(For notes and disclaimer see Chapter One)

Time Shock

Chapter Four: Necessary Evil

Street yawned and stretched. Boone glanced over at her and said. "You can go to sleep I'll keep watch on our sleeping friend." He Augur and Lili were alternating shifts to keep up the appearance that the three of them were still out searching for the hybrid. Street's response was cut off as a bright flash emerged temporally blinding them from the room. Street was on her feet and at the door before he could even get up.

He arrived to see the hybrid stretching as if he was stiff. He saw the hybrid's eyes widen when he saw them then turn to look at Street. He nearly laughed as the hybrid realized what she was staring at..

Liam turned bright red. "Out." he said closing the door causing Boone and Street to jump back. He looked around but couldn't find the clothes street has promised him. He opened the door and stuck his head out. "I thought you were going to buy me some clothes?"

Street shook herself back to reality glad she had plenty of cannon fodder for her fantasies now. "Oh right I'll get them." She headed into the closet. "Sorry I don't have that many here Augur found what you did to the door on my trailer." She passed him the bag and turned to see Boone watching her with an amused look in his eye. She turned to hide a blush herself considering the handsome former cop had also become fantasy fodder over the last few days.

Boone chuckled she really did remind him of his little sister some times. He wondered again how they could get doors to see reason. He saw that Street had gone over to the computer and was pulling stuff up. He turned as the door opened and the other man emerged. "So are you better now?"

"Pretty Much." Liam said calmly. "I think I over taxed my kimera side though." He closed his eyes. "I feel more like I did when it was dormant." He glanced at Street. "Do you have my id ready?"

"Oh yeah it's finished even has some bad credit problems in the past for extra realism." Street said proudly handing him his new name. "Your William Everett now." She paused. "I'm pretty sure you can pass off your real name as a nickname with this id." She glanced at Boone. "Just say you had a few other William's in your class." Street yawned again.

"Go to Sleep Street Augur and Lili won't be back here until the morning." Boone said patiently. "I'll make sure he doesn't take off anywhere." He saw Liam give him a challenging look but the other man didn't say anything.

"Go ahead and rest Street I'll just type up what I was going to email to Augur and give it to him when he gets here." Street seemed to relax and she grabbed him and hugged him. It reminded him so much of stuff his Street would occasionally do.

"Goodnight boys." Street said heading to the bedroom. She wasn't entirely sure Boone could keep Liam here if he really wanted to go so his saying he'd be here when Augur got here was reassuring. She smiled and was out as soon as her head hit the pillow.

"She's asleep." Liam said casually. "You couldn't stop me if I wanted to leave." He turned and headed toward the computer. "But I do need to give this to Augur and make sure he heeds my warning about tampering with the commonality." He saw Boone staring at him. "It caused Da'an to revert to an Atavus a primal state that feeds on life energy of Sentient people." He glanced at Boone. "It happens in this reality you'll have to kill Da'an I can't chance healing him and no Taelon can rejoin the commonality without help."

Boone considered that. "Your saying you'd let Da'an die?" He glanced over at the other man. "I thought you were his protector and that you said he was the only Taelon that cared about humanity."

"I may only have limited time to do as much as I can to stop the future I came from." Liam said not taking his eyes off the screen and what he was typing. "If Phasing happens to me like it did Maya and her counterpart in my reality." He glanced at Boone. "I don't like what I'll have to do but I have to do all I can no matter what it takes."

He glanced at the room where Street was asleep. "She won't see me again after I leave tomorrow." He looked at Boone. "And most likely neither will Augur or Lili." He closed his eyes. "I can't let them see what I might become even though they aren't the ones from my world they are two close their opinion still matters."

Boone glanced at him. "Exactly what are you planning to do?" He worried briefly if Doors was right and the young hybrid was going to go to the Taelons. "Your not going to try to strike a deal with the Taelons to stop the Jaridians are you?"

"No the Taelons lost in my future they are loosing the war now that's why they are on earth." He closed his eyes. "This is a no win situation Boone there is only one way to make sure humanity survives." He smiled. "And I already know some of what I'll have to do to make it happen."

Boone considered that tone of voice. "Who are you going to kill?" He saw the other man flinch. "And I'm curious as to why you think they have to die." He saw the other man stare off into space for a bit.

"You know I could spin a pretty lie about how I'd be saving the lives of the people they killed in my timeline before they could kill them here." He glanced at Boone. "But I'm not about to lie to myself I'm going there to get something I need from them and I'm pretty sure to get it I'm going to have to kill them." He shook his head as a bitter tone creeped into his voice. "You know I always wondered how my father could do the things he does but now I know."

Boone knew he wasn't talking about Ha'gel. "Are you sure there is no other way no way to do what you need to do with us." He saw Liam giving him a bitter look. "I mean aside from Doors the rest of us are willing to hear you out."

"Give me your hand." Liam said casually. "I want to show you the future I came from then you can tell me if you think there is another way." Liam held his hand out palm up. "Just put your palm against mine."

Boone did so warily. He was about to ask what next when he saw it. He saw the near destruction of the resistance during the crack down. He felt the shock of finding Lili dead on the mothership. He felt the betrayal as Da'an and Augur sold out the resistance to protect him. He saw the return of Lili and the birth of her jaridian child and then finally he saw the Deaths of Da'an and Street. "What was that?" He asked as he backed away from the other man.

