"What on Earth are you saying?" General Hammond wondered as he stood behind
his chair.
"The inhabitants of P3R-143 are very hostile General Hammond. They have been at my planet before, wanting to conquer us completely and take us captive before killing us," Lyna told them.
"She speaks true. I was at one of the raids," Towring agreed from inside Daniel.
"Then I suggest we don't send anymore SG teams to that planet and lock it out of our dialling computer," O'Neill suddenly suggested. "No sense putting anyone else in danger."
"Negative," Lyna said, shaking her head.
O'Neill stared at her, as if waiting for this opportunity.
"This isn't Lieutenant Skylar talking here Colonel O'Neill. This is I, the Light. You can't do anything to her because of my actions," Lyna told him, placing a hand on the table in his direction. "My actions are my own, not hers."
Both Lyna and O'Neill stood and faced each other. They almost appeared to be down each other's throats.
"You are so going to get what's coming to you someday," O'Neill quietly told her.
"Try me," she replied, her eyes glowing a pale orange.
"Colonel, Lieutenant, sit down. Both of you," Hammond ordered the two of them.
The two of them sat down and Hammond faced Lieutenant Skylar.
"Now tell me Lyna, why should we not do as Colonel O'Neill says?" he wondered.
"I can't leave Naraka behind. She's my friend. I've known her for years now," came the reply.
General Hammond sighed as Colonel O'Neill faced his superior
"We can't go back, simple as that," he said. "If it's too dangerous, I'd say we not go back."
"What about not leaving a member of your team behind?" Lyna demanded. "I am not leaving her behind to them! They will kill her if I let her stay in their grasp. And if I die trying, so be it."
She stood up, growling at him. O'Neill stood up as well.
"Sit down, both of you," ordered Hammond, standing himself.
The two sat back down and she put her head in her hands. Daniel placed a hand on her back.
"I understand that we have to help your people Lyna but for I all know, we could be putting you at risk by putting you back in the field! You said yourself that they were already at your planet," Hammond told her.
"We have to go back," was all she said.
Hammond sighed at this as he glanced over at the rest of SG-1.
"If I do agree to let the five of you go back, you have to keep an extra close watch on the lieutenant here. Her life is now in danger from these aliens," he told them.
They all nodded their heads, understanding.
"You're dismissed. We'll have another briefing soon to discuss your trip back to P3R-143," Hammond told them.
The five nodded and stood up before leaving the room. Daniel followed Skylar to her room on the base. She faced him and sighed.
"Daniel, we have to go back and get her. Naraka is my friend," she pleaded with him.
"We will help her Esmerelda. Jack still has a slight problem with you and your people," Daniel told her as he put a hand on her shoulder.
"I know Daniel," she said before looking away from him.
***
Later that day, O'Neill was walking down the hall, heading towards the control room when Carter joined him.
"Colonel!" she said.
"What is it Carter? Please, just don't let it be about that planet we recently visited. We went there, I requested that we don't go back and as it turns out, we are," he replied, a touch of anger in his voice.
"Alright, then I won't talk about it," she said with a small smile.
O'Neill groaned as he stared at her.
"What is it then?" he told her.
"It's about that one we saw being brought through the gate and Skylar's reaction. I think more's going on that what we can understand right now or ever will," she explained to him.
"What makes you say that now?" O'Neill wondered as Teal'c walked up to them. "What do you think Teal'c?"
"I believe that she is concealing something very important from us," he said as they walked into the control room.
"What do you think it could be?" Carter wondered.
"It could almost anything Carter but I really don't care right at the moment. Just like the Tok'ra, I've never cared for them that much," O'Neill said to them. "Nothing against your father, of course. Heck, I don't even have anything against Lieutenant Skylar. It's Lyna I'm always worried about.
"I feel that what she is not telling us is important and it could determine what will happen to both herself and Daniel Jackson," Teal'c said.
"I agree with you Teal'c and part of me just doesn't care," O'Neill told him.
They watched the gate as it was being activated from off-world. SG-5 was due back. The team walked through the gate and down the ramp.
