A/N: People have asked if this is the same version as listed on Twisting The Hellmouth , it is but it has been heavily edited in places with many parts added that I felt were missing.
It wasn't long after that that Jack arrived with Sam and Jacob in tow.
"Hey campers, where's Daniel and Xander?" Jack asked.
"Xander has taken Daniel to meet with his First Prime and Kasuf regarding the possible relocation of the Tok'ra to Abydos." Teal'c explained.
"And just how did Xander's introduction go over?" Jack asked.
"I'll ask Delta to send you the vid feed." Oz said knowing Jack would enjoy it.
"Sweet." Jack said gleefully rubbing his hands together.
"Ok, so what are we waiting for? And where's Marty? I don't think Jacob can wait much longer."
"Thanks Jack." Jacob commented wryly. And then started coughing.
"I'll go find Garshaw, she should know." Oz offered with a quick sniff of the air.
"Woah! Where did he come from?" Jacob exclaimed.
SG1 turned to see Xander had returned.
"Abydos." Xander responded. "Jack, Sam… Sam's dad?" Xander greeted.
Jacob nodded and started coughing viciously.
"That does not sound good." Xander commented. "Teal'c filled you in?"
"Yeah, sounds like you are making an impression." Jack said. "Oz promised me the video." He grinned.
"To be honest the best part was Oz managing to talk Garshaw into a corner." Xander said.
"He was most impressive." Garshaw admitted as she, Martouf and Oz returned. "You too, were most capable in your handling of the council." She complimented.
"This is Martouf, Xander, he will take Captain Carter and her father to meet with Selmak."
"Good luck." Xander offered.
"Thanks kid." Jacob said.
"Lord Xander, the council thanks you for your offer of sanctuary and would like to take you up on your offer, at least for a time." Garshaw said formally.
"You will be most welcome." Xander responded with a smile.
"It seems we must hurry, our scouts report that two motherships are on approach." Garshaw informed them.
"Ok, this is a huge logistical feat beyond my experience. I am going to leave it in the hands of yourself, Jack and Teal'c." He said handing his communication device to Teal'c. "Sayel is expecting your call and is ready to coordinate with you." He told the Jaffa.
Teal'c bowed in response.
"I'll go with them." Oz said as Jack and Teal'c moved to the side to confer.
"You got any injured or people who will be difficult to move?" Xander asked Garshaw as she turned to follow.
"Only Selmak, we live always ready to move, it is our way." Garshaw said sadly.
"Ok, I'll go find them in case I need to help move them without the Stargate." Xander said with a quick bow as he vanished.
Xander found Sam and Martouf standing to the side whilst Jacob was in conversation with an elderly woman, Selmak and her host he assumed.
"How's it going?" Xander asked.
"He does not seem repulsed by the idea, which is most fortunate." Martouf noted.
"He only gets stubborn about his kids." Sam said with a slight smile. "He's pretty open minded otherwise."
"What's the procedure?" Xander asked. "We have Goa'uld in-coming. Everyone's evacuating."
"If all three parties agree, then Selmak will join with Jacob, they will then need to rest whilst the blending takes hold." Martouf explained. "It will still be difficult as both are sick and near death. There is a chance it may not work."
"But it's one we both accept." Jacob said as he joined their conversation.
"Ok, before you two… do what you do… can they be moved afterwards? What with the incoming bad guys an' all." Xander interrupted.
"No, it is imperative that they not be moved." Martouf said firmly.
"Yeah, I was afraid you'd say that." Xander said rubbing a hand down his face.
Xander walked into the room and knelt down next to Selmak.
"Hey there, you hear about the ruckus we got coming in?" Xander asked gently.
"If you are referring to the Goa'uld attack, then yes I heard you speaking." She said.
"Bottom line is we do this here and you wake up under a pile of rubble or in Goa'uld hands. I can however move you in as little as three steps to the Taur'i base where you can do this safely and with some medical care." Xander offered.
There was a slight pause as the host spoke up.
"Do what you must, Selmak will keep me alive until we are safe."
