Indiana Daniel
by
Layton Colt
Daniel goes on a dig in Egypt as a favor to an old friend and his team members tag along.
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Part Four: The Cat and the Mice
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"Well, it is of no consequence… I shall decide later," Sakhmet's hand began to lower on what Daniel knew would start up the ship.
He had to do something. And he knew if he was going to do it, it had to be now…
Looking to the counter behind him he saw a zat-nik-a-tel or as Jack called it a 'zat gun'. Grabbing it he activated it and it sparked to life.
Sakhmet looked up sharply, her eyes glowing as she saw what he held in his hand. "You will not harm me," she growled. "You are not brave enough."
Daniel licked his lips, he could feel Mira and James hovering behind him, he thought he even heard one or maybe both of them whisper 'shoot her'.
Aiming the gun Daniel fired. Sakhmet's eyes lit with hatred.
The orange crystal exploded with a burst of blue light, crashing to the floor around its pedestal. Sakhmet took a step back and turned her attention back to Daniel.
"You will play dearly for that *slave*! I assure you. But you've not changed anything. You've done nothing but stall for time."
Daniel didn't hesitate as he turned the zat gun on Sakhmet, with a dismissive wave of her hand it was torn from his grasp.
Daniel winced as the zat gun landed on the other side of the room. He knew he should have just shot Sakhmet but then again he'd probably only had time for one shot before she took the gun from him and it would have taken two to kill her.
Just as Sakhmet began to advance on Daniel to administer his punishment the four occupants of the room turned at a pounding on the east wall.
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Jack, Sam and Teal'c raced through the corridors, looking for any trace of their missing friend and the two other archeologists with him. They had reached yet another dead end but this time had been unable to get it to open by pressing the lion sign.
"This has got to be the right room," Sam said. "It's been locked from the inside like Sakhmet did to us before, she's probably in there and doesn't want anyone to disturb her."
"Yes, well let's not fail to disappoint her," O'Neill said as he tried to pry the trap door open.
Sam's eyes went wide at his futile efforts, "Sir, I don't think that will work," she began but Teal'c had joined in trying to forcibly move the heavy wall.
"Come on, Captain," O'Neill said with a smile, "We have no other options and there's no harm in trying."
"Jack!"
The cry came from the inside of the room. Jack's eyes turned four shades darker. "Daniel," he said quietly. "Move aside," he told Sam and Teal'c.
They did as they were told and Jack raised his gun firing off the remainder of his clip into the stone. But the barrier seemed unaffected, still looming in front of them and adding to their already growing feelings of helplessness.
"Maybe there's another way in, O'Neill," Teal'c said.
"We don't have the time," Jack hissed. "Daniel! You okay? Can you get this door open?"
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"Daniel! You okay? Can you get this door open?"
Oh, yea. Sure Jack, I'll get right on that.
Daniel had been thrown back into James and Mira, knocking them all down into the corner. Sakhmet had done nothing more than swing her hand in his direction… thankfully she had at least not used her ribbon device.
Sakhmet's eyes were lit up again, but it was her posture that showed just how much he had angered her this time, she was practically trembling with barely restrained emotion, "All of you, fools! I could have made your lives easy, I could have protected you."
"Protected us?" Daniel laughed. "How? By making us your personal slaves? Maybe turning us into hosts? No thanks, I don't want your kind of protection."
Jack's pistol could be heard firing into the wall again. Just what did he think that was going to do anyway?
Sakhmet turned her steely gaze back to the door, "I believe your friends wish to join us," she said with a deceptively sweet lilt. "Should I oblige them?"
Daniel was suddenly happy his friend's were protected on the other side of the wall. "No, they're more trouble than they're worth. Trust me."
Sakhmet glared at the young man but there was the ghost of a smile dancing about her lips, "I believe it would be my undoing if I were to do that."
Turning to the door she slammed her delicate hand onto the emblem near the door and it began to lift upwards.
The three members of SG-1 had their guns held ready as the door clicked and finished opening. "Come, join us," she said as she motioned for the three to go to the corner that the archeologists' were in.
"You three okay?" Jack asked as he reached their side.
At the three nods, Jack turned his attention back to Sakhmet, "Okay, Salmon, you're obviously outnumbered, what do you say you just give in gracefully?"
Sakhmet laughed, pulling all the weapons from the humans grasps, "Only in number, not in power, I am much stronger than any of you could imagine…"
"Yea, yea, yadda yadda… I've heard this all before," Jack said impatiently. "But we haven't been beaten yet."
"Nor have I, and nor do I intend to fall to slaves such as yourselves. The damage caused by the young one can be easily repaired. And once my ship is functioning again we will leave here and I will have you all punished."
