4 After Icon: Part Six

'Uncertainty'

A/N: Spoilers for Season 8 (After Icon where SG-1 goes to a world where Daniel is wounded at the base being taken over and after my part 1-5, but this is before the next show.) so be forewarned. This is the fourth fiction in my series of what happens between the shows in Season 8.

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Thor's Ship Hovering over the SGC in Space

Keira held the handgun tightly to her temple. If it had not been for the fact that she was using both hands, she might have lost her aim due to the violent tremor that seemed to take her body over.

Thor quietly spoke to Jack, "If they have any problems, they have asked me to send you back to the SGC. I have lost some of the controls of my ship. They believe that Drago has drunk her blood and has control over her on some level."

"Is dragon doing something to me too? I can't move." Jack sputtered in a low voice as the three beings took a few steps toward the girl.

"His name is Drago. He is not the one. Michael has a safeguard on all of you for protection, so you will not harm yourselves if Drago tries to make you using his mind." Thor blinked then turned back to his controls and the group in the corner.

Violet and Drake proceeded, while holding their fists in front of them, to either side of Keira. The girl's eyes were even a more translucent green than usual and Violet finally understood how Drago's transformation had changed things. The young lady's eyes told the story. She was practically hypnotized. Sweat was dripping down Keira's face and from her hair. She was experiencing some type of internal struggle.

Michael was standing behind Drake and Violet with his palms facing upwards. His eyes were closed. He spoke and the black ridgelines on his body flickered and seamed to grow against is golden skin and have a life of its own. "Keira, can you hear me?"

The girl was still shaking uncontrollably. She took a step back toward the wall. "Who are you? Why do you want me to hurt them?" Her voice became loud and almost screeching as she started shaking her head.

"Listen to my voice not his. Open your eyes and see reality. You are safe with friends." Michael used his voice to try and make contact with the young lady who seemed to not be able to see where she was. "Drop the thing in your hand. It wants to harm you. You must drop it."

Keira's eyes started to darken in color and her shaking started to cease. "What's going on?" She looked in a direction to her left where no one stood. "No, don't hurt her she is just a little girl." She held her other hand up as if she was beating on something. "She's in there! The thing in the black cape, it has her pet cat. Her pet is dead!"

Michael moved closer to Keira. He held the palms of his hands out toward her this time. "Do not listen to him. Do not look at him. Come back to us." He was speaking out loud using his melodious voice along with sending telepathic messages of the same.

Where she had been holding the gun to her temple started to turn red from the pressure. Her other hand was swinging and seemed to hit something in the air. After Michael's words, her fist swung and missed and when all the way threw the air. Her eyes started to darken yet again in response to Michael. Her eyes went wide as for the first time she noticed she had a gun to her own head and several people were looking at her.

Her eyes darted to where the gun was and her eyes went very wide. "I can't move my hand. What am I doing? Help me!" She screamed.

Daniel tried to take a step closer to her as did Teal'c and both were unsuccessful. They heard Violets voice in their minds as she continued to hold out her hands as if ready for a fight. You cannot get close to her. Drago has taken her blood, but gave none back. She is not a vampire, but controlled by his compulsions. Drake told me on a few occasions that Drago has possessed those he controls with compulsions. At any minute, she could be overcome by his presence and in a way have all of his powers flow threw her. He is already trying to control the ship thru her. If he possesses her fully, Thor will transport you all to Earth. If she kills us three, Thor will then transport her body into space for all of your protection. He cannot be left in control of Thor's ship. Keira is strong and is fighting Drago in her mind.

There was nothing left to do, but for the humans to watch the happenings.

Keira started focusing on Michael's face. "Take the gun, you have to take the gun. I can't let it go. The room, the room is leaving. Don't go!"

Michael concentrated with all his ability. "Stay with me and listen to my voice as the song in your mind. Go to where the song is at if you can not stay here with me."

Her eyes glazed over and shimmered light emerald. "He's holding the dead cat walking toward the little girl. She's trapped in there with him."

The hand that held the gun started to shake as she bent over slightly.

Teal'c managed quietly to Thor, "What is she talking about?"

Thor was listening to Violet's voice in his mind then responded with his hands still on the controls. "She has digressed into the internal workings of her mind trying to evade Drago. He is attempting to control her mind and take over her body causing her to be in a schizophrenic like state."

Keira stepped back away from them getting closer to the wall. "He's the one doing it. It's a man. He's drinking the cat's blood. His eyes are fire and he's looking at that little girl. No, help her."

