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A new moon leads me to

woods of dreams and I follow

A new world waits for me

My dream, my way

I know that if I have heaven

there is nothing to desire

Rain and river, a world of wonder

may be paradise to me

I see the sun...

I see the stars...

Enya China Roses

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Jonas looked into the depths of the sky, which was a scale of captivating blues, vaguely aware of the blur of faces surrounding him. He was tired and wanted to close his eyes and let his body soar into its vastness but something was holding him back, something would not let him fly.

He face became perplexed as he sort the heavens in uncertainty, trying to find answers as bloody words escalated from his subconscious, "gully, half century, hat-trick, hit wicket, hook, howzat?"

Jack looked toward Bra'tac who cradled the Kelwonan's head, and then at Daniel, his forehead knotted at the unfamiliar phrases.

Daniel lightly stroked Jonas's brow without looking up, "they're cricketing terms, Jack, there's an Almanac in the library."

O'Neill nodded, "hey Jonas, Jonas," he said softly.

The young man looked in the direction of the voice and smiled a disarming smile, "s-sir, we, we won," he said, fumbling for Jack's hand.

"Yeah, we did, kid," Jack replied, giving the hand a celebratory squeeze, "now I want you to concentrate on getting better, do you hear me."

Jonas shivered, "t-tired," he said blankly, "Teal'c?"

"I am here Jonas Quinn," the Jaffa replied, crouching down beside the Kelwonan.

"Rya'c?"

"He is here also."

Jonas looked to the boy who was at his father's shoulder, "the sword," he began, "w-would you would you, fetch it?"

Rya'c nodded and left them for a moment, "h-he, he fought well," Jonas said coughing slightly, "I see it in, in your eyes, my friend."

Teal'c bowed his head and laid his hand, lightly, on the Kelownan's chest, "you must rest Jonas Quinn," he said, his eyes betraying his concern.

Rya'c knelt beside his father holding out the metal sword to Jonas, "no, no," the Kelownan said, weakly "the, the s-sword is yours now, so, so you can tell your c-children and your children's children of the battle fought, fought here today."

The boy looked at the beauty of the embellished weapon and nodded, "I will make sure all remember this day of freedom," he said, in his father's voice.

Jonas's eyes moved from side to side, "daffodil, dahlia, daisy, damask rose, dandelion."

O'Neill looked up towards the compound, beyond the weary figures milling around, mopping up the debris of the battle, "what's taking so long?"

Daniel shook his head unable to answer, his heart sinking, wishing he could alleviate the Kelownan's suffering. He had been surprised by how little blood there was discharging from the wound on Jonas's back and had checked the laceration finding it had sealed shut to stop something more deadly from escaping.

"I will try to find Jacob Cater, O'Neill," Teal'c stated, getting to his feet.

"No need Teal'c," Daniel said nodding to the approaching figure.

Jacob joined the circle of friends and leaned over Jonas, his hands supporting a glowing healing device, "Jack," he said tentatively.

"Damn it Jacob, it's worth a try!" O'Neill spat back.

The older man commenced moving the curative apparatus over the Kelownan in a circular motion. Jonas's body writhed for an instant and then he cried out in agony. Jacob stopped and shook his head, "perhaps it is for the best," Selmak stated from within.

Jack felt his body go rigid as he clenched his jaw and if it hadn't have been for Daniel's steadying hand on his arm he would have lashed out at Carter's father.

"Jacob, what about using a symbiote?" Daniel said calmly.

"No, no", Jonas said, gripping O'Neill's hand tighter.

"Jonas," Daniel answered, "it could be your only choice."

The Kelownan swallowed and caught his breath, "D-Dr Jackson, please don't get me wrong, I, I don't want to d-die," Jack looked away, "but it, it would not s-survive. My body would, would, see it as an antigen and destroy it."

He face furrowed with pain and he brought his hand, feebly, to his forehead, "altocumulus, altostratus, anvil, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus, cirrus."

"Clouds?" Jack asked.

"Yeah, Jack, clouds" Daniel replied.

A stark light phased around them, drawing their attention to the silhouettes that appeared from within it as Commander Thor, Ja'ra and Sam stepped into the sunlight.

Sam smiled quickly at her father before turning her concern to Jonas, "Colonel?" She asked looking into her CO's solemn face.

Jack grimaced and looked her straight in the eye, "no," she whispered under her breath and knelt down so Jonas could see her.

"Hey Sam," he said.

"Hey hero," she replied gently touching his cheek.

"Did, did you bring it?"

"Jonas I don't think."

"S-Sam," he said, taking her hand, "please."

Sam looked at the rest of SG1 and then from the bag she was carrying pulled out the metal pyramid she had taken from Anubis's chamber followed by the six 'Eye of Ra' disks. Jonas motioned for her to give them to Daniel.

Daniel looked down at the objects in his hands, "but, but why didn't you destroy them with the ship," he exclaimed.

Jonas's eyes closed for a moment and then he began to ramble, oblivious of Daniel's question, "the s-sky was so, so blue and there was, was very little breeze."

His forehead lined in memory and his eyes sprang open, "I, I went to feed the pigeons, M-Mr Gerrit, our neighbour, kept, kept pigeons on the roof. He had n-names for them all, names of long dead family members k-killed in the last war, in the, the fire that had enveloped the city. There were always feathers c-curling around like, like snowflakes but there was no breeze that day, j-just birds in cages with frighten eyes and a, and a carpet of white manufactured by agitation."

Sam looked at Daniel and spoke gentle, stroking the Kelownan's arm, "Jonas."

