jennzabell: Okay I have to ask, Apollo 13 reference? Where?

Chapter 18: How to ritually dissect a prophecy, Scooby style.

Carter swiftly slipped back into the room, "Jacobs heading back to find out about Anubis's fleet. So what's the rest of this prophecy?"

Giles reached across the table for the weathered brown book, the Pergamon Codex (1867 Reprint, Council Of Watchers Issue Only).

"Well 'Twice she falls and twice she shall arise' is an obvious reference to Buffy" he glanced fondly over at the slayer, "you did die twice after all, when you drowned…"

O'Neill winced, he had almost drowned once or twice, and it didn't seem a particulary nice way to go to him.

"…and Xander used CPR to resurrect you, incidentally calling Kendra as slayer"

SG-1 shrugged, compared to some of the deaths they had suffered, usually at the expert hands of the Goa'uld, that was a relatively painless and easy death.

"And next was Glory, the whole end of the world, save the sister at cost of own life thing? Oh, but six months! How many people can say they were dead for six whole months?" Willow added.

"Uhmm, actually?" Daniel raised his hand, "A whole year, anyone?"

The scobbies starred at him slack jawed, "No way?" Buffy exclaimed.

"Good Lord" the glasses came off.

"Look pretty good for a dead man" Willow added, looking appreciably at Daniel, "What? Gay, not blind" she added at her friend's odd looks.

"Okay, moving on before the human lighthouse gets any worse…"

"Jack!" Daniel replied exasperated.

"I believe 'Eternally Chosen' was the next line of the prophecy, was it not?"

"Thank you, Teal'c" Giles replied, grateful for the interruption, "Unfortunately there is no mention of how Buffy will be 'eternally chosen'"

"Could mean as a host, I mean we've already mentioned how 'of two minds she shall arise' could refer to her becoming a host and Goa'ulds do live far longer than humans even without the sarcophagus" Carter put forward.

"Yes, but it could also mean Buffy gets turned and retains her soul, or has it restored or even that she will become immortal, meaning another group of watchers to deal with. Its too vague to know for certain" Giles replied, frustrated.

O'Neill butted in, "Excuse me…"

"Another group of watchers? What like one group of tweeded Englishmen wasn't enough"

"Actually Xander, this particular group has been based in America for almost three decades now, but still…"

"'Guardian and destroyer of the First gate'" O'Neill said slowly, reading from the translation.

"The hellmouth was the First's gateway to this world, Buffy was its guardian for several years before the we and many others were responsible for its destruction" Giles replied, "so that part at least seems pretty clear"

"'Champion of the Heavens Gate', well that's easy" O'Neill pointed out the massive windows to the Stargate below.

"I thought you called it the StarGate?" Xander was puzzled.

"Actually yes, but that's…"

"Crappy translation, StarGate is correct but Gate of the Heavens was used" O'Neill interrupted before Daniel could get into full flow, in full flow he could go non-stop for hours.

"'The Fallen Angel, cast out by the Host and Choirs', Fallen Angel, Lucifer?" O'Neill continued.

"Normally, yes, but in this case the council found a lot of cross references indicating Anubis might be the 'fallen angel' in this case"

"The hosts and choirs would meant the other ascendants then" Carter added.

"Quite possibly" was Giles's response.

"Next part is Anubis's supersoldiers" O'Neill was dead certain about this.

"Well, it could mean one of…"

"You must trust us on this, honoured scolar" Teal'c intoned, "The passage refers to Anubis's new supersoldiers"

"Okay…" Buffy drawled, "and I think we've covered the last three lines already, so where does that leave us?"

"Wondering when Anubis is gonna arrive?"

"Indeed, Sander"