I promise this time I won't harp on so much, but you should now me by now, I can't stop yapping (Be grateful for small mercies, at least you don't work with me), cos let me tell you I never shut up. Ask my mother or the people I work with!
Thanks Again for all those who review, you have made me a very happy lady with your great comments, I really appreciate it.
Right! Shutting up now.
Spoilers as usual from Season 2 onwards.
Rating PG13.
Stargate; Alas it still aint mine, but hey I still have MacGyver in my house every night, lol.
~~~End Chapter 13~~
The Goa'uld advancing quickly, were upon them, Jack had thrown down his Zat, then protectively brought her closer, now both standing side by side. He was adamant that noone was gonna hurt her, even if it meant risking his life. The Goa'uld Jaffa approached with vehemence ordering them to surrender.
Jack turning to Carter softly said, "Didn't I just do that?"
Carter not relishing in what was to come said simply "Yes Sir?"
Jack continued, he was no on a role, "Not very smart these Jaffa are they?"
She had to smile at that and thought, "Good ol' Colonel", he always knew how to ease a tense situation, and knowing what he was trying to achieve she allowed herself the comfort of his protection and replied, "No Sir, they're not."
Raising their hands in a defence mode she moved closer to the Colonel, ensuring that whatever happened she was not going to lose it now. Surviving on adrenalin alone, Carter thought that it was about time she picked herself up, dusted herself off and with more confidence and determination than she felt, prepared herself for what was to come.
With thoughts churning in Jack's mind he said softly, "Yep, very bad day."
~~~Chapter 14 – A Very Bad day~~~
"JAFFA KREE"
They came from all sides, completely surrounding them; Jack and Sam were instantaneously manhandled by four Jaffa, Jack was struggling to keep Carter at close proximity. For his efforts he was hit with the end of a staff weapon in the guts, and went down suddenly; winded by the force. Carter, seeing that her CO had been struck shouted, "Colonel!" as she attempted to shake away her captors.
The Jaffa stood at least 6 foot 4 with their entire armoury displayed on their bodies. The first prime who was signified with a gold emblem on his forehead, felt the female pull away towards her fallen comrade, and subsequently tightened his grip. Sam not feeling the pain in her own body, struggled relentlessly to ensure that Jack was OK, the restraints on her forearms becoming tighter.
"Human! You will cease your struggling, or we will kill the male; is that understood?" The leader of the Jaffa advised her with a warning look in his eyes, and a staff weapon pointed at the nape of Jack's head; charged and ready to fire.
Sam looked at her CO, who was just getting his breath back, torn between helping him and knowing if she moved, she could be the one that caused his death. She saw the Colonel's expressive eyes as he looked directly at her; shaking his head indicating her to back off. She'd seen that look on several occasions, he wasn't thinking about himself, his worries were for her, and she knew he was right. Reluctantly she ceased fighting them, "but they had better watch out", she thought, "cos I'm not done fighting yet…not by a long shot."
For the time being though they knew there was no way out for them. A few moments later, they hauled Colonel O'Neill off the ground and herded them both towards the waiting death glider. The Jaffa's ultimate plan was to take them to the newest system lord who bore a grudge against SG1. O'Neill tumbled again due to the pressure of being hauled to his feet and dragged along the dunes; this was not helping his ankle to heal at all. He took the moment to steal a glance at his 2IC's location, she appeared to be holding her own, and he'd even seen the old fighting spirit that had been absent for the past few days. Then with his thoughts turning to his other teammates. If he had heard Daniel correctly, it appeared that they were in just as much trouble as him and Sam, but hoped that they were fairing up at least marginally better.
As they entered the craft, they were taken to one of the holding cells on board, in preparation for what lay ahead. The Jaffa guard forcibly pushing the two of them through the cell door, both landing hard on their sides. Before leaving the two alone, the guard spoke directly to them; with his voice distorted and eyes showing a hint of light. "My master will be pleased, I have captured the infamous Colonel O'Neill and Major Carter."
Colonel O'Neill not one to show his true feelings was worried. Half of his team were split up, and neither him nor Carter were in any condition to make an escape attempt. He was damned though if they weren't gonna try. They just had to wait for the right place and right time. One thing the Colonel couldn't stand was the bravado act currently displayed on the First Prime's face, and naturally with sarcasm being his primary line of defence against any hostiles; he retorted. "Hey Carter, get us, we're famous!" Sam rolled her eyes, "Here we go!" she thought.
