A/N: Well I've been writing this chapter for like a week and a half now – but I keep getting distracted by homework etc etc…so I could sit here and blab on bout my homework or I could post!!
This chapter's for Grace because she's helped me figure out what to do next lol ;)
THANKS FOR THE REVIEWS GUYS – Omg I thing I was in shock when I noticed how many I've actually gotten…wow! Thanks heaps!!
OH and YAY STARGATE'S BACK ON AIR IN AUSTRALIA!! YAYAY!
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Harry stared up at the large metal ring in front of him. It was unlike anything he had ever seen, anywhere in the world. Daniel was buckling up his equipment on his uniform and Teal'c stood, staring blankly ahead. Jonas and Jacob were talking quietly to each other.
Steven and Jack wandered into the room.
"You want us to go through that?" Steven burst out.
"Yeah, to another planet," Jack said.
Steven gawked at him. "Mad…"
Harry smiled slightly. "Mate, not that I'm complaining, but why on Earth are they sending me & Stevo through the…that thing?"
"The President won't allow Hammond to commit more troops to finding Sam, he thinks it's a suicide mission…so Hammond figured you two wouldn't mind tagging along," Jack smiled, knowing that would scare the two cops.
But Harry had known that that was a risked. Who cared? He was going to another planet and the journey across hundreds of thousands of light years was only going to take seconds.
"OK we all ready?" Jack asked.
Everyone nodded in turn, Steven still gawking at the 'Gate. Jack looked up to where Hammond stood. The wheel in the 'Gate started turning. Harry jumped back.
"What's it doing?" Harry asked.
"It's dialling the planet," Daniel said.
"Dialling…like a phone?" Steven wondered.
"Yeah, well, kinda," Daniel said. "A bit more expensive though."
They watched as the Stargate dialled seven chevrons and then a large blue wormhole was established. Both Harry and Steven jumped in surprise. Jack would've smiled at them, but his mind wasn't on happy thoughts at the time. He knew what Sam was going through – being unable to control your own body, it was the most horrible torture anyone could endure. And he'd been tortured plenty of times. He watched the MALP slowly make its way through the 'Gate to the other side and waited impatiently for Hammond to give the all clear to go through.
"SG-1 you have a go," came the familiar command.
"Wait, sir," Janet said, running into the Gateroom fully dressed to go offworld. "Permission to join the team rescuing Major Carter?"
Hammond paused for a minute. "Permission granted…"
"Thanks, sir," Janet said.
Jack was the first up the ramp and through the even horizon. He was determined to get Sam back. Harry watched him and he knew exactly what was running through Jack's mind. He'd had the same thing when his best friend's wife had been kidnapped only three years earlier. But this was different…it was much worse and he knew it. Not only had Sam become a slave to an alien, but she was now considered a security risk. He knew that if worse came to worse she might not make it out alive.
And he didn't know if Jack could deal with that.
Harry started to make his way slowly up the ramp. He watched at Jacob, Jonas & Janet jumped through. He didn't know Jack all that well, in fact he'd known him just over a week, but he could tell about people straight away. Jack had something dark in his past, the death of someone special or the loss of a wife – something along those lines. And it haunted him – you could see it in his every move. The man covered it well by having developed a sense of humour revolving around sarcasm and dismissing nasty things as if they meant nothing – but he couldn't hide it. Harry could read Jack like a book.
He reached the event horizon and stared at it for a few moments. Steven stood next to him, both Teal'c and Daniel standing behind impatiently.
"Wow, we're really going to another planet…" Steven whispered.
Harry nodded and stepped through the event horizon. It wasn't exactly what he expected. He felt like he was being pulled and shoved in all directions until finally he came out the other side, extremely cold. Steven came out next to him.
"Well that was…interesting," Harry muttered.
They stepped aside to let Teal'c & Daniel through. The event horizon suddenly turned off behind them. Harry jumped and turned around. The entire blue puddle was gone. He walked forward and waved his hand where the wormhole had been only moments earlier.
"Hey, mate, its gone," he said.
No one listened, they were obviously used to this and had much more important things on their minds. Jack walked forward and looked around the trees. There was nothing unusual looking. In fact it looked exactly like Earth.
"Send the MALP back," Jack ordered.
Daniel went to a strange, rock-like object that had lots of symbols drawn on it and a large, orange dome in the middle. He pressed and few of the symbols and then the orange dome and the Stargate came into action. When it was connected again Daniel pressed a few buttons on an object attached to his arm and then sent the probe back through the wormhole. Harry and Steven watched with great interest at how easily these people acted around all these strange, alien objects.
"O'Neill," Teal'c said.
"Yes Teal'c?" Jack replied.
