Disclaimer: I don't own Stargate SG1 or any of its characters, nope not me,
someone else.
For all of you who wanted a sequel, hope you enjoy this but please be patient, this may turn out to be a bit dark..
This is set two months after Jonas and Cassie went through the gate with Olmec.
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Ragnarok paced the chamber feeling the tension, not only his own but Aunbis's biting anger; it was hard some days to keep the creature inside of him balanced. Not that, that worried him, it was this unstable side of the symbiote that held such a morbid fascination for him.
A light filled the room followed by the stinging zap of the transport rings and broke his chain of thought. Ragnarok stepped toward the human making eye contact with him, "Senator Kinsey, may I introduce myself, my name is Ragnarok," he began, holding out his hand, "I hope that we can come to some mutual understanding which will be beneficial to us both."
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Jonas looked out at the meandering valley. He watched the creatures of the air skip on the kind breeze as they danced to the freshness of spring. He put his hand out of the small window to feel the life brought by the tuneful rain that was singing the birth of a new season.
"Can you feel it?" Came the papyrus voice from the shadows of the room.
"Yes," he replied.
"What do you feel?"
"Hope," the Kelownan said turning to meet Olmec's smile.
"Hope, Jonas, it is always there, even in darkness there are stars to accompany us through the night's journey, guiding us to our destination," a cough rattled from within him.
Jonas went to him, "should I get Cassie?"
"No, she cannot heal me, my lesions are soul deep and are cut by the despair of the cosmos," he took Jonas's hand in his, "come I will show you."
Jonas felt a terrible anguish surge through his body; it shredded his heart to rags and knotted in his throat, unable to release itself.
"The universe is stretching," Olmec told him, "sinister hands are pulling it apart piece by piece. Can you feel the hollowness, the void that they have left?"
"Yes," he said solemnly.
"It is a balance I am too weak to continue to sustain."
Jonas looked into the face of a man who was heavy with burden. Those eyes had lost their lustre, the milk of his skin was deep with furrows and his lips had become grave.
"We have not failed yet," Jonas, reflected, trying to soften the mood, "we have many on our side."
"Yes," Olmec replied and gave him a light smile, "help me to the window, Jonas, I wish to feel the light on my face."
Jonas moved Olmec's basic chair so he had a view of the luxuriant landscape and then helped the old man to it, placing a woollen blanket over his knees.
"Ah, the wonders of spring," Olmec said rejuvenating a little in the daylight.
"Do you require anything else?" Jonas asked but the older man did not answer, he just stared beyond the horizon.
"Olmec?"
He turned to face Jonas, his face grey, thick tears rolling from his eyes, "they are close," he replied, stretching out a dappled hand to finger the sunlight.
The Kelownan drew near, searching the distance acutely, "who?"
But Olmec did not answer him. Instead he stood from the chair looking beyond this dimension, "oh, my children," he said in a voice full of sorrow.
He began to shake as small sparks snaked from within his thin body, stinging his flesh with malice.
Olmec fell towards the floor but Jonas caught him, gathering up his light frame with care, just as the first bolt of lightening seared, turning the sky blood red.
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Colonel O'Neill ran to the gate room as the klaxons screamed through the SGC. He watched as SG4 and 19 limped back through the gate, relief on their faces to be home. In fact, if he was honest, the relief was shared, there were no losses on either team.
On his way to the canteen he stopped in on Daniel who, was holding his head in his hands, "busy?" He enquired.
Daniel looked at him sharply, "I was just, I was," he then sighed and let the answer evade them both.
"You wanna get something to eat?" O'Neill asked noticing Daniel's jaded appearance.
"No, I'm fine, Jack."
"Daniel," O'Neill stated, "we've hardly seen you for days. You've locked yourself away in here..."
"I know, I know, it's just," Daniel shrugged, "it's just this text the Russian's brought back," he pointed at the sprawl of photographs before him.
O'Neill looked down at them then to the irritated man hovering over them, "and?" he asked.
Daniel sighed pushing his glasses back on his nose before rubbing his forehead; "it's an ancient prayer by the people of 'The Sun Father' to bring back the Gentle Gods. It tells of a fire demon, with blazing eyes enslaving the villages of the lowlands of Mathai."
"Oh, that sounds familiar," Jack said resting on an adjacent desk.
Daniel gave him an acknowledging nod and continued, "The people went to seek help from, from," he searched through the glossy prints, "their Gentle God, Samuel, who had come through the stargate 'many' years ago."
"An ancient?"
"Yeah, well, Samuel, went forth with a great army to destroy the invading demons but was slain by the very first shot of the battle, his body disappearing in a white light."
"He ascended?"
Daniel nodded, "leaving his army to be massacred by the Goa'uld."
"And that's made you.?" Jack questioned.
"Jack, he did nothing. He let the people of Mathai be slaughtered when he had the power to stop it. He didn't have to raise an army he had advance technology on his side but he let those people go against staff weapons with swords and lances.
"We've been searching all this time to find out more about the ancients but the more I find out, the more I'm not sure that they're the good guys. They let the Goa'uld infest hundreds of planets and they did nothing about it."
"They ascended to a higher plane, Daniel."
"Yeah, and all they did was watch."
At that point in their 'discussion' Major Carter came into the room, "Sir, Daniel, we've just had a message from the Tok'ra/free Jaffa base, they're receiving an influx of Nox refugees through some sort of portal and they've asked for our assistance."