Keira started thrashing both of her hands in front of her as if hitting at an invisible barrier in front of her. Then she stopped waving the gun, held it in front of her, and fired. The gun had been aimed straight at Sam's body. Jack tried for all he was worth to lean to the side to let the bullet hit him and not her. He was unsuccessful. Sam's eyes flared, as she understood the bullet was headed for her neck. A single tear escaped Jack's eye in that moment of uncertainty knowing he was powerless to save her. At the moment of impact, Sam's body shimmered allowing the projectile to pass right thru her. She was unharmed where the bullet should have killed her. Michael's safeguard was holding in place.

Keira's body started twitching, as it was apparent she might fall. "Kill me, just leave the girl alone! Where'd he go? I can get to her now. I can't breath."

Michael's eyes flared with color as Keira's feet started to leave the floor as her head slumped ever so slightly to one side. "NO! It's a trick. You can only save her by going to the music. Find the music and save her. Do you hear the music? Drop what is in your hands and follow the music."

All three companions started to sing with their voices. The melody was soothing and even comforted the people behind them who were intend on what was going to happen. Jack seen her hands go still and the grip on the weapon falter. Her eyes were still wide open and wild looking as her feet touched the ground again. The muscles in her face started twitching as her eyes darkened. The gun dropped from her hand, Michael waved his hand, and the gun flew across the room.

At that moment, Daniel started to believe that they could save her.

Keira's right leg gave, and she started to fall to the floor. While waving his hand, Michael used his telekinesis to levitate her to a consol to let her lay down. The trio continued to sing to her in order to calm her mind and break the tie Drago had on her.

Thor's eyes veered up from his console. "I have it."

"Do it now." Michael leaned forward singing directly into Keira's ear for a moment then they all stood back with their knuckle claw talons pointed toward her.

A green mist covered Keira as her eyes opened and seemed to be consumed with fire.

Thor looked to Drake who was intent on his task. "The link allowed me to find him. It is done. Drago's body is in outer space."

The three aliens stood around Keira forming a triangle. They held their palms out toward one another completing the cycle. There was a dark blue glow that was emanating from their hands that encircled the young lady who still lay with her fire eyes open. The blue florescence started to compress the greenish mist as if forcing it from existence as the three kept singing. Violet tipped one of her knuckle talons into Keira's shoulder and retracted with a single drop of bright red blood. She dabbed it on her tongue. Michael then grabbed Violet's shoulder and a surge of power flowed from him to her giving her added strength.

Keira let forth a low rumbling growl that shook her body violently and then it was over. Keira's heart stopped beating. Michael held his hand over her limp body as Sam realized he was using his telekinesis to do CPR. Moment's later Keira gasped and her body filled with her life again. Violet was the only one who continued to sing as she stroked Keira's wavy hair out of her delicate face.

Drake seen the looks on the human's faces and decided to speak to them with a slow kindness. "Drago had been trying to enter Keira's body as his own was dying. Violet took an enormous risk in using herself to break the tie, but she knew that Keira's body was too weak to resist any longer."

The hold Michael had protecting the group was dissipated and the instinctively went to Keira's side.

Michael lowered his hands and the eyes that once were black with arctic iciness were once again backing to what was normal. "Keira is a very strong willed individual, much like Samantha Carter's resolve. I have never seen anyone resist the dreaded one so long. Truly, Keira is unique and precious in this world. She will need time to recover, but Violet can speed that alone and dull the memories in her mind. She was the one who killed the other man who worked in the cave. I could see it in her mind like a nightmare. Drago made her believe that the man was he and sent her a will to destroy him. When she came to herself and seen what he was trying to make her do, she almost had the strength to resist. She resisted by trying to end her own life before she could threaten the man's. Drago sent minions to stop her thereby strengthen the hold Drago had on her, and she succumbed to his compulsion. None of it was her fault. When he was not controlling her directly, she had no idea what was going on."

Violet had her arms wrapped around Keira and rocked her as she sung to her with melodies filled with peace and safety. Keira's body shook in fits and tremors in after effects from having such a strong force trying to overcome her. After a while, she looked as peaceful as a mountain flower absorbing daily sun. Daniel held her left hand and on the other side, Sam took the right hand. Jack went to stand next to Thor and asked him if he could pinpoint the remaining minion vampires that Drago made. Teal'c lightly talked to Drake about the others who were controlled with compulsions. Drake assured him that any of the others who were controlled by Drago were released.

Keira opened her eyes with a sigh. Her vision was blurred then she focused while finding Daniel at her side. His eyes were only reverberating compassion at her situation, not blame, as she had feared. She glanced over his shoulder when he leaned to press her dainty hand to the side of his face. Her eyes widened for a moment with glee, as she realized for the first time she really was on an alien spaceship.

Gone was the flame in Keira's eyes and the tormenter from her mind.

A/N: Well, how did that go? Please Review!!! Should I end it here or continue?

Smile now that the darkness has passed (surely you don't prefer the darkness, do you?),

Leia