"Mission to P72–916" Hammond started. Everyone was seated in his or her normal chairs, but the one that Sam normally assembled in was empty.
"Where is Major Carter?" Hammond asked, turning his attention to the members of SG-1.
"She is, recovering" Jack smiled, looking over at Daniel who looked like he had the mother of all Hangovers.
Daniel had his head between his hands, mouth open, eyes closed.
"Dr. Jackson, have you taken the medication that Dr. Fraiser prescribed?" Hammond asked, resting a hand on the top of his baldhead. Rubbing it through his non-existent hair.
"No, I'll be fine" He looked up, placing his glasses back on his face. He sat back against the chair.
At that moment Carter almost running up the stairs, opened the door and slid quickly and quietly into her chair.
"Major" Nodded Jack, almost smiling.
"Sir" Sam nodded back, then turned to Hammond, "Im sorry im late sir, I felt awful this morning, very much like Daniel does now" she said, almost biting down on her tongue to stop laughing.
"Im fine" Daniel blinked again. Running a hand through his short brown hair.
"Sure you are Danny, but just take it easy so we can go to P72–916" Jack smiled.
"Ok, this planet, very much like the standard ones we have been to before. We have sent a video link through, and everything confirms that the planet is safe. We have made contact with the people and they seem, friendly" Jack smiled, listening to Hammond.
"People, have been told by the Tok'ra that there is something on this planet. It is a small mechanism that could be very important for us to understand the way that palm devices worked"
Jack shuddered. "Hathor"
"Yes, it's the same type, that all of you are familiar with" Hammond looked around the table seriously.
"Mission to P72–916 will commence in 0100 hours. Briefing over"
Jack stood up, followed by Teal'c, followed by Sam, then followed by Daniel. All leaving to the mess hall, save Daniel, on his way to the infirmary to get more of Janet's miracle cure.
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"See you in Oz" Smiled Jack as he stood side by side with Carter in front of the activated Gate.
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The planet was very much like the ones they had seen over and over. It was sunny "Carter, you Ok?" O'Neill asked watching almost apprehensively as Carter closed her eyes from the sun.
"Yeah. Just a little…."
"Little what?" enquired Daniel.
"I don't know" Sam answered back. "Light headed I suppose"
"If you get worse, tell us ok Sam?" Daniel asked, raising his eyebrows creating little furrows in his forehead.
"Yeah Daniel"
"Ok Campers, Onwards. We stop when we reach the Village or what not" Jack smiled, and starting walking.
"Sir, what exactly do we know about the populace of this planet?" She said between breaths as she caught up with him.
" Carter, we don't"
"Then are we sure this is safe sir?" Carter asked, holding her stomach slightly.
"As safe as could be expected"
"Ah" Carter half smiled.
All four of them walked in silence over the landscape that Sam call picturesque, with the blue skies, the cotton wool clouds, and the grass that is so green, it would have put earths to shame.
She looked up as they marched. One foot after the other across the grass. Her eyes narrowed as she lifted her head to the ever brighter sun. Was it expanding? It was certainly getting hotter. Becoming uncomfortable with her current clothing, Carter pulled off her jacket, tying it round her waist. Smiling, she shrugged of the heat and continued after her CO.
After a few minutes of more hiking, Sam wiped her forehead with the back of her hand, surprised at the amount of moisture that collected. She groaned as she took another step, the heat was getting to her.
"Sam, are you ok?" Daniel asked as he took a step behind Sam, touching her elbow slightly.
"Yeah, Im ok, im just, just a little hot. That's all" Sam replied, looking back to the ever glaring sun.
"You sure, I mean, you have Goosebumps, don't you usually get them when you're cold?" He said, scratching his forehead under his hat.
Sam looked down at her bare arms. As he had said, they were covered with small flesh pimples. She looked like a just plucked chicken.
"I mean, I cant understand it, the sun is so hot and so near" She looked down at her arms again, then looked forward at her CO who was still walking onwards at the same steady pace she had come to depend on, not that she would admit that.
"what do you mean, its freezing" Daniel complained. Teal'c looked over, raising one of his eyebrows.
"Ok, so it's not that cold, but still. And the sun isn't really very near"
Sam looked up to see that Daniel was right. It wasn't, in fact it was almost on the other side of the planet. She felt a shiver through her body as she rubbed her arms slowly trying to draw feeling back into them.
Jack carried on walking, only looking back over his shoulder for a moment before stopping suddenly.
Staying silent he placed with his arms behind his head, waving his two fingers as a sign for the team to stop.