Xander nodded and stood up.
"Ok, Sam you go find the Jack and see if he needs help. I'll take Selmak, Martouf and your dad to the SGC so they can do this in safety. As soon as they are safe I'll come back and get you." Xander said warding off any arguments.
Sam hugged her dad and ran off.
"Ok, erm… what's your name?" Xander asked the host.
"Saroosh." She responded.
"Right then, Saroosh I am going to pick you up and we will find ourselves at the Taur'i base, you will be able to complete your task there."
Saroosh nodded and Xander gently lifted her into his arms.
"Martouf, Jacob, grab hold of my shoulders and all of you prepare yourselves for a little change in scenery." Xander said.
As soon as they were ready they found themselves in a small room with smooth walls and a double bed.
Xander gently lay Saroosh down on the bed.
"I wish you well on your journey Saroosh." He told her as he kissed her forehead.
"Thank you." She said slightly tearfully.
"Begin now and I'll go get the General and have him arrange for the medical team to come." Xander said as he vanished.
Having deposited George in the room with Jacob and co, he headed off to retrieve Sam.
She arrived to find that the blending had taken place.
Xander picked up Saroosh who was beginning to breathe heavily having lost Selmak, and vanished.
Saroosh found herself on a sandy beach her back against Lord Xander's chest as they sat on the warm sand.
"Where have you brought me?" She asked as she looked out at a sandy beach and a blue ocean.
"I thought you might enjoy seeing a glimpse of what you've been fighting for all these years before you move onto your next challenge." Xander said pointing out a family lazing on the beach as children played.
"Thank you." She whispered.
Xander sat there holding Saroosh in his lap as she breathed her last breath enjoying the freedom that many took for granted at times.
Xander returned Saroosh's body to the SGC and laid her down next to Jacob.
"I wanted her to have a good last few minutes. Took her to a beach back home." He told them.
"That was most kind of you." Martouf said as he bowed deeply.
"She deserved it." Xander said as he arranged her peaceful form.
"Are they gonna be ok?" Xander asked as he looked at Jacob and Selmak as they lay peacefully. The doctor had hooked them up to a monitor.
"They'll be fine, their vitals are growing much stronger." The Doctor said.
"Xander this is Doctor Janet Frasier, you might have heard the Colonel mention her." Hammond said.
"No, but I think Daniel did, something about you and Cassie?" He asked Janet.
"My adopted daughter." She said with a small smile. "We have been taking care of Jordy whilst he's here."
"She knows about the Stargate?" Xander asked in surprise.
"She's an orphan from another planet." Janet said sadly.
"Ah, another budding member of the SGC junior division." He grinned.
"Actually she can't go near the gate, she has been booby trapped with a device that will explode when she gets too close." Sam said.
"Well that's sucky. We'll have to get that thing out of her." Xander declared.
"You have a way?" Janet asked hopefully.
"Me? No idea, but I'll ask the Nox and maybe the Tok'ra have some ideas. Who knows who else we'll come across." Xander said. "Send me the details and I'll have the AI's take a look too."
"Whoa!" Jacob said as he woke up, startling the assembled.
"Dad?" Sam said as she and Janet rushed to his side.
"Yeah kid, I'm here. Is it me or is everything a whole lot clearer?" He mused.
"Right, no more glasses for you." Sam smiled as she hugged him.
"Selmak?" Martouf asked.
"I am here too." She said. "We are very well."
At that moment a gate activation was sounded so Xander took himself and George to the control room on the orbiting ship. Which unfortunately startled most of the guards, they quickly recovered.
"Report." Hammond ordered.
"Receiving SG1 IDC sir." The gate tech said.
"Open the Iris." He ordered as he headed into the new gate room.
Jack, Teal'c, Garshaw and Oz tumbled through the gate followed by an unhealthy amount of sand.
"Just so you know, Earth has plenty of beaches if you're that desperate for sand." Xander remarked as he helped Garshaw up.
"I will try to remember that." She commented with a smirk.
Jack smiled at Xander's antics. "General Hammond, allow me to introduce Garshaw of the Tok'ra, Garshaw, General Hammond… my boss."
