"Sam!" Daniel cried when he saw the Major hitting the ground
Teal'c shot the Jaffa that shot the Major. Daniel shot a few bolts as he made his way to Sam. She was on her side. He saw the blast burn on her shoulder blade. He was relieved that it wasn't more critical. They had to go to earth right away but he didn't know the instructions from the General. They were caught between a rock and a hard place.
The Jaffa were declining but still out numbered the two remaining members of the team. Despite their efforts they were loosing.
"Teal'c" Daniel radioed, "Sam's hit in the shoulder"
"What news from the SGC?" Teal'c asked
"I don't know. Sam made contact but she's unconscious"
Teal'c face hardened further as he shot a few more Jaffa.
"I over heard Major Carter informing General Hammond that the DHD can only be activated once" Teal'c reported, "We are under heavy fire"
"I know" Daniel hesitated
They were forced back behind the DHD and soon joined each other. Teal'c carried the sleeping man to their new position. They were side by side shooting what ever Jaffa they can.
"We are unable to hold off the Jaffa any longer" Teal'c stated the obvious
"I don't think Maahes wants to see us again" Daniel muttered
"It has been a pleasure battling along side you Daniel Jackson. You are a great warrior" Teal'c turned to Daniel
Daniel looked at Teal'c know that he had to except the same fate. They were greatly outnumbered, now with no way to go home and Sam and Jack were out cold, unable to help. It would have done little to help them anyway.
"Thanks Teal'c. You too but I'm not giving up that easily" Daniel said stubbornly
They kept on firing. Daniel was getting angry again. The same anger that made him snap at Jack and the same anger that made him crush the Goa'uld's wrist. It was like an adrenalin rush but more powerful. Daniel's fists clenched again. He hated when things ended up like this. He was beginning to appreciate life again, rediscovering the joys of his friendship with his teammates, the thrill of archeological study again... everything that he lost in memory he was taking pleasure in once again. Now it was to end. In a one sided battle, alone and stranded, with two of his friends that unknowingly depending on them to make it through. He felt guilty for failing them.
His metallic covered hand gripped the Zat more tightly with more anger and guilt. Until a point it was crushed slightly and it no longer functioned.
"Shit!" Daniel cursed and threw the now useless weapon away then inspecting his metal covered hand
Daniel gasped as he felt something cold creep up his arm. He pulled his jacket sleeve up to reveal the metal was building itself up his upper arms. Teal'c caught the strange event in action.
"What is this thing?" Daniel asked
"I believe it to be the weapon the Goa'uld to be looking for"
"The bracelet?"
"Indeed"
"But how?" Daniel blinked. How could a bracelet cause this?
"I wish it knew how it worked" Daniel muttered, "I have the most powerful weapon and I can't even use it"
Teal'c was too busy picking off more Jaffa to hear Daniel's disappointment. Jaffa surrounded them as the fire was now limited to one team member. Daniel was in his own world as thoughts ran through his mind. Anger surged through him again. He closed his metal fist and felt a tingly sensation run down his arm. He opened his palm and saw a red glow appear. He felt the energy build in that red glowing ball. What ever this weapon was it seemed to be responding to his anger and had the ability to gather energy with out the aid of any visible mechanics.
Suddenly Daniel exactly knew what to do with the angry red ball. He charged more anger into it concentrating. The he felt it was at its peak so he turned his hand and opened his fingers, much like a Goa'uld would do for a Ribbon Device. He bent his elbow then straightened it and released the energy. The effect was immediate. It worked much like a Ribbon Device but ten times more powerful. The range was greatly widened catching all the Jaffa in front of him in a red haze. The Jaffa all fell at the blast with screams of pain.
Teal'c stopped firing astonished by the events unfolded. Daniel was too. Jaffa came from behind them Teal'c turned fire too late. One orange bolt hit Daniel's mechanical arm. Daniel was expecting great amount of pain but instead the blast disappeared with smoke and left nothing but the brilliant silver armor. Teal'c shot the Jaffa who tried to shoot Daniel.
Daniel was amazed but soon snapped out of it as he realized that he had to get the team home. He got up from his hiding spot and ran over to the cleared DHD. He punched in the symbols of earth co-ordinates with his left hand. More Jaffa sprang from the forest edge and fired at the exposed man. Daniel lifted his metal arm to stop a blast hitting his face and he cursed.
Teal'c tried to provide cover for Daniel but more Jaffa came. Daniel couldn't abandon the sequence. They might not get a second chance but it was stupid be an open target. The same powered adrenalin surged through his body again. His arm tingled with energy. Blue energy crackled at his finger tips, like electricity. Like before he suddenly knew what to do. He stretched out his arm and spread his fingers. His palm was facing down and concentrated on firing.
