End of the line
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Jack stared in disbelief as he managed to get himself into a sitting position. Here he was trying to save their butts and he leads them into the dragons' lair. And Sam was the one bearing the brunt of the situation. He moved slowly, his head pounding. He looked up as the Gould raised his hand, his eyes glowing for a moment. He stared in surprise as he heard a staff weapon fire and watched the Gould collapse onto his 2IC in pain. The woman was unbelievable. Just when ya think she's down for the count she turns round and deals another blow. He raised his eyebrows as she pressed the weapon into his chest and fired unflinching once more. The Gould collapsed at her feet and with one last glow of the eyes breathed his last breath. He looked up at his 2IC so impressed he had no words. His eyes went back to the three men lying around them.
He jumped as the symbiote slid from its host's body and slithered towards Carter who also jumped back and in her haste fell over the body lying behind her. Jack grabbed the zat lying next to him, aimed and fired the symbiote lay still. Sam quickly sat up as he fired another shot to the lifeless form. Looking relieved she got to her feet and clambered over the body toward him. Grasping her hand he pulled himself up and looked down at her worn face.
"Nice shot sir"
Instinctively he took her hand in his and pulled her closer, a need to hold her overcoming him. He wrapped his arms around her and held her close. For a moment forgetting all they had been through. It was just the two of them. Not the first time they had had such a moment and certainly not the last.
"You too. Now how about we leave the welcoming committee and get out of here"
"Agreed" came back the reply.
He broke their hold and keeping an arm wrapped firmly round Sam's waist led them too the door at the back of the room. A figure stood there, the first prime, who had seen the whole scene as it had acted out. He had silenced the jaffa and watched his supposed god fall at the hands of the tauri.
Jack looked him in the eye and the first prime bowed his head. He turned and muttered words too the jaffa who stepped into the chamber looking down at their fallen god. Stepping back from the two tauri, the first prime stepped forward towards them.
"You have destroyed my lord Baal. It is rumoured by many that the gods are false, it has now been proven too me. I will spread the word too all jaffa that the gods they serve are false gods. You now have the honour of those jaffa under Baal's power at your disposal. I apologise for the torture you have suffered at his hands."
The jaffa surrounding them muttered in agreement.
"I appreciate that"
Jack spoke unemotionally he was too tired, too exhausted too go into a diplomatic mode of recruiting more jaffa to join the other rebels. He figured they could go with them. He attention was once more drawn to the banging overhead; he had been too distracted to notice it before.
"Could you explain what the hell all the banging upstairs is?"
"The Asgard, they have been firing at our shields for many hours, to no effect."
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Sam looked tiredly at the jaffa as he spoke.
"..You now have the honour of those jaffa under Baal's power at your disposal. I apologise for the torture you have suffered at his hands"
She gritted her teeth and looked at the floor. 'Wow an apology, yeah that makes it all better. You stood and did nothing while one man tortured souls for pleasure.' She could not bring her eyes too look at the men around her. For the first time she saw them as weak minded, and chose to live as they did rather than fight against what they knew was such wrong and false. If any of them were half as strong minded as Tealc their fight would be so much easier. She sighed and leaned softly against Jack. She just wanted to go home and sleep. She shook herself from her reverie as she heard the jaffa answer to Jack once more.
"The Asgard, they have been firing at our shields for many hours, to no effect"
Her heart leapt, they could contact the Asgard, surely they could. She straightened herself and looked up at Jack with bright eyes. Directing her question to the prime.
"Is there any way we can contact the Asgard?"
"Yes, I can show you. Follow me."
The prime stepped through the doorway, Jack propelled them forward, and they entered a small room. A reclining chair was placed surrounded by smaller wooden chairs, and two tables were situated inside. They were lead into a corridor, with small cells on either side, some containing gravity wells. She closed her eyes to them and trained her eyes on the figure in front of her. Eventually they were led into what seemed to be living quarters. Baal certainly liked his comfort looking at the cushions, curtains, heavily adorned walls of artefacts which would have Daniel and Jonas occupied for hours. She sighed and Jack shifted slipping his arm from her waist and taking her hand firmly in his. They entered a less comfortable, unadorned room adjacent to the living quarters. She noticed a circular network of stones were set into the floor and looked up too see another circular opening. A ring system.
