Chapter 53

Not quite six hours later, they got up and opened the door. Jack checked to see if it was all clear then they left to head to a room with a window. They saw Earth and the other mother ship show up.

They walked out of the room and to the rings. They got their Zats out and ready then Teal'c pushed the button and the rings appeared. They were transported to Klorel's ship.

There were two Jaffa on guard, so Teal'c and Jack zatted them once. Then Sam went to see if the way was clear. When it was, they worked their way to the bridge. Arriving there without any incident, they walked in zatting every one there, including Klorel.

Teal'c walked over and removed all the weapons from Klorel, and then he picked him up, in a fireman's lift, just as some Jaffa showed up. They were going to fire their staff weapons when they noticed that one of the men had some sort of weapon pointing at Klorel.

"Let us through and Klorel will live."

The Jaffa moved backward while Jack move forward, with Teal'c and Ferretti behind him, and Sam and Daniel watching their six. When they got to the rings, Teal'c pushed the buttons, and then they were back on the other ship, only to be greeted by Jaffa.

They started firing, so Jack, Sam, Ferretti, and Daniel fired back. Once the Jaffa were down, the team ran to the room with the Stargate. When they were all inside, and the door was closed, Sam fired her Zat at the control panel. Meanwhile, Daniel walked to the DHD and dialed.

"Who's there?" Teal'c said when he saw movement.

"Show yourself." The person stepped from their hiding place.

"Shayla," Sam said.

"I came here when I saw you ring over to Klorel's ship. I knew if I waited here that you would come back and I knew you didn't know where I sleep."

"You did good." There was banging on the door and they heard noises.

"Jack we have to go, they could open the door at any minute," Sam said.

"Come on, let's go," Jack said holding on to Shayla's hand.

They ran to the gate and through it, then the gate shut down just as the door opened. When the Jaffa ran into the room, they knew that they were too late.

"Master Bra'tac what shall we do?"

"Go, find Ba'al... but I believe he is gone."

"The Tauri killed him?"

"Indeed."

"Then we should destroy their world." Bra'tac turned to the Jaffa.

"No, we must not... these Tauri are more powerful than any Goa'uld I have ever seen."

"What are you saying Master Bra'tac?" another one asked.

"There is something about the Tauri, something special other than that our ancestors came from their planet."

"You mean the first world?"

"Indeed. They don't want to kill us, if they did they would have done it long ago."

"Why wouldn't these Tauri want to kill us? We were going to kill them."

"Freedom. They believe in freedom." They looked at each other while Bra'tac walked out of the room and down to the bridge.

When SG1, Sam, and Shayla stepped through the gate, they walked down the steps. Daniel walked to the DHD and dialed the Tok'ra world. When the wormhole formed, they walked up the steps and through the gate, then it shut down. When they stepped on the platform, they kept moving to walk down the steps just as the wormhole closed. They walked toward the closest sand dunes and were looking around when a group of Tok'ra seemed to suddenly appear.

"What are you doing here?" one of them asked.

"Shayla?" one of the Tok'ra said. She turned and ran over to him.

"Kanan!" They hugged and kissed.

"What are you doing here?"

"Ba'al's dead," Daniel said.

"Are you sure? And who is that?" Kanan asked.

"We don't know the host's name, but the snake is Klorel," Jack said.

"Can you remove the symbiote?"

"Yes we can, please follow me."

They followed Kanan who still had his arm wrapped around Shayla's shoulders. They walked for about fifty meters then stopped. When they were close together, the rings were activated. When they were in the tunnels, they walked down to one of the larger rooms.

"Put the host here."

Teal'c put the host on the table. They strapped him down before he was completely alert. Klorel started yelling and cursing in Goa'uld. Two Tok'ra got the extraction equipment set up, then the SGC personnel saw the tube glow and a laser-type beam pointed to the host's forehead. There was a bright light for a second.

