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Crash – Chapter 8
"So how do we get aboard a ship we don't even know where it is?" Jack asked as they were sitting around the briefing table and waiting for General Hammond to enter.
"Getting aboard is not very hard to do, we have the transporter rings on the cargo ship, but finding it may be a challenge"
"A challenge you will rise up to right Carter?"
"I will try Sir, I can't promise anything, but I do have a theory"
"Let's hear it"
"Well…I " at that time the General chose to appear and stopped all conversation, as the two military people in the room attempted to rise up to greet him
"As you were" he said and claimed his seat at the head of the auburn black table.
"Well as much as I would like to know in detail what happened to you it will have to wait, we might have a bigger problem at hand. We don't have any conformation yet but as I told you earlier I have the feeling that Anubis is already in Earth's orbit planning a strike and I'm willing to hear any ideas you may have on how to stop him"
"Well Sir Major Carter told me we can use the rings on the cargo ship to beam onto his so now all we need is to find it" Jack said
"Major?"
"Well Sir, we know that even a clocked ship leaves a trail of energy or some kind of distortion in space that we might be able to see, now all we have to do is figure out how"
"The Hubble telescope is scouting our orbit, so far we found nothing"
"That's because you're only looking for visible objects, we need it to locate invisible ones"
"So how exactly do we do that?" Jack was raising his eyebrow in question.
"I don't know yet Sir"
"Well figure it out and fast" Hammond said his voice tight and commanding
"Yes Sir" they all rose to their feet as Hammond left the room and the other three members of SG-1 walked out together.
"Tell Daniel I hope he feels better" Sam called after Jack knowing she really had to start working on finding Anubis's cloaked ship before he decided to attack, Jack smiled at her
"Will do" he said as both he and Teal'c vanished into another corridor.
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"How's Daniel?" Sam asked the minute their heads appeared in the door way
Jack smiled at her as he looked over to Teal'c
"Daniel's fine, he is out of surgery and his hand is attached with pins and stuff but Janet says he'll live, and probably be cranky first thing in the morning after the sedatives wear off" all three chuckled at the accurate description of their teammate.
"So, any progress?" Jack asked leaning over her table and trying to see her computer screen.
"Some, I know that any ship leaves a trail of energy particles in its wake, now even the clocked ship has to emit these particles as long as the engines are on, so now we need to scan our orbit and see if we can pick up those energy signatures"
"And how do we do that?"
"We've already started scanning but found nothing, but we only just begun" exactly at that moment her computer flashed and the warning bell sounded
"We found it" Sam said half excited half dreading what will ultimately follow, several minutes later they were all sitting around the briefing table and Sam was filling in General Hammond.
"Col., SG-1 will board Anubis's ship along with SG-12"
"Yes Sir" Jack answered
"Is there anyone else you think you'll need?"
"No Sir, we plan on going in planting C4 and running out, hopefully without being detected if at all possible".
"Okay, gear up, you leave as soon as you are ready" the three people nodded and left for the locker room to gear up.
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SG-12, Col. O'Neill and Major Carter were standing in the ring room waiting for Teal'c to maneuver the cargo ship to be directly beneath where Anubis's ship was supposed to be, each of the soldiers was holding on tight to the P90, Jack had one hand on Teal'c's staff weapon, as the ship came to a complete stop Teal'c left his seat and walked the few steps to the ring room
"O'Neill, we are ready to transport. The ring room I have chosen is empty but they will be alerted to our presence as we board"
"Get ready people, we need to get to the shield generators and the engines and blow the damn thing to peaces, shoot to kill and no exceptions" as everyone nodded he looked over to Teal'c
"We are ready" he said as Teal'c pressed the few symbols on the keypad and joined them in the ring taking hold of his offered staff.
The rings moved up to surround them as the light engulfed them, seconds later the rings disappeared into the floor and they remained standing in one of the ships cargo chambers.
"Okay, Teal'c you and Carter go with Colson and Ryan to plant the C4 in the shield generator, I will go mess with the hyper drive with Major Lockhart and lieutenant Baker covering my six, we'll meet back here if at all possible in 15 minutes" he then scanned the faces of the people standing there
"Destroying this ship is priority, is that understood?" they nodded knowing what he meant.
"Let's fan out" they divided into two groups one went forward and up one level the other turned left and down two levels.
They walked through the corridor their backs to the wall and their ears taught to hear any danger coming at them, Sam was in the lead followed closely by Teal'c with Colson and Ryan taking the rear, they could hear the metal foot prints echoing through the corridor as they neared the lower level, their weapons at the ready, Sam raised her P90 and motioned for Teal'c co cover her as she moved from the cover of the wall and into the corridor leading to the shield generator.
The Jaffa were taken completely by surprise as she started firing at them dropping like flies before one staff weapon could fire, Jack's party was not as lucky.
Walking over to the closed door Sam punched the keypad letting the door slide open as she fired her gun again and with her team covering her they managed to bring down the entire room. She was amazed it was going so well the words too good to be true flew into her mind but she brushed them away not wanting to think about what her mind was really thinking about, she and Colson went on either direction of the generator and planted as much C4 as they had in their pack's lets just make as big a dent as we possibly can she thought to herself as she turned the detonator on and punched 1 and 0 minutes, that's all she gave them to escape fearing Anubis will have time to escape or diffuse the C4 if she gave it more time.
