Author's Notes:- L.E McMurray. Hi, this is our third joint story and my personal favourite. We started this a LONG time ago and from a simple idea it grew and grew. Jonas isn't in it for the basic reason we didn't know how to write him (when we started this Season Six had just started) Hope you enjoy.

Author's Notes:- Stonedtoad. This is one of those stories that once started never seemed to want to finish. It is finally done due to some fantastic coaching by L.E,- check out her other stories as well, they rock (she has a great beta reader :D).

Jack frowned as he looked down on Earth from the ship. This was going to be hard to do but it was important that they not only did this but leave as little mess behind as possible. Teal'c made small adjustments to their course bringing them closer to their world but it wasn't really their world. Seven years made a huge difference to how you saw things.

"Jack, I need your help," Daniel's plea had come in the middle of the night.

"Daniel?" Jack opened his eyes, "What…"

"Please just listen to me Jack," Daniel said, "I can't interfere but if this happens I'll die."

"Daniel, it's three in the morning and I've just woken up," Jack muttered at his friend, "For those of us not ascended or with genius IQ's could you slow down and speak plainly for me."

"Okay Jack, here's the deal…"

This could destroy their whole future and yet only they seemed to care. The Asgard refused to come and help them saying it would violate the treaty but they had given them a loan of this nifty little craft. The Tok'ra had then provided them with a drug that would make this seem like a dream. The basics of their mission were to stop Osiris from taking Daniel Jackson thus stopping him from opening the Stargate and make sure he remembered nothing about what happened. But Jack had a theory there was more to it than this.

So SG1, well three quarters of them since Jonas was still in the infirmary with a fractured wrist and twisted knee after what was being referred to as the 'Hockey Incident', were now back in time once again.

"We are in position," Teal'c told him.

"Then we wait," Jack said, "We have to let Osiris make his move before we make ours."

Daniel sighed as he stood staring out of the window. This really came near to the top of the list of worst days of his life. Glancing over to the envelope sitting on the table he chewed his lip thoughtfully, should he take this job?

He didn't want anything to do with the Air Force, too many memories that he didn't like to dredge up but this had him intrigued. It wasn't like he had much choice his whole academic career had just blown up in his face and he'd lost his apartment. If Robert had been out of the country then he would have been completely lost.

Pushing his hair back out of his eyes Daniel spun around hearing a strange noise behind him. He jumped as three huge men appeared, and stared as they suddenly pointed strange looking weapons at him. Before he could make a sound they fired and Daniel collapsed to ground agony coursing through his body. He tried to fight as he was grabbed but before he knew it he was picked up and the room disappeared.

x

Daniel woke up and groaned at the headache pounding in his left eye. Looking at the room he was in he groaned, what was happening? Pulling himself to a stand he moved to see if there was a way out of here. There were all sorts of symbols on the walls that looked vaguely Egyptian.

"What the hell is going on?" he asked out loud.

A door suddenly opened and Daniel jumped back seeing the men appear again.

"Move," one said grabbing Daniel's shoulder, roughly forcing him to walk along the corridor.

Shaking slightly Daniel walked his eyes wide with both fear and amazement at where he was. He could hear footsteps along the corridor and watched soldiers march past strange masks covering their heads. Finally they reached their destination and he was pushed through a door where the guard forced him to his knees.

"Daniel Jackson," a distorted voice said, a voice that sounded oddly familiar, "Once again I have you kneeling before me."

"Who are you?" Daniel managed to ask, his voice barely shaking to his amazement.

"Don't you recognise me?" the speaker moved into the light.

"Sarah?" Daniel gasped seeing his ex standing there.

Sarah smiled a cold evil vicious smile at him as she moved closer to him, "I am Osiris. Sarah no longer exists."

"What?" Daniel stared at her, "Osiris? Sarah, what the hell is going on?"

She suddenly grabbed his chin pulling him to a stand so they were face to face, her eyes glowed a burning gold, "I am your God. You shall speak only when I speak to you and the moment you are no longer of any use to me shall be the moment you die."

She flung him against the wall winding him before ordering the men in a language Daniel had never heard before. He was grabbed again and thrown back into his cell.

Osiris watched with a vicious smile, "Now to remove the one who shall start the rebellion against Ra."

"Where are we going?" Sha're asked her mother.

"Somewhere that you must keep a secret," her mother replied, "Now we have very little time before we must return home for dinner."

Sha're sighed in confusion, "Mama?"

"Come on," her mother led her to a strange cave.

"What is this?" Sha're asked looking around in amazement, "Where are we?"

