*NB, sorry folks about not telling you where the serpent god is, but my
geography is none too hot, I didn't have a map of the USA, and as I'm from
England wouldn't know one state from another unless they jumped up and bit
my ass. So, I had to get help. But it was the weekend, and the atlas in
my house is what- forty years old? So it had to wait. Also if this chapter
seems out- humour me. I'm English and am not going to get any (Stargate)
until mid-January due to the evilness of channel 4. Sorry again folks!*
"General Hammond skulked into the infirmary to pass on the news. He was asked, as he had asked, "where?"
"South Dakota."
The infirmary fell into silence. Jack and Sam, who were sitting next to each other n their beds, squeezed each others hands in shock. Daniel's eyes looked like they were going to pop out of his head. Janet dropped her needle and Teal'c looked like he'd been slapped around the face with a wet mackerel.
"He's only been missing for a few hours." Daniel voiced all of their thoughts. "How the hell did he get that far that quickly?"
"We don't know. We found a car he'd broken into a few miles from the base. It appears to have run out of petrol. But how he got that far, I just don't know."
Jack sat in silence. A plan formulating in his crafty, ingenious mind.
*****
Apophis lay down on the motel bed. It had all been so easy. These Tau're were so primitive. He could not believe he had once seen them as a threat. He had destroyed the place they called the SGC and soon he would recruit an army. He would take this planet and rule over it, a feat which Ra had managed to screw up.
However, one aspect of Earth culture had thus far impressed him, and it wasn't these chariots they called "cars". It was "helicopters." Apophis had found one; in a place they called an "airport." He had stolen it, naturally. It had run out of power in a field, a few miles away from where he was now resting. He was fortunate that his host had been in an institution known as the "united states air force". He knew how too fly one of these ships. Of course, it had been disappointing that they were not suitable for space travel, but they were very good means of travelling.
*****
It was nearing midnight at the SGC. Jack lay next to Sam. He could feel the warmth of her body through their shirts. He could smell that smell that only Sam had. A mixture of shampoo and skin. It was miles better than Sara used to smell. Sara bleached her hair and Jack often caught the whiff of that when he used to lie next to her. And lying here, Jack realised how lucky he was. He had finally found his soul mate. The one person who was meant for him, and he for her. Jack stood up and walked to his office. That Snake had nearly taken Sam away from him. He had nearly taken everything that mattered to him away. His "family."
Jack got dressed. He was certain of one thing now. Apophis would die.
The alarms signalled around base. There was an unscheduled off world activation. Jack took the opportunity to escape from the base and head in the general direction of South Dakota.
"General Hammond skulked into the infirmary to pass on the news. He was asked, as he had asked, "where?"
"South Dakota."
The infirmary fell into silence. Jack and Sam, who were sitting next to each other n their beds, squeezed each others hands in shock. Daniel's eyes looked like they were going to pop out of his head. Janet dropped her needle and Teal'c looked like he'd been slapped around the face with a wet mackerel.
"He's only been missing for a few hours." Daniel voiced all of their thoughts. "How the hell did he get that far that quickly?"
"We don't know. We found a car he'd broken into a few miles from the base. It appears to have run out of petrol. But how he got that far, I just don't know."
Jack sat in silence. A plan formulating in his crafty, ingenious mind.
*****
Apophis lay down on the motel bed. It had all been so easy. These Tau're were so primitive. He could not believe he had once seen them as a threat. He had destroyed the place they called the SGC and soon he would recruit an army. He would take this planet and rule over it, a feat which Ra had managed to screw up.
However, one aspect of Earth culture had thus far impressed him, and it wasn't these chariots they called "cars". It was "helicopters." Apophis had found one; in a place they called an "airport." He had stolen it, naturally. It had run out of power in a field, a few miles away from where he was now resting. He was fortunate that his host had been in an institution known as the "united states air force". He knew how too fly one of these ships. Of course, it had been disappointing that they were not suitable for space travel, but they were very good means of travelling.
*****
It was nearing midnight at the SGC. Jack lay next to Sam. He could feel the warmth of her body through their shirts. He could smell that smell that only Sam had. A mixture of shampoo and skin. It was miles better than Sara used to smell. Sara bleached her hair and Jack often caught the whiff of that when he used to lie next to her. And lying here, Jack realised how lucky he was. He had finally found his soul mate. The one person who was meant for him, and he for her. Jack stood up and walked to his office. That Snake had nearly taken Sam away from him. He had nearly taken everything that mattered to him away. His "family."
Jack got dressed. He was certain of one thing now. Apophis would die.
The alarms signalled around base. There was an unscheduled off world activation. Jack took the opportunity to escape from the base and head in the general direction of South Dakota.