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Well another chapter up, hope you're still enjoying this
Disclaimer - nope not mine, just borrowing, will put back when finished.
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Ragnarok stood before the gaping blackness churning onboard his mother ship. Inside of him Anubis's voice cracked through his mind echoing his unsettled feelings.
A featureless face emerged from the void with eyes like molten lava, burning will all the sins of the universe.
"My lord," Ragnarok said bowing in reverence.
"Our plan is near completion?" The form asked.
"Yes, I am informed that the Tau'ri have acquired the old man's key."
"Good," the eyes swelled with fire, "and the boy?"
"He is on earth but very soon the SGC will be under our control," Ragnarok smiled malevolently.
The shadow seemed pleased, "yes, I can feel it," it said closing its eyes and reaching out into the room with its Stygian hand, "but I will need to take the light from the boy first, to add to our strength, to make sure of our victory."
"But my lord, he is ours, you promised him to us, did we not create him."
The form's eyes sprang open, "he is more than you created. He holds the truth of the universe inside his fraught body and I will snub it out forever. I will take him with me to the shadows of my realm, where pain is the only light that shines and rip it from his carcass, while his heart still beats. There I will devour it and him until nothing but darkness remains, then all hope and faith will be gone and everything will be ours."
Ragnarok went to protest but the form laughed, a thick, syrupy laugh that held nothing but poison, "when you summoned me, after your defeat, did I not promise you great power? Have I not guided you, given you the means to rule your universe? Do not fear, Anubis will have his host, Quinn will not be some useless shell when I return him, he will be more than you hope for. Darkness and sin bring their own rewards as does the strength and power of a being without a soul. Then you will be able to ascend, my son, and take my starless night to higher planes. "
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Colonel O'Neill walked swiftly down the maze of corridors that led to the infirmary, it was still early but he wanted to check on Jonas before SG1's morning briefing.
The Doctor had voiced concern on the Kelownan's condition and Jack wanted to know, needed to know if the kid was going to be all right.
The corridors were unusually quiet and Jack felt a tingle of unease crawl up his spine. He turned a corner and was met by two robust airmen who barred his path. Both saluted with a nonchalant, "Colonel," but their eyes held a sinister edge.
Jack saluted back with a quick nod and went to pass them, "I'm sorry, sir," one of them said stepping forward and holding out a thick hand, "but the infirmary's off limits to all personnel, General's orders."
O'Neill looked suspiciously into the airman's rounded, brown eyes, while he closely observed his partner whisper into the radio.
Jack took a step back, "really," he said.
"Yes sir," the man looked toward his partner who nodded, "may I escort you to General Hammond's office," he said, smiling blankly at O'Neill.
"No, I think I know the way," Jack answered.
"Oh it'll be no trouble at all," he replied, his eyes glazing over black as he primed his weapon and aimed it at O'Neill.
"Oh crap."
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Jack was shoved, harshly, through the door of the briefing room with a rifle butt. He fell to his knees with the force of the blow and heard a familiar unctuous voice, "thank you Reynolds."
Jack looked up and found the rest of SG1 and General Hammond knelt on the floor with their hands clasped on the back of their heads. Around them lurked several imposing Special Operations guys.
"You know the position, Colonel, please," the voice said with an air of authority.
O'Neill got to his knees and turned to confront the gloating face of Senator Kinsey, Jack looked from the General to the Senator, "what the hell?"
A heavy boot kicked him in the ribs causing him to fall forward then he was pulled to his knees, "now, Jack, that's no way to talk to the new commander of the SGC," Kinsey said folding his arms and smiling.
"There's no way the President would."
"Oh but there is, Jack," Kinsey replied, "It's amazing what conspiracies you can fashion when you play on a man's fears." he grinned at O'Neill's and started to pace the room commandingly. "Now Jack, maybe you can enlighten us," he spread is hands out in front of him, "where is the key?"
O'Neill looked towards General Hammond and for the first time noticed the bruising around the older man's face. He looked back at the Senator with wide eyes, "what key?"
"Sergeant," Jack felt a fist connect with his jaw, "Olmec's key, Colonel, I want to know where it is," the Senator reiterated leaning over Jack.
"Olmec, Olmec, General do we have an Olmec in our ranks?" O'Neill asked spitting blood.
"No Colonel we don't," came the adamant reply.
"Sorry, bud, can't help you there. Have you tried the Marines?"
Kinsey shook his head, "it's either me or Anubis Colonel, take your pick but you will tell one of us."
Hammond looked the Senator straight in the eyes and would of got to his feet if a firm hand hadn't pressed him down. "Anubis?" He asked shocked, "my God, Kinsey what have you done?"
"I've been smart George," came the reply, "I've made an agreement with Anubis that will save our planet from destruction."
