"Right. Let's hear you one at a time." General Hammond was suddenly overwhelmed at how much they had to sift through. "In order of attack. Fair?"

A wave of nods went around the room with General Hammond's gaze. "Teal'c?" He invited.

Teal'c retold the story of his shooting with his usual amount f enthusiasm. But his brow furrowed as he came to speak of who had shot him.

"So who shot you?" Interrupted the General.

"Captain Thomas Shelby."

Hammond, Dr Frasier and the other soldiers in the room gasped. Daniel, Jack and Sam all looked at Teal'c knowingly. All with murderous looks in their eyes.

"So." coughed Hammond uncomfortably. "Dr Jackson. What about you."

"He did this to me as well. He killed the others. The bastard."

"Okay." That was unexpected, thought the General. He had expected more, well, professionalism from Daniel. But it was understandable. Daniel had been betrayed by one of his best friends.

"Major Carter?"

"He did this to me. But. well, I don't think that Tom, I mean, Captain Shelby, was in control f his actions."

"Meaning?" Asked Jack.

"I think he is a Goa'uld. He told me that he was, well, Apophis."

"But Apophis is dead." Interrupted Jacob.

"Apparently not." Added Jack. "It would explain why the bastard tried to kill us."

"Why could Major Carter, Selmac and myself not sense his presence if he was indeed a Goa'uld."

"I think I can explain that." Jacob's head had dropped and now Selmac was speaking. "Apophis may have had access to a sarcophagus." He paused. "It has been known for sarcophagi to malfunction." Teal'c nodded in agreement and Selmac continued. "I have witnessed before, a very rare malfunction. All the naquida in the Goa'uld and host is removed. The protein marker dissolves into the blood, effectively leaving a "stealth-Goa'uld.""

As everyone tried t digest this new information, Janet remembered that Shelby was there with them. She went to check that he was still asleep, but she found his room empty. She hit the alarm button and raised the alert.

Little did Janet know that her timing in this matter had just saved a few lives. She had interrupted SG4's dinner. They left their sup half-eaten. An hour later, after a thorough search of the base, and Shelby's profile had been sent out to every police force in America, SG4 were in the infirmary. Poisoned. But they hadn't eaten enough to kill them. This was the first of many presents that Apophis had left at the SGC.