ON THE PLANET

Ra and Quetesh continued to their secret hideaway on the planet. The door to the entrance was well hidden in glyphs only known to them, thus concealing any entry. Ra touched the symbols and spoke.

"Lo Tak Meta Satak Ra."

The heavy thick door slid easily at his command. Quetesh followed her Lord into the dark room. The room immediately lit up at the wave of Ra's hand. Several men came out from hiding with weapons raised.

"I am your Dis'tra; lower your weapons to the Lord Ra and your Queen." Ra's Gou'ald voice resonated inside the room of followers.

Immediately the men prostrated themselves, recognizing Ra's voice. One man came forward quickly and raised his face to Ra.

"Lord Ra it is I, your faithful servant Akar. My Queen; you have come back to us. How may I serve you my Lord Ra and Queen?"

"Have the Tau'ri and Jaffa found our hiding place?" Commanded Ra.

"No my Lord Ra. They have no knowledge of our secret dwellings. All is still in order." Stated Akar.

"Good, make ready our chambers and prepare the tanks for our young. My Queen and I will summon you as to when we are ready. You have served my Queen well Akar. You will be richly rewarded as my Queen and I will prepare our destiny."

"Thank you Lord Ra. I am yours to command. We will prepare."

Akar and the few followers bowed and Left Ra and Quetesh alone.

"Come my Queen. We have much to accomplish and our little pet will be quite delicious. We have missed her."

ON THE SHIP

Sam was running to the ring room. She felt a sense of dread that Whitted was on the planet with Vala. Then the thought hit her. She ran into Jack and the rest as they were putting on their gear.

"General, you said that Quetesh's symbiote was missing. Has it been found yet?"

"No Sam, we where to busy concentrating on finding out Ra was alive."

"Then Whitted has been compromised by Ra and I fear he has taken Vala as host for his Queen. Jack we have to go down there and save Vala. She can't take this."

Jack, Daniel, Cam and Teal'c realized what Sam was saying and could see how worried Sam was. They knew now that Ra was now loose on the planet and could be anywhere, but the realization that Vala had been taken captive again made them more anxious to save their friend even it meant destroying her.

SG1 beamed down to the planet, not worrying to have back up. Jack had informed the teams already on the planet that Whitted's body had been taken as host as well as Vala's. Jack made it clear that Whitted needed to be captured at all cost and killing him would be a last resort. However he made it very clear that if Vala was found, she was to be captured alive at all cost unless deemed necessary to use deadly force. Sam knew Jack had to make such an order for the safety of all concern. But Sam was determined more than any of them to find Vala and keep her alive.

"Mitchell, Teal'c, Daniel; move out towards the fortress and let us know if you find them. Ra may have hidden weapons and access to a hidden passage in the fortress. Sam you're with me. I'm hoping Whitted was to dumb to take out Vala's locator and we can find her before he try's anything." Jack related.

"I'm on it sir." Stated Sam. Sam realized that Jack was trying his best to save Vala before it was too late."

THE HIDDIN CHAMBERS

Ra and his Queen were pleased that their hidden chambers were in tact and untouched. A sarchopogus was in the far corner of the chambers ready to be used for Ra's pleasure for the Queen Quetesh's host. The few servants had brought food and drink for their Lord and Queen and Ra swiftly dismissed them. Quetesh and Ra cleaned themselves, which they abhorred since they had no slaves that tended to them. They had donned their Royal Gou'ald robes and entered the bed chambers together. They ate to give them strength and drank wine to relax their respective selves. Ra was anxious to play with his Queen's host and he moved Quetesh to the bed. He tied his Queen's arms to the golden post of the bed and then tied her ankles last to the other end of the bed. He slowly moved off the bed to undress when he swayed slightly. Quetesh noticed this movement, and since she was tied to the bed post she could not assist her Lord.

"Lord Ra; what is wrong?"

Ra shook his head to ward off the dizziness and recovered his position.

"Nothing my Queen. I am only anxious to ravage our host. I believe this Tau'ri does not drink much and must be weak. Let us continue our game, shall we."

Ra once again moved closer to the bed with his tied Queen and flashed his eyes to remind his Queen he was in charge. Once again he tried to unrobe himself. Again he swayed and fell against the post to support himself.

"Wha…….what, where am I?"

INSIDE THE FORTRESS

Teal'c radioed his status. "General O'Neill we have found no sign of Whitted or Vala. We will continue our search. Have you and Col Carter been successful with Vala's locator?"

"No Teal'c. Carter thinks the fortress is somehow shielding any transmissions. We'll keep searching, O"Neill out."

Sam was frustrated. Her friend was in trouble and her device was being scrambled. She could feel that Vala was in danger and felt helpless like before when she was in the fortress and had to leave Vala.

"I don't understand it General. How could they have disappeared in the fortress and no one seen them? There has to be hidden passages somewhere in here. We've got to find them Jack. I know Vala's in trouble."

Jack knew Sam would not call him by his first name on a mission, unless she was upset or worried about something, and he knew finding Vala was important to her right now. He concluded that Sam felt like she was abandoning her again and no hope in sight. Jack reached over and put his arms on Sam's shoulders and turned her to him.

"Sam; we're going to find Vala. You are going to save her like you did before because that's what we do for our friends. We don't leave anyone behind and we are not going to start now."

"Thanks Jack. I needed that."

"Now, put that scientific mind of yours together and lets go find Vala and the nerd."

A/N: Sorry for the delay. I have a few more chapters yet. So reviews and feedbacks are welcomed.