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Internet connection because otherwise how would I get these stories on line
but I don't own the rights to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Stargate Sg-1 or
any other TV show or film.
Authors notes: thanks to everyone who has reviewed the first chapter it is the most feedback I've had yet so you have created a happy author. Thankyou again!
I am oh so very sorry about how long it has taken to get this next chapter up but I kept changing my mind what was going to happen and as this chapter sets the scene for what's going it I had to keep altering it. My other ideas kept setting me up for writers block. I was like 'this is great but oh dear how the hell am I going to end this'. Ignoring the fact that I do have an ending written it's just how you get to the climax been the problem.
Dedication: No longer is this dedicated to SarkyWoman as she was complaining that she didn't want this dedicated to her so I'm de-dedicating her to make her happy even though I could be really evil and dedicate to her as she doesn't want that to happen. So I'm re-dedicating this to SarkyWoman to annoy her. Mwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!
***
"Okay will you just tell us why we're getting as far away from the outside world as possible." Elisa suddenly stopped forcing the others to put on the emergency brakes as well.
"Ssh! No talking when we're walking." She turned around and started to walk again at a faster pace.
Eventually they came to what looked like an underground church. There was an alter where an old over weight man stood welcoming and comforting the villages as they arrived. He looked like he was the priest of the village and was wearing only black. There seemed to be no clear sight of any other authority figure in the underground church. After being greeted each resident sat down on an arrangement of chairs and benches.
Elisa brought Sg-1 down the aisle to meet the priest. He weighed each one of them up as they came into view.
"Who are these people Elisa?"
"They say that they are strangers from another planet. Well they are definitely strange." (Look who's talking) thought each of them except Teal'c who was looking at the congregation.
"Okay now we've finally stopped will someone explain why the hell we had to get as far away from the surface as possible and why the grownups are still afraid of the dark?" O'Neill asked once again this time with a raised voice.
"He loves this bit." Elisa whispered to the team as it looked at the priest who had raised his arms into the air preparing to tell the village's dramatic tale.
"Our village once prospered with a wealthy trade route and many came to see the mysterious ring of stone. Many stories were told of what it was. Some said it was a gateway to the heavens that would open when someone worthy approached it and it would take them to God.
"Five years ago the sun plunged to the ground and the night took its stand. Darkness consumed the village." The loud voice boomed through the caverns creating a great effect "The only light came from the circle of evil as Hell itself was brought to this planet. The surface is where it played watching all those who dared to seek its face suffer."
"Hell?" Daniel picked that the word out of the sentence. "How come you didn't fear us then we came through the Stargate?"
"You are human nothing human could create hell. Please leave any further questions until the end. I do hate being interrupted."
"Sorry."
"Ssh!" there were a few giggles "As I was about to say. We did not understand the curse that was brought upon our village. All our worse fears became real. We tried to fight it but it is hard to destroy the evil that can only be created in nightmares.
"Only the bravest from our village dare to leave at night and see whether they can fight but most died away long ago. Those who saw it described it as being an obscure colour with horns around it's inhuman face. One person estimated its height as ten feet tall and the ground shook when it moved, then again this person had a thing for exaggeration. You should hear his tale amount the fish that was this big" The priest stretched his arms out to full length "quite the fascinating story.
"I digress. This creature came through the Ring of Evil" He raised his voice to emphasise just how evil it was "and terrorise our village. Some of our bravest went to fight it but never returned. We found their bodies in the morning some had their throats ripped out, blood pouring from there mouths, some had broken necks while a few had even been decapitated. There were many to be buried on that sad day as wee mourned the loss of life and prayed it creature would never return.
"Two nights later it did. We were more wary of it and hid in houses. Strangely it did nothing to us but when in the morning we discovered that it had destroyed the graveyard filled with the warriors that it had slayed.
"The Ring of Evil is the mouth of hell." The priest finished his story. Xander thought that the mouth of hell had a familiar ring to it next he was expecting a bunch of vampires to jump through it.
"Is it a big old demon thing that comes through because it's really called an Unas? See they are just big strong intelligent aliens that can be defeated."
"I don't believe it to be an Unas as this thing couldn't be defeated. Like I said it's far too strong and fast. Twenty men couldn't bring it down."
"Have you just tried leaving?" Xander thought it was a bit of a no brainer.
"Of course we have. The problem is that it's impossible to get to the next town before nightfall. That's why we built the tunnels so that we are safe below here away from their eyes."
