Harry Potter – Alteran
*This is Alteran speech*
-"Mental communication"-
-oo00oo- scene break or time jump.
Disclaimer – I do not own Harry Potter or Stargate SG1 nor do I receive money for my writing. Dialog from Stargate SG1 is used in the story. It will not be marked. This is my acknowledgement of and reference to it.
A/N - ATTENTION - There was an issue with the notification when I posted chapter 13. So if you missed it, go back a chapter and read 13.
I am getting a lot of reviews bashing my use of Luna as a seer. (Spoiler Alert) Her role will diminish soon because I am about to deviate from canon in big ways.
Chapter 14 - Apophis is coming
-oo00oo-
"Teal'c, what is that?" O'Neill asked as soon as several Serpent guard had left the room after placing a large sphere in the center of the Stargate.
"It is a long range communication device used by the Goa'uld." Teal'c answered just as a whirring sound started to be heard. "O'Neill, bra…" That was all Teal'c got out before everyone except him was thrown to the floor by some form of energy wave.
"Ok, what the hell was that?" O'Neill griped from where he was laying on the floor.
"I am not sure." Teal'c responded.
-oo00oo-
Harry and the girls were in his quarters eating breakfast, including Aliya. This had become a routine for them over the past couple months. They would meet every morning and just talk about everything going on. Aliya had become a permanent part of the group about two months after she had been revived.
Harry had even confessed his love for her as well only a month ago, making Hermione and Luna very happy. Other than their outings to the beach, the four way relationship hadn't progressed very far. Harry still hadn't asked any of them to be his girlfriend. It was actually frustrating the hell out of the three them.
The four of them would spend evenings together as a group or Harry would invite one of the girls over each night to cuddle while watching some TV from earth.
Aliya found Earths entertainment fascinating. She told the others that the Alterans never had anything like what Earth considered entertainment. She especially enjoyed the science fiction shows, Star Trek being her favorite. Aliya had even started doing research, with Harry's help, into the faster than light theories that the show used.
To travel in normal space at faster than light speeds had never been researched by the Alterans. The research was just for fun though, Warp speed travel couldn't compare to Hyperspace. Harry on the other hand, thought that it could be used for tactical purposes if they could ever get it to work.
Harry and the others were in his quarters when he received a call over the comm network. -"High Councillor, sorry for disturbing you, we have detected two ships in Hyperspace heading toward Earth."- Came the mental voice of one of the Security technicians on duty in the city Control Room.
-"Do we know who it is?"- Harry asked.
-"Yes High Councillor, the ships belong to Apophis."-
-"How long until they reach Earth?"-
-"Twelve hours Sir. We are also detecting two smaller ships on course to Earth, they will arrive about an hour after the first two."-
-"Who are they from?"-
-"System Lord Yu and System Lord Ba'al."-
-"Ok, Thank you. Continue monitoring."- Harry ordered then broke the connection.
"Well it looks like Apophis has had enough of Earth interfering in his domain. He's sent two ships toward them and two of the System Lords want to watch the show." Harry told the girls. "If he takes Earth I can see the other two jumping in, it will be a war in orbit."
"We have to do something, Earth can't defend itself." Hermione exclaimed.
"Don't worry Hermione, I won't let anything happen to Earth, I'll wait to see what they do first though." Harry then stood up from the table they were eating at. "Hermione, get the Asclepius ready. I'm sure Dan will be calling any minute from now asking that I get the Zeus ready. Ladies, duty calls." Harry and Hermione then both disappeared.
*Should we get the Apollo ready Luna?* Aliya asked. Luna just smiled back at Aliya and kept on eating.
-oo00oo-
Gate Room, Klorel's Ship
"Daniel hide." Carter told him as the door to the gate room started to open. Daniel moved over next to her as they both crouched down behind the platform the Gate was sitting on and watched as Jack and Teal'c were brought in at staff point with Klorel in the lead.
The giant sphere in the center of the gate lite up as they approached.
"Shin'tel, Klorel." Apophis spoke as his image appeared in the sphere with a look of annoyance written all over his face.
"Father, I wish to present you with a great gift. The traitor, Teal'c. And, I present the human that recruited him."
"Hey Pops." O'Neill spoke out sarcastically while giving a little wave.
"Silence! Klorel, where did they come from?"
"I do not know. We found them after departure."
"How many more came with you?" Apophis focused in on O'Neill
"Thousands. We brought an entire army with us."