When it was gone, they saw Klorel moving around in the tube and saw two liquids combine and then Klorel stopped moving. They knew he was dead. They unstrapped the host as they tilted the tabletop. When he opened his eyes, he looked around and lifted his hands, staring at them. He sat up and looked around. "Where am I?"

"You're free," Daniel said in the host's own language, which none of the others understood.

"Daniel?" Jack asked.

"Sounds like Greek."

Daniel asked the host a question in Greek, to which he was able to reply. They watched Daniel and the young guy talk.

"Daniel?" Jack asked.

"Oh, sorry, Jack. He says he knows the gate address to his home planet. He said that Klorel was going to destroy his home world after he attacked Earth."

"Sounds like we stopped him just in time."

"Yeah." Then, the guy started talking again, and Daniel responded.

"He wants to go home, his misses his family and says that we are welcome there."

"Tell him thanks, and that one day we will visit." Daniel told the host what Jack said. The guy smiled.

They all talked for another few minutes before they left. When they were at the Stargate, one of the Tok'ra passed the guy the tube. After Daniel explained everything, one of the Tok'ra dialed a planet. When the wormhole was being formed, the guy threw the tube into the forming wormhole. Then the gate shut down.

Then he walked over and dialed his home world. When the wormhole was formed, he said his good byes then walked up the ramp and through the gate; then it shut down.

"Shayla what are you going to do now?" Sam asked.

"I shall stay here. Thank you for what you have done."

"You're welcome. Take care of yourself."

"I will." Then Daniel dialed the Alpha site.

When the wormhole was formed, SG1 and Sam said their good byes before walking up the steps and step through the gate. When they stepped onto the platform at the Alpha site, there were about twenty armed men pointing guns at them. When the wormhole closed down they look around.

Then they heard, "Stand down." They turned toward the voice.

"General, Sir," Jack said as they all walked down the steps.

"General O'Neill, George called me about twelve hours ago to report what you all did."

"Oh? Well. Good news. The threat to Earth is over... for now."

"The President would be very interested to hear what you all have to say. Follow me."

They followed General Ryan to one of the main buildings. When they walked in, they saw the President and other top brass sitting at a table. Jack, Sam, and Ferretti stood at attention. General Ryan called "At ease."

"General O'Neill, Major Carter, Captain Ferretti, Dr. Jackson, and Teal'c, welcome to the Alpha site."

"Thank you, Mr. President," they all said.

"Do you want anything to eat or drink before we start the briefing?"

"That would be great Mr. President," Jack said.

"OK we will debrief in half an hour."

"Thank you, Sir."

They were walking out of the room when they heard, "I could drink a gallon of coffee right now," Daniel said.

"Daniel, if you did that, you would have to pee every fifteen minutes. No. Only two cups until we return to Earth."

"Jaaack," Daniel said, whining.

"Daniel, I know what you're like and, Sam, no giggling."

They went to the mess hall where they found food and beverages, then they walked over to a table and sat down. When it was time for the debriefing, they all meet outside of the building and walked in together. Sam, Jack, and Ferretti again stood at attention.

"At ease, and please be seated." They sat next to each other opposite the President and military officials.

"General, we shall start with you."

Over the next two hours, they all took turns in telling the President and the top brass about what happened and what they did. When they finished their reports, they all sat back and waited.

"I'm impressed with what you all did. It took bravery to risk your lives to kill two Goa'uld and to stop the attack on Earth. A job well done."

"Thank you, Mr. President," they all said.

"Is there anything else to add?"

"Mr. President, what's going to happen to us when we return to Earth?"

"Nothing."

"Court martial?" Sam asked.

"There's not going to be one, Major. The Air Force is not likely to court martial two Medal of Honor winners, especially the first and only female one."

"What about the Stargate program?" Daniel asked.

"About that, it's going to remain open."

"What about Senator Kinsey?" Ferretti asked.

"Why do you want to know? Yes, I know he wanted to shut it down because of the cost. But it wasn't completely up to him."

