Hello! Credit for the idea for this story and the very beginning of it goes to VexMaster who authored Galactic Imperium. I suggest you go read it if you haven't already!
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I just finished parking my car next to the road, somewhere in the middle of no where. I was wondering what had compelled me to come all the way out here. I was about eighty kilometers north of Adelaide driving in the same direction before I decided to stop. The sun was low on the horizon, almost kissing the low rolling hills in the distance. A bright star was already shining high in the sky. I was wondering which star it was when it looked as if it was getting slowly bigger. Thinking it was a satellite passing over I looked down at the road.
I had the night off work tonight and had no idea what I was doing out here. I could have been playing Halo or painting my Warhammer 40k army. The Space Wolves are my favorite and I had a sizable army. I shook my head a I felt a slight rumble. Looking around I expected a car to be whizzing past but there wasn't. There hadn't been anybody coming past in ages. The rumbling grew and I could feel it rattling the car windows. I looked up thinking maybe a plane was flying low over head but the odd star I had spotted was now massive in size and I could see a small tail of fire trailing behind it. Realizing in excitement it was most likely an asteroid, I tried to gather where it would land. It was difficult to actually know where it would land however. It grew in size slowly and I could see it would land quite close. I started my car as the rumbling grew and I could start to feel it in the air. I figured that if I could see the tail, it would land behind me, but regardless I drove in the direction of the tail of fire.
The bright light slowly took a shape as it passed over head. It was still a fair way off but I could see an elongated pyramid shaped object with small stubby wings. The shape was familiar but I couldn't recall what it was at that moment. It was about now that I realized it would hit somewhere behind me. I turned around and accelerated. It grew bigger and I saw just before it hit the ground there was an explosion at the rear and the object leveled out slightly and instead of crashing nose first it half crashed and half skidded. It was a strange thing to see and it reminded me strangely of some sort of sci-fi show. Then that's when it hit me, the object looked like a Tel-tak, or a cargo ship from the series called Stargate SG -1. My mind was blank for a second as I continued down the road. The crash site was about eight hundred meters away and I could see very little flames and a lot of kicked up dirt. Then my mind picked up speed and started racing.
What was a cargo ship doing here? I asked myself. Maybe it was a collectors prop that fell from a plane, or something along those lines. But that wouldn't explain the fire and explosions. Maybe it was a prototype aircraft which malfunctioned, but it was strange that the design was that of a tv series. Before my thoughts could go any further, I had reached the beginning of the deep, long gouge dug out of the earth. I stopped the car and got out. I could smell burning metal and dirt. I walked up a small mound of dirt and could see the Tel'tak in the distance. It was mostly intact with a few small fires scattered over the hull. I carefully made my way forward and in no time I was standing in front of the entrance. I was wondering how to open it when the door swished open and a woman fell out; she clearly had been leaning on the door for support. She looked badly wounded as her ornate and decorated clothing was ripped and torn in places. Blood stained half of it and I could see straight away that her arm was broken. I jumped back as she fell at me but I reached forward and stopped her just before she hit the ground. Blood flowed over my hands and I could tell she wasn't long for this world. My mind was still blank, it always happened when something unexpected happened. In my head I was telling myself this was a goa'uld or a tok'ra but the rest of my body was saying it wasn't possible.
She had short black hair which was held back with a strange piece of headwear. It was a ruby pendant hanging over her fore head with two thin gold chains clasped at the back of her neck and a thicker one laying at the top, in the part of her hair. Her skin was quite pasty leading me to believe she had rarely seen the sun, or a star. For a couple of seconds I held the dying woman, wondering if there was something I could do to save her, then suddenly her body convulsed and twitched as she coughed heavily, bringing up some blood. She opened her eyes slightly. Her mouth tried to form words and I hastily turned my head in fear of a gou'ald emerging. She noted the movement and I saw her visibly pull herself together.
