(Telboriel, thanks. Here's the next chapter.
Stoko, sorry to hear that. Is it the alt-characters? I hope not because they get a bigger role now. I'll put a character key in front of this part. Without specifics I can't be sure what I did wrong.I hope you enjoy this next part.
Ilaaris, thanks. I hope this next part is fun.
My break-line between scenes will probably look funny because this site has decided my way of doing it is no longer optional. I'm using the "add ruler" feature, but it won't quite do what I want.)

Alt-Character Key
(This is help to keep track of whom is blended with whom in the alternate universe.)
Jacob/Aldwin-Goa'uld
Martouf/Jolinar-Goa'uld
Rosha/Lantash-Tok'ra
Samantha/Selmak-Goa'uld

The Mirror
Part 7, Alt-Goa'uld

It hadn't taken long for several alt-Tok'ra to set the weapon up above the surface. Liquid tritham was also easy to obtain since it was used to power up many other devices. Malek and an alt-Tok'ra named, Hovar, were finalizing everything.

"I wish Lantash could have seen this," Malek said as they put in the power. "She seemed very excited by it."

"Unfortunately she is very busy. Well, since you figured it out, I believe you should have the honor of turning it on."

Malek smiled. "Thank you." He slowly powered the weapon up. As soon as it was on full power, it turned as if to fire, but then stopped.

Alt-Hovar frowned. "Why would it do that?"

Malek looked over the reading. "I believe it detects a ship, but the ship is out of range." He frowned slightly. "We need to set the other weapons up quickly."

"Do you think the ship coming or retreating?"

Behind him, Malek heard what sounded like Jacob's voice answer, "Retreating." However, he and alt-Hovar were shot with zat'nikatels before they could turn around.

Alt-Jacob walked to the weapon, as alt-Martouf, who was able to safety come through the mirror, shot alt-Hovar two more times. "This one is from the other universe," alt-Martouf said, referring to Malek, and started tying the man's hands.

"We'll have the ship ring him up," alt-Jacob replied. "He'll be safer there." He set the weapon up to look like it was on. He glanced to the main entryway.

"There are a few other ways in," alt-Martouf said. "Hopefully the Tok'ra haven't discovered them."

Meanwhile, alt-Sam and Daniel figured out that they seemed to be able to open doorways faster by triggering multiple devices in different rooms.

"Was Ra also really bored when he designed his palace?" Lantash asked. It seemed odd that the way out was so complicated.

"Being that this is taking so long, his design is probably a maze or puzzle for his students," alt-Sam remarked. "This was a planet of education before the Tok'ra killed Ra, and took over."

"The entire planet?" Daniel thought that was interesting.

"Yes, all of it was being built to teach. Sadly, he never got to finish it. I helped him design a lot of it, unfortunately I did not design this building." She sighed. "He had to designed these rooms so he could get out if needed. Perhaps only one person should be doing this."

Martouf/Lantash were a bit farther from the others looking at the walls. They heard a wall start to close and Martouf's name being called. Lantash started heading towards the closing wall, but stopped when he saw he wouldn't not make it.

Given control, Martouf continued as he had been doing, hoping the wall to the others would open. Of all of us, why am we the ones isolated?

Lantash mentally shrugged.

He kicked the wall in frustration, and the main wall opened. It lead to a hall, but not the hall he started in. Kicking worked?

Try kicking another wall.

Martouf tried, but that did nothing. After kicking the wall in several places, and not getting any results, he decided to see where this hall lead.

"Search the tunnel farthest east," alt-Martouf ordered. "I'll search the one just west of it. We'll meet in the game room."

Alt-Jacob nodded. "Understood." They had decided splitting up would be the fastest way to figure out where possible prisoners were being kept.

Alt-Martouf ran off, and headed for his hall. He quietly searched every room, but found no one. He was relieved to be able to do this quickly without running into trouble.