In front of O'Neill was a drop, only about two meters, but still enough. From what the rest could see, there was nothing there. But for Jack to have his hands behind his head, meant there was someone or something there.
"Colonel?" Sam called, her tone a little concerned, as much as she tried to hide it.
"Carter. Stop" he called between grit teeth.
Sam stopped mid step. As much as she wanted to back him up she couldn't. She wasn't allowed.
"Danny-boy. Walk here slowly. I found the Generals 'people'" called the tense colonel over his left shoulder. Doing as he said, Daniel took one slow step after till he was standing just behind Jack on his right.
"Jesus" Daniel breathed out the breath he had been holding. "Isn't this amazing"
"Yes Daniel, its just peachy, but will you please tell me why you are not doing anything about the weapon things they are pointing at us?"
"Yeah, erm, where to start." Daniel slowly took one hand from his head in the familiar hi sort of pose.
"Erm, hello. Im Daniel Jackson, this is Colonel O'Neill, Major Carter and Teal'c. We came through the stargate, from Earth" He tried to smile, but it was beyond him.
The people, or more aptly the aliens that were standing In front of him looked as human as most of the others. Most likely earth orientated the all male group were brandishing large staff like weapons, except where the ends of the weapons omitted the energy, here, there were three circles, revolving wildly round the end. It was a spectacular sight with the colours from red and blue to green and yellow all merging and bleeding into one another as they span.
After Daniel had finished talking, the largest male stepped forward, keeping his large aimed for Jacks chest. "Ka gylii nat vash limliey" He shouted.
"We mean no harm" Daniel called down. "Jack put your gun on the floor"
"But"
"trust me" Daniel said. Obediently, Jack un-strapped his weapon and placed it at his feet, grudgingly, almost with a childish pout.
"Now you Sam" Sam stepped up slowly, doing the same as Colonel O'Neill then standing back at his side. At her arrival the crowd of about 10 almost stopped breathing. They then turned and whispered to each other.
"Teal'c" Daniel called. The Jaffa turned and walked to the colonel's left and placed his staff weapon on the floor. They obviously had not had contact with the Goa'uld due to the fact that no one acknowledged that he was a jaffa warrior.
When the four of them were disarmed and standing still, the leader of the 'group' stepped forward, nodded his head and the end of his staff closed up as if a flower was returning back into a bud. He called back to the rest and immediately their weapons did the same.
"Good job Danny" Jack smiled as the leader held his hand out over the drop. After a few seconds, the ground under SG1's feet shook. Little at first, but the rumbles grew louder as small cracks began to appear. Out of the drop face, ten small mud steps the size of a tea saucer appeared one after the other.
Jack raised an eyebrow and nodded. "Right. Onwards" He said, before ducking, picking up his P90 and taking his first step onto the first mud step. Standing carefully, as if the step would crumble under his weight, he slowly walked his way down to the bottom. Followed by the rest of his team, and Daniel, quietly squealing as one foot stepped after the other.
When all four of them had reached the bottom, Daniel looked as if he were about to kiss the ground; Sam had her eyes half closed and the Jaffa, of course, remained motionless and unaffected.
After a few seconds, the strangers stepped forward, two walking to Sam and grabbing her elbows. "Sir?" Sam asked over her shoulder.
"Carter" Jack stepped forward, his fingers reaching for the P90, before Daniel shook his head and started to follow.
Jack sighed, following the men leading Carter, staying as close behind as he could.
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They were led down and down, the ground getting steeper and steeper until they stopped. Jack looked around at the barren horizon. There was nothing, nutta, not even one annoying little tree. Jack and Daniel exchanged glances "Go on then danny-boy, go explore"
Cautiously, one foot after the other Daniel started walking as everyone gathered in an almost semi-circle watching. After a few steps, Daniel smiled confidently.
"There's nothing here jack its just …" and with that Daniel took one last step forward and with a large smack walked into, well nothing. Well, it wasn't nothing, it was something, just, not a visible something.
After standing up and dusting himself down and repositioning his glasses, he looked curiously at the large nothing that had effectively knocked him to the floor.
Then with that, everyone turned to the stationary carter, looking for an explanation.
"I don't know, its, well, unexplainable. Maybe is a force field or something"
"Or something?" came the sarcastic answer from Jack.
The stranger who had first pointed his staff at Jack smiled at their innocence, or their stupidity. He turned to his 'followers' and they all seemed to nod. They formed a line around Jack, Teal'c, Sam and Daniel with their staffs raised, the ends now opening like blooming flowers. The three coloured balls reappeared and started spinning wildly. All four of the SG team, were in awe as the area surrounding them turned a deep purple.
