Standing up a ladder, Carter saw the motion from inside the control
room as General Hammond appeared, walking straight over to the microphone.
"Major Carter?"
She looked down from her safe place up the ladder, Siler standing below her in case of emergency, and responded, "Yes, sir?"
"I had Teal'c contact the biological research facility you were referring to, and they told us that they no longer have the spider remains," he told her through the microphone, his voice amplified into the embarkation room at a suitable volume for her to hear him.
"What happened to them, sir?" she inquired, looking down from her place on the ladder, meeting the eyes of General Hammond through the bulletproof glass.
He shook his head, looking away momentarily, before responding again, "They simply vanished. One minute they were there, and the next they were gone. It's like they simply ceased to exist."
"That's what I expected, sir," Carter told him, and nodded, "thank you."
He nodded in acknowledgement, and let her get back to her work up the ladder.
As she turned back, something caught her eye. She stepped up the ladder a bit more, and reached over to the light object that had her so intrigued.
As her hand neared it, it's surface changed to that of something similar to plastic, but a lot firmer and more durable. Then, as she actually came into contact with it, it took on its natural form. A small device.
She climbed back down the ladder, and looked closely at the device in her hands. Siler glanced over her shoulder through his glasses, and asked, "What is it?"
"I'm not sure, but if it's anything like I think it is, it's probably a holographic projector."
* * *
"I was right, sir," Sam told O'Neill, Teal'c and General Hammond, indicating the small device she had located in the Gate-room, along with three others, one in every corner of the large room. "It's an advanced holographic projector, like nothing we've ever seen before. It was probably responsible for the presence of the spiders that Jonas saw... well, we all saw. When they got further and further away from these devices, they started to diminish, until they'd disappeared altogether."
It was at this point in time that someone appeared in the doorway, seeming to have run the entire way there. He held a book open in his good hand, and calmly strode over to them, but obviously had something important on his mind.
Sam knew she needn't fill him in on the holographic projectors, she had already phoned his office and told him. He had seemed excited about something then, but she hadn't had time to hear it then. No doubt she would hear it now.
"I found something," Jonas told them all, laying the book on the table, a book that Sam recognised to be Daniel's.
"Well?" O'Neill ventured, seeming intrigued.
Teal'c glanced to Jonas as he began to speak.
"I was looking through Dr. Jackson's notes when I found a reference to a Goa'uld by the name of Anta."
"Anta?" O'Neill repeated.
"Yes. She was a sort of demi-goddess, and has been mentioned in several of the hieroglyphics and pictographs Dr. Jackson encountered on your travels. She's described as a warrior goddess, and is often associated with the same symbol as Hathor herself." He paused, noting the reactions on his teammates' faces, before continuing, "But she's rarely be seen since the demise of her father. She seemed to vanish altogether from the Goa'uld hierarchy, where she was perceived as a menace. She started fights between the System Lords, and stirred up trouble pretty much anywhere she went."
"Sounds like your common teenager," O'Neill noted.
Jonas nodded, seemingly having not heard O'Neill's remark. Sam smiled.
"She is described as an enticing woman who was able to silence men with a glance. Women feared her, and men revered her. They adored her, and brought her tributes and sacrifices on the worlds where she resided, none of which are named in these notes. But, it is written that she swore revenge on anyone that did her a great injustice... which I'm sure she thinks of as the death of her father... and mother."
After a moment of quiet, Sam dared to ask, "So who were her mother and father?"
Jonas sighed. "Ra and Hathor."
O'Neill slapped his forehead. "Jeez, why can't these snakes get it into their thick heads that they shouldn't mix their bad genes this way? I mean, come on! They messed up so badly all the other times. Why bother to keep trying?"
"She was said to be the successor of her mother, but when Hathor simply disappeared one day, and was never heard of again, Anta too vanished. She hasn't been heard of since."
"So now what do we do?" Hammond asked of the team. "I've got a Goa'uld wandering around my base, and I want to know where she is, right now."
"I will set myself to the task immediately, General Hammond" Teal'c told him, and then, with a bow of the head, left the room.
"I need to research Anta more, see what her traits are, if there's anything we can use against her," Jonas said confidently, closing the book.
Hammond nodded.
The General turned his head to Carter, and told her, "See if there's any way you can determine whether or not we can track her movements, or even locate her."
"Yes, sir," Sam acknowledged.
"And I'll just..." O'Neill paused, before finally saying, "just make a nuisance of myself as usual."
Jonas headed off out of the room, followed by O'Neill, who intended to start with the Kelownan apparently.
