Daniel and Elira walked down the hallway towards his lab. "Elira, stay
here, don't go back up to Thor's ship." he said urgently. "Come stay with
me, tonight, after O'Malley's?"
She looked at him, and nodded. "Yes Daniel, I would like that very
much."
"First though, you need sleep, especially if we are going to be
celebrating this evening."
"I am quite tired." she said as they entered her room. "Will you hold me
as I sleep?"
"I would love nothing more."
"Nothing more Daniel?" she flirted up at him.
"Well, ok, I definitely want more, but I'm patient, I can wait a few
more hours."
Once again they were on their way to O'Malley's from the base. Elira
riding with Sam, Jack and Daniel riding in Teal'cs new SUV. "Are you angry
with me Samantha? For telling of the gift?" Elira asked.
"What, no, it's just been an amazing day, I guess. Thank you for
everything, Elira." Sam said sincerely. "It looks like you and Daniel
figured things out?"
"I suppose so. Feelings are much harder to have here. On Fenesia, I
didn't worry. Everyone cared for one another, and I knew that as The Chosen,
I would probably never tie. There are not many men who would be able to deal
with a woman having the abilities that I have. I wonder how Daniel does this
so easily?"
"Don't forget, we've seen so many things, different than what other
people have seen. It's easier for Daniel, for all of us really, because of
the Stargate program. You are very special Elira, Daniel knows that."
"I think the part that I fear is that even if Daniel can not accept it,
I can not change who I am, or what I am meant to do. I have always known
what I was meant to do. I know deep down that won't include a husband. I am
just glad I am able to help your people. "
"Let's try to think of other things tonight. We are going to go have a
good time.And there is no way for you to know if you'll ever get married."
Sam said clasping Elira's hand "Let's just be glad we can all be together
tonight. Much in thanks to you."
They sat at a booth inside, eating and laughing, just enjoying their
time together. Daniel was happy seeing Jack and Sam finally showing their
feelings for each other. Deep down he knew that they had felt that way for a
long time, and hadn't been able to show it. But now they slipped into the
role of lovers so easily. He watched Teal'c enjoying his time away from the
base, telling Elira all of the Jaff'a jokes that he knew, none of them funny
to the humans, but Elira laughed delightedly at them. Her laugh so bright
and beautiful, that he knew that the others around them couldn't help but be
mesmerized.
Every once in awhile she would touch his arm or the top of his leg, as
thought to reassure herself that he was still there. 'I'm smitten,' he
thought to himself. he put his hand on her thigh, and was glad that she was
wearing another sundress. She stilled slightly, but didn't stop her
conversation with the others at the table. 'Hmmmm, this could be
interesting.' He ran his hand up and down her leg, feeling a tingle at their
bare skin touching. He didn't know what caused it, but it was highly
pleasurable. His hand moved up to just under the edge of her dress, and
stopped.
The tingling continued, and he felt her squirm a little closer, and open her
legs up a little bit for him. He felt his heart speed up at the riskiness of
the situation, their friends sitting with them talking and laughing, telling
stories of their past travels, his fingers starting a small swirling motion
on the inside of her thigh.
Jack motioned to Daniel, "Hey let's go get a table, and some more drinks
for everyone."
Daniel looked over at Elira "I guess that means me." He slid out of the
booth to follow Jack and Teal'c.
Elira felt the cold hit her leg when his hand was gone. She stared after
him in silence. The way his jeans hugged his hips and buttocks, the soft
blue button down shirt that just matched his eyes, the way his brown hair
just brushed the collar.
"Hey, you in there." Sam said waving her hand in front of Elira's face.
"Of course," she said coming out of her reverie.
"You're staring at his butt!" Sam grinned.
"Of course I'm not!" She denied then grinned sheepishly, "Although it is
a nice butt to stare at."
The girls got out of the booth and headed over to the men. "Ok, we are
going to knock their socks off," Sam schemed.
"How do you mean?"
" Distract them, watch what I do to Jack and follow my lead with
Daniel."
They started to play pool, girls against boys, Sam allowed them to have
Teal'c on their side telling them they would need the help. The women were
merciless, casually brushing up against the men, flaunting their bodies. The
men were losing badly, and Teal'c was disgusted at his teammates. Finally he
had enough and left to go back to the base. Jack and Sam headed off, which
left Daniel and Elira to go back to his apartment.
"Your dwelling is lovely, " she said as he was shutting the door behind
them. "I never got to tell you, the first time that I came here."
