Golden Dawn
Chapter 25: The Return of A Hidden Power
ChiYou got up and strode to the window of the briefing room. He looked at the stargate and turned back to SG-1 and General Hammond.
"I will need you to come with me to Kauri, my former homeworld. You can be quite useful in dealing with them."
Hammond looked at O'Neill.
"Colonel?"
"I don't mind, sir. It would be nice to see a planet that won't try to kills us for a change."
ChiYou nodded.
"I will leave my ship in lockdown mode. It will only hinder us. We will use the stargate. I can access the code and I know its coordinates. If you will follow me, I will proceed to the control room and start dialing."
Chiyou walked off and the rest followed the Goa'uld to the gateroom. Sel'mak walked alongside him.
"I will accompany you, my lord."
"Very well, Selmak."
O'Neill spoke to General Hammond.
"General?"
"You have a go, Colonel."
ChiYou sat down at one of the dialing consoles and input 7 coordinates. The gate started to spin as he stood back up and touched one of his guantlets. A gold light shone from the jewel he was wearing. He turned to speak.
"This device is broadcasting the signal to lower the gate's defenses. It will allow connection to the Kauri Stargate. You would not be able to connect normally."
Hammond and Selmak watched as the gate connected. Within minutes, a MALP was readied to be sent. Meanwhile, SG-1 was changing to their gears. The MALP was sent through. After a few seconds it emerged on the other side and began to look around. The cameras on the MALP looked around. The Stargate was within a small complex, but the roof was open to the sky. Heavy weapons were mounted and manned within the 4 corners of the room. A gatehouse stood next to the exit, about 15 meters in front of the Stargate. There were about a hundred guards in the room pointing weapons at the MALP. The soldiers were wearing silver armor. The armor was placed over a silvery grey uniform. The weapons were shaped like heavy weapons in the modern armies of Earth, but they were also of a grey color. Jackson was stunned to say the least.
"Well, that's different. Not even the Goa'uld are so protective of the Stargates... and from the paved road from the Stargate, these people use the gate frequently."
ChiYou looked interested.
"They have really evolved since I have been gone. I am surprised at their technological progress."
Sel'mak spoke.
"They are obviously advanced people."
O'Neill shrugged.
"They look okay..."
ChiYou looked at the rest of them.
"They are going to be dangerous. We will have to be diplomatic. Let us go meet them."
Hammond spoke.
"Wait. We have protocols. We do not just barge in through the gate. They are obviously aware of the Stargate and use them. We can communicate through the MALP."
Chiyou looked at General Hammond, then nodded.
"Very well. Open communication with them please. I wish to speak with them and see if they still remember me."
When one of the people on the other side, someone of obvious authority, came closer to the MALP, Hammond spoke into the microphone.
"This is General Hammond of Earth. We mean you no harm."
The man cocked his head lightly and chuckled as if laughing at the primitiveness of the MALP. Hammond looked slightly annoyed.
"You can talk and we can hear you."
The officer smiled.
"I am GyungBae Park, commander of the Gate Guard. Are you within the vehicle or speaking to us from the other side?"
"I am on the other side of the gate."
"So you are not tiny people after all!"
The soldiers all laughed, and ChiYou laughed at their humour.
"I like them. I suggest we arrange a meeting on their world."
Hammond nodded.
"We are about to send some of our people through. Is it alright with you?"
"Sure... but they will have to submit to our search."
Hammond nodded to SG-1 and Chiyou. They took that as a Go-ahead for the mission and walked to the gateroom. Upon arriving, they walked through to the stargate. They were met by the soldiers of Kauri. Commander Park greeted the team and ChiYou.
"Greetings, fellow humans. Are you the people we spoke to through that device?"
He pointed toward the MALP.
O'Neill nodded.
"We would be those people. I'm Colonel Jack O'Neill of SG-1, and this is my team, Major Samantha Carter, Dr Daniel Jackson and Teal'c."
Park pointed at Teal'c.
"That one carries the mark of Apep."
O'Neill turned to Daniel.
"Daniel?"
"Apep is Apophis..."
"Ah... that... Well, Teal'c can explain."
Teal'c inclined his head.
"I was indeed the former first prime of Apophis. I joined with the humans of Tauri against him, since I saw the evil of the Goa'uld and their false godhood. I fight with them now, and Apophis is dead thanks to the actions of the Tauri."
Park nodded, and turned to Selmak and ChiYou.
"Who are these? Our scans show Goa'ulds symbiotes within them."
The SG-1 noted the word 'symbiote' rather than 'parasite'. Jacob Carter spoke in the voice of the Goa'uld.
"I am Sel'mak of the Tok'ra."
Park narrowed his eyes.
"What are Tok'ra? Some sort of Goa'uld cabal?"
