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Chapter 10

"What are Goa'uld?" Clark asked as they stood alone in the cave.

"Goa'uld and the Tok'ra are the same race basically but there are philosophical differences between our two different factions," Gol'Tok laughed, "Goa'uld enslave their hosts and Tok'ra are more symbiotic."

Clark frowned a bit and said, "So this Sageeth was a Goa'uld?"

"Yes, a Goa'uld lord of thousands of years ago," Gol'Toksaid, "A legend amongst the Goa'uld; he reportedly found a world of Hok'tar, or advanced humans, he took one as a host and Sageeth gained incredible powers: he could move faster than a Death glider, staff blasts and Zat'nik'tel blasts did nothing and he, by himself, conquered and killed more than half the system lords."

"Oh," Clark groaned, "That's just great, isn't it? What stopped Sageeth?"

"On a dead world Ra, the Supreme system lord, finally took action when Sageeth's actions began to endanger him personally," Gol'Tok said, "He baited Sageeth to a world and it was said that he had learned the secret of his host's power, at that Ra released something into the sun causing it to turn from yellow to a blood red, Sageeth's powers began to wane and Ra killed the host; ripping out the symbiote through his host's throat."

Clark winced with pain, could these Goa'uld take him as, what Gol'Tok said, a host? He'd fight them of course.

"Afterwards the Goa'uld system lords decreed that the world of Hok'tar must be destroyed," Gol'Tok sighed angrily, "Ra simply did not want another one of the Hok'tar to be taken as a host. Almost a thousand ships were put to the cause but as they came to the system they were stopped by the Asgard who wished to parley for the lives of the Hok'tar on the world, Ra was forced to agree to the request lest the Asgard attacked and he was not sure of their power yet. The Hok'tar world was spared at a heavy cost though; they lost their Chappa'ai and Ra decreed that no member of this race would be allowed off their world and, to my knowledge, none have been. This world has been lost for centuries."

Andrew breathed deeply, "Wow!" he gushed, "He told me that legend but how'd these Indians know this name? I mean the Tok'ra just like to pretend the legend of Sageeth is just that, I mean only five of them believe it anymore and the Goa'uld, or at least some of them, have been looking for the world for, umm, research."

"Let's just go home Andrew," Clark said softly, "Tomorrow I'd like to talk to you personally."

Gol'Tok frowned inside of Andrew, he was sure that Clark was hiding something important about himself but he wouldn't press it, it was Clark's secret to speak, not his to find out."

As Clark drove Andrew home it was blowing his mind, he wondered if the name Sageeth wasn't Kawtche but a name for evil from his own planet. And was Hok'tar the name of his world? Was he a Hok'tarian or what?

"So, umm," Clark muttered, "Hok'tar? Was this the species name for themselves?"

"No, Hok means 'advanced' in Goa'uld and Tar is slang for 'Tau'ri,' the name for humans and Earth in general, so Hok'tar is 'advanced human,'" Gol'Tok smiled, "But I am not sure they were Hok'tar."

Andrew smiled slightly and said, "Cool, isn't it? But don't worry; there are no Goa'uld here on Earth."

Clark breathed deeply with relief as he dropped Andrew off at Lex's, he wasn't sure about Gol'Tok yet; an alien snake thing wrapped around Andrew's spine? It was like a type of multiple personality disorder if it wasn't for that deep hollow voice. But he'd talk to his parents later.

At Lex's mansion Andrew walked in and sighed, those caves were important perhaps. When he walked in Lex gestured for him to join him in the study, he looked at Andrew and said, "I like your work and you're using the meteor rocks in a very interesting way, power cells?"

"How did you find out about the power cells?" Andrew asked, "I mean we didn't even market them yet."

"Because I have an interest in potential allies or," Lex said darkly, "Enemy's technology and your company is doing quite well for itself Mr Wells."

Andrew smiled slightly and said, "I'm not your enemy Mr Luthor and I don't want to be involved with the Luthors more than I have to be if given a choice, know what I mean?"

"Yes," Lex said, "We do have a reputation and my father's reputation is well deserved, he is ruthless to the point and he gets things done."

"Well," Andrew said, "I'm not getting into business with either you guys, nothing personal," and walked away.

Lex watched him, he respected that Andrew was at least smart enough to avoid dealing with his family.

As Andrew walked to his room he saw Jacob staring at him and said, "Andrew, are you alright? Selmak was worried."

Andrew grinned, "Yeah, I'm fine but one of the legends in the cave had a name that made Gol tingly: Sageeth."

Jacob pulled Andrew into the room and Selmak spoke, "Andrew, about Sageeth did Gol'Tok teach you that word? Was that the word on the wall?"

"Yes," Andrew said, "But the legend was about a legendary hero who would fall from the stars in a rain of fire. He would be Naman; he would have the strength of ten, be able to start fires with his eyes and move like the wind and Sageeth would be Naman's ultimate enemy, he'd be the dark counterbalance to Naman's good but he'd start out as a friend."

"Sageeth is a name the Tok'ra don't want to hear," Jacob sighed, "He did a lot of damage to the system lords before Ra stopped him, he reportedly tore apart a thousand of Ra's Jaffa and that was before he reduced one of Ra's worlds into a desert world."

"Ouch!" Andrew winced, "Sounds like a nice guy, I mean a thousand Jaffa torn to pieces? Ouch!'

"Yes," Selmak said sorrowfully, "The Goa'uld play gods but only a few of them believe themselves to be gods but Sageeth's great powers made him unto a god, nothing could stop him. He became insane; he burned his brand on enemy Jaffa with odd glyphs of a language we've never been able to translate."

