Title: Remember Me
Written By: iluvaqt
Disclaimer: as per default chapter.
Author's Note: I've got Stargate pouring out from every direction. Things have gotten chopped, edited, rehashed, switched. For real Stargate addicts, you might appreciate the deleted scenes I'll add at the end of this. I hope you're all still liking this.
Chapter 6
Corridor, Sekhmet's Palace
Venturing out into the corridor, Jack was surprised to find it empty. "Probably all out to meet their all powerful King. Some god. We've killed him once, we can do it again."
Sekhmet snickered but said nothing. Jack forced her down various corridors until he found the room he was looking for. He knew they wouldn't have tossed their belongings. They'd want to use them for themselves.
Pulling off her ribbon device with one hand, he tossed it across the room. Again, he hesitated, but knew he didn't have a choice. Pulling out a zat gun, he fired on her once. "I'm sorry, Sam," he apologised as she crumpled to the floor.
Working quickly, he found his pack and pulled out some hand ties. He strapped a couple over her wrists and ankles and then, picked the lock on his shackles. He then shackled her around a column for good measure.
"Now to try out that zap theory," he said. Checking the corridor again, he took a deep calming breath and took off running for the holding cell where he'd been before.
When he reached the place, he found it empty. "Damn."
"Lost, Jack?" a voice questioned from behind him.
Daniel tried to take him, but Jack managed to zat him once before he had a chance to call for help. Dragging his limp body back to the room where Sekhmet was, Jack tried to wake Daniel up.
Sekhmet was already conscious when he returned. "Anubis will torture you, till you beg for mercy. He will destroy your planet, taking those that please him as slaves. Perhaps, he will take pleasure in torturing your loved ones before your eyes, before he kills you."
"He can't take what I've already lost," Jack said gravely. Turning away from her, Jack slapped Daniel's face. "Come on. Daniel, wake up."
After a few moments, Daniel came to. "What? Owww. You shot me," he said accusingly.
"Had too. You were under her spell. An electric shock neutralizes the virus. She can't use it on you again. You can't be re-infected. Now let's get moving, we have to find the others."
"Anubis's ship is in orbit. They've taken most of the others to the gate to meet him. We'll never get to them in time," Daniel said.
"What do you know about her and Anubis? They have anything funky going on?"
"You mean like, does he like her?" Daniel asked trying to follow Jack's train of thought. "I don't know. I didn't find anything on Sekhmet. The temple had inscriptions with references to Atum, the god of perfection. He was believed to have created all other gods…"
"Pathetic fools. Atum was weak. The System Lords conquered his borders and killed all those loyal to him."
Daniel gave her a thoughtful look and then straightened. "You're using Anubis, because Atum can't protect you."
Sekhmet didn't say anything but gave him a menacing look. Sam's usually beautiful, friendly face clouded over. Bright blue eyes, always alight with wisdom and caring, turned stormy and cold. "I need no one to save me. You will suffer eternally when I am free. Nothing will protect YOU from the wrath of Sekhmet. I am the all powerful…"
"Oh, cut the crap," Jack said cuttingly. Tossing a pack to Daniel, he put a picked up all the firearms; the guards had taken from him. He gave Daniel, Kawalsky's MP-5. Unlooping the chain from the column, Jack hauled Sekhmet up. "Everyone knows the Goa'uld are just a bunch of whining, slimy parasites." Turning to Daniel, he said, "Let's go crash that party."
Walking out of the room, Jack muttered, "I swear, they just like hearing the sound of their own voice."
As they found the stairs leading out of the underground Palace, Daniel asked, "So what's the plan? You can't exactly zat everyone and drag them through the Stargate."
"You got a better idea?" Jack asked.
Daniel looked stunned for a moment, and then relaxed, rolling his eyes. "Nice joke. Ha ha, very funny, Jack."
"Do you see me laughing?" Jack replied.
"Oh great," Daniel moaned. "What is it with you military types and wanting to get shot at?"
Jack shrugged and gave him a half smirk. "It's what we do."
Scrub before the Stargate
Jack crouched low, surveying the scene before them. Anubis' ship was nowhere to be seen. SG-3, Colonel Kawalsky and Lt. Myers were together by the gate, accompanied by two guards. The priests were standing close by, in front of an alter with their hands raised to the sky, canting. Jack counted eight hostiles. Their odds were fair. If Daniel's aim was an average 3:1, they could take them in a matter of seconds. The Daniel of his world, had gotten pretty good over the years. He could discharge twice and take out his intended target on most occasions.
