Chapter 5
"Aaugck. Teal'c. gacckk. HELP!"
"Shol'vah! Put down your weapon, and I will not snap this puny Tau'ri's throat!" shouted the particularly large jaffa that was standing with his arm curled around Jack's throat.
"What should I do, O'Neill?" asked Teal'c, who had his P90 aimed at the jaffa and Jack.
"Gaack! Shoot. him!"
"As you wish." Teal'c took careful aim.
"Shol'vah! If you move, he dies!" the jaffa screamed.
Teal'c, still standing with the P90 sighted, started to lower his weapon. The jaffa lowered his zat and loosened his grip on Jack's neck.
"A wise move, Shol'vah. I will deliver you to my lord, and be gloriously rewarded." The jaffa said, a sadistic smile growing on his face.
In a flash of movement, Teal'c brought the P90 back up to his shoulder and fired, hitting the jaffa right in the throat. As the jaffa dropped to his knees, Teal'c examined the P90 he was holding. "You were correct O'Neill, this weapon is growing on me."
"Yeah, that's good Teal'c," said a still gasping Jack. "Any word from any of the other groups?"
"Major Micheals reported that they have taken the engine room, despite heavy resistance. Captain Malone and Lieutenant Griffin were killed."
"Shit! How's Sam doing?"
"I am unsure, she has not reported her status for some time."
Jack swore again. "We should meet up with them, help them take the bridge."
"That would be a wise course of action."
Teal'c and Jack made their way through the battered ship to the bridge. Debris and dead jaffa litters the passageways, and there were fires everywhere. Jack ran around a corner, then dove back as several staff blasts smacked into the wall behind him. Jack leaned back, and fired off some rounds from his P90. Sparks covered one of the jaffa's armor, and he fell to the floor in a lifeless heap. The other three continued to fire their staffs at Jack.
"They appear to have us pinned down."
"Yes, thank you Teal'c. Any suggestions on how to get by these guys?" Jack said, rolling his eyes.
"I believe so. We require a distraction." Teal'c pulled out his zat and leaned around the corner, firing three times at a support beam. The beam disintegrated, and part of the ceiling fell in, trapping one of the jaffa and scattering his friends. Jack leaped out from the corner and shot one of the jaffa, while Teal'c zatted the other two.
"Come on Teal'c! We gotta keep moving!" Jack yelled, already sprinting down the hall.
A couple of minutes and dead jaffa later, Jack reached the outer door of the bridge. Teal'c searched the wall and found the appropriate hieroglyph, and the door creaked open. Jack and Teal'c stepped inside, weapons ready to fire. What they saw was not good. Sam, Jonas, and three other pilots were standing with their hands up, at the center of a ring of jaffa with their staffs pointed at them. Beside them, looking out the window, was the Goa'uld captain.
"So," the Goa'uld said in his deep, disturbing voice, "you came here to take my ship. Did you truly believe that just because you had long range death gliders you could stand up to the might of the Goa'uld? When I tell Lord Yu of this, he will surely come to crush your puny planet, Tau'ri."
"Oh, I don't think so, scumbag." Jack said in his most mocking tone, "You see, we don't just have long range fighters. We brought the big guns." Reaching into his vest, Jack grabbed his radio. "Prometheus, this is O'Neill. Would you care to join us?" A few seconds later, the purple hole of a hyperspace window appeared in the front window, the Prometheus appearing through it.
The Goa'uld turned to the jaffa at the weapons station. "Jaffa, destroy that ship!" The mother ship opened fire. The blasts ripped through space right towards Prometheus. They stopped just short of the ship, illuminating the shields in purple and orange flashes of light.
"You can't touch it. That ship has Asguard shields, and Asguard weapons for that matter." Jack said confidently, "Now the way I see it, you have two choices. You can surrender, or we can kill you, all of your jaffa, and blow up your ship. What's it gonna be?"
"I will never surrender!" the Goa'uld screamed in rage, "and if I die, I die knowing I have rid the Goa'uld of your annoyance! Jaffa, kill them!"
