Part Two

One Year Later

"Daniel Jackson, I do not understand the importance of this... Wheel of Fortune. Why would such a game revolve around a giant wheel? There is no skill involved."

"But that's the point, Teal'c. And also, there's absolutely nothing else on. I'd rather be watching this then helping Sam catalogue that mineral deposit we found last week. Plus, it's kind of fun watching others win money at a game of chance."

"I see, Daniel Jackson."

"No you don't. But that's just fine."

They continued to watch the show for a few more minutes, until Colonel Jack O'Neill popped his head through the door.

"Wheel of Fortune, guys? C'mon, at least The Price is Right has Bob Barker going for it. There's a meeting upstairs in about five minutes. The To'kra have apparently got some information about some sort of mega-weapon this system lord has. Anyways, I'm going to go and get Carter. See you upstairs." With one last look at the television screen, Jack disappeared back around the corner.

"Okay, Teal'c, we should go." Daniel stated a moment later, rising from his chair.

"This game is quite intriguing. What does "bankrupt" do, Daniel Jackson?"

The archaeologist just laughed and made his way up to the conference room, his confused Jaffa friend behind him.

They entered to find that Jack and Sam had already beaten them there, and that General Hammond and Jacob Carter were also present. They took their seats at the table silently, and waited for the meeting to begin.

"Jacob has acquired some information about one the system lords who is steadily gaining power. She's one of the few that hasn't fallen to Anubis yet, and we're worried that this might signify another threat to Earth. Jacob?" finished the General, gesturing to the To'kra to continue on.

"One of our operatives has learnt that she has been building a secret weapon that could potentially bring down Anubis, and soon after, Earth. However, our operative has learnt nothing about the weapon's nature, we only know that she is hiding it on a secret base. We've brought this to you for two reasons: firstly, we've come across the co-ordinates for this base, but there is no Stargate at it's location. We're hoping that you could use one of your captured ships to check it out for us and assess the threat. And before you say no, this brings me to my second reason. This system lord is Nirrti. I know that you've got a death wish against her."

Sam sighed. "She implanted that device in Cassandra, she's killed so many innocent people, and she took Jonas. That's why you think we'll do this, right Dad?"

"Well, yeah. But you're also our best hope. Our numbers are dangerously low, and we can't afford to send a team in. That's why we decided to ask you."

"We'll do it." Colonel O'Neill stated quietly, drawing attention to him. "I mean, we owe it to Jonas. He did kinda save our asses back there."

The rest of SG-1 nodded their assent. General Hammond knew that they had made up their minds, and that he couldn't change them. "SG-1, suit up. You leave in one hour."

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Short chapter. Sorry about that.