"I assure you, Father, there could be no more."
"You have made me proud, my son."
"Do you wish that I keep them until our rejoining?"
"No. Teal'c must suffer the most painful death a Jaffa can know. Removal of his prim'ta. Let his new master watch him suffer and die."
"What about the human?"
"You may choose his method of death, but do it soon. It is almost time for remoc."
"Yes, Father."
"I look forward to seeing you at our destination. Lek tol."
Daniel and Carter watched as a priest and more Jaffa enter but were stopped from removing Teal'c's prim'ta by Klorel.
"Take them to the peltac."
After everyone left the room, Daniel and Sam stood up.
"Daniel, we have to go after them."
"Wait a minute, when are we going to blow the ship?"
"We'll detonate only as a last resort."
"Listen, I wanna save them as much as you do, but if we get captured or killed, there is going to be nobody left to blow this ship before it gets to Earth."
"That's why I'm setting a timer. If we don't deactivate it in 24 hours, it'll go automatically. Okay?"
"Okay."
-oo00oo-
Bridge, The Zeus
Harry was laying back in the control chair, his mind immersed in the scanners of the Zeus. Both he and Dan were keeping station just short of Saturn's orbit. -"Dan, they will be coming out of Hyperspace near Saturn. If we deal with them here, there is less chance of Earth or the other system lords ever knowing what happened."-
-"That sounds like a good plan Harry. I have The Nemesis and The Nike cloaked in orbit of Earth just in case. If they do get passed us, which I doubt, and fire on Earth they can intercept the fire before it reaches the atmosphere."-
-"Hyperspace window in 3...2...1…"- Harry watch as the first of the two Goa'uld ships exited hyperspace.
-"Target locked"- Dan reported. Harry was studying the scans he was getting from the ship.
-"Hold fire"- Harry quickly replied. -"I'm detecting weapons fire onboard and there is a Stargate on the ship. 'Smart little snakes.'."- The last part was just Harry thinking out loud. -"Well that's interesting." Harry sat up in the chair after a few minutes.
Dan didn't sit up in his chair, he needed to be in complete control in the chair unlike Harry. He didn't have the same amount of control over the ship unless he was fully immersed. -"Yes it is Harry. How did they get on that ship?"-
-"I would assume via the Stargate while the ship was still in orbit of Apophis's construction planet. They have explosives planted all over the ship on timers. What is unusual is that there are three snakeheads on that ship. One is on the bridge of the ship and the other two are in the engine room."-
-"They could be a couple minor Goa'uld being used as engineers. The other ship just came out of hyperspace and is pulling along side the first, it's Apophis himself. Their moving again. Slow approach toward Earth. What do you want to do Harry?"
-oo00oo-
Stargate Command
"Sir, I think we have another situation. I just spoke with Cairn deep-space radar, and they picked up two large blips passing Saturn. They're heading towards Earth General."
"Any identification yet?"
"Not yet, sir. NASA's just repositioning Hubble right now. Then we should be able to get a closer look."
"Guess Doctor Jackson is lucky."
"How so, sir?"
"He won't have to be around to watch his nightmare come true for a second time." Hammond replied to Sergeant Harriman as he reached down to pick up the receiver on the red phone.
"This is Major General Hammond. Let me speak to the President."
-oo00oo-
Bridge, The Zeus
-"Harry, Earth has detected the ships. The SGC is mobilizing but the other military forces have not yet started."- Rose informed Harry over the link.
-"Harry, why don't we just beam them off the ship and destroy both of them?"-
-"It just got a lot more complicated Dan. If we just destroy the ships…"-
-"SG1 can take the credit…"-
-"You know that won't fly. All we can do right now is wait and watch. If Apophis starts firing on Earth then we will get SG1 off and destroy the ships."-
-"I don't like this Harry."- Harry could hear the concern in Dan's voice even over the mental link.
-"Neither do I Dan. They got themselves in this situation, let's see if they can get out of it without our help. I do want some intel though. Those two other snakeheads on the first ship, I assume they are a couple minor Goa'uld, I want them beamed into stasis whether SG1 or we destroy the ships."-
-"Roger that."- Dan still didn't sound happy about it though.
-oo00oo-
"O'Neill?" Teal'c called out.
"Teal'c. Ahh! Teal'c. I can't see!" O'Neill replied as he was feeling Teal'c face up.
