Chapter 20
Endings and Beginnings
Thera stood on the platform, awaiting the ninth chevron to be loaded, so she could go on a possibly permanent mission, to rule peacefully over Caressia. She'd remembered Daniel's offer, to welcome her into his apartment. It had been gracious of him to do so, but she had to turn him down. Slowly, she turned, and smiled. SG1, General Hammond, Doctor Frasier, and Sha're had come to see her off. More of an excuse to spend more time on Earth, she resolved to give each of them a private goodbye. Slowly, she approached Teal'c.
"Thanks for. . . . I know you taught me something . . . at some point in time. I just know it!"
"You have the strength of an Amazon, Thera. use it well." Teal'c replied, smiling.
"Chevron 5, encoded."
Thera turned to Doctor Frasier.
"Try not to have a seizure while you're gone, okay?" The doctor said jokingly. "And come back soon, maybe you can meet Cassie."
"I'll try." Thera replied, grinning. Then, she turned to Jack.
"Try not to get yourself killed." he said, shaking her hand.
"I'm sure I'll be safe."
"What makes you so sure?" he asked.
"Well, for one, you won't be there to point guns at me."
"For crying out loud! Can't you let that go?"
Thera shook her head and turned to General Hammond, who abruptly saluted her.
"It was a privilege to have you."
"Thanks for setting my life straight again." she replied, turning to Sam.
"Chevron 8, encoded."
"Thanks for everything, Sam!"
"No problem."
"And, I'd just like you to remember that little chat from the cargo vessel."
Sam blushed and mumbled her goodbyes, as Thera turned to her parents.
"Chevron 9, locked!"
The event horizon burst out of the stargate behind them.
"Come back soon, all right?" Daniel said, placing his hand firmly on her shoulder.
"Don't worry, I'll come back. And I might visit you in more ways than one." she said slyly. Daniel laughed.
"I don't think Oma would allow that."
"Well, I don't think she could stop me!"
"Oh, you'd be surprised."
Thera smiled as she turned to Sha're. She still didn't call them 'Mom' or 'Dad'. But somehow, she felt she didn't need to.
"Come home to us soon, my child." Sha're whispered, embracing Thera.
"Don't worry. I will." Suddenly, Thera sensed something in her mother, that she hadn't sensed before. "So." she said, looking intently into Sha're's brown eyes, identical to her own. "I'm going to have a new brother or sister." Sha're smiled and nodded. "Good. With one child learning to be all powerful, and another going to rule a planet, you need one you can raise right."
"I could never replace you."
"I never said you were." Thera replied, pulling into another tight embrace, then breaking away to step into the wormhole, and found herself hurtling through the space time continuum, emerging on a wooded forest planet, with a small village surrounding the stargate. At the foot of the steps, as had been arranged, Tolm was waiting for her, a content smile playing across his face. Thera stepped down and took his hand, and together they walked through the village. Everybody stopped and stared, recognizing Thera, despite her aged appearance. Tolm led her to a platform in the center of the village. Just before she stepped onto it, she took note of how many people had already crowded around her, staring intently. Atop the platform, it felt odd, looking down upon so man eager faces.
All right, N'kiri. she thought. Here's your part.
N'kiri took control, and swept her eyes over the crowd.
"I am N'kiri." she announced. "Second ruler of Carresia, scientist, and gone for two harvest seasons. I am not as I appear. My body, is the girl Thera, and she is her own being. While I am myself, a demon who posses her half the time. You have all of you been deceived. Ra is no longer living, and yet I remain. I am N'kiri, and I am not a god!"
And there our tale stops, until a new turn of events, takes Thera and N'kiri further into the tangled weave of their lives.
continued in
"The Young Goa'uld Woman"
Endings and Beginnings
Thera stood on the platform, awaiting the ninth chevron to be loaded, so she could go on a possibly permanent mission, to rule peacefully over Caressia. She'd remembered Daniel's offer, to welcome her into his apartment. It had been gracious of him to do so, but she had to turn him down. Slowly, she turned, and smiled. SG1, General Hammond, Doctor Frasier, and Sha're had come to see her off. More of an excuse to spend more time on Earth, she resolved to give each of them a private goodbye. Slowly, she approached Teal'c.
"Thanks for. . . . I know you taught me something . . . at some point in time. I just know it!"
"You have the strength of an Amazon, Thera. use it well." Teal'c replied, smiling.
"Chevron 5, encoded."
Thera turned to Doctor Frasier.
"Try not to have a seizure while you're gone, okay?" The doctor said jokingly. "And come back soon, maybe you can meet Cassie."
"I'll try." Thera replied, grinning. Then, she turned to Jack.
"Try not to get yourself killed." he said, shaking her hand.
"I'm sure I'll be safe."
"What makes you so sure?" he asked.
"Well, for one, you won't be there to point guns at me."
"For crying out loud! Can't you let that go?"
Thera shook her head and turned to General Hammond, who abruptly saluted her.
"It was a privilege to have you."
"Thanks for setting my life straight again." she replied, turning to Sam.
"Chevron 8, encoded."
"Thanks for everything, Sam!"
"No problem."
"And, I'd just like you to remember that little chat from the cargo vessel."
Sam blushed and mumbled her goodbyes, as Thera turned to her parents.
"Chevron 9, locked!"
The event horizon burst out of the stargate behind them.
"Come back soon, all right?" Daniel said, placing his hand firmly on her shoulder.
"Don't worry, I'll come back. And I might visit you in more ways than one." she said slyly. Daniel laughed.
"I don't think Oma would allow that."
"Well, I don't think she could stop me!"
"Oh, you'd be surprised."
Thera smiled as she turned to Sha're. She still didn't call them 'Mom' or 'Dad'. But somehow, she felt she didn't need to.
"Come home to us soon, my child." Sha're whispered, embracing Thera.
"Don't worry. I will." Suddenly, Thera sensed something in her mother, that she hadn't sensed before. "So." she said, looking intently into Sha're's brown eyes, identical to her own. "I'm going to have a new brother or sister." Sha're smiled and nodded. "Good. With one child learning to be all powerful, and another going to rule a planet, you need one you can raise right."
"I could never replace you."
"I never said you were." Thera replied, pulling into another tight embrace, then breaking away to step into the wormhole, and found herself hurtling through the space time continuum, emerging on a wooded forest planet, with a small village surrounding the stargate. At the foot of the steps, as had been arranged, Tolm was waiting for her, a content smile playing across his face. Thera stepped down and took his hand, and together they walked through the village. Everybody stopped and stared, recognizing Thera, despite her aged appearance. Tolm led her to a platform in the center of the village. Just before she stepped onto it, she took note of how many people had already crowded around her, staring intently. Atop the platform, it felt odd, looking down upon so man eager faces.
All right, N'kiri. she thought. Here's your part.
N'kiri took control, and swept her eyes over the crowd.
"I am N'kiri." she announced. "Second ruler of Carresia, scientist, and gone for two harvest seasons. I am not as I appear. My body, is the girl Thera, and she is her own being. While I am myself, a demon who posses her half the time. You have all of you been deceived. Ra is no longer living, and yet I remain. I am N'kiri, and I am not a god!"
And there our tale stops, until a new turn of events, takes Thera and N'kiri further into the tangled weave of their lives.
continued in
"The Young Goa'uld Woman"