Dietcokechic, as promised #4 episode is out and on the net, I now await the next enthralling episode of Imbroglio.
Thanks again everyone for your reviews, I luv em. This was only supposed to be a quickie, but it's quickly turning into a novel!
As usual – Stargate is not mine; I'm just taking them on a little adventure.
Rating: PG13 – I think, I never know how to score these things.
Spoilers: Season 2 – In the line of duty to Season 6.
Chapter 4 – That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Sam stared at Jaret with dejected eyes. Realisation had finally hit her - it was her father Jaret wanted. All that time they had spent with each other, him feigning friendship when they had first arrived on the DeAsha homeworld. He had known from their very first meeting that her father was Selmack; the most wise of all Tok'ra. It wasn't just happenstance that his people had gotten in touch with the Tauri a week ago. He had meticulously planned it for god knows how long and SG-1 fell into the trap hook line and sinker.
"Oh, Samantha, don't feel bad. You weren't to know. If it makes you feel any better, the Asha's are just as dense as the Tauri. Do you know how easy it was to persuade them about this alliance? They were so desperate for help to thwart an attack from the Goa'uld, they would have accepted help from anyone."
"I don't understand? Why wouldn't you want to stop a Goa'uld attack?"
For a brief moment Jaret turned off his stealth mode, looked directly into her eyes and just as soon as it started, it finished. His eyes glowed and his voice took on a menacing presence as he whispered, "Because I am one!"
Sam physically stepped back with a look of utter horror on her face. She couldn't understand how this could be; there had been no outward signs. "And my father?"
"Well let's just say I have a score to settle with Selmack from long ago. You don't need to know details. Now enough stalling, let's go!"
As Sam walked towards the control room, pieces began to click into place. The funny feelings she'd had when she was with him, the coldness in his eyes. All along she had been detecting the presence of a Goa'uld larvae, but because of his ability to change his body chemistry, it had resulted in her misconception of what she had been feeling all along.
Sam advised Jaret that she needed a few supplies, things she would need to minimise the number of casualties when they left the SGC. She wasn't taking any chances for her plan not to work………… too much was riding on it. Gathering the raw materials from the supply locker she began throwing into back pack, smoke bombs, a medical kit and plasma balls that SG1 had acquired from P3X-479 Luckily the plasma balls emitted an electronic field on activation, this would at least give them a few valuable seconds to flee the base without causing much damage to either the gateroom or personnel.
"One last item," thought Sam, reaching for a Zat gun. As her hand went towards the object, she felt heaviness placed on top of it. "Don't even think about it." Reluctantly she let it go.
As they entered the control room, the place was deserted apart from a couple of skeleton staff. Looking at her watch, she only had a couple of hours in which to carry out her plan before the Alpha shift started.
Logging on, she scrolled through the various records from the Tok'ra, she needed to get Jaret off the base as soon as possible before anyone else got hurt. Thinking about her options, she could either save the life of her father, or that of her friends. As Sam tried to recall where her father's latest mission was she noticed that she was having trouble breathing. The tightness in her chest was definitely getting worse and she knew then that it was more than a couple of broken ribs, she was beginning to bleed internally.
Looking around, she didn't even now how long she had been sitting there, all she knew was; time was running out. The skeleton staff had gone off on a break and she was left alone.
Then she spotted it, a communiqué from the Tok'ra received this morning advising the Tauri of their new location.
"Very good, Samantha. Now lets go."
With an incredulous look, Sam turned round and said "And you call the Tauri dense! If we go now, you won't get more than two feet from the first activation lock before the SF's come storming through. Think about it!"
Jaret snarled and launched for Sam's throat. With her back forced up against the terminal, pain ripped through her torso as the force of the terminal placed pressure on her rib cage. As his hands tightened around her throat Sam thought, "So it ends!" As the last few gasps of air reached her lungs, she tried with the last ounce of strength she had to pull his hands away. The room spun wildly and Jaret finally released his grip as Sam fell to the floor gasping for air. "Don't ever tell me what to do again."
As Sam lay collapsed on the floor Jonas walked in and rushed to her side. "Major Carter, what happened? Let me get some help."
Carter grabbed his hand and whispered "No", her voice hoarse from the pressure Jaret had placed around her throat.
"Major, please, you need help." Jonas couldn't understand why she was refusing his offer of assistance. She was in a bad way - he couldn't just stand around. With concern etched in his face he pleaded, "Please Major, let me call the med bay."
With strength leaving her body, she released his hand. As he rushed towards the intercom an invisible barrier halted him. "Major, what's going on?" Every direction he turned he was thwarted by an invisible force.
Jaret deactivated his shield making his presence known to him, his eyes flashed a brilliant white then subsequently dissipated. "What the…"
Before Jonas had the opportunity to finish his sentence, Jaret activated the device he had used on Colonel O'Neill.
"Jaret, No!" Carter shouted as much as her throat would allow, but the shout ended up being nothing more than a whisper as Jonas collapsed to the floor unconscious.
Grabbing her forcefully to her feet, all Sam did was stand and stare at Jonas; lying on the floor. She couldn't even make out if he was breathing. "Get dialling Major, NOW!"
Then, Major Carter started a chain of events, which she knew she couldn't stop and subsequently dialled the gate address. As the first chevron locked into place, the automated system automatically noted that this was an unauthorised dial out, as it would normally require 2 sets of authorisation codes. However, Major Carter knew the systems inside and out and she'd been able to go through the back door and override the authorisation codes. With doing so, she ensured that no one could stop the dial out in mid-stream. Setting up firewalls around the mainframe of which only she had the combination, would allow them time to escape. Knowing that once her and Jaret went through the gate, the system would shut down and reboot itself. Unfortunately by the time they had figured out where her and Jaret had gone, it would be too late.
Jaret grabbed the plasma balls along with the Major and ran towards the gate. Dragging Sam along with him, he entered the corridor, the alarm system was now fully engaged and the sirens blared, red claxons went off in all directions. SF's could be heard running through the corridor towards them.
As they rounded the corner, Jaret threw a plasma ball, which rolled, along the floor towards the uniformed men and within seconds a charge of energy and light exploded before their eyes, which allowed him unrestricted access to the wormhole itself.
Running up the ramp dragging her along with him, Jaret watched as she lost her balance and fell across the intricate weaves of metal that made up the Stargate's ramp. Realising that the Major was not going to get through on her own steam, he hoisted her over his shoulder.
The blast doors from the control room suddenly opened to reveal General Hammond, Teal'c and several SF guards staring at the intruder, who was manhandling the Major onto his back. They stood, helpless to stop his escape with one of their own.
Jaret gave a quick wave and ran through the wormhole.
End of Chapter 4
I know there was not a lot of Jack and Sam in this one, but as O'Neill's unconscious, it makes things a lil bit tricky. But you never know what will come in the next chapter. What do you think, Is Jonas dead? Do you want him to be?
Next chapter coming soon I promise. Thanks again for your support.
