the gun and said:

"Colonel, I will begin shooting your officers one by one unless you answer my question."

Jack hesitated for a moment before finally answering his question.

"Captain Carter and Dr. Jackson are back on Earth at the SGC."

"Why are they not with you?"

"Both Capt. Carter and Dr. Jackson were injured on a previous mission and were not yet cleared for gate travel. I didn't figure they wouldn't miss anything, Just taking down a wannabe god is all."

Jonas snorted not missing the jab at all. He paced for a minute or two before a plan came to him. He looked at the young lieutenant behind O'Neill and recognized him.

"You. You're Lt. Conner right?"

"Uh, yes, sir." The young man answered.

"I thought you were dead."

"I almost was, sir. No thanks to you."

"Tsk, tsk. I could shoot now, but what difference does it make. Everybody knows what I am doing here now anyway. This is what I want you to do, Conner. I want you to go back to the SGC. You're to return here with Captain Carter and Dr. Jackson."

"I told you they were injured and not cleared for gate travel." Jack interrupted.

Jonas continued not paying much mind to Jack.

"If they don't return here within three hours then I will begin shooting anyway. Understood?"

"Yes, sir." Lt. Conner said.

"Good, now go."

Conner looked from O'Neill to Maj. Matthews. Matthews nodded to him and Conner took off.

After Conner was gone and on his way back to the gate, Jonas turned to the prisoners.

"Chain them up until the good Lieutenant returns with our new guests."

The guards led the group towards the back of the caves and promptly chained them up.

"Well that went well." Maj. Matthews quipped.

"Ya think?" Jack replied tersely. He knew that sounded harsher than he intended. He was trying not to think about the likelihood that when Lt. Conner returned he would more than likely have Sam with him. He didn't know why Jonas was so intent on getting Sam here but his imagination was providing him with enough theories that all scared the hell out of him.

"O'Neill, why is Capt. Hanson so intent on getting Captain Carter and Dr. Jackson here?" Teal'c inquired.

"Oh, I have a few ideas and none of them good. We gotta get out of here before Conner comes back with them?"

"You really think Capt. Carter and Dr. Jackson will come back with Conner?" Maj. Matthews asked.

"Yea, unfortunately I feel pretty sure that they'll both come back."

"Even with Capt. Carter's.."

"Ixnay. She was injured remember?" Jack restated hoping Maj. Matthews would get the hint. Jack didn't want Jonas or his cohorts to find out about Sam being pregnant. Matthews got the hint loud and clear.

"Yes, sir. I remember." He replied nodding to let Jack know that he understood perfectly.

"So anybody got any ideas?" Jack asked his companions.

"Unscheduled offworld activation!" Sgt Harriman said over the intercom.

"Do we have an IDC?" Hammond asked coming into the control room.

"We're receiving it now. It's SG2's, sir."

"Open the iris."

A moment later they watched as lone soldier returned back through the gate. Now what the hell has gone wrong. Hammond thought to himself. He rushed down to the gate room.

"Lt Conner? Where is the rest of SG2 and Col. O'Neill and Teal'c?"

"We have a problem, General." He said matter of factly.

"This way, Lieutenant." Hammond said indicating that Conner should follow him. They proceeded up to the briefing room. Once inside Hammond turned to the young lieutenant.

"Now what's the problem?"

"We were ambushed sir. Hanson must have had the gate being watched when we came through. He knew exactly where we were and caught us unaware as soon as night fell. We were about to move in and take them out when were surrounded by the remaining members of SG9 and various local inhabitants. Hanson is holding Col. O'Neill and everyone else hostage at the moment."

"Why are you here?" Hammond interrupted.

"I was sent back to retrieve Capt. Carter and Dr. Jackson. Hanson wants them there. He seemed very upset that they were not present. He told me to return here and bring them back with me in three hours or he is going to begin executing the hostages one by one."

"I see." Hammond replied. He walked over the window looking down at the gate. This was a hell of a situation. A madman was going to force him to send a pregnant woman and a man still on crutches through the gate into God knows what. He reached up and pinched the bridge of his nose. Sometimes I really wonder why I took this assignment. He thought to himself.

"Have a seat, Lieutenant. I'm calling a briefing immediately." He finally stated turning around and proceeding out to the control room.

"Sgt. Harriman, please call Capt Carter, Dr. Jackson, and Dr. Frasier to the briefing room immediately."

"Yes,sir."

Sam was in her lab doing research, when the call came down for her to report to the briefing. She immediately left and ran into Daniel heading toward the elevator.

"They call you too?" Sam asked.

"Yea." He replied as he joined her in the trek toward the elevator. Sam hurridly pushed the button and were not a little surprised to see Janet in the elevator when the doors opened.

"You, too?" Janet asked.

"Yea." Daniel and Sam replied in unison. Janet just nodded her head.

