Jack lay staring up at the high ceiling wondering yet again how the hell
he'd managed to get into this situation again. Turning the circumstances
around in his mind trying figure how he'd allowed it to happen and how he
could have stopped it. Carter also laced his thoughts as he wondered where
she was in this ever-familiar facility. He turned his head trying to
relieve some of the pain; eyes screwed up for a moment as a sharp pain
travelled from the base of his skull to his spine. His breathing shallowed
for a moment as he fought to gain some control over his over-reacting
senses. Every bone in his body ached; he'd fell hard after that zat blast.
He rubbed a hand over his chest, fell right on top of his P90 too
considering the ache and obvious bruise he had going on there too. His
eyes bore into a spot on the wall focusing as he cast his mind back.
~~~~~~~
It wasn't one of their routine missions. The tocra had contacted them with vital information concerning the Gould Baal. Baal who they knew had joined forces with Anubis had been building another fortress after his former site had been discovered and destroyed by Lord Yu. A tocra had managed to infiltrate the newly built fortress for four months, but had had too retreat, as the situation had deemed too dangerous. They had managed to escape the fortress and gated back to the Alpha Site before being discovered. Eventually three months after their retreat the information had been passed over to the SGC. Baal's knowledge of gravity had escalated due to his previous studies into it and with the knowledge of Anubis at his disposal, he was getting increasingly powerful. It was now or never to once again stall his plans or better still take him completely out. The Asgard had been contacted but they too knew of the increasing power of Baal and could offer no assistance as their weapons were of no use against his. It was agreed that if the SGC could infiltrate the fortress and destroy it the Asgard would be at hand to offer help once that it's weapons were down.
~~~~~~~~~~~
Jack groaned as a hamstring started to spasm from the way that he was lying, drawing him back from his thoughts. Shifting again he levered himself up slowly, leaning back against the wall, stretching his leg slowly out, his fingers sliding down to knead the muscle. The muscle started to relax he breathed slowly. He cast his mind way back to when he'd been here last. Why hadn't he been put in a sarcophagus? Baal liked his subjects well enough to go through the torture he enjoyed dealing out. Jacks stomach turned as he remembered the torture he had been put through. Damned Gould. Damned Tocra. Damn them all if Baal had done similar to Carter. There was something else missing in this weird situation. Where the hell was Daniel? Daniel was here for him last time, why wasn't he here now? Not that he was much help last time. He hadn't needed a therapist; he'd need a goddamned hand to get of this god-forsaken hellhole. Nevertheless, Daniel, in his irritating way had given him some stupid explanation on why he couldn't get involved; he had been there for Jack and Jack admitted to himself that he had been glad Daniel had been there with him. At least he had had someone to talk to! His thoughts flitted to Carter again, where was she? Was she ok? Was she alive? Jack tossed this thought from his mind. Carter was more valuable to Baal than the rest of them, except for maybe Malek and Jacob but they hadn't been taken as well had they? What if they had all been captured? Jack closed his eyes, no just him and Carter, he hoped.
~~~~~~~~~
They had set off on the mission; the tocra had given them schematics of the fortress that was not altogether finished. Although who knew how much more Baal had managed to build in the three months it had taken the tocra to bring them the information? Malek and Jacob were joining SG1 and SG2 on the mission. Carter had wasted no time in using the information they had brought too its full advantage. Within days a mission de-brief had been scanned and studied by General Hammond and the mission had been given a go. A malp had been sent through showing still no guards had been posted at the Stargate, Baal hadn't seen any need for the moment as the location of his fortress had been, to his mind, top secret.
They moved out. The fortress was situated in a valley a days walk from the stargate. After securing a perimeter near the gate, SG2 were posted to stay and keep it secure, on orders to retreat back to the SGC if any trouble arose for either them or SG1. Malek and Jacob joined SG1 on the long trek to the fortress. The going was swift, silent, undercover of the heavy forest surrounding them. Carter had spotted it first, signalling a stop to her team she motioned to Jack. He had spotted it then too, a small jaffa gun turret set in a small clearing. He'd motioned to Teal'c and Jonas to secure a perimeter. Signalling Malek and Jacob to stay put he and Carter had edged further to take a closer look. He had heard it before he saw it, a small whooshing hissing sound, from behind his left shoulder. He pushed Carter to the ground covering his body with his own as the staff blast hit the undergrowth in front of them. He rolled onto his side raising his P90 as he did so, another blast flew this time from the right side away from him, Teal'c he thought to himself as he fired a couple of shots into the thick forest area where the first blast had aimed from. Carter had scrambled to her knees also covering him from behind as more blasts flew from around the clearing. Jack had grabbed his radio ordering the team to fall back. He noticed most of the blasts came from inside the perimeter and other side of the clearing, leaving himself and Carter in the midst of it. He hoped to god tealc wouldn't be stubborn and stick around. He offered a few more shots into the undergrowth as Carter let loose on the opposite side of the clearing. Problem was they had nothing on which to focus just the angle the blasts had been flying from.