"It isn't decorated nice like Sam's, but I guess I never really worried
about it before. Go ahead and look around. I am just going to check my
messages." he said and headed towards the kitchen where his phone was.
Elira walked through the living room, pausing briefly to look out the
sliding doors. It was a beautiful quiet night out. She moved on to the
bedroom. Looking around her, she felt at peace with her decision to stay
with Daniel for the evening. The more she thought about it, and everything
that had happened, she wasn't sure she could offer more than what their
bodies could give each other, but she was more than willing to find out.
"Do you want something to drink?" Daniel called from the kitchen. "Wine
or something?"
"Wine would be lovely Daniel."
Daniel poured two glasses of wine and headed towards the back where he
had heard her. He almost dropped both glasses when he entered the bedroom.
There standing in front of his bed was the most beautiful woman he had ever
seen. And she was almost naked. She had removed the sundress and her
sandals, and was standing in just her matching navy blue strapless bra, and
lacy french cut panties. Walking over to him slowly, she took the glasses
from him and set them on his nightstand. She leaned up and rubbed her lips
against his. Her hair had a mind of its own, waving and curling over her
shoulders and down her back, released from the restraining braid.
"You are so sexy," he whispered looking into her flushed face. He
brought up his hands to run down her neck, over her shoulders, to the swell
of her breasts. "So beautiful."
"You are wearing too many clothes, Daniel." She teased, and tugged his
shirt out of his jeans. He ran his hands down and around her waist to
massage her bottom. Elira grabbed a handful of his collar and ripped
downward sending buttons flying everywhere. "Too slow," she growled softly.
Daniel picked her up off her feet, kissing her with passion, tasting her
mouth, one hand lifting her hip pressing her warm center to his hardening
member. Elira gave a little hop and wrapped both legs around his waist He
staggered slightly and they fell to the bed. "Are you all right?" he asked
breathlessly, rolling off her slightly.
She used her legs to roll him, she was straddling him and looking at him
with her lips parted and eyes half closed. She leaned down and started
trailing kisses down from his neck, down his chest, straight to the
waistband of his jeans. He jumped a little as she ran her tongue along the
edge and under his belly button. She left him briefly to undo his pants and
pull them off of him. He lay on the bed nude, as Elira looked down on him.
She leaned down and ran her tongue down his erection.
He gasped in pleasure, and she took him into her mouth. She ran the length
of him in and out of her mouth, sucking on the tip and running her teeth
lightly over him, careful not to hurt him. His hands were gripping the
sheets on either side of his body, and his breathing was rapid. "Oh god!" he
sighed. She left his erection and moved up his body, back to his mouth.
"Your turn." he stated and flipped her onto her back.
He put his mouth on her mound, licking the outside of her panties, which
were already becoming moist with her desire. She nearly jumped as he blew a
warm breathe on her. He pulled her panties off of her and licked her center,
she cried out softly, and he began to lick and suck at her sensitive nub.
She said his name again and again, as she got closer to climax. "I want you
in me Daniel!" she cried out. He moved up her body and entered her slowly.
There was a slight resistance as her body accepted him as the first man to
be with her.
Then both of their bodies began to move together, Elira cried out in
ecstasy, as she came, Daniel felt her getting wetter, which allowed him to
go deeper and harder. They rolled over again, with Elira riding Daniel, at
some point she had lost the bra, Daniel rubbed her breasts watching her
nipples pebble as she started towards a second climax. As they both hit the
climax together, they cried out in pleasure, Daniel releasing into her body,
as her muscles clenched him inside. She dropped down on top of him, both of
them breathing raggedly. She looked up at him with a smile on her face.
"Your eyes," he whispered, "right now they look like jewels, almost
glowing." he said in awe.
"You can thank yourself for that," she yawned satisfied, " that was
wonderful."
"You aren't kidding." he pulled her close to him under the crook of his
arm. "This is how it's meant to be."
two weeks later
"OK, here's the drill people," General Jack O'Neill began to address the
three SG teams standing in the gate room. So far it was SG 3, 9, 11, 12, and
1, excluding Sam and Daniel, who were standing in the gate room with them.
"SG 2 has been captured. No Goa'uld that we can tell of, just some hostile
natives. We want those men back, safe and sound, just like all of you. Good
luck!"
