Ties that bind
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"She knows"
Jack's voice broke into her thoughts bringing her back to the reality she was in.
"Memories of the sweetest kind" Mocked Baal "If you tell me what I need to know she will not have to live through the same experience"
His fingers still caressed along her brow as he spoke, she had opened her eyes watching Jack force the words out of his mouth
"What do you want to know?"
"Why did you come here"
"We found out your were building a new place, decided to come for a visit"
Sam smiled inwardly, at least the O'Neill she knew was still there. She watched as his face contorted into a wince, maybe not the right time to be pushing the Gould though. Baal forced her head straight so she was looking up at him; he lowered his right hand, his face losing its smile. 'Losing patience' she thought to herself. Baal pressed an instrument he held between his fingers against where the metal ended at her right temple.
The pain was blinding; she lost vision as a current of electrical heat hit her temples. She felt like it was piercing her skin and hitting the nerve endings. Her body tensed as her throat uttered a groan. She tried to close her eyes but they would not submit. Instead, black darkness then bright light filled her vision. She honed in on the pain, feeling a small thread of heat piercing through the sides of her skull near her eye sockets. It felt like a sharp thin knife was cutting into the nerves of her eyes.
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Jack watched in horror as Baal pressed the thin instrument to Sam's temple. Sam let out a heart-rending groan as the small instrument let out a small gleam of light, a small pulse of energy connecting between it and her temple. His body reacted by trying to drag himself from the gravity well that held him, a bad move in itself as the pressure increased. He watched helplessly as Sam uttered pain filled sounds, he watched as her body squirmed and tensed in the binds that held her. Her eyes wide, face contorted in pain. He shifted his gaze to Baal, who was watching her intently. Baal ran his hand along her throat as she groaned in agony. His fingers pressed around her throat and he leaned over close to her, looking into her eyes. He removed the small instrument and Jack saw the beam cut off, Sam blinked gritting her teeth small moans of pain escaping through them. Baal ran his fingers over her throat and along her cheek. Raising his head to look at Jack a twisted smile on his lips.
"See what your insolence gets you Tauri" His fingers again rubbed softly over Sam's cheek shifting his gaze to look down to Sam who looked dazed and confused. "Now again, tell me. Why are you here?"
"I told you the truth. We heard you were building another fortress we came to check it out" Jack growled through gritted teeth
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Baal smiled as he released his grip on the instrument moving it away from the female's temples. His fingers brushed over her throat as he felt her pulse racing from the pain. He caressed her cheek as she blindly blinked away tears, pain filling her eyes. Turning a twisted smile to the male he was rewarded the pleasure of seeing anger and fear in the eyes that met his. Good, he would break the male quickly, using the female as bait. Then maybe he would make additions to his increasing numbers of servants. They would serve him well, and considering their determination, they may prove useful in combat situations, which reminded him. The word had spread quickly that the tauri Chap'ai was impenetrable due to a shield they called an 'iris'' but if a code was sent before stepping through the Chap'ai the 'iris' would not remain allowing incoming travellers. Making a mental note to get the information from either of the two, he addressed the male.
"See what you insolence gets you Tauri" he watched Jack intently as he spoke "Now again, tell me. Why are you here"
"I told you the truth. We heard you were building another fortress, we came to check it out" came the choked reply
He straightened looking the tauri straight in the eye, realising he told the truth and this time not so insolently. He moved to the left of the female, running his left hand down her cheek, over her throat as she breathed deeply in silence, teeth gritting together. His fingers slid down to the round object on her chest. He twisted it too the right.
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Sam groaned as the pain suddenly stopped, the lights in front of her eyes started to fade and she found she could now close her eyes. She blinked profusely as tears filled her aching eyes and ran softly down by her temples as they watered from the pain. She tried to get her bearings as the pains started too dissipate. Gritting her teeth, her throat uttering moans as she fought to gain again her senses. Aware of fingers caressing her cheek and throat. She could hear voices but couldn't focus long enough to hear what was being said. She blinked wildly, her eyes starting to focus; the pain became dull but ever present as she focused again on her torturer. Baal was moving to the right of her. Her limbs felt numb, and she realised she had been squirming and pulling at her restraints. She relaxed them, flexing her fingers that had been held into fists. She felt the Gould's cold fingers running down her throat to her chest. Aware of the pressure of the cold metal object as her chest heaved in heavy breathing as she silenced her cries, forcing them out of her throat. They would not be silenced for long.
