Chapter 11
Jack stepped out of the event horizon and into an Asgard storage room. Tony had shaken off the cold from his first trip through a wormhole and was already looking about with a flashlight in hand. The area was dimly lit with artifacts were lined about.
"This area is forbidden," Thor stated.
Jack shined his flashlight on the Gate, "And now you know why!"
Thor sighed, "You and my father would not get along, O'Neill."
"True," he nodded in agreement. "I would have issues with him."
Thor asked, "Such as?"
"What he did to you," he stated.
Thor cocked his head, "What do you mean by that?"
Jack honestly replied, "You're I.Q. dropped about a hundred points. You are okay physically but you lost a lot mentally. Funny thing is your kind lost a lot physically in my reality but are way smarter."
"How did we lose so much physically?" he wondered.
Daniel explained, "The plague that wiped out the Ancients, the builders of the Gate also affected the Asgard. Your kind eventually lost the ability to reproduce and you managed to keep the species alive by cloning. You would make a clone and transfer your consciousness by a computer into the clone. You did that for generations. The clones are never exact and slight defects can occur in the genetic coding. Over time that affected the clones' bodies and today your bodies are three feet tall, with grayish skin, no hair and large eyes. You increased your IQ as a whole for the population but lost your bodies."
"That sounds horrific," Thor told him. "How long can such cloning go on for?"
"It can't," Daniel told him. "In our reality your kind are in danger of going extinct. You are trying to find a way to reverse it but that seems impossible to be honest."
"I see," he gave a heavy sigh. "That is why you suggested I send my blood back with you to your reality."
"Yeah," he nodded.
Jack found a clear box with a blue glowing multisided object. "This it?" he asked.
Thor nodded, "Yes."
"Let's grab it and go," Jack figured.
"You mean steal it?" he asked.
Jack shook his head, "Find a safe place for it...Like the SGC."
Thor miffed, "My brother does know about this place." He reluctantly agreed, "Very well."
Jack and Teal'c each took a side of the box. "Dial back, Stark"
Tony found a large mushroom shaped device, "This must be the DHD."
"Yup," Jack nodded.
He dialed the address and the Gate soon came to life. "Let's go." he told them.
Jack and Teal'c walked through the Gate first. Then suddenly the Gate dissipated before the rest could enter. The doors to the storage room swung open. A tall black Asgard with no eyesight walked in carrying a staff.
Meimdall called out, "Stop!"
Thor gave a heavy sigh for he had been caught by the Asgard watcher.
Meanwhile
Jack and Teal'c stepped through the Gate and found themselves not in the SGC but rather in a room surrounded by Hydra guards with weapons leveled upon them. Loki stood off the side clapping at the entrance.
Jack looked at what they just stepped out of and found a much smaller Gate. It was miniature in size compared to the Gate he was used to traveling through with a seven foot diameter.
"Bravo! Bravo!" Loki clapped. "You have brought me the tesseract. I knew you could do it. You like my Gate! I found it my father's personal belongings. Funny, he hid it from me and my brother. I don't think he missed it when I stole it though." He walked up the box, "Aren't you a beauty." he spoke to the artifact.
Jack just figured Loki was a bit brighter than he assumed. He sighed, "I guess you're the smart brother."
"Why yes," he agreed. "Thor was always a bit dull academically. True of heart and big on brawn…Not much on brains."
Jack complained, "I really like my Thor better."
"So I have been told," he admitted. "Guards take them away."
The Hydra guards took possession of the tesseract and relieved Jack and Teal'c of their weapons.
Loki stood beside himself smiling, "This is the great SG-1! You are all so easy to capture. I heard you were supposed to be this great team, the Avengers of your reality. I guess not!"
Meanwhile
Daniel, Tony and Thor were brought before Odin. Thor whispered on the way, "Let me talk to my father. Perhaps, he will go easy on you."
"Right," Daniel sighed.
"This isn't good," Tony told them.
"I know," Thor agreed. He found himself walking towards Odin who sat on the thrown with scowl upon his old face. "Father," Thor acknowledged him.