Andrew sighed and said, "Great, that's what Gol told me too but Clark seemed like really freaked out because of this Sageeth bit, oh and by the way he's what they call 'meteor enhanced,' he has the ability to see through walls."

Jacob frowned, super powered teens? God help him, they didn't need this right now.

Gol'Tok chuckled, "A teenage boy with that power could never be trusted with young women, if Harnin had that power."

"Gol," Selmak warned, "I really don't want to hear this you know."

"But beloved," Gol'Tok said, "Is it my fault if Harnin was a young man when we blended?"

"Better get out kid," Jacob said, "We don't need another 'argument.'"

Andrew nodded and ran out of the room, he walked past the library and saw Buffy reading a book, he walked in and said, "Hey Buffy, what are you reading?"

"Just the history of Smallville," Buffy said, "Interesting story. But yeah, what's going on? Did that Clark kid hurt you?"

"No," Andrew laughed, "But I'd like you to talk to him, he needs some more friends and who knows maybe he'll like you, he is rather cute."

"Andrew," Buffy said laughing, "He is cute, but why do you think he'd like me?"

"Who knows," Andrew said, "Maybe he just needs a friend, I'm sure he has some but yeah, try at least."

"Okay," Buffy said, "I'll talk to him but Andrew; you have to get over your little grudge against Daniel, alright? It hurt him when you pointed out that he was largely discredited scientists."

"He hasn't exactly let how he feels about what I do quiet," Andrew almost snarled.

"Then talk to him," Buffy said, "And I'll talk to Clark, alright?"

"I suppose," Andrew muttered as he walked out, Buffy smiled and went back to get ready.

As they walked back Andrew talked to Gol'Tok mentally, 'I bet she was going to talk to Clark already.'

He tracked Daniel down in his room and sighed, "Dr Jackson, can I talk to you?"

Daniel opened the door and stared at Andrew and said, "Okay, what did you want to talk about?"

Andrew walked in and muttered, "I'm sorry for calling you a crackpot but I am still a bit miffed at how you seem to think of me as a weapons dealer, I'm going to fight the Goa'uld the same as you are, just in a different way."

"Tell me something Andrew," Daniel said, "When we met in the museum was that you or Gol'Tok reading those tablets? And tell me the truth."

"Umm, me," Andrew sighed, "Gol taught me and I kind of already know Latin but that's a whole other story."

Daniel nodded and said, "You don't think you could use your potential in other ways, other than making new toys for people to kill each other with?"

"Hmmph," Andrew snorted and was about to go away mad when Daniel pulled him back and said, "Sorry Andrew but that is how I see it, you might have good intentions but what about other members of the military? Would they be so willing to use your technology against the Goa'uld? Or against other people?"

"I should've known you'd have turned this into another debate," Andrew snarled, "Stupid bastard hippy, I'm not ignorant of what could happen."

"Hippy? Oh that's original," Daniel snarled right back, "You can't always name call to defend your position, you're just too young to understand."

Andrew growled and said, "I'm not letting you judge me; you fight your way, I fight mine."

Daniel moaned, "I'm not judging you Andrew, I'm just worried; what if some bad elements of our government use your technology for bad things? Haven't you even considered that?"

"Yes!" Andrew yelled, "I have and it does scare me, alright? What if Gol and I design a weapon that could hurt thousands of innocent people? Yeah, it's on me but it's also on the people who use it, its one thing to blame the maker, another thing to blame the people who use it as a weapon."

Andrew walked off leaving Daniel frustrated, he knew they were both right on some levels but he couldn't let Andrew know that, he wouldn't get the satisfaction. And hippy? Where the hell did Andrew get that from?

As he went to his room Andrew was suddenly stopped by Buffy and she said, "I said talk, not begin another fight."

"Hey, I talked," Andrew said, "But he started to argue, saying what if our technology could be used for bad things? And yeah, I know that's a possibility but he doesn't get to judge me," and walked into his room and slammed the door.

Buffy frowned and said, "God, I swear that snake adds a new layer of stubbornness to him," and walked over to Daniel's room and heard him sigh a bit and opened the door and said, "Umm Doctor Jackson, right?"

"Hey Ms Summers," Daniel said, "Is Andrew alright? We had another argument about him designing weapons."

She smiled and said, "Yeah, I get that but why do you press his buttons? You seem to know what sets him off and yeah, sure he knows weapons can be used for good but you blame the user and it's not like we're going on the streets saying, 'Here, have these dangerous weapons, misuse them,'" Buffy sighed.

Daniel sighed, "He has a talent for languages; the symbiote is teaching him Goa'uld and he says that he can at least understand Latin but he wastes what he could do."

"On what?" Buffy said, "Both Gol'Tok and Andrew have told you that they believe in what they're doing and you, I bet you believe in what you're doing, right?" Daniel nodded and Buffy smiled, "Why not respect what others believe in? Even if you don't agree, Andrew tried to make the first connection but you have to listen too."

As she walked away Daniel sighed, he would have to try, at least he supposed to understand where Andrew was coming from.

The next day Andrew was eating breakfast with Lex Luthor and Buffy when Daniel and Jacob came in, Andrew nodded to both and Lex said, "Today you and your party can see the caves, I believe Andrew saw them last night with Clark."

Daniel nodded, "Yeah, I've been looking forwards to it for a couple of months."

Selmak thought inside of Jacob, 'If there is any information on Sageeth there Jacob then we have to find it as there is little enough information on him, I would also like to find more about the Hok'tar host.'

TBC

Should they find more about Sageeth in the caves?

I will be pairing Buffy up with Clark.

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