"I am Tok'ra, you have nothing to fear." With the last word she coughed up more blood. Ok so this could be real, I thought. Unless it was some crazy joke... "My host is dying." My eyes widened; I knew exactly what was coming next. "I have information for the Tau'ri of Stargate Command." She became restless. "It is vital they receive this..." She said with a small nod at the Tel'tak. I stayed silent, not sure about what to say to the question that was slowly approaching.
"I could deliver this easier and in full if you would allow me to blend with you!" She finished coughing up more blood. I stuttered my answer.
"I-I... Don't know." I said with my mind still blank.
"I am still quite young and healthy-" She coughed a little then continued. "I would be able to heal you and make you stronger!" She pleaded. "I could extend your life beyond your natural span! You must decide quickly!"
Something in my head urged me to accept the Tok'ra. I lowered my head slightly and she noticed the movement. She parted her lips slightly and I went in for a kiss. My lips touched hers and she forced my mouth wider with her lips and tongue. I felt her hand on the back of my head as she closed it and grabbed my hair. I tried to pull back back her strength was incredible and I was unable to do anything. Panicking I began to fight but then I felt something other then her tongue in my mouth. It was much bigger and my eyes widened as I felt a pinprick of pain in the back of my throat. I shuddered as I felt the symbiote force it's way into me. Then the pain stopped. I felt the woman in my arms fall limp. Her hand fell from my hair and her body hit the ground. Then I felt an explosion in my head. Memories, thoughts, feelings and all manner of strange things popped through my mind. It felt like a pressure was building up. Images passed through my minds eye so fast I couldn't comprehend them. Then I heard a voice or rather felt it.
I have healed the minor defects to yourself; your eyesight and your left knee. Indeed my eyesight become blurred behind my glasses and I could feel my body becoming stronger and healthier. I took my glasses off and threw them away, with my inner mind rushing. I doubled over in pain and had to throw out my hand to stop myself from hitting the ground face first. I stayed like this for a couple of minutes as the memories slowed. There was no smoothness to it, every image grated against my own and it felt as though some had been rubbing my brain along a filer. The pain eased up slightly and I was able to stand.
We do not match well. I heard inside my head. Our memories are clashing, usually they blend but not now.
"What happens now then?" I asked. I could feel sadness coming from within and pinpointed it to the Tok'ra inside me.
Over time your body will reject me and I will die. She said flatly.
"Is there anything we can do?" I asked hopefully even though I knew the answer.
There is nothing. After hearing that I was filled with sadness. Trying to take my mind away I asked the Tok'ra some questions.
"What is so important about this ship?"
Inside this Tel'tak is a device which cannot fall into the wrong hands! I broke a cover stretching on for fourteen years to steal this ship. From the information I could gather, it is a device that transports the ship and its contents to another dimension.
"So that means..." I trailed off.
Yes, I am from a different dimension, or universe. A stray shot from my attackers must have activated the drive. With no input data it chose this universe by random.
"Ok, well in my world, the Stargates and the Tok'ra are just fictional, a tv show." I said, head spinning from the possibilities.
I accessed that part of your memory and it seems that is true and the accuracy of the 'show' is quite astonishing. However we must return and deliver the ship to the Tau'ri of the SGC. I felt as the Tok'ra exerted control over my body and walked me inside the ship. I let her guide me to the control chair.
Flying this is actually quite easy when you know how to. She said. She placed my hands, one on each side of the only thing that looked like controls. It lit up as did a couple of things in front of me although nothing else happened. Just as I thought, I must of damaged some systems when I crashed. We rose from the chair and walked over to the crystal housing while I took note of how strange it was to be controlled in this way. I pulled open the tray and saw a couple of slightly charred crystals. I could tell from some of the grating memories that there were spares in one of the containers in the hold. It took only a moment to retrieve them and replace the damaged ones. The ship rose off the ground.
Once you deliver the ship and my message, Stargate command will be able to bring you back home. The Tok'ra said. I kept silent. I doubled over again as more pain wracked my body, it felt as though my head was about to explode. I don't have much time, I will teach you all I know and what message to deliver... the voice trailed off.