"This has been passed down through our family," her mother told her after she had explained what it meant, "You must guard the secret and pass it to your children. One day it shall free us from tyranny."

"I don't understand," Sha're sighed.

Her mother laughed, "You will one day. We should get home."

Before they could leave three soldiers appeared from nowhere. The leader grabbed Sha're who struggled against him, her mother trying to help her falling suddenly as she was fired upon. Sha're's mother dropped to the ground in agony still trying to reach her daughter.

"Mama," Sha're screamed, trying to get to her as the soldier fired once more, "Mama!!!" Sha're screamed again seeing her mother lying there unmoving.

Struggling to reach her mother Sha're was pulled further away and suddenly she was no longer in the cave, she was no longer on Abydos.

x

Jack stood watching waiting for Osiris to make his move; it had to be soon.

"Sir," Sam came flying in, "We're too late."

"What?" Jack demanded.

"Osiris has already been here," Sam explained, "I decided to check out some of the sensors and it shows the trail leading away from Earth. They've got Daniel."

"Dammit, dammit, dammit," Jack snapped, "Okay Carter can you find where Osiris went?"

"I already have that worked out," she told him.

"Well?"

"You're not going to believe this," she sighed, "Osiris went to Abydos."

"Teal'c," Jack yelled, "Get us there."

Jack wasn't the sharpest pencil in the box and would be the first to admit it, surrounded as he was by geniuses on a daily basis, but even he could grasp the quantum consequences of what was happening. If they were unsuccessful back here then the future wouldn't exist as they remembered it, Teal'c would be back as First Prime, he would be back in Charlie's room struggling to find the courage to end it all and Carter would be doing something intellectual, working in the Pentagon.

"Okay Carter, we need to avoid changing things as much as possible, I got that much, but how much impact is Osiris going to make on Abydos?"

Sam looked back at him thoughtfully. "It's impossible to predict exactly what she will be doing Sir, but my guess is that Osiris will take Sha're to give her leverage over Daniel and also possibly try to seize power for herself, - she knows the rebellion is coming so to stop it now in its tracks will completely change history, - you might be unable to get through the Gate, Daniel won't meet Sha're and as a consequence not learn to speak Goa'uld, I can't even begin to predict how much of an impact this could make but we have to stop her. Now."

Jack nodded glumly as he ran various scenarios through his mind. Daniel himself had a huge impact on things; he had always been the teams' conscience and had been the cause of them saving the planet more than once. Without Daniel he wouldn't be here, and together they had done plenty in the battles against the Gould. Would Cheyenne Mountain withstand the threats of the Gould without the impact that SG1 had given? Teal'c and Carter were also hugely important to the SGC, but without Daniel Teal'c would still be First Prime and Carter would still be trying to MacGyver the gate.

"Teal'c, aim this thing towards the city, that's where Sha're used to live and I'm guessing that she will be Osiris's first target."

"I concur O'Neill" Teal'c nodded his head and changed the heading of the craft. Considering his size Teal'c was surprisingly graceful in the small space, a natural born pilot mused O'Neill before he turned his mind to more serious matters.

Daniel paced the small cell trying to determine its size. He had exhausted the possibilities of escape soon after being thrown in, and had broken nails and sore fists from unsuccessful bids for freedom. He couldn't work out what had happened to Sarah, why she had brought him here, what he had done to make her so angry. She had called herself Osiris, was she playing games or had she finally gone off the deep end? She'd always been highly strung but he couldn't believe that she'd simply gone mad. There had to be more to this than he was seeing, - who were the men and where was he, - the cell had a sandy floor and the air was hot, - not a problem for him as he'd spent the majority of his life in hot countries and adjusted much faster than most people did. Even so, how had he gotten here? He had no watch, - the strap had broken and he'd never gotten around to getting it fixed so he had no idea of time, or even the date. It must have taken a long time to get here, why couldn't he remember the journey?

x

Daniel sank to the floor in despair. He couldn't get out, and it had occurred to him that he had no idea of where to go once he got out. He had no money, no passport and he was alone in the world, no one would report him missing as no-one was expecting him, he'd lost his apartment and Robert wouldn't think anything of his absence for a good few days yet.

He had been surprised by his total lack of understanding of the men's language, it sounded familiar but he couldn't fit meaning to the words. Knowing over twenty languages put him in the enviable position of being able to communicate with almost everyone he came into contact with but this was new.

Daniel wasn't one to dwell on his troubles, he'd decided young to look for the light in any dark situation and although he had been kidnapped, taken to another country and was now imprisoned in a cell by people he couldn't communicate he managed to find something to brighten his mood. He smiled as he focused on the silver lining, - at least he'd get to learn a new language!

