With A Snap

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Chapter 39: You Blow Up One Sun

General Jack O'Neill climbed the stairs up to the meeting room inside of Stargate Command, he had missed this place, but he wasn't looking forward to this visit. The gray-haired airman walked into the meeting room and was saddened by the few people there. He knew that the others had vanished with so many others, but it was something else to see it.

"Sir?" Samantha Carter greeted him.

Jack forced a small smile, "it's good to see you here. Though I do wish this room was a bit more… lively."

Jack saw Sam Carter, Teal'c, and Vala Mal Doran. They were what was left of SG-1.

Jack sighed, "So, it's official the President sent down the orders this morning, I'm in charge of the SGC with Hank's… well, you know." Jack dropped himself into a nearby chair. "So, what do we got?"

Sam got up and tapped away on her computer, and images began to display, "So, on April 23rd at approximately 1130, we went through an event. Some of the scientist have started calling it the Dusting. People seemingly randomly began to dissolve."

Teal'c Interrupted, "Including Cameron Mitchell and Daniel Jackson."

"Yeah," Jack began, "Any chance Daniel will pop up again, I mean, he's done that-"Jack couldn't even finish the joke. "Carter, keep going."

"We started to study the remains, and we've found nothing. All organic matter broke down to a cellular level, and this process affected any inorganic matter they in contact with. We still haven't found an explanation for that."

"Wow," Jack mumbled, "I was wondering what it was going to be like when something finally stumped you; it's not that satifiying."

"It gets worse," Vala spoke up.

"Does it?" Jack cringed, "How? Half the world is just turned dust in the wind, and the world governments are barely holding themselves together."

"About that," Sam hesitated, "We initially thought that the effects were something similar to the superweapon on Dakra."

Teal'c continued, "We contacted the Jaffa High Council and found them in a state of panic. They have gone through the same event."

"Not just the Jaffa." Vala continued, "I've taken a look around, checked in with some old contacts- well, those that remained and didn't have it out for me- and every world seems to have gone through it."

Sam shook her head, "I contacted the Tok'ra, and they confirmed it. They're not doing much better, have the host vanished and half the symbiotes."

Jack cringed, "So little Tok'ra snakes just plopped out of dust, and some people suddenly found dust in their heads."

Sam shrugged, "They wouldn't put it like that, but yeah. They've had to act quickly, some host went into comas, and the free Tok'ra symbiotes acted to stabilize them. It's touch and go."

"Anything else?" Jacks said, weary.

"Sir," Sam tapped away, hesitating to press the buttons, "We got a message from Atlantis. Things have been touch and go since they got the city back to the Pegasus Galaxy."

Sam played the video, and it showed the familiar face of Rodney Mckay, he looked scared, "Is this working? Look, we don't have all the facts, and I'm sending you everything we have. Maybe Carter can figure something out." Rodney took a moment to get his thoughts straight, "I don't know how to explain it. Things were normal one moment and then-" he slapped his hands together, "everything just went nuts. Half the people here just dissolved, Jennifer-"His voice broke, "She- she- went- right in front of me. Sheppard is doing his best to hold things together but this is too much. We can't figure out what did it; we thought the Wraith found some Ancient device but- it happened to them. It happened through all through the whole galaxy; it affects humans, Wraith, animals, every alien species- just half vanished. We need help."

"It happened in Pegasus too?" Jack surmised.

Sam nodded, "And according to the data they sent it happened the same time here. Sir, that should be impossible. This event had to have an origin point and spread out from there. It would have taken time, even a few seconds to get to another location but not here. Sir, this whole thing is impossible. As far as I can tell, this affected whole galaxies at once, I'm wracking my brain, but I can't think of anything like that."

Jack opened his mouth to say something, but a white light suddenly filled the room, "I know that light," Jack got up, hope began to rise in him "Daniel is that you? Did you do it again?"

Jack had a moment of hope; he'd seen this light the last time Daniel was thought dead but de-ascended.

A body collapsed onto the floor as the light began to dissipate.

Airmen rushed in guns drawn, Teal'c held them back. "I do not believe that it is Daniel Jackson."

"No, it's not," Jack admitted, "Who are you?"

A dark-haired woman with stern eyes gripped onto the meeting table and forced herself up.

"I know!" Vala shouted, somewhat excited, "Morgan Le Fay! She's the ancient who pulled Adria into some sort of eternal Ascended Battle."

Sam saw how Morgan was struggling to stay up and quickly helped her get into a chair.

Morgan huffed, "I am,"

"Yeah," Jack wagged a finger, "I read that report, and forgive me if I'm wrong, but I thought this eternal battle was supposed to last forever."

"Adria is dead," that short sentence shut them all up.

Those words hit the room hard, Vala slumped back in her chair, Adria was her daughter raised and grown quickly by a sect of evil Ancient but her daughter none the less.

"So, did you win?" Jack questioned.

Morgan pushed her hair out of her eyes, "No, as I battled Adria, she dissolved. I'm sure you've noticed the event."

Sam moved closer, "Are you saying this whole vanishing affected the ascended too?"

"Yes," Morgan admitted, "the ascended planes were struck harder than these planes. The higher planes of reality were twisted and distorted. Many of the ancients who were not initially affected did not fair well; many were destroyed as the planes shifted. Many more are wounded, and many are in hiding."

"Do you know what happened?" Jack finally asked.

The room went silent, Morgan lowered her head and closed her eyes, "I do not, it happened all at once, even at the higher planes."

"But do you know what it was? What caused it?" Sam pleaded for answers.

The ancient shook her head, "It is beyond our scope, what happened is not of this universe. I cannot say for certain why it happened or what caused it, but I know that this wasn't the only universe affected." Morgan paused to gather her thoughts, "I felt it ripple out and continue, affecting every corner of our universe."

"… That's bad," Jack let out, the grand scope of this was overwhelming.

"I might know of something that could help," Morgan added, "The other ancients are in no position to stop me, nor do I think they'd try, but that is why I came here. To lead you to a device we built ages ago that might have some clue to what is happening."

Jack got up and worked up a smile, "Well, it's something. Let's get started; looks like we a universe to save."

Sam was stunned at his comments, "You think we can."

"Carter, don't overestimate me, I'm expecting you to figure out all the tech stuff and do all the science stuff. Me and the rest of SG1 are just going to make sure we find what you need to pull it off. And do mean anything, the President has given me a blank check to get anything we need. I've seen you pull off miracles before and this time… it's a lot bigger, but we got help." He gave a small smile to Morgan, "So, to repeat, let's get started."

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Oma Desala was dead; as long as he'd existed, he'd never been more surprised. The higher planes rippled and tore themselves asunder and allowed him to escape unseen of the other ascended beings.

It didn't take him too long to understand what was happening, And it took him a while to find the right planet where the ancient left what he needed. Getting it to work was easier than he thought, but now space opened up to him and showed him a new world.

Anubis saw the world that held the source of this new disturbance.

Author's Notes: So a few notes, ah yeah I like Stargate. I've liked this series for a long time, I liked Atlantis but SG1 was my favorite one. I didn't care for Universe and never saw that prequel. The series had such interesting lore and over a decade of stories, it was well written and had some fun characters. So if you know the series let me know and maybe leave a review.

supergodsillasailorcmos: A story that follows up what has started. Like I've been hinting to stuff since really early on.

Luiz4200: Neat you got the refrence

msmeow1968: I'm guessing this chapter kinda answers your question.