JACK:
I raised my eyebrow at Daniel when I saw Riley launch herself at the Jaffa, closely followed by B'Elanna. He smiled softly at me and nodded. He had my back, just like I had his. I kicked backwards and threw myself to the right as Daniel yelled out in a loud voice, "Jaffa, kree!"
The Jaffa snapped to attention for a second, giving Riley, B'Elanna and me all the time we needed. A minute later all the Jaffa had been knocked unconscious. When everyone got up and turned, we all saw Mia sitting on an unconscious System Lord. "What should I do with him?" she asked me.
At that moment a loud siren came on and a voice began talking in Goa'uld. I turned to Daniel. "What?" he asked defensively. "I wanted to make it realistic."
I shook my head. "What does it say?"
"Oh, self destruct in fifteen minutes." He replied.
"Fifteen minutes!" B'Elanna snapped.
Harry looked almost anxiously towards me. "What do we do?"
"Well, I suggest getting off the ship." I said. Then I caught sight of Tom's grinning face. "But somehow I don't think it will be that easy."
Mia was still sitting on the Goa'uld. "Should I just leave him, then?" she asked.
"Yeah." I said. "Why not?"
She glance sharply at me, the shrugged. I grinned. I knew what she meant. If this had been real, there would have been no way we would have left the System Lord alive, especially alone. But this wasn't real and the Goa'uld didn't seem real to me either – it just didn't look right. Besides, I wanted to see what the Voyager crew would do when he woke up. Because he would. They always did.
I looked over at Tom. "So, where's the exit?" I asked.
Tom grinned. "This way." He said and headed off down the corridor.
We all followed, and before long I heard some familiar footsteps. Immediately, I tensed, going for my weapons and snarling when they weren't where they should be. "Not real, Jack. Remember?" Daniel whispered from beside me.
I relaxed a little and noticed Mia and Riley doing the same. I smiled somewhat sheepishly. "Sorry." I whispered to Daniel.
He smiled in understanding. He knew, just as I did, it was hard not react like that. When I saw the Goa'uld and Jaffa I could see they weren't real. They looked different. But they did sound eerily like the real thing. If I didn't know better, I would say they were real.
By now, the footsteps had gotten louder and the Jaffa had gotten closer. I stepped off to the side, motioning Danny to come with me, just as the Jaffa rounded the corner. "Jack..." Daniel began.
"Ssh." I said. "Just watch."
Daniel gave me a funny look, but did as I asked anyway. As I watched, I saw B'Elanna pivot and thump one of the Jaffa in the stomach making him double over in pain. A blow to the head soon sent him sprawling. Riley had already finished off a Jaffa and was moving on to the next one. Mia punched one of the Jaffa, slamming him backwards into the wall behind him. Tom and Harry were standing off to the side, grinning. As was Tuvok, except he wasn't smiling. But it was Seven who surprised me the most, although it shouldn't have. She efficiently knocked out one Jaffa with a nasty looking punch, before dealing a nice roundhouse to the head of another. I hadn't realised she could do that.
I looked over at Daniel. "See?" I said.
He grinned back at me. "Yeah, I get it." He said. "You're just lazy."
"Hey!" I protested. I wasn't that lazy.
"So," Riley said when all the Jaffa were unconscious. "What do we do now?"
Tom just grinned. Three Jaffa patrols later we arrived in a room that was richly decorated in gold and had an elaborate ring design on the floor. I raised my eyebrow when I saw that. "Five minutes left." Daniel said.
I nodded – and then couldn't help smiling when I heard a familiar voice. "Jaffa, capture the traitors!"
I turned and saw the System Lord staring at us, surrounded by Jaffa. "I am your God!" The Goa'uld snapped. "Bow down and be punished for your insolence!"
"Ah..." I pretended to think about it for a second. "How about 'no'?"
The Goa'uld's eyes flashed white. "I AM YOUR GOD!" he roared.
"Actually," Daniel interrupted. "You're not. You were worshipped as Seth or Set in Ancient Egypt, roughly 4000 years ago. None of us are actually for Egypt, nor are we over 4000 years old...so you can't actually be our God."
The Goa'uld blinked, unsure of how to take Daniel's method of defiance. I bit back a laugh. Leave it to Danny to confound the Goa'uld with history!
"It seems the Goa'uld is impressed by your knowledge, Dr. Jackson." Tuvok said.
I grinned. "Oh, yeah." I said. "That's our Danny. Full of knowledge."
"Jaffa!" the Goa'uld roared.
"No, no, no." I heard Riley say. "Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play with large pointy sticks?"