"Danny, what are they doing?"
"I have no Idea Jack"
"Carter, how bout you?"
"Im afraid it's a blank here"
"Teal'c?" Jack turned his head to the Jaffa.
"It seems to me that they are enabling us to see through the force field, very much like the Nox on their planet."
"I think Teal'c I right sir" Sam added after the Jaffa finished talking.
"Well Im glad someone knows what's happening" Jack smiled sarcastically, obviously not happy that it wasn't him in complete charge.
After a few seconds the purple light died down and what the race was hiding came into pull view. It was an amazing almost castle like thing. All made of a deep green stone, looking like earths version of Jade.
"Well Dorothy, we've reached the emerald City. Think we can find Oz inside?"
Sam smirked. Daniel rolled his eyes, and Teal'c was Teal'c.
The large green stone doors slowly rolled open exposing a large and wide hallway, ornately decorated with large paintings depicting women in dresses carrying large swords and the same staffs they had seen before.
The room was amazingly beautiful with a high domed ceiling and crystal chandeliers.
And again, SG1's faces were a picture. Jaws dropped, eyes widened and arms hung by their sides.
"Imlay neek far opersh" The older and more apparently powerful man smiled and lead them down to the end of the hall.
"Sam, are you still Ok?" Daniel asked, his hand reaching out to her across the men still escorting her.
"yes, im fine ok" Sam sighed, allowing the men to escort her.
Jack marched on, watching the surroundings closely. Monitoring all exits, people and possible threats. He wanted to keep his team safe. He wanted to keep his team alive.
They passed door after door in the corridor, only stopping again in front of the largest most impressive. Covered from the floor to the ceiling, the door was covered with what people on earth could only describe as precious and semi-precious stones. The light reflecting in from the stained glass windows ricocheted onto the stones giving it an eerie shine.
At the mans command, the doors slowly opened, revealing what could only be called a throne room, containing three large thrones, with there backs to the door. The thrones, one large green throne in the centre, with two small black ones either side. Each was as over-elaborate as the rest of the palace. As the teams were slowly pushed forward, they were brought to a halt in the centre of the room, a few metres away from the thrones.
"KaliKasha, Im Ich Lay Varshnic. Earth. Jackson. O'Neill, Carter im Teal'c. Muth reighnit farst?"
From the other side of the room, a voice dripping sweet as if laced with honey spoke slowly and softly her accent sending visible shivers down every male in the room's body.
"Purchay Jum shet limrik tay" She purred. The man nodded and turned, walking from the room slowly shooing the rest of everyone out.
And again the voice spoke one the large green doors had shut.
"So, three people of earth origin step through our gate and just decide to pay us a little visit. Will the leader of the three step forward and speak"
Jack looked around at the rest, mentally counting his team before looking back to the backs of the chairs.
"There are four of us" He said calmly, raising an eyebrow
"But there are three humans in our eyes. One of you is so much more"
"Ok, Daniel isn't all that bad?"
"The woman. She is not your race. She is something so much better. She is like us."
"You mean Carter?" He ran his hand underneath his cap, scratching his head quickly.
"If that be her name then yes" As she spoke, the three chairs revolved slowly.
"Now you may address us to our faces" She purred.
In the three chairs, were seated three woman.
The first, in the center chair. Her hair was done up in almost oriental styled buns at either side of her head, with the rest of her long dark black hair, slightly tinted with grey, trailing over her shoulders. She had beautifully slanted honey coloured, almond shaped eyes that sat on impossibly high cheek bones. She was wearing a green jade chocker that reached from just under her chin, all the way deep into the plunging neckline and ended just between her breasts. Her dress was also a deep green colour, no sleeves, with a black trim all the way round the edge. She was sitting high and mighty on her throne, her arms calmly at her sides, her head held high. Just her very presence was enough to make Daniel's knees shake. She exuberated a sense of complete peacefulness and relaxation.
The second woman sat on the left of the other, slouched with her legs across the chair side and a thoroughly bored look upon her face. Her hair tumbled completely straight to her waist. Its deep red shone in the light. Her deep green eyes, the colours of the very walls glowed. Her outfit, which consisted of the deep red leather corset pushing up her chest, and a pair of tight fitting leather trousers. Also in the red. She had deep red knee high boots with long black heels. She as well had a choker, except hers was a simple red band, with on deep blood red stone hanging down between her breasts.
