Sam jerked up when the doors to her cell opened, but she relaxed when she
saw a familiar face. "Teal'c." she said.
"Major Carter." Teal'c replied. "Are you hurt?"
Sam glanced down at the blood on her white robe. Her face clouded. "No, the blood is Jack's." she said, unconsciously calling her CO by his first name.
Teal'c noticed, but decided not to say anything. Now was not the time. "I am here with Dr. Jackson." He said, instead.
Sam nodded and quickly followed him out the cell. "The Jaffa . . . " she began, but then noticed the two bodies on the ground. "Should we leave them like that?' she asked.
"Dr. Jackson ensures me it will only force Kali to believe Bastet betrayed her." Teal'c answered.
Daniel and Rya'c came out of a cell holding an unconscious Jack between them. "We need to get him back to the SGC." Daniel said. "He's hurt pretty bad."
Teal'c nodded. Cassandra popped her head into the room. "The coast is clear, but I suggest we move." She said.
Teal'c nodded and walked forward. Daniel and Rya'c followed with Jack, and Cassandra took up the rear. They carefully made their way down the black floored corridor until they came to a corner. Suddenly Teal'c made a sharp movement with his hand and everyone flattened themselves against the wall and held their breath.
A patrol of Jaffa was coming down the corridor. One of them muttered a few words in Goa'uld and the footsteps began to retreat. Daniel breathed a sigh of relief, just a Jack moaned in pain.
The footsteps stopped, and a voice snapped out, "Kree! Jankin!"
Four Jaffa wearing red saris and carrying staff weapons ran around the corner. Teal'c stepped out and whacked one on the chin with his own staff weapon, before following it with a quick thrust to the stomach and a strike to the head. The Jaffa went down as another fired at Teal'c.
Teal'c dodged and the Jaffa got a blast to the chest with a zat gun. Daniel tried to support Jack when Rya'c let go and began to blast the remaining Jaffa. One went down with a blast to the chest as Cassandra rolled and came up just in front of the last Jaffa.
She punched him in the face before he could react and then kneed him in the groin. She shot him with her zat gun as he crumpled. "Everyone still here?" she asked.
Everyone nodded, and began the trip down the corridor once more. This time there were no interruptions, and they reached the ring room without seeing anymore Jaffa.
"What happened?" asked Scott, when he saw Jack.
"No time." Said Cassandra. "We need to get him back to the SGC." She looked around. "Where's Catherine?"
"We haven't been able to contact her since she met Kali." Jacob said. "We don't know if she's not replying because she's in trouble or can't without arousing suspicion."
Teal'c looked at him. "Colonel O'Neill needs urgent medical attention. Someone must take him while the others remain here."
"I'll go." Said Daniel.
Cassandra nodded. "So will I."
She walked over to Jack and took his other side when Rya'c released it. They carefully walked over to the ring on the floor and stood inside it. "Just remember," Jacob warned them. "You can't go straight home. We can't let them know we were here."
Cassandra nodded, and the three of them disappeared. Sam looked sadly at where they had once stood, before turning to the others. "Where to?"
* * *
Daniel, Cassandra and Jack soon found themselves at the entrance to Kali's temple. Jack groaned again as they began to move in the direction of the stargate. "Hang on, Jack," Daniel said. "Just hang on."
"Wait a minute." Said Cassandra.
She looked at him, and he nodded. They lowered Jack to the ground, and Cassandra walked right up to the large doors. She looked around and noticed a button inlaid into one of the doors. She pressed it, and the doors swung open.
She ran inside, and found a ring transported in a room off to the left. She sprinted back outside. "I found a ring transporter." She panted. "Do you think we should risk it?"
Daniel bit his lip. "Jack won't make the walk back to the stargate otherwise. He's lost too much blood."
Cassandra nodded, and they gently picked Jack up again. Bit by bit they walked to the room through the temple, and into the room. As Daniel and Jack stood inside the circle, Cassandra looked for a control panel.