"That is good news, Mr. President."

"If there nothing else, you can return to Earth now."

"What about you, Sirs?" Sam asked.

"We're coming with you."

"Yes, Sir." They all stood and walked out of the building.

"Mr. President, General Ryan, may we speak to you before we leave here?" Jack asked.

"General?" the President asked.

"Trust me, Sir." Jack looked him in the eye.

"Alright, we can spare a few minutes more." The others walked away leaving Sam, Jack, General Ryan, and the President alone.

"OK General, Major, what is it?"

"We know the real reason Senator Kinsey wants the program shut down," Jack said.

"I'm listening."

"He wants to use the Stargate himself, so he and his men can go off world and steal technology for their own purposes and to make money selling the technology on the Black Market."

"Can you prove that, General? You know…"

"General...Sir, I would bet my pension and my life on it, Sir." He looked into the President's eyes when he said it.

"Jack." He turned to Sam.

"We should tell them."

"Sam?" Sam nodded. Jack turned back to the President and the Air Force Chief of Staff.

He loudly let out his breath. "We knew about the attack... we know a lot about what's going to happen in the future."

"What... are you saying you're from the future?" General Ryan asked.

"Our memories are, General. Our future selves sent copies of their memories into the past in Ancient technology made into binocular-like devices. We used them to get the download. It gave us the chance to change everything from families, saving teams... killing the Goa'uld... and to be together," Jack said as he put his arm around Sam's shoulder.

"In our downloaded memories... there's a Goa'uld, well half-Goa'uld, half-Ancient... he came to Earth and try to destroy it... nothing could stop him or his new solider except for a weapon which I was able to build."

"We think that our future selves knew that they were losing the war, so they sent us their memories, to give us a second chance to save not just Earth, but other planets as well."

"Very interesting, General, Major. But what about the two ships that were in Earth orbit?"

"In the memories it was Apophis and Klorel. We... they blew up the ships and received air medals for it... this time was different."

"Who is this Ancient Goa'uld we're talking about here?"

"Anubis. With our downloaded information, we can stop him and we will. Sam and I are making plans with the help of our allies and friends, the Tok'ra and Asgard. We will stop him once and for all."

"How?"

"Blow up his base," Sam said.

"With what?"

"A Mark five nuclear bomb and ten pounds of naquadah."

"How big would the explosion be, Major?" the President asked.

"It would destroy the planet, Sir."

"Why not just use the bomb without the naquadah?"

"We could, but Anubis would still be alive. This way, he would have no choice but to ascend where the Ancients could deal with him," Jack said.

"OK, when we get back, I want to know more about this Anubis," the President said.

"Yes, Sir. We will also get Daniel to help since he also received a download, Sir."

"Very well. Just one more question: what were your military ranks in the memories?"

"Captain, Sir."

"Colonel, Sir."

"OK, let's go home."

"Yes, Sir." They walked toward the Stargate where Captain Ferretti dialed Earth.

When the wormhole was formed and the code was acknowledged, they all walked up the steps and through the gate, then it shut down.

When they all step on the ramp and the gate shut down, they noticed that all the personnel were in the gate room. They had all started clapping and grinning when they heard that SG1 saved Earth and that they had gone to the Alpha site.

They all walked down the ramp where the personnel shook their hands and patted them on the back as they walk toward one of the doors. Even in the corridor there were personnel waiting to congratulate them.

It was half an hour later when they finally made it to the locker room where they all had their showers and changed into clean clothes. When done, they all went to the briefing room where General Hammond was waiting for them.

"George."

"Jack. Welcome back, all of you and job well done."

"Thank you, Sir," Sam said.

"I want you all to be here, in your dress blues, next Friday at zero eight hundred."

"Why is that?" Jack asked.

"You all will find out in due time. For now, go home, you can do your reports on Monday. Now go home, all of you." They all turned and walk out the door while talking and laughing.