"Jack, Sekhmet is the Egyptian goddess of War. Do you think it's such a good idea taking her hostage? I mean, leaving Sam is a last resort, but if we drag her back to Earth don't you think Anubis will be a little pissed off?"
"We're not going to keep her. He can have her. Just without Sam," Jack replied.
"We can do that?" Daniel asked in bewilderment.
Jack motioned him to be quiet. The priests had stop chanting. One of them approached, Airman Harris, and took her by the arm. He carried a large dagger in one hand.
Guessing what he was about to do, Jack told Daniel, "Now."
They start taking out the priests and guards. Jack took out the priest that had grabbed Airman Harris, and Daniel took out the guard closest to Colonel Kawalsky. As the priest fell, he took Harris with him, she fell over his body and screamed. As the sound of gunfire and staff blasts filled the air, their friends stood in a huddle, afraid and confused. Captain Wells ran to pick up Airman Harris and cradled her. Jack saw that her gown was stained with blood. From where they were, he couldn't tell if it was hers or the priests.
"Time to go," Jack said, grabbing Sekhmet and running for the group.
"I am your goddess, you must kill these traitors," Sekhmet screamed.
Not predicting her outburst, Jack wasn't prepared for an attack by his own people. Captain Wells abandoned Harris and made a dive at Daniel, tackling him to the ground.
Colonel Kawalsky punched Jack in the face, and sent him reeling backwards. Jack lifted his zat and shot his friend, before he had a chance to launch another strike. Kawalsky fell to the ground and moaned.
Captain Wells, went to free Sekhmet from her chains. Jack screamed out to the officer, "Wells, don't," but to no avail.
No longer in chains, Sekhmet went to stand over Jack, who was now being strangled by Dr. Tobias.
Daniel crawled to where the zat gun lay. Jack had dropped it when Kawalsky had attacked him. He was about to pick it up, when Major Jeffery kicked it out of his reach.
Jeffery leaned down and grabbed Daniel by his vest. Pulling him to his feel, Daniel watched as Jeffery balled his fist. Preparing for the blow to come, Daniel winced in anticipation and closed his eyes. It didn't come. He heard a zat blast and Jeffery's grip on his vest went slack.
Daniel opened his eyes to see Jeffery on the ground looking disorientated and pained. Kawalsky stood a little way off holding the zat gun.
"Start dialling, Daniel. We're getting out of here."
Kawalsky then zat Dr. Tobias who was still strangling Jack. The Doctor crumpled over Jack who also took the hit. Kawalsky quickly grabbed Sekhmet before she could run, and put her in a strangle hold.
"Unhand me!" she screeched.
"You're not so powerful without your ribbon device now are you?" Kawalsky sneered.
At that moment, transport rings appeared at the bottom of the hill. Anubis and six of his Jaffa warriors started toward them.
Daniel activated the last symbol and pushed the DHD dome. The wormhole appeared just as Wells came at him in a flying tackle.
Struggling against him, Daniel said, "If we don't get Harris back now, she'll die. Do you want that?"
For a second Wells continued to choke Daniel, but then his hold weakened. Without a word, he got up and left to go to Harris. Rolling over, Daniel coughed and touched his neck gingerly. As he rolled over, he saw Anubis's group approaching. His eyes grew large and he jumped to his feet. Grabbing his MP-5, he started shooting in sweeping motions. Two Jaffa went down. The others returned fire.
It was then that Sekhmet did something. A force field appeared, shielding them from the staff blasts.
Sekhmet turned to Jack. He was still lying on the ground. He was in a lot of pain and struggling to remain conscious.
"Go," Sam pleaded. "I can't fight her, she's…"
Kawalsky let Sam go and helped Jack to his feet. Jack pushed him away and tossed him the Iris code transmitter. "Help the others," he ordered in a raspy voice.
Kawalsky didn't hesitate. He ran to Dr Tobias, and pulled him up. Daniel grabbed Jeffery and helped him to the Stargate. Then he went back to help Wells with Harris. Wells carried Harris through the Stargate, followed by Kawalsky. Daniel turned to Jack who was still standing by Sam.