"Well, at least we get to see what these people are like up close, that's one good thing about it," O'Neill muttered to himself.
Carter glanced at him, slightly wondering what was going through his mind.
***
Some time later, after dinner, Skylar was in her room, reading a book. She couldn't concentrate on it so she put it down on the table next to the bed and walked out of the room.
She headed towards the control room, where General Hammond was keeping watch over the gate.
"Lieutenant Skylar, what brings you here?" he wondered.
"I can't concentrate on anything. I keep thinking about Naraka," she replied as she looked over at the gate.
"We will go after your friend Lieutenant and we will help her," he assured her.
"I know," she said quietly.
It was then that the gate was being activated from off-world. The sirens went off and the general ordered the iris be closed. The technician that was there was checking for an IDC code.
"There's an IDC code. It's SG-5?" he said.
"How can that be? SG-5 is already on the base!" demanded the general. "Wait, they mentioned that two members of the their team stayed behind to do some more research. Maybe it's them."
"I don't know sir," the technician replied.
General Hammond and Lieutenant Skylar hurried down to the gate room to greet whoever was coming through the gate. The iris was opened but noone came through. That was until a large being decided to come through. The person looked human but had a distinctive evil aura surrounding him.
"I have come for the one known as Thai, host to the Light, Lyna. Where is she?" the person demanded of them.
"Why do you want her?" Hammond wanted to know.
"It does not matter to you why I require her presence just give her to me. I know she's here," the man told him.
He looked around the room, seeing the members of SG-1 hurry into the room. The man looked at Daniel. The newcomer narrowed his eyes at the archaeologist before coming to Skylar. He opened his closed fist before smiling.
"I am looking for you," was all that was said before he managed to run up to the nervous lieutenant.
He caught her off-guard and managed to grab her and pulled her back towards the gate. He went back through the wormhole and disappeared, leaving a slightly confused room.
Daniel appeared to be a bit upset about the whole situation as he stared at the gate.
"I am coming for you Skylar. You and the others will not stay in his clutches for much longer," he whispered to himself. "I will make sure of it."
TBC...
"The inhabitants of P3R-143 are very hostile General Hammond. They have been at my planet before, wanting to conquer us completely and take us captive before killing us," Lyna told them.
"She speaks true. I was at one of the raids," Towring agreed from inside Daniel.
"Then I suggest we don't send anymore SG teams to that planet and lock it out of our dialling computer," O'Neill suddenly suggested. "No sense putting anyone else in danger."
"Negative," Lyna said, shaking her head.
O'Neill stared at her, as if waiting for this opportunity.
"This isn't Lieutenant Skylar talking here Colonel O'Neill. This is I, the Light. You can't do anything to her because of my actions," Lyna told him, placing a hand on the table in his direction. "My actions are my own, not hers."
Both Lyna and O'Neill stood and faced each other. They almost appeared to be down each other's throats.
"You are so going to get what's coming to you someday," O'Neill quietly told her.
"Try me," she replied, her eyes glowing a pale orange.
"Colonel, Lieutenant, sit down. Both of you," Hammond ordered the two of them.
The two of them sat down and Hammond faced Lieutenant Skylar.
"Now tell me Lyna, why should we not do as Colonel O'Neill says?" he wondered.
"I can't leave Naraka behind. She's my friend. I've known her for years now," came the reply.
General Hammond sighed as Colonel O'Neill faced his superior
"We can't go back, simple as that," he said. "If it's too dangerous, I'd say we not go back."
"What about not leaving a member of your team behind?" Lyna demanded. "I am not leaving her behind to them! They will kill her if I let her stay in their grasp. And if I die trying, so be it."
She stood up, growling at him. O'Neill stood up as well.
"Sit down, both of you," ordered Hammond, standing himself.
The two sat back down and she put her head in her hands. Daniel placed a hand on her back.
"I understand that we have to help your people Lyna but for I all know, we could be putting you at risk by putting you back in the field! You said yourself that they were already at your planet," Hammond told her.
"We have to go back," was all she said.
Hammond sighed at this as he glanced over at the rest of SG-1.