Daniel pushed past the human barrier his three teammates had formed in front of him and dodged Jack's hand as it reached out to pull him back. "You're alone here Sakhmet, you don't have anyone here to help you guard us, why don't you just let them go… they can't harm you if they aren't here."
Sakhmet's eyes narrowed, "And what would I get in return for my kindness?"
"I'll stay here," Daniel told her.
"Oh, I don't think so," Jack said firmly as he moved beside Daniel and jerked him behind him.
Sakhmet now turned to Jack, "I do not understand you slaves, why this need to protect each other? You would be much better off if you were to worry only about yourself."
"That's a matter of opinion," Daniel said, "Maybe we'd be better off physically but at what cost to our souls?"
"Slaves have no souls," Sakhmet said vehemently. "You're nothing but animals. Things to be corralled." Sakhmet placed her hand over the remains of the orange crystal and her eyes lit up.
The pieces on the ground began to lift and swirl around the pedestal, eventually coming to rest in their original place and recreating the crystal as good as new.
"Now, we will leave," Sakhmet said. "And *all* of you will be coming with me."
"And where will you go?" Daniel asked.
"To Ra's second world."
"You really think you'll be able to control the people there?" Daniel asked. "Ra is dead and they've tasted freedom, they won't be made into slaves again."
Sakhmet glared at him, "They won't be given a choice."
"They'll have a choice," Daniel said. "The choice to fight you, and don't doubt that they'd win."
Sakhmet continued to glare, "No slaves will defeat me, I am more powerful than Ra, you called him false but I assure you I *am* a god."
Jack laughed, "You're no god. Haven't you got it yet? We know what *you* are. And we're not afraid."
"You should be," Sakhmet said with a smile as she raised her ribbon device. "I am in control, you have no power here." Placing her hand on the orange crystal her eyes lit up in concentration.
Nothing happened.
Six eyes watched Sakhmet as she frowned down angrily at the malfunctioning device.
Jack fought back a smirk and began to edge towards the door.
Sakhmet lifted her palm without taking her eyes off the crystal, "Not another step," she told him softly.
"Engine trouble?" Jack asked as he obediently stopped moving towards the door.
Mira gave him a sideways glance, you had to admire a man who could keep his sense of humor at a time like this.
"There is no problem that I cannot solve," Sakhmet growled as she moved over to another wall.
James and Mira sighed simultaneously, they were getting quickly ignored. The others may be used to this and see it as nothing but 'routine' but they weren't and they were growing restless of playing the helpless slaves.
"Well," Mira prompted Jack. "You're the big army man, do something already."
Jack glared at her, "That's Air Force, and if you're patient I'm thinking of a plan as we speak."
"Thinking?" Mira asked. "I take it this is a rare occurrence for you?"
Daniel and Sam bit back smiles as Teal'c raised an eyebrow, surprisingly it was James who reminded them of their situation. "As amusing as this banter is, don't ya think we should be working on a way out of her?"
Jack nodded, "That's what I was doing, until Cruella here--"
"Colonel," Sam cut him off. "Escape plan?"
"Right, well, Selma doesn't seem to extraordinary for a Goa'uld. All though there is that thing she does swinging her arm and taking our guns from us without moving."
Daniel nodded, "Yea, that was kind of like the Nox, don't you think? How Lya was able to pull the guns from the marines surrounding me and the Tollans?"
Jack cleared his throat and nodded to the twins who were now staring at Daniel with wide eyes, "Do the words 'need to know' mean *anything* to you."
Daniel sighed, "I think we've got past being cryptic, Jack. We're in a situation here and James and Mira have a right to know exactly what they're up against."
"Do you children think I can not here you whispered plots?" Sakhmet asked softly from her position at the other side of the room. "You will not escape here. I will not allow it."
Jack cursed and looked up. Sakhmet wasn't even looking at them, seemingly lost in her task but he knew better. She was listening and watching their every move.
Sakhmet raised her eyes and they briefly met with Jacks, he was a little disturbed with what he saw hidden beneath the deep green irises.
"My ship no longer functions," Sakhmet said the words as though they were distasteful. Obviously not a fan of admitting defeat. "You will take me to the Chappa'i."
"I'm afraid we can't do that," Jack said. "You see it's very far away and we can't--"
"Don't lie to her, Jack," Daniel interrupted. "She isn't stupid. I'll take you to the Chappa'i."
Daniel's companions turned to him in disbelief.
Daniel smiled at the Goa'uld. "It really isn't very far at all."
To be continued…
Sorry it isn't finished yet, this story seems to be dragging on and on and on and on and well you get the idea. The next part should be the conclusion though. I'm pretty sure. Almost positive.
