Chapter 14
Cargo Vessel Conversations
Hi peopleses. Did you know Jack O'Neil really had two l's? it's O'Neill! And Selnac was really Selmak? Sorry for the constant miss-spellings! Talon
It's all her fault. Raven
Thera glanced up at Sam, a lump in her throat. She ought to be grateful she was leaving the base! No more discrimination, loneliness. . . But, something still bothered her, as though she'd left something or not done something very important. She glanced at Sam again, looking odd garbed in her heavy toga-like uniform. N'kiri sure had had strange taste. Togas, skimpy Egyptian clothes, who knew what the other goa'uld had come up with! She shuddered to think that she would soon meet Thoth! But if she could stop him, they would have one less system lord on their hands! That was worth everything! From what she'd heard of Anubis, another goa'uld at large was the last thing they needed!
A few feet from the cargo vessel they were to board, Sam stopped and sprayed some liquid in her eyes.
"What-" Thera began, but Sam cut her off.
"It makes my eyes look glassy, so they'll think you have me under mind-control!"
Indeed, Sam's eyes looked glassy and set when she glanced at Thera once more.
"I know you're worried about this." She said calmly. "Your first mission, at a young age, and then there's the importance of it all!"
"Don't remind me." Thera grumbled miserably. They stepped into the cargo vessel (which Thera recognized as one of N'kiri's own) and strapped themselves in, Sam taking the piloting seat. For a while, they drove in silence, then Sam managed to set it on autopilot and came to sit by Thera. Thera couldn't help but mouth a certain opinion she'd kept to herself for quite some time.
"You like Jack, don't you!" she blurted.
"I-I do. not!" Sam stuttered, quite taken aback.
"You're blushing!"
"Well everyone blushes when they're accused of liking someone like that!"
Thera! N'kiri scolded.
Put a can in it! She shot back.
"I've seen the way you two look at each other!" the teenager went on, ignoring her simbeote completely. "I bet I know what he thinks about during those meetings of yours! Face it Sam! You like him! You have to feel something!" Sam's face went a deep shade of red.
"Even if I did feel that way-which I don't!- we couldn't! He's my CO, and I'm his 2IC! Regulations state that we can't! We'd either get court-martialed or reassigned! This was the first SG team, we've been through too much together to see the team split up like that! And the odds that we'll fins a replacement quite as good as Jonas was is astronomical!"
"Why don't you screw the regs!" Thera mumbled.
"Trust me Thera, we've screwed enough regs to each of get at least nine court martial! Each!"
"So, why not this one?"
Sam shook her head.
"It'd be too far across the line! If we even felt that way, which we don't! And don't even think about telling anybody about this conversation! It was strictly hypothetical! Understand?"
Thera grinned and nodded. Oh, Sam so liked him!
"So, what about Teal'c? What's his story?"
"He was a traitor to Apophis, joined SG1. Ever since, he's been trying to find a way to free his people. So far, two women he's loved have died, and his son. . . . Let's just say, Ray'ac hasn't had a real pleasant experience. I've lost count of how many times we've had to help the poor kid."
"And Daniel?"
Sam paused for a moment, glancing out the window. She breathed deeply, then began to explain.
"Daniel was the one who first discovered how to use the Stargate. He also helped destroy Ra. He fell in love with Sha're, and then he married her. He stayed behind on Abydos, rather than come back and be without her. About a year later, she ended up getting stolen from him, along with her brother, Skaara. They ended up becoming goa'ulds in Apophis' service. For years, all Daniel thought about was saving her. She was his very meaning for survival. Then, her goa'uld Ammonet tried to kill him. Teal'c had to shoot her, to save Daniel. She was buried back on Abydos, then, he ran. Right after he got through the Stargate, he was gone. After a while, he came back, but he was different. Now, all he wants to do is stop the goa'ulds and improve everything. It kills him when he can't help people. Then, he died of radiation sickness and ascended, screwed up there, and came back. He was found buck naked on a planet with a serious case of amnesia. He's got his memory back now, but he can't remember anything from when he was ascended."
Thera nodded slightly. So, Daniel had been through hell! (forgive the language!) And, he was still such a kind and gentle person. She couldn't help but remember something somebody had once told her. 'Sometimes, the people who've been through the worst can't help but see the better of things.' David Almond, an author who had visited her school a while ago. If only he knew how right he was! So, why wasn't she so optimistic? She'd not exactly had a picnic!
"Now it's my turn to ask the questions!" Sam said. "You and N'kiri don't get along, do you?"
"She's like a. . . . I don't know. . . . She just bugs me. A lot! I mean, it's like we're so different!"
"Maybe you're too similar!"
"What!"
"Well sure! Look at it this way! Every time one of you talks, I can easily imagine the other saying the exact same thing! You fight a lot, and well, you're both kind of stubborn, so I understand how you can get on one another's nerves! The reason you probably don't get along, is because you probably feel a loss of self. You've found someone exactly like yourself, so you wonder who you are."
Thera raised one eyebrow.
"What are you doing in the military when you'd make such a good shrink?" She asked.
Sam stifled a giggle, seeing the station where the meeting would be held looming overhead.
"Time to go." She sighed. Thera quickly hid her ribbon device under her skirt, along with an assortment of hidden knives Selmak insisted she take. Sam stored even more weapons, seeing as her toga-robe was so heavy and baggy. Sam sprayed some of the stuff in her eyes again, and put on a neutral face. N'kiri took over the body, and all of them stepped onto the station. Onto Thera's first mission, and perhaps their only way to stop Thoth.