"I am blinded as well. It will pass."
"What the hell was that?"
"A Goa'uld shock grenade. Though extremely painful, its effects are temporary."
"That's good to hear." O'Neill replied as he started feeling around behind him and got his hand bitten by Carter.
"Ow—God—ow!" Jack called out as he shook the pain out of his hand.
"Colonel? Sorry, sir. It's just so dark."
"Carter, it's all right. I like your attitude."
"It isn't dark. We're blind. And we failed." Daniel exclaimed in anger with himself.
"All right, take it easy, Daniel. We've been in worse situations than this." Jack tried to reassure him.
"Not to my knowledge." Teal'c interjects.
"Thanks, Teal'c."
"Right now they're getting ready to wipe out the major cities of Earth. They'll do it from orbit, out of reach."
"Daniel…"
"Jack, I've already been through this once before. I've already seen this before."
"Daniel, will you relax? You've been through it before, and you survived. We're just having a bad day."
"Colonel, I think I'm starting to see something." Carter informed everyone.
"My sight returns as well." Teal'c informed O'Neill.
"Now, that's what I want to hear. Carter, if someone comes in here, you bite 'em on the hand!"
"Yes, sir!"
-oo00oo-
Sarcophagus Room, Klorel's Ship
After lowering the body of Klorel into the sarcophagus Bra'tac turned to the other two Jaffa in the room.
"Tal kree shak! Pikta. Cha Kree ta."
"Forgive me, Master. I will not fail Klorel again."
"No, you will not." Bra'tac replied before shooting the Jaffa twice with a zat gun,
-oo00oo-
Bridge, The Zeus
-"Harry, I don't want to sound negative or anything, but they are in the brig and the ships are approaching high orbit."-
-"I know Dan… keep a target lock on Apophis's ship, I have the other one. We will beam them out as soon as the first shot is fired. I don't think Apophis will do anything until that other Goa'uld is out of the sarcophagus."-
-oo00oo-
SGC Control Room
General Hammond wearing his battledress walked down the stairs to the control room from the briefing room above. When he reached the bottom of the steps was when he noticed Colonel Samuels.
"What the hell are you doing here?"
"Reporting for duty, sir. I'm to co-ordinate with the Pentagon."
"By whose order?"
"The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. At the request of Senator Medwell. He did try to contact you."
"Maybe you can tell me why our forces haven't gone on full alert? If we don't get our assets moving now, they are going to be caught on the ground."
"The current thinking at the Pentagon is to do nothing that would alert the Goa'uld we know they're there."
"Let me guess whose bright idea that was!"
"General Hammond, may I speak freely? I know I seem to have lost your respect, sir, for whatever reason, but we wouldn't be in this situation, that is, at the brink of war with the Goa'uld, if you had heeded my advice and buried the Stargate in the first place."
"Was that an "I told you so," Colonel Samuels?"
"I'm not here to point fingers, sir. I'm here to help coordinate our pre-emptive strike against the Goa'uld ships. That's if the President approves. The Joint Chiefs are briefing him now."
"And with what do you intend to strike with?"
"A new weapon, sir. I've helped to oversee its development at Area 51 with Colonel Maybourne before he was arrested. Two prototypes are being prepared for launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base as we speak. If all goes well, history shall mark this day by two brilliant and unexplained flashes that occur in the night sky. The world should never know how close we came to Armageddon."
General Hammond just looked him with scepticism but didn't reply as he didn't have a better idea at moment.
-oo00oo-
Bridge, The Zeus
-"Harry, the SGC has a couple of enhanced weapons they are going to try once the ships get close enough."- Rose informed Harry.
-"Will they be effective?"- Harry didn't really need to ask, he didn't think the Air Force had anything that could penetrate the shields on the two Goa'uld ships but he didn't know everything that was going on in the SGC or the Air Force for that matter.
-"No. They are very large atomic weapon enriched with naquadah but it will have no effect on the Goa'uld shields."-
-Well the Goa'uld are just sitting up here at the moment."-
-"Harry, we just had an energy transport between the two ships. It was a Jaffa. He appears to be reporting to Apophis."- Dan reported.
