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Chapter 5
Sam moved deeper into her covers, smiling at the warmth and comfort. She felt safe buried under the thick, snowy drifts of blanket. She squeezed her eyes shut against the bright sunlight, struggling to hold on to the last moments of sleep before she had to get up for work. However, her alarm demanded instant attention, it was screaming intermittently and wailing for attention.
She rolled over to shut it off only to find she couldn't move. Sam finally opened her eyes, her former drowsiness completely dissipated. Her senses became unusually focused, every minute detail stood out. Her surroundings were unfamiliar, the walls and ceiling an intense white.
What she had previously confused with an alarm was unmistakably the scream of a woman. She panicked when she tried to mover her arms and legs only to find herself strapped to the bed. Someone placed a hand on her ankle and began to undo the leather straps.
"Hold still." A cultured British voice requested as Sam struggled. "I'm trying to let you go, not hurt you," one strap came free, then another and another until she could finally sit up and take in her surroundings.
It was very much like a hospital ward, with beds running along both sides of the whitewashed room. On every bed was a woman, some crying, some staring into space and some talking amongst themselves. On the far side was a large window with wooden shutters that let in the sun through the bars that prevented escape. Beside each bed stood a small cabinet and in the far corner was an imposing gold door covered in hieroglyphics.
"Are you alright?" asked the woman who had freed her, noting the look of concern on Sam's face. She was dressed the way everyone in this room was dressed, in a light, gauzy material draped around her body and over her head. She was tanned with long, chestnut hair and green eyes, the same green as her Sari.
"Yeah, I'm fine," said Sam in a distracted voice, she too had on a white version of the garment on top of straight white pants and halter top. The pants had several rows of buttons so that they could be loosened or tightened.
For the first time she noticed that all of the women in the room were in various stages of pregnancy and that's when it fully hit home what had actually happened to her.
"My name is Eve," her new friend said, settling herself on Sam's bed against the wall and folding her hands protectively over her swollen abdomen.
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The camels had been replaced by horses as they headed into a small town that was near the last known place of Sam and her Goa'uld captor. Daniel gave another loud sneeze and a groan, his antihistamines had finally run out. In any other situation Jack might have traded light banter about it, all he could manage now was a smile.
Ahdeth silently handed him a dried herb and instructed him to chew it and informed the small group that they would reach a village by the end of the day.
Jack hoped it was sooner, he didn't want to dwell on the what-ifs any longer
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"I'm Sam," Eve smiled at her.
"You are the first person to come who can speak English. I suppose you wish to know what is going on? It's all very strange to me, but I understand enough." Sam nodded, eyes resting on the woman nearest the window obviously in the late stages of labour.
"I understand Talia is skilled in these matters, she shall deliver the child without difficulty." Sam's focus returned to Eve who began to explain their current situation.
"This facility is Sekhmet's creation, planned since the days of the Pharaoh. She was captured by the ruler of the time and imprisoned for attempting to overthrow him and her return was foretold in a prophecy. My husband found that out, he was the reason I was in Egypt in the first place. He searched for her tomb, he was away when I was captured and brought here sometime last month. I had just turned 7 months." A look of longing passed over her face.
"Her return has been prepared for. There are many rooms like this one containing women from all over the world. Some have conceived naturally, but most have been implanted by her. Their pregnancies, as well as yours, will be accelerated. Sekhmet arrived with you and started harvesting the children, for what we do not know."
Terror rose inside Sam, similar yet stronger to what she had felt with Cassie. She recalled a dream she'd had the day they'd arrived at the camp, now she suspected it was not a dream. The tall dark man, Ahdeth, it had been his voice sounding grave and serious.
"The canopic jars contained infant Goa'uld. Sekhmet will find hosts for her children and do what Ra failed to do."
She tried to push down the anger she was feeling, Sekhmet would choose four children and make them her own. She would implant them. Sam prayed they would be rescued in time, before Sekhmet could carry through her plan and destroy more lives. Until that time she had problems of her own.
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