Well, lets just say it's a possibility and leave it at that.
by
Layton Colt
Daniel goes on a dig in Egypt as a favor to an old friend and his team members tag along.
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Part Four: The Cat and the Mice
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"Well, it is of no consequence… I shall decide later," Sakhmet's hand began to lower on what Daniel knew would start up the ship.
He had to do something. And he knew if he was going to do it, it had to be now…
Looking to the counter behind him he saw a zat-nik-a-tel or as Jack called it a 'zat gun'. Grabbing it he activated it and it sparked to life.
Sakhmet looked up sharply, her eyes glowing as she saw what he held in his hand. "You will not harm me," she growled. "You are not brave enough."
Daniel licked his lips, he could feel Mira and James hovering behind him, he thought he even heard one or maybe both of them whisper 'shoot her'.
Aiming the gun Daniel fired. Sakhmet's eyes lit with hatred.
The orange crystal exploded with a burst of blue light, crashing to the floor around its pedestal. Sakhmet took a step back and turned her attention back to Daniel.
"You will play dearly for that *slave*! I assure you. But you've not changed anything. You've done nothing but stall for time."
Daniel didn't hesitate as he turned the zat gun on Sakhmet, with a dismissive wave of her hand it was torn from his grasp.
Daniel winced as the zat gun landed on the other side of the room. He knew he should have just shot Sakhmet but then again he'd probably only had time for one shot before she took the gun from him and it would have taken two to kill her.
Just as Sakhmet began to advance on Daniel to administer his punishment the four occupants of the room turned at a pounding on the east wall.
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Jack, Sam and Teal'c raced through the corridors, looking for any trace of their missing friend and the two other archeologists with him. They had reached yet another dead end but this time had been unable to get it to open by pressing the lion sign.
"This has got to be the right room," Sam said. "It's been locked from the inside like Sakhmet did to us before, she's probably in there and doesn't want anyone to disturb her."
"Yes, well let's not fail to disappoint her," O'Neill said as he tried to pry the trap door open.
Sam's eyes went wide at his futile efforts, "Sir, I don't think that will work," she began but Teal'c had joined in trying to forcibly move the heavy wall.
"Come on, Captain," O'Neill said with a smile, "We have no other options and there's no harm in trying."
"Jack!"
The cry came from the inside of the room. Jack's eyes turned four shades darker. "Daniel," he said quietly. "Move aside," he told Sam and Teal'c.
They did as they were told and Jack raised his gun firing off the remainder of his clip into the stone. But the barrier seemed unaffected, still looming in front of them and adding to their already growing feelings of helplessness.
"Maybe there's another way in, O'Neill," Teal'c said.
"We don't have the time," Jack hissed. "Daniel! You okay? Can you get this door open?"
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"Daniel! You okay? Can you get this door open?"
Oh, yea. Sure Jack, I'll get right on that.
Daniel had been thrown back into James and Mira, knocking them all down into the corner. Sakhmet had done nothing more than swing her hand in his direction… thankfully she had at least not used her ribbon device.
Sakhmet's eyes were lit up again, but it was her posture that showed just how much he had angered her this time, she was practically trembling with barely restrained emotion, "All of you, fools! I could have made your lives easy, I could have protected you."
"Protected us?" Daniel laughed. "How? By making us your personal slaves? Maybe turning us into hosts? No thanks, I don't want your kind of protection."
Jack's pistol could be heard firing into the wall again. Just what did he think that was going to do anyway?
Sakhmet turned her steely gaze back to the door, "I believe your friends wish to join us," she said with a deceptively sweet lilt. "Should I oblige them?"
Daniel was suddenly happy his friend's were protected on the other side of the wall. "No, they're more trouble than they're worth. Trust me."
Sakhmet glared at the young man but there was the ghost of a smile dancing about her lips, "I believe it would be my undoing if I were to do that."
Turning to the door she slammed her delicate hand onto the emblem near the door and it began to lift upwards.
The three members of SG-1 had their guns held ready as the door clicked and finished opening. "Come, join us," she said as she motioned for the three to go to the corner that the archeologists' were in.
"You three okay?" Jack asked as he reached their side.
At the three nods, Jack turned his attention back to Sakhmet, "Okay, Salmon, you're obviously outnumbered, what do you say you just give in gracefully?"
Sakhmet laughed, pulling all the weapons from the humans grasps, "Only in number, not in power, I am much stronger than any of you could imagine…"
"Yea, yea, yadda yadda… I've heard this all before," Jack said impatiently. "But we haven't been beaten yet."
"Nor have I, and nor do I intend to fall to slaves such as yourselves. The damage caused by the young one can be easily repaired. And once my ship is functioning again we will leave here and I will have you all punished."
