Starmage Chapter 2
-By Wanderer D-
Disclaimer: Yes, I know. You know. Don't sue.
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"So..." Daniel said, eyeing the technology around him "Did I get to Tollan 2? If so, I wish to speak to Omoc... uh... Where am I?"
He was sitting in the infirmary of the Excalibur; Daniel had seen advanced Earth technology only in the form of the people of Tollan, when their leader, Omoc, had taken him along to send a transmission signal to the Nok. Right now, he was being interrogated by Gideon, while Dr. Lang scanned him with a small device.
Gideon sighed. "You're on the Earth Alliance's flagship, Excalibur, as for how you got here... I can only say our local Technomage seemingly screwed up big time..."
Daniel looked around. "This is an Earth vessel? Incredible! Is it based on Goa'uld technology?"
"Goa'uld?" Gideon asked.
*** Earth SG1 ***
Galen looked about the chaos as every soldier in the room tried to shoot the imps. Small spheres of fast moving light... that were just that, -spheres of light- added to the general mayhem as everyone dodged the completely harmless spheres, shot at them and managed to shoot each other.
He shrugged off another plasma blast. Okay, he had browsed thru the internet and found he was several years in the past... a past which was not consistent with his own... that meant that he was in another dimension, and that, somehow, as primitive as these guys were -excluding the plasma technology and the large Egyptian teleported behind him- they had the means to send him back.
Deciding to stop them before they hated him more, -he liked to be hated, but to a certain extent only- he raised his staff and brought the butt end down on the floor. Hard.
"ENOUGH!" He ordered, his magic amplifying his voice as a golden dragon roared from behind him.
Everything became quiet. The spheres of light hovered in front of the large window with the fat General, who had the eyes the size of dinner plates.
Every soldier in the room had stopped struggling, and even the imps had opened their eyes in surprise. One that had started climbing the wall at the back slid down unnoticed.
Galen coughed softly. That was... an interesting reaction. He didn't know he could impress his own light spheres.
"I think we started on the wrong foot." Galen said, letting the dragon fade out. The Imps followed, and finally, the light spheres did a spin around the Mage before turning into a spiral of sparkling dust that disappeared mysteriously.
The fat guy behind the window finally spoke out. "So, who are you and how did you get here?"
"My name's Galen, and I really don't know how I got here..."
"Are you an agent of Toth?" The man with the symbol and the plasma lance asked.
"The ancient god of Magic?" Galen asked, pondering the question. "No, not really, I don't think much about gods... not much after meeting some of them, that is..." he finished darkly.
The dark-skinned man nodded, but still eyed him warily. "Your technology reminded me of Toth. But you don't wear the normal cloth of a priest of the false god."
Galen smirked. "In my experience, friend, there are no true gods."
"Hold it!" The guy with the scowl interrupted. "Before this turns into Theology class, I think we should go someplace else." he looked around at the destroyed area, where a few soldiers that had been hit by their peers tried to get up. Fortunately no-one seemed really hurt.
"I agree..." Galen started.
"Captain Jack O'Neil." Jack answered. "Follow me."
Galen nodded and followed Jack, Teal'c and Sam out of the room. Up in the Control Room, General Hammond sighed. This was going to be a loooong day.
***
Galen's staff rested in the table just outside his reach.
"So, let me get this straight," Hammond started. "You're a mage from another dimension that somehow got trapped here changing places with our Archaeologist."
Galen nodded. "That about sums it up."
"Great..." Hammond sighed. "Just as we were about to check Planet PJ6-958."
Jack stood up. "General, we still have to go... I'm not saying Daniel doesn't matter, but, if it's true that Apophis is constructing that large vessel the Tok'ra warned us about, then we should investigate, and if possible stop him. You know which planet he'll attack first."
"Jack O'Neil is correct," Teal'c said, nodding slightly. "We cannot allow Apophis such a huge advantage over the other System Lords, therefore controlling the Goa'uld."
"Since we're on the top list of annoying enemies, the first thing he'll do is attack earth." Sam quipped in.
General Hammon nodded. "I know! But I still don't like the idea of sending you three alone..."
"Then I'll go with them." Galen stated from his seat at the other end of the rectangular table.
"What?!" Hammond and Jack asked at the same time.
"I said..."
"I heard what you said," Hammond interrupted. "But, this is a very important mission, where the fate of..."
