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Warning…this chapter mentions very adult themes! Also a spoiler for the episode where Nirrti does DNA mushing.
General Hammond stood, watching the Archaeologist and the Lizard woman through the observation panel, pondering her words.
"Well, Sir," Janet said as she walked over to him, reading a sheet of results. "She's definitely not human, though there are many similarities. There's not much more that I can tell you really…I've never seen anything like her before, she's amazing." Hammond nodded and briefly related what he'd found from her conversation with Daniel as they walked down to the room. She was as stunned and impressed as he had been.
"Teal'c, you can relax now." Hammond ordered as he passed him, walking into the room. With a slight incline of his head Teal'c joined him, giving up his role as personal guard to Daniel, having apparently decided that she was no threat.
"Before we go any further I would like to know why you were a prisoner of the Jaffa." Hammond demanded…trying to asses the risk to his base.
"When she left, many years ago the Goddess left standing orders for me to be recaptured and sent to her planet."
"If you have indeed been living alone for 13 years, and have eluded capture thus far, how then is it that the Jaffa captured you?" Teal'c intoned.
"I was careless." She said, looking at the floor.
"Would you care to…elaborate?"
"A young girl was in the woods and a man attacked her and tried to…force her." Her voice took on a harsh tone. "I was not going to stand by and allow that to happen." She flexed her hands - the only out ward sign of her anger - and deadly looking claws extended from their sheaths in her finger tips. "She was badly beaten by the time I got to her and I carried her to the village. Without stopping to find out anything they took the girl and the Jaffa stunned and captured me." Her voice was thick with distaste but she visibly made herself relax, the claws disappearing.
Janet stepped forward, hesitantly taking a look at her hands, awed by it. The three men merely nodded, not entirely sure whether she spoke the truth though gut instinct told them she did.
Hammond nodded, apparently satisfied for now.
"Doctor Jackson, if I can leave you and Teal'c to take care of her, there is a VIP suite set out for her, get some food and rest - all of you - and I'll see you at 0800 tomorrow morning to plan a rescue for The Colonel and Major. There's nothing that can be done right now." He added on a softer note.
"Yes, sir." They replied. They didn't have to be told that there would be an SF escort at all times. Janet was about to leave but had one more question for her.
"I hope you don't mind." She said. "Its just…you talk using the phonetic sounds created with the tongue…but you have a forked tongue." She said, intrigued. IN reply She stuck her tongue out…and it was a large, pink normal human tongue. Except that, right on the tip was a small slit that, when her mouth was closed, she could flex and the smaller, slender forked tongue shot out of. Janet was suitably impressed and all but dragged herself away. She found Daniel scrutinising her thoughtfully.
"Do you eat uh…human food?" She grinned a feral grin and his eyes widened.
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"Ugh…how is it that even when she's dead Nirrti manages to make our lives hell?" Jack asked Sam weakly, falling back on humour, as he always did in life or death situations.
"I don't know, Sir. Just lucky I guess." She replied, equally as weakly.
Their throats were burning form thirst, a constant pain emanated from hands and feet, wearing them down slowly but surely. Hope kept them going. They knew that Daniel and Teal'c would come for them…unless, of course they were dead.
At sundown two people had come, giving them a little water and food to 'keep them alive and suffering as long as possible'. The water had tasted foul and hadn't been enough to quench their thirst. The food had been stale bread and both had served only to fuel their hunger and thirst.
"Of all the times for Daniel to be late." He joked, trying to ignore the trickle of cold sweat that ran down his spine.
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They sat around the briefing room table, waiting for General Hammond to arrive. Having reassured Daniel that she was joking and she did eat 'normal' food they'd had something to eat, all the while trying to ignore the stares of others.
It had got to the point where she was becoming increasingly irritated and had turned to one young Airman, flicking her forked tongue out with a hiss at him, scaring him silly. She had seemingly found this very amusing and had conveyed her point when she laughed, indicating that she was fed up of the stares. It was either that or the way that she enthusiastically dug into the jelly.
When Hammond had finally bustled in he was all business. Assembled were Teal'c, Daniel, Janet and…the woman.
"So, people what do we know about this planet and Our hope for finding Colonel O'Neill and Major Carter?"
"Well," began Daniel. "We know that it used to be under the control of a Goa'uld but that their 'Goddess' hasn't been there in many years…about 13. So far I can't say who but-"
"Nirrti."
"based- what?"
"The Goddess Nirrti." Hammond raised an eyebrow.
"As in the Nirrti that recently messed around SG1's DNA?" Daniel frowned.
"Indeed." Teal'c answered. "It was before you 'descended' DanielJackson."
"Oh, right."
"It is also when Nirrti died."
"She's dead?" She asked, surprised and more than a little pleased.
"Right…so its Nirrti's planet…can we move on? Do we have any idea who's in charge now?" General Hammond asked.
"The man who leads them now is 'the Voice' he claims that Nirrti will speak only to him as she is displeased with the people. His mind isn't healthy and it is most likely that he will punish them."
"Uh…when you say punish…?"
"If he sees it as a serious crime they will be crucified slowly." She told them, regretfully. "Many of the villagers do not agree with him but he controls the Jaffa, and they are out numbered."
"Where will this punishment take place?" Teal'c asked.
"In the main square, but they will be surrounded by Jaffa, there is little else for them to do."
"Is there anyway of getting in there un-noticed?"
"One that I know of, but it will be impossible for any of you." They frowned at her.
"Why?" Daniel asked.
"It is something that only I can do." They watched in wonder as she rose to her feet and shed her robe quickly and smoothly. Moving to one wall she stood by it. They were shocked as she disappeared, blending in with the background seamlessly.
"…"
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He was weak, and he could feel a fever raging through his body. Sam looked flustered and he could see that she, too was fevered already, pale from blood loss, thirsty and hungry, as was he.
"Sam…I'm sorry…for everything." She shook her head and replied hoarsely
"Don't be…nothing to be…sorry for."
"It's been…an honour…serving with you…Major."
"It's been…a pleasure…knowing you…Jack." Jack nodded his agreement an gave her a half smile.
Since been 'sentenced' he'd thought a lot about…stuff and he'd decided that enough was enough. If he survived this he was going to give up, retire or whatever. He wanted to be with Sam and he realised now that time was running out. If the Air Force really wanted him around that much they'd let him be with Carter regardless.
Now it looked like they weren't even going make it out of here.
Looks like their luck had finally run out.
"Should know…" he continued weakly. "I love you." Sam nodded once more.
"Love you…too." A single tear fell from her face as she lapsed into silence…both of them too weak to say much more.
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