I turned to see Riley, Mia, B'Elanna and Seven standing behind the Jaffa, effectively holding them hostage. I chuckled softly as I saw Riley's knife at the throat of what appeared to be the First Prime. As I watched all the women efficiently knocked all the Jaffa out and advanced on the Goa'uld.
"I suggest you surrender now." I told him, conversationally. "I mean, do you really want to be beaten up by a girl? 'Cause they really look like they want to beat you up. I can see it in their eyes."
But before the Goa'uld could do anything, Mia and Seven each grabbed hold of an arm and Riley held her knife to his throat – before B'Elanna took one look at him and knocked him out with a punch to the jaw. I winced. That looked like it would hurt.
Riley looked over at me. "Thanks so much for your help, sir." She said sarcastically.
"No problem." I replied. "Danny, hit the ring transporters, will ya?"
Daniel pressed the button. Everything suddenly went black and a female voice spoke out of the darkness. "Congratulations. You are still alive." It said. "You have successfully escaped from the Goa'uld System Lord. Have a nice day."
"Have a nice day?" I echoed as the dim lights came back on, and we all found ourself back on the empty holodeck.
Harry smiled sheepishly. "I thought it would be fun." He said.
There was a moment of comfortable silence as everyone thought for a moment. "I must say, that was a refreshing and interesting programme." Seven said. "I think I will try it again."
"Indeed." Tuvok agreed.
"Not bad." I said.
"Thanks." Tom said.
"Anyone want to get something to eat?" B'Elanna asked suddenly. "I'm hungry."
"Me too." Riley said, then she turned to the rest of us. "Anyone want to join us?"
"No, thank you, Lieutenant Colonel." Tuvok said. "I need to finish a diagnostic for the Captain."
"And I would like to show Mia something in Astrometrics." Seven added.
"Sir?"
I glanced at Daniel and grinned. "Jack..." he warned. "Don't even think about it."
Think about what? Just because I wanted to take a casual walk, which might just happen to go past the Captain's ready room didn't mean I was going to get into mischief.
"What?" I asked. All three members of my time glared at me. "Okay, okay." I said. "I'd be delighted to come." I told Riley.
"Tom? Harry?" B'Elanna asked.
"Why not?" Tom said.
I smiled wryly. "I could give you several reasons." I told him.
We all left the holodeck then, and as we walked towards the mess hall, I noticed Daniel keeping his eye on me. "What?" I said. "I'm not going anywhere!"
Daniel just raised an eyebrow and kept on walking.
I raised my eyebrow at Daniel when I saw Riley launch herself at the Jaffa, closely followed by B'Elanna. He smiled softly at me and nodded. He had my back, just like I had his. I kicked backwards and threw myself to the right as Daniel yelled out in a loud voice, "Jaffa, kree!"
The Jaffa snapped to attention for a second, giving Riley, B'Elanna and me all the time we needed. A minute later all the Jaffa had been knocked unconscious. When everyone got up and turned, we all saw Mia sitting on an unconscious System Lord. "What should I do with him?" she asked me.
At that moment a loud siren came on and a voice began talking in Goa'uld. I turned to Daniel. "What?" he asked defensively. "I wanted to make it realistic."
I shook my head. "What does it say?"
"Oh, self destruct in fifteen minutes." He replied.
"Fifteen minutes!" B'Elanna snapped.
Harry looked almost anxiously towards me. "What do we do?"
"Well, I suggest getting off the ship." I said. Then I caught sight of Tom's grinning face. "But somehow I don't think it will be that easy."
Mia was still sitting on the Goa'uld. "Should I just leave him, then?" she asked.
"Yeah." I said. "Why not?"
She glance sharply at me, the shrugged. I grinned. I knew what she meant. If this had been real, there would have been no way we would have left the System Lord alive, especially alone. But this wasn't real and the Goa'uld didn't seem real to me either – it just didn't look right. Besides, I wanted to see what the Voyager crew would do when he woke up. Because he would. They always did.
I looked over at Tom. "So, where's the exit?" I asked.
Tom grinned. "This way." He said and headed off down the corridor.
We all followed, and before long I heard some familiar footsteps. Immediately, I tensed, going for my weapons and snarling when they weren't where they should be. "Not real, Jack. Remember?" Daniel whispered from beside me.
I relaxed a little and noticed Mia and Riley doing the same. I smiled somewhat sheepishly. "Sorry." I whispered to Daniel.
He smiled in understanding. He knew, just as I did, it was hard not react like that. When I saw the Goa'uld and Jaffa I could see they weren't real. They looked different. But they did sound eerily like the real thing. If I didn't know better, I would say they were real.
By now, the footsteps had gotten louder and the Jaffa had gotten closer. I stepped off to the side, motioning Danny to come with me, just as the Jaffa rounded the corner. "Jack..." Daniel began.
