Title: Potentia Per Quam Porta
Author: Knife Hand
Feedback: Constructive feedback appreciated, flames unappreciated
Spoilers: Before Meridian in SG1. The concept of temple is from the Power Rangers Movie.
Rating: R
Disclaimer: Do not own SG1 or Power Rangers. I would buy Sam but I am broke.
Summary: When exploring the ruins of an extremely ancient temple on an alien world, SG1 meets an interesting woman who offers them a new way to fight the Goa'uld. SG1/Power Rangers Movie cross.
"" denotes speech, ' ' denotes thought.
AN: I borrowed the concept of what the Power Rangers are as well as what I remember from the temple where they get the Ninja Ranger Powers from the Power Rangers Movie.
AN2: the title means "Power Of The Gate" in Latin. I'm not sure if it is grammatically correct or not, I don't know Latin.
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"Come on, Carter." Jack O'Neill said from the door of Sam's office. "We're late for a briefing. Danny's going gaga over some rocks the UAV picked up on P3X-96 whatever."
"P3X-96R4, Sir. And I'll be along in a minute." Sam replied.
"Well hurry it up, will ya. The sooner we get this briefing over, the sooner we get Jell-O in the Refec." Jack said before heading off to the briefing.
Jack entered the briefing to see Danny, Teal'c and General Hammond already there.
"Morning, Sir. Carter'll be right along." Jack said, just as Sam entered.
"Sorry I'm late, sir. I just had to secure some delicate equipment." Sam explained.
"That's alright, Major." Hammond replied. "We were just about to begin. Dr. Jackson?"
"Right. As you can see, this is an areal photograph of a set of ruins on P3X-96R4." Daniel began; click a photo up on the projector. "Now despite the existence of such a structure in the middle of the jungle with no obvious means of moving the stone..."
"Couldn't the trees have grown after the runisy things were made?" Jack interrupted.
"No, sir." Sam interjected.
"No?"
"The UAV's scans indicated that the entire forest was old growth, so unless the entire planet was stripped bare and then reseeded with plants after the temple, or whatever it is, was built, then the forest is older, sir." Sam explained.
"Right, and with the height of the trees, some in the valleys reaching almost a mile high, that seems unlikely. Anyway, the ruins are of particular interest for several reasons....."
Jack tuned out Daniel's voice. Colonel Jack O'Neill had many tricks to distract him during one of Daniel's long and boring briefings, and for this one he chose one of his favourites. Carter Watching. During one particularly long and extremely boring briefing, he had spent almost three hours watching Carter's hair ruffle in the air-conditioning. When, after about twenty minutes, Jack noticed that even Carter's eyes were glazing over, he interrupted Danny.
"Daniel? For crying out loud. What the hell does all this mean?"
"Jack. This could very well be one of the oldest structures in the Universe." Daniel said as if explaining to a three year old.
"Very well." Hammond said; for once glad for Colonel O'Neill's interruption. "SG-1 has a go. Departure in three hours."
"Great." Jack muttered. "A two day hike to look at more of Danny's bloody rocks."
SG-1 started for the door, while General Hammond moved towards his office.
"Who's up for Jell-O?" Jack asked.
Hammond just shook his head and closed his office door and began the search for aspirin.
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"This is amazing, Jack." Daniel said, almost bouncing around the ruins.
The centre of the 'ruins' was a large flat area, with unusual designs inlayed on the floor. Six large, regularly space spires rose up around the perimeter, all slightly curved so that the points all pointed at some imaginary point high up in the stratosphere of the planet.
"Settle down, space monkey. We've been walking all day, I'm tired, it's getting dark and Hammond gave us three days to check out this pile of rocks." Jack replied. "Teal'c, check the perimeter; Carter, set up camp; Danny, look at the rocks quietly."
Jack went off into the surrounding jungle to cut firewood, hefting the machete he retrieved from his pack. He got lost in the rhythm of hacking off tree limbs and reducing them to manageable size.
"Colonel?" Carter's voice came from his radio.
"What's the matter, Carter?" he replied.
"Sir, I'm just checking in. You've been gone almost two hours. Daniel's even given up on the ruins till tomorrow."
Jack looked around and saw that he had cut more than enough wood for the night.
"I'll be back in five." He transmitted, before picking up a bundle of wood and headed back, his machete attached to his belt by a leather throng.