-"Probably about the death of the one Goa'uld and the capture of SG1. Let's give them a few more hour unless the Goa'uld start something before that."-
-oo00oo-
-"Harry, it's been eighteen hours…"-
-"I know Dan. You understand why I want them to fix this? I don't want them to think we are always going to be here to save their asses and two, I don't want the Goa'uld to know about us yet. If we rescue them and destroy the ships, even if we remain cloaked, the other Goa'uld are going to know something is up. They will attack Earth in force thinking they have progressed to far in technology."-
-"If SG1 destroys that ships that could happen too."-
-"Maybe, but it will look different if the ships are destroyed from within instead of from some external weapon. I know you've detected the two cloaked Goa'uld cargo ships watching."-
-"Yeah, I saw them… We could beam a drone into each ship? They haven't raised their shields yet."-
-"I thought of that too. I just want the Goa'uld to make the first move. If they fire, then we will take action."-
-oo00oo-
"Sir, you need to see this."
"What is it Sergeant?" Hammond questioned.
"Sir, there may be another reason why they haven't attacked. We just completed the computer enhancement. There was an energy burst coming from what we think may be the bridge of one of the ship's, recorded at 1750 hours, just before they stopped."
General Hammond and Colonel Samuels watched the replay of the video. "That's it?" stated Samuels after finishing. "For all we know that flash, whatever it was, could be part of the ship's normal function."
"Except that the burst came from within the ship itself, sir, and it was fairly powerful."
Samuels looked at the general and replied. "Maybe an explosion? An accident?"
"Or sabotage?" replied the General.
"SG-1? Sir?" Sergeant Harriman suggested.
"I hardly think so. For one thing, it's impossible to gate to a ship. Forgive me, sir, I know how important SG-1 is to you, but this is wishful thinking."
"So's your plan, Colonel. That hasn't stopped us from going ahead with it."
"General Hammond, sir, the first group on the Alpha list has just arrived."
"Very good Sargeant. I will be back in a few minutes. I have something to check on." Replied General Hammond as he walked back the stairs and up to his office.
When he reached his office he closed the door, walked to his desk and picked up the stone that was sitting there, it started glowing.
"This is General Hammond, is anyone there."
"Hello General Hammond, this Alteran control."
"Is there any way I may speak with Harry, Earth is about to come under attack from two Goa'uld ships in orbit of the planet."
"General Hammond, we are aware of the situation and the High Councillor has been notified. Unfortunately we don't currently have any ships in your area. One has been dispatched but will not arrive for six Earth hours." Rose, who answered the call lied through her holographic teeth.
"Thank you, lets hope we are still here in six hours." replied General Hammond as he put the stone back down on his desk. He had hoped the Alterans would be able to assist but knew it was a longshot based on everything they knew about the race. He could understand them not wanting to get involved if they truly were on the verge of extinction.
-oo00oo-
Somewhere on Klorel's ship
"We accelerate. Klorel has risen." Teal'c informed everyone.
"Then the campaign has begun. Once we launch, we will do what damage we can." Bra'tac informed O'Neill.
"How many in your wing?"
"Three, Teal'c makes four."
"Oh well, four."
"I have trained these warriors since they were Chal'til. They have sworn their lives to me. It is no simple thing to ask."
"And we appreciate it, believe me. But what are the odds of taking out a ship like this, with four gliders and ... maybe a shuttle?"
"A Goa'uld attack vessel is heavily armed, shielded and capable of launching a legion of gliders against us. I would say slim." Teal'c replied.
"Okay, call me a pessimist, but I think it's time for a new plan."
"We offer to lay down our lives for your world, Human. You cannot ask more." Bra'tac giving O'Neill a sour look.
"No, I can't. But I think a better idea is to get the other guys to lay down their lives for their world first, hmm? How long before the C4 goes?"
"Forty-one minutes, sir." Carter responds to the question.
"Okay, with any luck at all, this ship is going to blow within the hour. It might be a good idea for us to get to the other one. Can you do that?"
-oo00oo-
Bridge, The Zeus
-"Harry they just launched the two missiles, time to impact 2 minutes."-
-"I see them Dan, Nike, Nemesis, avoid the missiles and allow them to strike the Goa'uld ships."- Both ship captains acknowledged the order. Harry and the others watched as the two weapons from Earth were allowed to impact the two Ha'tak ship's shields.
-"No damage, just like we thought."-
-"Matter transport beam. The first ship is also moving toward Apophis's ship." Dan called out. Harry laid back in the chair and directly checked the scanners.
-"It's O'Neill and team, they just transported over to the other ship with three Jaffa. Dr. Jackson is still on the first ship, looks like he's in the sarcophagus."
