Sorry it took me so long to post this one. But school's out now, Yay! so I should be able to post a couple of these a week until I'm done.
WARNING: this is a very graphic chapter. Blood, etc... Not for the squeamish.
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Chapter 7- Betrayed again
"You cannot remain here." Sara Gardner, Sarah O'Neill and SG-1, minus Sam, were standing before the Tok'ra High Council. Sam and Cassie were still recovering from their injuries. "Many System Lords are hunting for you, as well as forces form Earth. We will not be caught in the middle of your problems."
"So much for allies." O'Neill muttered under his breath.
Daniel spoke for the group. "Where will we go?"
"That is up to you. We will send you wherever you wish through the Stargate. You will leave tomorrow. Your companions injuries will be sufficiently healed by then. Spend the time to decide where you will go."
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It took all of two minutes for Jack, Daniel, and Teal'c to decide on a destination. Nox.
They would be safe there.
Jacob searched out Jack to finish the conversation that they had started in the Land of Light before the Death Glider came.
He cut right to the chase. "You want to marry my daughter?"
"Jake, it's something I've thought about for a while now. I didn't know how she felt, but then this all happened and she gave up everything just to come with me. There's no regulations in our way now. I'd like to try to get to know her on a more personal level, see where it might lead. We'll see how far it goes."
"What about Sarah?"
Jack sighed. "I wish the NID hadn't dragged her into this. I'll always care about her on some level, but I've moved on. I can't live my life in the past. I just hope we can find a place where she can be safe and happy out here."
"Okay, Jack. As long as it makes Sam happy, you have my blessing."
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It was time to leave. Cassie still limped a little, but Sam was perfectly normal. Jacob came to see them off. He spoke to them as another Tok'ra dialed the Gate.
"By Sam. Good luck."
"Bye Dad."
"Jack, good luck. Take care of them."
"Always, Jacob."
They turned and walked up the steps to the Gate.
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What they found on the other side sent Jack reaching for his gun, but then he froze when he realized that he didn't have a chance.
"Well, well, Colonel Makepeace." They were faced with about eight men with guns, all trained on them.-
"Hello Colonel O'Neill."
Sam couldn't help but ask, "How did you find us? And where are we?" Looking around, they were obviously not on Nox.
"We have a few friends still on the Tok'ra. The reward we offered didn't hurt. Now, put the guns down."
They were led to a Tok'ra scout ship, which lifted off and headed into space.
"Why aren't we going back to Earth through the Stargate? And aren't you guys supposed to be in jail?" As they had walked to the ship, SG-1 had realized that these were the same people from the offworld operation run by the NID. The operation that Colonel O'Neill had shut down by going undercover after he got back from Edora.
"It's funny how much blackmail will get you. As for where we're going, well, you are going to a nice little desert planet with no Stargate, and no civilization. Just you and the sand. You won't mess with us anymore, and we can't have you roaming the Galaxy getting in our way. Throw then in the engine room."
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They were handcuffed and locked away in the dark, with only the faint glow from the hyperdrive generator providing illumination.
"What happened?" Daniel wanted to know.
Sam answered. "That Tok'ra who dialed the gate must have been working with the NID to deliver us right to them. When he dialed, he sent us to a pre-planned location where Makepeace and company were waiting."
No one spoke for a long while. Finally, Cassie could take it no longer. "What now, uncle Jack?"
Jack had a twisted look on his face. "I think,...aargh!" His left hand came free of the cuffs. Sarah nearly wretched as she watched him re-locate his thumb. He got up. "I don't have the keys for your cuffs guys, sorry." He looked around as he got to his feet. "Guaranteed, that door's locked. We need a distraction. Carter, How do I disable the hyperdrive?"
"Open that slide door there...Okay, now, pull the red crystal." He did so. The room immediately went pitch black.
"Everybody, stay on the floor!" Jack hissed.
