"Welcome back, people." Hammond addressed the three returning members of sg-1 as they climbed out of the back of a covered truck. "I hear you ran into some problems."
"Nothing we couldn't handle, Sir." Jack quipped.
As if to prove the Colonel's claim, four soldiers climbed out of the truck with the unconscious prisoner strapped down to a stretcher with four more armed guards as escort. "The doctor is waiting for you in Isolation room 1." The General informed them as they passed by.
"Yes Sir." The leader of the entourage acknowledged; then led the way to their destination.
Hammond turned back to the remaining three people with him. "I already read Sg-3's report. They say that the tranquilizer didn't work?"
"No Sir. The darts penetrated the armor well enough, but the drugs had no effect at all. And the force field we tried to contain him in was ineffective; he walked right through it. Even with the help of Bra'tac and his rebel jaffa, he managed to withstand our attack and still kill Ramius." Sam reported.
"That's when we stole one of Ramius' Tel'taks and used the rings to trap him in the cargo hold and turn off the life support until he was unconscious and kept him that way until we could fly back." Jack finished.
"Let's hope he wakes up soon so we can finally get some answers from him." Hammond wished aloud.
"Was Daniel Jackson successful in acquiring the Ancient's healing device?" Teal'c asked.
"We don't know. He missed the last check-in." Hammond answered the jaffa.
"Well that's Daniel. He probably got busy looking at some rocks or something and forgot the check-in." Jack pointed out trying not to be worried.
"Jack's probably right. I mean when was the last time he was on time for anything?" Sam added.
"I hope you're right; but we'd better hear from him soon."
"In the meantime I want to get a shower and a meal before the dynamic duo arrives." Jack mentioned.
"It's a little late for that Colonel. They've already come and gone." Hammond informed them.
"What? We missed them? What happened? What's this other girl like?" Jack reacted to the news.
"Are they going to help us Sir?" Sam added her question to the list.
"We had a good talk and they've agreed to help us but they also made it clear that they're still concerned about our intentions toward them."
"You did reassure them that they would be treated well, Sir" Sam assumed.
"I think so. They seemed more relaxed when they left."
"Where are they now?" Jack asked.
"They're apartment hunting. If they're going to be helping us they need a place to live."
"Didn't you tell them that we can do that for them?"
"Yes, but I think they want to find a place that we don't control."
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"So here are the keys." The thirty-something real estate agent said politely as he handed them to Kennedy while Willow stood next to her inside their new house. "The lease is already paid for the next six months and if there's anything else we can do for you don't hesitate to ask."
"Thank you Thomas." Kennedy replied.
"You're very welcome. And if I may say, when your father contacted us and asked for our help we were told you would be living in the Denver area. It was very difficult finding a suitable residence on such short notice. Then when the word came that you'd be here in Colorado Springs instead it made our job even more difficult."
"Well you did a very fine job, never the less, and I'll be sure to let my father know how helpful you've been and how pleased we are with this place."
"We aim to please." Thomas sounded happy. "Now unless there's anything else, I'll leave you two alone to get settled in."
"No, I think we're good. Thanks again for all you've done."
"You're welcome. Goodbye." Then he stepped outside and started toward his car parked on the street.
"Bye." Both girls called back then Willow closed the door.
"Sooo, What do you want to do now?" The Wicca asked her girlfriend.
"Wellll." The Slayer started to approach almost stalking the witch who pressed her back against the door. "There is this tradition." Kennedy placed her hands against the door on either side of Willow's head and gazed hungrily at the other girl.
"What tradition?" Willow saw the lust in Kennedy's eyes and felt her own desire rise.
"That whenever a new couple moves into a new place they stake their claim by making love in every room."
"Oh, well if it's tradition."
"It is." Then Kennedy devoured Willow's mouth in a hard, hungry kiss. Willow felt her legs weaken and started to slide down the door toward the floor while Kennedy followed never breaking the kiss.