Blue bolts of energy zapped out of his finger tips hitting the Jaffa with practiced aim. The bolt covered them with strips of electric bolts before they went down and didn't move. They seemed to work just like a zat gun. The new group of Jaffa was all disabled. Daniel wasted no time in dialing the rest of the sequence and activating the Stargate. He ran back to the rest of his team. Teal'c was quiet as Daniel picked up the GDO on Sam's wrist. He punched in the code.
Teal'c picked up Jack but was unsure how to take Sam through.
"I'll carry her" Daniel replied seeing Teal'c thoughts
Teal'c nodded.
Daniel lifted the limp Major as they made their way to the gate. The M.A.L.P came to life.
"SG-1 this is General Hammond. Please respond. Daniel ran over to the M.A.L.P and put Sam down. He turned the radio and visual on.
"Daniel here" Daniel said breathlessly
"Dr. Jackson what is your status? I though I told the Major to dial the Alpha site"
Teal'c stopped in front of the gate and turned to the M.A.L.P. He didn't risk going through if the iris wasn't open.
"She was knocked out during battle" Daniel explained, "The battle is over. We killed all the Jaffa"
"Last transmission you were under attack and out numbered" the General's confused voice came
"Yeah about that..." Daniel trailed, "The Colonel and the Major needs medical attention, we don't know when more Jaffa will come. This is our only chance..."
"Understood Dr. Jackson. Opening the iris" he replied
Back in the Control Room the General turned to Siler, "Open the Iris"
"Opening the Iris sir" he put his hand on the panel and the metal uncoiled to go.
The General turned back to the microphone for the radio, "Clear"
Daniel nodded and the transmission ended. Back on the planet Daniel picked up Sam and turned to Teal'c.
"It's clear"
Teal'c nodded and stepped through the portal. Daniel climbed the stairs and through the liquid to the other side. After the ride the gate disintegrated behind them and Daniel was pushed into a world of green and voices. The medical team were in the room putting the Colonel on a gurney. Daniel walked down the ramp with Sam in his arms. Another gurney came he he deposited her onto it. Janet was rushing around pushing both patients towards the infirmary. Before she did she asked Daniel on their conditions. Daniel gave what he knew before she disappeared out of the gate room. The General entered meeting Teal'c and Daniel.
"What in Sam Hill happened?" the General demanded
"A lot General Hammond" Teal'c was being cryptic
"How did you defeat a whole group of Jaffa?" the General demanded his blue eyes shifting between them
Teal'c turned to Daniel as Daniel sighed and held up his metallic hand. The General looked at Daniel in confusion and in question.
"Its the Ancient's weapon we found" Daniel explained
The General's mouth set to a thin line and nodded, "Go to the infirmary"
They both nodded and left the gate room and weapons behind for the infirmary. They have a lot of explaining to do.
They entered the infirmary and Daniel sat on the bed as Teal'c sat on another bed across him. Teal'c was being quiet as usual and his face showing no emotion. They both waited for the doctor. Then they spotted Janet approaching them.
"How are they?" Daniel asked
"They're doing fine actually. The Colonel suffered a concussion and should wake up in an hour or so. Sam just suffered a staff wound in the shoulder and she'll be recovering well in no time. She's under pain meds and a mild sedation to help her rest. From what I've heard they're very lucky not to suffer any more injury" Janet gave them the information
Daniel smiled, "Yeah, well it was looking a little grim"
"Now for you two..." she pulled out a syringe for taking blood
Daniel sighed and rolled up his sleeve she saw his hand she pulled away with her eyes wide. Daniel caught her gaze and blinked. He'd forgotten the machinery on his hand and arm. It felt like a second skin to him. It was lightweight and in all his worry for the two team mates he managed to forget about it.
"Its the ancient's weapon we found. Its sort of attached to me" He joked weakly as he decided to pull off the jacket he wore all together. Janet saw the metal that ran up his arm.
"How... how did this happen?"
Daniel blinked then looked at her then Teal'c. Teal'c gave no clue or information, he was much in the unknown as Daniel was. Daniel turned back to Janet.
"I- I don't know. I held it and there was an Earthquake..."
"Earthquake?"
"Yeah and I lost it." Daniel frowned as he tried to search his memory, "Then Jack helped me out. I didn't know what happened to it after that"
Janet inspected the arm and saw it was firmly attached to his skin.
"I'm going to give you the full blood works" Janet announced
Daniel groaned. Teal'c's mouth curved a little in a smirk.