"Jack?" Daniel called.
"I'm not leaving her," Jack shouted back.
The guards were still advancing and firing at them. Daniel noticed that even though Sekhmet appeared to be protecting them, the guards were not shooting at her.
Anubis raised his hands and bellowed into the sky. His eyes glowed and a beam from dual ribbon devices struck the force shield in front of Sekhmet. She was knocked to the ground, and Jack screamed.
"Son of a…" Jack aimed and started shooting at them. Daniel fired too.
"Jack, we've got to…"
A guard levelled his staff weapon and charged it.
Jack didn't even see it coming. A figure flew at him, knocking them both to the ground.
Anubis roared. "Fool!" He turned on the guard and killed him with his own staff weapon.
Daniel ran to Jack. Sekhmet was unconscious. She'd taken the hit. Jack gently rolled her over, and saw that she was badly wounded. He stared at the blood and then at the Jaffa who shot Sam.
"We have to go now," Daniel cried, pulling on his arm.
His eyes stung and his muscles aches, but Jack forced himself to move. Picking Sam up, he hurried for the Stargate.
Anubis fired at them, narrowly missing Daniel. Jack was hit in the calf, but only as he just stepped into the event horizon.
The Gate Room, S.G.A.
Paramedics were waiting for them on the other side. Soldiers crowded the Gate Room, their weapons trained at the iris.
"Close the iris," Daniel shouted as he saw Jack stumble through the Stargate.
Jack collapsed to his knees, and groaned, his body protested its injuries. Daniel caught his shoulders, steadying him.
"Easy," he said. "We need a help here!"
Sarah ran up the ramp and threw her arms around him. "You're okay." Tears sprung into her eyes, as all her pent up emotions came flooding out. When she saw that the woman Jack was carrying was Sam, her breath caught in her chest and she went pale.
Medics and Dr. Lewis pushed them both out of the way, and lifted Sam from Jack's arms. It was then that Jack fell unconscious.
Infirmary
When Jack came too, he felt woozy and the pain had somewhat lessened. He tried to sit up, and promptly sagged back into the pillows. His ribs burned, along with a lot of other regions of his body.
He turned his head to see that Sam was strapped and held down by Daniel and Kawalsky.
She was screaming things at them in a foreign language. He could safely assume they were far from complimentary, from the look on her face. Dr. Lewis was trying desperately to steady her enough, to inject her with a sedative.
"Can you just hold her still while I do this?"
Kawalsky nodded and grunted. "Would you make it quick. Having trouble here."
"How long until the Tok'ra arrive?" Jack asked, piping up.
"They're not coming," General Hammond advised him.
"What? Why not?" Jack fumed, trying to get up and failing again.
"They don't have the technology to remove the symbiote without killing her. She's been out too long. Once the symbiote has blended with the host and there's nothing more we can do," Daniel replied impatiently.
"You realize that, that thing can kill her any time it likes," Jack said angrily.
"Not without sacrificing itself," Colonel Kawalsky retorted, slightly breathless. "I know as well as you do, what this thing is capable of, Jack. I had one in my head. A Tok'ra operative was able to kill it before it has a chance to take over. They put me in cryogenics. We can't do that with Sam. But I'm not about to give up on her. There has to be another way to get her back."
"The Tok'ra in my world were able to take it out. Why can't they here?" Jack asked in frustration.
"There could be a hundred reasons why," Daniel argued. "Our world's aren't exactly the same. I read the report on your last visit, Jack. Maybe you're real friendly with the Tok'ra in your world. Here, one too many sketching things have happened when we've dealt with them in the past. We don't entirely trust them."
"Daniel's more sceptical than I am. I wish they could help, Jack, but this time they can't," Kawalsky said with disappointment.
"I want to talk to them," Jack said to General Hammond. "Their scientist, Anise. She was the one that came up with the procedure. A real brain. If I explain her technique, maybe she can figure it out in your reality. It's worth a shot, don't you think?"
"I'll have someone help you to the Control Room," Gereral Hammond answered. "Doctor, keep me updated."
"I will, General," Dr. Lewis said with a nod.
Daniel watched them General Hammond leave with a frown. Kawalsky noticed, but said nothing. He reached down and squeezed Sam's now limp arm.
"You have to come back to us, Sam. I know you can."