-"We can't beam them out with the shields on the ships up…"-
-oo00oo-
-"Harry, shields on Apophis's ship just went down, I am reading a large internal explosion."-
-"I see it Dan, O'Neill and team are making their way to the Death Glider bay. Looks like they will make it out."-
-"What about Dr. Jackson?"
-"There is nothing we can do with that ship's shields still up."-
Harry and the others watched as the explosions started to rip through the first ship from the inside out and the shields went down.
-"Get Dr. Jackson and those two other Goa'uld off that ship."- Harry ordered.
-"Dr. Jackson just activated the Stargate, he's gone. Transport complete on the other two."-
-"Harry."- Dan called out as the Stargate on the first ship activated a second time drawing his attention there again.
-"I see it, we can't do anything about it now, we will have to wait for another chance in the future."- Harry with a thought to the computer beamed the Stargate and DHD off the ship. It would be bad to have it explode this close to Earth.
Harry and the rest then watched as the two ships collided with each other and exploded in a huge flash of light. Harry tracked the two Death Gliders that had escaped the explosion and could see that they were both damaged.
-"Should we get them out?"- Dan called over.
-"No, Rose told me the U.S. has the shuttle launching. They'll be fine, life support will last until they get picked up.. Nike, Nemesis, report back to Olympus. Dan, track those two cargo ships, make sure they leave, then get back to Olympus."-
-"What about you Harry?"-
-"I'm heading home too, I need to finish the breakfast I started two days ago."-
-oo00oo-
Security Room, Olympus
Harry entered the small cell block in Olympus's Security Center. The Alterans didn't have a lot of crime in their society but things did happen that required the use of confinement, small petty theft, a fight here and there, nothing that couldn't be rehabilitated. Unfortunately severe crimes did happen as well, though only maybe once in a generation.
Aliya had actually spent time in one of the cells of the Security Center after she tried to run her experiment behind the backs of the High Council. It wasn't something that she liked to talk about now. She regretted her choice and learned a lesson from it.
Now though the Security Center was being used for another purpose. In two of the cells, separated by thick barred walls and security force fields were the two Goa'uld, Harry had beamed off the Ha'tak before it exploded. They couldn't see or hear each other through the force fields and had been sitting quietly in their cells to this point.
Harry had waited in orbit of Earth until SG1 had made it safely back to the SGC, he then returned home and was just now getting to the Goa'uld after three days of watching them. In a way it was funny, the city security force had been getting pretty bored and the two Goa'uld gave them something to do, even if it was only guarding prisoners.
Harry stood outside the cells, they couldn't see him yet though, not until he adjusted the force fields to allow it. Both of the Goa'uld hosts looked to be in their early 30's, one was female the other male.
Scans of the two had shown some unusual neural activity between the hosts and the symbiotes otherwise Harry would have just had the Goa'uld removed then interviewed the hosts, he was sure the humans would be willing to give up all the Goa'uld secrets willingly.
Harry sent a mental command to the computer and shifted the force field on the female's cell so she could see and hear him through it. As soon as she could see him, she stood up from the bench she had been sitting on and stared at him. Harry one to not back down stared right back at her.
Harry knew better than to try Legilimency on a Goa'uld, their minds were powerful and even with his Alteran heritage and mental capabilities, it would be a fight that he really didn't want to have.
So Harry just stood there staring at the Goa'uld, it was going to be a contest to get anything out of them and right now, the first to blink was going to be the winner. After about twenty minutes it was the Goa'uld that spoke first.
'Who are you?' she asked in Goa'uld.
"That is not important right now." Harry replied in english. "What is important is who you are. If it wasn't for some strange readings, from our scans, you would be swimming around in a fish tank in our zoo and I would only be talking to your host right now, Goa'uld."
The look of shock on the face of the Goa'uld was very evident, the woman then dipped her head for a second.
"Please, do not remove Telna from me, we have been together for many years."
-"Harry, that is the host talking."- Hermione informed him over the link from where she was watching in the observation room.
Harry acknowledged the information. "And your name is?"
"I am Brianne, I am the host to Telna."
"Goa'uld do not allow their host to speak. Why should I believe you are the host?" Harry asked even though he already knew it was.
"We are not Goa'uld." Brianne growled out. "We are Tok'ra." The host stood up straighter and took on a proud look.