The pain lessened and I phased out while so many images and memories pressed into my brain. I wasn't sure when I came back to my senses, but I felt the Tok'ra was incredibly weak. I knew what it was doing, using the last of its energy to go through an unbearably painful process in which to not let its toxic blood mingle with mine and kill me.
Dale, I think we would have formed a great bond if we were compatible. May you live a full life and- But she was cut off now and with a strange snap that I both felt and heard with no feeling or sound she was gone with her last words echoing in my mind. Then I was overcome with a great sadness and I curled into the fetal position and wept.
About an hour later I sat up, tears still streaming down my face and I noticed that we were still airborne and very visible. My sadness took a back seat as I noticed this and I quickly rushed to the console. There was a small crowd gathered a hundred meters away, filming and pointing. Emergency vehicles were on their way and I was sure military would be along soon. With the knowledge I gained from the Tok'ra I controlled the ship and pulled up. The Tel'Tak rose sharply and the crowd gasped and shrunk away as I gained altitude. The engines themselves must have taken some damage as I wasn't rising as much as I expected. I turned and zoomed off over the low mountains. I tried the cloaking but it didn't respond, another thing damaged I presumed. I was away from the crash site quickly enough and decided to land in a clearing in the mountains. I checked the engine and cloaking device, the engine has a long gouge taken off the side clearly impacting how fast it could go. The cloaking device was fine but the crystals were damaged beyond use and there were no spares. The engine and cloaking device used the same crystals so I could use either one at the one time.
The overwhelming urge to deliver the warning to the SGC came to the fore and made my plan. I would jump back and deliver it as the Tok'ra planned. The calculations were very easy with the additional knowledge from the Tok'ra and I piloted the ship to orbit. I looked around in wonder as the horizon ever so slowly increased in curvature. Clouds dropped past and the atmosphere took on a strange reddish hue as the just-set sun slowly rose again. Mountains cast very long shadows which was amazing to see from up here. Eventually I reached a stable orbit and took in my home.
It was beautiful.
But again the urge to get back and deliver the message and Tel'tak to SGC grew and I hastily turned away from earth and activated the drive. From what I understood from the Tok'ra, the Stargate dimension was the home point of the device so with no data it would jump back there.
At first nothing happened then suddenly everything happened. The ship stretched out in front of me and behind but also constricted, but then it was back to normal as a bright light filled the ship. The light flashed out and I could instantly tell I was somewhere else. It was difficult to say how but I knew I was in a different dimension also.
The console beeped and it revealed that I wasn't in the Solar System. I sat dumfounded as the realization sunk in that I had no idea where I was or where to go. I looked outside the cockpit but didn't find anything recognizable. Then the console beeped again. I grabbed the control section and information poured into my mind. There was another ship closing in! Fear bubbled up as I furiously thought about how to get away. I set a random destination, activated the hyperdrive and only just managed to escape as a searing beam of death almost hit the ship. I was only in hyperspace for a few minutes before I dropped out. I scanned the surrounding area and thankfully it was clear. I breathed deeply, still trying to figure a way back to earth. I wondered if there was some type of record as to where the ship had been and if I could extrapolate my location from there. A flash of memory later, I started sifting through all the data and only after a few hours of checking did I find out where I was, and luckily I was only about 40 light years away from the solar system. I carefully plotted a course and set the ship into motion. It would take three days to travel only 40 light years but that was because the ship had been damaged. I sat back as the ship sailed through the strange hyperspace dimension and the utter weirdness of what I was doing sank in. I thought of my family probably wondering where I was, but they could wait for something this important.
I drifted off after an hour or so and jerked awake as the ship shuddered and exited hyperspace. I was startled, not knowing where I was at first but then I remembered. I checked the hyperspace control crystals, a couple of which were almost burnt black. The memory I gained from the Tok'ra revealed that there were no spares, I wouldn't be going into hyperspace anytime soon. I checked the surrounding space and found myself close by to a planet. A further scan revealed a Stargate. Amazed and suspicious at my sudden turn of luck I landed on the planet a distance away from the Stargate. The long range sensors showed a Ha'tak had entered the system and I assumed them to be hostile so I set to work changing the crystals around to keep the ship invisible. The only chance to get to the SGC now would be through the Stargate and with a little straining, I found I could remember the address. I grabbed the zat'nik'tel from its holster and exited the ship, ensuring I could remember where it was then I turned and ran to where the Stargate should be.