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Four soldiers entered the Isolation room where the prisoner was still strapped to a vertical slab. Restrained at the neck, waist, arms, and ankles by metal bands secured by metal bolts. The prisoner's helmet and breastplate had been removed but he was still covered head to toe with the protective suit that left only his pale, skeletal thin face exposed. Two of the soldiers stood a few steps in front of the goa'uld with their rifles pointed at him.
"What is this?" the prisoner's voice sounded hoarse and hollow instead of the usual reverberation.
"You're being taken to another holding cell until we decide what to do with you." One of the riflemen said; then nodded to the other two men who went to work removing the neck restraint.
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Sam waited at the elevator exchange on level 11 for the S.G.C.'s two newest allies to arrive. She was supposed to orientate the two women today but the events over the previous night had caused a change in plans. Now they were far too busy to arrange, much less go through with any orientation.
The Major prepared herself as she heard the car stop and then the doors opened. She of course was expecting Willow and Kennedy and even though General Hammond and Janet had described the slayer to her she still had to study the girl herself.
"Why don't you take a picture it'll last longer." Kennedy reacted to Sam's stare.
Sam came out of her study mode. "Oh I'm sorry. It's just that ---" She tried to apologize.
"You've never seen a slayer before." The brunette finished for her. "I get it."
"Ken, this is Major Carter. Major Carter this is Kennedy." Willow introduced.
"Nice to meet you Major."
"You too Kennedy and just call me Sam o.k." They greeted each other with a handshake.
"So, where do we start?" Willow asked.
"Actually, we don't. We're in a situation right now." Sam explained.
"What kind of situation?" Kennedy asked with concern.
"I'll explain on the way down. Jack and Teal'c are waiting to meet you." She told the slayer as she opened the second elevator.
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The warrior's hands were the last things to be released. One of the soldiers that had removed the restraints produced a pair of handcuffs. But before he could place them on the warrior's wrists the prisoner made his move. The two soldiers both showed surprise and fear when their prisoner grabbed them by the throats.
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"So what did this new warrior guy have to say?" Kennedy asked as the trio walked down a corridor after Sam brought them up to speed.
"He confirmed what we already suspected; that he works for Annubus but that was all he would say. So we had to resort to using a Tok'ra memory recall device to find out his home planet.
"A what?"
"A memory recall device. It scans a person's mind and creates a holographic projection of their thoughts as they think them. We were able to get an image of the night sky over his world then use a star mapping program to locate the coordinates of the planet."
"So you're planning to go there and see what's what?" Kennedy guessed.
"Yes. But that's not all that's going on at the moment. Daniel has been kidnapped."
"WHOA! WHAT!" Willow burst out.
"We still don't know the details but it appears that Daniel and Dr. Lee were kidnapped by a Honduran anti-government militia and are being held for ransom." Sam explained.
"What are you doing about it?"
"They're still discussing that. Right now we are still gathering information."
An alarm went off, complete with red flashing lights.
"What's that mean?!" Willow reacted first looking around for any sign of trouble.
"Nothing good. Alarms are never a good thing." Kennedy supplied.
"The prisoner!" Sam guessed and took off running toward the Isolation room.
Willow and Kennedy were right with her. "Which way?" Kennedy demanded.
"Next right, third left. Sam answered automatically.
Without another word the slayer took off; easily out distancing the Major and her girlfriend and disappeared around the corner.
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Teal'c and Bra'tac were also responding to the alarm and made their way toward the Isolation room from another corridor when they encountered the escapee. They both attacked with Bra'tac in the lead. The warrior swatted the old jaffa away but couldn't react fast enough to stop Teal'c's charge. The younger jaffa grabbed his opponent and slammed him into the wall. The warrior shoved back causing Teal'c to hit the opposite wall. Bra'tac recovered and tried a second attack by delivering a left hook to the only exposed part of the warrior's body, his face. The warrior staggered but recovered immediately and caught Bra'tac's follow up punch then used the outstretched arm as leverage to spin the jaffa face first into the wall. Bra'tac collapsed, stunned but still conscious.
Teal'c took advantage of the warrior's turned back to wrap his arms around the escapee in a bear hug. The warrior dug his fingers under Teal'c's thumbs and pulled them back breaking the hold. Then he twisted around so the two combatants were face to face. Shoving Teal'c back into a wall, the warrior put both hands around his neck and squeezed.