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Jack raised his eyebrows as they were led down a dark corridor, small cells situated at either side of it. He felt Sam tense and averted his eyes to the figure ahead of him. They were led through a large lavishly laid out room. He pondered as too how on earth someone could live such a life and came too the conclusion that Gould were obviously without souls. He slipped his arm from Sam's waist and held her hand. They entered another large room, this time unadorned and seemingly empty. He noticed a circular shape on the floor and glanced up noticing a ring transport.
The jaffa turned and motioned too a platform at the other end of the room with a control system. Sam let go of his hand and quickly crossed over too the platform, stepping up too the controls. He watched from across the room as she checked out the system and pressed her fingers to some of the flat shiny surfaces before her.
"This is Major Samantha Carter communicating to the Asgard ships. Please respond"
Jack approached the platform himself listening for the answer.
"This is Major Samantha Carter, can anyone hear me"
He watched her intently, them both holding their breath in anticipation. The loud banging sounds suddenly stopped and he heard a static noise fill the room.
"This is Supreme Commander Thor of the Asgard, it is good to hear from you Major Carter, is O'Neill with you"
Jack stepped up to the platform grinning.
"Sure am Thor old buddy"
"O'Neill, we are glad you are both well. Do you acquire assistance?"
"We could do with a lift home. We have some extra passengers, more rebels to join our quest to save the universe. There's a ring transport here, think u could beam us up?"
"Our transport system cannot penetrate the shields of the fortress"
"I can easily lower the shields Sir"
"Do it Carter. Thor Carter is gonna drop the shields, just don't go round dropping bombs down on us, theres no threat down here anymore. The wicked ol Gould is dead, Hail Dorothy"
He winked at Sam as he spoke his eyes twinkling.
"Who is this Dorothy you speak of O'Neill?"
Jack grinned more so too the fact that Sam managed a small giggle herself.
"I'll tell you when I see you buddy"
~~~~~~~~~~~THE END~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(I know I know it's the end, I could have gone on and on but I thought end on a high note. I really enjoyed writing this one and I may write some stories spanning from this, well now I gotta go think of some new stories too put our fearless team through, Lurve Sara)
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Jack stared in disbelief as he managed to get himself into a sitting position. Here he was trying to save their butts and he leads them into the dragons' lair. And Sam was the one bearing the brunt of the situation. He moved slowly, his head pounding. He looked up as the Gould raised his hand, his eyes glowing for a moment. He stared in surprise as he heard a staff weapon fire and watched the Gould collapse onto his 2IC in pain. The woman was unbelievable. Just when ya think she's down for the count she turns round and deals another blow. He raised his eyebrows as she pressed the weapon into his chest and fired unflinching once more. The Gould collapsed at her feet and with one last glow of the eyes breathed his last breath. He looked up at his 2IC so impressed he had no words. His eyes went back to the three men lying around them.
He jumped as the symbiote slid from its host's body and slithered towards Carter who also jumped back and in her haste fell over the body lying behind her. Jack grabbed the zat lying next to him, aimed and fired the symbiote lay still. Sam quickly sat up as he fired another shot to the lifeless form. Looking relieved she got to her feet and clambered over the body toward him. Grasping her hand he pulled himself up and looked down at her worn face.
"Nice shot sir"
Instinctively he took her hand in his and pulled her closer, a need to hold her overcoming him. He wrapped his arms around her and held her close. For a moment forgetting all they had been through. It was just the two of them. Not the first time they had had such a moment and certainly not the last.
"You too. Now how about we leave the welcoming committee and get out of here"
"Agreed" came back the reply.
He broke their hold and keeping an arm wrapped firmly round Sam's waist led them too the door at the back of the room. A figure stood there, the first prime, who had seen the whole scene as it had acted out. He had silenced the jaffa and watched his supposed god fall at the hands of the tauri.
Jack looked him in the eye and the first prime bowed his head. He turned and muttered words too the jaffa who stepped into the chamber looking down at their fallen god. Stepping back from the two tauri, the first prime stepped forward towards them.
"You have destroyed my lord Baal. It is rumoured by many that the gods are false, it has now been proven too me. I will spread the word too all jaffa that the gods they serve are false gods. You now have the honour of those jaffa under Baal's power at your disposal. I apologise for the torture you have suffered at his hands."
