Chapter 19

Jacob walks to the back of the Tel'tak. Teal'c stands at the control panel. Carter, O'Neill and Jonas stand in the rings. "Teal'c is going to stay here, while the rest of us ring down." Jacob says.

"See you later buddy." O'Neill says as Teal'c rings him, Carter, Jacob, and Jonas into the sphinx. The group appears in a dark inner chamber. All turn on their flash lights.

Everyone turns on their lights, the gold walls shimmer.

"Holy Hannah." Jacob whistles moving his flashlight around illuminating the walls.

Jack walks up to a marble pillar covered in dust and wipes it clean, revealing small gemstones imbedded in the column, "Can I take on of these with me?"

Carter turns to her father. "I wouldn't mind having one either."

"I believe the Doctors, are going to be sorry they missed this?" Jonas says looking around the room.

"We've never seen anything like this before. The craftsmanship is amazing." Sam says looking at the pillars.

"You better get tons of video Jonas." Jack says walking around the room.

Jonas walks around the room. "I will. Andrea said to look for Naos."

Jack turns around and shines his light on Jonas. "Now, see what exactly is a Naos?"

Sam turns to look at the Colonel. "It's just what the Egyptians called an arc sir."

O'Neill raises his eyebrows and turns back to examine the room. "Yes, over here, Jonas." Jacob calls to him

"What is it Dad?" Carter stands next to her father.

"Lets see," Jacob touches a symbol on the alter. "There is your Naos Jack."

"Cool." Jack says when a large box rises out of the altar.

"It could be booby trapped." Sam says looking at the Naos.

"Let me see," Jacob walks around, "Jonas when I say, press the blue stones."

"Should we stand back?" Jack says grabbing Carter and pulling her back.

"Okay, Jonas" Jacob gives the word then, and the altar clicks. "It should be safe now."

O'Neill looks at Jacob. "Great, can we take it home?"

Selmac flashes in Jacob's eyes. "Yes, but I'd like to look around, it is very possible that this is Aker's archive there maybe information useful to the Tok'ra."

"Sure why don't we send the box up to Teal'c." Jack radios Teal'c. "Hey T, we have a package for you.

"Then you have found what you are looking for O'Neill?" Teal'c asks stoically over the radio.

"Yeah, we're sending the package up now." O'Neill radios back.

"What are you looking for Dad?" Sam examines the walls.

Jack touches a stone on the wall, and then a drawer appears. "Neat. Is this what you were looking for?"

"Yes." Selmac replies.

Sam pulls a crystal out of the wall. "These are data crystals!"

"I've seen one of these before." Jonas pulls out a crystal and examines it.

"Where Jonas?" Carter says looking at the crystals.

Jonas puts the crystal in his vest. "On Kelowna, among some of the Naquidra deposits. It was very similar to these."

"What ever you did, Colonel O'Neill do it again." Selmac collects the crystals as the group begins opening the drawers.

"There must be hundreds." Sam says.

Jacob looks at O'Neill. "We'll have to send someone to retrieve all of them."

"Any idea what is on them?" Jack looks at the crystal he is handed.

Selmac answers the question. "Information about technology, worlds and other things that could help us fight the goa'uld. This could help us find where they got the original technology."

"Great." Jack grins like a kid in a candy store.

Jonas looks at the Colonel. "If we could get the crystal from Kelowna, we could add it to the disks that Andrea brought back."

"Jonas is right sir." Sam helps gather more crystals. "This may have been the best discovery so far."

"This is all we can take Jacob." O'Neill says noticing they are running out of places to hold the crystals.

Jacob replies. "Someone will come back to get the rest." Gathering all the crystals they step into the rings.

"Teal'c we're ready to come back now."

Hammond walks into the Control room. "I take it the mission was successful." General Hammond walks up to Jacob.

"Very, I'm contacting the base to tell them the good news." Jacob says. "We decided to wait for Daniel and Andrea before we open the Naos. Andrea deserves to be here; it was because of her help that we found it."

"You can transmit your message now sir." The lieutenant says looking up from the controls.

"Thank you." Jacob sends a coded message through the gate.

"I have confirmation, that they have received the message. Any reply?" The Lieutenant looks up.

"Just that I will return soon." Jacob says.

"Yes, sir."

Andrea and Jonas stand in the archeology lab. "If we ever get diplomatic relations back with Kelowna, we should see if they will give us the data crystal." Jonas says to Andrea.

"Of course, I'm sure you and Sam could use any information you can get." Andrea says hiding her discomfort at the subject.

"I've been reviewing the video tape. The place was awesome, perfect. I've never see or heard of anything so beautiful" Daniel walks into the room.

"I'll look at it later. Where is Major Carter?" Andrea says writing notes into her book.

"Here sorry, briefing ran late." Sam enters the room.

"We haven't started yet." Jonas says smiling at her.

"Here's for starting." Studying the box Andrea, turns three stones and the top opens.

"It's here." Sam says. Everyone looks inside the box. A large red stone is nestled in blue velvet cloth.

"It's huge!" Daniel says slowly lifting the large stone out of the box. "Heavy too."

Andrea pulls out a soft cloth. "Set it here Daniel." Andrea places a cloth on a table.

"Much larger than the eye of Ra and Tea'men are." Daniel observes.

"It is a lot bigger Daniel." Sam says comparing the stones from memory..

"To use it you will need something to harness the power." Selmac says when Jacob enters the room.

"How do we do it?" Andrea says touching the stone.

Jacob looks up at Andrea. "The Tok'ra is going send us some information on that. For now they want to get the data crystals. Martouf will be here when he's done with his mission."

Andrea smiles. "Great, it will be good to see him again."

"Major Carter," Dr. Felger enters the room. "Oh, this is it?"