"Yes," Galen interrupted. "I know. I understood. In case you hadn't noticed, I'm right here with you." he looked around. "Besides, this way I would still be saving the Earth... not from the Drakh, but at least I'd have something to do besides sitting idly, and waiting for destruction to overwhelm me if you three failed."
There was an uncomfortable silence while everyone looked at Galen.
"I say we give him a chance." Teal'c said.
The others looked surprised, but eventually nodded.
"He's already at the service of Earth, in a way..." Sam said.
"And we know he can cause much Chaos, if there's the need..." Jack muttered.
"But still..." Hammond said. "I saw him create all those creatures, and fireballs, and the light-things... but will those work against a whole army of Goa'uld?"
Galen smiled. "I've got more tricks than you can imagine."
Hammond nodded. "Fine. Then you'll go with SG-1. Your mission is as follows: You will only engage in combat if necessary. You are to gather as much information on the Warship as possible and come back in 10 hours. Understood?"
Everyone nodded and General Hammond stood up. "Now, if you all leave, I would like to talk to Galen."
Jack and the others walked outside the room and closed the door. Moving a little from the immediate area to have a quick conference.
"What do you guys think?" Jack asked.
"Well, his technology is way more advanced than ours." Sam said. "I took a glance at his staff... I didn't see any buttons on it, or panels to release energy."
"I think his power comes from another source than the staff." Teal'c said.
"Why?" Jack asked. "To me it looked like the staff was the source. You saw how he used it to create the force field."
Teal'c nodded. "But still, Jack O'Neil, he gave the staff without much trouble. I would think that if he were truly harmless without it, he would have been more careful about it."
"Do you think we did the right thing in convincing Hammond to let us take him with us?" Sam asked worriedly.
"I'd rather have a threat like him in another planet than here, if he is an enemy." Jack answered just as the door opened and Galen walked out, staff in hand, followed by Hammond. "We just have one way of finding out..." he said as he walked up to the Technomage, leaving Sam and Teal'c behind.
END Chapter 2
AN: Yes. I know I took too long. Yes, I know this is short, but, it's all coming back to me now, so just hold on a little longer for things to start moving again, ok?
-D
C&C, R&R welcome!
Disclaimer: Yes, I know. You know. Don't sue.
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"So..." Daniel said, eyeing the technology around him "Did I get to Tollan 2? If so, I wish to speak to Omoc... uh... Where am I?"
He was sitting in the infirmary of the Excalibur; Daniel had seen advanced Earth technology only in the form of the people of Tollan, when their leader, Omoc, had taken him along to send a transmission signal to the Nok. Right now, he was being interrogated by Gideon, while Dr. Lang scanned him with a small device.
Gideon sighed. "You're on the Earth Alliance's flagship, Excalibur, as for how you got here... I can only say our local Technomage seemingly screwed up big time..."
Daniel looked around. "This is an Earth vessel? Incredible! Is it based on Goa'uld technology?"
"Goa'uld?" Gideon asked.
*** Earth SG1 ***
Galen looked about the chaos as every soldier in the room tried to shoot the imps. Small spheres of fast moving light... that were just that, -spheres of light- added to the general mayhem as everyone dodged the completely harmless spheres, shot at them and managed to shoot each other.
He shrugged off another plasma blast. Okay, he had browsed thru the internet and found he was several years in the past... a past which was not consistent with his own... that meant that he was in another dimension, and that, somehow, as primitive as these guys were -excluding the plasma technology and the large Egyptian teleported behind him- they had the means to send him back.
Deciding to stop them before they hated him more, -he liked to be hated, but to a certain extent only- he raised his staff and brought the butt end down on the floor. Hard.
"ENOUGH!" He ordered, his magic amplifying his voice as a golden dragon roared from behind him.
Everything became quiet. The spheres of light hovered in front of the large window with the fat General, who had the eyes the size of dinner plates.
Every soldier in the room had stopped struggling, and even the imps had opened their eyes in surprise. One that had started climbing the wall at the back slid down unnoticed.
Galen coughed softly. That was... an interesting reaction. He didn't know he could impress his own light spheres.
"I think we started on the wrong foot." Galen said, letting the dragon fade out. The Imps followed, and finally, the light spheres did a spin around the Mage before turning into a spiral of sparkling dust that disappeared mysteriously.
