Chapter 13
Departing words
Thera's heart pounded with fear in the arms of this Jaffa. He was going to hand her over to Thoth! She just knew it! He tightened his firm grip on her, still pointing his staff weapon at the others, and she suddenly remembered her weapon! Carefully she aimed and hit his foot with tremendous force, causing him to release her, and giving Teal'c the opportunity to shoot him. The Jaffa fell dead beside her, and Thera shuddered.
"To the Stargate!" a To'kra exclaimed. "Hurry!"
They all swiftly pursued the To'kra, once again running into the gate. This time, Thera didn't hesitate.
Sam had been right. It wasn't quite as bad the second time. It was much worse when she emerged. Many on the To'kra were wounded and injured, some dead. There was blood everywhere, and they had barely managed to pack away the necessities. They all glared at her as she came through and the Stargate deactivated. They blamed her. So, this was war. It was horrible. Why was she even involved?
"Come." Selnac said softly, following the other To'kra into the growing tunnels. Thera followed, head bowed, trying to avoid the angry stares.
"We shouldn't have come here." N'kiri whispered. I'm a danger to you as well as the rest of the To'kra. The sooner we're gone, the safer they'll be.
Thera sighed in agreement with her goa'uld. The sooner they left the better.
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Thera sat, once again, alone in her open quarters, staring up at the crystalline ceiling. Yesterday's attack had lost the little trust she had had to begin with. All the other To'kra were either scouting or helping to set up the new building. Thera had been confined to her quarters. Selnac said it was for her own protection. Kajren had said it was because nobody trusted her. Either way, it didn't matter and she didn't care.
"Can i come in?" a timid voice asked. Thera recognized it.
"Sure Daniel." she replied, sitting up and facing him.
"Jack told me about, well, everything."
"How much did Selnac tell him?"
"Well." Daniel said. "I know you haven't eaten in, what, three days?"
Thera sniffed.
"It's not like I'm anorexic or anything, I'm... just, not hungry, that's all."
"Thera, your simbeote can't keep healing you if you don't eat! I know you don't like it here, but I'm sure it'll get better." Daniel didn't seem real sure about his encouraging words.
"Get better?" Thera said in disbelief. "Did you even see what happened yesterday? They all blame me! Thoth wants me! It's not really my fault, and then it is!"
"Have you ever heard of temporary depression?"
"Have you ever heard of privacy! Geez! First you show up, dead, encouraging me, and now you're trying to find out what's wrong with me, alive!"
Daniel sighed.
"Yeah, the whole dead-alive thing tends to creep people out. The point is, that you should try to, well, open up more! I'm sure if-"
"If I become a little ray of sunshine everybody will love me and forget that I'm technically a goa'uld! Yeah, right!"
"No. Maybe you should try to... well, yeah, that was pretty muchly what I was about to say, so, I guess I haven't done much good."
Thera couldn't help it. She giggled.
"Ah!" Daniel exclaimed. "So I don't speak to a Vulcan!"
Thera smiled widely.
"You're a regular Loki!" she commented, referring to the Norse god of mischief.
"Actually, he was sort of an unpleasant guy. Asgard, not one to listen to Thor. Not too friendly."
Thera sighed. Daniel was a really nice guy.
"N'kiri." a voice said from the entranceway. Thera turned to him and nodded. It was Tolm.
"I'll just go." Daniel said a faint glint in his eye. Thera ignored it, butterflies welling up inside her.
"Why did he come, Thera?" Tolm asked, as soon as Daniel was gone.
"Beats me." Thera replied. "I guess because he wants me."
"And why would that be?"
"I don't know."
"I suppose it is not such a thing for the host to understand."
Thera felt her temper getting away. Angrily, she slapped him square across the face. He grew angry and flashed his eyes.
"Why did you just hit me?" Kajren bellowed.
"Is that all I am?" Thera yelled. "A host? I'll have you know, I'm in advanced history, the a-b honor roll, and I know more about the gossip in my school than you could ever dream of! I had more friends than I could count, and a pretty successful website thank-you-very-much! Just because I carry a being of great importance to you, and just because nobody here actually likes me, is no reason to assume I'm just a host! I had to give up my LIFE to come here! The least you could do is accept that I'm a person and I have real feelings!" Thera was breathing with fury, holding back the tears she knew he didn't care about. "If all you wanted to do was find out information I don't have, then you might as well just go away!"