Looking now directly at the Jaffa who appeared before them, Jack stated sarcastically, " Do ya wants us to sign an autograph for ya, cos, sorry.." tapping his vest and trouser pockets. "I don't have a pen and paper to hand. What about you Carter?" He turned and looked to see not a smile, but a frown as she said, "Um Colonel, *now* might be a good time to stop."
Unfortunately he didn't have time to respond as he was greeted with a Zat blast squarely in his chest, "Damn it!" she shouted as she moved as swiftly towards the Colonel who was now lying unconscious on the cold stone floor.
The First prime spat in disgust as he observed the female now holding the male in her arms. "You humans are weak! You *will* pay for your crimes against the system lords." then departed down the corridor hearing the heaviness of the door closing behind him.
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They were being fired upon at all angles, Teal'c only managing to keep control by a hairs breath, as he continuously swerved to avoid the blasts emanating from the other two death gliders, Doctor Jackson and Jacob were clinging on for dear life, as the force of the craft performed a manoeuvre Daniel didn't believe was possible. Jacob was still in the back attempting to regain control of the weapon systems. On opening the panel, he noticed that some of the crystals had been severely damaged from the last blast. Carefully taking the burnt chrysalis out of the panel, he replaced them with other components from the back up systems, which seemed for the most part to be intact. Carefully sliding the last one in place, he closed the panel and shouted for Daniel to retry the weapons.
Daniel, now carefully positioned at the weapons station monitored the control panel, which suddenly came to life. From what he could decipher they appeared to be back online. Shouting to Jacob who was now running towards them; "Jacob, the weapons seem to have come back up, I'm targeting the lead death glider."
"Damn it… missed" Daniel shouted hitting the console with his fist in frustration.
"Daniel, let me take over, ok? Teal'c, when I say 'now', I want you to decelerate quickly on my mark. Hopefully the ship should fly right by us." Jacob advised. "Then once the glider is in position, I'll fire, then we'll have to make a quick burst into hyperspace."
Teal'c turned his head slightly towards Jacob, his eyes revealing a hint of curiosity, "I have not seen this manoeuvre performed General Carter, it is quite unorthodox. Are you certain that your plan will succeed?"
Taking a deep breath, Jacob replied, "Um…no, not really. But we're running out of places to hide, it's either this or we continue playing cat and mouse for the next few hours, and to be honest, I don't know how long this ship can stay in the air."
Jonas looked at General Carter and Teal'c, both were experts in their fields and he had been in serious situations with them before, and each time, they had both been able to pull off the unexpected. "Anything I can do General Carter?" Jonas asked.
Jacob needed all their help if they were gonna pull this off, especially when it came to the point of going into hyper drive. The reactor was very unstable due to the damage it sustained, and it could very well cause an explosion in the craft.
"Daniel, I need you to go and check on Sam and Jack, let them know that as soon as we're out of this mess we can try and think of a way to help them. Jonas, you're gonna have to check that the hyper drive doesn't explode. I don't know if this is gonna work, at best we'll knock off one of the gliders."
Jonas and Daniel looked at each other with slight frowns on their faces, neither of them wanting to ask the question. Jonas becoming braver by the second asked, "What if it doesn't work."
Expecting Jacob to answer his question, he was slightly surprised to hear Teal'c's deep tenor voice say, "Then we will die in a glorious battle."
Daniel shook his head lightly, sarcasm coming to the forefront of his mind as he said. "Yea Teal'c, *way* to boost morale."
Lifting one expressive eyebrow, his cheeks fluttering in and out as he contemplated what Daniel had said. Replied in a monotone voice, "That was not my intention Daniel Jackson, I was merely stating a fact."
Daniel still couldn't believe that Teal'c had been with them now for almost 6 years, and was still having trouble distinguishing sarcasm, he thought that after hanging around Jack for this long, he would have gotten it off pat.
Jacob waiting for the glider to come in position, if it was going to work, he would only have one shot at it, if they didn't succeed, they were completely out of options. Breathing deeply he said, "Ok everyone stand by, Daniel, if you're gonna go, * now* would be a good time, and Daniel, if you find them, tell them.."
Daniel looked at Jacob with a hint of sadness, he knew this wasn't easy for him, but the hardest thing was, that if they failed, then Jacob may never get to see his daughter again. With complete understanding in his eyes he replied, "I'll tell them Jacob…Good Luck, and I'll see you soon."
