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They were back once more in the darkness, recollections smearing the shadows like small comets throughout Jonas's mind. Numerous ruptures began to appear like slices of daylight in this midnight of worlds. "What's happening?" Sam enquired, her eyes straining in the brilliance of light.

"He is trying to hide from us," Six replied.

"Why the hell would he do that?" Jack asked.

"Sometimes, Colonel O'Neill, we try to conceal our past, not only from others but from ourselves. Our minds are an astonishing place where we can put away our ravens to fly with the doves."

"You're being a bit vague here, Six buddy," said Jack.

Six acknowledged this with a slight nod, "Ninety-five has found a place of contentment, a place of great meaning to him, where he feels safe."

"In one of these fissures?" Questioned Sam.

"I believe so," Six replied, "I will try and find him but it will not be easy, he is stronger than I ever imagined."

He took a deep breath and closed his eyes; the others waited.

"NO," a voice echoed around them turning in the darkness, "go away, leave me, let me rest."

"Jonas?" Sam answered.

"Please, go away, leave me."

"We cannot," Six said, focusing his mind once more, the strain showing on his face. He put his hand to his head and swayed slightly, blood dripping from is nose, "I have found him, this way."

They followed him once more into the light and found themselves on the serene sand of a bronzed beach.

Nineteen looked up in wonder, "it beautiful as you," he said to Sam, "never saw, never saw before."

He took a deep breath of salty air and began jumping around, arms stretched upward, trying to touch the magnificence of the sun. He then picked up handfuls of sand letting the soft breeze take it from between his small fists. He skipped around Sam with smiling gums and deep tears glistening in his eyes. "Beautiful," he struggled to say as his breathing became laboured then he collapsed on to the sand.

Forty-four ran over to his side, "no, it my time," Nineteen cried, "Six, say words."

Sam bent down and stroked his feverish forehead, "I see miracle of above mirrored in your eyes, flecks of gold against blue," he said touching the Major's soft cheek. "I go now, I march with joyful feet, my journey full circle."

Six knelt beside them and took Nineteen's hand, "the sky's above me, the grass is so sweet, this journey's circle, will now be complete."

Nineteen's eyes flickered as he sort out the face of O'Neill, "boom," he said and then he was gone.

"O'Neill," Teal'c said, "I have located Jonas Quinn."

They all looked up to see a lone figure, in the distance, skimming stones across the water.

"Sir," Sam began, "I will go..."

"No, Major Carter, I believe I should talk to Jonas Quinn," Teal'c cut in.

"Teal'c?" O'Neill questioned but was met with a sternly raised eyebrow, "okay buddy, he's all yours."

The Jaffa travelled along the sand to where Jonas was stood, "want a go?" He asked the tall dark one handing him a flat pebble.

"I am not familiar with this game."

Jonas threw another stone at the water, which skipped across the surface five times before drowning. "We used to come here a lot, when I was a child, Mum, Dad, my sister. We'd have grand picnics over by those rocks and then play in the water or on the sand, depending on the weather. The day used to last forever and we were even allowed to stay up and watch the colours of the sunset streak across the night sky. My mother would tell us to reveal our worries to dusk and the sun would take them down to the ocean and the moon would kiss their memory away."

He sighed, shaking his head, "this place was special Teal'c, and now, now it's all been stolen and tarnished, like, a part of me was never real."

Another stone was thrown angrily at the ocean floor, "it was Jonas Quinn," Teal'c countered, "It is this past that has made you who you are now, a young man who has both honour and integrity and whom I have the privilege of calling friend. You will find the balance in your soul and we will help you, remember you are not alone in this."

Jonas smiled and Teal'c bowed slightly, "I was never, really, good at this anyway," the Kelownan said and threw his handful of pebbles to the ground, "my sister was always better at it than me."

The Jaffa held his head to one side and promptly threw his stone across the water bouncing ten times before it fell, "indeed," he said, smiling inwardly.

They walked back along the beach to where the others stood. Sam was leaning over the weakening body of Six, she looked up at Jonas, "he collapsed about a minute ago."

Jonas fell to his friend's side, "Six?" he whispered.

Six opened his eyes slightly, "Jonas," he said in a barely audible voice, "this name means dove, a symbol of peace." He began to cough.

Jonas looked up at Forty-four who shook his head.

Six put his hand to Jonas's chest, "my bright star you have lead me to this place, how wonderful it is, I am glad my journey's end will come surrounded by such. You must not let the spreading darkness take this from the universe, wherever it creeps remember the glow of here and it will aid your fight," he fell back onto the sand, breath rattling in his chest.

He looked to the other members of SG1, "guard his heart, for it is a pure thing and new to the world of darkness," Six smiled at Jonas, "will you say the words my friend?"

Jonas inhaled deeply and gripped Six's hand tightly as if to keep him there, "the sky's above me, the grass is so sweet, this journey's circle, will now be complete."

Six closed his eyes and his body disappeared into the sand.

The beach began to swirl around them leaving the white room, where they had started, in its place; the only difference being that Nineteen and Six were no longer there.

Forty-four went over to were Jonas was now lying and placed his palm on the unconscious figure gesturing to O'Neill that he was sleeping.

Jack raised his eyebrows, "Carter stay with Jonas, let me know when he comes round. Teal'c go back to the gate and inform General Hammond of our situation. Daniel," but Daniel had disappeared out the door, "damn it."

The Colonel raced after him but he corridors were empty. "Where the hell?" he said looking around.

"Jack," came a muffled voice from behind a solid wall.

"Daniel?"

"Press the symbol for all power, stability and life."