Tolm scowled and walked off, but Thera could see pity in his eyes. She scowled. In a few days she'd be gone on a suicide mission to save their tails, and she wouldn't have to deal with it anymore. Thera sighed, and closed her eyes, allowing sleep to engulf her. Her dreams, however, were by no means an escape. She tossed and turned as Thoth beat her and yelled at her, angry at her inventions. He grew angrier as N'kiri helped Niirti as well. He laughed and laughed, seeing her pain. She looked up and saw SG1, the only people she felt she could trust, along with doctor Frasier, Selnac, and Tolm, all sticking to a vertical wall. Thoth cackled and turned around, holding knives. He held them up, and dropped them, and they sunk into Jonas, Daniel, and Doctor Frasier's chests. Next, he released acid, which buried itself into the bodies of the rest. They gritted their teeth in pain. Then, he held up a ribbon device. Through the pain filled beating in her ears, Thera could hear their screams for help, and she couldn't. She felt she had betrayed them, all of them! Thoth turned around and aimed the ribbon device at her. . .
Thera gasped, suppressing a cry. Her heart pounded, the blood beat in her ears, and sweat trickled down her face.
"Now you see the importance of our mission, Thera. Thoth must not become a system lord."
"I know! I know!" Thera gasped, breathing heavily.
"Thera." Sam said gently, placing a hand on Thera's shoulder. Thera hadn't seen her there. "Relax. You just had a nightmare." Thera closed her eyes and breathed. She suddenly saw-rather then SG1, Frasier, and the two To'kra- just Sam, strapped to the gravity device. Just her being tortured. Was everyone Thera coming in contact to doomed? The girl glanced up at Sam, and noticed a heavy, loose sari-type robe draped over her, with more draperies on her arms.
"Oh!" Sam said suddenly, seeing Thera glancing at her outfit. This, uh, this is what N'kiri's slaves used to wear. I kinda had to dress the part."
"Won't anybody recognize you?" Sam grinned.
"That's the beauty of it! If it looks like you managed to get a member of SG1 as your slave, they'll think you're really great! Now, come on, we'd better get going."
"Right now?"
"I've already cleared it with Hammond, we're both ready, the goa'uld are having a meeting in about an hour, we should probably be getting there."
Thera sat up, and nodded. Sam left the room, and she touched up on that gaudy make-up, just to make herself look more goa'uldish. Finally. They would be able to stop Thoth.
Whaddaya think? I might not have more for a while Talon
Hope ya loved it, R&R! Raven
Departing words
Thera's heart pounded with fear in the arms of this Jaffa. He was going to hand her over to Thoth! She just knew it! He tightened his firm grip on her, still pointing his staff weapon at the others, and she suddenly remembered her weapon! Carefully she aimed and hit his foot with tremendous force, causing him to release her, and giving Teal'c the opportunity to shoot him. The Jaffa fell dead beside her, and Thera shuddered.
"To the Stargate!" a To'kra exclaimed. "Hurry!"
They all swiftly pursued the To'kra, once again running into the gate. This time, Thera didn't hesitate.
Sam had been right. It wasn't quite as bad the second time. It was much worse when she emerged. Many on the To'kra were wounded and injured, some dead. There was blood everywhere, and they had barely managed to pack away the necessities. They all glared at her as she came through and the Stargate deactivated. They blamed her. So, this was war. It was horrible. Why was she even involved?
"Come." Selnac said softly, following the other To'kra into the growing tunnels. Thera followed, head bowed, trying to avoid the angry stares.
"We shouldn't have come here." N'kiri whispered. I'm a danger to you as well as the rest of the To'kra. The sooner we're gone, the safer they'll be.
Thera sighed in agreement with her goa'uld. The sooner they left the better.
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Thera sat, once again, alone in her open quarters, staring up at the crystalline ceiling. Yesterday's attack had lost the little trust she had had to begin with. All the other To'kra were either scouting or helping to set up the new building. Thera had been confined to her quarters. Selnac said it was for her own protection. Kajren had said it was because nobody trusted her. Either way, it didn't matter and she didn't care.
"Can i come in?" a timid voice asked. Thera recognized it.
"Sure Daniel." she replied, sitting up and facing him.
"Jack told me about, well, everything."
"How much did Selnac tell him?"
"Well." Daniel said. "I know you haven't eaten in, what, three days?"
Thera sniffed.
"It's not like I'm anorexic or anything, I'm... just, not hungry, that's all."
"Thera, your simbeote can't keep healing you if you don't eat! I know you don't like it here, but I'm sure it'll get better." Daniel didn't seem real sure about his encouraging words.
"Get better?" Thera said in disbelief. "Did you even see what happened yesterday? They all blame me! Thoth wants me! It's not really my fault, and then it is!"
