PART TWO

UNIT airfield, early the next morning.

"Let me take care of that for you sir."

Colonel handed his bag to an airman who then placed on board the UNIT jet. "You sure you don't want to change your mind?"

Jo smiled at him as they walked toward the plane. "I have things to do Nathan." They embraced warmly for a few seconds. "I'll see you in few days." She whispered into his ear before he climbed aboard.

Already seated aboard the aircraft were the other members of his team. Major Zebenlova was still reviewing mission reports that were sent by the SGC while his newest team member Sergeant Lydia Coleman listened intently to Captain Reed as he told her how he once took on an entire squad of rogue Cybermen single-handedly.

Kaine took the seat across from the final member of his squad. According to her personal file her name was Alyia Lareen a brilliant doctor and scientist from somewhere in Eastern Europe. Few people in UNIT, apart from Geneva Command, knew the truth about Alyia.

Looking at the beautiful young woman with dark red hair across from him he found it hard to believe the truth himself sometimes. This young woman, who appeared to be barely in her twenties, was in fact over eleven hundred years old although at the moment she looked more like a scared little girl.

"Are you alright Alyia?"

She closed her eyes and bowed her head slightly for a moment before answering. "You must forgive Alyia Colonel I'm afraid she was never very comfortable flying."

Kaine inwardly shuddered, even after five years of hearing that voice it still unnerved him. Alyia owed her extended life to the snake-like creature that's attached itself to the base of her brain. That creature was called Lareen of a species named Tok'ra. The Tok'ra were an offshoot of a parasitic race known as the Goa'uld. The very same Goa'uld whom UNIT were now going to help defend Earth against.

Kaine leaned forward and gave Alyia's hand a comforting squeeze. Lareen relinquished control back to Alyia and she smiled in gratitude as the plane slowly lifted off the ground.

Standing next to her car, Jo watched as the jet took off and disappeared into the early morning sky. Her driver held the door open while she got inside and closed it behind her.

"Back to HQ Doctor Grant?" He asked.

"Yes." She answered.

As they pulled away from the airfield Jo took out her cell phone and dialed. "Grant, Josephine. Authorizaton: Alpha-Echo-Gamma-7-7-4-9."

The line went silent for a few seconds. "Good morning Doctor Grant what can we do for you?"

"Have you received your instructions from Brigadier Bambera? Excellent, the item is to removed and ready for transport as soon as possible."

*~*

Stargate Command.

"Carter what are you still doing here?" Jack O'Neill looked at his watch. "It's after midnight."

Major Samantha Carter was sitting at her desk behind a mountain of files and notebooks. "Just going over some notes on a few experiments that I'd like to get Doctor Grant's opinion on Sir."

"A few?" Jack walked over and picked up a file and noticed another two full boxes on the floor next to her. "Doctor Grant?"

Sam looked up at her commanding officer for the first time since he came in. "Doctor Josephine Grant… from UNIT…"

"Right. UNIT." Jack said still having no idea who she was talking about.

Major Carter rolled her eyes slightly only Jack O'Neill could sit in on a briefing and only a few hours not recall a single detail of it.

General Hammond had called them all together earlier that day to inform them that because of the threat posed by Anubis the UN thought it was time that UNIT had presence at Stargate Command. He presented them with copies of the personal files of the five UNIT representatives that would be arriving the next day.

Sam picked up a stack of very thin files and handed them to him. "Doctor Grant works for the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, she's the chief scientific advisor to the United Kingdom branch."

Jack flipped open the file and saw a photo of a very attractive woman. "I got to start paying more attention at briefings." He thought to himself. He glanced through the remaining files making a mental to talk to Hammond about the Russian Major.

"As thrilled as I'm sure you are about this Major…" He hand the files back to her. "We do have a recon tomorrow to…" He searched his memory for the name and couldn't find it.

"P5X-063."

"Right. So go home and get some sleep and that's an order."

*~*

Somewhere over the Atlantic.

"Feeling better?" Kaine asked as Alyia sat back down in her seat still looking a little pale.

"Much thank you." She sipped her water. "Colonel I was wondering… we were wondering about your decision not to inform the SGC about us. Are you certain that was wise?"

"No."

"Then why did you not tell them?"

"We've had this whole thing thrown into our laps. Let's just say that I feel a lot better about us walking in with a few surprises of our own."

"You humans are a very curious species." Lareen said. "You've shown obvious anger at knowing that the Stargate had been kept secret, but you yourself are keeping secret the true nature of UNIT's activities."

"There's a difference Lareen. As far as the world knows UNIT is just the security arm of the United Nations, soldiers who stand around and guard peace conferences. UNIT's true mission has always been known to the United States Government and they still kept us out of the Stargate and the only reason their letting us in now is because they have to. There's a big bad out there that they can't handle on their own."

"Anubis. If it is true and he has returned armed with superior technology to that of the other System Lords he may be even more than we can handle Nathan."

"Don't worry Lareen." Nathan said. "We've fought back the Daleks, the Cybermen, the Shinzahn… we can take care of Anubis and the Goa'uld. He's just like any other bad guy we've faced and he's making the same mistake they all make."

Lareen was curious. "What mistake is that?"

"He's underestimated us."

more to come…