"Where is your brother?" he asked.
"Earth," he reported. "He has your mirror but it was damaged."
Odin looked at Daniel. His instincts told him Daniel was special. "Who are you?"
"I'm Daniel Jackson," he replied. "I came through the mirror from another reality."
"There is more to you than just that," he proclaimed.
Thor stated, "He and three came through the mirror, Father. All four can lift my Hammer."
"No," he shook his head. "The rule of the Hammer is universal. Something else allowed the four to lift the Hammer." He cocked his head, "You are different." He looked to Heimdall, "What do you see?"
"He was Ascended," he reported. "That allowed the Hammer to yield to his will. He willed for the others to lift it."
Thor looked at Daniel, "You are an Ascended being?"
"I was," he admitted. "They sent me back."
Heimdall stated, "You sent yourself back!"
"Why did I do that?" he wondered.
He reported, "To save the Asgard."
Odin asked his advisor, "How are the Asgard in danger?"
"We lack the knowledge our counterparts have acquired and they lack the physical means to survive." he stated.
"How will he save them?" Odin asked.
"You shall see," was all he would reply.
Meanwhile
Sam had finished repairing the mirror and was ready to go home. She was sick of Loki and Hydra and wanted to just go home and never see them again. Loki then walked into the room with the tesseract and Jack and Teal'c under guard.
Loki beamed, "I have an audience! You will witness my greatest achievement."
Jack spotted Sam wearing a pair of gray coveralls and looking exhausted. He asked concerned, "You okay?"
"I got the mirror fixed," she reported. "No Daniel?"
"No Daniel." he simply replied.
"Too bad for I really wanted all of SG-1 here to see my grand achievement," Loki smiled.
Jack asked, "What is your grand achievement? You are graduating kindergarten!"
"Funny," he miffed. "I will be the first to rule in two realities." he smiled beside himself.
Sam shook her head, "If you combine the realities all will do is cancel the realities out. You and your counterpart will both die. I can't tell you how many times I have told you this."
"I have been assured otherwise," he told her.
"Anubis is lying to you." she told him.
"Just get on with it," he huffed.
Jack mentioned, "Ya know in a strange way I kind of like him better than our Loki."
Sam stated, "He has a lot of issues with his father."
"Adopted father," Loki corrected.
"You were adopted?" Jack asked.
"Yes!" Loki huffed.
"Explains a lot," Jack gave a nod.
Loki huffed, "Attach the tesseract to the mirror, Major."
Sam refused, "You do it!"
Loki then reached and drew the side arm off one of the Guards. He placed the barrel of the pistol at Jack's head. "You do what I say or the Colonel dies."
Sam's eyes locked with Jack's as he stood helpless to do anything. She slowly nodded and went to work connecting the two alien artifacts.
Meanwhile - SG-1's Reality
Dr. Rodney McKay was brought in to investigate the mirror found off world with the computer that Sam had been working on when SG-1 disappeared. He sat in Sam's lab wearing jeans and a plaid shirt going over the mirror and the computer readouts. Over the computer he got a message that suddenly popped up.
He read the message, "Attach mirror to event horizon and send wormhole through the sun in exactly a half hour. Please do this, Sam."
"What?" he asked. He typed back, "Where are you?"
"In another reality." the message read.
"Why should I do that?" he asked for it seemed like a useless thing to do.
"No time to explain," the message stated.
"Okay," he typed back.
General Hammond walked into the lab to see how things were going. "How is it going, Dr. McKay?"
"Sam sent me a message. The mirror activated and she wants me to hook the mirror up to the Gate and dial a wormhole directly through the sun in one half hour." he replied.
"What will that do?" he asked.
"It will create a large power surge." he warned. "It could cause a massive solar flare and knock out all power on Earth or do nothing at all. I really am not sure."
"Major Carter sent you the message?" he asked.
"Yes," he nodded. "We know they went to another reality but for some reason they are not coming back."
"Do it," he made the call.