Chapter 16
Daniel pressed his hands against the door. It didn't look like it had been used in a while. It was made of a heavy, dark metal. Daniel turned the handle and pushed on it but it was jammed closed. He stepped back and looked round in desperation for something to use. He then remembered Jack's policy of using the Zat gun on everything or anyone that didn't comply with his demands. He raised the weapon and shot the door once. He tried to open it again but it didn't work still. He stepped away and shot it again. This time when he tried to open it, it started to open. He managed to pull it enough to get in.
He stepped inside and pulled the door shut behind him. With Teal'c with them when they were trying to escape it should open fairly easily. It was pitch black inside so he reached into his top jacket pocket and pulled out his torch. It wasn't very powerful but it provided enough light to let him see were he was going. He was in a maze of corridors with cells on either side. Daniel was glad to see they were empty.
He guessed that the others would be in cells under the Council Chambers. He kept is Zat raised as he took the first right which led him in the direction of the Chambers.
The corridors were deadly quite and Daniel shuddered as he passed cells with horrific torture instruments in. The chill that was down there was freaky (for want of a better word) he could feel the feeling of death creeping up inside of him and he could here people in his head. They were pleading for mercy but getting no-where, he then imagined them screaming in agony as a guard punished them for whatever crime they may have done. He shook these images to the back of his mind as he neared were he thought the chambers would be. He took another left and found another large metal door at the end. He tiptoed over to it and pressed his face against it so he could try to hear something.
He was delighted to hear his friends. He could hear Sam asking Jack if the pain in his chest had stopped. Daniel cringed, he hoped they were all OK.
IN THE CELLS
"O'Neill, how did you know Alexander was in fact a Gau'uld?" asked Teal'c wh was sitting on the bench in his own cell. Jack, who was lying on the floor using his coat as a pillow, glanced at Sam who was sitting next to him. "The Colonel found a Gau'uld communication ball in the secret meeting place in the Council Chambers" she explained.
"Were you not able to detect him, Major Carter, I thought Joliner left you with this ability?" asked Teal'c. "I think they must have something in their clothes that prevents me from doing so" she replied. "Them?" questioned Teal'c, raising his eyebrow at her reply. Jack sat up, "We think Tranio, Cadmus and their little groupies are Jaffa" he answered for Sam. Teal'c again raised his eyebrow, this time due to the Colonels interesting choice of words. "I concur O'Neill, for they had great strength" he stated. Jack smiled at Teal'c, shook his head then lay back down again.
Daniel heard all this from outside the door. He mentally kicked himself again for missing the obvious. That had been it, the thing that didn't fit, the thing he'd missed. He moved back from the door and leant on the cold stone wall. He needed to come up with a plan…fast because he couldn't shoot that door down without anyone noticing because he knew the guards wouldn't be far away.
Daniel pressed his hands against the door. It didn't look like it had been used in a while. It was made of a heavy, dark metal. Daniel turned the handle and pushed on it but it was jammed closed. He stepped back and looked round in desperation for something to use. He then remembered Jack's policy of using the Zat gun on everything or anyone that didn't comply with his demands. He raised the weapon and shot the door once. He tried to open it again but it didn't work still. He stepped away and shot it again. This time when he tried to open it, it started to open. He managed to pull it enough to get in.
He stepped inside and pulled the door shut behind him. With Teal'c with them when they were trying to escape it should open fairly easily. It was pitch black inside so he reached into his top jacket pocket and pulled out his torch. It wasn't very powerful but it provided enough light to let him see were he was going. He was in a maze of corridors with cells on either side. Daniel was glad to see they were empty.
He guessed that the others would be in cells under the Council Chambers. He kept is Zat raised as he took the first right which led him in the direction of the Chambers.
The corridors were deadly quite and Daniel shuddered as he passed cells with horrific torture instruments in. The chill that was down there was freaky (for want of a better word) he could feel the feeling of death creeping up inside of him and he could here people in his head. They were pleading for mercy but getting no-where, he then imagined them screaming in agony as a guard punished them for whatever crime they may have done. He shook these images to the back of his mind as he neared were he thought the chambers would be. He took another left and found another large metal door at the end. He tiptoed over to it and pressed his face against it so he could try to hear something.
He was delighted to hear his friends. He could hear Sam asking Jack if the pain in his chest had stopped. Daniel cringed, he hoped they were all OK.
IN THE CELLS
"O'Neill, how did you know Alexander was in fact a Gau'uld?" asked Teal'c wh was sitting on the bench in his own cell. Jack, who was lying on the floor using his coat as a pillow, glanced at Sam who was sitting next to him. "The Colonel found a Gau'uld communication ball in the secret meeting place in the Council Chambers" she explained.
"Were you not able to detect him, Major Carter, I thought Joliner left you with this ability?" asked Teal'c. "I think they must have something in their clothes that prevents me from doing so" she replied. "Them?" questioned Teal'c, raising his eyebrow at her reply. Jack sat up, "We think Tranio, Cadmus and their little groupies are Jaffa" he answered for Sam. Teal'c again raised his eyebrow, this time due to the Colonels interesting choice of words. "I concur O'Neill, for they had great strength" he stated. Jack smiled at Teal'c, shook his head then lay back down again.
Daniel heard all this from outside the door. He mentally kicked himself again for missing the obvious. That had been it, the thing that didn't fit, the thing he'd missed. He moved back from the door and leant on the cold stone wall. He needed to come up with a plan…fast because he couldn't shoot that door down without anyone noticing because he knew the guards wouldn't be far away.