"Smart, Senator? You've made a deal with a Goa'uld and you think that's smart," Jack said sarcastically, "Tell me what does old snaky get out of your this little deal of yours?"
Kinsey smiled ironically and sat back on the desk, "Oh, the key, some aliens and you, Jack and the rest of your team, a small price to pay for our continued safety. "
"What aliens?" The General asked his eyes narrowing.
"The rebel Tok'ra and Jaffa, Nirrti's girl and the Kelownan traitor."
"You would sell out our allies?" Sam asked astonished.
"With the exception of your father, Major, they're all aliens. Yes, I would sell them out to protect my planet."
"Tell me, Senator, what do you get out of all this?" O'Neill asked.
Kinsey smiled just as the door opened.
Two men entered dragging Jonas in by the arms, a weasely looking man, in a white lab coat, followed them.
"Has it worked?" The Senator asked, as the men dropped the Kelownan to the floor.
The man in the white coat nodded and handed the Senator some sort of device.
Kinsey walked over to Jonas and crouched down beside him touching the flashing circular disk attached to his temple, "good," he muttered.
Jonas led quivering on the floor his face deadly pale, "what have you done to him?" Sam asked concerned.
"It's just a dampening device Major, to stop any little tricks." The Senator looked at the two men, "and the girl?" He asked.
"I'm sorry sir, she is not on the base."
The Senator looked over to his Sergeant again, "Ross, bring Doctor Fraiser in here.
The burly man smiled showing a mouth of rotten teeth and went towards the door.
"She's gone," Jonas muttered.
Kinsey held his hand up to stop Ross from leaving and motioned him back to the Kelownan. The Sergeant smiled again, as he dragged Jonas up against one of the walls.
Jonas's eyes flickered under their lids as he gasped for oxygen at the hand pressed against his throat.
"Did you say something, Mr Quinn?" the Senator posed.
The young man opened his eyes and held the Senator in them knowingly, "she's gone," he whispered, almost drunkenly.
Kinsey nodded to his Sergeant who struck the Kelownan forcefully across the mouth and then back again spraying blood across both sides of the white walls in a uniformed pattern. He then grabbed Jonas by chin, pressing at his cheeks with squared fingers, "gone where?" The Senator asked anger rising in his voice.
"To a galaxy far, far away," he whispered back.
Ross hit Jonas again sending him to the floor unconscious. Kinsey smoothed down his tie, clearly deep in thought and stepped over the Kelownan's body. He looked down at the General and then back to the alien in realisation, "she's taken the key," he whispered, to himself and then froze as the room went still.
The lights flickered, violently, leaving a dusk like ambience as some of them shorted and died. Something portentous crept from the half-light, sucking all the warmth from the room and replacing it with an air of merciless malevolence.
The Senator's body began to twitch, slightly, as an intimidating shadow oozed around him. The mercurial blackness funnelled and coiled around his legs before ramming itself through the Senator's chest, pushing his body into air, where it danced like a convict on a gibbet.
The veins in his temples and on his hands started to pound, erratically, as if trying to escape the confines of the skin. His body jerked fiercely, one more time in transformation, as his shell became a stained vessel for something much more monstrous.
Kinsey's body floated back to the floor with outstretched arms and legs together. He looked around the room with unfeeling eyes the colour of pitch and a callousness folded upon his face that made Jack shiver inwardly.
The being stretched the Senator's body, feeling the life it had taken on and the bones clicked with a purpose as it turned its attention back to Jonas. 'Kinsey' lifted the limp body of the young man to his feet, by the collar, and pushed him forcefully into to the wall, "tell me where she is, boy," he spat venomously.
Jonas then turned to face the pitiless stare and said openly, "I do not know."
'Kinsey' smiled and grabbed Jonas by the throat as his eyes narrowed and a beam of black energy burrowed its way through the Kelownan's skull, stinging his mind and biting at his thoughts.
Jonas cried out in pain as he began to bleed freely from his nose, ears and eyes.
Teal'c rose to his feet, to protect his friend, but was hit in the stomach with a rifle butt; he fell to the floor winded.
The distraction gave Jonas time to reach up to his temple and place his finger on the disk. A brilliant light seared its metal causing it to short and fall, charred, to the ground.
The young man's eyes turned a milky white and with great effort he pushed the energy stream back through the 'Senator' causing him to step back and release his hold on the Kelownan.
They stood facing each other an exchange sparking the air between them until the Senator smiled knowingly. "You are weak," he hissed in an inhuman voice, "too weak to take me on. Olmec's light is too great a burden for you, it's burning you up, sucking your energy, killing you."
His eyes flared with fire as he shoved his hand deep within Jonas's chest pushing the darkness that occupied the Senator into the Kelownan. Jonas fell to the floor as a shadow curled around him and pulled him down through the floor to its dimension.
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Well, not long to go now.
