Myth
Briar Elwood
Chapter XXVIII
Finished
Distraught, Jack turned his tortured gaze to Sam, whose eyes were wide and frightened.
"I-I'm…so sorry," he chocked hoarsely. Sam stared at him, only partially petrified because of the death of her son. Yet another part of her was still scared of her husband…just seconds ago, he'd been a vicious, vengeful animal and she wasn't quite sure if she trusted him enough at the moment. Tears tugged hard in her eyes and she blinked furiously, trying to push them away. Jack took a tentative step towards her.
"Sam?" he whispered. "I'm sorry…"
Sam shook her head, stepping backwards. "Jack, I-I…I can't…you…"
"I scared you," he finished darkly. Sam hesitated before nodding briefly. Jack walked to her, taking her arms gently.
"I'm sorry," he repeated. "It's me again, Sam. It's me."
Finally Sam broke down and gave into his touch, burying her head in his warm chest and letting the sobs come freely.
Meanwhile…
"You've been wondering what happened to the wall of fire," Daniel shouted to the Doci as they continued their battle. The Doci glared, refusing to answer save with another assault. Daniel dodged it easily.
"You've been wondering if the Ori have abandoned you."
"They haven't abandoned me! I still have my powers, do I not?!"
Daniel smiled to himself. There had been a trace of panic, of doubt, in the man's voice. If Daniel could convince him the Ori were gone without having to kill him…
"Yes, but so do I!" the linguist pointed out. "How could the Ori allow me to still have my powers if I've so-called 'betrayed' them, ever wonder that?"
The Doci let out a frustrated bellow, sending a steady stream of power Daniel's direction. Daniel met the power with his own, knees buckling slightly at the force from the two powers meeting head on.
"The Ori are gone! They're dead! You're alone, Doci! And Sirius? The dog? He's on our side, too!"
As if on cue, the far wall crashed down, revealing Oci battling about fifty Ori soldiers at one time. The Doci seemed to take in this scene and Daniel could feel the resolve behind the opposing power weaken. Taking advantage of this, Daniel pushed a little more into his own powers and forced the Doci's to fall completely. The man himself stumbled backward from the momentum.
"No!!" the Doci screamed. "Hallowed are the Ori!!"
"Talk about faith," Daniel grumbled under his breath. Sensing another attack, Daniel gave the man another small push, forcing him over the edge and into the cold, dark abyss. Daniel gave a heavy, almost regretful sigh and turned back around to frown at where Ettan still laid, a crumpled heap against the wall. With great caution, the archeologist treaded closer to his son, wondering faintly if he had accidentally killed the child. He knelt by the seven-year-old's side and reached out for his pulse.
"Uh…"
Daniel started at the moan, drawing his arm back quickly and throwing up defenses. Ettan's face twisted into an almost annoyed pain and his eyes flickered open slowly.
"D-d-…Dad?"
Daniel stared into his son's eyes…his eyes. Well, what they had been.
Ettan pushed himself up with effort, taking in surroundings with a frown.
"Wh…what happened? Where are we?"
Daniel hesitated. "Celestis."
Ettan looked up to meet his father's emerald gaze. "Huh?"
Daniel paused again, before answering. "Celestis. The former home of the Ori."
Ettan took this information in ponderingly. "Ori…Ori…that sounds familiar…What is Ori, Daddy?"
Daniel's eyes flickered with surprise and he probed at Ettan's inner-self to see what was going on. The flame of power within his son was gone, vanquished somehow, and…the little child truthfully did not remember…
Daniel's lips curved slowly into a smile, his heart swelling with excitement. Maybe now he would get the chance to raise his son the way he'd dreamed.
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It happened that the companions were forced to almost completely annihilate the Ori warriors before they surrendered. General O'Neill and a man who the soldiers decided should be their temporary leader came to an agreement not to bother each other in any sort from this point forward, and the friends went home.
SGC…
"So. It went well, I take it," Nori said with a smile, standing in Cam's office doorway. Cam looked up from his computer and smiled back.
"Yeah. I guess. I mean…we lost James, but we finished the Ori and their supporters for good so…" He shrugged. "Harsh sacrifices, I guess."
"Yeah," the ghost agreed, walking in further. "So, I talked to Spince about what'll happen to us, now that our vengeance has been fulfilled."
Cam looked up again, expression interested.
"He said…well, he doesn't know in how long, but shortly, we'll…just, kinda, cease to exist," Nori told him awkwardly. "Like we're actually dead. Just like that."
Cam blinked, surprised. "Wow. Uh…and there's not anything you can do?"
Nori shook her head. "Not unless you can somehow bring us back to life." Suddenly she stopped and looked up to meet Cam's now smiling eyes. "Oh."
Cam chuckled. "I wonder if not having your bodies, but your ghosts will be enough!"
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All of SG-1 agreed that the ghosts deserved their help and, once again, combined their powers to bring the entirety of the ghosts of Huisa back to life. Afterwards, Cam turned to Nori, now fully solid and alive, and attempted to draw her into a hug with his mental capabilities…and found he couldn't. The rest of the scorpion then attempted to use their powers as well and also found they no longer held the capability. Daniel came to the conclusion that their purposes had been used and Merlin had taken them away. They would have to get used to being completely human again. There was a little grumbling to this revelation but Daniel pointed out that they had started to get a little careless. What would someone outside of the Stargate Program say if they saw one of them "using the Force"?
"Can you imagine the attack of Star Wars geeks?" Jack asked.
A/N: I know I'D totally attack.
As you can probably tell, this is starting to wrap up…this exhilarating saga is coming to an end. Wow. That's kinda weird.
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