The third woman, and perhaps the most striking, looked to be the youngest of them all. Her long blonde hair was pinned up at the sides of her head, and tumbled down in loose ringlets. Her cheeks had a faint blush, and her azure blue eyes were once again set in high cheek bones. Her dress was of an Amethyst colour, with a neckline that reached just the middle of her chest that was held by a large Amethyst stone, it then parted after and trailed of either side exposing her stomach. The skirt sat low yet neatly on her hips and flowed down to the floor giving the appearance of water. She was as beautiful as the others. Maybe not exotic, but she had something about her that seemed to strike everyone, even the Jaffa.
"My name is KaliKasha. The woman on my left" she motioned over with her hand, "is called Tamara, and the one on my right, is named Ellyanii"
The women on the sides nodded their heads when their names were spoken. Ellyanii scowled while Tamara smiled graciously.
"We have heard all about you and your escapades all over the systems Jack O'Neill"
"All good I hope" Jack gave a sarcastic smile before looking back to his team, before returning his gaze to the three women.
"Ellyanii, I will leave you in charge of getting her acquainted with our ways, and Tamara, I will leave you with the guests"
With that comment, Tamara slipped from her chair, her skirts flowing slowly behind her. The only noise in the room was the hem of her dress lightly touching the floor. She walked straight up to where the Commanding officer was standing, slipped her arm into his and stood side to side with the surprised Colonel.
With another nod of KaliKasha's head Ellyanii slid from her chair and walked across the room. Her ebony heels clicked across the floor. Passing the others and stopping in front of Sam She smiled. It turned into a small seductive grin as she licked her full red lips before turning to Sam's side and then back to her Mistress.
"Be off. I want to meet you again for the evening meal. Goodbye" Slowly, with an smug grin. KaliKasha closed her eyes and slowly turned the throne round.
"I uh, well" With the back of his other hand Jack rubbed his forehead.
"Sir" Sam called as Ellyanii started to pull on her arm.
"We mean no Harm my Lady. We simply wish to re-cloth to something that suits your colour a little more" Ellyanii raised her hand a swept a strand of Sam's blonde hair from her forehead.
Sam stopped moving.
Jacks eyes widened. His Jaw Dropped. Blood rushed.
Daniel took of his glasses and started to clean them on the corner of his shirt, avoiding looking.
Teal'c was again motionless. Clearly not disturbed, or in Jacks case, turned on by the spectacle going on in front of him.
Ellyanii stepped forward and pulled Sam by the hand over to one of the large side corridors that they had just seemed to notice.
"Ok" Sam started to follow hesitantly, trying to worm her fingers out of the leather covered fingers that gripped her hand hard.
"You Ok Major?"
"I will be fine Sir" Carter tried to smile as she felt the feeling in her fingers leave.
Jack nodded as he was pulled off by a small feminine hand that encased itself in his.
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The pain running through her body was excruciating. Her wrists and ankles had been rubbed raw from the tight metal shackles that had been administered to her by Ellyanii. The blood that once flew freely had become hard and encrusted round her wrists and fingers.
She couldn't remember what had happened. She could see faces. A large black man, a older bald man. There was one with glasses and a stricter looking one, with silverfish hair. But all the faces had no references. Who were these people. She couldn't remember a before. Before the pain, and the loneliness. The pain had lasted for days. She didn't know how many days it had been. The fact that she had been constantly drifting in and out of conciseness didn't help either. Her body was wracked with a deep fatigue, that she was sure days of sleep couldn't even shake. The darkness was her only friend. It hid her from everything, from everyone. She slowly buried her head between her legs, trying to protect herself as best as possible.
Her hands fell slowly to her sides. Her skin had become white and pale from dehydration. As she closed her eyes, she let tiredness wash over her again.
After a few minutes, she felt an immense tingling at the tips pf her fingers. As she carefully and cautiously opened her eyes to gaze at her fingers she stopped breathing. Sitting next to her fingers, with its fur almost glowing, was a large red-eyed rat. His teeth were red, dripping red. And she didn't know what from until she looked down at her fingers to se what used to be the be perfectly rounded tips, to what was now gnawed down to the muscle. As she lifted her hand of the floor to her chest, her breathing became erratic. Her heart stopped as she looked around the room. The small shards of light that fought their way through under the door illuminated the coats of the rats that now swarmed the room. There must have been at least a hundred. A hundred large rats, with teeth barred and an incredibly hungry look in their eyes.
At the same moment that they all crept forward, she screamed. Louder and harder than she had ever before. She needed someone right now. She needed more than that, she needed him.
She was then knocked into a wave of nausea as she screamed herself into unconsciousness.
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Finally, we have another chapter. Don't shout, don't scream; leave that to Sam and her little Rat buddies.