Thank you for reading, stay safe and play the music loud
x
Well another chapter up, hope you're still enjoying this
Disclaimer - nope not mine, just borrowing, will put back when finished.
=====
Ragnarok stood before the gaping blackness churning onboard his mother ship. Inside of him Anubis's voice cracked through his mind echoing his unsettled feelings.
A featureless face emerged from the void with eyes like molten lava, burning will all the sins of the universe.
"My lord," Ragnarok said bowing in reverence.
"Our plan is near completion?" The form asked.
"Yes, I am informed that the Tau'ri have acquired the old man's key."
"Good," the eyes swelled with fire, "and the boy?"
"He is on earth but very soon the SGC will be under our control," Ragnarok smiled malevolently.
The shadow seemed pleased, "yes, I can feel it," it said closing its eyes and reaching out into the room with its Stygian hand, "but I will need to take the light from the boy first, to add to our strength, to make sure of our victory."
"But my lord, he is ours, you promised him to us, did we not create him."
The form's eyes sprang open, "he is more than you created. He holds the truth of the universe inside his fraught body and I will snub it out forever. I will take him with me to the shadows of my realm, where pain is the only light that shines and rip it from his carcass, while his heart still beats. There I will devour it and him until nothing but darkness remains, then all hope and faith will be gone and everything will be ours."
Ragnarok went to protest but the form laughed, a thick, syrupy laugh that held nothing but poison, "when you summoned me, after your defeat, did I not promise you great power? Have I not guided you, given you the means to rule your universe? Do not fear, Anubis will have his host, Quinn will not be some useless shell when I return him, he will be more than you hope for. Darkness and sin bring their own rewards as does the strength and power of a being without a soul. Then you will be able to ascend, my son, and take my starless night to higher planes. "
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Colonel O'Neill walked swiftly down the maze of corridors that led to the infirmary, it was still early but he wanted to check on Jonas before SG1's morning briefing.
The Doctor had voiced concern on the Kelownan's condition and Jack wanted to know, needed to know if the kid was going to be all right.
The corridors were unusually quiet and Jack felt a tingle of unease crawl up his spine. He turned a corner and was met by two robust airmen who barred his path. Both saluted with a nonchalant, "Colonel," but their eyes held a sinister edge.
Jack saluted back with a quick nod and went to pass them, "I'm sorry, sir," one of them said stepping forward and holding out a thick hand, "but the infirmary's off limits to all personnel, General's orders."
O'Neill looked suspiciously into the airman's rounded, brown eyes, while he closely observed his partner whisper into the radio.
Jack took a step back, "really," he said.
"Yes sir," the man looked toward his partner who nodded, "may I escort you to General Hammond's office," he said, smiling blankly at O'Neill.
"No, I think I know the way," Jack answered.
"Oh it'll be no trouble at all," he replied, his eyes glazing over black as he primed his weapon and aimed it at O'Neill.
"Oh crap."
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Jack was shoved, harshly, through the door of the briefing room with a rifle butt. He fell to his knees with the force of the blow and heard a familiar unctuous voice, "thank you Reynolds."
Jack looked up and found the rest of SG1 and General Hammond knelt on the floor with their hands clasped on the back of their heads. Around them lurked several imposing Special Operations guys.
"You know the position, Colonel, please," the voice said with an air of authority.
O'Neill got to his knees and turned to confront the gloating face of Senator Kinsey, Jack looked from the General to the Senator, "what the hell?"
A heavy boot kicked him in the ribs causing him to fall forward then he was pulled to his knees, "now, Jack, that's no way to talk to the new commander of the SGC," Kinsey said folding his arms and smiling.
"There's no way the President would."
"Oh but there is, Jack," Kinsey replied, "It's amazing what conspiracies you can fashion when you play on a man's fears." he grinned at O'Neill's and started to pace the room commandingly. "Now Jack, maybe you can enlighten us," he spread is hands out in front of him, "where is the key?"
O'Neill looked towards General Hammond and for the first time noticed the bruising around the older man's face. He looked back at the Senator with wide eyes, "what key?"
"Sergeant," Jack felt a fist connect with his jaw, "Olmec's key, Colonel, I want to know where it is," the Senator reiterated leaning over Jack.
"Olmec, Olmec, General do we have an Olmec in our ranks?" O'Neill asked spitting blood.
"No Colonel we don't," came the adamant reply.
"Sorry, bud, can't help you there. Have you tried the Marines?"
Kinsey shook his head, "it's either me or Anubis Colonel, take your pick but you will tell one of us."
Hammond looked the Senator straight in the eyes and would of got to his feet if a firm hand hadn't pressed him down. "Anubis?" He asked shocked, "my God, Kinsey what have you done?"
"I've been smart George," came the reply, "I've made an agreement with Anubis that will save our planet from destruction."