Jack was in the lead on his way to the paltac, he knew he wasn't supposed to be there but he also knew there was no way he was getting off this ship. He wasn't planning on letting Anubis escape; he was a far too dangerous system lord to have around. He sent Lockhart and Baker to plant the C4 in the hyper drive while he continued alone.
"Sir you said…."
"Just follow my orders Major; we'll meet as planed in the ring room in" he glanced at his watch "7 minutes"
"Yes Sir" Lockhart answered still uncertain as he motioned Lieutenant Baker to retreat.
As Jack was moving along the corridor just outside the paltac he heard the familiar sounds of Jaffa walking towards him, he moved into the groove on his left and waited for them to move past him, the sound stopped suddenly. Moving slowly out to peek through the groove, his shoulder was hit by a force that drove him to the ground, but while he fell he twisted around and fired his weapon at the Jaffa that were now standing right in front of him their staff's trained on him.
He smiled as he saw the first two drop dead to the floor, the other two lifted their staff's as he continued firing, one more fell down, the forth was hit as sparks lit his chest as the bullets imbedded into him, he however managed to fire once before falling to his death, hitting Jack in his right leg shattering his knee completely, as a scream of pain escaped his lips he was suddenly being pulled up by a yellow beam.
Anubis … the name rang through his heated brain as the hand device took a firm hold on his brain causing immense pain, his voice just barely making it's way to his ears.
"The Tauri have been a thorn in the Goa'uld necks for far too long, though I must thank you for enabling me to rise to power by destroying my enemy, it is time for you to die" the caped masked Goa'uld spoke as he moved his hand higher and the yellow beam became brighter and the pain excruciating.
That's when the walls started to shake and there was a shattering noise, Anubis's head jerked up as Jack's body slumped down, there was nothing he could have done.
As peaces on the walls started crumbling down Anubis knew he had misjudged the Tauri, he was still standing tall over the battered form of one of them screaming out loud
"I will get my revenge"
As he uttered those words he was hit with a staff weapon from behind, never hearing them come he did not have his personal shield on and now it was too late as his eyes glowed for the last time he heard the female voice
"I don't think so"
Sam handed the Staff back to Teal'c as she rushed to Jack's side, the place around them falling apart she looked at Teal'c with a question in her eyes, Teal'c said nothing simply pulled up the body into his armed and run into the next room, Sam right behind him.
The rings engulfed them as they were back on the cargo ship, Teal'c saw the rest of SG-12 were already there, he gently placed the body he was holding and moved to fly the ship away from the exploding one, he just barely managed to avoid the blast as they all watched through the front window the huge fire created by the explosion, except for Sam who was crouching down beside Jack.
Teal'c made it his mission to fly back as fast as he could.
"Is everyone okay?" Sam asked looking around at the other people, they all nodded, Lieutenant Baker was hit but seeing Jack's uncertain condition he disregarded his injury, it didn't even hurt he thought to himself.
It took them 10 minutes to return to Earth's orbit after the explosion died down and another 10 to enter the atmosphere and reach Cheyenne Mountain. Everyone was let off and Teal'c continued alone to area 51 to leave the cargo ship back in storage and return to Cheyenne as fast as he could.
When he returned to Cheyenne Mountain he immediately ran to the infirmary disregarding the guards on duty, as he entered the infamous infirmary he saw Major Baker in one of the beds, his arm was in a sling and he was eating dinner, Teal'c scanned the beds coming across Daniel, he was laying on the last bed, he appeared to be sleeping, more to the point he was sedated, he had an oxygen tube running across his nose, and his arm was surrounded by metal bolts and screws going into it. The burn to his chest was bandaged. Teal'c continued to look around searching for Jack; he wanted very much to know what happened to him, then when he looked over to Dr. Fraiser's office he could see General Hammond's back and he went there with a quick stride, standing by the door he could see Janet standing behind her desk looking over the file in her hand, Sam was also there by the General's left listening to Janet.
"…. Unfortunately the leg will be a problem, the knee is shattered and I don't know if we can repair it, but since he is unconscious I can't get his consent"
"So you're saying we need to make the decision for him?"
"Yes Sir"
Hammond looked over to Sam and as they turned their heads they saw Teal'c standing by the doorway listening, he bowed his head at them all
"What do you say?" Hammond asked Sam
"I think he'd want us to do everything to repair his knee" Sam answered truthfully
"What do you say Teal'c?" Hammond asked the tall Jaffa.
"I think O'Neill would want his leg repaired" he answered in his stoic voice.
"Okay" Janet said
"What is his condition other wise?" Teal'c asked Janet when Sam and Hammond left the room
"He has a blast burn to his right shoulder and a burn mark from the hand device on his forehead, I only hope he wasn't in that thing's grasp too long to cause any permanent damage, and there's the leg" her voice drifted off as she put the folder on her desk and moved from behind it to walk into the infirmary with Teal'c at her heels.
TBC
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