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Prodigal Son...er...Daughter?
Chapter Ten.
Teal'la felt frozen in time. She'd seen this...well, it felt like every single day of her life, really. This was how they died in her timeline. A shudder coursed through her, and she could imagine Daniel's voice in the back of her head, saying, "Feels like someone just walked over your grave, huh?"
She shook her head and watched as the rings descended from above and Apophis appeared, alone.
"The great and powerful Apophis. Won't it be sweet to finally get my shot at you?" she growled, putting the safety back on her nine millimeters and pulling up her P-190. Taking aim, she gritted her teeth. "Nobody twitch."
Seven rounds were fired in procession, and the three inch bullets penetrated the armor, leaving a huge, honking hole in each of the Jaffa's armor, through which the torrents of blood escaped. Amazingly, most of it landed on Daniel and Jack. When they were all down and dead, she stepped into view, weapon pointed at Apophis in a way that suggested she her finger would twitch if he so much as twitched in the direction of his little toys. Daniel and Jack looked at her, Daniel looking like he wanted to throw up, and she nodded her head in the direction of the Stargate.
"Get going." she ordered, her eyes still trained on Apophis. The four of them, glancing at each other, returned their gazes to Teal'la.
"We are unable to remove our restraints, Teal'la." Teal'c pointed out.
"You." she snarled at Apophis, and he sneered. "Do it, or I'll blow the snake right out of your head."
He looked at her, seeing the pure, undiluted hate in her eyes, and hesitated before stepping towards the quartet, fishing for the keys in the many puddles of blood that had been his guards. When he found them, he glanced at her, and she cocked the gun.
Quite a menacing sound, that.
When they were all free, Teal'c reached for him, as if to inflict physical harm.
"NO!" Teal'la snapped, loudly, and Teal'c looked at her, confused. Hers was a face of long pent up rage and determination. "He's mine. All of you. Get lost. Wait for me by the Stargate."
They looked at her and she unslung her P-190, holding it out to the blood- soaked Daniel. He took it, reluctantly, and the rest of her weapons. Recognizing the challenge, Apophis drew off his cute little toys from his arms, along with his robe, so that he faced her on equal ground.
"No." Jack said, stepping forward. "That's not how we do things around here."
"Well, I'm not from around here, Jack. This bastard killed my family, and I won't stand for It." she snarled. Jack gritted his teeth and strode towards her, more than aware that he was stopping her from killing their greatest enemy. As he approached, however, she flipped him and then stepped over him to confront Apophis. Jack coughed as Daniel, Carter and Teal'c helped him to his feet. "He does not deserve to live, and you know it."
"We'll wait for you by the Stargate, Teal'la." Carter grunted as she helped the none too light CO out of the battle arena that was quickly coming to be. Apophis circled Teal'la, she circled him, staring at him defiantly. Instead of taking a usual, defensive posture, she walked with her arms to her sides, while his were out from his body, ready to crush her if she attacked.
"You invaded my planet." she said, in a breaking semblance of calm. It was not an accusation, it was a fact, and he recognized it. Of course, he probably thought she meant a place like Chulak, where there were lots of other Jaffa. "You killed most of my family. You hurt my father."
"If you are expecting me to regret it, you are mistaken." he said, and her fists clenched. "I have conquered many worlds. why should yours be any different?"
"Because it's mine." she growled before spinning into a viscous kick to his chin that knocked him back a good ten feet. He recovered well though, dodging her as she came at him again and dealing his own blow to her abdomen.
He missed her solar plexus however, and when she didn't double over in pain as he expected, he tried to back away, only to find himself in great pain. Fire licked at his nerves and he stumbled back, holding the injury between his legs. She smirked impetuously, holding up her fists and bouncing back and forth like a boxer.
"I am really going to like beating the shit out of you." she said, with a malicious grin as he looked up at her.
"Sir, we should go back for her. She could be in very serious trouble." Carter said, looking at her winded and dignity damaged Colonel. he said nothing for a long moment.
"I am in agreement with Major Carter, O'Neill." Teal'c said. Jack looked at them through his shades and shook his head.
"No." he said, and held up a hand when Daniel made to protest. "The kid wants revenge, and we don't do that. So, we go back and she's killed Apophis, so we court-martial her for murder, or we go back and Apophis is still alive, and we stop her. She hates us for life and refuses to ever work with or for us for a very long time. She comes back alone and hopefully not covered in Apophis's blood, and we can say that she rescued us and we returned through the Stargate, no questions."
"Don't ask, don't tell." Daniel said. Jack gave a wry smile.
"Did you think it just referred to relationships between members of the military?" he asked, and Daniel fixed his glasses, clearing his throat.