"What do you mean their eyes?" asked Colonel O'Neill. His question was answered by a sudden whimper from Elisa's direction
"It was awful." Everyone looked at her and how some tears began to well up in her eyes; as memories came back to her "I saw my husband and son die on the first night that it happened. I was brought screaming and kicking back into my house. I wanted to help them. Then I'm sure that I saw them again at the windows a few days. They were screaming at me begging me to let them in but I didn't…I didn't. I didn't understand how it couldn't be. I convinced myself that it was just me just continuing to get a little crazier each day. That's who I am the old crazy woman of the village." Elisa walked off muttering some things that didn't seem to make sense to anyone else but her.
"Teal'c do you know of any Goa'uld that could do this?" they had gone off into a corner to discuss what they had heard to see if they could make any sense of it. They wanted to help them but they were just as unsure as the residents of the village as what was really happening.
"I have never heard of a Goa'uld capable of this O'Neill." Goa'uld liked to play the Gods but it was normally for the purpose of gathering slaves or finding hosts. There was nothing that said that they just didn't like torturing places though. Normally though they would make their presence known.
"Sir I wouldn't mind going back to the surface to see if I can collect some readings that may give a logical explanation." Carter didn't believe in the supernatural she believed in science and there was a way to explain everything.
"You and Teal'c do that then and we'll ask around here to see what else we can discover." The grey hair colonel gave the orders in a casual way and gave a second to hear any arguments that might come from Daniel "Better put your masks on in case there's something in the air and it isn't love."
Carter nodded in agreement and removed her backpack to get it out. They headed the same way out that they came in not risking going another way and finding themselves lost.
"Daniel do you and Harris here want to question the Priest while I'll talk to Elisa. It looks like she's coming round again." O'Neill thought it was best that Xander went with Daniel as he was better at making friends with the other civilisations. It wasn't his fault that some of the people they'd met over the years had really annoyed him.
"Hi Elisa, feeling better?" A sympathetic O'Neill asked.
"Feeling better? When was I sick?" she questioned not remembering the fit of tears that she was in five minutes earlier.
"No not sick you were…never mind." He gave up easily this time "Look we want to help you."
"I don't need help." Elisa said stubbornly "I'm perfectly fine."
"Right. Daniel, switch!" He had already started to talk to the priest but Daniel had a thing with the ladies he could talk to Elisa. O'Neill didn't even know why he bothered.
"Hi Elisa, how are you feeling?" O'Neill heard Daniel ask just as he walked away and to the priest that Xander was talking to.
***
Teal'c and Carter were walking around the surface of the planet. There sun had just set as they had exited the village.
They were walking around in the forest but kept the road in sight. The night had come but there was no simulation of hell. It was peaceful with a full moon in the clear sky where the stars shone brightly. The moonlight prevented it from being dark. The two Sg-1 members were making the only sounds that could be heard.
It was quiet. Maybe a little too quiet. [Sorry couldn't help it].
"Have you discovered anything Major Carter?"
"No, nothing." She shook the expensive piece of scientific equipment "There is absolutely no reading of anything. According to this we don't exist. I think it's broken."
"Do you not believe we should return underground then?" Carter agreed to Teal'c complicated way of saying 'let's go'.
They made it back to the village with no problems. They couldn't understand why the villagers were worried about the night. Maybe they had made a mistake or the village had got caught up in a myth. At the moment when they believed that all was safe some thing was bound to happen.
***
The chevrons on the Stargate lit up one by one. KAWOOSH! The event horizon opened with a blast of a deadly blue that reached outwards towards the forest. It returned back to the gateway to form the shimmering blue light that looked like water.
The molecular structure of the creature that had stepped into the wormhole formed an unseen terror. It stepped forward hearing the Stargate close and continued along the path. It breathed and began to spread its terror throughout the land.
***
"Sir." Carter shouted to the Colonel once she and Teal'c had arrived in the underground church. She was slightly out of breath from running.
"Carter, what happened?" He couldn't see any psychical damages to the two-team members but something had made them want to get underground pretty damn quickly.
"We had returned to the village as Carters test proved inconclusive when the moon disappeared and all light had vanished." A disturbance was created in the villagers with the news Teal'c brought. Some held onto their loved ones trying to comfort them while others murmured 'it's here'.
"Everyone remain calm. We'll be safe down here until it leaves." Everyone obeyed the priest trusting in his words.
"So when's that?"
"When the light touches the earth again." They took this to be dawn. How long it would be until the sun would rise they didn't know. "Please let us pray to God to forgive our sins."
***
tbc
***
Okay I know its seems a bit like all that wait for nothing but the action should appear in the next chapter, but unfortunately that won't be up for a fortnight as I have exams and will be taking a break from fan fiction to fit in all that last minute revision.
