"That must have been a hell of a party." he commented, after he felt well enough to speak. "Everybody alright?" he asked, looking around them.
"Just fine, sir." answered Carter, her voice betraying a note of exhaustion. She, Teal'c and Alexandria appeared to be none the worse for wear, but Daniel and Jonas were another matter. The latter had a large blue bruise underneath his left eye; the former had a long horizontal gash across his forehead. Seeing his friend's dubious look, Daniel could only say: "We got into a fight."
Colonel O'Neill sighed and slumped back against the wall. "So, what's the deal? Any death threats so far?"
"We have seen no one since being placed into this cell, O'Neill." responded Teal'c.
Before he could reply, Jack heard the click of footsteps sounding down the hall. Nirrti's two servants, Eggar and Woden, stepped in front of the cell's force-field.
"Speak of the devil."
Eggar reached over to the cell's controls, and the wall of energy shimmered into nothingness. Before any of them could make a move, an invisible force slammed them against the opposing wall and immobilized them.
"Come with us." Wodan stated, gesturing to Jonas and Alexandria.
Father and daughter slid down from the wall and were dragged to the two aliens. Eggar reactivated the force-field as Woden released SG-1 from his hold.
As the four aliens walked away down the corridor, Daniel heard a soft voice float throught his mind. "Try to turn them against her. Show them her weakness. It is your only hope." He looked up to see Alexandria throw a fleeting glance towards him, before she and her father disappeared beyond his view.
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Jonas tried not to think about what would happen when they reached their destination. He knew that Nirrti would be very, very upset. He also knew that she would not dare to hurt Alexandria, not when she was her greatest asset. He couldn't say the same for himself, though.
Sensing her father's ill-hid anguish, the young girl moved closer to her father and clasped her small hand together with his big one. Surprised, he looked down to her, and they shared a small, furtive smile. Eggar and Woden pushed them forwards, and Jonas caught his daughter as she stumbled. He looked up to see that they had reached their destination.
It had been a long time since he had seen the mother of his child. The words sounded alien even spoken within his own mind. He'd always thought that he'd be a father; just not in the manner that it had occurred.
She turned around from where she had been staring out into the cold expanse of space. The same black hair, the same cold blue eyes stared at him from across the room. Bringing up her right hand, a blast of orange energy hit him straight in the chest, throwing him to the ground.
"Foolish Tauri." she growled, moving towards him as he groaned on the floor. "You would betray me, after what I have done for you."
He rolled over onto his back and propped himself up with his arms. "You've done nothing for me Nirrti, except for-"
His voice has cut off as he was hit with another blast. Alexandria shrieked as she watched him fall to the floor once more. Woden moved his hand and she was drawn back by an unseen force. Eggar watched his brother for a moment, then slipped out of the room.
"You thought you had beaten me, outwitted me. Fool!" While he tried in vain to stand, she removed the hand device and drew another weapon, one that Jonas had never seen before. Attaching it to her forearm, three long points emerged from a central bubble. It glowed red once it was fitted onto her skin.
"You will feel pain." she gloated, as she brought it down to his chest. He suppressed a scream as the pain coursed through his veins, overloading his senses. Jonas could sense his body convulsing. Through his fading vision, he could see the smirk on Nirrti's face. Blackness followed.
Finally stopping her attack, the Goa'uld removed the weapon from her arm as her First Taure went slack with the immobility of unconsciousness. She directed her attention to the young girl pinned up against the wall.
"There is now only the question of what to do with you, my hok'taur." Grinning wickedly, she crossed over to the shuddering girl, and prepared for what was to come.