Title: Not in This Lifetime Part 8
Archive: FITR-site, fanfiction.net
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Previously...
Rya'c quickly went and placed the second tablet on the altar, and then ran to join Bra'tac in the death glider. As they took off, the last two death gliders touched down, one after the other, and their occupants entered the temple as one of the other teams from the temple departed with their tablet.
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Ba'al and Osiris touched down just seconds after the glider they had followed from the temple. The team in front of them reached the DHD just as they climbed out of their glider, and they carefully timed their approach to catch the wormhole just before it shut down.
Osiris exited the wormhole first, with Ba'al following close behind. They sauntered arrogantly over to the finish line, supremely confident that they had made it through to the next leg of the race.
"Ba'al and Osiris. You are the seventh team to arrive." Phil regarded the two system lords as they gloated silently.
"However. As you did not search for, or find one of the tablets with the co-ordinates, you have been docked one hour."
They looked at each other, and then Phil with shock, which rapidly turned in to anger.
"You must now wait to see if you will be competing in the next leg of the race, or if you have been eliminated."
The two furious system lords stalked away from the finishing line to wait for the final outcome.
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Sam, Jack, Daniel and Teal'c sat in the shade with Jonas, watching the remaining teams come through the gate. Shortly after Baal and Osiris had been given their time penalty, Bra'tac and Rya'c had come through the gate, followed closely by the first Qantasian team.
"So do you reckon those cheating scumbag goa'ulds will make it or not?" Jack pondered as he leaned back in his chair and fiddled with his hat.
Daniel looked at him, then over at the system lords, who were glaring at everyone in sight, and especially at the finishing line. "Well," he mused, "we can only hope that they get their just rewards."
Sam snickered into her drink, as Teal'c practiced his eyebrow raising. "In recent times, the Goa'uld are more likely to receive their... 'just desserts'... than they have been accustomed too. I too hope that this will be the case."
"Well, they'd better keep their fingers crossed," Sam observed, "as there are only 3 teams left to come through. If just one more team makes it before their hour is up, they're toast."
Jack looked thoughtful for a moment, then leaned over and picked up his drink. "Well, here's hoping kids!"
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Back at the temple the remaining teams were franticly searching for the tablets – rooms were searched, walls were tapped for hidden compartments, anything that could be moved, was moved. Moving further towards the rear of the temple, Sevann and Noor almost missed a small, dark opening leading upwards. Climbing hurriedly up the narrow winding steps, they came out into a small room, with a small altar in the centre, and several passages leading further into the depths of the temple. Sevann let out a cry of triumph as Noor picked up the tablet from the top of the altar, and they both hurried back down the stairs to the passage leading out of the temple.
As they passed the doorways, they could hear the other two teams still searching in other rooms. Sevann stopped at a doorway long enough to call out to the team inside that there were hidden rooms at the rear of the temple, and then continued running out to the death glider. They climbed in, and took off with a roar, headed full speed towards the Stargate.
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With just seconds left on the penalty countdown, Kelownan team of Sevann and Noor burst through the gate, and dashed to a sliding stop onto the finish mat. Ba'al and Osiris were eliminated, along with the second Tok'ra team arrived, and the second Qantasian team. The first leg of the race was over, and the teams retired gratefully to their rooms for some much needed rest, before beginning the next leg.
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TBC
Archive: FITR-site, fanfiction.net
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Previously...
Rya'c quickly went and placed the second tablet on the altar, and then ran to join Bra'tac in the death glider. As they took off, the last two death gliders touched down, one after the other, and their occupants entered the temple as one of the other teams from the temple departed with their tablet.
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Ba'al and Osiris touched down just seconds after the glider they had followed from the temple. The team in front of them reached the DHD just as they climbed out of their glider, and they carefully timed their approach to catch the wormhole just before it shut down.
Osiris exited the wormhole first, with Ba'al following close behind. They sauntered arrogantly over to the finish line, supremely confident that they had made it through to the next leg of the race.
"Ba'al and Osiris. You are the seventh team to arrive." Phil regarded the two system lords as they gloated silently.
"However. As you did not search for, or find one of the tablets with the co-ordinates, you have been docked one hour."
They looked at each other, and then Phil with shock, which rapidly turned in to anger.
"You must now wait to see if you will be competing in the next leg of the race, or if you have been eliminated."
The two furious system lords stalked away from the finishing line to wait for the final outcome.
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Sam, Jack, Daniel and Teal'c sat in the shade with Jonas, watching the remaining teams come through the gate. Shortly after Baal and Osiris had been given their time penalty, Bra'tac and Rya'c had come through the gate, followed closely by the first Qantasian team.
"So do you reckon those cheating scumbag goa'ulds will make it or not?" Jack pondered as he leaned back in his chair and fiddled with his hat.
Daniel looked at him, then over at the system lords, who were glaring at everyone in sight, and especially at the finishing line. "Well," he mused, "we can only hope that they get their just rewards."
Sam snickered into her drink, as Teal'c practiced his eyebrow raising. "In recent times, the Goa'uld are more likely to receive their... 'just desserts'... than they have been accustomed too. I too hope that this will be the case."
"Well, they'd better keep their fingers crossed," Sam observed, "as there are only 3 teams left to come through. If just one more team makes it before their hour is up, they're toast."
Jack looked thoughtful for a moment, then leaned over and picked up his drink. "Well, here's hoping kids!"
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Back at the temple the remaining teams were franticly searching for the tablets – rooms were searched, walls were tapped for hidden compartments, anything that could be moved, was moved. Moving further towards the rear of the temple, Sevann and Noor almost missed a small, dark opening leading upwards. Climbing hurriedly up the narrow winding steps, they came out into a small room, with a small altar in the centre, and several passages leading further into the depths of the temple. Sevann let out a cry of triumph as Noor picked up the tablet from the top of the altar, and they both hurried back down the stairs to the passage leading out of the temple.
As they passed the doorways, they could hear the other two teams still searching in other rooms. Sevann stopped at a doorway long enough to call out to the team inside that there were hidden rooms at the rear of the temple, and then continued running out to the death glider. They climbed in, and took off with a roar, headed full speed towards the Stargate.
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With just seconds left on the penalty countdown, Kelownan team of Sevann and Noor burst through the gate, and dashed to a sliding stop onto the finish mat. Ba'al and Osiris were eliminated, along with the second Tok'ra team arrived, and the second Qantasian team. The first leg of the race was over, and the teams retired gratefully to their rooms for some much needed rest, before beginning the next leg.
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TBC