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For all of you who wanted a sequel, hope you enjoy this but please be patient, this may turn out to be a bit dark..
This is set two months after Jonas and Cassie went through the gate with Olmec.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ragnarok paced the chamber feeling the tension, not only his own but Aunbis's biting anger; it was hard some days to keep the creature inside of him balanced. Not that, that worried him, it was this unstable side of the symbiote that held such a morbid fascination for him.
A light filled the room followed by the stinging zap of the transport rings and broke his chain of thought. Ragnarok stepped toward the human making eye contact with him, "Senator Kinsey, may I introduce myself, my name is Ragnarok," he began, holding out his hand, "I hope that we can come to some mutual understanding which will be beneficial to us both."
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Jonas looked out at the meandering valley. He watched the creatures of the air skip on the kind breeze as they danced to the freshness of spring. He put his hand out of the small window to feel the life brought by the tuneful rain that was singing the birth of a new season.
"Can you feel it?" Came the papyrus voice from the shadows of the room.
"Yes," he replied.
"What do you feel?"
"Hope," the Kelownan said turning to meet Olmec's smile.
"Hope, Jonas, it is always there, even in darkness there are stars to accompany us through the night's journey, guiding us to our destination," a cough rattled from within him.
Jonas went to him, "should I get Cassie?"
"No, she cannot heal me, my lesions are soul deep and are cut by the despair of the cosmos," he took Jonas's hand in his, "come I will show you."
Jonas felt a terrible anguish surge through his body; it shredded his heart to rags and knotted in his throat, unable to release itself.
"The universe is stretching," Olmec told him, "sinister hands are pulling it apart piece by piece. Can you feel the hollowness, the void that they have left?"
"Yes," he said solemnly.
"It is a balance I am too weak to continue to sustain."
Jonas looked into the face of a man who was heavy with burden. Those eyes had lost their lustre, the milk of his skin was deep with furrows and his lips had become grave.
"We have not failed yet," Jonas, reflected, trying to soften the mood, "we have many on our side."
"Yes," Olmec replied and gave him a light smile, "help me to the window, Jonas, I wish to feel the light on my face."
Jonas moved Olmec's basic chair so he had a view of the luxuriant landscape and then helped the old man to it, placing a woollen blanket over his knees.
"Ah, the wonders of spring," Olmec said rejuvenating a little in the daylight.
"Do you require anything else?" Jonas asked but the older man did not answer, he just stared beyond the horizon.
"Olmec?"
He turned to face Jonas, his face grey, thick tears rolling from his eyes, "they are close," he replied, stretching out a dappled hand to finger the sunlight.
The Kelownan drew near, searching the distance acutely, "who?"
But Olmec did not answer him. Instead he stood from the chair looking beyond this dimension, "oh, my children," he said in a voice full of sorrow.
He began to shake as small sparks snaked from within his thin body, stinging his flesh with malice.
Olmec fell towards the floor but Jonas caught him, gathering up his light frame with care, just as the first bolt of lightening seared, turning the sky blood red.
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Colonel O'Neill ran to the gate room as the klaxons screamed through the SGC. He watched as SG4 and 19 limped back through the gate, relief on their faces to be home. In fact, if he was honest, the relief was shared, there were no losses on either team.
On his way to the canteen he stopped in on Daniel who, was holding his head in his hands, "busy?" He enquired.
Daniel looked at him sharply, "I was just, I was," he then sighed and let the answer evade them both.
"You wanna get something to eat?" O'Neill asked noticing Daniel's jaded appearance.
"No, I'm fine, Jack."
"Daniel," O'Neill stated, "we've hardly seen you for days. You've locked yourself away in here..."
"I know, I know, it's just," Daniel shrugged, "it's just this text the Russian's brought back," he pointed at the sprawl of photographs before him.
O'Neill looked down at them then to the irritated man hovering over them, "and?" he asked.
Daniel sighed pushing his glasses back on his nose before rubbing his forehead; "it's an ancient prayer by the people of 'The Sun Father' to bring back the Gentle Gods. It tells of a fire demon, with blazing eyes enslaving the villages of the lowlands of Mathai."
"Oh, that sounds familiar," Jack said resting on an adjacent desk.
Daniel gave him an acknowledging nod and continued, "The people went to seek help from, from," he searched through the glossy prints, "their Gentle God, Samuel, who had come through the stargate 'many' years ago."
"An ancient?"
"Yeah, well, Samuel, went forth with a great army to destroy the invading demons but was slain by the very first shot of the battle, his body disappearing in a white light."
"He ascended?"
Daniel nodded, "leaving his army to be massacred by the Goa'uld."
"And that's made you.?" Jack questioned.
"Jack, he did nothing. He let the people of Mathai be slaughtered when he had the power to stop it. He didn't have to raise an army he had advance technology on his side but he let those people go against staff weapons with swords and lances.
"We've been searching all this time to find out more about the ancients but the more I find out, the more I'm not sure that they're the good guys. They let the Goa'uld infest hundreds of planets and they did nothing about it."
"They ascended to a higher plane, Daniel."
"Yeah, and all they did was watch."
At that point in their 'discussion' Major Carter came into the room, "Sir, Daniel, we've just had a message from the Tok'ra/free Jaffa base, they're receiving an influx of Nox refugees through some sort of portal and they've asked for our assistance."
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