The jaffa standing around Sam and her men opened their staffs to fire. Jack turned, and mowed down three of them. Suddenly, the jaffa were a lot more concerned with killing Jack and Teal'c. They turned t face Jack, which was a mistake. Sam turned and threw a spinning kick, which caught the nearest jaffa guard in the head, dropping him like a sack of bricks. Sam threw his staff to Jonas and grabbed his zat. Jonas shot two of the jaffa in the back, while Sam zatted the rest of them.
"NO!" the Goa'uld screamed, "If I die, I am taking you with me!" He slammed his hand down on a small console.
"Sam." Jack said cautiously, "what did he just do?"
"That is a self-destruct mechanism, O'Neill. This ship will explode in a matter of minutes." Teal'c said solemnly.
"You stupid son of a bitch!" Jack yelled, bringing up his P90 and firing at the Goa'uld. But this didn't do any good, as he was wearing a hand device. Jack's bullets bounced uselessly off the shield the hand device put out. "Okay kids, I guess it's time to get out of here. Sam, let the troops know."
"Yes sir. All teams, all teams, this is Major Carter. The self-destruct has been set. Abandon ship, I repeat abandon ship!"
The group ran through the passageways back down to the hangar as fast as they could. "Teal'c! How long have we got?"
"Approximately 4 more minutes, O'Neill."
"Shit!" Jacked yelled, picking up his pace a little.
"Sir, there's the hangar!" Sam yelled. "We can't open the doors until everyone gets there."
"Tell them they have 2 and a half more minutes before we open the doors, Carter!" Jack yelled, scrambling to his fighter. He pulled himself up the ladder and started powering up the ship before he even closed the canopy. "Carter, how much more time?"
"Major Micheals group still has another minute, sir!"
So Jack sat there in the minute, every second feeling like an eternity. With 15 seconds left to go, the hangar door swung open and 4 men scrambled in. "That's it Carter! The second they close their canopies, open the door!"
As soon as all the canopies closed, Jonas typed a command into his computer, and the massive door lifted open. Since they hadn't vented the hangar first, the decompression started to suck everything into space, including all of the fighters. The second they cleared the doors, Jack screamed, "That's it! Go! Gogogogogo!"
Jack and the rest of the pilots lit their engines and shot back to the Prometheus as fast as they could, the explosion of the mother ship chasing them all the way.
"Aaugck. Teal'c. gacckk. HELP!"
"Shol'vah! Put down your weapon, and I will not snap this puny Tau'ri's throat!" shouted the particularly large jaffa that was standing with his arm curled around Jack's throat.
"What should I do, O'Neill?" asked Teal'c, who had his P90 aimed at the jaffa and Jack.
"Gaack! Shoot. him!"
"As you wish." Teal'c took careful aim.
"Shol'vah! If you move, he dies!" the jaffa screamed.
Teal'c, still standing with the P90 sighted, started to lower his weapon. The jaffa lowered his zat and loosened his grip on Jack's neck.
"A wise move, Shol'vah. I will deliver you to my lord, and be gloriously rewarded." The jaffa said, a sadistic smile growing on his face.
In a flash of movement, Teal'c brought the P90 back up to his shoulder and fired, hitting the jaffa right in the throat. As the jaffa dropped to his knees, Teal'c examined the P90 he was holding. "You were correct O'Neill, this weapon is growing on me."
"Yeah, that's good Teal'c," said a still gasping Jack. "Any word from any of the other groups?"
"Major Micheals reported that they have taken the engine room, despite heavy resistance. Captain Malone and Lieutenant Griffin were killed."
"Shit! How's Sam doing?"
"I am unsure, she has not reported her status for some time."
Jack swore again. "We should meet up with them, help them take the bridge."
"That would be a wise course of action."
Teal'c and Jack made their way through the battered ship to the bridge. Debris and dead jaffa litters the passageways, and there were fires everywhere. Jack ran around a corner, then dove back as several staff blasts smacked into the wall behind him. Jack leaned back, and fired off some rounds from his P90. Sparks covered one of the jaffa's armor, and he fell to the floor in a lifeless heap. The other three continued to fire their staffs at Jack.
"They appear to have us pinned down."
"Yes, thank you Teal'c. Any suggestions on how to get by these guys?" Jack said, rolling his eyes.
"I believe so. We require a distraction." Teal'c pulled out his zat and leaned around the corner, firing three times at a support beam. The beam disintegrated, and part of the ceiling fell in, trapping one of the jaffa and scattering his friends. Jack leaped out from the corner and shot one of the jaffa, while Teal'c zatted the other two.