"Have you ever heard of temporary depression?"
"Have you ever heard of privacy! Geez! First you show up, dead, encouraging me, and now you're trying to find out what's wrong with me, alive!"
Daniel sighed.
"Yeah, the whole dead-alive thing tends to creep people out. The point is, that you should try to, well, open up more! I'm sure if-"
"If I become a little ray of sunshine everybody will love me and forget that I'm technically a goa'uld! Yeah, right!"
"No. Maybe you should try to... well, yeah, that was pretty muchly what I was about to say, so, I guess I haven't done much good."
Thera couldn't help it. She giggled.
"Ah!" Daniel exclaimed. "So I don't speak to a Vulcan!"
Thera smiled widely.
"You're a regular Loki!" she commented, referring to the Norse god of mischief.
"Actually, he was sort of an unpleasant guy. Asgard, not one to listen to Thor. Not too friendly."
Thera sighed. Daniel was a really nice guy.
"N'kiri." a voice said from the entranceway. Thera turned to him and nodded. It was Tolm.
"I'll just go." Daniel said a faint glint in his eye. Thera ignored it, butterflies welling up inside her.
"Why did he come, Thera?" Tolm asked, as soon as Daniel was gone.
"Beats me." Thera replied. "I guess because he wants me."
"And why would that be?"
"I don't know."
"I suppose it is not such a thing for the host to understand."
Thera felt her temper getting away. Angrily, she slapped him square across the face. He grew angry and flashed his eyes.
"Why did you just hit me?" Kajren bellowed.
"Is that all I am?" Thera yelled. "A host? I'll have you know, I'm in advanced history, the a-b honor roll, and I know more about the gossip in my school than you could ever dream of! I had more friends than I could count, and a pretty successful website thank-you-very-much! Just because I carry a being of great importance to you, and just because nobody here actually likes me, is no reason to assume I'm just a host! I had to give up my LIFE to come here! The least you could do is accept that I'm a person and I have real feelings!" Thera was breathing with fury, holding back the tears she knew he didn't care about. "If all you wanted to do was find out information I don't have, then you might as well just go away!"
Tolm scowled and walked off, but Thera could see pity in his eyes. She scowled. In a few days she'd be gone on a suicide mission to save their tails, and she wouldn't have to deal with it anymore. Thera sighed, and closed her eyes, allowing sleep to engulf her. Her dreams, however, were by no means an escape. She tossed and turned as Thoth beat her and yelled at her, angry at her inventions. He grew angrier as N'kiri helped Niirti as well. He laughed and laughed, seeing her pain. She looked up and saw SG1, the only people she felt she could trust, along with doctor Frasier, Selnac, and Tolm, all sticking to a vertical wall. Thoth cackled and turned around, holding knives. He held them up, and dropped them, and they sunk into Jonas, Daniel, and Doctor Frasier's chests. Next, he released acid, which buried itself into the bodies of the rest. They gritted their teeth in pain. Then, he held up a ribbon device. Through the pain filled beating in her ears, Thera could hear their screams for help, and she couldn't. She felt she had betrayed them, all of them! Thoth turned around and aimed the ribbon device at her. . .
Thera gasped, suppressing a cry. Her heart pounded, the blood beat in her ears, and sweat trickled down her face.
"Now you see the importance of our mission, Thera. Thoth must not become a system lord."
"I know! I know!" Thera gasped, breathing heavily.
"Thera." Sam said gently, placing a hand on Thera's shoulder. Thera hadn't seen her there. "Relax. You just had a nightmare." Thera closed her eyes and breathed. She suddenly saw-rather then SG1, Frasier, and the two To'kra- just Sam, strapped to the gravity device. Just her being tortured. Was everyone Thera coming in contact to doomed? The girl glanced up at Sam, and noticed a heavy, loose sari-type robe draped over her, with more draperies on her arms.
"Oh!" Sam said suddenly, seeing Thera glancing at her outfit. This, uh, this is what N'kiri's slaves used to wear. I kinda had to dress the part."
"Won't anybody recognize you?" Sam grinned.
"That's the beauty of it! If it looks like you managed to get a member of SG1 as your slave, they'll think you're really great! Now, come on, we'd better get going."
"Right now?"
"I've already cleared it with Hammond, we're both ready, the goa'uld are having a meeting in about an hour, we should probably be getting there."
Thera sat up, and nodded. Sam left the room, and she touched up on that gaudy make-up, just to make herself look more goa'uldish. Finally. They would be able to stop Thoth.
Whaddaya think? I might not have more for a while Talon
Hope ya loved it, R&R! Raven