And at that moment, a blood-curdling shriek split the air and caused the hair on the back of all of their necks to stand on end. They all looked at each other and then surged to their feet, dashing off towards the last known location of their genetic offspring.
"Seems you've forgotten the possibility of her dying, Jack!" Daniel shouted as they ran.
"Less talking, more running." Jack yelled back.
Teal'c reached the clearing first and stopped, frozen by the sight before him. As the others reached him, they slowed to a stop, mouths gaping as they watched...
Pain!!
Unbelievable pain! It shot through her like wildfire in her blood and she looked at Apophis with wide eyes, her mouth working to say something.
"Oh, shit." she said, as she sank to her knees, a whimper of pain escaping her as the jerking halt caused the sharp stinging to progress further into her body. She looked down at the dagger that Apophis had stabbed into her right lung and pulled in half of a shuddery breath that hurt like hell.
Apophis laughed but she didn't hear. He insulted and mocked her but she didn't respond, too busy trying to wrap her mind around what was happening.
I'm dying she thought to herself. I've failed, and now I'm going to die.
She closed her eyes, becoming increasingly tired with each moment. She wanted to sleep, to lay down and die in her shameful failure.
Forgive me, daddy...
Apophis watched her, waiting for her to slump forward so that he could drag her corpse back to his ship and revive her, in order to kill her once again. Her breath became shallow, and he actually grinned in anticipation.
Then he watched as her left hand flashed up and grabbed onto the hilt, seeming to move of its own volition. And he watched the muscles in that arm contract as she pulled the dagger from her own chest, screaming from the extreme pain as the dagger aggravated the nerves around her wound.
He watched in dumb fascination as she clutched the dagger, bringing one foot in front of her and using it to push herself into a standing position. She raised her eyes to his and he backed up, eyes widening as he saw the white glow around her irises, the grimace of pain and contempt upon her face.
"I will not fail." she said, her voice demonically amplified as she started towards him, covered in her own blood.
Jack stared at Teal'la as she stood over the body of her slain enemy.
No, slain is too mild a word to describe it.
She decimated him. Dismembered and decapitated him, with what would appear to be his own knife. And despite the colonel's hopes, she was covered in blood.
They stared, frozen to the spot, at the carnage and gore that was contained in this one area. Teal'la's chest heaved from what appeared at first to be adrenaline. When she turned to them, however, and they saw the blood seeping through the fingers of her hand as she held her chest, they pulling in a collective hissing breath, and they knew the blood was mostly if not all hers.
"Oh my God." Daniel said, and Teal'la lifted her eyes for them to see that they were glowing, however dimly.
"God...had nothing...to do with It." she said, and then stumbled towards them. Jack brought his weapon up to defend himself. "I...do not have the time...to prove that I mean you no harm. Unless you do something...immediately...Teal'la will die, and so will I." she said, her face contorting into grimaces of pain as she spoke. She moved towards them and looked at Teal'c, seeing the conflict within him, and stopping. For a second she was still, and then she dropped to her knees, the light in her eyes flickering as she heaved forward and vomited blood.
A decision was made, and Teal'c took a few bounding steps to cross the distance between them, picking her up in his arms and moving with a purpose back towards the Stargate. Daniel's mind was made up as well and he went to follow his friend and Teal'la.
"Jack, grab her gear!" he yelled, and if Jack's blood hadn't been pounding in his ears from the shock he'd just received, he would have yelled Daniel into the ground for giving him an order.
Instead, he did exactly as he was told, and when they got to the Stargate, he gathered all of Teal'la's weapons and holsters and carried them back through the Stargate as Sam punched in the GDO code.
On the other side, they were met by soldiers and General Hammond, who went unnoticed by Teal'c as Teal'la choked out half of a word. Teal'c nodded and walked right past Hammond, out through the door as George stood there, white as a sheet, staring after them. Jack, Sam and Daniel followed Teal'c and they found themselves standing in front of the room were they kept all their captured technology.
Captured Goa'uld technology.
Jack realized where Teal'c was going with this and gestured for the man standing guard to open the door immediately, flashing the security clearance pass that he kept on his person at all times. The door open, they all flooded past the man, who stared after them, deeply disturbed by the sight of Teal'la gushing her own life fluid.
Over by the far wall, Sam pulled the tarp off of the one thing they had vowed never to use except in case of an extreme emergency.
A sarcophagus.
The team had had many bad experiences with the device they were now contemplating using. Sam reached over and pulled on the lever that would open the device. Teal'la's head turned to watch it and then her eyes rolled up into her head as she stopped breathing and went completely limp.