Just want to say, if you haven't read it yet, read our other story!
"Where is Major Carter?" Hammond asked, turning his attention to the members of SG-1.
"She is, recovering" Jack smiled, looking over at Daniel who looked like he had the mother of all Hangovers.
Daniel had his head between his hands, mouth open, eyes closed.
"Dr. Jackson, have you taken the medication that Dr. Fraiser prescribed?" Hammond asked, resting a hand on the top of his baldhead. Rubbing it through his non-existent hair.
"No, I'll be fine" He looked up, placing his glasses back on his face. He sat back against the chair.
At that moment Carter almost running up the stairs, opened the door and slid quickly and quietly into her chair.
"Major" Nodded Jack, almost smiling.
"Sir" Sam nodded back, then turned to Hammond, "Im sorry im late sir, I felt awful this morning, very much like Daniel does now" she said, almost biting down on her tongue to stop laughing.
"Im fine" Daniel blinked again. Running a hand through his short brown hair.
"Sure you are Danny, but just take it easy so we can go to P72–916" Jack smiled.
"Ok, this planet, very much like the standard ones we have been to before. We have sent a video link through, and everything confirms that the planet is safe. We have made contact with the people and they seem, friendly" Jack smiled, listening to Hammond.
"People, have been told by the Tok'ra that there is something on this planet. It is a small mechanism that could be very important for us to understand the way that palm devices worked"
Jack shuddered. "Hathor"
"Yes, it's the same type, that all of you are familiar with" Hammond looked around the table seriously.
"Mission to P72–916 will commence in 0100 hours. Briefing over"
Jack stood up, followed by Teal'c, followed by Sam, then followed by Daniel. All leaving to the mess hall, save Daniel, on his way to the infirmary to get more of Janet's miracle cure.
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"See you in Oz" Smiled Jack as he stood side by side with Carter in front of the activated Gate.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
The planet was very much like the ones they had seen over and over. It was sunny "Carter, you Ok?" O'Neill asked watching almost apprehensively as Carter closed her eyes from the sun.
"Yeah. Just a little…."
"Little what?" enquired Daniel.
"I don't know" Sam answered back. "Light headed I suppose"
"If you get worse, tell us ok Sam?" Daniel asked, raising his eyebrows creating little furrows in his forehead.
"Yeah Daniel"
"Ok Campers, Onwards. We stop when we reach the Village or what not" Jack smiled, and starting walking.
"Sir, what exactly do we know about the populace of this planet?" She said between breaths as she caught up with him.
" Carter, we don't"
"Then are we sure this is safe sir?" Carter asked, holding her stomach slightly.
"As safe as could be expected"
"Ah" Carter half smiled.
All four of them walked in silence over the landscape that Sam call picturesque, with the blue skies, the cotton wool clouds, and the grass that is so green, it would have put earths to shame.
She looked up as they marched. One foot after the other across the grass. Her eyes narrowed as she lifted her head to the ever brighter sun. Was it expanding? It was certainly getting hotter. Becoming uncomfortable with her current clothing, Carter pulled off her jacket, tying it round her waist. Smiling, she shrugged of the heat and continued after her CO.
After a few minutes of more hiking, Sam wiped her forehead with the back of her hand, surprised at the amount of moisture that collected. She groaned as she took another step, the heat was getting to her.
"Sam, are you ok?" Daniel asked as he took a step behind Sam, touching her elbow slightly.
"Yeah, Im ok, im just, just a little hot. That's all" Sam replied, looking back to the ever glaring sun.
"You sure, I mean, you have Goosebumps, don't you usually get them when you're cold?" He said, scratching his forehead under his hat.
Sam looked down at her bare arms. As he had said, they were covered with small flesh pimples. She looked like a just plucked chicken.
"I mean, I cant understand it, the sun is so hot and so near" She looked down at her arms again, then looked forward at her CO who was still walking onwards at the same steady pace she had come to depend on, not that she would admit that.
"what do you mean, its freezing" Daniel complained. Teal'c looked over, raising one of his eyebrows.
"Ok, so it's not that cold, but still. And the sun isn't really very near"
Sam looked up to see that Daniel was right. It wasn't, in fact it was almost on the other side of the planet. She felt a shiver through her body as she rubbed her arms slowly trying to draw feeling back into them.
Jack carried on walking, only looking back over his shoulder for a moment before stopping suddenly.
Staying silent he placed with his arms behind his head, waving his two fingers as a sign for the team to stop.