"That was my life." Liam said casually. "So forgive me if I'm not quiet the optimist." He glanced at Boone. "Now let me ask you something if you could go back and time and change things for the better no mater the cost or what you had to do; what would you do?"

Boone thought about Kate and Eddie the love of his life and his best friend both dead because of the Taelons. "You've made you point." He said casually. "But regardless I can't stand by and watch you kill people no matter how noble the goal." He closed his fist on the arm with the skrill.

Liam turned back to the computer. "You know your a hypocrite Boone." He was glad when he saw Boone flinch. "How many guards have you killed on Resistance Activities?"

Boone stared at him. "That's different they were firing at me I didn't have a choice." He didn't like the look on the other man's face. "They were working for the Taelons on projects dangerous to humanity."

"Well yeah but most of the guards have no clue what they are guarding." Liam said casually. "Believe me I wasn't happy when I realized that." He saw Boone looking doubtful. "Maybe if Sandoval starts putting all his excess work on your desk like he did mine you'll figure it out." He turned back to typing. "And that it was self defense lie doesn't fly with me you knew going in you might have to kill them but went in anyway."

Boone looked down he didn't like where this was going. "But those projects had to be stopped for the good of humanity." He realized what he'd said a moment after he said it.

"Exactly you rationalize your crimes because it suits your cause." He glanced at Boone. "But in truth everyone in the resistance is at best a criminal and at worse a terrorist." He saw a dark look on Boone's face. "Don't get me wrong I agree with the cause and that it's worth it but I am not going to delude myself any longer."

"You may be right about the resistance but..." He realized he didn't have an argument. He watched the other man typing away. He really didn't like that he couldn't find a response.

"You were in the army Boone you know that you have to do things you may not like to win the war." Liam said casually. "It's all a matter of putting the greater good ahead of any reservations you may have." He closed his eyes. "I could have helped the Earth be better prepared if I'd been willing to steal Taelon Weapons tech for the ANA but I wasn't." He could still remember Urik cussing him out when they learned of the Jaridian Invasion fleet enroute to Earth. "So this time I'm going to do what it takes."

"I have only one question what's your over all goal." Boone said casually. "You said only one way we can possibly win I want to know what that was." Boone put the arm with the skrill against the other man's head. "And if I don't agree I'll kill you."

Liam knew Boone was serious he also knew Boone realized this was probably the only chance he'd ever have. "The answer is staring us right in the face." He laughed. "So many science fiction shows had it as plot points like that old Stargate SG-1." He still remembered the time Lili found out his global password was Mulder1. "They had a place to Evacuate as many people as possible to if there was ever an attack."

"Your talking about an off world colony?" He saw the man nod. "So if they attack and a way hasn't been found to defend them the human race goes on?" The other man nodded again. "Why can't you go to the Resistance with this Doors has the resources to pull it off?"

"All Doors would see is a place to hit the Taelons from." Liam said darkly. "Doors is so obsessed with ridding the world of the great Taelon Menace that he'll ignore the Jaridians until it's too late." He closed his eyes. "Besides I don't like the idea of Doors deciding who gets to escape and who has to stay to die."

"It's not going to be easy and I know I'll have to do things I find morally reprehensible but it's a necessary Evil." He closed his eyes. "In fact I think you should propose an off world Colony to Doors." Liam said as he hit save and the file he'd typed was copied to disk as it was also being printed. "Why put all our eggs in one basket the more worlds we have the more people we can evacuate." He closed his eyes. "I'll even help once I find a world."

"Exactly how do you intend to find a world." Boone asked. "I mean it's not something that can be done easily and then there is the equipment needed for colonizing." He saw Liam giving a look and then point upward. "The Taelons how do you intend to get that information from them."

"That's why I need what I'm going after." Liam said darkly. "I need the one of a kind device that got destroyed in my time." He looked out the window. "And I need to get it before he exposes it's existence to the Taelons because that's what led to it's destruction."

Boone glanced at the other man. He started to ask what it did but thought better of it. "Is there anything you want to ask me to do?" He didn't know why he asked it he just did.

"Yeah make sure they stay alive." He said sadly. "Make sure Lili, Augur, Street, my Mother and hell even Sandoval stay alive." Liam walked to the window. "I'll keep my promise to Street I'll stay here until Augur and Lili arrive and then I'm leaving."

Boone nodded. "I know." He looked at the other man. "I'll do my best to keep them alive." He saw the other man turn toward him and nod.

Liam said as he turned back toward the window. "That's all anyone can ask."

To be continued....

And that marks the end of Chapter Four I managed to get this one finished before I uploaded the other. I told myself I'd wait and upload Three this afternoon before going off-line to run errands if I could finish four in time I'd get them up and surprisingly I did.

I'll start work on Chapter Five soon. This story line is well changing slightly from the original intent it seems to be taking on a darker tone. But then I have been reading and watching allot of really dark stuff so that might explain the shift in the story line.

Oh yeah before I forget for this chapter we have an Additonal Disclaimer: Just for one reference I guess I should say I don't own Stargate SG-1 or Xfiles. Sheesh adding a disclaimer for one reference but hey I guess I should.