Authors notes: thanks to everyone who has reviewed the first chapter it is the most feedback I've had yet so you have created a happy author. Thankyou again!
I am oh so very sorry about how long it has taken to get this next chapter up but I kept changing my mind what was going to happen and as this chapter sets the scene for what's going it I had to keep altering it. My other ideas kept setting me up for writers block. I was like 'this is great but oh dear how the hell am I going to end this'. Ignoring the fact that I do have an ending written it's just how you get to the climax been the problem.
Dedication: No longer is this dedicated to SarkyWoman as she was complaining that she didn't want this dedicated to her so I'm de-dedicating her to make her happy even though I could be really evil and dedicate to her as she doesn't want that to happen. So I'm re-dedicating this to SarkyWoman to annoy her. Mwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!
***
"Okay will you just tell us why we're getting as far away from the outside world as possible." Elisa suddenly stopped forcing the others to put on the emergency brakes as well.
"Ssh! No talking when we're walking." She turned around and started to walk again at a faster pace.
Eventually they came to what looked like an underground church. There was an alter where an old over weight man stood welcoming and comforting the villages as they arrived. He looked like he was the priest of the village and was wearing only black. There seemed to be no clear sight of any other authority figure in the underground church. After being greeted each resident sat down on an arrangement of chairs and benches.
Elisa brought Sg-1 down the aisle to meet the priest. He weighed each one of them up as they came into view.
"Who are these people Elisa?"
"They say that they are strangers from another planet. Well they are definitely strange." (Look who's talking) thought each of them except Teal'c who was looking at the congregation.
"Okay now we've finally stopped will someone explain why the hell we had to get as far away from the surface as possible and why the grownups are still afraid of the dark?" O'Neill asked once again this time with a raised voice.
"He loves this bit." Elisa whispered to the team as it looked at the priest who had raised his arms into the air preparing to tell the village's dramatic tale.
"Our village once prospered with a wealthy trade route and many came to see the mysterious ring of stone. Many stories were told of what it was. Some said it was a gateway to the heavens that would open when someone worthy approached it and it would take them to God.
"Five years ago the sun plunged to the ground and the night took its stand. Darkness consumed the village." The loud voice boomed through the caverns creating a great effect "The only light came from the circle of evil as Hell itself was brought to this planet. The surface is where it played watching all those who dared to seek its face suffer."
"Hell?" Daniel picked that the word out of the sentence. "How come you didn't fear us then we came through the Stargate?"
"You are human nothing human could create hell. Please leave any further questions until the end. I do hate being interrupted."
"Sorry."
"Ssh!" there were a few giggles "As I was about to say. We did not understand the curse that was brought upon our village. All our worse fears became real. We tried to fight it but it is hard to destroy the evil that can only be created in nightmares.
"Only the bravest from our village dare to leave at night and see whether they can fight but most died away long ago. Those who saw it described it as being an obscure colour with horns around it's inhuman face. One person estimated its height as ten feet tall and the ground shook when it moved, then again this person had a thing for exaggeration. You should hear his tale amount the fish that was this big" The priest stretched his arms out to full length "quite the fascinating story.
"I digress. This creature came through the Ring of Evil" He raised his voice to emphasise just how evil it was "and terrorise our village. Some of our bravest went to fight it but never returned. We found their bodies in the morning some had their throats ripped out, blood pouring from there mouths, some had broken necks while a few had even been decapitated. There were many to be buried on that sad day as wee mourned the loss of life and prayed it creature would never return.
"Two nights later it did. We were more wary of it and hid in houses. Strangely it did nothing to us but when in the morning we discovered that it had destroyed the graveyard filled with the warriors that it had slayed.
"The Ring of Evil is the mouth of hell." The priest finished his story. Xander thought that the mouth of hell had a familiar ring to it next he was expecting a bunch of vampires to jump through it.
"Is it a big old demon thing that comes through because it's really called an Unas? See they are just big strong intelligent aliens that can be defeated."
"I don't believe it to be an Unas as this thing couldn't be defeated. Like I said it's far too strong and fast. Twenty men couldn't bring it down."
"Have you just tried leaving?" Xander thought it was a bit of a no brainer.
"Of course we have. The problem is that it's impossible to get to the next town before nightfall. That's why we built the tunnels so that we are safe below here away from their eyes."
