Nes brought Alpha food and water again and again, he accepted them, still holding onto his arrogance and anger, though that began to diminish rather quickly as she began. She went on until he began to beg for respite or death, and then paused to get herself a glass of wine.

When she returned, his eyes pleaded with her. "End this."

"No more begging for your life?"

"You will never release me." He spat some blood onto the floor in resignation.

"I hadn't planned to, but I'm afraid Kappa did away with Beta today, which alters my plans."

"Kappa?"

"Yes, you seem to have underestimated him considerably. He's rather pleased at your disappearance and he made sure Beta was captured by the jaffa today." She took a sip of wine. "Beta has already been executed."

Alpha's anger was apparent, but there was also a shift in his body that Nes guessed was a resumption of his strategizing with her. He looked up at her as she sat watching and gave her a small smile. "So now you'll have to make do with me."

"Perhaps. We'll see how willing you are."

The smile turned to a seductive smirk. "Oh, I'm sure I will be quite willing."

"Oh?" Nes stood and approached him. "Even for a bit of an...experiment?"

Alpha narrowed his eyes at her in concern. "What kind of experiment?"

Nes smiled and let a finger glide down his jaw. "I'm curious what you would be like...as a She'ket."

He pulled his head back in disgust. "I would rather die."

"Are you quite sure about that?" She held his eyes as he glared at her. "I can certainly arrange it, but I thought you would be able to see the power we could have if you joined me."

"There is no power to gain as a She'ket."

"On the contrary, my dear, I have become even more powerful since melding with my host. I am trusted by all. The Goa'uld believe I am too weak to be a threat. The Tau'ri believe I am this host. The Tok'ra believe I can be used towards their ends."

Nes knew she was appealing to Alpha's desires. He could have power, wealth, information, and it was too tempting, especially when contrasted with his only other available option.

She kissed his neck and whispered in his ear. "You would be trusted by everyone as well. The two of us would be able to live however we please...together."

Offering herself was the final piece. He'd made it clear that his need for her would drive him to do any number of foolish things.

"How do you know I won't simply kill you once I've melded and you've released me?"

"Well, that's precisely why I had planned to ask Beta to do this for me, but after seeing you endure my torture over the last few days, you're clearly strong enough to be a match for me. I was beginning to want you much more than Beta anyway." Very few males could resist being told they were wanted, especially by a woman they were so drawn to.

Alpha stared at her for a few moments, his breathing slow and regular.

"Would you like some time to think it over?"

"I won't heal anymore."

"I can use the healing device on you, but you'd be able to return to Ba'al's service and use the sarcophagus then as well."

"He'll just kill me as a She'ket."

"I'm not sure why he would even need to know if you continue to use the masking drug. Unless he does routine testing on all of you to make sure you still carry a symbiote."

More silence and Nes began to get nervous, both that he wouldn't do it and that he would. She should have just killed him and been done with it, but her curiosity had won out.

Alpha swallowed hard, but finally nodded. "Fine. I'll do it."

Nes felt her heart speed up, but she worked to keep herself calm. "I'll heal some of your wounds now, but you'll want to rest. The pain is quite intense, more than any I could inflict on you."

Alpha straightened. "Release me then."

"No...I don't think so. You'll stay there until I'm satisfied of your condition."

Nes grabbed the hand device she always kept nearby with torture and began to heal some of his more severe wounds, keeping her eyes from his as he watched her.

"And how will you explain my absence to Ba'al?"

Nes gave him a sinister smile. "You will explain. You can tell him you were captured, as he suspects, or perhaps you simply found a woman whose arms you couldn't bring yourself to leave. Whatever you think he'll believe."

He leaned forward with a suggestive look, but she left him to rest, though he tried his best to convince her that her own bed would serve that purpose better for him. She had to remind him that he had already made it very clear that he wouldn't rest at all if she allowed that. The smirk he gave her as she walked out of the room did manage to flip her stomach, though, and she inwardly cursed him for sharing a face with Ba'al.

