Chapter 21: Lessons: Goa'uld

"…and this is a Zat'nik'atel, commonly shortened to a Zat" Carter held up the device for the scoobies to see, wishing once again she had an ordinary class, or failing that Goa'uld invasion to deal with. She reached for her pistol, and fired off another blank into the air, causing Xander to jump awake with a start.

"I'm awake, I'm awake"

Well, Carter thought, at least the SF's wouldn't come running this time, They had already gotten used to her method of getting Xander, and to a lesser extent Buffy to pay attention.

"The Zat is armed like this, and fired like this" she demonstrated, hitting a broken chair that had been shoved into a corner, "One shot stuns, it depends on the individual but 10 minutes max for a human, 5 for a Jaffa. A second shot kills"

She fired at the chair again, "and a third shot…"

She fired again, and the chair vanished into a small pile of dust, "…is for when you don't want a body" she finished.

"Holy Disintegrator Rays, batman!" Xander shouted, his eyes wide with shock, whilst Giles rubbed his glasses, and Buffy commented on them being useful on patrol.

Willow however looked thoughtful for a moment but quickly broke in a smile, "Ohh, electron-electron bond disruption right?"

Carter's mouth dropped, then she grinned wryly, diving into her pocket to grab a twenty that she handed over to a smirking Colonel O'Neill.

"…well that's how I would do it, I mean one shot disrupts the electron flow of the nervous system, a second shot would pretty much destroy it and well a third and you would pretty much break every electron-electron bond in the body. Of course, you would have ton trigger the disruption in the first place and…"

"Willow Rosenburg" Teal'c interrupted "You might find it most helpful to breathe"

"Err.. thanks" Willow replied, blushing.

O'Neill grinned, then added "and our next exhibit is a Staff weapon"

Teal'c reached into the cupboard, out of the scoobies sight and withdrew his weapon of choice.

"Holy Phallic symbols, batman!" was Xander's response.

Teal'c watched bemused, as Giles spat his Tea across the room, Willow turned bright red and Carter shook as she struggled not to laugh.

"O'Neill, what is this 'phallic'?"

"Later" a widely grinning O'Neill replied, 'much much later' he thought privately as he pulled Daniel up off the ground.