"If I do agree to let the five of you go back, you have to keep an extra close watch on the lieutenant here. Her life is now in danger from these aliens," he told them.
They all nodded their heads, understanding.
"You're dismissed. We'll have another briefing soon to discuss your trip back to P3R-143," Hammond told them.
The five nodded and stood up before leaving the room. Daniel followed Skylar to her room on the base. She faced him and sighed.
"Daniel, we have to go back and get her. Naraka is my friend," she pleaded with him.
"We will help her Esmerelda. Jack still has a slight problem with you and your people," Daniel told her as he put a hand on her shoulder.
"I know Daniel," she said before looking away from him.
***
Later that day, O'Neill was walking down the hall, heading towards the control room when Carter joined him.
"Colonel!" she said.
"What is it Carter? Please, just don't let it be about that planet we recently visited. We went there, I requested that we don't go back and as it turns out, we are," he replied, a touch of anger in his voice.
"Alright, then I won't talk about it," she said with a small smile.
O'Neill groaned as he stared at her.
"What is it then?" he told her.
"It's about that one we saw being brought through the gate and Skylar's reaction. I think more's going on that what we can understand right now or ever will," she explained to him.
"What makes you say that now?" O'Neill wondered as Teal'c walked up to them. "What do you think Teal'c?"
"I believe that she is concealing something very important from us," he said as they walked into the control room.
"What do you think it could be?" Carter wondered.
"It could almost anything Carter but I really don't care right at the moment. Just like the Tok'ra, I've never cared for them that much," O'Neill said to them. "Nothing against your father, of course. Heck, I don't even have anything against Lieutenant Skylar. It's Lyna I'm always worried about.
"I feel that what she is not telling us is important and it could determine what will happen to both herself and Daniel Jackson," Teal'c said.
"I agree with you Teal'c and part of me just doesn't care," O'Neill told him.
They watched the gate as it was being activated from off-world. SG-5 was due back. The team walked through the gate and down the ramp.
"Well, at least we get to see what these people are like up close, that's one good thing about it," O'Neill muttered to himself.
Carter glanced at him, slightly wondering what was going through his mind.
***
Some time later, after dinner, Skylar was in her room, reading a book. She couldn't concentrate on it so she put it down on the table next to the bed and walked out of the room.
She headed towards the control room, where General Hammond was keeping watch over the gate.
"Lieutenant Skylar, what brings you here?" he wondered.
"I can't concentrate on anything. I keep thinking about Naraka," she replied as she looked over at the gate.
"We will go after your friend Lieutenant and we will help her," he assured her.
"I know," she said quietly.
It was then that the gate was being activated from off-world. The sirens went off and the general ordered the iris be closed. The technician that was there was checking for an IDC code.
"There's an IDC code. It's SG-5?" he said.
"How can that be? SG-5 is already on the base!" demanded the general. "Wait, they mentioned that two members of the their team stayed behind to do some more research. Maybe it's them."
"I don't know sir," the technician replied.
General Hammond and Lieutenant Skylar hurried down to the gate room to greet whoever was coming through the gate. The iris was opened but noone came through. That was until a large being decided to come through. The person looked human but had a distinctive evil aura surrounding him.
"I have come for the one known as Thai, host to the Light, Lyna. Where is she?" the person demanded of them.
"Why do you want her?" Hammond wanted to know.
"It does not matter to you why I require her presence just give her to me. I know she's here," the man told him.
He looked around the room, seeing the members of SG-1 hurry into the room. The man looked at Daniel. The newcomer narrowed his eyes at the archaeologist before coming to Skylar. He opened his closed fist before smiling.
"I am looking for you," was all that was said before he managed to run up to the nervous lieutenant.
He caught her off-guard and managed to grab her and pulled her back towards the gate. He went back through the wormhole and disappeared, leaving a slightly confused room.
Daniel appeared to be a bit upset about the whole situation as he stared at the gate.
"I am coming for you Skylar. You and the others will not stay in his clutches for much longer," he whispered to himself. "I will make sure of it."
TBC...