"What do you mean their eyes?" asked Colonel O'Neill. His question was answered by a sudden whimper from Elisa's direction
"It was awful." Everyone looked at her and how some tears began to well up in her eyes; as memories came back to her "I saw my husband and son die on the first night that it happened. I was brought screaming and kicking back into my house. I wanted to help them. Then I'm sure that I saw them again at the windows a few days. They were screaming at me begging me to let them in but I didn't…I didn't. I didn't understand how it couldn't be. I convinced myself that it was just me just continuing to get a little crazier each day. That's who I am the old crazy woman of the village." Elisa walked off muttering some things that didn't seem to make sense to anyone else but her.
"Teal'c do you know of any Goa'uld that could do this?" they had gone off into a corner to discuss what they had heard to see if they could make any sense of it. They wanted to help them but they were just as unsure as the residents of the village as what was really happening.
"I have never heard of a Goa'uld capable of this O'Neill." Goa'uld liked to play the Gods but it was normally for the purpose of gathering slaves or finding hosts. There was nothing that said that they just didn't like torturing places though. Normally though they would make their presence known.
"Sir I wouldn't mind going back to the surface to see if I can collect some readings that may give a logical explanation." Carter didn't believe in the supernatural she believed in science and there was a way to explain everything.
"You and Teal'c do that then and we'll ask around here to see what else we can discover." The grey hair colonel gave the orders in a casual way and gave a second to hear any arguments that might come from Daniel "Better put your masks on in case there's something in the air and it isn't love."
Carter nodded in agreement and removed her backpack to get it out. They headed the same way out that they came in not risking going another way and finding themselves lost.
"Daniel do you and Harris here want to question the Priest while I'll talk to Elisa. It looks like she's coming round again." O'Neill thought it was best that Xander went with Daniel as he was better at making friends with the other civilisations. It wasn't his fault that some of the people they'd met over the years had really annoyed him.
"Hi Elisa, feeling better?" A sympathetic O'Neill asked.
"Feeling better? When was I sick?" she questioned not remembering the fit of tears that she was in five minutes earlier.
"No not sick you were…never mind." He gave up easily this time "Look we want to help you."
"I don't need help." Elisa said stubbornly "I'm perfectly fine."
"Right. Daniel, switch!" He had already started to talk to the priest but Daniel had a thing with the ladies he could talk to Elisa. O'Neill didn't even know why he bothered.
"Hi Elisa, how are you feeling?" O'Neill heard Daniel ask just as he walked away and to the priest that Xander was talking to.
***
Teal'c and Carter were walking around the surface of the planet. There sun had just set as they had exited the village.
They were walking around in the forest but kept the road in sight. The night had come but there was no simulation of hell. It was peaceful with a full moon in the clear sky where the stars shone brightly. The moonlight prevented it from being dark. The two Sg-1 members were making the only sounds that could be heard.
It was quiet. Maybe a little too quiet. [Sorry couldn't help it].
"Have you discovered anything Major Carter?"
"No, nothing." She shook the expensive piece of scientific equipment "There is absolutely no reading of anything. According to this we don't exist. I think it's broken."
"Do you not believe we should return underground then?" Carter agreed to Teal'c complicated way of saying 'let's go'.
They made it back to the village with no problems. They couldn't understand why the villagers were worried about the night. Maybe they had made a mistake or the village had got caught up in a myth. At the moment when they believed that all was safe some thing was bound to happen.
***
The chevrons on the Stargate lit up one by one. KAWOOSH! The event horizon opened with a blast of a deadly blue that reached outwards towards the forest. It returned back to the gateway to form the shimmering blue light that looked like water.
The molecular structure of the creature that had stepped into the wormhole formed an unseen terror. It stepped forward hearing the Stargate close and continued along the path. It breathed and began to spread its terror throughout the land.
***
"Sir." Carter shouted to the Colonel once she and Teal'c had arrived in the underground church. She was slightly out of breath from running.
"Carter, what happened?" He couldn't see any psychical damages to the two-team members but something had made them want to get underground pretty damn quickly.
"We had returned to the village as Carters test proved inconclusive when the moon disappeared and all light had vanished." A disturbance was created in the villagers with the news Teal'c brought. Some held onto their loved ones trying to comfort them while others murmured 'it's here'.
"Everyone remain calm. We'll be safe down here until it leaves." Everyone obeyed the priest trusting in his words.
"So when's that?"
"When the light touches the earth again." They took this to be dawn. How long it would be until the sun would rise they didn't know. "Please let us pray to God to forgive our sins."
***
tbc
***
Okay I know its seems a bit like all that wait for nothing but the action should appear in the next chapter, but unfortunately that won't be up for a fortnight as I have exams and will be taking a break from fan fiction to fit in all that last minute revision.