I was about half way there when I heard the first telltale signs of another ship. It was a death glider, I could tell by the sound it made. I hastened forward and took cover in the forest nearby. The glider flew almost overhead and turned about and headed away. Then another ship appeared on the horizon, from the direction of the Stargate, an Al'kesh. It landed and disgorged a bunch of troops who all spread out. I was in awe of what I was seeing. I wiped the sweat off my forehead and gripped the Zat gun. The Al'kesh lifted off and hovered overhead. The way looked blocked now and whether I should go back to the ship or try the Stargate swirled in my mind. I decided to get through the gate and headed that way. I was careful to dodge the Jaffa all the while my heart beating loud enough that I thought they could hear it as they passed.
Eventually I made it all the way to the clearing where the gate was. It was more magnificent then I could ever imagine, however ten or so Jaffa were spread around the DHD blocking the way.
'Damn it.' I whispered. I came up with a plan to get through. I grabbed a rock and threw it as hard as I could away from the gate. A couple of Jaffa peeled off but not enough. I threw another in the other direction and two more left to investigate. I supposed that six would be enough. I activated the Zat and felt it jolt as it opened. I took aim and squeezed the firing handle and a blue electrical bolt shot forth followed by two more. The first missed but the other two hit and incapacitated two separate Jaffa. I quickly ran from that spot and took another as plasma bolts rained into the spot I was. I fired another and downed the nearest. This time the remaining three saw my position and so charged. Plasma bolts came raining at me and I went prone to dodge and line up another shot. I took out another one and ran off again. There was a loud blaring horn sounding from nearby: they were calling backup. I shot the one blowing the horn and the other jumped forward knocking me down. I hit the ground hard and was winded while he pointed the staff weapon at me. He was furious.
'Kree-' Was all he could say as I shot him. With all the Jaffa down I jumped up and ran to the DHD. I quickly looked at all the symbols and recognized the point of origin instantly. I pressed each chevron with shaking hands, while a part of my brain was still in shock as to what was going on. The gate started spinning and I threw a nervous glance behind me. The Jaffa were stirring, and the Al'kesh was nearing so I rounded the DHD and stood near the gate, ready to input the Tok'ra emergency GDO code. The Al'kesh cleared the trees and was almost directly above now and a battalion of Jaffa were nearing. The others I had shot were almost up now and the gate still wasn't done dialing. It didn't look good at all.
'Stop, Tok'ra filth!' I heard a deep voice from behind. The other four I had distracted were back now and had me surrounded. The gate finally dialed and the Kawoosh failed to distract them. They were between me and the gate, and more stood, all pointing their weapons at me. I trembled as I realized how bad this situation was, and cursed myself for not heading back to the ship.
'Surrender now or die.' The Jaffa in commander said. I hesitated and discreetly entered the Tok'ra code and got ready to throw myself through the gate. Then each Jaffa readied their weapons to fire and the collective sound of the staff weapon activating was enough. I threw the Zat to the ground and held my hand Palm out showing then I was unarmed. Fear coursed through my veins now and I trembled even more as I was muscled to the ground. The gate shut down and I let my head hit the ground in defeat. I had failed to get the message back, and now I was captured. How could I have been so stupid, I screamed in my head. They dialed the gate and lifted me to my feet non too gently.
'Where are we going?' I asked meekly.
'You will bow before your God, Lord Ba'al.' The Jaffa sneered, reveling in my obvious fear. My heart sank, he was the biggest enemy SG-1 had at the moment, And I quaked at the thoughts of what he could do to me. They marched me through the gate and my last thought before we entered was that I was about to step through a freakin Stargate! But definitely not the way I wanted.
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