She soon found one on the right wall, and activated the transporter. The rings were activated just after she entered the circle, and soon the room was empty once again.
"Major Carter." Teal'c replied. "Are you hurt?"
Sam glanced down at the blood on her white robe. Her face clouded. "No, the blood is Jack's." she said, unconsciously calling her CO by his first name.
Teal'c noticed, but decided not to say anything. Now was not the time. "I am here with Dr. Jackson." He said, instead.
Sam nodded and quickly followed him out the cell. "The Jaffa . . . " she began, but then noticed the two bodies on the ground. "Should we leave them like that?' she asked.
"Dr. Jackson ensures me it will only force Kali to believe Bastet betrayed her." Teal'c answered.
Daniel and Rya'c came out of a cell holding an unconscious Jack between them. "We need to get him back to the SGC." Daniel said. "He's hurt pretty bad."
Teal'c nodded. Cassandra popped her head into the room. "The coast is clear, but I suggest we move." She said.
Teal'c nodded and walked forward. Daniel and Rya'c followed with Jack, and Cassandra took up the rear. They carefully made their way down the black floored corridor until they came to a corner. Suddenly Teal'c made a sharp movement with his hand and everyone flattened themselves against the wall and held their breath.
A patrol of Jaffa was coming down the corridor. One of them muttered a few words in Goa'uld and the footsteps began to retreat. Daniel breathed a sigh of relief, just a Jack moaned in pain.
The footsteps stopped, and a voice snapped out, "Kree! Jankin!"
Four Jaffa wearing red saris and carrying staff weapons ran around the corner. Teal'c stepped out and whacked one on the chin with his own staff weapon, before following it with a quick thrust to the stomach and a strike to the head. The Jaffa went down as another fired at Teal'c.
Teal'c dodged and the Jaffa got a blast to the chest with a zat gun. Daniel tried to support Jack when Rya'c let go and began to blast the remaining Jaffa. One went down with a blast to the chest as Cassandra rolled and came up just in front of the last Jaffa.
She punched him in the face before he could react and then kneed him in the groin. She shot him with her zat gun as he crumpled. "Everyone still here?" she asked.
Everyone nodded, and began the trip down the corridor once more. This time there were no interruptions, and they reached the ring room without seeing anymore Jaffa.
"What happened?" asked Scott, when he saw Jack.
"No time." Said Cassandra. "We need to get him back to the SGC." She looked around. "Where's Catherine?"
"We haven't been able to contact her since she met Kali." Jacob said. "We don't know if she's not replying because she's in trouble or can't without arousing suspicion."
Teal'c looked at him. "Colonel O'Neill needs urgent medical attention. Someone must take him while the others remain here."
"I'll go." Said Daniel.
Cassandra nodded. "So will I."
She walked over to Jack and took his other side when Rya'c released it. They carefully walked over to the ring on the floor and stood inside it. "Just remember," Jacob warned them. "You can't go straight home. We can't let them know we were here."
Cassandra nodded, and the three of them disappeared. Sam looked sadly at where they had once stood, before turning to the others. "Where to?"
* * *
Daniel, Cassandra and Jack soon found themselves at the entrance to Kali's temple. Jack groaned again as they began to move in the direction of the stargate. "Hang on, Jack," Daniel said. "Just hang on."
"Wait a minute." Said Cassandra.
She looked at him, and he nodded. They lowered Jack to the ground, and Cassandra walked right up to the large doors. She looked around and noticed a button inlaid into one of the doors. She pressed it, and the doors swung open.
She ran inside, and found a ring transported in a room off to the left. She sprinted back outside. "I found a ring transporter." She panted. "Do you think we should risk it?"
Daniel bit his lip. "Jack won't make the walk back to the stargate otherwise. He's lost too much blood."
Cassandra nodded, and they gently picked Jack up again. Bit by bit they walked to the room through the temple, and into the room. As Daniel and Jack stood inside the circle, Cassandra looked for a control panel.
She soon found one on the right wall, and activated the transporter. The rings were activated just after she entered the circle, and soon the room was empty once again.