Prodigal Son...er...Daughter?
Chapter Ten.
Teal'la felt frozen in time. She'd seen this...well, it felt like every single day of her life, really. This was how they died in her timeline. A shudder coursed through her, and she could imagine Daniel's voice in the back of her head, saying, "Feels like someone just walked over your grave, huh?"
She shook her head and watched as the rings descended from above and Apophis appeared, alone.
"The great and powerful Apophis. Won't it be sweet to finally get my shot at you?" she growled, putting the safety back on her nine millimeters and pulling up her P-190. Taking aim, she gritted her teeth. "Nobody twitch."
Seven rounds were fired in procession, and the three inch bullets penetrated the armor, leaving a huge, honking hole in each of the Jaffa's armor, through which the torrents of blood escaped. Amazingly, most of it landed on Daniel and Jack. When they were all down and dead, she stepped into view, weapon pointed at Apophis in a way that suggested she her finger would twitch if he so much as twitched in the direction of his little toys. Daniel and Jack looked at her, Daniel looking like he wanted to throw up, and she nodded her head in the direction of the Stargate.
"Get going." she ordered, her eyes still trained on Apophis. The four of them, glancing at each other, returned their gazes to Teal'la.
"We are unable to remove our restraints, Teal'la." Teal'c pointed out.
"You." she snarled at Apophis, and he sneered. "Do it, or I'll blow the snake right out of your head."
He looked at her, seeing the pure, undiluted hate in her eyes, and hesitated before stepping towards the quartet, fishing for the keys in the many puddles of blood that had been his guards. When he found them, he glanced at her, and she cocked the gun.
Quite a menacing sound, that.
When they were all free, Teal'c reached for him, as if to inflict physical harm.
"NO!" Teal'la snapped, loudly, and Teal'c looked at her, confused. Hers was a face of long pent up rage and determination. "He's mine. All of you. Get lost. Wait for me by the Stargate."
They looked at her and she unslung her P-190, holding it out to the blood- soaked Daniel. He took it, reluctantly, and the rest of her weapons. Recognizing the challenge, Apophis drew off his cute little toys from his arms, along with his robe, so that he faced her on equal ground.
"No." Jack said, stepping forward. "That's not how we do things around here."
"Well, I'm not from around here, Jack. This bastard killed my family, and I won't stand for It." she snarled. Jack gritted his teeth and strode towards her, more than aware that he was stopping her from killing their greatest enemy. As he approached, however, she flipped him and then stepped over him to confront Apophis. Jack coughed as Daniel, Carter and Teal'c helped him to his feet. "He does not deserve to live, and you know it."
"We'll wait for you by the Stargate, Teal'la." Carter grunted as she helped the none too light CO out of the battle arena that was quickly coming to be. Apophis circled Teal'la, she circled him, staring at him defiantly. Instead of taking a usual, defensive posture, she walked with her arms to her sides, while his were out from his body, ready to crush her if she attacked.
"You invaded my planet." she said, in a breaking semblance of calm. It was not an accusation, it was a fact, and he recognized it. Of course, he probably thought she meant a place like Chulak, where there were lots of other Jaffa. "You killed most of my family. You hurt my father."
"If you are expecting me to regret it, you are mistaken." he said, and her fists clenched. "I have conquered many worlds. why should yours be any different?"
"Because it's mine." she growled before spinning into a viscous kick to his chin that knocked him back a good ten feet. He recovered well though, dodging her as she came at him again and dealing his own blow to her abdomen.
He missed her solar plexus however, and when she didn't double over in pain as he expected, he tried to back away, only to find himself in great pain. Fire licked at his nerves and he stumbled back, holding the injury between his legs. She smirked impetuously, holding up her fists and bouncing back and forth like a boxer.
"I am really going to like beating the shit out of you." she said, with a malicious grin as he looked up at her.
"Sir, we should go back for her. She could be in very serious trouble." Carter said, looking at her winded and dignity damaged Colonel. he said nothing for a long moment.
"I am in agreement with Major Carter, O'Neill." Teal'c said. Jack looked at them through his shades and shook his head.
"No." he said, and held up a hand when Daniel made to protest. "The kid wants revenge, and we don't do that. So, we go back and she's killed Apophis, so we court-martial her for murder, or we go back and Apophis is still alive, and we stop her. She hates us for life and refuses to ever work with or for us for a very long time. She comes back alone and hopefully not covered in Apophis's blood, and we can say that she rescued us and we returned through the Stargate, no questions."
"Don't ask, don't tell." Daniel said. Jack gave a wry smile.
"Did you think it just referred to relationships between members of the military?" he asked, and Daniel fixed his glasses, clearing his throat.
