CH7: jealousy.
Martouf and Jacob waited in the gate room with General Hammond for Sg-1 and Natalie to get ready.
The blast doors opened and Sg-1 entered, with Nat following behind. Hammond nodded to the nerdy guy in the computer room and the gate started dialing. "So, are we gating right to the plantet?" Jack asked.
Jacob shook his head. "No. We're gating to a nearby planet where we left our transport ship. We'll gate there, then fly to the planet," Jacob explained.
Jack, Sam and Jacob walked through the stargate together. Daniel stood to Nat's right, ready to walk up the ramp with her. Martouf walked upto Nat and smiled. The short brunette was no taller than his chin. Nat looked up at him with her brown eyes.
"My sister had big eyes like yours," Marty commented. Nat smiled. "I would very much like to talk to you when we are on our way to Nerti's planet." He smiled and took Nat's hand in his as he led her up the ramp. Daniel huffed and walked towards the gate alone.
[on the Tok'ra transport ship]
Martouf and Natalie sat alone in the storage room of the transport ship. Daniel had already given Jacob and Martouf a quick summary of how Natalie came from the future. Jack and Jacob started up the transport ship and were already arguing over strategies on how to fight the Goul'd. Sam and Teal'c adjusted a Naquada bomb (just incase). Daniel leaned against the wall, silent as a mouse pretending to be listening to Jack and Jacob. Instead, he watched Martouf and Natalie with a tinge of jealousy in his eyes.
"Please tell me, what happened to her?" Martouf asked.
"Kayleen was a stong woman," Nat smiled. "After the Goul'd invaded your home planet, she had become one of the maids to Amaunet, wife of Apophis. She lived well, but feared that she might be possesed by a Goul'd. One day, a Tok'ra came upto Kayleen, asking for her help to infiltrate Apophis' ship. She helped him by hiding him in one of the boxes Amaunet uses to store her clothing. The Tok'ra failed his mission and his symbiote jumped into Kayleen. The symbiote's name is Kian. Apophis found out that Kian had jumped into Kayleen and so he exiled her so a planet without a stargate. She was stuck on the planet for almost 20 years until anyone had come to the planet. A race of aliens from a nearby planet called Spanek had started using the planet Kayleen was stuck on for mining. She convinced them to take her back to their planet, where there was a stargate. She'd come to like the people of Spanek so much that she decided to stay for a while before coming to find you. My team and I had gone to Spanek on an exploration mission and that's where we found her. She had contracted a disease, which wasn't fatal to the people of Spanek. Kian couldn't help her and I volunteered to become Kian's host until a suitable host could be found."
Martouf shed a single tear. "And with that you inherited all of Kayleen's memories. Then you, Natalie, may not be my sister in the flesh, but she lives in you... In here," Martouf put his hand on the back of Nat's head. "You are my sister."
Jack noticed that Daniel was watching Nat and Martouf. He got up and stood casually against the wall next to Daniel. "It's like playing six degrees of Kevin Bacon with that girl! She seems to be either related to or frends with everyone," Jack commented.
"Hmm." Daniel let out a smile, and then he noticed that Sam was also watching Martouf and Nat from time to time.
Teal'c overheard the conversation between Jack and Daniel. "What manner of food is a Kevin Bacon?"
Natalie began to cry also. "It is such an odd feeling, having someone else's memories, but I too feel like you're my brother in some way." Martouf leaned towards Natalie and hugged her. Daniel hadn't heard a word they'd said, but watched them with the eye of a hawk while Jack tried to explain the game with the actor Kevin Bacon.
* * * *
[3hrs later: Tok'ra base]
Nat and Daniel crouched just inside the door of the Tok'ra's council chamber. Jack could be heard over the radio barking orders.
"Well this is just peachy," Nat complained as she shot another Jaffa with her Zat gun. "I'm going to die on my first mission." Daniel moved Nat out of the way of more fire from the staff weapons.
