Watcher's Council

England

Wesley Wyndham-Pryce nervously stood in front of the Watcher council, as Sir Appleby waxed wroth. "They can't have just disappeared man! The school is in the middle of the countryside. There's nowhere they could have gone. It's ridiculous to think that they could have got far." Sir Appleby said angrily. Pointing a shaking finger at Wesley, he added. "Did you at least consult with a Seer before coming here?"

Wesley gulped as he said. "Yes, Sir Appleby. I consulted Mr Forsyth before I came."

"Well, what did he say?" Sir Appleby said quickly.

Wesley gulped again and said. "He couldn't find them. Some sort of spell is hiding them. A particularly strong one at that. Mr Forsyth became quite frightened when he encountered it. He also became angry with us, he said that there was no way he'd work for us again. He said he'd no intention of annoying the person hiding the slayers."

Sir Appleby became very quiet as he contemplated the power to hide anyone from a Seer. Visions of Second level demons of even First level ones passed before his eyes. "Did he happen to mention the name of the person hiding them?" He said quietly.

Wesley shook his head. "No, sir. No name, but he did say what it was." he answered nervously.

"Well? Go on, what did he say?" Sir Appleby said. The visions of Second level demons vanishing as he considered only First level demons now.

Wiping sweat from his brow, Wesley answered. "Angels. The slayers are being hidden by Angels."

As the whole council fell back in their chairs in shock, a bright flash of light appeared in front of Sir Appleby. After blinking their eyes clear as the light faded, everyone could see a scroll resting in front of Sir Appleby. With trembling hands, Sir Appleby slowly unrolled the scroll and began to read it. As he got further and further into the scroll, Sir Appleby's face became paler and paler. Finally, after reaching the end of the scroll, Sir Appleby slumped it his seat and said. "It's a message from the Powers That Be. Because of our recent actions regarding the former slayers, we are forbidden from having anything to do with the current ones. Further more, if any watcher enters Sunnydale during the current slayers lifetime, the Watchers Council will be retired permanently." Sighing heavily, Sir Appleby spoke. "Gentlemen, for the foreseeable future, the council is to be without a slayer."

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Meeting Room

SG Command

General Hammond entered the meeting room and sat at the end of the table. "Ok people, let's get on with it." He said. Turning to Doctor Janet Fraiser, he said. "We'll start off with your report, Doctor."

"Over the last three days, I've performed every test I could think of. The method of attack was obviously from a gas." Janet said. Nodding to Colonel Jack O'Neil, she continued. "The colonel's investigation of the ventilator plant shows that someone placed something in an inspection hatch. Unfortunately we don't know what that something was." Rubbing the bridge of her nose, Janet said. "We've done exhaustive test on everyone in the base, and there no trace's of whatever was used. Nothing." With an ever-growing tone of frustration, Janet continued her report. "The affects of this 'gas' are unusual as well. No matter when they were affected, and we know when from the surveillance cameras, everyone affected by this gas was rendered unconscious for exactly 24-hours. Not a minute longer or a minute less." Dropping her papers on the table, she pointed at the former first prime of Apophis and said. "Even Teal'c was unconscious for 24-hours, and he's got a different body chemistry from us!" Sighing in defeat, she said. "In fact all of us benefited from the enforced sleep. Those people who constantly work through the night," she paused to look pointedly at both Samantha Carter and Daniel Jackson, "found that the long sleep had removed the build up of fatigue poisons from their bodies. Everyone else woke up both refreshed and full of renewed energy." Pushing her papers together on the table, Janet finally said. "In conclusion General, we don't know what it was. There are no trace's left of it anywhere and it has no harmful side affects."

General Hammond turned to Teal'c as Doctor Fraiser returned to her seat. "Teal'c? Do you know of anything like this?" He asked.

Teal'c shook his head and replied. "No General Hammond, I do not. The closest thing that Goa'uld posses has numerous harmful affects. I am also unaware of any alien race that possess such a gas."

Sighing, General Hammond said. "Thank you Teal'c. Doctor? Are there any further test you can perform?"

As Jack muttered something about be tired of being a pincushion, Janet shook her he and said. "No General, I've done every test possible. Unless we can obtain a sample of this gas, there is nothing further I can do."

Writing a few notes on the paper in front of him, General Hammond turned to Samantha Carter and said. "Captain Carter? Your report please."

Captain Samantha Carter picked up one of the many files in front of her and said. "Whoever they are, they're extremely intelligent and resourceful." Glancing across at Jack, she said. "I don't know how they got in, General. But once they did, it took them only about an hour to figure out how to operate the stargate. Its obvious from this, that they had to have had access to our computers before they entered the base."