He blinked several times and rejoined the here and now, "the disks, insert them in the relevant cavity, it will, it will, activate a, a, channel of energy, like the S-Stargate, into the atmosphere, creating a, a buffer to protect the p-planet.

"From weapon to shield," Daniel echoed, studying the disks.

"I'm guessing it's a balance thing," O'Neill interjected.

Jonas smiled, "it's a present, a, a thank you from the u-universe, a s- starting point for your alliance," he began to cough, his eyes half closed reaching back into the past, "the birds were so quiet, each one staring at me, s-scrutinizing my, my every movement with a, a cock of their head. Their silence was, was unsettling like they were a-aware of something I, I was not."

The stargate initiated a watery wave; Bra'tac let Jonas's head rest, gently, on the soil so he could gather his weapon.

Colonel Makepeace stepped through the gate with the rest of SG3 and more SGC units including a medical team. He found and saluted the General, "Sir, the SGC is back under our command," he said with loud exuberance.

The General looked slightly puzzled, "we had a bit of help sir," Makepeace explained, turning to watch Cassandra come through the gate.

Hammond smiled and nodded, meeting Cassie's gaze, he then began to bark orders at his troops.

"The r-roof seemed stagnant," Jonas continued, oblivious, "like a, a needle caught in a v-vinyl groove unable to play time's music and move on; even the, the noise from the city below seemed distance and, and surreal. I turned my head, slowly, walking, walking out into the bubble of d- discovery, feathers dancing in my, in my wake, stirring like, like clouds before a storm. It w-was then that I noticed it, on top of the, the enclosing wall, a discarded shoe, a r-red shoe, Mama's best shoe. It was like a beacon, bright, n-newly decorated with, with feathers, drawing me to touch it and unlock its, its secret. It was only a s-short distance away but my steps took, took forever to reclaim it."

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Cassie walked along the dirt, her feet imprinting her journey, her face firm, her eyes remaining fixed on her objective. She knew why SG1 were huddled in a group, she knew Jonas lay there among them, she felt it, the universe, writing its epilogue with his life force and her heart bloated with tears. She stopped and silently kneeled, casting her shadow with the rest of the group across the sand.

SG1 all watched in hope as Cassie place her hand on the Kelownan's torso feeling the softness of his heartbeat, pounding to a different time. She closed her eyes, sensing the scars of his disorientation wandering aimlessly around his mind.

Jonas, she whispered into this unsteady void, Jonas, it's me, Cassie

Cassie, his eyes opened, again, but the fog of death was clouding their clarity, did you see her lying broken on the rooftop below? She left her shoe, her best shoe.

Jonas look at me, see me, Cassie said calmly.

The young man looked into the translucency of the eggshell blue of her eyes, "Cassie," he said, bringing his hand up to her cheek.

She kissed it tenderly, tears increasing down her delicate face and he smiled for her from the harp of his heart.

Let me try to heal you, she said clasping his hand tight and bringing it to her chest.

It cannot be done, he answered, it would kill you to try.

Her face broke as a sob escaped from her soul, no, she cried, bringing her fingertips up to caress his face, please Jonas, fight this, I, I love you.

She let the words fly between them and nest in his heart, their sentiment shattering his eyes with tears as if he had been blind to the possibility.

Sam put her arm around Cassie to comfort her but the girl leaned towards Jonas and kissed him on lips as a woman, sealing a promise, she hoped, the universe would keep. Jack went to say something but Cassie spoke first, "Colonel," she said, handing him back the baseball diamond, and wiping her sleeve across her face.

Jack took it and examined it. The stone now held four cracks that travelled from top to base and crossed at its centre.

He looked to Cassie again and for the first time noticed the woman in her eyes, hell, he thought, when did she get so grown up.

Jonas looked for Daniel in the group sea of faces, "r-remember," he said in faint voice, "four, as in the, the manuscript."

He then breathed deeply and a smile lit his face, "I can, I can smell the sea, hear the w-waves. Sam?"

"Yes Jonas."

"Will you, will you say the w-words?"

"I, I," she looked to O'Neill her eyes like polished glass and swallowed, trying to break the tightness in her throat.

"The sky's above me, the grass is so sweet, this journey's circle, is not yet complete," the tender words flutter in the silence but they did not fly from Major Carter's lips.

A new shadow fell over the Kelownan and Jack turned his head to gaze upon the fragile, ivory, beauty of a woman. Her mystical sea-green eyes smiled warmly at the group and her blue robes sailed in the zephyr that was splaying her richly curled hair like a white-blonde halo.

Cassie stood up and looked at the virtuous woman who seemed to flow before her, like a reflection on a pond. She held out her hand warily and the woman took it in her own as an understanding passed between them without uttering a single phrase.

Cassie smiled and her whole face lit up with its radiance. She turned to the others and nodded, motioning for Bra'tac to move back.

The woman took his place and lovingly gathered Jonas to her, "Mia," he whispered in a gasp of air.

She put her finger to his lips and kissed his forehead resting her hand on his chest. Jonas's body stiffened as a vivid light passed from him to Mia animating her with its power and flickering glow. He relaxed for a short moment and then became restless as a glistening blackness spewed from his body and eddied towards the sun like a swarm of unsettled bees.

Mia placed her palms together and closed her eyes establishing her link with the universe. She smiled sadly and took Jonas's branded hand in hers, holding it to her bosom, for a while, before leaning over to kiss him softly on the cheek. The young man cried out in pain and became still as his limp arm dropped down to his chest and Mia vanished.

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