"Don't say that. We'll find a way out of this!" Daniel yelled over the sounds of staff weapons going off. Daniel shot down one of the Jaffa that was blocking their exit. "Come on! This way!" Daniel said, getting up and pulling Nat with him. They ran across the corridor and into another room.
"Everyone! Back to the ship NOW!" Jack could be heard over the radio. Daniel looked at Nat.
"No shit! Ya think!?" Nat yelled. Daniel laughed. A Jaffa heard the laughter and headed into the room that Daniel and Natalie were hiding in. Both of them stood like deer in the headlights as the Jaffa entered the room with a Zat gun. "Dan!" Nat yelled out. She jumped in front of Dan as the Jaffa fired his weapon.
* * * *
[Jacob's transport ship]
Daniel ran aboard the ship while Teal'c gave cover fire. Daniel carried the unconscious Natalie on his back. Teal'c ran back aboard the ship, the ship cloaked and they took off.
"Major, how long until the Naquada bomb blows?" Jack asked Sam.
"One minute, 25 seconds, Sir," She replied, looking at her watch. "We'll have plenty of time to get far away enough from the blast."
Jack smiled and slapped Jacob on the back of the shoulder. Jacob winced in pain because Jack had hit the shoulder that had the staff weapon burn on it. "Sorry Jacob. Just so glad we got out of there. I hope next time you guys will learn to pick an uninhabited planet that DOESN'T belong to a Goul'd!"
Daniel walked to the storage room and found a spot on the floor amongst the 20 or so Tok'ra that Sg-1 had saved. Some were injured, and those that weren't, aided the ones that were.
Daniel held Natalie in his arms. She was becoming conscious as he lightly slapped her face. Martouf sat beside them with a wet towel to wipe Nat's face. She slowly woke up to see Daniel and Martouf looking down at her. Nat looked at Daniel and smiled. "Hey! You survived!" She mumbled, still trying to open her eyes. Daniel smiled back. She tried to move but yelped when she felt a sudden pain on the side of her upper thigh. Martouf unravelled the wet towel and used it to cover the staff weapon burn on her leg.
"Yeah sorry about that," Daniel gave a sheepish look. Teal'c bought some dressings to go over her wound and gave them to Martouf. "I gave you a piggy-back because you were unconscious, and as I was running to the ship, one of the Jaffa got you," Daniel explained. Natalie bit her lip as Martouf cut a bigger hole in the left side of her pants, just above the knee, to make room for the burn dressings. Daniel sat on the ground behind Natalie, so that she could lean on him as she lay on her side, to allow for Marty to get to the wound.
"We could really use one of the Goul'd healing devices right now," Martouf mumbled as he fumbled with the dressings.
"We have one, back at the SGC," Daniel replied. Martouf nodded and explained that he'd use it on Natalie once they got back to the 'Tauri base. Natalie groaned from the pain as Marty wrapped her leg with the bandage. Daniel felt guilty that he enjoyed the feeling of Natalie's head under his chin. He resisted the urge to smell her hair. He could feel her holding onto his T-shirt for comfort from the pain.
* * * *
[back at the SGC]
Sg-1 sat in the briefing room with General Hammond, explaining to him what had happened. Martouf and Jacob were in the infirmary with Dr. Frasier, using the Goul'd healing device whenever possible.
"So Sir, I think it's safe to say that most of Nerti's brand spanking new army are all dead," Jack smiled.
"Oh she's gotta be furious that we destroyed one of the only armies that she's actually rounded up," Daniel smiled.
"Indeed," Teal'c smiled.
Natalie knocked on the already opened door or the briefing room. "Come in Lieutenant," Hammond instructed. Nat walked in, rubbing her leg.
"How's your leg?" Sam asked as Nat sat next to Daniel.
"It's pretty good. It's kinda itchy though. Marty said that's normal for burns," Nat explained.
"Well Lieutenant, Sg-1 have already updated me on what happened and I was just about to dismiss them. So Leutenant, let's just say you've proved yourself in battle. Welcome to Sg-1. Dismissed," Hammond explained.