Sarah couldn't see anything. Suddenly the door cracked open and there was a ray of light. A hand holding a gun came into a view, Then a fist flashed through the air. A gun went off. In the flash of light, she saw a slosh of blood and brain tissue flying through the air. Someone else joined the fray. There was a loud cracking and a screaming sound. Jack left the room, a gun in his hand. Gunshots could be heard coming from the rooms outside. Shouted orders. Another shot. Then, silence.
Jack O'Neill, covered in blood, walked into the room. He hit a light switch, and the lights came on. There was a sharp intake of breath as they took in his appearance. He had keys in his hand. He unlocked Teal'c and gave him the keys.
"I'll be in the control room."
As Teal'c unlocked them, they walked out into the main room with the rings. Cassie made a strangled sound. Sarah went down on her hands and knees and vomited right into the blood that covered the floor. Sara Gardner, who had seen many atrocities in her time as Osiris, closed her eyes and swallowed. Even Daniel and Sam went white. Teal'c was the only one who didn't flinch.
Makepeace and his gang were messily dead, with holes in their heads or necks. Blood and brain matter were everywhere on the walls. One man didn't have a bullet wound. Instead, his head was twisted around at a grotesque angle. His neck was obviously broken.
"Carter, Teal'c, get up here." There was one more man on the floor in the control room. There was blood on the panels, which Jack was cleaning off. "I don't know where we are right now. Figure that out, fix the hyperdrive and get us to Nox. Cloak the ship."
The blood on Jacks uniform wasn't his, but rather, that of the men he had killed.
The dead bodies were dragged into the engine room, leaving streaks of blood on the floor. Daniel and Jack wiped it as best they could with towels and coats, but it was still slippery. Cassie was crying. Sarah, sensing where she could be the most help, moved to comfort her. Sara Gardner went up to the front with Sam and Teal'c.
Daniel was looking a little green.
"You okay, Danny boy?"
"Yeah, Jack, I just... Bluurrgh!" He vomited on the newly cleaned floor, which just added to the almost overwhelming stench. "Oh no. I'm sorry Jack, I..."
"Hey, calm down. Go sit with Cassie and Sarah. I'll take care of this."
The three hour flight to Nox on the Scout Ship was silent as a tomb. Which, in some ways, it was.
WARNING: this is a very graphic chapter. Blood, etc... Not for the squeamish.
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Chapter 7- Betrayed again
"You cannot remain here." Sara Gardner, Sarah O'Neill and SG-1, minus Sam, were standing before the Tok'ra High Council. Sam and Cassie were still recovering from their injuries. "Many System Lords are hunting for you, as well as forces form Earth. We will not be caught in the middle of your problems."
"So much for allies." O'Neill muttered under his breath.
Daniel spoke for the group. "Where will we go?"
"That is up to you. We will send you wherever you wish through the Stargate. You will leave tomorrow. Your companions injuries will be sufficiently healed by then. Spend the time to decide where you will go."
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It took all of two minutes for Jack, Daniel, and Teal'c to decide on a destination. Nox.
They would be safe there.
Jacob searched out Jack to finish the conversation that they had started in the Land of Light before the Death Glider came.
He cut right to the chase. "You want to marry my daughter?"
"Jake, it's something I've thought about for a while now. I didn't know how she felt, but then this all happened and she gave up everything just to come with me. There's no regulations in our way now. I'd like to try to get to know her on a more personal level, see where it might lead. We'll see how far it goes."
"What about Sarah?"
Jack sighed. "I wish the NID hadn't dragged her into this. I'll always care about her on some level, but I've moved on. I can't live my life in the past. I just hope we can find a place where she can be safe and happy out here."
"Okay, Jack. As long as it makes Sam happy, you have my blessing."
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It was time to leave. Cassie still limped a little, but Sam was perfectly normal. Jacob came to see them off. He spoke to them as another Tok'ra dialed the Gate.
"By Sam. Good luck."
"Bye Dad."
"Jack, good luck. Take care of them."
"Always, Jacob."
They turned and walked up the steps to the Gate.
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What they found on the other side sent Jack reaching for his gun, but then he froze when he realized that he didn't have a chance.
"Well, well, Colonel Makepeace." They were faced with about eight men with guns, all trained on them.-
"Hello Colonel O'Neill."