"Ssh." I said. "Just watch."
Daniel gave me a funny look, but did as I asked anyway. As I watched, I saw B'Elanna pivot and thump one of the Jaffa in the stomach making him double over in pain. A blow to the head soon sent him sprawling. Riley had already finished off a Jaffa and was moving on to the next one. Mia punched one of the Jaffa, slamming him backwards into the wall behind him. Tom and Harry were standing off to the side, grinning. As was Tuvok, except he wasn't smiling. But it was Seven who surprised me the most, although it shouldn't have. She efficiently knocked out one Jaffa with a nasty looking punch, before dealing a nice roundhouse to the head of another. I hadn't realised she could do that.
I looked over at Daniel. "See?" I said.
He grinned back at me. "Yeah, I get it." He said. "You're just lazy."
"Hey!" I protested. I wasn't that lazy.
"So," Riley said when all the Jaffa were unconscious. "What do we do now?"
Tom just grinned. Three Jaffa patrols later we arrived in a room that was richly decorated in gold and had an elaborate ring design on the floor. I raised my eyebrow when I saw that. "Five minutes left." Daniel said.
I nodded – and then couldn't help smiling when I heard a familiar voice. "Jaffa, capture the traitors!"
I turned and saw the System Lord staring at us, surrounded by Jaffa. "I am your God!" The Goa'uld snapped. "Bow down and be punished for your insolence!"
"Ah..." I pretended to think about it for a second. "How about 'no'?"
The Goa'uld's eyes flashed white. "I AM YOUR GOD!" he roared.
"Actually," Daniel interrupted. "You're not. You were worshipped as Seth or Set in Ancient Egypt, roughly 4000 years ago. None of us are actually for Egypt, nor are we over 4000 years old...so you can't actually be our God."
The Goa'uld blinked, unsure of how to take Daniel's method of defiance. I bit back a laugh. Leave it to Danny to confound the Goa'uld with history!
"It seems the Goa'uld is impressed by your knowledge, Dr. Jackson." Tuvok said.
I grinned. "Oh, yeah." I said. "That's our Danny. Full of knowledge."
"Jaffa!" the Goa'uld roared.
"No, no, no." I heard Riley say. "Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play with large pointy sticks?"
I turned to see Riley, Mia, B'Elanna and Seven standing behind the Jaffa, effectively holding them hostage. I chuckled softly as I saw Riley's knife at the throat of what appeared to be the First Prime. As I watched all the women efficiently knocked all the Jaffa out and advanced on the Goa'uld.
"I suggest you surrender now." I told him, conversationally. "I mean, do you really want to be beaten up by a girl? 'Cause they really look like they want to beat you up. I can see it in their eyes."
But before the Goa'uld could do anything, Mia and Seven each grabbed hold of an arm and Riley held her knife to his throat – before B'Elanna took one look at him and knocked him out with a punch to the jaw. I winced. That looked like it would hurt.
Riley looked over at me. "Thanks so much for your help, sir." She said sarcastically.
"No problem." I replied. "Danny, hit the ring transporters, will ya?"
Daniel pressed the button. Everything suddenly went black and a female voice spoke out of the darkness. "Congratulations. You are still alive." It said. "You have successfully escaped from the Goa'uld System Lord. Have a nice day."
"Have a nice day?" I echoed as the dim lights came back on, and we all found ourself back on the empty holodeck.
Harry smiled sheepishly. "I thought it would be fun." He said.
There was a moment of comfortable silence as everyone thought for a moment. "I must say, that was a refreshing and interesting programme." Seven said. "I think I will try it again."
"Indeed." Tuvok agreed.
"Not bad." I said.
"Thanks." Tom said.
"Anyone want to get something to eat?" B'Elanna asked suddenly. "I'm hungry."
"Me too." Riley said, then she turned to the rest of us. "Anyone want to join us?"
"No, thank you, Lieutenant Colonel." Tuvok said. "I need to finish a diagnostic for the Captain."
"And I would like to show Mia something in Astrometrics." Seven added.
"Sir?"
I glanced at Daniel and grinned. "Jack..." he warned. "Don't even think about it."
Think about what? Just because I wanted to take a casual walk, which might just happen to go past the Captain's ready room didn't mean I was going to get into mischief.
"What?" I asked. All three members of my time glared at me. "Okay, okay." I said. "I'd be delighted to come." I told Riley.
"Tom? Harry?" B'Elanna asked.
"Why not?" Tom said.
I smiled wryly. "I could give you several reasons." I told him.
We all left the holodeck then, and as we walked towards the mess hall, I noticed Daniel keeping his eye on me. "What?" I said. "I'm not going anywhere!"
Daniel just raised an eyebrow and kept on walking.