Harry hadn't heard the term Tok'ra before, maybe it was a subspecies of the Goa'uld. The name itself translated into 'Against Ra'. He needed more information to figure this out. If the Goa'uld had some kind of resistance subspecies that would be very important to know about.
"I have never heard the term Tok'ra before. Are you a subspecies of Goa'uld?" Harry finally asked after staring at her again for a minute.
Brianne's head dipped again and when it came back up her eyes flashed. "We are not Goa'uld, we do not take unwilling hosts as the Goa'uld do. We are symbiotic with our hosts and share the body equally."
-"Harry that is the Goa'uld talking now."- Hermione informed him.
You could hear the sarcasm dripping from Harry's mental voice when he replied. -"I got that myself Hermione but thank you for confirming it."- Harry could see the mental raspberry Hermione was blowing at him.
Harry was a bit confused now as to what to do. He needed more information before proceeding with anything. 'Now would be a perfect time for Luna to come walking in and clear things up for me with her sight.' he thought.
-*Sorry Harry, with everything that is going on in the Galaxy, it creates a lot of nexus points around you. You'll have to figure this out on your own.*-
-"Luna, what have I told you about being in my head."-
-*What? I'm not there all the time, just when you are having naughty thoughts or have something big going on.*-
-"Luna!"- Hermione jumped in.
-"Ok, nevermind. We'll figure this out. Luna, see if Lya is available, maybe she knows about these Tok'ra."-
-*Ok Harry.*-
Harry had stood there for a minute having that conversation while staring at the person in the cell. He wasn't going to trust this situation just yet.
"Ok, not Goa'uld, you're Tok'ra. Right now, to me , you are still a snake inside the head of a human host and you were on a ship about to attack a planet that is under my protection…"
"We were there to assassinate Apophis's son, Klorel, and to stop the attack. The tau'ri humans were unexpected and caused us to abandon our plans." Telna blurted out, cutting Harry off.
Harry waved his hand at the cell causing the force field to once again keep the Goa'uld from seeing or hearing anything outside of it. He proceeded to the other cell and got into a staring contest with the male Goa'uld.
In the end he got pretty much the same information from him as he had from Brianne/Tolna except he was called Netall and the host's name was Fittar.
-oo00oo-
Harry walked into the garden outside the councilor's spire and sat down next to Lya. It was a lovely day on Navo Altera, the sun was out, Navo Videuum 3 was shining blue and green in the sky.
Harry hadn't actually been to this garden yet. Since a lot of Nox spent time in the city, they had started adding these gardens to it. Now, in addition to the city looking like a technological wonder, it also looked like it was part of a sculptured rain forest, the tech rising out of the forest canopy.
Harry looked over his shoulder at the main central spire and could see large green vines with reddish flowers climbing up it. They were already half way up, it was a breathtaking sight.
*The gardens are beautiful Lya. On behalf of the Alterans, I wish to thank the Nox for adding the look of life to the city. I sometimes think my ancestors were a bit to clinical in their design.*
*Your ancestors saw beauty differently. They saw it in the art of their science and technology. Olympus was beautiful before we added our touch to it. I thank you for allowing us to do what we have, it makes living here much more enjoyable for me and the others.
Many Nox visit the old Meeting Hall that you preserved from Heliopolis. It is not something your ancestors would have done. You have brought your own perspective, customs, and traditions with you to this world and to the alliance.*
*I wished to speak with you about our two guests. They claim to be called Tok'ra.*
Lya stood from the bench they had both been sitting on and started walking slowly down the path. Harry got up and followed her.
*Two millennia ago, a Goa'uld came to the Nox world in a small cargo ship and crashed some distance from the Stargate. The host and Goa'uld were severely injured. Ul'Lya, my grandmother, four generations back, found the Goa'uld and host and healed them.
She was tortured and killed by the Goa'uld in gratitude of this. Ul'Lya was of course healed and brought back by the others. The others wanted to just allow the Goa'uld to leave but Ul'Lya stopped them, she wished to understand this Goa'uld.
Ul'Lya visited the Goa'uld again the next day and told her that she had a long journey ahead of her to find the Stargate. Ul'Lya then left her to wander the forests.*
Lya paused, she knelt down next to a flowerbed and smelled one of the flowers there. Harry did the same, taking in the sent of the flower but he didn't speak or ask any questions.