Sel'mak shook his head.
"No, we are a resistance group formed some two thousand years ago by a Goa'uld queen named Egeria. She taught us the philosophy of peacefully coexisting with our hosts rather than forciably taking over their minds."
Park seemed a bit surprised.
"Egeria? Our great Ancestor Mother? You are of her children?"
Sel'mak nodded.
"We are of Egeria. ChiYou was her mate. You know of her then?"
"Of course, the Queen of ChiYou, our Ancester Emperor, the last of the great line of Divine Emperors. Even now, our temples pray for their return."
ChiYou nodded.
"You prayers have been answered, my children. I am ChiYou ChunHwang, the Emperor of Baedal!"
Park paused then he frowned in anger.
"You dare? You dare to pretend to be our great ancestor? This blasphemy will not go unpunished! Guards!"
Several dozen guards aimed their weapons at SG-1 and friends. O'Neill was quickly alarmed.
"Oy... yay... I thought today was gonna be a good day..."
ChiYou's eyes flashed but O'Neill stopped him.
"Let's just go along shall we? We got into situations like this a lot. I am sure things will work out..."
Chiyou looked at O'Neil and nodded.
"Very well."
They were escorted into the city. They were led through a street of white marble and granite buildings, with clear grey stone for the pavings. The streets were not filled with cars, but in fact were for pedestrians, who were many. Trees lined up the streets as if this was a park. Above them, much to the amazement of the SG-1, hover vehicles flew past them. It took a while but they reached a sort of landing pad, where vehicles of same design were parked in a circle. Obivously either police car or military. They were escorted into the back of one of the cars, and they took off immediately. The vehicle was very comfortable and when the vehicle stopped, they were beamed directly into the holding cells.
The halls were of the same white marble that they saw earlier, except there were many loose bars indicating the cells. They were put into one of the cells and an energy field shimmered as the guards left. O'Neill reached out to touch the bar and he jerked his hand back as a flash interconnected with his hand.
"Ahhh! I wouldn't recommend touching the bars Daniel."
"Yeah, I was going to reach my hand toward a force field."
They waited a few moments as a politician and a man in robes walked in. The guards at the end of the hallway saluted as they walked past. The politician spoke first.
"I am Prime Minister Kim of the Kauri Republic. This is High Priest Dae."
ChiYou walked toward the bars.
"I am Chiyou."
The Prime Minister raised his eyebrow. The priest hissed angrily.
"Heresy!"
ChiYou was angered.
"You dare doubt my honor? My word?"
The Prime Minister raised his hand.
"Please, let us hear him out, High Priest."
Dae fell silent as ChiYou paced.
"If my word is not enough, then how may I prove I am who I say I am?"
The Prime Minister turned toward Dae.
"Is there any way he can prove his identity? We know our creator was a Goa'uld and this one's species is that of the Goa'uld."
The high priest nodded reluctantly.
"We do have some…..DNA samples. We could take some of them and run a full check between the two."
ChiYou looked at the priest directly.
"Then do so immediately. Take what you need."
The Prime Minister nodded as a medical team was summoned to the cell. They took samples of tissue from both the symbiote and the host and walked away to compare the samples.
"This will only take a few minutes."
ChiYou nodded. Sam was amazed.
"They can compare DNA that quickly? It takes days on Earth."
O'Neill spoke up.
"What? They only take a few minutes on CSI!"
Daniel and Sam rolled their eyes. Sam was the next to speak.
"Sir, you do realize that is fiction right? It takes days in the real world to compare DNA with tests."
O'Neill frowned.
"Really?"
Jacob started laughing. O'Neill turned.
"What is so funny?"
"Nothing. It's just that….Sel'mak likes CSI. Even among the Tok'ra, we do not have the technology to compare DNA that quickly, but it only takes a few hours for us."
Teal'c raised an eyebrow.
"O'Neill is right. I have seen Dr. Fraiser compare DNA within a few hours."
Carter replied.
"That is because we use alien technologies in the SGC labs. They are more efficient than our standard equipment."
The High Priest turned as an acolyte walked to him and whispered in his ear. He paled as he heard the news of the DNA tests. He immediately dropped to his knees and prostrated him before ChiYou. The Prime Minister clearly enjoyed the sight.
"Forgive me, my lord! I was a fool to doubt your word!"
ChiYou smiled.
"You were right to do so. You have learned much. Now if you don't mind, I would like to be let out of this cell."
The cell doors opened immediately as SG-1, Sel'mak and ChiYou exited the prison. They were taken to another building where there were many fluffy mattresses. The word was spread of the return of ChiYou. Preperations were being undertaken for the grand celebration. O'Neill noticed one of the beds and flopped onto it.
"Ah nice!"
ChiYou smiled. He was finally home.