Elira moved to the gate and gave Daniel one last little smile before
going through. They moved past the gate and found themselves on the other
side of the gate in the dead of night. Two of the teams 3 and 9, stayed at
the gate to provide cover for when they came back through. The rest of the
group headed towards the town in stealth mode. They knew that SG 2 was being
held in the middle of town, with a minimum of a dozen guards. Elira was in
her battle armor, moving so silently as to not make a sound. They were
within 100 meters of the make shift prison, when chaos erupted all around.
There were explosions to the left and right, screams echoing.
Elira moved swiftly to the cage, only to be knocked down by two men that had
been laying in wait. She heard gunfire behind her off in the distance. She
rolled over and up into a crouching position facing the two men. They were
huge!! They were facing her with a net between them, and one of the men held
a club. They had some type of primitive face paint in symbols covering their
bodies, and were only wearing loincloths. They screeched at her in fury.
Teal'c had managed to get all of SG 2 except for Feretti, when he saw Elira
fighting with the two men. He wanted to help her, but one of SG 2 was
injured and couldn't walk. He knew two of the rescuers had already fallen in
battle. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his back, more men were coming, and
one had shot him in the back with a crude arrow.
Obviously the natives had been waiting for them, Teal'c knew he had to get
the two soldiers back to the gate, he finished breaking Feretti out of his
cage, and shoved the three men towards the other rescuers. He knew what this
girl meant to Daniel. He had already destroyed one of Daniel's opportunities
at love, he wouldn't do so again. "Go! Tell Daniel Jackson, I will not let
him down again." he shouted, and turned to help Elira, as three more men
moved behind her.
Jack, Sam, Daniel, and a medical team waited anxiously as the wormhole
activated. The teams walked and limped through. SG 2 were unconscious being
drug by the surviving rescuers. Capt. Johnson of SG 11 saluted Jack.
"General sir," he said trying to catch his breath, and wiping the blood from
his eyes, where a cut on his brow was bleeding. "They were waiting for us
sir. We got all out, but Travis, and Williams both fell in the ambush."
"Where are Teal'c and Elira?" Sam asked anxiously.
"They were surrounded, Elira was distracting the guards while Teal'c
freed the prisoners, at first there were only two on her, but several more
were sneaking up on her from behind. Teal'c was shot in the back with some
type of arrow sir. He shoved Feretti at us, and headed to help her. He told
us to tell Dr. Jackson that he wouldn't fail him again." he said looking at
the doctor sadly. " Sir, we got SG 2 to the gate and were going back, but
there was a huge explosion, there was fire everywhere. Then the natives were
running towards us with clubs, we got out of there."
"You did the right thing Capt. The mission was to free SG 2. Go to
infirmary, get checked out." Jack turned to Daniel, who looked like his
knees were about to buckle. " We'll get them back Danny, look at everything
they've been through. They're survivors. We'll get them back."
"We have to contact Thor." Daniel said staring off into space.
Four days had passed. No response from Thor. Daniel wasn't sleeping, he
looked like hell, and Jack didn't know what else he could do. The last
rescue mission hadn't exactly worked out so well. Teal'c, and if he were
being honest with himself, Elira were probably their strongest warriors, and
somehow these natives had captured them. He felt like his hands were tied
behind his back. Periodically they opened the gate, but the last time around
6 hours ago, there had been an inferno on the other side, no way they could
send anyone through that.
Daniel didn't know what to do. Deep down he understood why Jack wasn't
sending anyone back through the gate, there had already been too many
casualties. But inside he was raging. Every time he found happiness, it was
snatched from him. He loved her, he had admitted to himself, it had
happened, just sort of floated in. Like it was nothing, one day he was
alone, the next here was this vibrant woman who completed him. He looked at
the clock, it was after 2 in the morning.
Daniel looked up, he was standing in front of a Fenesian tent-dwelling.
There was fire burning all around, but the tent was not being touched.
Looking over he saw Jack and Sam standing next to him. "Are we asleep?" he
asked.
"Well, I can honestly say, if I was dreaming you wouldn't be in it?"
Jack cracked to him.
The tent flap opened to reveal Elira. "Enter." she said. She turned and
walked back in. The others followed. She was wearing the outfit she had worn
in the first dream he had of her. Her hair was loose except for two braids
hanging on the sides of her face. Her eyes were lined darkly in black kohl,
much like war paint. Daniel recognized the tent from the memories they had
shared previously, knew it was hers. Teal'c was in the corner in a deep
state of Kel-no-reem. "Do not disturb him, " she asked. "He is seriously
injured, we both are."