With Daniel now gone, they only had a few moments to get into position, as the death gliders mounted what appeared to be their final attack.
Jacob eager to finish this once and for all said "Teal'c, you ready?" Teal'c nodded his head in confirmation, "OK, on my mark.. five..four..three..two..one.
.* NOW *"
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It had been a good 5 minutes before he woke up, "oohhhhh hell, remind me never to do that again." He moaned to noone in particular. He felt like crap, it wasn't the smartest thing he'd done in a while, but he enjoyed teasing them, and if it got him zatted now and again, it was worth it to see them pissed at him.
"Feelin' better Sir?"
"Dumb question Carter."
"Sorry sir, but I've really got no sympathy for you."
"Geez Carter, kick a man when he's down why don't ya." He looked at her, and knew she wasn't serious, but why did she have to be right all the time, he knew he shouldn't have baited the guard, but he just couldn't resist.
Carter knowing he would be like this for the next few minutes helped him off the floor, and escorted him to a near by bench, the two sitting in silence for a few minutes waiting for O'Neill to recover his strength.
"Sooo."
"So! Come up with any good plans while I was asleep Carter" Jack asked looking at her thoughtfully, whilst trying to shake of one mother of a headache. Rubbing his eyes, trying to take away the pain from both his ankle and his head, thinking, he really could do with some Tylenol right about now.
She looked at him, he did deserve to get zatted, the line he gave them was so corny, hell if he'd come out with sarcastic comments like that on the base, she would probably have zatted him herself. Looking at him now though, she did feel sorry for him, he looked pitiful, so decided to play along with him for the moment.
"Actually sir, I came up with a great plan!" She said enjoying this banter with him. Things had been strained with them after Daniel's whole ascension thing, and for a while there she thought they weren't going to make it as a team. It was only after they had gone to O'Malley's one night and cleared a few things up after their escape from the Goa'uld ship that she realised that they were gonna be ok.
"Spit it out then Carter." He said absently rubbing his severely sore ankle.
"Well…the plan is, we bust outta here, then go and kick some crap outta the Goa'uld, then take over this ship and head back to the Stargate."
Jack O'Neill grinned at his 2IC, one thing was for sure, she sure knew how to get his juices flowing. "Simple and uncomplicated..lets do it! All I need to do is MacGyver up some kinda bomb, and we're all set. Got any spare Naquadria on ya Carter?"
Forgetting all her aches and pains and the situation they were in, she allowed herself to laugh at his sense of humour, recalling their conversation on Abydos, when she had told him of MacGyvering up the Stargate.
Then before she had the chance to reply, she heard the glider begin to dock in the hanger bay of what she believed to be the Goa'uld mother ship. Whatever was going to happen, she was determined it wasn't gonna happen with her and the Colonel sitting down, mustering all her strength she pulled him to a standing position as she heard the guards coming round the corner, clangs of metal hitting the floor as they came nearer. With their arms entangled around each other's waist for support; it was hard to see who was holding whom up.
Jack looked at her with all seriousness, as the cell doors opened to reveal the First Prime and a hoard of Jaffa, waiting to escort them to the system lord. "You ready?"
Carter nodded, "As I'll ever be Sir."
"Kree Jaffa!" The First prime shouted at his standing army, each taking a position around their prisoners, separating them from each other. "My master awaits. You will come with me."
Jack was taken out of the cell first, hobbling with each step he took as they led him and Carter through the golden corridors. Jack tried to get a look to see how far Carter was behind him, and was kidney punched for his efforts.
Jack not completely steady on his feet fell against the side of the ship, with Carter shouting behind him. At least one good things came out of it, he thought, he found out that she was still with him; albeit slightly concerned by his recent indiscretion. For the remainder of their journey, they stayed silent, not wanting to irritate the Goa'uld's any further at this stage.
They were led into a dimly lit room, huge pillars of candles lay in each corner; two lights burning with fire had been placed either side of the throne, which appeared to be currently occupied by someone they had never met before.
As they neared the man, dressed in a gold and red fabric, a mesh of what appeared to be chain male ravishingly wrapped around his upper torso, he ordered the guards to force the two prisoners to kneel before him.
O'Neill, quick off the mark as over said "I'd rather not if you don't mind. Ya see I've got a little ankle problem at the moment, and…"
"Silence Tauri, or I will silence you permanently." The System Lord shouted in anger.
The Jaffa forcibly pressing on their shoulders ensuring that Jack and Sam complied with the request of their God.