Martouf and Jacob waited in the gate room with General Hammond for Sg-1 and Natalie to get ready.
The blast doors opened and Sg-1 entered, with Nat following behind. Hammond nodded to the nerdy guy in the computer room and the gate started dialing. "So, are we gating right to the plantet?" Jack asked.
Jacob shook his head. "No. We're gating to a nearby planet where we left our transport ship. We'll gate there, then fly to the planet," Jacob explained.
Jack, Sam and Jacob walked through the stargate together. Daniel stood to Nat's right, ready to walk up the ramp with her. Martouf walked upto Nat and smiled. The short brunette was no taller than his chin. Nat looked up at him with her brown eyes.
"My sister had big eyes like yours," Marty commented. Nat smiled. "I would very much like to talk to you when we are on our way to Nerti's planet." He smiled and took Nat's hand in his as he led her up the ramp. Daniel huffed and walked towards the gate alone.
[on the Tok'ra transport ship]
Martouf and Natalie sat alone in the storage room of the transport ship. Daniel had already given Jacob and Martouf a quick summary of how Natalie came from the future. Jack and Jacob started up the transport ship and were already arguing over strategies on how to fight the Goul'd. Sam and Teal'c adjusted a Naquada bomb (just incase). Daniel leaned against the wall, silent as a mouse pretending to be listening to Jack and Jacob. Instead, he watched Martouf and Natalie with a tinge of jealousy in his eyes.
"Please tell me, what happened to her?" Martouf asked.
"Kayleen was a stong woman," Nat smiled. "After the Goul'd invaded your home planet, she had become one of the maids to Amaunet, wife of Apophis. She lived well, but feared that she might be possesed by a Goul'd. One day, a Tok'ra came upto Kayleen, asking for her help to infiltrate Apophis' ship. She helped him by hiding him in one of the boxes Amaunet uses to store her clothing. The Tok'ra failed his mission and his symbiote jumped into Kayleen. The symbiote's name is Kian. Apophis found out that Kian had jumped into Kayleen and so he exiled her so a planet without a stargate. She was stuck on the planet for almost 20 years until anyone had come to the planet. A race of aliens from a nearby planet called Spanek had started using the planet Kayleen was stuck on for mining. She convinced them to take her back to their planet, where there was a stargate. She'd come to like the people of Spanek so much that she decided to stay for a while before coming to find you. My team and I had gone to Spanek on an exploration mission and that's where we found her. She had contracted a disease, which wasn't fatal to the people of Spanek. Kian couldn't help her and I volunteered to become Kian's host until a suitable host could be found."
Martouf shed a single tear. "And with that you inherited all of Kayleen's memories. Then you, Natalie, may not be my sister in the flesh, but she lives in you... In here," Martouf put his hand on the back of Nat's head. "You are my sister."
Jack noticed that Daniel was watching Nat and Martouf. He got up and stood casually against the wall next to Daniel. "It's like playing six degrees of Kevin Bacon with that girl! She seems to be either related to or frends with everyone," Jack commented.
"Hmm." Daniel let out a smile, and then he noticed that Sam was also watching Martouf and Nat from time to time.
Teal'c overheard the conversation between Jack and Daniel. "What manner of food is a Kevin Bacon?"
Natalie began to cry also. "It is such an odd feeling, having someone else's memories, but I too feel like you're my brother in some way." Martouf leaned towards Natalie and hugged her. Daniel hadn't heard a word they'd said, but watched them with the eye of a hawk while Jack tried to explain the game with the actor Kevin Bacon.
* * * *
[3hrs later: Tok'ra base]
Nat and Daniel crouched just inside the door of the Tok'ra's council chamber. Jack could be heard over the radio barking orders.
"Well this is just peachy," Nat complained as she shot another Jaffa with her Zat gun. "I'm going to die on my first mission." Daniel moved Nat out of the way of more fire from the staff weapons.