"This is not good." Janet said as the two scientists boarded the elevator for the short trip down to level 28 and the briefing room. The group rode in silence. After a few moments the elevator slid to a stop. The doors opened the three occupants quickly strode out and up the steps to the briefing room.

"Captain, Doctors, please have a seat." General Hammond said as they walked into the briefing room. "We have a serious development in the situation involving Capt. Hanson."

The three friends silently and quickly took their places. Once seated Sam spoke up.

"What's going on, sir?" She asked.

"It seems Capt. Hanson sent Lt. Conner back here to retrieve you and Dr. Jackson. Apparently he was quite upset that neither of you were with your team when they were captured."

"Captured?" Daniel inquired.

"Yes, according to Lt. Conner, they were ambushed shortly before launching their raid on Hanson's cave hideout." Hammond replied.

"What do mean about Hanson being upset about us?" Sam asked.

"Lieutenant, please explain."

"Yes, sir. Well, Captain, after we were brought into the caves to see Capt. Hanson, he noticed right off that only half of SG1 were there. He asked Col. O'Neill where both you and Dr. Jackson were. The Colonel was less than co-operative in providing that information to Captain Hanson. It wasn't until Hanson threatened to start shooting people at random that the Colonel stated that both you and Dr. Jackson were injured on a previous mission and had not yet been cleared for gate travel."

"And I suppose that didn't matter to Capt. Hanson?" Daniel put in.

"Your kidding, right? This man has apparently gone off the deep end. Pyscho, three fries short of happy meal. Our well being doesn't mean crap to him." Sam said tersly.

"Be that as it may, Capt. Hanson is now threatening to start shooting hostages if Lt. Conner doesn't return shortly with both of you." Hammond stated.

"General, you can't really be considering sending a pregnant woman, and a man with a broken leg through the gate to a hostile environment." Dr. Frasier asked worriedly.

"I don't see as I really have a choice, Doctor. I can't let Capt. Hanson start shooting hostages."

"Then I am going with them." Janet stated with finality.

"I was getting to that. Lt. Conner has advised me that sending any other teams to attempt a rescue would only make the problem worse so it will be up to SG1 and SG2 to affect their own escape. Doctor, you will accompany them back. Dr. Jackson's injury in self explanatory, however, in the interest of Capt. Carter's safety the fact of pregnancy should not be disclosed."

"If pressed, General, Sam suffered internal injuries." The Doctor volunteered.

"Very good. Ok, people, get suited up and report to the Gate room in 30 minutes."

"Yes, sir." Sam replied standing up and heading down to SG1's locker room. Daniel hobbled along behind her on crutches. Sam geared up quickly and assisted Daniel with his gear. His leg was getting in his way. Thirty minutes later they met up with Dr. Frasier and Lt. Conner in the gate room.

"Capt. Carter, don't take any unnecessary risks." General Hammond ordered.

"Yes, sir." She replied.

"You have a go, Captain."

"Yes, sir." She again replied and the small group turned toward the gate as the gate began to dial. After a few moments, the increasingly familiar kawhoosh of the gate sounded throughout the room, and a moment later the event horizon of the wormhole formed. It never ceased to amaze Sam at the complexity and the simplicity of the gate. The event horizon mimicked the appearance of water and looked so serene and harmless. But as the saying goes looks can be deceiving. Misusing the gate can be deadly and already had been on more than one occasion.

Shaking herself out of her reverie she looked to the small group under her command and lead the way up the ramp and through the gate. Dr. Frasier and Lt. Conner were assisting Daniel to make sure that he didn't come out and re-injure his leg on the other side of the gate.

The trip through the gate was always a little unsettling. It was always cold and seemed to take forever but seemed over in an instant as well. The gate was a study in contradictions.

The small group exited the gate and made their way slowly but surely to the caves where the other members SG1 and SG2 were being held. After a very short while they were met by natives and two members of Capt. Hanson's team. The were quickly disarmed and escorted to the caves. One of the natives was sent ahead to alert Capt. Hanson to their arrival.

They obviously were not moving as quickly as their captors would have liked, but it really couldn't helped with Daniel's leg still in a brace and on crutches. By the time they did arrive at the cave Sam was exhausted but was not about to show it. They were escorted into what looked like a throne room.

Sitting on what was supposed to be a throne in the back of the room, sat Jonas Hanson.

"Very good! Lieutenant Conner, you follow orders well. Sam, I was told you were injured but you seem to be fine to me."

"I suffered some internal injuries on my last mission." Was all she said.

"I see. And I suppose the good doctor is here to watch over you and Dr. Jackson." He asked looking to Janet.

"I am. I wasn't letting them go without me." Dr. Frasier replied.

"Impressive." Hanson quipped. "However, I see that Dr. Jackson is clearly exhausted from your trip here. So you all should rest. Take them to their friends." He ordered his guards. They were quickly escorted out and to the cells were the other officers were chained up.