At this point General Hammond interrupted. "I thought that our computer systems were secure?"

"I thought they were sir. In fact I couldn't find out how they accessed our computers at first. Not until I found the note." Sam said with a blush.

General Hammond raised an eyebrow. "A note?" He said in surprise.

"Yes sir. Our intruders left a note attached to the password file in the computer." Sam said. Picking up a small printout, she said. "Whoever wrote it explained how they gained access. It seems that they used the presidents personal computer to gain access to ours."

General Hammonds looked thunderstruck. "The President's computer?"

Sam looked embarrassed as she answered the General. "Yes sir, his personal computer. In fact the note is rather scathing towards the President. It seems as though the President is unaware that his computer is connected to ours via a normal telephone line. The note accuses him of living in the dark ages and concludes that the President must think that our computers are connected by magic." Blushing a bright red, Sam quickly dropped the printout and said. "It also recommends that someone explain to the President that the password he use's is rather....rude."

As Sam dropped the printout, Jack quickly snagged it and began to read. After a muffled snort as he reached the end, Jack handed it to Teal'c. When Sam had finished her sentence about the president's password, Teal'c spoke up. "I am unfamiliar with this word. What does 'Shagalistic' mean?"

As soon as Teal'c finished speaking, Jack buried his face in his arms as his body shook with laughter. Daniel, glancing at the red face's of both Janet Fraiser and Samantha Carter, quickly turned to Teal'c and whispered. "I'll explain later, Teal'c. It's a cultural thing."

General Hammond, after a single snort, said. "Settle down people." Turning to Captain Carter, he said. "Ok, we know they've had access to our computers. Which explains how they knew the layout of the base. But how did they subvert the computers controlling the stargate?"

Sam looked uncomfortable as she said. "I'm afraid that's my fault, sir. To make maintenance easier, I placed the various programs in several smaller computers. That way, if one of them went down, we wouldn't have to replace the large computer. We would just have to replace a single small computer with a backup. It reduced the time to fit a new computer from ten hours to just over half an hour."

General Hammond nodded his head and said. "I think I see where this is going. Carry on Captain."

"Yes sir. They unplugged the computer with the password program in it and replaced it with their own program in a laptop." Looking down at the table as she shuffled her papers, Samantha continued. "That way they could use any password they liked and the program would reply that is was correct. In fact the password they used was 'military0hacker1', sir."

General Hammond sighed. Looking at Sam, he said. "I suggest that you transfer the password program back into the large computer. We will just have to suffer with the ten hour replacement time, Captain." Turning to Jack, he asked. "Is your report finished Colonel?"

Colonel Jack O'Neil stood up and cleared his throat. "Yes sir." He said, holding up a very thin folder. After opening the folder to a single sheet of paper, he picked up a remote and read the first line on the paper. "This the camera shot of them entering the main gate." He said as pointed the remote at the large screen set in the wall. They all watched the scene as a small truck approached the gate. "Notice how the number plates are covered in mud? Now watch the guard...he's checks their passes. By the way, he's cant remember the details on the passes. Touch of the mind control there. Again, no idea why he didn't check the mud covered plates....Loading Bay next....close ups show those ordinary boxes you get from super markets......while they unload the truck, this guy takes the elevator down.....Here is leaving the elevator....at the check point...Another touch of mind control here, guard doesn't run his pass through the scanner,...doesn't take any notes on the pass either......enters the base elevator....passing Daniel and me...Definite touch of mind control there, I can't remember him at all and neither can Danny.....there he goes into the ventilator room....no camera's in there, we're having some put in at the moment...here he comes out wearing a gas mask....back up to the check point...guards smiling there, must have been a nice dream....waiting by the elevator...takes off the mask, gas disperses very quickly it seems....here come the others....wow, look at that girl lift that trolley out of the elevator. They must be super strong....here they are outside the gate room." Jack paused the action at this point. Turning to General Hammond, Jack said. "I haven't seen the pictures from the gate room or control room. As you know, the images from those camera's, are recorded in Sam's computers. What with the investigation of the mess of wires and stuff, I only got them ten minutes ago. Anyhow, from what we've see so far, we seem to be dealing with super strong aliens who can control minds. Well control is a bit strong. If they could control minds, they wouldn't need to use gas. What they appear to do is encourage you to practically ignore them. It looks like they can only do normal things, or you become aware of them. I mean they used a real pass, most likely a fake, but a real piece of paper and not an imaginary one."