Sorry it took so long. It's (duh) a filly chapter. Talon
R&R, or I'll. . . . or I'll. . . . I'll have Loki make a clone of you! Raven
Cargo Vessel Conversations
Hi peopleses. Did you know Jack O'Neil really had two l's? it's O'Neill! And Selnac was really Selmak? Sorry for the constant miss-spellings! Talon
It's all her fault. Raven
Thera glanced up at Sam, a lump in her throat. She ought to be grateful she was leaving the base! No more discrimination, loneliness. . . But, something still bothered her, as though she'd left something or not done something very important. She glanced at Sam again, looking odd garbed in her heavy toga-like uniform. N'kiri sure had had strange taste. Togas, skimpy Egyptian clothes, who knew what the other goa'uld had come up with! She shuddered to think that she would soon meet Thoth! But if she could stop him, they would have one less system lord on their hands! That was worth everything! From what she'd heard of Anubis, another goa'uld at large was the last thing they needed!
A few feet from the cargo vessel they were to board, Sam stopped and sprayed some liquid in her eyes.
"What-" Thera began, but Sam cut her off.
"It makes my eyes look glassy, so they'll think you have me under mind-control!"
Indeed, Sam's eyes looked glassy and set when she glanced at Thera once more.
"I know you're worried about this." She said calmly. "Your first mission, at a young age, and then there's the importance of it all!"
"Don't remind me." Thera grumbled miserably. They stepped into the cargo vessel (which Thera recognized as one of N'kiri's own) and strapped themselves in, Sam taking the piloting seat. For a while, they drove in silence, then Sam managed to set it on autopilot and came to sit by Thera. Thera couldn't help but mouth a certain opinion she'd kept to herself for quite some time.
"You like Jack, don't you!" she blurted.
"I-I do. not!" Sam stuttered, quite taken aback.
"You're blushing!"
"Well everyone blushes when they're accused of liking someone like that!"
Thera! N'kiri scolded.
Put a can in it! She shot back.
"I've seen the way you two look at each other!" the teenager went on, ignoring her simbeote completely. "I bet I know what he thinks about during those meetings of yours! Face it Sam! You like him! You have to feel something!" Sam's face went a deep shade of red.
"Even if I did feel that way-which I don't!- we couldn't! He's my CO, and I'm his 2IC! Regulations state that we can't! We'd either get court-martialed or reassigned! This was the first SG team, we've been through too much together to see the team split up like that! And the odds that we'll fins a replacement quite as good as Jonas was is astronomical!"
"Why don't you screw the regs!" Thera mumbled.
"Trust me Thera, we've screwed enough regs to each of get at least nine court martial! Each!"
"So, why not this one?"
Sam shook her head.
"It'd be too far across the line! If we even felt that way, which we don't! And don't even think about telling anybody about this conversation! It was strictly hypothetical! Understand?"
Thera grinned and nodded. Oh, Sam so liked him!
"So, what about Teal'c? What's his story?"
"He was a traitor to Apophis, joined SG1. Ever since, he's been trying to find a way to free his people. So far, two women he's loved have died, and his son. . . . Let's just say, Ray'ac hasn't had a real pleasant experience. I've lost count of how many times we've had to help the poor kid."
"And Daniel?"
Sam paused for a moment, glancing out the window. She breathed deeply, then began to explain.
"Daniel was the one who first discovered how to use the Stargate. He also helped destroy Ra. He fell in love with Sha're, and then he married her. He stayed behind on Abydos, rather than come back and be without her. About a year later, she ended up getting stolen from him, along with her brother, Skaara. They ended up becoming goa'ulds in Apophis' service. For years, all Daniel thought about was saving her. She was his very meaning for survival. Then, her goa'uld Ammonet tried to kill him. Teal'c had to shoot her, to save Daniel. She was buried back on Abydos, then, he ran. Right after he got through the Stargate, he was gone. After a while, he came back, but he was different. Now, all he wants to do is stop the goa'ulds and improve everything. It kills him when he can't help people. Then, he died of radiation sickness and ascended, screwed up there, and came back. He was found buck naked on a planet with a serious case of amnesia. He's got his memory back now, but he can't remember anything from when he was ascended."
Thera nodded slightly. So, Daniel had been through hell! (forgive the language!) And, he was still such a kind and gentle person. She couldn't help but remember something somebody had once told her. 'Sometimes, the people who've been through the worst can't help but see the better of things.' David Almond, an author who had visited her school a while ago. If only he knew how right he was! So, why wasn't she so optimistic? She'd not exactly had a picnic!
"Now it's my turn to ask the questions!" Sam said. "You and N'kiri don't get along, do you?"
"She's like a. . . . I don't know. . . . She just bugs me. A lot! I mean, it's like we're so different!"
"Maybe you're too similar!"
"What!"
"Well sure! Look at it this way! Every time one of you talks, I can easily imagine the other saying the exact same thing! You fight a lot, and well, you're both kind of stubborn, so I understand how you can get on one another's nerves! The reason you probably don't get along, is because you probably feel a loss of self. You've found someone exactly like yourself, so you wonder who you are."
Thera raised one eyebrow.
"What are you doing in the military when you'd make such a good shrink?" She asked.
Sam stifled a giggle, seeing the station where the meeting would be held looming overhead.
"Time to go." She sighed. Thera quickly hid her ribbon device under her skirt, along with an assortment of hidden knives Selmak insisted she take. Sam stored even more weapons, seeing as her toga-robe was so heavy and baggy. Sam sprayed some of the stuff in her eyes again, and put on a neutral face. N'kiri took over the body, and all of them stepped onto the station. Onto Thera's first mission, and perhaps their only way to stop Thoth.
Sorry it took so long. It's (duh) a filly chapter. Talon
R&R, or I'll. . . . or I'll. . . . I'll have Loki make a clone of you! Raven