Jack was lightly dozing when he heard footsteps coming their way. The door to their cell opened and four figures were shoved in. Dr. Frasier and Lt. Conner were able to keep Daniel from falling on his face, but Sam wasn't so lucky. She was shoved hard enough to send her sliding on the floor.

"Sam!" Jack exclaimed. Janet rushed over to her.

"I'm fine. I'm fine." Sam said sitting up.

"You're sure?" Janet asked looking her over.

"Yea, I think so."

"You let me know if you start feeling anything funny."

"I will." She replied.

"Captain?" Jack asked again. Sam scooted over to where he sat chained to the wall.

"Colonel. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. Are you sure you're alright?" He asked his eyes pleading with her to tell him children were fine without betraying their secret.

"Yes, sir. I am fine. I promise." She said reading the unspoken message in his eyes.

"Ok. Now why are you here?"

"Well, General Hammond didn't feel like we had much of a choice. Jonas looks completely off his rocker."

"Ya think?" Jack quipped.

"Yeahsureyoubetcha." Sam replied, getting a laugh for her efforts. She continued a few moments later. "At any rate, the General wasn't willing to risk our lives by sending additional teams. It's up to us to escape on our own."

"Wonderful." Jack replied.

"So now what do we do?" Maj. Matthews asked.

"Well, I'm guessing he had something he specifically needed us for, or he wouldn't have sent Lt. Conner back for us." Sam replied. "The better question is what does he want and how are going to get you out of these chains?""

"Well, they don't look all that sophisticated to me. But then I really a simple guy." Jack replied.

"Simple is one thing you are not, Colonel." Sam replied with a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. "Let me have a look at those." Sam examined the chains. They seemed to have a rudimentary lock and release system. "It couldn't be that easy." She murmured to herself.

"Captain?" Jack asked. Sam dug into her pockets and pulled out a hair pin. Jack looked at her quizzically.

"I always keep one with me. You never know when you might need one. They come in real handy. Like right about now." She said as she worked and finessed the lock until the chains fell from his wrists.

"Sweet." Jack said rubbing his wrists. "Any other hidden talents I should know about?"

"Some other time maybe." She replied as she set to work unlocking the chains of the rest of SG2 and Teal'c.

"Well, Colonel now that we are out of the chains what next?"

"Well, sooner or later they are going to come back for us. I suggest we sit here and let them think we are still chained up. Then when they come to unchain us we rush them and make our escape. Carter, I want you to stay behind either me or Teal'c. Matthews and Lt. Conner, you keep an eye on Daniel and Dr. Frasier."

"Yes, sir." The two officers replied.

"Until then we just sit tight."

They didn't have to wait long. Hanson's goons showed up with orders to bring Sam to him. They weren't prepared for Sam to refuse and draw them to the back to the cell and then be overpowered by both SG1 and SG2.

They confiscated their weapons and chained them up. They carefully made their way out of their cell and back the way they were brought in. They made it as far as the so called throne room where the found Jonas Hanson waiting for them. They were outnumbered and surrounded.

"Now, Colonel, whatcha gonna do? I seem to have the upper hand. You willing to fight it out?"

Jack knew there was no way he was going to fight it out. Not with Sam standing right behind him. They were outnumbered and outgunned. He sighed before turning over his weapon. The rest of his team were quickly disarmed as well.

"Well as you said, you seem to have the upper hand. So what do you want?" Jack asked.

"A little cooperation would be nice."

"Don't hold your breath." Sam muttered from behind Jack.

"I see you haven't changed much. Still no respect for authority." Hanson sneered at his ex-fiance.

"I have plenty of respect for authority, just not for homicidal maniacs parading around pretending to be a god." She replied.

"Easy, Captain." Jack said.

"Sorry, sir." Sam replied deciding not to say anymore.

"Well isn't that sweet. You know, Colonel, your expression is rather interesting when you look at Sam. A mixture of concern and dare I say it, love?" Hanson observed.

"You don't know what your talking about." Jack leveled back.

"Don't I? I am the god here."

"Yea well, we all have our delusions." Jack quipped back.

"Very clever, Colonel. You know as much as I am enjoying this little repartee, I must admit that you are becoming a bore, but I have need of you yet. Or rather I need Capt. Carter and Dr. Jackson to help and you all will be my hostages to ensure their assistance. Bring Dr. Jackson and Capt. Carter with me. Hold the rest of them here." Hanson said heading off down a tunnel to the left of the tunnel they had previously escaped from. Two men grabbed both Carter and Jackson and forced them down the tunnel after Hanson. Jack watched after Carter and she turned to look at him before she rounded the corner both hoped the other understood their looks. Don't do anything stupid.

Well there is chpt 10. I'll start on chpt 11 in the next day or so. I am trying to get ready for VBS at my church and its taking a lot of time….

TTYL!