"Is this a dream?" Sam asked.
"In a way, this is the only way I could contact you." she stated, "I
hope you will forgive me for the intrusion. Please sit down." She said and
sat on one of the cushions. She pointed to three cushions, each taking a
position of one of the four directions.
"Are you alright?" Daniel asked, "Should we come for you?"
"No, Daniel," she said and turned to Jack, "You must not send anyone
back through the gate."
She lit several candles in front of her,"These people have changed, I don't
know if it is something in the land, something done to them by the Goa'uld
too long ago, but they are evil, vicious beings. There are no women that we
have seen. They ambushed us, I could not feel them, as I feel others. As I
said before, we are both very injured. Teal'c is trying to regain some of
his strength now, I am going to use the last of my strength to heal him. I
will not be able to heal him completely." Elira tried to explain.
"No" Daniel said, " we can send all of the teams in."
"Daniel," Elira turned and took his hands in hers, "This cannot be
allowed. No more deaths of the Tau'ri. We are coming back. I will not allow
us to remain, I cannot promise you that I will survive this," she turned to
the others, "but Teal'c will, this I can promise. Daniel, this is what I am
meant to do. As much as I was meant to love you. If I do make it back, I do
not know if I will be the same, I feel changes in my body, changes that I
cannot explain. I will not fail in getting Teal'c home, and he will bring me
back." she turned back to Daniel. "These are the things that must be done.
You mustn't fight this Daniel. Please remember that I do love you. It is my
will to destroy these creatures." Teal'c vanished from the room.
As the three of them looked at her, her eyes started turning into the
glowing red, her voice came out of her body, "We are coming."
The klaxons went off. "Someone's dialing in." came over the intercom.
Sam, Jack, and Daniel shook off the last vestiges of sleep and came running.
"IDC is coming in sir, it's SG-1!" The voice said in surprise.
"Get a defense team down there. And a medical team, stat." Jack snapped
out, and the three of them looked at each before hurrying down.
Teal'c came staggering through the gate carrying Elira. They were both
covered in blood, burn singes covering them. The medics got them both on
stretchers. "I am sorry Daniel Jackson, I tried to bring her back to you
whole." he said before he passed out.
here, don't go back up to Thor's ship." he said urgently. "Come stay with
me, tonight, after O'Malley's?"
She looked at him, and nodded. "Yes Daniel, I would like that very
much."
"First though, you need sleep, especially if we are going to be
celebrating this evening."
"I am quite tired." she said as they entered her room. "Will you hold me
as I sleep?"
"I would love nothing more."
"Nothing more Daniel?" she flirted up at him.
"Well, ok, I definitely want more, but I'm patient, I can wait a few
more hours."
Once again they were on their way to O'Malley's from the base. Elira
riding with Sam, Jack and Daniel riding in Teal'cs new SUV. "Are you angry
with me Samantha? For telling of the gift?" Elira asked.
"What, no, it's just been an amazing day, I guess. Thank you for
everything, Elira." Sam said sincerely. "It looks like you and Daniel
figured things out?"
"I suppose so. Feelings are much harder to have here. On Fenesia, I
didn't worry. Everyone cared for one another, and I knew that as The Chosen,
I would probably never tie. There are not many men who would be able to deal
with a woman having the abilities that I have. I wonder how Daniel does this
so easily?"
"Don't forget, we've seen so many things, different than what other
people have seen. It's easier for Daniel, for all of us really, because of
the Stargate program. You are very special Elira, Daniel knows that."
"I think the part that I fear is that even if Daniel can not accept it,
I can not change who I am, or what I am meant to do. I have always known
what I was meant to do. I know deep down that won't include a husband. I am
just glad I am able to help your people. "
"Let's try to think of other things tonight. We are going to go have a
good time.And there is no way for you to know if you'll ever get married."
Sam said clasping Elira's hand "Let's just be glad we can all be together
tonight. Much in thanks to you."
They sat at a booth inside, eating and laughing, just enjoying their
time together. Daniel was happy seeing Jack and Sam finally showing their
feelings for each other. Deep down he knew that they had felt that way for a
long time, and hadn't been able to show it. But now they slipped into the
role of lovers so easily. He watched Teal'c enjoying his time away from the
base, telling Elira all of the Jaff'a jokes that he knew, none of them funny
to the humans, but Elira laughed delightedly at them. Her laugh so bright
and beautiful, that he knew that the others around them couldn't help but be
mesmerized.