In front of O'Neill was a drop, only about two meters, but still enough. From what the rest could see, there was nothing there. But for Jack to have his hands behind his head, meant there was someone or something there.
"Colonel?" Sam called, her tone a little concerned, as much as she tried to hide it.
"Carter. Stop" he called between grit teeth.
Sam stopped mid step. As much as she wanted to back him up she couldn't. She wasn't allowed.
"Danny-boy. Walk here slowly. I found the Generals 'people'" called the tense colonel over his left shoulder. Doing as he said, Daniel took one slow step after till he was standing just behind Jack on his right.
"Jesus" Daniel breathed out the breath he had been holding. "Isn't this amazing"
"Yes Daniel, its just peachy, but will you please tell me why you are not doing anything about the weapon things they are pointing at us?"
"Yeah, erm, where to start." Daniel slowly took one hand from his head in the familiar hi sort of pose.
"Erm, hello. Im Daniel Jackson, this is Colonel O'Neill, Major Carter and Teal'c. We came through the stargate, from Earth" He tried to smile, but it was beyond him.
The people, or more aptly the aliens that were standing In front of him looked as human as most of the others. Most likely earth orientated the all male group were brandishing large staff like weapons, except where the ends of the weapons omitted the energy, here, there were three circles, revolving wildly round the end. It was a spectacular sight with the colours from red and blue to green and yellow all merging and bleeding into one another as they span.
After Daniel had finished talking, the largest male stepped forward, keeping his large aimed for Jacks chest. "Ka gylii nat vash limliey" He shouted.
"We mean no harm" Daniel called down. "Jack put your gun on the floor"
"But"
"trust me" Daniel said. Obediently, Jack un-strapped his weapon and placed it at his feet, grudgingly, almost with a childish pout.
"Now you Sam" Sam stepped up slowly, doing the same as Colonel O'Neill then standing back at his side. At her arrival the crowd of about 10 almost stopped breathing. They then turned and whispered to each other.
"Teal'c" Daniel called. The Jaffa turned and walked to the colonel's left and placed his staff weapon on the floor. They obviously had not had contact with the Goa'uld due to the fact that no one acknowledged that he was a jaffa warrior.
When the four of them were disarmed and standing still, the leader of the 'group' stepped forward, nodded his head and the end of his staff closed up as if a flower was returning back into a bud. He called back to the rest and immediately their weapons did the same.
"Good job Danny" Jack smiled as the leader held his hand out over the drop. After a few seconds, the ground under SG1's feet shook. Little at first, but the rumbles grew louder as small cracks began to appear. Out of the drop face, ten small mud steps the size of a tea saucer appeared one after the other.
Jack raised an eyebrow and nodded. "Right. Onwards" He said, before ducking, picking up his P90 and taking his first step onto the first mud step. Standing carefully, as if the step would crumble under his weight, he slowly walked his way down to the bottom. Followed by the rest of his team, and Daniel, quietly squealing as one foot stepped after the other.
When all four of them had reached the bottom, Daniel looked as if he were about to kiss the ground; Sam had her eyes half closed and the Jaffa, of course, remained motionless and unaffected.
After a few seconds, the strangers stepped forward, two walking to Sam and grabbing her elbows. "Sir?" Sam asked over her shoulder.
"Carter" Jack stepped forward, his fingers reaching for the P90, before Daniel shook his head and started to follow.
Jack sighed, following the men leading Carter, staying as close behind as he could.
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They were led down and down, the ground getting steeper and steeper until they stopped. Jack looked around at the barren horizon. There was nothing, nutta, not even one annoying little tree. Jack and Daniel exchanged glances "Go on then danny-boy, go explore"
Cautiously, one foot after the other Daniel started walking as everyone gathered in an almost semi-circle watching. After a few steps, Daniel smiled confidently.
"There's nothing here jack its just …" and with that Daniel took one last step forward and with a large smack walked into, well nothing. Well, it wasn't nothing, it was something, just, not a visible something.
After standing up and dusting himself down and repositioning his glasses, he looked curiously at the large nothing that had effectively knocked him to the floor.
Then with that, everyone turned to the stationary carter, looking for an explanation.
"I don't know, its, well, unexplainable. Maybe is a force field or something"
"Or something?" came the sarcastic answer from Jack.
The stranger who had first pointed his staff at Jack smiled at their innocence, or their stupidity. He turned to his 'followers' and they all seemed to nod. They formed a line around Jack, Teal'c, Sam and Daniel with their staffs raised, the ends now opening like blooming flowers. The three coloured balls reappeared and started spinning wildly. All four of the SG team, were in awe as the area surrounding them turned a deep purple.
