Heh, sorry peeps, for the over-a-month delay. I just started school four weeks ago, so i had to settle in and for a while, i didn't have a whole lot of time. Anyways, here it is, the second part of the SG-1 introduction section.

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me: yes, i'm getting to the big plans now...
O'Neil: those "big plans" wouldn't involve saving the world type stuff now, would it?
me: ...maaaaaaaaaaaaybe...
O'Neil: do you know how cliched that is? saving the world?
me: but it's a GOOD cliche! or else people wouldn't keep writing about it!
O'Neil: well, whatever. guess i gotta do my job...
me: oh, but it won't be YOU who does the saving.
O'Neil: ...really? i had kinda gotten used to that job. who will?
me: oh, you'll see later...

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Chapter 19: Gamma Site Exploration

5 hours later had SG-1 suited up and standing before the Stargate, ready to embark. Just previously a MALP had been sent, which revealed... nothing. Instead of the Gamma Site complex, a barren, charred landscape was present. After a bit of exploring, it was determined that no ambushes were present and it was safe to walk around, so SG-1 immediately readied themselves to investigate the planet and try to determine a reason why the Gamma Site had disappeared.

"Chevron 7 locked; wormhole engaged."

"Doesn't that ever get old?" O'Neil muttered to himself, and then promptly led his team up the ramp.

"What get old?" Daniel asked.

"The 'chevron 7 locked' thing," the Colonel replied.

"Oh. Well, it's kind of necessary," Daniel commented, "I mean, if some one got vaporized by the unstable vortex, it wouldn't exactly be the best thing in the world..."

"But what idiot would be standing on the ramp while the gate is dialing?" Jack added.

"I don't know, but it is possible."

"Then that person would have to be one hell of a dumbass."

"Jack... whatever, never mind."

That conversation had ended on the other side of the wormhole, so when Daniel said the last word, Carter was almost instantly explaining her hypothesis of what occurred.

"It looks like the Gamma Site self-destructed... it's the only plausible solution, to explain the semi-crater that we're in. If it was destroyed by something else, then at least ruins of the building would still be around, and a crater wouldn't have been created. Now, if it did self-destruct, I have to wonder why the Stargate is still standing up straight, instead of laying down on its side-"

"Carter!" O'Neil interrupted, "you're confusing me. I already get that the Gamma Site must have self-destructed or whatever. Now we just have to try and find what made the guy in charge order a self-destruct..."

"Colonel O'Neil," Teal'c spoke up for the first time, "I believe that it would be best if we split up. We would be able to cover much more distance and look for any survivors."

"If there are any..." the Colonel muttered under his breath, and then said aloud to the rest of the team, "ok, that's a good idea. Carter, you're with me. Daniel, you and Teal'c go east, we'll go west. Got it?"

"Yeah, sure," Daniel answered, and then ran to catch up with Teal'c who had began walking off almost as soon as O'Neil had given the order.

"Alright, Major, let's get this party started..." then the Colonel led off to the west, to find whatever lay in wait for them.

1 hour later

"Carter, how much longer are you going to spend staring googly-eyed at that thing?"

"I'm not staring, sir, I'm trying to figure out how it works."

"Really? I couldn't tell the difference."

Carter groaned in response, and resumed inspected the object she had found lying on the ground: a metal cube with ten buttons on the top and hieroglyphs on the sides. Actually, to be more precise, the Colonel was the one who had found it - specifically, he tripped over it. And fell into a couple of thorny bushes. After the Major had fished him out, she dug up the item and had sat there ever since, trying to figure out what it did. Without pressing any buttons, of course.

"Agh... those are hiero-whatevers, aren't they?" O'Neil asked impatiently, "can't we just call Daniel and Teal'c over and have them take a swing at it?"

"I suppose we could," Carter answered, "I was just taking a short look at it."

"You call half an hour short?"

"You know what I mean, sir."

The Colonel grunted, then clicked on his radio. "Hey, Danny-boy, you find anything yet?"

"No, I haven't," the archeologist's voice answered across the radio.

"Well, how about you and Teal'c go ahead and meet me and Carter at the gate. We've found some sort of magical box that I think you should take a look at."

"Sure thing... we'll meet you guys in half an hour."

30 minutes later

O'Neil and Carter walked out of the forest surrounding the Stargate, gaining the attention of Daniel and Teal'c, who had reached the gate first. O'Neil had commandeered the cube after Carter almost tripped while looking at it, but he soon lost control of it when Daniel came up and snatched it away from him. He said nothing, but still looked at the archeologist indignantly.

"This is definitely the Goa'uld hieroglyphics," Daniel said after inspecting it for a bit, "but it makes no sense whatsoever... the way they're arranged is in no way I've seen before."

"Let me look at it, Daniel Jackson," Teal'c suggested, reaching for the cube. After reading the glyphs for a bit, Teal'c added, "this is an old battle code that Jaffa used to use. I was still a child when it went extinct. However, I was still able to learn much of it from my father. I believe I will be able to decipher this code with little time."

"Alright, get on it, T," O'Neil answered, then sat down on the steps preceding the Stargate and pulled his hat over his eyes, like he was about to take a nap. However, he was disturbed from his rest less than a minute later when Teal'c announced that he had deciphered the code on the cube.

"That was fast," Daniel remarked.

"There is little to decipher, Daniel Jackson," Teal'c answered.

"Alright then... what do we got?" O'Neil asked.

"It is rather odd, Colonel Jack O'Neil," Teal'c said, "It reads this: 'Chaos Ayas shall bring realities together'."

"'Chaos Ayas'?" the Colonel questioned, then looked around, "anyone know what that is?"

The other three members of SG-1 all shook their heads, signifying a universal "no".

"Damn. Oh well, I couldn't care less. Let's go put this trinket back where we found it and get back home."

"No! Wait! Colonel!" Daniel shouted, "shouldn't we at least take a bit better of a look at this? I mean, this could be related to the Gamma Site somehow!"

O'Neil sighed. "Sure, whatever, but if we're going to sit around doing nothing while you and the major go nuts over a box, then you'd better find something big."

"Sure-" The moment Daniel touched the cube, it began to glow. Surprised, O'Neil accidently dropped the cube, and it landed hard on the ground, buttons down.

"Oh, damn..." the Colonel muttered, just as a bright white light enveloped the entire team and-

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heh. i think i did reasonably well with this chapter, but there is one concern i have - that i made O'Neil too sarcastic. please respond to this question with your input, it could help a lot in the long run.

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alright, only one more introduction section left! and that is my High School Freshman Year life! cuz i'm a freshman now, you know? High school is pretty cool, with all the extra freedoms and... ok, not the place to discuss that. anyways, just so you know, i won't be doing my 8th grade life, i'll be doing my freshman life. that only means that i'm changing a few people, though.

update: actually, i've changed my mind. i might add a Full Metal Alchemist section right before the high school freshman year section. but we'll have to see about that.

and that would be it for now... review, people, don't forget. review, review, review!!