"Sorry Daniel, but I need to know what this is and what's it doing to you"
"Yeah, I know" Daniel sighed
Pain throbbed in his head. It banged against his skull which caused him to groan. He shifted and lifted a hand to help cope with the pain. He realized he laid on a soft bed, as the smell of antiseptic filled his nostrils. Rhythmic beeps echoed somewhere... it meant one thing. He was in the infirmary.
"Jack?"
Jack knew that was Daniel's voice. He forced his eyes open to see Daniel but shut them as bright light hurt them. He groaned more.
"Take it easy. You got blasted and hit your head" Daniel soothed
Jack grunted. He got blasted? He tried to remember what happened and got what he was searching for. He remembered being front of a female Goa'uld... or was it suppose to be male? He remember seeing the Ribbon Device in its hands and great pain in his head.
"Daniel?" his voice was rough and dry
"Yeah?"
"What happened to the snake head?"
"Still alive. We'd escaped" Daniel replied
"Ah"
Jack tried open his eyes, having more succession. He kept them half open, just enough to see Daniel and let no more light hurt his brown eyes.
"Carter, Teal'c?" he questioned
"Sam's got hit with a staff blast in the shoulder but she's going to be ok. Teal'c's fine" Daniel filled him in
"You?" Jack asked looking at him curiously
Daniel bowed his face before biting his lip and looking meaningfully at Jack. Jack knew something was wrong and Daniel didn't want to tell.
"Daniel?"
He shifted his eyes, "Better if I showed you"
Daniel held his hand up and his forearm and Jack stared at it. The memory of the metal covering his hand during that confrontation with the Goa'uld came back.
"Is that?"
"The weapon" Daniel finished glumly
"See I told you not to touch anything! Do I need to give you a leash or something?"
"Jack! I don't know how it happened. You know as well as I do it dropped it during the quake. I don't know how it got here!" Daniel growled
"Still you took it off the pedestal! If you'd left it this wouldn't have happened" Jack snapped back
Daniel sighed and frustration. Jack suddenly smiled. Daniel frowned at his grin in question.
"Carter would have a field day with you" Jack grinned
"I'll bet"
"Hey relax. She's just going to to little tests on you arm and read stuff"
"How do you know"
"Maybe you should drop by her office some time and see"
"I have more important things to do than bother Sam when she's working"
"So do I. I bother you"
Teal'c entered at that moment. He nodded towards Jack. Jack saw him.
"Hey T"
"It's good to see you awake O'Neill"
"Thanks"
Janet came at that moment as well.
"Hello Colonel"
"Oh and I was having a nice day too" Jack mockingly grumbled
Janet shot him a glance and said playfully, "Watch it or I just might have to extract some spinal fluid"
Jack visible paled. Extracting spinal fluid was really, really painful and it involved needles. He cleared his throat, "Then, you're company is really... comforting"
Janet rolled her eyes and asked seriously, "How are you feeling?"
"Fine" came the automatic response
"Really? A spinal fluid sample is looking really good right about now"
"Ok, ok! I feel like someone shot a 12 inch nail through my head"
"I can give you something to help with that. Anything else?"
"Yeah. I'm thirsty"
"I'll get one of the nurses to bring some water"
"Thanks. How's Carter"
"She's sleeping but she's doing fine Colonel" Janet replied
The Colonel opened his mouth but Janet beat him to it.
"You can see her when she's awake and when you're feeling better. You suffered a concussion"
He opened his mouth to protest but once again she beat him to it.
"Don't make it a doctor's order Colonel"
The Colonel closed his mouth and grumbled about bossy doctors. Janet decided to ignore him and left.
"Are you staying?" Jack asked Daniel
"Yeah I have to. Janet's giving me the full blood works" Daniel said deflated
"Owch"
Sam smiled as she sat up. Janet was doing her usual fussing and fixing a sling on her arm. Her friends entered. Even the Colonel came in. She was told she slept for a good three hours and the Colonel had suffered a concussion and, not in Janet's exact words but close to it, he was being a pain in the ass about seeing her.
"Hey Sam" Daniel approached the side of her bed as the Colonel came behind him on the other side.
He sat in the hard chair, "Hey Carter"
"Hey sir. Daniel" she nodded
Teal'c came in last to stand at the foot of her bed.
"It's good to see you well again Major Carter" he bowed his head
"Thanks Teal'c" Sam smiled
"Colonel, what are you doing here? You shouldn't be up" Janet snapped
"I'm fine doc. You said I can see her when she's awake and when I'm fine. I am both of those things"
Janet rolled her eyes and sighed. There was no winning with the Colonel sometimes.
"You are far from fine"
The General came in at that moment. They all turned to face him.