"Danny, what are they doing?"
"I have no Idea Jack"
"Carter, how bout you?"
"Im afraid it's a blank here"
"Teal'c?" Jack turned his head to the Jaffa.
"It seems to me that they are enabling us to see through the force field, very much like the Nox on their planet."
"I think Teal'c I right sir" Sam added after the Jaffa finished talking.
"Well Im glad someone knows what's happening" Jack smiled sarcastically, obviously not happy that it wasn't him in complete charge.
After a few seconds the purple light died down and what the race was hiding came into pull view. It was an amazing almost castle like thing. All made of a deep green stone, looking like earths version of Jade.
"Well Dorothy, we've reached the emerald City. Think we can find Oz inside?"
Sam smirked. Daniel rolled his eyes, and Teal'c was Teal'c.
The large green stone doors slowly rolled open exposing a large and wide hallway, ornately decorated with large paintings depicting women in dresses carrying large swords and the same staffs they had seen before.
The room was amazingly beautiful with a high domed ceiling and crystal chandeliers.
And again, SG1's faces were a picture. Jaws dropped, eyes widened and arms hung by their sides.
"Imlay neek far opersh" The older and more apparently powerful man smiled and lead them down to the end of the hall.
"Sam, are you still Ok?" Daniel asked, his hand reaching out to her across the men still escorting her.
"yes, im fine ok" Sam sighed, allowing the men to escort her.
Jack marched on, watching the surroundings closely. Monitoring all exits, people and possible threats. He wanted to keep his team safe. He wanted to keep his team alive.
They passed door after door in the corridor, only stopping again in front of the largest most impressive. Covered from the floor to the ceiling, the door was covered with what people on earth could only describe as precious and semi-precious stones. The light reflecting in from the stained glass windows ricocheted onto the stones giving it an eerie shine.
At the mans command, the doors slowly opened, revealing what could only be called a throne room, containing three large thrones, with there backs to the door. The thrones, one large green throne in the centre, with two small black ones either side. Each was as over-elaborate as the rest of the palace. As the teams were slowly pushed forward, they were brought to a halt in the centre of the room, a few metres away from the thrones.
"KaliKasha, Im Ich Lay Varshnic. Earth. Jackson. O'Neill, Carter im Teal'c. Muth reighnit farst?"
From the other side of the room, a voice dripping sweet as if laced with honey spoke slowly and softly her accent sending visible shivers down every male in the room's body.
"Purchay Jum shet limrik tay" She purred. The man nodded and turned, walking from the room slowly shooing the rest of everyone out.
And again the voice spoke one the large green doors had shut.
"So, three people of earth origin step through our gate and just decide to pay us a little visit. Will the leader of the three step forward and speak"
Jack looked around at the rest, mentally counting his team before looking back to the backs of the chairs.
"There are four of us" He said calmly, raising an eyebrow
"But there are three humans in our eyes. One of you is so much more"
"Ok, Daniel isn't all that bad?"
"The woman. She is not your race. She is something so much better. She is like us."
"You mean Carter?" He ran his hand underneath his cap, scratching his head quickly.
"If that be her name then yes" As she spoke, the three chairs revolved slowly.
"Now you may address us to our faces" She purred.
In the three chairs, were seated three woman.
The first, in the center chair. Her hair was done up in almost oriental styled buns at either side of her head, with the rest of her long dark black hair, slightly tinted with grey, trailing over her shoulders. She had beautifully slanted honey coloured, almond shaped eyes that sat on impossibly high cheek bones. She was wearing a green jade chocker that reached from just under her chin, all the way deep into the plunging neckline and ended just between her breasts. Her dress was also a deep green colour, no sleeves, with a black trim all the way round the edge. She was sitting high and mighty on her throne, her arms calmly at her sides, her head held high. Just her very presence was enough to make Daniel's knees shake. She exuberated a sense of complete peacefulness and relaxation.
The second woman sat on the left of the other, slouched with her legs across the chair side and a thoroughly bored look upon her face. Her hair tumbled completely straight to her waist. Its deep red shone in the light. Her deep green eyes, the colours of the very walls glowed. Her outfit, which consisted of the deep red leather corset pushing up her chest, and a pair of tight fitting leather trousers. Also in the red. She had deep red knee high boots with long black heels. She as well had a choker, except hers was a simple red band, with on deep blood red stone hanging down between her breasts.