Every once in awhile she would touch his arm or the top of his leg, as
thought to reassure herself that he was still there. 'I'm smitten,' he
thought to himself. he put his hand on her thigh, and was glad that she was
wearing another sundress. She stilled slightly, but didn't stop her
conversation with the others at the table. 'Hmmmm, this could be
interesting.' He ran his hand up and down her leg, feeling a tingle at their
bare skin touching. He didn't know what caused it, but it was highly
pleasurable. His hand moved up to just under the edge of her dress, and
stopped.
The tingling continued, and he felt her squirm a little closer, and open her
legs up a little bit for him. He felt his heart speed up at the riskiness of
the situation, their friends sitting with them talking and laughing, telling
stories of their past travels, his fingers starting a small swirling motion
on the inside of her thigh.
Jack motioned to Daniel, "Hey let's go get a table, and some more drinks
for everyone."
Daniel looked over at Elira "I guess that means me." He slid out of the
booth to follow Jack and Teal'c.
Elira felt the cold hit her leg when his hand was gone. She stared after
him in silence. The way his jeans hugged his hips and buttocks, the soft
blue button down shirt that just matched his eyes, the way his brown hair
just brushed the collar.
"Hey, you in there." Sam said waving her hand in front of Elira's face.
"Of course," she said coming out of her reverie.
"You're staring at his butt!" Sam grinned.
"Of course I'm not!" She denied then grinned sheepishly, "Although it is
a nice butt to stare at."
The girls got out of the booth and headed over to the men. "Ok, we are
going to knock their socks off," Sam schemed.
"How do you mean?"
" Distract them, watch what I do to Jack and follow my lead with
Daniel."
They started to play pool, girls against boys, Sam allowed them to have
Teal'c on their side telling them they would need the help. The women were
merciless, casually brushing up against the men, flaunting their bodies. The
men were losing badly, and Teal'c was disgusted at his teammates. Finally he
had enough and left to go back to the base. Jack and Sam headed off, which
left Daniel and Elira to go back to his apartment.
"Your dwelling is lovely, " she said as he was shutting the door behind
them. "I never got to tell you, the first time that I came here."
"It isn't decorated nice like Sam's, but I guess I never really worried
about it before. Go ahead and look around. I am just going to check my
messages." he said and headed towards the kitchen where his phone was.
Elira walked through the living room, pausing briefly to look out the
sliding doors. It was a beautiful quiet night out. She moved on to the
bedroom. Looking around her, she felt at peace with her decision to stay
with Daniel for the evening. The more she thought about it, and everything
that had happened, she wasn't sure she could offer more than what their
bodies could give each other, but she was more than willing to find out.
"Do you want something to drink?" Daniel called from the kitchen. "Wine
or something?"
"Wine would be lovely Daniel."
Daniel poured two glasses of wine and headed towards the back where he
had heard her. He almost dropped both glasses when he entered the bedroom.
There standing in front of his bed was the most beautiful woman he had ever
seen. And she was almost naked. She had removed the sundress and her
sandals, and was standing in just her matching navy blue strapless bra, and
lacy french cut panties. Walking over to him slowly, she took the glasses
from him and set them on his nightstand. She leaned up and rubbed her lips
against his. Her hair had a mind of its own, waving and curling over her
shoulders and down her back, released from the restraining braid.
"You are so sexy," he whispered looking into her flushed face. He
brought up his hands to run down her neck, over her shoulders, to the swell
of her breasts. "So beautiful."
"You are wearing too many clothes, Daniel." She teased, and tugged his
shirt out of his jeans. He ran his hands down and around her waist to
massage her bottom. Elira grabbed a handful of his collar and ripped
downward sending buttons flying everywhere. "Too slow," she growled softly.
Daniel picked her up off her feet, kissing her with passion, tasting her
mouth, one hand lifting her hip pressing her warm center to his hardening
member. Elira gave a little hop and wrapped both legs around his waist He
staggered slightly and they fell to the bed. "Are you all right?" he asked
breathlessly, rolling off her slightly.
She used her legs to roll him, she was straddling him and looking at him
with her lips parted and eyes half closed. She leaned down and started
trailing kisses down from his neck, down his chest, straight to the
waistband of his jeans. He jumped a little as she ran her tongue along the
edge and under his belly button. She left him briefly to undo his pants and
pull them off of him. He lay on the bed nude, as Elira looked down on him.