After this we will have 42 more hallways to check, alt-Jolinar thought. Each with an estimate of ten rooms. Of course as we move west we have a better chance of running into trouble.

Martouf frowned as he entered the game room, slightly discouraged by what was said.

"Next halls," alt-Jacob stated as soon as he saw alt-Martouf.

They continued checking halls, and both had to dodge out of site from alt-Tok'ra a few times.

"After these next halls, we should start searching together," alt-Aldwin stated, who had taken control instead of Jacob three hallways ago.

Just 26 more hallways to go, alt-Jolinar thought.

I told you to tell me when we were halfway, alt-Martouf replied. That's not halfway. Alt-Aldwin had already left, and he heard someone coming in. Wonder who it is. He ducked down behind a counter. Since the room was designed for science, it was filled with them.

Well, whoever it is, they have a symbiote, his alt-Jolinar thought, as he had sensed another symbiote briefly.

As soon that was stated, both realized they were also sensed, and Martouf moved away to hide elsewhere in the room.

"Who else is here?" said a voice that could only belong to alt-Lantash. "I order you to show yourself."

Alt-Martouf went around one counter, moved out, and shot at her with his zat'nikatel. Damn! Missed! He saw alt-Lantash had dodged just in time. Alt-Lantash grabbed her own zat'nikatel. "How did you get on this planet!"

Alt-Jolinar mentally chuckled. She knows we wouldn't answer that. What a foolish question.

Ignoring the chuckle in his head, alt-Martouf took a chance to move behind another counter. He then moved out of cover, and fired. Too late he saw his opponent do the exact same thing, and both were hit. He fell back as he lost conscious.

Alt-Lantash was luckier, and though fell back, had managed to stay awake. "Ow." She got up, touching her head lightly. The hit made her dizzy, pained, and clouded her head. She headed over to alt-Martouf, and then realized she had dropped her weapon. She blinked, and shook her head lightly. With a shrug alt-Lantash grabbed the zat'nikatel that alt-Martouf had, which was closed because it had been dropped. She aimed the weapon at him, and then heard a zat'nikatel open behind her.

"Drop the weapon." It was Martouf. He had found this room at the end of the hallway, and immediately figured out what was going on. He had quietly and quickly grabbed the weapon alt-Lantash briefly forgot about. Lantash took over when there was no instant reply. "Now!"

"You'd kill your former mate?" alt-Lantash replied, hoping to throw him off guard. The slight painful prickling sensation told her being shot a second time would definitely kill her.

"Drop it." Alt-Lantash's words had just made Lantash angrier. "You have five seconds."

"Or, what? You are going to shoot me? You wouldn't-" Alt-Lantash's weapon was moving away from alt-Martouf.

"Three seconds"

Alt-Martouf woke up, and alt-Lantash instinctively pointed the zat'nikatel back at him. Not taking a chance, Lantash fired, and quietly hoped that enough time had passed to not kill her. Alt-Martouf moved out of the way, and then stood. "Uh...thank you?" He watched the symbiote of his double quickly check the pulse of the woman he just shot.

"She's dead," Lantash informed quietly. He and his host both felt sick.

"I am sorry. It must have been hard to shoot yourself." Alt-Martouf looked to alt-Lantash, who had landed on her side. He felt some sadness from his symbiote over the loss.

It was disturbing, depressing, but Lantash still couldn't bring himself to look away. "It's not the symbiote...it's the host." He closed alt-Rosha's eyes. "In my universe she and I were mates."

Alt-Martouf wasn't sure how to respond to that. He knew that had to have been hard. "I am very sorry to hear that...what's her name?"

Lantash looked up at him, slightly surprised that the alternate of his host had no idea who she was. "Rosha. She was Tok'ra." He smiled lightly.

"Who was she blended with?"

Lantash stood up. "Jolinar."

"Oh...this all must have been very awkward for you. Thank you for saving us."