*Ul'Lya would leave food and water on the paths the Goa'uld took at first. She did this for many months. Eventual Ul'Lya would appear next to the Goa'uld and walk with her for a time each day, never speaking.
Over time, many years, the two started to speak with each other.*
Harry did interrupt at this point. *Would not the Goa'uld have found the Astria Porta by then?*
*Ul'Lya was confusing the Goa'uld's path and hiding the gate.* Lya replied with a mischievous smile. Harry smiled at the answer and waited for Lya to continue.
*Eventually, Ul'lya and the Goa'uld would spend days talking while walking the paths together. The Goa'uld would speak of the evil it had brought to the Galaxy in an attempt to scare Ul'Lya into submitting to her. Ul'Lya would just listen though and never spoke of it.
Then one day the Goa'uld stopped walking and just sat down on a fallen tree. She then asked Ul'Lya why she had not run away after hearing of the evil she had done.
Ul'Lya sat down as well and replied that to be evil or good is a choice. You may be born with knowledge of evil but you do not have to use that knowledge nor follow the same path as those before you.
The Goa'uld and Ul'Lya sat in that place for many days, neither speaking until the Goa'uld finally asked another question. 'After what I did to you, why did you return, why walk this world with me?'
Ul'Lya replied 'To teach you of the other path.' The Goa'uld nodded in understanding then got up and started walking again but this time she took another path away from the one she had been following. It was still many years, both walking with each other, talking of the other path.
Then one day, they crested the top of a small hill and there at the top was the Stargate. Instead of running to the gate and restarting her life as a god to her worshippers, the Goa'uld stopped and sat down in the grass.
'I do not wish to return. I wish to remain here away from the cruelty and death of my kind.'
The Goa'uld told Ul'Lya. 'I am no longer Goa'uld. I am changed, you have changed me.'
'I did not change you, you have changed yourself. You are welcome to remain here to continue walking your new path or you can return to the stars bringing the new path there.'
It was seven days before she spoke again. 'I am Tok'ra, I will bring this new path to the stars.' She then stood and walked to the gate, she never looked back at Ul'Lya, but just before stepping through she stopped. 'May I know your name?' She had never asked Ul'lya for her name in all the years they were together.
'I am Ul'Lya of the Nox' The new Tok'ra then stepped through the gate.
The Goa'uld was named Egeria. She was the mother of all the Tok'ra, passing on her new path through the genetic memory of her offspring.*
*Thank you Lya for telling me this story.* Harry performed a formal bow which Lya returned.
-oo00oo-
Security Cells
Harry walked into the room with the two security cells and waved his hand at them allowing the two Tok'ra to see and hear him and each other. Both of the Tok'ra quickly stood up, looking at each other, relief at seeing each other alive and unharmed evident on their faces.
"I have just been told a story by a trusted friend." Harry spoke and looked at both of the prisoners. "It is a story that, I don't believe, would ever be allowed to become known to the Goa'uld." Harry paused to make sure he had their attention.
"It was the story of the Tok'ra beginnings. In the story, Egeria, the mother of the Tok'ra, walked through a forest with someone for many years. With your genetic memory, you should know the name of that person?"
Both of the Tok'ra looked at each other then nodded. "Her name was Ul'Lya of the Nox." The host Brianne answered.
"Very well, you are Tok'ra. The question now is, what do we do?" Harry still wasn't going to release them from the cells, he didn't want them to see Olympus, though he was going to let them go.
"What do you mean?" Brianne asked. To Harry it appeared she was the leader of the two.
"Well… I will let you go." Harry could see them both relax a bit.
Brianne dipped her head then looked back up at Harry but the eyes didn't flash though her voice did change.
"Who are you?" Tolna asked.
"That is a difficult question to answer, I do not want the knowledge of me, my people, or this place to reach the Goa'uld. On the word of my friend, I am trusting you to be who you say you are but…"
"We have not seen anything except the inside of these cells." Tolna pointed out.
"But you have, you have seen technology not used by the Goa'uld, technology more advanced than they or yourselves possess."
"Only these force fields and the beaming technology you have used to feed us. I would suspect you to be Asgard but you do not look like an Asgard."
Harry wasn't going to fall for the question disguised as a statement, his facial expressions didn't change either. Harry and the two Tok'ra then disappeared in a flash of light and re-appeared in a featureless room. The only other thing in the room was an old style Stargate and DHD.
"You may dial any world you like and then move on from there. This gate will be destroyed after you leave." Harry told them and motioned toward the DHD.