And at that moment, a blood-curdling shriek split the air and caused the hair on the back of all of their necks to stand on end. They all looked at each other and then surged to their feet, dashing off towards the last known location of their genetic offspring.
"Seems you've forgotten the possibility of her dying, Jack!" Daniel shouted as they ran.
"Less talking, more running." Jack yelled back.
Teal'c reached the clearing first and stopped, frozen by the sight before him. As the others reached him, they slowed to a stop, mouths gaping as they watched...
Pain!!
Unbelievable pain! It shot through her like wildfire in her blood and she looked at Apophis with wide eyes, her mouth working to say something.
"Oh, shit." she said, as she sank to her knees, a whimper of pain escaping her as the jerking halt caused the sharp stinging to progress further into her body. She looked down at the dagger that Apophis had stabbed into her right lung and pulled in half of a shuddery breath that hurt like hell.
Apophis laughed but she didn't hear. He insulted and mocked her but she didn't respond, too busy trying to wrap her mind around what was happening.
I'm dying she thought to herself. I've failed, and now I'm going to die.
She closed her eyes, becoming increasingly tired with each moment. She wanted to sleep, to lay down and die in her shameful failure.
Forgive me, daddy...
Apophis watched her, waiting for her to slump forward so that he could drag her corpse back to his ship and revive her, in order to kill her once again. Her breath became shallow, and he actually grinned in anticipation.
Then he watched as her left hand flashed up and grabbed onto the hilt, seeming to move of its own volition. And he watched the muscles in that arm contract as she pulled the dagger from her own chest, screaming from the extreme pain as the dagger aggravated the nerves around her wound.
He watched in dumb fascination as she clutched the dagger, bringing one foot in front of her and using it to push herself into a standing position. She raised her eyes to his and he backed up, eyes widening as he saw the white glow around her irises, the grimace of pain and contempt upon her face.
"I will not fail." she said, her voice demonically amplified as she started towards him, covered in her own blood.
Jack stared at Teal'la as she stood over the body of her slain enemy.
No, slain is too mild a word to describe it.
She decimated him. Dismembered and decapitated him, with what would appear to be his own knife. And despite the colonel's hopes, she was covered in blood.
They stared, frozen to the spot, at the carnage and gore that was contained in this one area. Teal'la's chest heaved from what appeared at first to be adrenaline. When she turned to them, however, and they saw the blood seeping through the fingers of her hand as she held her chest, they pulling in a collective hissing breath, and they knew the blood was mostly if not all hers.
"Oh my God." Daniel said, and Teal'la lifted her eyes for them to see that they were glowing, however dimly.
"God...had nothing...to do with It." she said, and then stumbled towards them. Jack brought his weapon up to defend himself. "I...do not have the time...to prove that I mean you no harm. Unless you do something...immediately...Teal'la will die, and so will I." she said, her face contorting into grimaces of pain as she spoke. She moved towards them and looked at Teal'c, seeing the conflict within him, and stopping. For a second she was still, and then she dropped to her knees, the light in her eyes flickering as she heaved forward and vomited blood.
A decision was made, and Teal'c took a few bounding steps to cross the distance between them, picking her up in his arms and moving with a purpose back towards the Stargate. Daniel's mind was made up as well and he went to follow his friend and Teal'la.
"Jack, grab her gear!" he yelled, and if Jack's blood hadn't been pounding in his ears from the shock he'd just received, he would have yelled Daniel into the ground for giving him an order.
Instead, he did exactly as he was told, and when they got to the Stargate, he gathered all of Teal'la's weapons and holsters and carried them back through the Stargate as Sam punched in the GDO code.
On the other side, they were met by soldiers and General Hammond, who went unnoticed by Teal'c as Teal'la choked out half of a word. Teal'c nodded and walked right past Hammond, out through the door as George stood there, white as a sheet, staring after them. Jack, Sam and Daniel followed Teal'c and they found themselves standing in front of the room were they kept all their captured technology.
Captured Goa'uld technology.
Jack realized where Teal'c was going with this and gestured for the man standing guard to open the door immediately, flashing the security clearance pass that he kept on his person at all times. The door open, they all flooded past the man, who stared after them, deeply disturbed by the sight of Teal'la gushing her own life fluid.
Over by the far wall, Sam pulled the tarp off of the one thing they had vowed never to use except in case of an extreme emergency.
A sarcophagus.
The team had had many bad experiences with the device they were now contemplating using. Sam reached over and pulled on the lever that would open the device. Teal'la's head turned to watch it and then her eyes rolled up into her head as she stopped breathing and went completely limp.