"Smart, Senator? You've made a deal with a Goa'uld and you think that's smart," Jack said sarcastically, "Tell me what does old snaky get out of your this little deal of yours?"
Kinsey smiled ironically and sat back on the desk, "Oh, the key, some aliens and you, Jack and the rest of your team, a small price to pay for our continued safety. "
"What aliens?" The General asked his eyes narrowing.
"The rebel Tok'ra and Jaffa, Nirrti's girl and the Kelownan traitor."
"You would sell out our allies?" Sam asked astonished.
"With the exception of your father, Major, they're all aliens. Yes, I would sell them out to protect my planet."
"Tell me, Senator, what do you get out of all this?" O'Neill asked.
Kinsey smiled just as the door opened.
Two men entered dragging Jonas in by the arms, a weasely looking man, in a white lab coat, followed them.
"Has it worked?" The Senator asked, as the men dropped the Kelownan to the floor.
The man in the white coat nodded and handed the Senator some sort of device.
Kinsey walked over to Jonas and crouched down beside him touching the flashing circular disk attached to his temple, "good," he muttered.
Jonas led quivering on the floor his face deadly pale, "what have you done to him?" Sam asked concerned.
"It's just a dampening device Major, to stop any little tricks." The Senator looked at the two men, "and the girl?" He asked.
"I'm sorry sir, she is not on the base."
The Senator looked over to his Sergeant again, "Ross, bring Doctor Fraiser in here.
The burly man smiled showing a mouth of rotten teeth and went towards the door.
"She's gone," Jonas muttered.
Kinsey held his hand up to stop Ross from leaving and motioned him back to the Kelownan. The Sergeant smiled again, as he dragged Jonas up against one of the walls.
Jonas's eyes flickered under their lids as he gasped for oxygen at the hand pressed against his throat.
"Did you say something, Mr Quinn?" the Senator posed.
The young man opened his eyes and held the Senator in them knowingly, "she's gone," he whispered, almost drunkenly.
Kinsey nodded to his Sergeant who struck the Kelownan forcefully across the mouth and then back again spraying blood across both sides of the white walls in a uniformed pattern. He then grabbed Jonas by chin, pressing at his cheeks with squared fingers, "gone where?" The Senator asked anger rising in his voice.
"To a galaxy far, far away," he whispered back.
Ross hit Jonas again sending him to the floor unconscious. Kinsey smoothed down his tie, clearly deep in thought and stepped over the Kelownan's body. He looked down at the General and then back to the alien in realisation, "she's taken the key," he whispered, to himself and then froze as the room went still.
The lights flickered, violently, leaving a dusk like ambience as some of them shorted and died. Something portentous crept from the half-light, sucking all the warmth from the room and replacing it with an air of merciless malevolence.
The Senator's body began to twitch, slightly, as an intimidating shadow oozed around him. The mercurial blackness funnelled and coiled around his legs before ramming itself through the Senator's chest, pushing his body into air, where it danced like a convict on a gibbet.
The veins in his temples and on his hands started to pound, erratically, as if trying to escape the confines of the skin. His body jerked fiercely, one more time in transformation, as his shell became a stained vessel for something much more monstrous.
Kinsey's body floated back to the floor with outstretched arms and legs together. He looked around the room with unfeeling eyes the colour of pitch and a callousness folded upon his face that made Jack shiver inwardly.
The being stretched the Senator's body, feeling the life it had taken on and the bones clicked with a purpose as it turned its attention back to Jonas. 'Kinsey' lifted the limp body of the young man to his feet, by the collar, and pushed him forcefully into to the wall, "tell me where she is, boy," he spat venomously.
Jonas then turned to face the pitiless stare and said openly, "I do not know."
'Kinsey' smiled and grabbed Jonas by the throat as his eyes narrowed and a beam of black energy burrowed its way through the Kelownan's skull, stinging his mind and biting at his thoughts.
Jonas cried out in pain as he began to bleed freely from his nose, ears and eyes.
Teal'c rose to his feet, to protect his friend, but was hit in the stomach with a rifle butt; he fell to the floor winded.
The distraction gave Jonas time to reach up to his temple and place his finger on the disk. A brilliant light seared its metal causing it to short and fall, charred, to the ground.
The young man's eyes turned a milky white and with great effort he pushed the energy stream back through the 'Senator' causing him to step back and release his hold on the Kelownan.
They stood facing each other an exchange sparking the air between them until the Senator smiled knowingly. "You are weak," he hissed in an inhuman voice, "too weak to take me on. Olmec's light is too great a burden for you, it's burning you up, sucking your energy, killing you."
His eyes flared with fire as he shoved his hand deep within Jonas's chest pushing the darkness that occupied the Senator into the Kelownan. Jonas fell to the floor as a shadow curled around him and pulled him down through the floor to its dimension.
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Well, not long to go now.
Thank you for reading, stay safe and play the music loud
x