She leaned down and ran her tongue down his erection.
He gasped in pleasure, and she took him into her mouth. She ran the length
of him in and out of her mouth, sucking on the tip and running her teeth
lightly over him, careful not to hurt him. His hands were gripping the
sheets on either side of his body, and his breathing was rapid. "Oh god!" he
sighed. She left his erection and moved up his body, back to his mouth.
"Your turn." he stated and flipped her onto her back.
He put his mouth on her mound, licking the outside of her panties, which
were already becoming moist with her desire. She nearly jumped as he blew a
warm breathe on her. He pulled her panties off of her and licked her center,
she cried out softly, and he began to lick and suck at her sensitive nub.
She said his name again and again, as she got closer to climax. "I want you
in me Daniel!" she cried out. He moved up her body and entered her slowly.
There was a slight resistance as her body accepted him as the first man to
be with her.
Then both of their bodies began to move together, Elira cried out in
ecstasy, as she came, Daniel felt her getting wetter, which allowed him to
go deeper and harder. They rolled over again, with Elira riding Daniel, at
some point she had lost the bra, Daniel rubbed her breasts watching her
nipples pebble as she started towards a second climax. As they both hit the
climax together, they cried out in pleasure, Daniel releasing into her body,
as her muscles clenched him inside. She dropped down on top of him, both of
them breathing raggedly. She looked up at him with a smile on her face.
"Your eyes," he whispered, "right now they look like jewels, almost
glowing." he said in awe.
"You can thank yourself for that," she yawned satisfied, " that was
wonderful."
"You aren't kidding." he pulled her close to him under the crook of his
arm. "This is how it's meant to be."
two weeks later
"OK, here's the drill people," General Jack O'Neill began to address the
three SG teams standing in the gate room. So far it was SG 3, 9, 11, 12, and
1, excluding Sam and Daniel, who were standing in the gate room with them.
"SG 2 has been captured. No Goa'uld that we can tell of, just some hostile
natives. We want those men back, safe and sound, just like all of you. Good
luck!"
Elira moved to the gate and gave Daniel one last little smile before
going through. They moved past the gate and found themselves on the other
side of the gate in the dead of night. Two of the teams 3 and 9, stayed at
the gate to provide cover for when they came back through. The rest of the
group headed towards the town in stealth mode. They knew that SG 2 was being
held in the middle of town, with a minimum of a dozen guards. Elira was in
her battle armor, moving so silently as to not make a sound. They were
within 100 meters of the make shift prison, when chaos erupted all around.
There were explosions to the left and right, screams echoing.
Elira moved swiftly to the cage, only to be knocked down by two men that had
been laying in wait. She heard gunfire behind her off in the distance. She
rolled over and up into a crouching position facing the two men. They were
huge!! They were facing her with a net between them, and one of the men held
a club. They had some type of primitive face paint in symbols covering their
bodies, and were only wearing loincloths. They screeched at her in fury.
Teal'c had managed to get all of SG 2 except for Feretti, when he saw Elira
fighting with the two men. He wanted to help her, but one of SG 2 was
injured and couldn't walk. He knew two of the rescuers had already fallen in
battle. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his back, more men were coming, and
one had shot him in the back with a crude arrow.
Obviously the natives had been waiting for them, Teal'c knew he had to get
the two soldiers back to the gate, he finished breaking Feretti out of his
cage, and shoved the three men towards the other rescuers. He knew what this
girl meant to Daniel. He had already destroyed one of Daniel's opportunities
at love, he wouldn't do so again. "Go! Tell Daniel Jackson, I will not let
him down again." he shouted, and turned to help Elira, as three more men
moved behind her.
Jack, Sam, Daniel, and a medical team waited anxiously as the wormhole
activated. The teams walked and limped through. SG 2 were unconscious being
drug by the surviving rescuers. Capt. Johnson of SG 11 saluted Jack.
"General sir," he said trying to catch his breath, and wiping the blood from
his eyes, where a cut on his brow was bleeding. "They were waiting for us
sir. We got all out, but Travis, and Williams both fell in the ambush."
"Where are Teal'c and Elira?" Sam asked anxiously.