Then silence had descended. He had took a chance and clicked his radio on again, quickly issuing orders to sg2 to wait for Malek, Jacob, Tealc and Jonas and get word back to SGC that they'd been under attack. He and Carter would meet them when they got out of the situation they were currently in. Carter had tensed next to him. She had sensed something was going on and had signalled to Jack that all was not right. Jack knew it too. Blasts had stopped flying; silence had again descended. They were surrounded, he knew it and Carter knew it. Carter had eyed him questioningly; he had nodded back to her that he was ok, asking the same question in his eyes. She'd gave him the thumbs up that she was also ok. At that, time a large Jaffa flanked by a few more had stepped into the clearing.
'You will show yourselves tauri' came the familiar tone. 'You have nowhere to go'
Jack signalled to Carter to slowly stand. Didn't look like they were going anywhere very soon, he just hoped the others had gotten to the gate safely. Hands had roughly shoved them further into the clearing, as orders were given to them to drop their weapons. Reluctantly they had. The large jaffa that had been addressing them approached Jack looking at him intently.
'My Lord Baal will be pleased to meet you again Tauri'
Jack's heart had sank when a realisation had crossed his mind that he had met this jaffa before. The jaffa had then turned to Carter,
'and I see you've brought a friend, she may make up for the maiden you took from him'
Carter flinched slightly but looked him straight in the eye. He'd watched as the jaffa went to run his hand over her, Jack had raised his hand and grabbed the wrist receiving a blow to his head for his trouble. Carter had then kindly stepped in trying a blow to the large jaffa that had subsequently grabbed her by the shoulders and pushed her back onto a nearby tree. Jack had watched her slide down the trunk holding her head, and he winced as the pain of his own started to kick in. Just as he was about to stand again defiantly he heard the jaffa speak 'I grow tired of this, Lord Baal awaits' before he knew it he saw a zat blast hit Carter causing her to slump even more. He'd barely been able to raise his eyes from her as he felt the sharp electric fibres spreading like lightning over his own body. Then darkness.
~~~~~~~~~
Jack opened his eyes, and now here he was sitting in a goddamned cell awaiting his meeting with Baal, gee this was going to be fun.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Edited - 15th may 2003)
~~~~~~~
It wasn't one of their routine missions. The tocra had contacted them with vital information concerning the Gould Baal. Baal who they knew had joined forces with Anubis had been building another fortress after his former site had been discovered and destroyed by Lord Yu. A tocra had managed to infiltrate the newly built fortress for four months, but had had too retreat, as the situation had deemed too dangerous. They had managed to escape the fortress and gated back to the Alpha Site before being discovered. Eventually three months after their retreat the information had been passed over to the SGC. Baal's knowledge of gravity had escalated due to his previous studies into it and with the knowledge of Anubis at his disposal, he was getting increasingly powerful. It was now or never to once again stall his plans or better still take him completely out. The Asgard had been contacted but they too knew of the increasing power of Baal and could offer no assistance as their weapons were of no use against his. It was agreed that if the SGC could infiltrate the fortress and destroy it the Asgard would be at hand to offer help once that it's weapons were down.
~~~~~~~~~~~
Jack groaned as a hamstring started to spasm from the way that he was lying, drawing him back from his thoughts. Shifting again he levered himself up slowly, leaning back against the wall, stretching his leg slowly out, his fingers sliding down to knead the muscle. The muscle started to relax he breathed slowly. He cast his mind way back to when he'd been here last. Why hadn't he been put in a sarcophagus? Baal liked his subjects well enough to go through the torture he enjoyed dealing out. Jacks stomach turned as he remembered the torture he had been put through. Damned Gould. Damned Tocra. Damn them all if Baal had done similar to Carter. There was something else missing in this weird situation. Where the hell was Daniel? Daniel was here for him last time, why wasn't he here now? Not that he was much help last time. He hadn't needed a therapist; he'd need a goddamned hand to get of this god-forsaken hellhole. Nevertheless, Daniel, in his irritating way had given him some stupid explanation on why he couldn't get involved; he had been there for Jack and Jack admitted to himself that he had been glad Daniel had been there with him. At least he had had someone to talk to! His thoughts flitted to Carter again, where was she? Was she ok? Was she alive? Jack tossed this thought from his mind. Carter was more valuable to Baal than the rest of them, except for maybe Malek and Jacob but they hadn't been taken as well had they? What if they had all been captured? Jack closed his eyes, no just him and Carter, he hoped.