Sam couldn't help but ask, "How did you find us? And where are we?" Looking around, they were obviously not on Nox.
"We have a few friends still on the Tok'ra. The reward we offered didn't hurt. Now, put the guns down."
They were led to a Tok'ra scout ship, which lifted off and headed into space.
"Why aren't we going back to Earth through the Stargate? And aren't you guys supposed to be in jail?" As they had walked to the ship, SG-1 had realized that these were the same people from the offworld operation run by the NID. The operation that Colonel O'Neill had shut down by going undercover after he got back from Edora.
"It's funny how much blackmail will get you. As for where we're going, well, you are going to a nice little desert planet with no Stargate, and no civilization. Just you and the sand. You won't mess with us anymore, and we can't have you roaming the Galaxy getting in our way. Throw then in the engine room."
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
They were handcuffed and locked away in the dark, with only the faint glow from the hyperdrive generator providing illumination.
"What happened?" Daniel wanted to know.
Sam answered. "That Tok'ra who dialed the gate must have been working with the NID to deliver us right to them. When he dialed, he sent us to a pre-planned location where Makepeace and company were waiting."
No one spoke for a long while. Finally, Cassie could take it no longer. "What now, uncle Jack?"
Jack had a twisted look on his face. "I think,...aargh!" His left hand came free of the cuffs. Sarah nearly wretched as she watched him re-locate his thumb. He got up. "I don't have the keys for your cuffs guys, sorry." He looked around as he got to his feet. "Guaranteed, that door's locked. We need a distraction. Carter, How do I disable the hyperdrive?"
"Open that slide door there...Okay, now, pull the red crystal." He did so. The room immediately went pitch black.
"Everybody, stay on the floor!" Jack hissed.
Sarah couldn't see anything. Suddenly the door cracked open and there was a ray of light. A hand holding a gun came into a view, Then a fist flashed through the air. A gun went off. In the flash of light, she saw a slosh of blood and brain tissue flying through the air. Someone else joined the fray. There was a loud cracking and a screaming sound. Jack left the room, a gun in his hand. Gunshots could be heard coming from the rooms outside. Shouted orders. Another shot. Then, silence.
Jack O'Neill, covered in blood, walked into the room. He hit a light switch, and the lights came on. There was a sharp intake of breath as they took in his appearance. He had keys in his hand. He unlocked Teal'c and gave him the keys.
"I'll be in the control room."
As Teal'c unlocked them, they walked out into the main room with the rings. Cassie made a strangled sound. Sarah went down on her hands and knees and vomited right into the blood that covered the floor. Sara Gardner, who had seen many atrocities in her time as Osiris, closed her eyes and swallowed. Even Daniel and Sam went white. Teal'c was the only one who didn't flinch.
Makepeace and his gang were messily dead, with holes in their heads or necks. Blood and brain matter were everywhere on the walls. One man didn't have a bullet wound. Instead, his head was twisted around at a grotesque angle. His neck was obviously broken.
"Carter, Teal'c, get up here." There was one more man on the floor in the control room. There was blood on the panels, which Jack was cleaning off. "I don't know where we are right now. Figure that out, fix the hyperdrive and get us to Nox. Cloak the ship."
The blood on Jacks uniform wasn't his, but rather, that of the men he had killed.
The dead bodies were dragged into the engine room, leaving streaks of blood on the floor. Daniel and Jack wiped it as best they could with towels and coats, but it was still slippery. Cassie was crying. Sarah, sensing where she could be the most help, moved to comfort her. Sara Gardner went up to the front with Sam and Teal'c.
Daniel was looking a little green.
"You okay, Danny boy?"
"Yeah, Jack, I just... Bluurrgh!" He vomited on the newly cleaned floor, which just added to the almost overwhelming stench. "Oh no. I'm sorry Jack, I..."
"Hey, calm down. Go sit with Cassie and Sarah. I'll take care of this."
The three hour flight to Nox on the Scout Ship was silent as a tomb. Which, in some ways, it was.