"You gonna clean that one up in your memoirs?" Xander asked the General quietly.
George just ignored the two clowns and greeted Garshaw.
"We are on a Goa'uld ship?" Garshaw asked.
"Technically it's a Xander ship." Jack quipped.
"We're in high orbit over Earth. Xander has helped us implement a system where the gate is used in a ships cargo bay. In the event of an invasion through the gate that defeats the iris, we can flush the cargo bay and even eject the Stargate altogether." Hammond explained.
"Most impressive." Garshaw said in admiration. "I assume this was primarily Xander's idea?"
"Oh yeah, he set the whole thing up on Abydos and then offered to put our scientists together to improve it." Jack confirmed.
"In that case I would like to offer our own scientists in the hopes that it might further improve our chances." She said.
"I'm game." Xander said happily.
"Likewise, I believe it is a sound idea." Hammond agreed.
"Ok, everybody grab a hold and I'll get us back down to the SGC." Xander said as he held out his arms.
Garshaw looked perturbed but copied the others and held on to Xander's arm.
The next thing she knew, the gold décor of a Goa'uld ship was replaced by the drab grey of a military installation.
It left her a little disorientated.
"That is amazing." She said. "You use no technology?"
"Nope, just some gifts from my boss." He grinned.
"I assume your control over the Goa'uld protects you from being taken as a host?" She asked leaving aside the 'boss' remark.
"Should do, last time something tried to possess me it got its butt kicked." He shrugged.
"Thank goodness." She said sincerely. "I would hate to see your powers in the hands of the Goa'uld."
"Garshaw, Jacob and Selmak awoke just before you returned, perhaps you'd like to visit?" Hammond offered.
Jacob it turned out was practically bouncing off the walls. He was still discovering little things that Selmak had fixed.
He was often laughing to himself too. Apparently Selmak was quite the wise ass.
Having retrieved his communications device from Teal'c he had checked in with Sayel and allowed Garshaw to check on her people.
They had moved to the planet and already begun a new cave system.
General Hammond offered the three Tok'ra lodging for a while in the hopes of getting to know each other.
They agreed under Selmak's insistence that the Tok'ra needed to see the Taur'i at home to understand them.
Jacob commented that Selmak was just excited by all the stuff in his head.
"Ok, I'm gonna go check on Sayel and Kasuf. I need to go get Daniel too." Xander commented.
"Hold up!" George said freezing Xander on the spot. "I have spoken to all three and they are fine. If Daniel needs to get home he can use the Stargate. You manage to save us several million dollars a year by putting it on the ship, powering that thing was expensive.
"Whilst you were off saving the galaxy, I called Joyce."
Xander had the look of a man caught in the cross hairs.
"She gave me a run down of what you've been up to over the past two days. You and Oz are both to get some much needed rest. SG1 too."
"But-"
"Gaia said, and I quote: 'If he tries anything that isn't related to a planetary event, I'll confine him to the Nox home world for a week.'" George interrupted.
"She wouldn't!" Xander said in shock.
George just raised an eyebrow as if to say 'Want to bet?'
Xander visibly deflated. "She would."
"Who is this Gaia?" Garshaw asked, she was curious about this person that seemed to have some sort of power over Xander, but that Xander was obviously fond of.
"My boss." Xander said simply.
"Xander will be here tomorrow so he can spend some time with his godson and Jordy, he can explain that one tomorrow." Hammond said with a smile. "Doctor Frasier also wanted to introduce you to her daughter." He told Xander.
Xander perked up at that. He took a lot of pleasure entertaining the two kids. It seemed his cat form was universally loved.
"Ok, fine. I'll head down to… ah, I left Saroosh in my usual room. It was the only comfy room I knew in the place." Xander smiled sheepishly.
"Don't worry you can use Daniel's office, he said he'd stay on Abydos for a day or two to help settle the Tok'ra." Hammond offered.
Xander was summarily dragged off to Daniel's office and Oz went to find his bed near Jordy's room.