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Kennedy came to an open door and saw three dead soldiers inside the room, scattered on the floor. A fourth was slumped against the wall underneath the alarm, just inside the door. Realizing she was to late to help them, she kept going until she came to a 'T' junction and looked each way trying to decide which way to go. Halfway down the new corridor to the left, a man completely dressed in black was choking another, dark skinned man. She charged down the corridor and hit the black clothed guy with a tackle that would have made any NFL couch cheer. Teal'c massaged his throat gasping for air and watched the fight in front of him. This new fighter was a small, but well toned young woman who jumped up off the floor and took a fighting stance and waited for the warrior to do the same. "Alright E.T., let's see whach'a got." The woman challenged the warrior.
Once on his feet, the warrior was over a foot taller than the slayer. He attacked by trying to grab her with both hands. Kennedy knocked the hands away with a double forearm block and countered with four fast punches to the torso; alternating right, left, right, left. To her surprise, the blows had no effect and the warrior made a sound that might have been a laugh. "Damn it!" she swore then had to duck while simultaneously stepping diagonally under a sweeping backhand meant to push her to the side, so that now she was side by side with the larger combatant; but facing opposite directions, then struck out with a sidekick to the knee in an attempt to bring the big guy down to her height. No such luck. The warrior stayed on his feet.
"The warrior's armor does not allow it to feel your strikes!" Bra'tac called out still lying on the ground a few feet away, semi dazed and sporting a gash on his forehead.
Kennedy heard the old man's warning and changed tactics. She caught his arm and twisted as she stepped under it and pinned the arm behind the alien's back. Then she attempted to slam him against the wall but the warrior struck out, bracing his leg against said wall and pushed back hard causing Kennedy to grunt when her back hit the other wall and she became sandwiched between it and her enemy. The force of the impact momentarily stunned the slayer causing her grip to loosen allowing the warrior to break free. He spun around and made an attempt to latch on to Kennedy's face with one big hand, probably so he could bash the back of her head against the metal wall. But she recovered in time to sidestep out of the way and decided that it was time to end this. "Too slow" she taunted.
This seemed to anger her adversary, which is exactly what the brunette wanted. He lunged, but Kennedy was ready and stepped toward the rushing alien, throwing off his timing, and grabbed his shoulders with both hands and used his own momentum as she spun to toss him to the ground. Using both hands she easily yanked the electrical pipe running along the wall free and side skipped toward the downed warrior, who was trying to get up, and slammed the end of the makeshift weapon into his left eye.
At that moment, Willow and Sam came up and saw Kennedy standing over the warrior's dead body. Sam went to Teal'c who was just beginning to get enough air in him while Willow knelt next to Bra'tac.
Colonel O'Neill was the next to arrive from the opposite end of the corridor with a team of soldiers who aimed, then immediately lowered their weapons when they saw that the threat was over. "Ah, hi." The Colonel said to the brunette woman.
"Hi." Kennedy answered and placed a foot on the dead alien's head to hold it down as she pulled the pole free as Jack approached her.
"Slayer?" He guessed.
"That's me. Sorry 'bout the electric thing." She apologized and shoved the pole in his hand, the lower end still bloody.
"No problem." Jack responded not knowing what else to do.
The other four people walked up to the pair. "Is everybody alright?" Kennedy asked concerned.
"I will recover." Bra'tac stated first.
"As will I." Teal'c also answered with difficulty.
"Did you haf'ta tear up part of the base?" Jack asked.
The slayer shrugged "It was the only thing that looked like something I could use."
"It did prove effective." Teal'c pointed out.
"Yes. Well. In that case, I guess it's o.k. then.."
"It wasn't to anything important was it?" Willow asked a little worried that a critical part of the base had been damaged.
"It leads to an empty Isolation room." Sam relieved the witch's fears. "Nothing we can't fix."
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: It has come to my attention that this story hasn't been allowing anonymous reviews. This problem should now be fixed and I apologize to those who have been unable to send their comments. From now on I expect even more reviews than before.