The third woman, and perhaps the most striking, looked to be the youngest of them all. Her long blonde hair was pinned up at the sides of her head, and tumbled down in loose ringlets. Her cheeks had a faint blush, and her azure blue eyes were once again set in high cheek bones. Her dress was of an Amethyst colour, with a neckline that reached just the middle of her chest that was held by a large Amethyst stone, it then parted after and trailed of either side exposing her stomach. The skirt sat low yet neatly on her hips and flowed down to the floor giving the appearance of water. She was as beautiful as the others. Maybe not exotic, but she had something about her that seemed to strike everyone, even the Jaffa.
"My name is KaliKasha. The woman on my left" she motioned over with her hand, "is called Tamara, and the one on my right, is named Ellyanii"
The women on the sides nodded their heads when their names were spoken. Ellyanii scowled while Tamara smiled graciously.
"We have heard all about you and your escapades all over the systems Jack O'Neill"
"All good I hope" Jack gave a sarcastic smile before looking back to his team, before returning his gaze to the three women.
"Ellyanii, I will leave you in charge of getting her acquainted with our ways, and Tamara, I will leave you with the guests"
With that comment, Tamara slipped from her chair, her skirts flowing slowly behind her. The only noise in the room was the hem of her dress lightly touching the floor. She walked straight up to where the Commanding officer was standing, slipped her arm into his and stood side to side with the surprised Colonel.
With another nod of KaliKasha's head Ellyanii slid from her chair and walked across the room. Her ebony heels clicked across the floor. Passing the others and stopping in front of Sam She smiled. It turned into a small seductive grin as she licked her full red lips before turning to Sam's side and then back to her Mistress.
"Be off. I want to meet you again for the evening meal. Goodbye" Slowly, with an smug grin. KaliKasha closed her eyes and slowly turned the throne round.
"I uh, well" With the back of his other hand Jack rubbed his forehead.
"Sir" Sam called as Ellyanii started to pull on her arm.
"We mean no Harm my Lady. We simply wish to re-cloth to something that suits your colour a little more" Ellyanii raised her hand a swept a strand of Sam's blonde hair from her forehead.
Sam stopped moving.
Jacks eyes widened. His Jaw Dropped. Blood rushed.
Daniel took of his glasses and started to clean them on the corner of his shirt, avoiding looking.
Teal'c was again motionless. Clearly not disturbed, or in Jacks case, turned on by the spectacle going on in front of him.
Ellyanii stepped forward and pulled Sam by the hand over to one of the large side corridors that they had just seemed to notice.
"Ok" Sam started to follow hesitantly, trying to worm her fingers out of the leather covered fingers that gripped her hand hard.
"You Ok Major?"
"I will be fine Sir" Carter tried to smile as she felt the feeling in her fingers leave.
Jack nodded as he was pulled off by a small feminine hand that encased itself in his.
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The pain running through her body was excruciating. Her wrists and ankles had been rubbed raw from the tight metal shackles that had been administered to her by Ellyanii. The blood that once flew freely had become hard and encrusted round her wrists and fingers.
She couldn't remember what had happened. She could see faces. A large black man, a older bald man. There was one with glasses and a stricter looking one, with silverfish hair. But all the faces had no references. Who were these people. She couldn't remember a before. Before the pain, and the loneliness. The pain had lasted for days. She didn't know how many days it had been. The fact that she had been constantly drifting in and out of conciseness didn't help either. Her body was wracked with a deep fatigue, that she was sure days of sleep couldn't even shake. The darkness was her only friend. It hid her from everything, from everyone. She slowly buried her head between her legs, trying to protect herself as best as possible.
Her hands fell slowly to her sides. Her skin had become white and pale from dehydration. As she closed her eyes, she let tiredness wash over her again.
After a few minutes, she felt an immense tingling at the tips pf her fingers. As she carefully and cautiously opened her eyes to gaze at her fingers she stopped breathing. Sitting next to her fingers, with its fur almost glowing, was a large red-eyed rat. His teeth were red, dripping red. And she didn't know what from until she looked down at her fingers to se what used to be the be perfectly rounded tips, to what was now gnawed down to the muscle. As she lifted her hand of the floor to her chest, her breathing became erratic. Her heart stopped as she looked around the room. The small shards of light that fought their way through under the door illuminated the coats of the rats that now swarmed the room. There must have been at least a hundred. A hundred large rats, with teeth barred and an incredibly hungry look in their eyes.
At the same moment that they all crept forward, she screamed. Louder and harder than she had ever before. She needed someone right now. She needed more than that, she needed him.
She was then knocked into a wave of nausea as she screamed herself into unconsciousness.
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Finally, we have another chapter. Don't shout, don't scream; leave that to Sam and her little Rat buddies.
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