His cold, evil gaze held hers for a moment before she closed her eyes again in agony. The object twisted piercing slightly into her skin. Then it felt like gravity was pulling against her, her body automatically fighting the pull; her moans of agony raised in pitch as the object started pulsing small electric waves throughout her chest. She could hear voices in the distance, but she could not focus on anything but the pain that was driving through her chest. Fire seemed to envelop her chest, dissipating down too her torso. Then as it subsided another would follow. She realised she could hear nothing, not even her own cries, the painful energy flowed at an electrifying rate coursing through her chest, she felt at any moment it would explode and for a fleeting moment wished it would too at least relieve her of the pain she was suffering. Her mind suddenly was filled with memories, she saw people, who were they? She knew them, cried out to them for help but they didn't hear her. Then she saw him, heard his voice she cried out for him and the pain stopped.
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Jack watched as Baal shifted his position walking along Sam's left side. His fingers traced down her cheeks and along her throat to the small object on her chest. The Gould looked down at his 2IC as his fingers gripped the round piece, then he twisted it quickly to the right. Jack had to tear his eyes away from Sam as her dazed features twisted again into pain and her back arched up, chains holding her limbs in place. He forced himself to watch again as her cries filled the room, his heart aching. He chided himself deeply for not being able to get out of the damned well and help her. He wanted to feel his fingers tightening round the Gould neck squeezing the life slowly out of him. As he raised his eyes Baal raised the small metal object over Sam's chest and turned it on, the energy again initialised and Sam's moans intensified.
"For god's sake stop it"
Jack yelled in fury and anger. The Gould turned too look at him questioningly, still holding the instrument in place over Sam's chest.
"The instrument on her chest is one of my new inventions. Similar to the Gravity well you are held by except on a much smaller scale." Baal spoke seemingly ignoring the agonising pains filling the room from his 'test subject' Jack could only watch on as the Gould continued
"It tightens onto the body and with a turn fights gravity causing the subject to feel as if they are being crushed thus the reason why her body arches in order to fend of the crush, of course the pain is excruciating."
"Why are you doing this? What do you want?"
Jack's voice was tinged with anger, fear, pain, and exhaustion. The last time the Gould had done something to her because of his insolence it sickened him more to think he was doing it now for pleasure.
"Where did you gain the information about this fortress?"
Jack winced as his eyes fell too Sam, he was loath to tell the truth but he had too for her sake. She had become silent her mouth open to silent cries of pain, her arched body shuddered every few seconds. Before he could answer, a cry escaped her lips.
"Jack"
The sound pierced him too the core, his heart breaking, he closed his eyes and lay his head back against the well.
"To'kra" he spat the words out, opening his eyes. "The To'kra told us"
Baal removed the instrument from Sam's chest and her body slumped back to the table holding her.
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"She knows"
Jack's voice broke into her thoughts bringing her back to the reality she was in.
"Memories of the sweetest kind" Mocked Baal "If you tell me what I need to know she will not have to live through the same experience"
His fingers still caressed along her brow as he spoke, she had opened her eyes watching Jack force the words out of his mouth
"What do you want to know?"
"Why did you come here"
"We found out your were building a new place, decided to come for a visit"
Sam smiled inwardly, at least the O'Neill she knew was still there. She watched as his face contorted into a wince, maybe not the right time to be pushing the Gould though. Baal forced her head straight so she was looking up at him; he lowered his right hand, his face losing its smile. 'Losing patience' she thought to herself. Baal pressed an instrument he held between his fingers against where the metal ended at her right temple.
The pain was blinding; she lost vision as a current of electrical heat hit her temples. She felt like it was piercing her skin and hitting the nerve endings. Her body tensed as her throat uttered a groan. She tried to close her eyes but they would not submit. Instead, black darkness then bright light filled her vision. She honed in on the pain, feeling a small thread of heat piercing through the sides of her skull near her eye sockets. It felt like a sharp thin knife was cutting into the nerves of her eyes.
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Jack watched in horror as Baal pressed the thin instrument to Sam's temple. Sam let out a heart-rending groan as the small instrument let out a small gleam of light, a small pulse of energy connecting between it and her temple. His body reacted by trying to drag himself from the gravity well that held him, a bad move in itself as the pressure increased. He watched helplessly as Sam uttered pain filled sounds, he watched as her body squirmed and tensed in the binds that held her. Her eyes wide, face contorted in pain. He shifted his gaze to Baal, who was watching her intently. Baal ran his hand along her throat as she groaned in agony. His fingers pressed around her throat and he leaned over close to her, looking into her eyes. He removed the small instrument and Jack saw the beam cut off, Sam blinked gritting her teeth small moans of pain escaping through them. Baal ran his fingers over her throat and along her cheek. Raising his head to look at Jack a twisted smile on his lips.
"See what your insolence gets you Tauri" His fingers again rubbed softly over Sam's cheek shifting his gaze to look down to Sam who looked dazed and confused. "Now again, tell me. Why are you here?"