Fittar/Netall received a nod from Brianne/Tolna so he moved over to the dialing device and started to dial the Stargate.
"Since we do not know who you are, I suspect we will not meet again." Tolna stated to Harry as the gate came to life with a whoosh.
"I wouldn't say that. I get around a lot. We may see each other again in the future." Harry then disappeared in a flash. The two Tok'ra looked at each other and seeing no other way out besides the gate, stepped through the gate and it shut down.
-oo00oo-
Olympus Control Room
"Olympus, track them through the gate network, let's see where they end up." Harry ordered as he sat down at the only open terminal, the other terminals occupied by other people monitoring the satellite network or performing other duties. The control room was being manned around the clock now.
"Acknowledged" Olympus replied.
"High Councillor, I have some reports for you." One of the others in the room spoke out.
"Ok, send them over to my station." Harry then started working at his station, being the High Councillor did have its downside, paperwork.
-oo00oo-
SG1, OffWorld
"Let's go, Captain. Those gliders are coming back around!" O'Neill yelled out to Carter who is kneeling next to a wounded man on the ground.
"This man's alive!"
O'Neill yells back a with a bit of force. "Cannot wait!" as two gliders come around and start strafing the ground with weapons fire again. Fifty yards beyond Colonel O'Neill the gate came to life as Daniel took cover behind the DHD along with a bunch of other people.
"Okay, come on, come on. Don't panic, we'll have you out of here in a minute." Daniel yells to everyone and starts waving at the gate.
-oo00oo-
Stargate Room, SGC
The chaos in the gate room was overwhelming, medical teams trying to treat the wounded, soldiers trying to move people out of the area, and refugees trying to find loved ones.
"I want a full medical quarantine until these people can be examined." General Hammond shouted over the chaos and started walking toward Dr. Jackson who just appeared from the gate. "Colonel O'Neill and the rest?"
Daniel pulled off his glasses and rubbed his nose then looked back at the gate. "Right behind me, and a dozen Jaffa right behind them." Just then O'Neill, Carter, and Teal'c come through the gate.
"Lock it up!" Hammond ordered while looking up at the control room. The iris on the gate then closed and a couple of small bangs were heard a second later.
-oo00oo-
High Council Chambers, Olympus
"So we know the Tok'ra final destination and we were able to take a census of their base. Currently there are three hundred and twelve Tok'ra at the base." Dan reported to the council.
"Thank you Dan. Any other business for the Council?" Harry asked around the room, waiting for anyone to request to speak. Emma raised her hand.
"The council recognises the Councillor of Education."
"High Councillor, council members, we will soon be facing a problem that the education department will not be able to handle on its own. Many of the recruited children are magical and a few are reaching an age where they would be starting their magical education..."
Emma didn't get to finish her sentence though as everyone in the room felt the city shake a bit and an alarms started sounding.
"Olympus Report!" Harry called out. The hologram of Olympus appeared in the center of the chamber.
"An explosion has just occurred in power conduit 34h52n2q." A hologram of the city appears next to the Olympus hologram flashing an indicator in the area of the explosion. Everyone could see that it was located close to the residential section of the city.
"Casualties?" Harry asks as he sees Hermione and Emma flash out of the chamber along with a couple others he knows are medically trained.
"Eight wounded, 3 critically, emergency medical transports already complete."
"What was the cause of the explosion?" Harry demanded, they couldn't afford to lose anyone to something that could have been prevented.
"Preliminary analysis indicates the cause as magical in nature. Logs indicate two older students in the hall near the explosion were having an argument. Their parents had been notified and were going to see what the problem was."
Harry slumped back in his chair, 'Accidental magic' was all that it could be. It couldn't be a coincidence that Emma was at that very moment bringing up the need for magical training. This was fate sending him a message that she was still out there and the hammer was cocked.
Just then another alarm sounded. This one Harry was all too familiar with. Something was happening on Earth that required his attention.
"Report."
-"Harry, two Goa'uld have just entered the SGC, one in a severely wounded refugee, the other is in Captain Carter."- Rose reported over the link. -"The SGC is not yet aware of the issue."-
Harry turned to look around the council chamber. "I need to stay here. Luna, you and Aliya, could you please go handle Earth."
*We'll take care of it Harry.*
"Dan, send the Nemesis to Earth with them, just in case." Harry ordered.