Dropping the large bundle of firewood, Jack dropped into the small circle around the fire, sitting between Carter and Danny. Daniel leaned out of the circle and grabbed a cut branch, which he threw on the fire.
"So what flavour MRE's we got tonight?" Jack asked.
"It is supposed to be Beef Curry, O'Neill." Teal'c responded.
"Ahh, that's good. At least it'll taste like Chicken." Jack replied, earning a chuckle from the team.
The team spent the rest of the evening chatting around the fire. Just as Daniel, Jack and Sam were about to go to sleep, Teal'c having first watch, the team was interrupted by a voice.
"It is an honour to finally meet you in person, as it were, SG-1."
"Offworld Activation."
"Any iris code?" General Hammond asked the technician.
"We just received SG-1's code, Sir." The technician replied.
"Open the Iris." Hammond ordered as he went down to the Gate Room.
SG-1 filed through the Gate.
"Welcome back, SG-1." Hammond greeted as usual.
"Carter?" Jack said.
"Yes, sir." Sam said, before heading off to the control room.
"Colonel?"
"Sorry, Sir. Carter's just locking out and deleting the co-ordinates for P3X-96R4. I'll explain during the debrief, sir."
"Very well, Colonel. One hour. Report to the Infirmary." Hammond said, as he left.
"What are we going to tell him, Jack?" Daniel asked.
"The truth, as far as it relates to P3X-96R4." Jack replied.
"Indeed." Teal'c added.
"Done, sir." Sam said, rejoining the team.
"Great. Let's go see the Napoleonic Power-monger." O'Neill grumbled.
"You know, some people just call her Janet." Daniel said with a smirk.
"Shut up, Barn-boy." Jack said.
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"....So the ruins were the remains of an ancient civilisation of great power. However millennia ago, the society collapsed in on itself. Once that began, they were no longer able to leave their world. The inhabitant we met, one Anilaiah, was the last of her kind. Even as their power dwindled, the inhabitants had the ability to see off into the universe and observe events over great distances. Anilaiah used the last of her powers to, essentially, create a gate on the planet. After we came back through, she died, and the gate on that world disappeared." Daniel explained.
"If this, Anileanh..." Hammond began.
"Anilaiah, sir." Jack interrupted.
"Anilaiah, created a gate on this planet, then what were the co-ordinates we used to gate there?"
"Those are valid co-ordinates for the real P3X-96R4, sir. Anilaiah simply diverted the wormhole. Unfortunately the entire surface of P3X-96R4 is volcanically active." Sam supplied.
"Ok, so what was the point of diverting you to her planet then?" Hammond said.
"To live on. So that someone, somewhere, would know that her race ever existed. 'No one is truly dead so long as one person still remembers them'. She remembered the rest of her race, we remember her, others remember us. A chain of memory." Daniel said, passionately.
"Alright. I expect a full report in one week, till then you are on downtime. Dismissed." Hammond ordered.
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"Well, seeing as I finally got you all up here, who want's to go fishing?" Jack asked, as the 4X4 pulled into the driveway of his small cabin."Very funny, Jack. We all know why we're here." Daniel added.
"Right. Let's get unpacked and started. Everyone bring your sleeping bags, 'cause the only room that has full walls is the bathroom." Jack stated.
Twenty minutes later, they were all settled and back outside in a large grass field.
"Right, let's just try the first level. Remember what Anilaiah said." Jack ordered.
Sam closed her eyes and concentrated.
Samantha, wise, swift and protective, you are the fox.
Sam's clothes seemed to melt and flow around her for a second, before they solidified. She had soft, leather, knee-high boots, slightly loose pants, a shirt and coat that fitted comfortably, and her head was covered by a veil and head-cloth. They were all very dark red, like dried blood, and they made her look like a ninja.
The others followed Sam's lead.
Daniel, intelligent, vigilant, soft yet a predator, you are the Owl.
When Daniel's clothes solidified they were like Sam's, except dark brown, like rich earth.
Jonathan, sharp, observant and deadly, you are the Kite.
Jack was now in dark grey, like thunderhead clouds.
Teal'c, strong, reliable, stoic, you are the Rhinoceros.
Teal'c colour, unsurprisingly, was black.
"Cool. Ok, now let's see what these powers can do." Jack said, the rest of SG-1 hearing the smirk in his voice.
TBC...