Disclaimer: See Prologue.

A/N: I fixed the spelling mistakes in the prologue and Chapter 1. I promise that I will use my spell checker before I post next time. As for the composition of the bomb, I played with that a little. I used C4 instead of the fertilizer bomb and put a motion detector on it with a fifteen second timer. It would have been enough time for her to get out but not the snake, if things hadn't gone wrong.

Thanks for all the reviews! I have Chapter 5 written now, as well. I'm going pretty fast through this for a while, but you'll figure out why after a while.

CHAPTER 2

In order to join the Jaffa rebellion, Buffy had to be introduced. Out of necessity, they had to be very cautious about who they allowed to join them. They warmed up to her quickly, however, as they saw what she was capable of and that she genuinely felt their cause was just and right. she learned a lot that first month, mastering the staff weapon and the zat'nikatel, beginning to learn the language and learning the structure of both the Goa'uld government and the rebellion. It was a lot, but she was making a beautiful beginning.

In hand-to-hand, there was nothing they could particularly teach her but their particular style, and the Jaffa quickly learned not to underestimate her in that arena. She could use her hands and any bladed weapon with purely instinctive skill, she was stronger than any Jaffa, and she had the advantage of her height. Most wouldn't think that 5'2" had any advantages, but she was often underestimated because of that and she made a smaller target besides.

Sometimes, when she was just out exploring the city she would see Teal'c. She really wished that he was a part of the resistance, because until he was, there was no way she was going to risk a relationship with him, but she just couldn't ignore the good heart or the magnificent body. Still, it was something he had to realize for himself. She couldn't even talk to him about it, or he would realize that she was a part of the rebellion.

It was a year before Buffy saw combat. She couldn't be hidden among the Jaffa troops for many reasons, so she fought in the open, in clothing she found comfortable. That battle taught her a great deal, however, things that Bra'tac couldn't. She had only ever been a part of one mass battle in her life, and that was the quickly organized arming of the senior class on Graduation Day.

The year had brought Bra'tac and she into a close father/daughter type relationship. She had learned that she could come to him with anything, from strategies to homesickness. When she started missing the Scoobies and Giles and her mother, Bra'tac was there to help her pick up the pieces and move on. He even helped her deal with her affection for Teal'c, reminding her that he would likely come around very soon. It would not take very long for him to feel the betrayal of his god and come to seek advice from his master.

Buffy was loving travel by the Stargate. She had started calling it that as soon as she'd learned the translation of the name. She had never gotten to travel much because of her Slayer duties, not counting that run away to Cleveland thing, and now she was getting to see new planets on a nearly bi-weekly basis. And she got to fight the forces of darkness, too. For the most part she was having a blast! She just knew it wasn't going to always be like that, so she enjoyed it while she could.

"Bra'tac! Behind you!"

The Training Master spun 'round, trusting the Slayer implicitly. There were three Horus behind him, and thanks to Buffy's warning, he stunned them quickly.

This mission was not going well. They had come to sabotage the shipyards of a System Lord called Heru'ur, and they had found a mass of soldiers waiting for them. The reason for that was not treason but sheer bad luck. One guard had slipped away when they exited the Stargate, and now they were in the fight of their lives. The bomb was planted. Now they just had to get themselves out of there before it blew.

Buffy was in quite a fix of her own at the moment. She was surrounded by five Horus guards and it wasn't going to be much longer before they stunned or killed her if she didn't think of something quick. She noticed the beam structure over their heads and took a page out of the Hollywood book, making a high-flying summersault like Luke Skywalker had in "Return of the Jedi" and landing with cat-like grace on one of the cross beams. Then, unlike Luke, she took advantage of the position and started blasting away with her zat'nikatel, which she called the zat gun. She couldn't get anyone else to call it that, though. Jaffa just didn't have a good sense of slang. They understood what she was saying and they tolerated it, but they wouldn't use it.

Finally, they had cleared the path to the Stargate. Buffy leapt down and activated the control pedestal, dialing the code for an abandoned world where their ships lay in orbit waiting for them. Within five minutes, all of the rebels had gotten through the Gate but Buffy. She ran for the event horizon and leapt through.

The instant she was on the other side of the Gate, Buffy ran for the rings, slapping the control button on her wrist as soon as she was in position. She was gone before the Horus ever made it to that side of the Gate.

Buffy had begun to think of Chulak as her home. After a year and a half, it was the place she felt the safest, and she knew that she was in no danger there. Apophis had yet to show his face there since her arrival, so it wasn't something that was a constant worry in her mind. So when his pyramid-shaped warship was planted firmly on its docking peg as they came out of hyperspace and landed on their homeworld, Buffy bristled. Bra'tac put a hand on her shoulder. "Do not fret. One day we will be rid of him and all his kind."

Buffy grinned. "Oh I wasn't fretting. Plotting his very messy death, but not fretting."

Bra'tac smiled. He had always enjoyed her gallows humor during battle, and it was certainly not out of place here. "Let me know if you discover a way to accomplish it."

Buffy chuckled. "No problem."

Apophis sat with a deep scowl on his face, looking down at the Jaffa commander before him. "You disappoint me, Dar'teal. I want to know who this golden-haired warrior who has allied herself with the rebels is. She consistently defeats huge numbers of my best Jaffa. I want to know who she is NOW!"

The Jaffa trembled. "I have been unable to discover this. It is as if she did not exist before the past year began."

Apophis's eyes narrowed and flashed in the Goa'uld way. "You have failed me for the last time." He stood and walked to stand in front of Dar'teal, then pressed his ribbon device into the Jaffa's forehead, slowly destroying the brain tissue of one of his best men.

Just to the side, Teal'c fought to keep silent as his father was murdered before his eyes. He knew that if he spoke, he would be next. He, unlike his father, knew who the golden-haired warrior had to be, and he had no intention of revealing her now. In fact, he would probably be joining her. There was no reason not to do so any longer.

Bra'tac was surprised when he returned to his command tent to find Teal'c sitting in the floor, wearing only his robes and tears. His face was hard, nothing of his emotions showing there but the tears that were streaming down his face. "What is wrong, my son?"

"My father is dead."

"He is dead? How!? None was greater than Dar'teal in battle!' None other than himself and the daughter of his heart, Buffy, could have matched Dar'teal in a fight.

Teal'c nodded. "It is true what you say. But my father was not killed in battle. He was murdered by Apophis. How is it that our god, our protector, could do such a thing simply because he could not find one piece of information?"

Bra'tac looked at Teal'c, judging how much he could tell the young Jaffa. "Did he fail Apophis in some way?" Dar'teal had been one of the best in the rebellion, but he was also one of the best of Apophis's warriors, and he had been assigned to find Buffy's identity. He would never have given Apophis that information. It might have gotten him killed.

"He was to discover the identity of a formidable female warrior who has allied herself with Apophis's enemies. He could not find the information. I know who she is, But I am now reluctant to give her to Apophis. He would give me my father's position, then give me an impossible task and kill me when I did not complete it. I can only wonder what else this -- this demon has done1 He has betrayed us!"

Bra'tac nodded. "It is not the first time, not will it be the last."

Teal'c looked up. "You are one of them." Bra'tac nodded. "And the warrior is the woman you found in the desert." He nodded again. Teal'c sighed. "I should report you. But I find myself in the strange position of wanting to join you. What must I do?"