The jaffa surrounding them muttered in agreement.
"I appreciate that"
Jack spoke unemotionally he was too tired, too exhausted too go into a diplomatic mode of recruiting more jaffa to join the other rebels. He figured they could go with them. He attention was once more drawn to the banging overhead; he had been too distracted to notice it before.
"Could you explain what the hell all the banging upstairs is?"
"The Asgard, they have been firing at our shields for many hours, to no effect."
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Sam looked tiredly at the jaffa as he spoke.
"..You now have the honour of those jaffa under Baal's power at your disposal. I apologise for the torture you have suffered at his hands"
She gritted her teeth and looked at the floor. 'Wow an apology, yeah that makes it all better. You stood and did nothing while one man tortured souls for pleasure.' She could not bring her eyes too look at the men around her. For the first time she saw them as weak minded, and chose to live as they did rather than fight against what they knew was such wrong and false. If any of them were half as strong minded as Tealc their fight would be so much easier. She sighed and leaned softly against Jack. She just wanted to go home and sleep. She shook herself from her reverie as she heard the jaffa answer to Jack once more.
"The Asgard, they have been firing at our shields for many hours, to no effect"
Her heart leapt, they could contact the Asgard, surely they could. She straightened herself and looked up at Jack with bright eyes. Directing her question to the prime.
"Is there any way we can contact the Asgard?"
"Yes, I can show you. Follow me."
The prime stepped through the doorway, Jack propelled them forward, and they entered a small room. A reclining chair was placed surrounded by smaller wooden chairs, and two tables were situated inside. They were lead into a corridor, with small cells on either side, some containing gravity wells. She closed her eyes to them and trained her eyes on the figure in front of her. Eventually they were led into what seemed to be living quarters. Baal certainly liked his comfort looking at the cushions, curtains, heavily adorned walls of artefacts which would have Daniel and Jonas occupied for hours. She sighed and Jack shifted slipping his arm from her waist and taking her hand firmly in his. They entered a less comfortable, unadorned room adjacent to the living quarters. She noticed a circular network of stones were set into the floor and looked up too see another circular opening. A ring system.
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Jack raised his eyebrows as they were led down a dark corridor, small cells situated at either side of it. He felt Sam tense and averted his eyes to the figure ahead of him. They were led through a large lavishly laid out room. He pondered as too how on earth someone could live such a life and came too the conclusion that Gould were obviously without souls. He slipped his arm from Sam's waist and held her hand. They entered another large room, this time unadorned and seemingly empty. He noticed a circular shape on the floor and glanced up noticing a ring transport.
The jaffa turned and motioned too a platform at the other end of the room with a control system. Sam let go of his hand and quickly crossed over too the platform, stepping up too the controls. He watched from across the room as she checked out the system and pressed her fingers to some of the flat shiny surfaces before her.
"This is Major Samantha Carter communicating to the Asgard ships. Please respond"
Jack approached the platform himself listening for the answer.
"This is Major Samantha Carter, can anyone hear me"
He watched her intently, them both holding their breath in anticipation. The loud banging sounds suddenly stopped and he heard a static noise fill the room.
"This is Supreme Commander Thor of the Asgard, it is good to hear from you Major Carter, is O'Neill with you"
Jack stepped up to the platform grinning.
"Sure am Thor old buddy"
"O'Neill, we are glad you are both well. Do you acquire assistance?"
"We could do with a lift home. We have some extra passengers, more rebels to join our quest to save the universe. There's a ring transport here, think u could beam us up?"
"Our transport system cannot penetrate the shields of the fortress"
"I can easily lower the shields Sir"
"Do it Carter. Thor Carter is gonna drop the shields, just don't go round dropping bombs down on us, theres no threat down here anymore. The wicked ol Gould is dead, Hail Dorothy"
He winked at Sam as he spoke his eyes twinkling.
"Who is this Dorothy you speak of O'Neill?"
Jack grinned more so too the fact that Sam managed a small giggle herself.
"I'll tell you when I see you buddy"
~~~~~~~~~~~THE END~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(I know I know it's the end, I could have gone on and on but I thought end on a high note. I really enjoyed writing this one and I may write some stories spanning from this, well now I gotta go think of some new stories too put our fearless team through, Lurve Sara)