The fat guy behind the window finally spoke out. "So, who are you and how did you get here?"
"My name's Galen, and I really don't know how I got here..."
"Are you an agent of Toth?" The man with the symbol and the plasma lance asked.
"The ancient god of Magic?" Galen asked, pondering the question. "No, not really, I don't think much about gods... not much after meeting some of them, that is..." he finished darkly.
The dark-skinned man nodded, but still eyed him warily. "Your technology reminded me of Toth. But you don't wear the normal cloth of a priest of the false god."
Galen smirked. "In my experience, friend, there are no true gods."
"Hold it!" The guy with the scowl interrupted. "Before this turns into Theology class, I think we should go someplace else." he looked around at the destroyed area, where a few soldiers that had been hit by their peers tried to get up. Fortunately no-one seemed really hurt.
"I agree..." Galen started.
"Captain Jack O'Neil." Jack answered. "Follow me."
Galen nodded and followed Jack, Teal'c and Sam out of the room. Up in the Control Room, General Hammond sighed. This was going to be a loooong day.
***
Galen's staff rested in the table just outside his reach.
"So, let me get this straight," Hammond started. "You're a mage from another dimension that somehow got trapped here changing places with our Archaeologist."
Galen nodded. "That about sums it up."
"Great..." Hammond sighed. "Just as we were about to check Planet PJ6-958."
Jack stood up. "General, we still have to go... I'm not saying Daniel doesn't matter, but, if it's true that Apophis is constructing that large vessel the Tok'ra warned us about, then we should investigate, and if possible stop him. You know which planet he'll attack first."
"Jack O'Neil is correct," Teal'c said, nodding slightly. "We cannot allow Apophis such a huge advantage over the other System Lords, therefore controlling the Goa'uld."
"Since we're on the top list of annoying enemies, the first thing he'll do is attack earth." Sam quipped in.
General Hammon nodded. "I know! But I still don't like the idea of sending you three alone..."
"Then I'll go with them." Galen stated from his seat at the other end of the rectangular table.
"What?!" Hammond and Jack asked at the same time.
"I said..."
"I heard what you said," Hammond interrupted. "But, this is a very important mission, where the fate of..."
"Yes," Galen interrupted. "I know. I understood. In case you hadn't noticed, I'm right here with you." he looked around. "Besides, this way I would still be saving the Earth... not from the Drakh, but at least I'd have something to do besides sitting idly, and waiting for destruction to overwhelm me if you three failed."
There was an uncomfortable silence while everyone looked at Galen.
"I say we give him a chance." Teal'c said.
The others looked surprised, but eventually nodded.
"He's already at the service of Earth, in a way..." Sam said.
"And we know he can cause much Chaos, if there's the need..." Jack muttered.
"But still..." Hammond said. "I saw him create all those creatures, and fireballs, and the light-things... but will those work against a whole army of Goa'uld?"
Galen smiled. "I've got more tricks than you can imagine."
Hammond nodded. "Fine. Then you'll go with SG-1. Your mission is as follows: You will only engage in combat if necessary. You are to gather as much information on the Warship as possible and come back in 10 hours. Understood?"
Everyone nodded and General Hammond stood up. "Now, if you all leave, I would like to talk to Galen."
Jack and the others walked outside the room and closed the door. Moving a little from the immediate area to have a quick conference.
"What do you guys think?" Jack asked.
"Well, his technology is way more advanced than ours." Sam said. "I took a glance at his staff... I didn't see any buttons on it, or panels to release energy."
"I think his power comes from another source than the staff." Teal'c said.
"Why?" Jack asked. "To me it looked like the staff was the source. You saw how he used it to create the force field."
Teal'c nodded. "But still, Jack O'Neil, he gave the staff without much trouble. I would think that if he were truly harmless without it, he would have been more careful about it."
"Do you think we did the right thing in convincing Hammond to let us take him with us?" Sam asked worriedly.
"I'd rather have a threat like him in another planet than here, if he is an enemy." Jack answered just as the door opened and Galen walked out, staff in hand, followed by Hammond. "We just have one way of finding out..." he said as he walked up to the Technomage, leaving Sam and Teal'c behind.
END Chapter 2
AN: Yes. I know I took too long. Yes, I know this is short, but, it's all coming back to me now, so just hold on a little longer for things to start moving again, ok?
-D
C&C, R&R welcome!