As everyone nodded there heads in agreement with Jack's explanation, Sam spoke up. "That's probably why they used gas, Colonel." Tilting her head back, she closed her eyes and thought back to the images. "The dark hair girl?" Sam said as she opened her eyes. "She's obviously injured. Maybe they crashed on Earth and she was injured. They might be able to detect the stargate and made their way here to return home?"

Teal'c spoke up at that point. "Indeed, they may also be in disguise."

General Hammond made a few notes. "Good points, people." He said. Speaking to Jack, he said. "Lets see the rest of the footage, Colonel."

Jack picked up the remote and pointed at the screen again. As the image of the screen resumed, this time showing the gate room, Jack began to some comments. "Ok, looks like they're interested in how we set up our stargate....hmmm, the older looking guy seems to be the leader....there goes the red head....now the dark haired boy...Oh yes, he must be the one who pinched our ATV's.....yep here he comes....See? I told you she was strong. She lifted that stretcher by herself.....Looks like you might be right about the one in the stretcher. The blonde haired one looks very concerned for her....yep, pinching more of our ATV's....Ah! The control room.....well she know what's she's doing, look at her mess with your computers, Captain....Woah!! What's going on here?" Jack abruptly stopped speaking at the red headed girl began to speak into the air.

Samantha Carter looked at girl having a conversation on the screen. "Could it be stealth?" She asked. "It's obvious she's talking to someone. Looks like she can see whoever it is as well." Sam said.

Janet spoke up at that point. "Look how she's reacting. Those are real tears. She's not in any disguise, that's the real her we're seeing."

General Hammond looked at the conversation for a moment and then turned to Jack. "Does that look like she's getting a pep talk to you, Colonel?" He asked.

Jack nodded his head and said. "Yeh, the way she looks down at the rest. Worried about her team? Maybe her family?" Tilting his head to the side, he added. "Though with the different hair colours....I'm not sure."

Janet and Samantha shared a smile and Sam nodded at Janet. "Ever hear of hair dye, Colonel?" Janet said. "The two blondes are definitely dyed. You can just see the roots of the younger one. The red head I'm not sure about, but red heads and can crop up in both dark haired and blonde haired families. They could definitely be family." She finished.

General Hammond spoke up before a flustered Jack could. "Ok people, some more good points. Now lets carry on."

Jack picked up the remote again. "Ok, she's finished her pep talk and is going back to mess up Sam's computers......back to the gate room now....stealing more of our ATV's....that boy's real light fingered isn't he?.....Looks like they finished loading up....just waiting for the red head, I reckon....back to the control room...yep still working.....Ah, she finished....standing at the window....she's using the mike....back to the gate room, damn it wrong button...there, that's it....right, gate room....Why, that little!....he got another ATV...Hey!...that's a case of MP5's....Hmmm, he's welcome to those staff weapon...awkward damn things....Oh, for Pete's sake!...I like those Zat guns....Oh Yeh....definitely someone lese in there, look at them hug the air.....woosh...here comes the stargate....small argument there, he wants to go first, but she's having none of that.....there they go....what he want?....our light fingered friends taking a last look....WHAT THE HELL!" Jack exclaimed in shock.

Jack shook his head to clear his shock and looked at the other's. "We've in big trouble! These aliens probably saw the cartoon on the way to the stargate. Look at his grin, he probably thinks we do that dance when we're happy about something." Jack slumped in his chair and looked at General Hammond. "Sir, permission to classify that last shot of film. If the Tok'ra or the Tollan ever see that we'll never live it down. It's bad enough they waltz their way through our security, but this..." Jack said desperately.

As everyone, accept Teal'c, looked at the General in hope, Teal'c asked. "What appears to be the problem? It most likely to be a ritual farewell dance." Tilting his head to the side slightly, he added with a tiny smile. "Though it is very frantic for a ritual dance."

General Hammond nodded his head solemnly and said. "Permission granted Colonel. Teal'c I like you to keep that dance confidential if you would. We need the Tok'ra and Tollan's to take us seriously, if they found out that that....dance....originated on Earth, they would lose all confidence in us."

As Teal'c nodded with a barely perceptual smirk, Jack buried his head in his arms and muttered. "The Snoopy Dance? Oh god, Thor'll give me that disappointed look if he finds out about this."

THE END

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(Authors note: Well it's finished. This story was about getting Buffy and the others out into the Stargate universe. I think I've done that. Now I've got them out there, I don't know what to do with them. I'd like to write a sequel, about their adventure in the Stargate universe, but I'd need you to send me lots of ideas about what they could do Out There. As usual any comments on the story would be appreciated.)