"I found prisoners," alt-Aldwin said as he came into the room. "I see you did too. You weren't where you were suppose to be." He saw alt-Lantash. "I see why."

Alt-Martouf smiled, though not at alt-Aldwin. "Samantha. Selmak." He walked quickly to alt-Samantha/Selmak.

Alt-Samantha moved just as quickly to him. "I missed you." She hugged him tightly when they met.

Lantash looked to alt-Rosha again, and then left her. He moved around, and approached the rest of the group. He glanced to the two Jacobs, slightly amused by the sight. He approached alt-Jacob. "Hello."

"You must be Lantash. I'm Aldwin, and we need to get going." He glanced to alt-Sam and alt-Martouf. "That means you two." He muttered in sarcastic tones. "Great, they are going to be acting like newlyweds again." He turned back to Lantash. "We need to find your Sam and...what was his name?"

"Teal'c," Daniel answered.

Alt-Aldwin gestured down the hall he just came from. "If they are still in the hall you described, they should be down this way."

"There is a ring transport near the hall," alt-Martouf added. "We should be able to use it to escape." He and alt-Sam quickly moved up ahead, and down the hallway.

Lantash gave Martouf control as they followed. "What about Malek?"

Alt-Martouf glanced back to his double. "We kidnapped Malek." He felt defensive when he saw the look Martouf had. "It was for his safety. If we had not, he would still be working with the Tok'ra now, locked in another room, or killed."

Alt-Selmak took control, and started tapping at the wall when they arrived at a door. Everyone else took defensive positions. The doors opened to reveal an empty room.

"The Tok'ra seem pretty sure of themselves not to have guards," Daniel said.

Alt-Selmak glanced to him. "The Tok'ra always have been a bit cocky. They had originally thought they could break Ra's laws without our notice."

"They pretended to be their hosts?" Daniel asked as they continued walking.

"How did you know they were lying?" Kela'an asked after alt-Selmak nodded.

Alt-Martouf answered, "The drug we used on you is given to every Goa'uld every five years, or any Goa'uld we suspect is lying." Halfway through the room he started tapping at the wall.

"That's why you gave it to us," Martouf said. "You thought you were helping us hosts."

"Well, you did say you were Tok'ra. How was I to know the Tok'ra in your universe only took willing hosts." He stopped tapping, and looked to the door. "You should prepare for a fight in case more than just Sam and Teal'c are in that hallway." Little movement was needed for everyone else to prepare. He tapped the final key, and the door opened.

Jacob stepped closer. "Daniel, I think you and I should go first." He saw Martouf looking slightly sad by the suggestion. "No offense, Martouf, but they might mistake you for Martouf." He gestured to alt-Martouf, and then he and Daniel moved up ahead. He carefully looked into the darkness. "Sam?"

"Teal'c?" Daniel called out.

They heard movement which was followed by "Dad?" Both Sam and Teal'c emerged from the darkness.

"It is good to see you are well, Daniel Jackson," Teal'c said.

"Where is Martouf?" Sam asked.

Martouf smiled lightly. Even though he was farther away, he heard her asking about him. "I am here, Samantha."

Sam walked out, and was surprised to see those around him.

"Change of plans," Daniel explained quickly. "The Goa'uld and Tok'ra have reverse morals in this universe. We were helping the wrong side."

Alt-Jolinar spoke. "We need to leave now. The opening of that door would have probably alerted them." He closed the two open doors, and then opened a third one,. "This way." He grabbed alt-Samantha's arm lightly, and they both went through.

"How long until they start following us?" Jacob asked as he and the rest followed.

"They'll need to unlock the doors first," alt-Jolinar answered. "I designed the locks myself, however they were designed to be against students, not the Tok'ra. We also have no way of knowing exactly how much they have learned about this place since they took over it."

Jacob's question was better answered when the sound of running followed.