"They were surrounded, Elira was distracting the guards while Teal'c
freed the prisoners, at first there were only two on her, but several more
were sneaking up on her from behind. Teal'c was shot in the back with some
type of arrow sir. He shoved Feretti at us, and headed to help her. He told
us to tell Dr. Jackson that he wouldn't fail him again." he said looking at
the doctor sadly. " Sir, we got SG 2 to the gate and were going back, but
there was a huge explosion, there was fire everywhere. Then the natives were
running towards us with clubs, we got out of there."
"You did the right thing Capt. The mission was to free SG 2. Go to
infirmary, get checked out." Jack turned to Daniel, who looked like his
knees were about to buckle. " We'll get them back Danny, look at everything
they've been through. They're survivors. We'll get them back."
"We have to contact Thor." Daniel said staring off into space.
Four days had passed. No response from Thor. Daniel wasn't sleeping, he
looked like hell, and Jack didn't know what else he could do. The last
rescue mission hadn't exactly worked out so well. Teal'c, and if he were
being honest with himself, Elira were probably their strongest warriors, and
somehow these natives had captured them. He felt like his hands were tied
behind his back. Periodically they opened the gate, but the last time around
6 hours ago, there had been an inferno on the other side, no way they could
send anyone through that.
Daniel didn't know what to do. Deep down he understood why Jack wasn't
sending anyone back through the gate, there had already been too many
casualties. But inside he was raging. Every time he found happiness, it was
snatched from him. He loved her, he had admitted to himself, it had
happened, just sort of floated in. Like it was nothing, one day he was
alone, the next here was this vibrant woman who completed him. He looked at
the clock, it was after 2 in the morning.
Daniel looked up, he was standing in front of a Fenesian tent-dwelling.
There was fire burning all around, but the tent was not being touched.
Looking over he saw Jack and Sam standing next to him. "Are we asleep?" he
asked.
"Well, I can honestly say, if I was dreaming you wouldn't be in it?"
Jack cracked to him.
The tent flap opened to reveal Elira. "Enter." she said. She turned and
walked back in. The others followed. She was wearing the outfit she had worn
in the first dream he had of her. Her hair was loose except for two braids
hanging on the sides of her face. Her eyes were lined darkly in black kohl,
much like war paint. Daniel recognized the tent from the memories they had
shared previously, knew it was hers. Teal'c was in the corner in a deep
state of Kel-no-reem. "Do not disturb him, " she asked. "He is seriously
injured, we both are."
"Is this a dream?" Sam asked.
"In a way, this is the only way I could contact you." she stated, "I
hope you will forgive me for the intrusion. Please sit down." She said and
sat on one of the cushions. She pointed to three cushions, each taking a
position of one of the four directions.
"Are you alright?" Daniel asked, "Should we come for you?"
"No, Daniel," she said and turned to Jack, "You must not send anyone
back through the gate."
She lit several candles in front of her,"These people have changed, I don't
know if it is something in the land, something done to them by the Goa'uld
too long ago, but they are evil, vicious beings. There are no women that we
have seen. They ambushed us, I could not feel them, as I feel others. As I
said before, we are both very injured. Teal'c is trying to regain some of
his strength now, I am going to use the last of my strength to heal him. I
will not be able to heal him completely." Elira tried to explain.
"No" Daniel said, " we can send all of the teams in."
"Daniel," Elira turned and took his hands in hers, "This cannot be
allowed. No more deaths of the Tau'ri. We are coming back. I will not allow
us to remain, I cannot promise you that I will survive this," she turned to
the others, "but Teal'c will, this I can promise. Daniel, this is what I am
meant to do. As much as I was meant to love you. If I do make it back, I do
not know if I will be the same, I feel changes in my body, changes that I
cannot explain. I will not fail in getting Teal'c home, and he will bring me
back." she turned back to Daniel. "These are the things that must be done.
You mustn't fight this Daniel. Please remember that I do love you. It is my
will to destroy these creatures." Teal'c vanished from the room.
As the three of them looked at her, her eyes started turning into the
glowing red, her voice came out of her body, "We are coming."
The klaxons went off. "Someone's dialing in." came over the intercom.
Sam, Jack, and Daniel shook off the last vestiges of sleep and came running.
"IDC is coming in sir, it's SG-1!" The voice said in surprise.
"Get a defense team down there. And a medical team, stat." Jack snapped
out, and the three of them looked at each before hurrying down.
Teal'c came staggering through the gate carrying Elira. They were both
covered in blood, burn singes covering them. The medics got them both on
stretchers. "I am sorry Daniel Jackson, I tried to bring her back to you
whole." he said before he passed out.