Colonel O'Neill looked at the hieroglyphs carved into the wall, "hey Daniel wanna help me out here."

There was a soft sigh, then, "the one that looks like a boat on the water, with a giraffe type thing and a person with a big head on board."

Jack looked at he symbols again muttering, "boat, boat, giraffe type, ah," he pressed the icon and a doorway opened. "You know we really should have a team talk about wandering off... wow."

O'Neill joined Daniel in a small chamber and on the floor, taking up most of the room, was a mini stargate. "Is that..?" Jack asked.

"Yeah, I think it's a transportation device, a cross between a stargate and the rings on board a mother ship. It's static so you can't dial out. My guess is it's for travelling between two fixed points."

"Wait 'till Carter sees this, she won't sleep for a month," Jack began, then, "why would anyone want a second device when the stargate's so near?"

"Secrecy."

"Secrecy?"

"I think our guy didn't want anyone knowing he was travelling here."

"Do you think it leads to the key?"

"No Jack, I know where the key is," Daniel said half-heartedly.

"Well let's get it before our friend big 'A' gets here."

"Jack, Anubis isn't coming to get the key, he knows where it is."

O'Neill gave him that puzzled look then, "Daniel?"

"Okay," Daniel took a deep breath, "you remember what Cassie said when Jonas asked the 'blue robed guy' for the key?"

"Um, remind me."

"She said he found the question amusing."

"So, this guy's gotta warped sense of humour, I can relate to that."

Daniel carried on, "when we arrived here what did we find?"

"The Three Stooges?" Jack said eagerly.

Daniel sighed, "okay, let me put it another way, what have we found out."

"That Jonas was 'born' here."

Daniel waited, Jack looked at him, "you're thinking Jonas is the first key?"

"Yup, and I also think Cassie is the second. That's why 'blue robe guy' found the question 'comical' because he already knew they were the keys."

"But how would Anubis know?"

Daniel crouched down to the floor and rubbed sand from a small cartouche on the inside of the ring.

"What does that say 'Anubis was here'?" Jack joked.

"No, it says 'Anubis the Father-Creator."

Daniel watched the information count down on the Colonel's face then, wham, it hit him like a cannon ball to the stomach, "Jez, Daniel that would make Jonas.."

"Yeah, Jack, it would."

They didn't speak for a while, O'Neill paced around the chamber chewing on what he'd just heard while Daniel wished he was still ascended.

"Are you sure Daniel, I mean you couldn't be wrong?"

"I'm sure Jack. It would explain why Anubis was so fascinated when he saw Jonas."

"Like a mirror thing," O'Neill replied, "I guess it's been a long time since that guy saw himself without the mask."

Then he stopped and turned toward Daniel, a brightness forming on his face, "our nasty little friend has ascended, right?"

Daniel nodded.

"That means he's like, pure light?" Jack said doing a mystical thing with his fingers.

Daniel nodded again.

"So how can you clone pure light?"

"Jack, you saw," Daniel tried to search for a better phrase but could find none, "Jonas the early years, you saw Anubis take corporeal form. Also, we've know idea how long he was planning this, this centre; he may of taken cells to clone before ascending. It's not like he's 'risen' through normal means."

"Like death."

"I prefer, passing on."

"Okay, okay," Jack thought for a while, "I know that most system lords are egotistical bastards so why make only five little Anubis's, why not a whole army?"

"Because in the end, he only wanted one. Maybe for a spare body if the ascension went wrong or maybe if he did ascend he wanted to leave a figurehead down here."

"And who better to trust your empire to than yourself."

Daniel acknowledged this.

Jack continued, "then why didn't he take the kid with him?"

Daniel rubbed his face, "Jonas was right, he was flawed, he wasn't perfect."

"Compared to these other guys?"

"Anubis has nothing but a black soul, Jack, Jonas is his opposite, he has his humanity."

"Sir?" It was Major Carter.

"Carter we're behind the wall, look for a giraffe in a boat," Jack answered.

Then they both heard Jonas's voice and the button was realised.

"Hi", the Kelownan's face peered into the chamber, closely followed by Sam's.

"Wow, Sir is that what I think it is," she exclaimed looking at the ring on the floor.

Jack looked to Daniel and he nodded back, "Major walk with me," O'Neill said leading her gently by her arm, "Jonas, Daniel has something to show you, we'll meet you back at the entrance when you're through."

The Colonel shut the door behind him and released Sam, "Sir, what's going on?"

Jack sighed, "let's find Teal'c, Major, I've something to tell you both."

When Daniel and Jonas made their way up the stone steps the others were milling around outside.

O'Neill looked Jonas in the eye and gave him a reassuring nod; Jonas was visibly pale and half smiled back at the Colonel, saying, "Um, Forty-four is staying here, it's his home, he doesn't want to leave."

Sam went to say something but Jonas repeated the statement, "It's his home, Sam."

She nodded.

"Okay then people let's make a move for ours," Jack said adjusting his cap.

Jonas looked back at the entrance for a while unable to move, "Jonas Quinn," called Teal'c, "we are leaving, we are going home."

"Yes," whispered Jonas and quickly caught up with the rest of his team.

The ring lit up in the small chamber and a masked figure appeared in its watery haze. He walked the corridors of what was once his grand experiment, his heavy cloak trailing in the dust on the floor. The dumb Jaffa knelt before his master knowing he was about to, painfully, complete his journey, as Anubis held out a gloved hand and raped forty-four's mind.

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It was going to end here but another 2(?) chapters jumped on my head (ow).

So the story will continue.........for a bit.

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