"I see you all are recovering well"
"Yes sir" the Colonel replied, "Can't keep us down"
"Tell me about it" Janet muttered
"How are they doctor?" the General asked
"They're all fine General, given the circumstances. Though I would like to keep the Colonel and the Major for overnight observation..."
"We're fine doc!" Jack protested
"But being restricted to base overnight I would settle for, provided they get some good solid sleep and strictly taking medication" Janet eyed Jack levelly
Jack set his mouth to a thin line.
The General nodded, "What about Dr. Jackson?"
"Everything is ok except I found a strange chemical in his blood"
"What?" Daniel blinked
"I don't know what it is. I've never seen it before, though it wasn't there before the mission to P4X-Y25"
"Something from the planet"
"Yes or even it could be from the weapon"
"Weapon?" Sam questioned
Daniel just held up his arm to show her. Sam blinked in remembrance.
"Oh"
"Do you know what it is?" the General asked
Janet shook her head, "No. Its seems dormant. I would like to get more samples and I would recommend restricting him to base sir"
The General nodded and faced Daniel, "Do you know how the weapon works?"
Daniel blinked, "No not really. I've got information from the temple where it was kept. Probably the answers are there"
The General nodded at his explanation then turned back to the doctor, "When can they be released for a de-briefing?"
"In a few hours" Janet replied
"Then I'll see you all at 1815 hours" the General turned away
At 1815 hours SG-1 was in the briefing room, recovering nicely from their slim ordeal. Sam and Daniel sat on one side as Jack and Teal'c sat on the other. The General took his place at the head. They told the story of what happened to the base commander. Jack listened to the events after what happened to him. Sam did the same. Eventually Daniel and Teal'c was left to tell the ending.
"Enemy Jaffa surrounded us and closing in on our position" Teal'c informed, "We were indeed loosing"
"So what happened?" the General frowned. He had wanted to know what happened since they came back
"I believe Daniel Jackson is best explaining the situation" Teal'c gestured to Daniel
The General shifted his head towards the archeologist. Daniel saw all eyes on him so he cleared his throat and responded.
"Uh, I used the weapon to knock out most of the Jaffa" Daniel replied quietly
"You used the weapon? You told me you didn't know how to operate it" the General gave Daniel a harsh stare
"I still don't" Daniel tried to explain, "I don't know how I did it or even how it got to my arm in the first place. I saw the the tight situation we were in and I some how acted... look its hard to explain. It just... happened"
"How did you knocked down most of the Jaffa?" the General asked impatiently
"He blasted them much in the manner of a Ribbon Device" Teal'c supplied, "But it hit a wider range of Jaffa and with more force"
The General looked at Daniel, "How powerful is this weapon?"
Daniel sighed and shrugged, "I don't know"
"It appears that the weapon acts like an armor and gave his hand increased strength" Teal'c informed
Daniel almost forgot about that but he gave more depth.
"I was hit with a staff blast on my arm but it didn't even faze the metal. I also crushed a zat gun by accident"
Jack lifted his eyebrows, "You crushed a zat gun?"
"By accident" Daniel added making that point clear
"So. You still crushed a zat gun. You know how hard they are... and how expensive to replace" Jack decided to continue the argument not believing him
Daniel sighed annoyed, "Yeah so. It wasn't like I meant to damage it. It was in the heat of the battle and I had to do something"
"Crush a zat gun?" Jack raised his eyebrows
"Hey I saved your butt out there!" Daniel said defensively
"Gentlemen please!" the General interrupted
Both men stopped their immature argument. General Hammond decided to ignore Jack when he muttered "he started it"
The General sighed, "Until we know more of how the weapon works you're restricted to the base. Major I want you to find out how this works and if its a potential threat"
"Sir?"
"The weapon seems to work unusually. If Dr. Jackson doesn't know how to work it then he may activate it by accident"
"Yes sir" Sam replied
"I'll be looking forward to you mission reports. Dismissed"
They all rose from the table and the General headed to his office. The team left the room. Daniel saw Sam grinning all over. Jack came be side him seeing where Daniel was looking.
"I told you. Field day!" Jack smirked before continuing on a head. Teal'c in his wake.
Sam approached him trying to keep the smile from her face but it shone in her eyes, "You coming?"
"You're not going to... hurt me... are you?" Daniel said sheepishly
Sam rolled her eyes, "Come on. I want to find out how this weapon works"
She pulled him along towards the elevators. Yup like a kid in a candy shop Daniel thought glumly. Sam was really going to have a field day with him.
"You didn't answer my question" Daniel protested
Sam didn't respond but kept dragging him along
"Sam!"
To be continued...
Will Sam torture poor old Daniel? What's this weapon and what is all about? Will Maahes claim revenge? Find out in the coming chapters!
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