"Apparently they learned a great deal," alt-Selmak said, and turned a corner. She tapped a button to open another door, and they arrived in room with the rings. "Aldwin, activate the rings."

Samantha was a little surprised to hear that name. She saw her "other dad" head over to the rings.

Alt-Selmak didn't stop giving orders. "Jolinar, help me keep this door locked." She opened a panel, and started working on it.

Alt-Aldwin frowned when he opened the panel for the ring transport, and found burned crystals. "Damn. This is going to take a little longer. Martouf. I mean other Martouf." He pointed to Martouf. "Help me get this panel open." He moved over to another panel, as Martouf joined him. Together they forced open the panel. "We need to replace the crystals." They carried a heavy box to the ring control panel. "Just replace the crystals with crystals that look the same."

"Ow!" Alt-Jolinar pulled back after a feedback in his panel burned his hands. He retreated immediately to start healing. "This panel is useless now." Alt-Martouf looked over, and saw alt-Selmak's panel was showing the same characteristics his paneled showed before it burned his hands. "Move back," he said as he pulled her back. The panel electrocuted almost as soon as he did. "Aldwin."

"We're almost done," alt-Aldwin replied. Samantha and Jacob were helping now as well, but any one else would get in the way. "Hopefully the ship hasn't moved since, well, then we'd be screwed." Alt-Aldwin replaced the last crystal. "All right, in the rings." As everyone else followed his command, he set it to give himself time to join them. He tapped the right code, and quickly squeezed in with everyone else. The rings came down as the doors opened. They were fired at, but the energy given off from the rings protected them. The group ringed up to a Goa'uld Mother Ship.

Every alt-Tok'ra looked a bit more relaxed. Alt-Selmak quickly went to alt-Martouf. "You are going to the healers."

"It is a minor burn. Jolinar can heal it." However, he was already being pulled away.

"He can heal it faster with help." Alt-Selmak pulled alt-Martouf out of the room.

Alt-Aldwin chuckled, and gave control to alt-Jacob. He turned back to the others. "I would guess that now you wish to return to your universe. You can do so now. I am sure our Martouf will want to be there when you leave. He'll quickly find a way to escape the healers. The mirror is this way, as is Malek." Jacob gestured before heading in that direction.

As they walked, they saw some people pass by with weapons. Samantha noticed they seemed to be in a hurry, and asked. "You planning an attack?"

"These events have given a chance to retake the planet. Thanks to you, we now also will have a good defense against attack." He entered a room that had both the mirror and a sleeping Malek. Watching over him was someone who looked like one of SGC's technicians, Walter.

Alt-Walter looked up as they entered. "He kept trying to escape, and refused to listen to me. He's only sedated."

Jacob checked on Malek to make sure he was all right. "I think he had good reason not to believe the people who kidnapped him. When will he wake up?"

"I can wake him up now. Just don't let him shoot me again. That was very unpleasant." He used a healing device to wake up Malek.

Malek frowned first thing, and then looked up to Jacob. "You shot me."

Jacob turned to alt-Aldwin. "You shot him?"

"Would you have had me asking him if he wanted to be kidnapped, and brought to a Goa'uld Mothership?"

Malek looked from the two Jacobs to the two Sams. "Whoa." He shook his head slightly, clearing away the sleepy fuzziness. "Jacob, they kept saying they were good."

"That seems to be the case."

"Then why did they kidnap me?"

"I think they knew you wouldn't believe them." Jacob gestured to the mirror. "We are going home soon."

Alt-Martouf came running in. "Oh, good. You didn't leave yet. Martouf..." He approached Martouf, and then looked back when alt-Samantha had followed him into the room. He was about to protest, but then saw she wasn't going to say anything just yet. He turned back to his twin. "Martouf, I promise to take the building off your planet. You seemed a bit offended about it being there. We had needed a place to live, and didn't want to disturb any of the other buildings."

Martouf smiled, very grateful that the other buildings hadn't been disturbed. "Thank you."