Sha're sat huddled in her cell tears streaming freely along her cheeks, her mother was dead and Sha're felt like she'd just fallen into a pit. Sha're had always been close to her mother, she understood how much of a free spirit Sha're was and had always nurtured this as opposed to her father who tried to protect and tame her.

The door opened and Sha're jumped to her feet wiping her eyes refusing to appear weak.

"Well, look at you," the woman said as she walked in her royal robes lifted so she did not mess them up, "Very beautiful. No wonder he fell for you. Just like the Egyptian princesses he dreamed of as a child."

Sha're watched completely confused by what the woman was saying.

"But of course that marriage is never going to happen," the woman laughed, "I will remove the rebellion on Abydos and use my knowledge to remove Ra and Apophis."

"What?" Sha're whispered.

The woman turned to her and laughed again, "I am Osiris. And you my dear, I know where you end up so Apophis will be in my debt."

With one more amused look at Sha're the woman left the cell once more.

x

Osiris laughed to himself as a servant poured fine wine into a golden goblet. Sarah the host had been desperate to see Daniel again and it had been satisfying to see the man's bewilderment, one of the great Tauri, supposedly a threat. Osiris had planned to kill them but he decided it might be more fun to allow them to bond. Maybe they had information he could use, they would be more likely to share this if they had someone they didn't want to see hurt. Besides he wanted to mess with the Tauri man's mind a little, Sarah cared so much for him it would be amusing.

x

Daniel could feel the weapon being pressed into his back as they marched him from his cell into a different one. This one had smooth walls and what looked like a bunk against the wall, there was no way he was getting out of this. What the hell was going on?

He listened to everything that was said trying vigorously to translate it; one word he heard a lot was 'kree'.

It seemed to mean practically everything.

Okay Jackson get a grip, he thought, there has to be some way to find out what the hell is going on.

Unfortunately he just couldn't think of it.

The door to the cell opened again and Daniel turned to see Sarah standing there, several of her 'guards' with her.

"Are your accommodations adequate?" she asked amused, her voice normal again.

"Sarah," he breathed, "What the hell is going on with you?"

"Oh Daniel," she moved to him and touched his cheek, "This is what it's like not to have all the answers. Get used to it."

"What?"

"And to think I pined for you after you left," Sarah laughed, "Now look at you. By the way, I have a little gift for you."

Daniel stared at her completely confused and more than a little scared. Suddenly one of the guards flung a young woman into the cell. Daniel reached out and caught her feeling her nails dig into his arms as they both stared at the woman watching them.

"Ah, the lovers reunited," Sarah laughed, "Enjoy it while it lasts Daniel; she's a gift for Apophis."

"Okay, I'm sick of being late," Jack muttered as they found Osiris had already left.

"Sir, they were down on Abydos," Sam reported, "In the cavern."

Jack groaned, "We need to see what damage has been done."

Sam nodded as Teal'c fixed the ship into a position to send them down.

"Oh I hate this bit," Jack muttered feeling slightly queasy as they 'beamed' down.

As their new surroundings came into focus he smiled softly remembering the first time he'd been in this cave, finding Daniel sitting completely entranced by Sha're.

"Sir," Sam yelled, "We've got a body."

Terror filled him as he moved over to where Sam was standing beside a raven-haired woman.

Please, please, please, he thought silently, if that was Sha're lying there then they may as well give in then and there. Taking a deep breath he turned the body over, she looked like Sha're but older.

"It's not her," Jack said, seeing his second in command relax.

"Then…"

"I think it's probably her mother," Jack sighed, "Look at the resemblance."

"Great," Sam snapped, "So Osiris now has both Daniel and Sha're. What do we do?"

"Teal'c," Jack called.

"Yes O'Neill," came the deep resonate voice.

"Have you worked out where Snakey's gone?"

"I believe I have."

"Bring us back up and then get going," Jack ordered, "We're not going to be late again."

x

Martouf contacted Jolinar once inside the safe room.

"Well?" she asked as her image appeared, "What have you discovered?"

"Osiris is coming here," Martouf whispered.

"I know," Jolinar frowned in confusion, "Osiris was disposed of. How can he be back?"

"I don't know but you are on his ship. You should be able to find an answer to that question," Martouf reached out to touch the image of her hand, "Be careful moving around the ship."

"You too," she whispered blowing him a quick kiss before the screen went blank.

Martouf sighed before returning to his duties as a 'servant' to Apophis.