Jack grunted at the effort of having to kneel down. Now him and Sam were side by side, looking up at the man who casually approached them, anger consuming his eyes, betraying the hatred that he had for the two prisoners that knelt before him.
"So, you are the infamous SG1 are you? You call yourself warriors, yet you were easily captured." The system Lord stated as matter of fact, circling the two like a vulture stalking it's prey.
O'Neill looked up at him, anger burning deep inside him. "And you are?"
The System Lord came face to face with O'Neill, and grabbed his face; Jack helpless to do anything as his arms bound by the Jaffa behind him.
Looking directly in his eyes, he said simply, " I am Amemait." He then released Jacks face and sauntered over to where Carter was kneeling.
Jack shook his head, did he hear right to him it sounded like he was called 'I'm a mate." He looked towards the system Lord, who was hungrily eyeing Carter up and down, and he did not like it, not one bit. He'd seen that look before, and knew that they were headed into dangerous territory.
Carter heard the name, and felt her skin go cold, she knew exactly what the Colonel was thinking, he was gonna make some sort of wisecrack, to keep him away from her. She glanced over to him with pleading eyes and said, "Please don't do it sir?"
If Jack noticed, he wasn't going to pay any attention, his primary goal was to get that slimy good f'nothing snake away from Carter, and the only way he knew he could do it was to make a sarcastic comment.
"Sorry Carter, it's gotta be done! Hey you snake head?" Well that certainly got his attention, Jack thought. "What did you say your name was again? 'I'm a mate', well let me tell you, there is no way one of my mates would treat us like this."
Oh God thought Carter, he's well and truly on one, she knew exactly what he was doing, and she really did appreciate it, considering the fact that having this Goa'uld leering at her made her insides go cold, the blood running for cover back into her veins.
Jack continued, the determination set in his eyes. "Well, I have to say that I bet people call you 'Billy no mates' don't they, I mean come on, you…."
Not allowing Jack to continue, the system lord suddenly backhanded him for his insolence, Jack's head snapped back from the force of the blow.
Blood poured out of Jack's nose and ran down the back of his throat causing him to cough, his head pulled back by the grasp of the Jaffa's hand on his forehead. Suddenly gasping for air, the Jaffa released his head for a brief moment allowing the Colonel to spit out the blood that was caught in his mouth. Carter helplessly watched as she saw her CO fall to the ground in pain.
Amemait sneered at him as droplets of Jack's blood splattered onto the floor, O'Neill's eyes darting towards Carter, thankful that Amemait's attention had been diverted even for a brief moment; it had been worth it.
With his eyes glowing, his voice distorted by the symbiote held deep within, he glared at them with hatred clearly evident and said, "You are *my* prisoners now, and I shall ensure that you will suffer pain like you have never experienced before. You will beg for mercy by the time I have finished my torture, and I shall enjoy watching you both suffer." Each word was clearly enunciated in a slow methodical fashion.
Jack had indeed seen that look before; from his Black Ops days, and knew that what he had experienced there was gonna be a picnic compared to this. His thoughts though were not for himself, but for his 2IC, as her eyes widened in fear. She had been through so much over the last couple of days, and he didn't know if she would make it, hell he didn't even know if he would make it. His last hope was that they were kept together, as Amemait shouted "Take them to their cell, I shall deal with them later."
Jack's thoughts from earlier resurfaced, as him and Carter were scooped of the ground, their hands forced behind their backs. "Yep..very bad day."
End of Chapter 14
Finally, I've added the bad guy….yeah, it's only taken me three chapters to do it, lol. I swear I must have a bit of Daniel's character in me, what should've been a two Chapter fanfic has turned into so far a 14-chapter novel. Arrrrrrrgggghhh. I tell ya, after this, I'm gonna write a 100 word piece of drabble, anyone want to help me so I don't go off on a tangent! LOL.
Also, you'll find out why I had Daniel fire at the ship, when he'd previously said he couldn't harm another…all will be revealed in Chapter 15, which is gonna be so dark that you'll need a touch to see what your reading, LOL.
Oh yeah one more thing, before I sign off again, the next chapter will be a lot darker than what I normally write, and probably quite graphic, so be warned, I have been researching! Also if you're thinking, "Wasn't Amemait, Share's host?" I thought that aswell, but when I checked, her host was Amunet, and not Amemait, which are two different Goa'uld's.
Thanks again for your reviews, much appreciated.