~~~~~~~~~
They had set off on the mission; the tocra had given them schematics of the fortress that was not altogether finished. Although who knew how much more Baal had managed to build in the three months it had taken the tocra to bring them the information? Malek and Jacob were joining SG1 and SG2 on the mission. Carter had wasted no time in using the information they had brought too its full advantage. Within days a mission de-brief had been scanned and studied by General Hammond and the mission had been given a go. A malp had been sent through showing still no guards had been posted at the Stargate, Baal hadn't seen any need for the moment as the location of his fortress had been, to his mind, top secret.
They moved out. The fortress was situated in a valley a days walk from the stargate. After securing a perimeter near the gate, SG2 were posted to stay and keep it secure, on orders to retreat back to the SGC if any trouble arose for either them or SG1. Malek and Jacob joined SG1 on the long trek to the fortress. The going was swift, silent, undercover of the heavy forest surrounding them. Carter had spotted it first, signalling a stop to her team she motioned to Jack. He had spotted it then too, a small jaffa gun turret set in a small clearing. He'd motioned to Teal'c and Jonas to secure a perimeter. Signalling Malek and Jacob to stay put he and Carter had edged further to take a closer look. He had heard it before he saw it, a small whooshing hissing sound, from behind his left shoulder. He pushed Carter to the ground covering his body with his own as the staff blast hit the undergrowth in front of them. He rolled onto his side raising his P90 as he did so, another blast flew this time from the right side away from him, Teal'c he thought to himself as he fired a couple of shots into the thick forest area where the first blast had aimed from. Carter had scrambled to her knees also covering him from behind as more blasts flew from around the clearing. Jack had grabbed his radio ordering the team to fall back. He noticed most of the blasts came from inside the perimeter and other side of the clearing, leaving himself and Carter in the midst of it. He hoped to god tealc wouldn't be stubborn and stick around. He offered a few more shots into the undergrowth as Carter let loose on the opposite side of the clearing. Problem was they had nothing on which to focus just the angle the blasts had been flying from.
Then silence had descended. He had took a chance and clicked his radio on again, quickly issuing orders to sg2 to wait for Malek, Jacob, Tealc and Jonas and get word back to SGC that they'd been under attack. He and Carter would meet them when they got out of the situation they were currently in. Carter had tensed next to him. She had sensed something was going on and had signalled to Jack that all was not right. Jack knew it too. Blasts had stopped flying; silence had again descended. They were surrounded, he knew it and Carter knew it. Carter had eyed him questioningly; he had nodded back to her that he was ok, asking the same question in his eyes. She'd gave him the thumbs up that she was also ok. At that, time a large Jaffa flanked by a few more had stepped into the clearing.
'You will show yourselves tauri' came the familiar tone. 'You have nowhere to go'
Jack signalled to Carter to slowly stand. Didn't look like they were going anywhere very soon, he just hoped the others had gotten to the gate safely. Hands had roughly shoved them further into the clearing, as orders were given to them to drop their weapons. Reluctantly they had. The large jaffa that had been addressing them approached Jack looking at him intently.
'My Lord Baal will be pleased to meet you again Tauri'
Jack's heart had sank when a realisation had crossed his mind that he had met this jaffa before. The jaffa had then turned to Carter,
'and I see you've brought a friend, she may make up for the maiden you took from him'
Carter flinched slightly but looked him straight in the eye. He'd watched as the jaffa went to run his hand over her, Jack had raised his hand and grabbed the wrist receiving a blow to his head for his trouble. Carter had then kindly stepped in trying a blow to the large jaffa that had subsequently grabbed her by the shoulders and pushed her back onto a nearby tree. Jack had watched her slide down the trunk holding her head, and he winced as the pain of his own started to kick in. Just as he was about to stand again defiantly he heard the jaffa speak 'I grow tired of this, Lord Baal awaits' before he knew it he saw a zat blast hit Carter causing her to slump even more. He'd barely been able to raise his eyes from her as he felt the sharp electric fibres spreading like lightning over his own body. Then darkness.
~~~~~~~~~
Jack opened his eyes, and now here he was sitting in a goddamned cell awaiting his meeting with Baal, gee this was going to be fun.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Edited - 15th may 2003)