Nes lay awake for a long time, questioning motives and morality of what she was about to do. She finally drifted off, but woke up feeling heavy and slightly nauseous. She needed it to be over, needed the waiting and wondering to be done.

First off, Nes beamed aboard her tel'tak and checked for any monitoring or tracking devices. It wasn't a guarantee that she was free from any spying, but there wasn't much else she could do for the time being. She made phone calls and got everything set up at the estate in Torrelavega. The grounds were large enough that no screams would be heard by neighbors and she needed open space and fresh air to get through this.

Alpha was awake and looking better than he had in days. His own anxiety was apparent, though.

"I'm going to check in with Ba'al this morning and then make some excuses so I can return." She stroked his face gently. "And then I'll be able to give you my full attention for a while."

His eyes were bouncing around between anger, disgust, hope, lust, and fear and Nes had to remind herself over and over that she had planned to kill him, to kill them both. This was a kindness, a better option.

She found Ba'al at his house, pacing in annoyance at the disruptions from yesterday.

"Kappa is handling Hammel today, though, right?"

"Yes, but the loss of both Alpha and Beta was a blow. Gamma is helping Theta step in with The Trust, but it will still take some time for him to get situated."

Nes needed to get Ba'al calmed down so she could leave again. "They are quite capable. I doubt anyone will even notice the change. They are you after all and you are exceptionally talented."

He smiled at her flattery, too arrogant to ever suspect it wasn't completely genuine or had motives beyond bolstering his ego. Nes allowed him to kiss her for a few minutes, but then answered the well-timed and well-planned phone call from her designer. She was able to make her side of the conversation sound more urgent than reality, and from there, informed Ba'al that she would be indisposed the rest of the day. She needed to deal with a few issues that had arisen with the remodel, as well as sort out a few affairs left from her days offworld. His own day busy, he released her without much beyond simple annoyance.

Nes had debated back and forth over when to move Alpha, but finally decided to drug him and make the transition before the change, something he was not pleased with as she explained and approached him with the needle. Once he was unconscious, she undid the chains and beamed him aboard her ship and then back down to the house in Spain. This time, she strapped him down to a bed, wondering if she should have set up monitors to at least watch his heart rate. She really would have preferred having him in the infirmary at the SGC, but that was certainly out of the question.

She paced the room as she waited for the sedation to wear off, stopping at the window occasionally to take a few deep breaths with the tranquil view. She should have used less of the drug. This was taking too long.

She took in his sleeping form again.

There was still time to kill him instead.

Alpha began to stir then, waking slowly, and Nes let Sekhmet calm her and restore her focus. As he finally opened his eyes and took in his surroundings, he started struggling against the restraints in frustration.

"Where are we?" He tried twisting all around to look at the fairly simple room.

"One of my houses. I thought we'd be more comfortable here."

He strained to move his limbs again. "Your accommodations are a bit too tight for my taste."

Nes chuckled at him, but came forward to pat his cheek. "I will loosen them afterwards."

Alpha's face moved to revulsion as she forced him to remember his task. "Afterwards. Of course." He took in a deep breath and released it slowly. "Now then?"

"Whenever you're ready."

"Best to just get it over with, I suppose." He looked to Nes, who nodded in agreement. "I expect to be amply rewarded for all of this, Sekhmet."

Nes smiled as she took a seat in an armchair she'd pulled closer to the bed. "Of course. I look forward to it more than you know."

With that, Alpha closed his eyes and she watched as his face became more strained and the pain began to tighten all of his muscles. He was in agony, but trying to keep silent for as long as possible.

Fire and needles and knives and broken bones.

Nes hated it. She hated seeing her own experiences from the outside and finally a scream poured out of his mouth that filled her own body as well.

Alpha was killing himself and didn't even realize it.

To be continued in Nesert III.

First chapters of part three will go up next weekend.

All sections completed, working on editing, and will continue to post several chapters a week.

Nesert I: SG1 Seasons 1-5

Nesert II: SG1 Seasons 5-9

Nesert III: SG1 Seasons 9-10, a few dips into SGA, and movies.