"Come on Teal'c! We gotta keep moving!" Jack yelled, already sprinting down the hall.
A couple of minutes and dead jaffa later, Jack reached the outer door of the bridge. Teal'c searched the wall and found the appropriate hieroglyph, and the door creaked open. Jack and Teal'c stepped inside, weapons ready to fire. What they saw was not good. Sam, Jonas, and three other pilots were standing with their hands up, at the center of a ring of jaffa with their staffs pointed at them. Beside them, looking out the window, was the Goa'uld captain.
"So," the Goa'uld said in his deep, disturbing voice, "you came here to take my ship. Did you truly believe that just because you had long range death gliders you could stand up to the might of the Goa'uld? When I tell Lord Yu of this, he will surely come to crush your puny planet, Tau'ri."
"Oh, I don't think so, scumbag." Jack said in his most mocking tone, "You see, we don't just have long range fighters. We brought the big guns." Reaching into his vest, Jack grabbed his radio. "Prometheus, this is O'Neill. Would you care to join us?" A few seconds later, the purple hole of a hyperspace window appeared in the front window, the Prometheus appearing through it.
The Goa'uld turned to the jaffa at the weapons station. "Jaffa, destroy that ship!" The mother ship opened fire. The blasts ripped through space right towards Prometheus. They stopped just short of the ship, illuminating the shields in purple and orange flashes of light.
"You can't touch it. That ship has Asguard shields, and Asguard weapons for that matter." Jack said confidently, "Now the way I see it, you have two choices. You can surrender, or we can kill you, all of your jaffa, and blow up your ship. What's it gonna be?"
"I will never surrender!" the Goa'uld screamed in rage, "and if I die, I die knowing I have rid the Goa'uld of your annoyance! Jaffa, kill them!"
The jaffa standing around Sam and her men opened their staffs to fire. Jack turned, and mowed down three of them. Suddenly, the jaffa were a lot more concerned with killing Jack and Teal'c. They turned t face Jack, which was a mistake. Sam turned and threw a spinning kick, which caught the nearest jaffa guard in the head, dropping him like a sack of bricks. Sam threw his staff to Jonas and grabbed his zat. Jonas shot two of the jaffa in the back, while Sam zatted the rest of them.
"NO!" the Goa'uld screamed, "If I die, I am taking you with me!" He slammed his hand down on a small console.
"Sam." Jack said cautiously, "what did he just do?"
"That is a self-destruct mechanism, O'Neill. This ship will explode in a matter of minutes." Teal'c said solemnly.
"You stupid son of a bitch!" Jack yelled, bringing up his P90 and firing at the Goa'uld. But this didn't do any good, as he was wearing a hand device. Jack's bullets bounced uselessly off the shield the hand device put out. "Okay kids, I guess it's time to get out of here. Sam, let the troops know."
"Yes sir. All teams, all teams, this is Major Carter. The self-destruct has been set. Abandon ship, I repeat abandon ship!"
The group ran through the passageways back down to the hangar as fast as they could. "Teal'c! How long have we got?"
"Approximately 4 more minutes, O'Neill."
"Shit!" Jacked yelled, picking up his pace a little.
"Sir, there's the hangar!" Sam yelled. "We can't open the doors until everyone gets there."
"Tell them they have 2 and a half more minutes before we open the doors, Carter!" Jack yelled, scrambling to his fighter. He pulled himself up the ladder and started powering up the ship before he even closed the canopy. "Carter, how much more time?"
"Major Micheals group still has another minute, sir!"
So Jack sat there in the minute, every second feeling like an eternity. With 15 seconds left to go, the hangar door swung open and 4 men scrambled in. "That's it Carter! The second they close their canopies, open the door!"
As soon as all the canopies closed, Jonas typed a command into his computer, and the massive door lifted open. Since they hadn't vented the hangar first, the decompression started to suck everything into space, including all of the fighters. The second they cleared the doors, Jack screamed, "That's it! Go! Gogogogogo!"
Jack and the rest of the pilots lit their engines and shot back to the Prometheus as fast as they could, the explosion of the mother ship chasing them all the way.