"Dr. Felger. Yes, this is the heart of Aker. That is what you called it Andrea." Sam says looking up at Andrea.

Andrea backs away from Dr. Felger. "Yes."

Felger walks over and looks at the stone in awe. "I can't believe, I get to study it. It's just such an honor."

Andrea turns to Jacob Carter. "I'm sure it is. Jacob when the Tok'ra examine those crystals any reference to Artemis may be helpful in finding the other stones."

"Martouf will need to know, he will also be coordinating the reading of the crystals." Selmac answers.

"Doctor be careful don't drop it." Jonas says as the man picks up the stone.

Jonas looks up from the text he's translating. "Are you okay?" Jonas says three days later.

Andrea looks haggard. "I'm fine, it's just I've read maybe a hundred different myths and the one that I'm looking for is not among any of these books."

"Take a brake then." Jonas says when the gate alarm goes off.

"Crap." They both run to the gate room.

Daniel looks at Colonel O'Neill lying in the Infirmary bed. "Jack, you weren't supposed to get hurt."

"No shit!" O'Neill replies. "You find anything yet?"

Andrea shakes her head. "No, I need more books I'm waiting for them to bring me what I requested." Andrea turns to Daniel. "You seem to be handling the Unas situation ok."

Daniel nods and looks at Jack pleadingly. "I'm okay; the pentagon makes me want to scream."

"Sometime they do the same to me; you'll get use to it." Jack says groaning in pain.

Andrea sighs. "I better go, back to work. If you need anything tell Kawalsky, we'll go get it for you."

Jack grins. "How nice of you, don't go out of your way."

"I won't." Andrea looks back at him smugly.

"Ah" Andrea screams and looks at Jonas like she's lost her mind.

Jonas looks up at Andrea again. "Driving you crazy?"

Andrea slams a book shut in frustration. "Yes, he has to be gone, when I need to ask him a question."

Jonas nods. "What are you looking for?"

"A tale about the destruction of the Temple of Artemis, and the events before it was destroyed."

"You're looking for a book aren't you?" Jonas picks up his mug and takes a sip.

"Yes, and I'm not going to find it now." Andrea says shutting her computer down.

"Cha'ka I'd like you to meet someone." Daniel enters the room followed by Cha'ka.

Andrea and Jonas both stand up. "Daniel, welcome back." Andrea says with Jonas standing up beside her.

"Ello." the Unas says.

"Cha'ka this is Jonas Quinn and my wife Andrea." Speaking to him.

"Hello Cha'ka." Andrea bows. Cha'ka bows in return.

Daniel smiles. "We're here to check in."

"Everything is all worked out then." Andrea asks hoping she can have Daniel back so she can pick his brain.

"Yes, how about here?" Daniel smiles.

Andrea sighs. "Dead ends, I sent some emails I'm waiting for a reply."

Jonas looks at Daniel. "It's driving her crazy is what."

Daniel steps back out of the lab. "Good luck. I'll try to help if I can, later."

Andrea knowing Daniel is busy, looks at him casually. "Don't sweat. I'll come back to it later; Sam and I are going over the results of the overhaul tomorrow anyway."

Jonas looks at the Unas. "It was nice to meet you Cha'ka." Cha'ka nods his head. "See you tomorrow Dr. Jackson."

Daniel looks confused. "Tomorrow?"

Andrea grins. "He's staying with Jack, Kawalsky has a date."

"Oh." Daniel says walking down the hall with Cha'ka.

Andrea sits at her computer, working when her e-mail alarm goes off. Checking her messages, one marked urgent catches her eye. The message reads as follows.

Andrea, you said if I found anything unusual contact you. Well I did. Nobody has seen this yet you're the first. I found a huge ring in the Yucatan. I've never seen anything like it before. See photo below. I'm flying into Denver International on Friday, will you meet me. This so weird.

Robert Caldwell.

Andrea looks at the picture, taking a sip of her coffee. Almost spitting it out, she gasps at the outline of a Stargate in the ground. "Daniel! Jonas you better come here quickly."

"What is it?" Daniel comes running into their home library, followed by Jonas.

"Look at this." Andi gets up from her seat and lets him sit down.

Jonas leans forward and looks at the picture then steps back. "That's a gate."

Daniel looks down at his wife. "Where did you get this Andrea?"

Andrea scrolls up. "Read the email. I'll call the General." Andi picks up the phone, dials General Hammond's number and waits. Daniel and Jonas lean over and read the email.

"Hammond residence, may I ask who's speaking?" A small female voice says.

"Yes, this is Andrea Jackson," thinking that the small voice is one of the General's granddaughter's Andrea asks. "Is your grandfather there?"

"Yes, hold please." The voice calls "grandpa" in the distance. Daniel leans over Andréa and uses the mouse to scroll back to the picture.

"His granddaughter answered the phone." Andi says, then points to the picture. "Can you blow that up?"

"Yes, give me a minute." Daniel says lean farther over Andrea.

"Andrea, what can I do for you?" The general says picking up the phone.

Andrea turns back to the phone. "I just got an email from someone I went to school with sir, he found another gate."

"Are you sure?" Hammond asks.

"Hold on," Andrea puts the phone on speaker. "He wants confirmation."

"It's a gate; they must have put more than one sir." Daniel answers.

"Where is it?" General Hammond asks.

"Yucatan, the man that found it is flying into DIA tomorrow." Andrea answers Hammond.

"Andrea, tomorrow I want you and your team to pick him up and bring him to the base." Hammond orders.

Andrea looks over at Jonas. "Yes, sir. Anything else?"

Hammond sighs. "No, I'll notify Colonel O'Neill and Major Carter."

"Dr. Jackson come in first thing in the morning and bring a copy of that photo." Hammond orders again.

"Yes sir." Daniel says turn the phone off.