"Oh, and uh, I saw the signs in front of the chaapa'ai. I hope you kill Bastet. I didn't have the chance to do that myself with her in this universe."

"Then if given the chance I will think of both of us as she dies."

Alt-Martouf grinned. "Thanks."

"Universe 12," alt-Jacob said, "a.k.a. your universe. It was nice meeting you all." He put his hand out towards Jacob, and they shook hands. "If Aldwin is a Tok'ra in your universe, will you tell him hi for me?"

"I will."

Alt-Jacob grinned. "Goodbye." He left, and approached Samantha, as alt-Samantha approached Jacob.

Alt-Samantha smiled. "I am glad we met, even if you did shoot me and tie me up."

The comment made him grin. "It was no worse than the drug your Martouf gave me, after he captured us."

"You can't blame me for his actions." She pulled him into a hug, and then stepped back. "Goodbye"

"Goodbye. Take care."

"You too."

Jacob continued to smile as he and Daniel followed Malek and Kela'an through the mirror. Teal'c followed them. Martouf and Sam were briefly stopped by their doubles. Having already spoken to alt-Martouf, Martouf needed only to say goodbye to alt-Sam, and went to the mirror. He waited for Sam, and smiled when she approached. They reached out, touching the glass of the mirror together, and were back in their own universe. Afterwards the mirror went dark when the other side was shut off.

"I wonder if we'll ever see them again," Daniel said, partly to himself, partly to the others.

Jacob answered, "Well as interesting as that was, I personally hope that is the last we see of them." He turned from the mirror. "We all need to be heading to our bases."

No one said anything else as they started heading back. Each group planned to return for the mirror, hoping to time it right so it's after the alt-Goa'uld take their last needed use to take down the building on Kiron and before the other group takes it.

Jacob and Sam approached each other as they walked.

"Dad, I hope it's not so long before we see each other again."

"Yeah." He had greatly missed his children and grandchildren. He wished he could tell her what planet the Tok'ra were on. He hadn't minded her not knowing when he first became Tok'ra because he knew he would see her soon, but now he didn't know.

They continued talking, and Jacob was thankful it was a long walk to the stargate. He briefly ended the conversation when he saw Martouf eying them, but was being too polite to approach. Jacob silently laughed when Martouf approached as soon as he walked two steps ahead of his daughter.

"I wish we could have spent more time on this mission," Martouf said as he managed to both smile and look saddened.

Samantha looked to him. "Me too."

"Perhaps we will have a chance meeting again." Martouf was sadder when they approached the stargate, but continued to smile. He closed his eyes briefly as he gave Lantash control so Samantha wouldn't see his disappointment. "Martouf and I look forward to seeing you again, and hope it is not in another four years."

Samantha stopped as they came to the dialing device. "So do I." She turned to her team. "Daniel, dial home." She turned back to Lantash, and saw by the way he smiled that Martouf was in control again.

"Goodbye, Samantha."

"Goodbye, Martouf, Lantash." She turned to approach her father, as she saw Daniel input the GDO code. "Dad."

"Sam." He hugged his daughter slightly harder and longer than normal, as if it was the last time he'd ever see her. "Goodbye, Sam."

"Goodbye, Dad." Sam lingered a second before following Daniel and Teal'c through the stargate.

Jacob watched her go through, and felt like something was missing from his heart again. "All right, Mar-" He stopped when he saw Martouf/Lantash. Lantash was in control again, and though the symbiote normally hid his emotions very well, Jacob could see he was hurting. "Malek, dial to the base."

Malek nodded, and quickly dialed.

Jacob waited until Malek and Kela'an were through before approaching Lantash. "We'll see her again."

Lantash looked to him, and at first seemed embarrassed that his sadness was seen. "I hope you are correct."

Jacob headed to the stargate. "I have no intention on not seeing my family again."

There were no more words, and the two quietly stepped through the stargate to return home.

The End