Rating: R (I tried to keep it lower, but it just wasn't destined to happen - unlike other things [which are responsible for the rating])
Disclaimer: SG characters are (c) MGM (thankie to Morrigan for that :p). FF8 characters are (c) Squaresoft, original characters are mine – ask nicely and I might let you play with them, s'long's you don't break them...
Warnings: SxS - Yaoi (guyxguy) later - if u don't like, don't read. Character death. Maybe angst (I do like to torture my characters sometimes :p), language (prob nothin u aint heard b4, but still...)
~Chapter Five: Stargate?~
Klaxons sounded throughout the base as the Stargate activated.
"Who is it?" Hammond demanded, walking in from his office. Jack O'Neill and Sam Carter were already in the control room, and Jack turned to look at Hammond.
"SG2 sir." The sergeant at the desk responded promptly.
"Who is this guy?" Jack asked Hammond. The colonel shrugged.
"He's a stand-in. Seems like everyone's coming down with this blasted cold." He sneezed as he joined them. Jack mouthed a sympathetic 'oh', and silently thanked whatever star it was that meant he largely wasn't affected by such things. He watched as the iris spiralled open to reveal the open gate. Even after seeing it so many times, after have travelled through it so many times, the sight still held a degree of awe and wonder.
SG2 stepped unhurriedly through, waving at the control room to indicate that there was nothing out of the ordinary on the other side. It was a system of signalling that had grown up, rather than being implemented. If the returning team returned backwards or jumped though, it could safely be assumed that there was a hostile force on the other side. The last through would wave frantically for the iris to be closed, although the g'ould were learning fast that any attempts to follow an SGC team was doomed to failure. A hastily returning team who weren't under attack would pause on the ramp to wave at the control room and indicate that planetary, rather than military, conditions had forced their return.
"So, um, where do we go next?" Jack turned in time to see Daniel pushing his glasses back up his nose.
"I believe you are scheduled to visit planet FFY-008, Daniel Jackson." Teal'c responded. "However I will not be going with you."
"Why not?" Sam asked, looking from Hammond - who didn't look surprised by Teal'c's statement - and back to Teal'c.
"The Tokra have requested that Teal'c locate an individual on Tulak." Hammond explained, struggling to say both Teal'c and Tulak with a blocked nose.
"Did they say why?" Jack demanded, not really expecting that they had.
"Only that it is vital for them to know." Hammond shrugged, waiting for Jack's outburst.
"Hah! How come we have to tell them everything, and they get to tell us nothing?" Jack demanded of the air.
"So, when do we go?" Daniel inquired, leaving Jack muttering imprecations against the Tokra to himself. Hammond checked his watch.
"In two hours." Sam frowned.
"But we haven't had a mission briefing." Hammond nodded.
"I know. You're doing this one blind."
AN: I can't remember that SG1 have ever done a blind mission – even the film sent a probe first – so this is a first for them, only I couldn't figure out (read, was too lazy to figure out) how ff8 would react to a probe and SG1 would still walk through into a circle of armed SeeDs. I'm also trying to keep SG1 in character, and – there's a lot of things I'm trying to do – I didn't want to play the comic/medical twist with Teal'c's g'ould, so I packed him off on a mission for the Tokra, which neatly meant I didn't have to go to any great detail on the mission – to Jack's exasperation *grins*