"I told you the truth. We heard you were building another fortress we came to check it out" Jack growled through gritted teeth
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Baal smiled as he released his grip on the instrument moving it away from the female's temples. His fingers brushed over her throat as he felt her pulse racing from the pain. He caressed her cheek as she blindly blinked away tears, pain filling her eyes. Turning a twisted smile to the male he was rewarded the pleasure of seeing anger and fear in the eyes that met his. Good, he would break the male quickly, using the female as bait. Then maybe he would make additions to his increasing numbers of servants. They would serve him well, and considering their determination, they may prove useful in combat situations, which reminded him. The word had spread quickly that the tauri Chap'ai was impenetrable due to a shield they called an 'iris'' but if a code was sent before stepping through the Chap'ai the 'iris' would not remain allowing incoming travellers. Making a mental note to get the information from either of the two, he addressed the male.
"See what you insolence gets you Tauri" he watched Jack intently as he spoke "Now again, tell me. Why are you here"
"I told you the truth. We heard you were building another fortress, we came to check it out" came the choked reply
He straightened looking the tauri straight in the eye, realising he told the truth and this time not so insolently. He moved to the left of the female, running his left hand down her cheek, over her throat as she breathed deeply in silence, teeth gritting together. His fingers slid down to the round object on her chest. He twisted it too the right.
~~~~~~~
Sam groaned as the pain suddenly stopped, the lights in front of her eyes started to fade and she found she could now close her eyes. She blinked profusely as tears filled her aching eyes and ran softly down by her temples as they watered from the pain. She tried to get her bearings as the pains started too dissipate. Gritting her teeth, her throat uttering moans as she fought to gain again her senses. Aware of fingers caressing her cheek and throat. She could hear voices but couldn't focus long enough to hear what was being said. She blinked wildly, her eyes starting to focus; the pain became dull but ever present as she focused again on her torturer. Baal was moving to the right of her. Her limbs felt numb, and she realised she had been squirming and pulling at her restraints. She relaxed them, flexing her fingers that had been held into fists. She felt the Gould's cold fingers running down her throat to her chest. Aware of the pressure of the cold metal object as her chest heaved in heavy breathing as she silenced her cries, forcing them out of her throat. They would not be silenced for long.
His cold, evil gaze held hers for a moment before she closed her eyes again in agony. The object twisted piercing slightly into her skin. Then it felt like gravity was pulling against her, her body automatically fighting the pull; her moans of agony raised in pitch as the object started pulsing small electric waves throughout her chest. She could hear voices in the distance, but she could not focus on anything but the pain that was driving through her chest. Fire seemed to envelop her chest, dissipating down too her torso. Then as it subsided another would follow. She realised she could hear nothing, not even her own cries, the painful energy flowed at an electrifying rate coursing through her chest, she felt at any moment it would explode and for a fleeting moment wished it would too at least relieve her of the pain she was suffering. Her mind suddenly was filled with memories, she saw people, who were they? She knew them, cried out to them for help but they didn't hear her. Then she saw him, heard his voice she cried out for him and the pain stopped.
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Jack watched as Baal shifted his position walking along Sam's left side. His fingers traced down her cheeks and along her throat to the small object on her chest. The Gould looked down at his 2IC as his fingers gripped the round piece, then he twisted it quickly to the right. Jack had to tear his eyes away from Sam as her dazed features twisted again into pain and her back arched up, chains holding her limbs in place. He forced himself to watch again as her cries filled the room, his heart aching. He chided himself deeply for not being able to get out of the damned well and help her. He wanted to feel his fingers tightening round the Gould neck squeezing the life slowly out of him. As he raised his eyes Baal raised the small metal object over Sam's chest and turned it on, the energy again initialised and Sam's moans intensified.
"For god's sake stop it"
Jack yelled in fury and anger. The Gould turned too look at him questioningly, still holding the instrument in place over Sam's chest.
"The instrument on her chest is one of my new inventions. Similar to the Gravity well you are held by except on a much smaller scale." Baal spoke seemingly ignoring the agonising pains filling the room from his 'test subject' Jack could only watch on as the Gould continued
"It tightens onto the body and with a turn fights gravity causing the subject to feel as if they are being crushed thus the reason why her body arches in order to fend of the crush, of course the pain is excruciating."
"Why are you doing this? What do you want?"
Jack's voice was tinged with anger, fear, pain, and exhaustion. The last time the Gould had done something to her because of his insolence it sickened him more to think he was doing it now for pleasure.
"Where did you gain the information about this fortress?"
Jack winced as his eyes fell too Sam, he was loath to tell the truth but he had too for her sake. She had become silent her mouth open to silent cries of pain, her arched body shuddered every few seconds. Before he could answer, a cry escaped her lips.
"Jack"
The sound pierced him too the core, his heart breaking, he closed his eyes and lay his head back against the well.
"To'kra" he spat the words out, opening his eyes. "The To'kra told us"
Baal removed the instrument from Sam's chest and her body slumped back to the table holding her.