"Don't say that. We'll find a way out of this!" Daniel yelled over the sounds of staff weapons going off. Daniel shot down one of the Jaffa that was blocking their exit. "Come on! This way!" Daniel said, getting up and pulling Nat with him. They ran across the corridor and into another room.
"Everyone! Back to the ship NOW!" Jack could be heard over the radio. Daniel looked at Nat.
"No shit! Ya think!?" Nat yelled. Daniel laughed. A Jaffa heard the laughter and headed into the room that Daniel and Natalie were hiding in. Both of them stood like deer in the headlights as the Jaffa entered the room with a Zat gun. "Dan!" Nat yelled out. She jumped in front of Dan as the Jaffa fired his weapon.
* * * *
[Jacob's transport ship]
Daniel ran aboard the ship while Teal'c gave cover fire. Daniel carried the unconscious Natalie on his back. Teal'c ran back aboard the ship, the ship cloaked and they took off.
"Major, how long until the Naquada bomb blows?" Jack asked Sam.
"One minute, 25 seconds, Sir," She replied, looking at her watch. "We'll have plenty of time to get far away enough from the blast."
Jack smiled and slapped Jacob on the back of the shoulder. Jacob winced in pain because Jack had hit the shoulder that had the staff weapon burn on it. "Sorry Jacob. Just so glad we got out of there. I hope next time you guys will learn to pick an uninhabited planet that DOESN'T belong to a Goul'd!"
Daniel walked to the storage room and found a spot on the floor amongst the 20 or so Tok'ra that Sg-1 had saved. Some were injured, and those that weren't, aided the ones that were.
Daniel held Natalie in his arms. She was becoming conscious as he lightly slapped her face. Martouf sat beside them with a wet towel to wipe Nat's face. She slowly woke up to see Daniel and Martouf looking down at her. Nat looked at Daniel and smiled. "Hey! You survived!" She mumbled, still trying to open her eyes. Daniel smiled back. She tried to move but yelped when she felt a sudden pain on the side of her upper thigh. Martouf unravelled the wet towel and used it to cover the staff weapon burn on her leg.
"Yeah sorry about that," Daniel gave a sheepish look. Teal'c bought some dressings to go over her wound and gave them to Martouf. "I gave you a piggy-back because you were unconscious, and as I was running to the ship, one of the Jaffa got you," Daniel explained. Natalie bit her lip as Martouf cut a bigger hole in the left side of her pants, just above the knee, to make room for the burn dressings. Daniel sat on the ground behind Natalie, so that she could lean on him as she lay on her side, to allow for Marty to get to the wound.
"We could really use one of the Goul'd healing devices right now," Martouf mumbled as he fumbled with the dressings.
"We have one, back at the SGC," Daniel replied. Martouf nodded and explained that he'd use it on Natalie once they got back to the 'Tauri base. Natalie groaned from the pain as Marty wrapped her leg with the bandage. Daniel felt guilty that he enjoyed the feeling of Natalie's head under his chin. He resisted the urge to smell her hair. He could feel her holding onto his T-shirt for comfort from the pain.
* * * *
[back at the SGC]
Sg-1 sat in the briefing room with General Hammond, explaining to him what had happened. Martouf and Jacob were in the infirmary with Dr. Frasier, using the Goul'd healing device whenever possible.
"So Sir, I think it's safe to say that most of Nerti's brand spanking new army are all dead," Jack smiled.
"Oh she's gotta be furious that we destroyed one of the only armies that she's actually rounded up," Daniel smiled.
"Indeed," Teal'c smiled.
Natalie knocked on the already opened door or the briefing room. "Come in Lieutenant," Hammond instructed. Nat walked in, rubbing her leg.
"How's your leg?" Sam asked as Nat sat next to Daniel.
"It's pretty good. It's kinda itchy though. Marty said that's normal for burns," Nat explained.
"Well Lieutenant, Sg-1 have already updated me on what happened and I was just about to dismiss them. So Leutenant, let's just say you've proved yourself in battle. Welcome to Sg-1. Dismissed," Hammond explained.