"There is a group of Jaffa hidden in that direction ready to ambush us as we head towards Osiris' ship," he informed him.
Harry was about to open his mouth and ask how he knew that but then he decided against it. Jack nodded and signalled to the group to followed him. They crept along the tree line in the opposite direction to which Teal'c had pointed. No one spoke yet they all seemed to know exactly what was going on. All except Harry and Steven. Suddenly they reached a clearing and in the middle of the clearing was an extremely large…pyramid.
"It's a Goa'uld Mothership," Daniel explained, seeing the confusion on their faces.
"As in Independence Day kind of Mothership?" Steven asked.
"More as in Darth Vader's Star Destroyer," Teal'c informed them.
Jonas, Daniel, Janet and Jacob all shot him a very strange look. Jack was still focused on the ship.
"Teal'c…how are we supposed to get in there?" Jack asked. "It's massive."
"I do not know O'Neill," Teal'c replied.
"Maybe we need a distraction," Jonas suggested. "Get the guards away from the entrance so you can make a run for it."
"Good idea Jonas, go ahead," Jack said.
Jonas blinked.
"Daniel you go with him," Jack ordered.
Daniel was about to open his mouth to complain, but then he realised that Jack was in no mood to be argued with. They both stood up and ran along the tree line around to the other side of the ship. Suddenly there was a lot of gun fire and shouting coming from that direction.
"OK, I'm going in," Jack whispered. "Teal'c you're with me, Jacob you go with Doc Frasier and you two stay here and warn us if anyone new comes near the ship."
Harry was about to complain and then realised that he had no idea how to navigate his way around the big spaceship anyway.
"Sure thing mate," he replied instead.
Jack threw him a radio. "Be careful."
Then he nodded to Jacob, Janet & Teal'c and the four of them set off across the clearing to the now vacant entrance to the ship.
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Osiris stood by Ankhesenamun as they stared out the window of Goa'uld ship. Ankhesenamun could see Daniel and Jonas running through the tree line and knew exactly what they were doing.
"They're being a distraction," she turned to Osiris. "Send your guards after them and we will set up an ambush to meet the others as they enter the spaceship."
Osiris kept staring out the window, not even looking at Ankhesenamun. "You've been back in a host for less than a week and you are already bossing me around."
"I contain the knowledge of this host – I think I know better than anyone about these people and therefore have every right to tell you what should be done and what shouldn't!" Ankhesenamun raised her voice slightly, but remained calm.
"I just hope you have proper control over that host of yours," Osiris said, spinning around and walking out of the chamber, her white cloak billowing behind her. "We wouldn't want anything to go wrong."
With that she was gone. Ankhesenamun smiled slightly, it was all going as she had hoped it would.
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"Daniel," Jonas shouted.
Daniel spun around to look at him. Jonas smiled and threw him a zat as the gun Daniel had been using had just been kicked across the ground and was out of reach. Daniel grabbed the zat out of the air and fired at the Jaffa that was about to shoot him with a staff blast.
"Thanks," Daniel said, ducking a staff weapon that had just been swung above his head.
"Welcome," said Jonas, doing the same thing.
Suddenly Jonas found himself weaponless. He looked across to see Daniel had also had the zat knocked out of his hand. He backed up against Jonas.
"This doesn't look good," Daniel whispered while looking around the circle of angry looking Jaffa.
"No…no it doesn't," Jonas replied.
"Jaffa Kree," the nearest Jaffa shouted right near Daniel's ear.
"Ow…" Daniel blurted out.
"Quiet human," the Jaffa said, pushing Daniel. "That way."
Daniel shot Jonas a knowing look as both of them were pushes by staff weapon ends towards the Goa'uld Mothership – they could only hope that the others had made it inside first.
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Jack, Teal'c, Jacob and Janet entered the ship quite easily, meeting no resistance of any kind – which was planned and that was why Daniel and Jonas were running around outside trying not to get shot. Jack signalled go Jacob and Janet to take the corridor on the right and that he and Teal'c would go straight ahead. They nodded and ran off down the corridor. They were only fifty metres or so down the empty hall when they heard familiar loud, banging noises. Jacob pulled Janet behind the large wall structure and waited. The Jaffa passed and they remained for a few seconds in utter and complete silence. After they were sure they were gone Janet let out her breath in a huge sigh.
Suddenly they were surrounded by at least forty Jaffa. Janet's eyes went wide. Jacob stepped back.
"What just happened?" Janet asked.
"I think we just got trapped in an ambush of some sort," Jacob replied.
Now they could only hope Jack and Teal'c could find Sam in time.
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A/N: YAY! I finally finished it!! Now its time to review *nudges and winks*