Daniel pushed past the human barrier his three teammates had formed in front of him and dodged Jack's hand as it reached out to pull him back. "You're alone here Sakhmet, you don't have anyone here to help you guard us, why don't you just let them go… they can't harm you if they aren't here."
Sakhmet's eyes narrowed, "And what would I get in return for my kindness?"
"I'll stay here," Daniel told her.
"Oh, I don't think so," Jack said firmly as he moved beside Daniel and jerked him behind him.
Sakhmet now turned to Jack, "I do not understand you slaves, why this need to protect each other? You would be much better off if you were to worry only about yourself."
"That's a matter of opinion," Daniel said, "Maybe we'd be better off physically but at what cost to our souls?"
"Slaves have no souls," Sakhmet said vehemently. "You're nothing but animals. Things to be corralled." Sakhmet placed her hand over the remains of the orange crystal and her eyes lit up.
The pieces on the ground began to lift and swirl around the pedestal, eventually coming to rest in their original place and recreating the crystal as good as new.
"Now, we will leave," Sakhmet said. "And *all* of you will be coming with me."
"And where will you go?" Daniel asked.
"To Ra's second world."
"You really think you'll be able to control the people there?" Daniel asked. "Ra is dead and they've tasted freedom, they won't be made into slaves again."
Sakhmet glared at him, "They won't be given a choice."
"They'll have a choice," Daniel said. "The choice to fight you, and don't doubt that they'd win."
Sakhmet continued to glare, "No slaves will defeat me, I am more powerful than Ra, you called him false but I assure you I *am* a god."
Jack laughed, "You're no god. Haven't you got it yet? We know what *you* are. And we're not afraid."
"You should be," Sakhmet said with a smile as she raised her ribbon device. "I am in control, you have no power here." Placing her hand on the orange crystal her eyes lit up in concentration.
Nothing happened.
Six eyes watched Sakhmet as she frowned down angrily at the malfunctioning device.
Jack fought back a smirk and began to edge towards the door.
Sakhmet lifted her palm without taking her eyes off the crystal, "Not another step," she told him softly.
"Engine trouble?" Jack asked as he obediently stopped moving towards the door.
Mira gave him a sideways glance, you had to admire a man who could keep his sense of humor at a time like this.
"There is no problem that I cannot solve," Sakhmet growled as she moved over to another wall.
James and Mira sighed simultaneously, they were getting quickly ignored. The others may be used to this and see it as nothing but 'routine' but they weren't and they were growing restless of playing the helpless slaves.
"Well," Mira prompted Jack. "You're the big army man, do something already."
Jack glared at her, "That's Air Force, and if you're patient I'm thinking of a plan as we speak."
"Thinking?" Mira asked. "I take it this is a rare occurrence for you?"
Daniel and Sam bit back smiles as Teal'c raised an eyebrow, surprisingly it was James who reminded them of their situation. "As amusing as this banter is, don't ya think we should be working on a way out of her?"
Jack nodded, "That's what I was doing, until Cruella here--"
"Colonel," Sam cut him off. "Escape plan?"
"Right, well, Selma doesn't seem to extraordinary for a Goa'uld. All though there is that thing she does swinging her arm and taking our guns from us without moving."
Daniel nodded, "Yea, that was kind of like the Nox, don't you think? How Lya was able to pull the guns from the marines surrounding me and the Tollans?"
Jack cleared his throat and nodded to the twins who were now staring at Daniel with wide eyes, "Do the words 'need to know' mean *anything* to you."
Daniel sighed, "I think we've got past being cryptic, Jack. We're in a situation here and James and Mira have a right to know exactly what they're up against."
"Do you children think I can not here you whispered plots?" Sakhmet asked softly from her position at the other side of the room. "You will not escape here. I will not allow it."
Jack cursed and looked up. Sakhmet wasn't even looking at them, seemingly lost in her task but he knew better. She was listening and watching their every move.
Sakhmet raised her eyes and they briefly met with Jacks, he was a little disturbed with what he saw hidden beneath the deep green irises.
"My ship no longer functions," Sakhmet said the words as though they were distasteful. Obviously not a fan of admitting defeat. "You will take me to the Chappa'i."
"I'm afraid we can't do that," Jack said. "You see it's very far away and we can't--"
"Don't lie to her, Jack," Daniel interrupted. "She isn't stupid. I'll take you to the Chappa'i."
Daniel's companions turned to him in disbelief.
Daniel smiled at the Goa'uld. "It really isn't very far at all."
To be continued…
Sorry it isn't finished yet, this story seems to be dragging on and on and on and on and well you get the idea. The next part should be the conclusion though. I'm pretty sure. Almost positive.
Well, lets just say it's a possibility and leave it at that.