Sam set back to work on the devices she had found.
"Major Carter?"
She looked down from her safe place up the ladder, Siler standing below her in case of emergency, and responded, "Yes, sir?"
"I had Teal'c contact the biological research facility you were referring to, and they told us that they no longer have the spider remains," he told her through the microphone, his voice amplified into the embarkation room at a suitable volume for her to hear him.
"What happened to them, sir?" she inquired, looking down from her place on the ladder, meeting the eyes of General Hammond through the bulletproof glass.
He shook his head, looking away momentarily, before responding again, "They simply vanished. One minute they were there, and the next they were gone. It's like they simply ceased to exist."
"That's what I expected, sir," Carter told him, and nodded, "thank you."
He nodded in acknowledgement, and let her get back to her work up the ladder.
As she turned back, something caught her eye. She stepped up the ladder a bit more, and reached over to the light object that had her so intrigued.
As her hand neared it, it's surface changed to that of something similar to plastic, but a lot firmer and more durable. Then, as she actually came into contact with it, it took on its natural form. A small device.
She climbed back down the ladder, and looked closely at the device in her hands. Siler glanced over her shoulder through his glasses, and asked, "What is it?"
"I'm not sure, but if it's anything like I think it is, it's probably a holographic projector."
* * *
"I was right, sir," Sam told O'Neill, Teal'c and General Hammond, indicating the small device she had located in the Gate-room, along with three others, one in every corner of the large room. "It's an advanced holographic projector, like nothing we've ever seen before. It was probably responsible for the presence of the spiders that Jonas saw... well, we all saw. When they got further and further away from these devices, they started to diminish, until they'd disappeared altogether."
It was at this point in time that someone appeared in the doorway, seeming to have run the entire way there. He held a book open in his good hand, and calmly strode over to them, but obviously had something important on his mind.
Sam knew she needn't fill him in on the holographic projectors, she had already phoned his office and told him. He had seemed excited about something then, but she hadn't had time to hear it then. No doubt she would hear it now.
"I found something," Jonas told them all, laying the book on the table, a book that Sam recognised to be Daniel's.
"Well?" O'Neill ventured, seeming intrigued.
Teal'c glanced to Jonas as he began to speak.
"I was looking through Dr. Jackson's notes when I found a reference to a Goa'uld by the name of Anta."
"Anta?" O'Neill repeated.
"Yes. She was a sort of demi-goddess, and has been mentioned in several of the hieroglyphics and pictographs Dr. Jackson encountered on your travels. She's described as a warrior goddess, and is often associated with the same symbol as Hathor herself." He paused, noting the reactions on his teammates' faces, before continuing, "But she's rarely be seen since the demise of her father. She seemed to vanish altogether from the Goa'uld hierarchy, where she was perceived as a menace. She started fights between the System Lords, and stirred up trouble pretty much anywhere she went."
"Sounds like your common teenager," O'Neill noted.
Jonas nodded, seemingly having not heard O'Neill's remark. Sam smiled.
"She is described as an enticing woman who was able to silence men with a glance. Women feared her, and men revered her. They adored her, and brought her tributes and sacrifices on the worlds where she resided, none of which are named in these notes. But, it is written that she swore revenge on anyone that did her a great injustice... which I'm sure she thinks of as the death of her father... and mother."
After a moment of quiet, Sam dared to ask, "So who were her mother and father?"
Jonas sighed. "Ra and Hathor."
O'Neill slapped his forehead. "Jeez, why can't these snakes get it into their thick heads that they shouldn't mix their bad genes this way? I mean, come on! They messed up so badly all the other times. Why bother to keep trying?"
"She was said to be the successor of her mother, but when Hathor simply disappeared one day, and was never heard of again, Anta too vanished. She hasn't been heard of since."
"So now what do we do?" Hammond asked of the team. "I've got a Goa'uld wandering around my base, and I want to know where she is, right now."
"I will set myself to the task immediately, General Hammond" Teal'c told him, and then, with a bow of the head, left the room.
"I need to research Anta more, see what her traits are, if there's anything we can use against her," Jonas said confidently, closing the book.
Hammond nodded.
The General turned his head to Carter, and told her, "See if there's any way you can determine whether or not we can track her movements, or even locate her."
"Yes, sir," Sam acknowledged.
"And I'll just..." O'Neill paused, before finally saying, "just make a nuisance of myself as usual."
Jonas headed off out of the room, followed by O'Neill, who intended to start with the Kelownan apparently.
Sam set back to work on the devices she had found.