Back on the planet Nysa, the red hair woman has been left to interrogate SG-1 as her friend goes off to change after they have interviewed O'Neill. Harmony decides that she's going to interrogate Jonas on her own.

The interrogation room was a simple four walled room with one lone light bulb dangling from the ceiling in the middle. Under this was a plain metal table with two chairs at either end of it. The door opens and slams into the wall behind as Jonas is pushed through it by an infatuated Harmony in black trousers and a brown tunic. Jonas decides it would be safer for him to immediately sit in the chair furthest away.

"So, Harmony isn't it, what have we done wrong? Why are we being held as prisoners? And what have you done about contacting our superiors?"

"Firstly, I'm asking the questions." the girl smiles, showing her teeth. "Yes, I am Chief Engineer Harmony Yorkis," she adds, although it seems somewhat pointless. "Now. Why are you here?"

Natasha is now in her normal uniform, consisting of black boots, black trousers and an emerald green long-sleeved tunic. She goes back to the penal cells and immediately notices that one of the men is missing. After a few quick words she has the information she needs and makes her way to the interrogation room. She doesn't bother knocking and walks straight in, and just stares at the man, Jonas Quinn, handcuffed to one of the chairs with her friend Harmony sat on his lap in a rather compromising position.

"What the hell do you think you're doing" she screams and receives dazed looks from both Harmony and Jonas. "I suggest you untie him, take him back to his cell and then go and see the commander and explain your behaviour. I am going to speak with Commander of their team" Natasha says, a little calmer as she tries not to laugh; as Harmony gets off his lap and unties him, she can see their obvious embarrassment.

Tash makes her way round the last corner and comes face to face with a male and a female officer wearing mid red tunics, both guards recognise her and stand to attention. She nods to the female and the officers open the double doors, Natasha walks in to the room and the double doors shut behind her. The room has beautiful furniture and all four walls are yellowish-gold in colour. The most predominant item in the room is a curtained four poster bed; the silk veils that are drooped over the canopy are white and embroidered with gold Greek symbols. A dresser covered in jars and pots is directly opposite the door with a large arched mirror, there is a window either side of it and at the foot of the bed there is a wooden chest. Between the leftmost window and the bed there is a large wardrobe. Directly opposite the bed there is an elaborate white marble fireplace, with three white church candles.

"Commander Carter-" Natasha begins but is interrupted by Cater.

"Um, actually I'm a Major not a Commander"

"So it is true, you take orders from that foolish nadir called O'Neill"

"Yes, and he's not that bad once you get to know him... Why did you capture us?" Carter tries to get better understanding of SG-1's situation.

"You came through the Stargate and we could not risk a civilian finding out that we have a piece of alien technology on this planet."

"OK so can I ask why our M.A.L.P gave us two different images before and after we passed 30 metres from the Stargate?"

"We have a shield in place which creates an illusion of the stargate so if it does activate or we want to activate it civilians will see no different." Natasha explains.

"That's amazing, what about the crystal orbs that are on the pillars lining the walk way, they have an energy signature higher than I ever thought possible!"

"I theorised that they were originally placed there by the original gate builders; when I examined the orbs and used the flake-reatomiser it gave me the chemical formula for obsidian."

"Clear obsidian?" says Carter a little surprised.

"Yes we have many different varieties of obsidian depending on the location on the planet. Anyway, I checked the sample and I showed chemical hydration which gave a date of 50,095,869 T, however I didn't believe it was possible because we've only been on this planet for just over 4,000 years so I double checked using Magnetostratigraphy but it gave me roughly the same date." Natasha says quickly, getting into her stride.

"Those obsidian orbs, what are they used for?" Carter asks enthusiastically.

"We use them mainly as decoration but they do power the force shield which surrounds the stargate." Natasha is about to explain in more detail when she is interrupted by a trainee with a green sash entering.

"Chief Science Officer" the boy stands at attention and continues when Natasha gives a little nod. "Commander Serena has just left for the talks and wishes you to take over command whilst she is gone."

"Thank you, dismissed." Natasha says, waving a dismissive hand. Both Carter and Natasha watch as the young boy exits and the door is closed behind him.

"Er - I hate to be rude but what talks are being held?" Carter asks curiously, the female-run planet being of great interest to her.

"Your leader has agreed to talks over the release of you and your team." answers Natasha.

"Why are we actually being held captive? What do you want in return?"

"I'm not entirely sure but I think Serena is planning on sharing our information and technology in return for full disclosure of the stargate network; we believe that if we are able to form an alliance with different worlds then we can gain a better understanding of what is awaiting us when we finally set up a stargate system which will allow us to explore." Natasha explains in detail.

"And you think that we can help you with that?"

"Major Carter, you and your team are the first people that have come through the stargate since any of us can remember." Natasha explains. "After your capture Serena decided that we could use this to our advantage, however we are finding it more difficult due to the amount of people who have to kept in the dark about the stargate. Most people believe the stargate to be an ornament which was placed by our ancestors as a symbol of hope and loyalty; they have yet to discover the truth."

"You are in a similar situation to us," Carter muses possibilities over. "Maybe..." she says slowly. "Maybe you can become an SG team, this will mean we will be able to use your scientific knowledge and it will enable you to explore without raising suspicions here." she offers.

"Is that allowed?" Natasha sounds hopeful.

"If you would take me to where the talks are being held I am almost certain that General Hammond will listen to our proposal." Carter says hoping that Natasha allows her to talk to General Hammond. Natasha contemplates Carter's idea and then turns and walks to the closed doors, she knocks once and the door opens she walks out but keeps the door open.

"Guards you are relieved of your duties here."

"What do you mean, you think our way of dealing with this situation is appalling?" an angry Serena asks but doesn't wait for an answer. "SG-1 and the infidels were a security risk and we dealt with them the only way we know how!" Turning to General Hammond she asks, "So tell me again why you are in league with these Goa'uld?"

"Commander Serena, as we have said twice already, we are not Goa'uld. We appose the system lords and hope to one day defeat them; we are the To'kra, not Goa'uld!" Anise is starting to lose her temper with the obstinate Serena.

"And how can we be sure of that?" Deanna, now in her sky blue uniform, asks her voice less demanding than Serena's.

"I give you my word that the To'kra are safe, they have in fact saved our lives on more than one occasion." General Hammond offers but it does little to calm Serena.

"And you expect me to believe you. With all due respect General, you come from a male dominated society, we do not trust men."

"Commander Serena we have come here to discuss the release of our people, what is you want from us in exchange for the release of SG-1 and Jacob?" Anise gets to the point.

"We want nothing from the Goa'uld." Serena states matter-of-factly

"Once again I tell you we are not Goa'uld!"

The undergrowth of the forest was thick and Natasha had to beat back some of the undergrowth in order for herself and Major Carter to walk through. Carter was amazed to see how much of the undergrowth was identical to that which is found on Earth and decides that if she is to convince General Hammond that these people are civilised she must find out more about their history.

"So Natasha, where did your people originally come from?"

"Most of our history documents say that our ancestors were the very last of a race known as the Trojans and were brought to this planet by Athena during the Trojan War." Natasha pauses whilst she attacks a clump of undergrowth with a stick. "I was told that before my family got disarticulated from the system, a Goa'uld named Apophis came through the stargate. He killed Athena and took over everything. My ancestors planned to rebel, but Apophis found out. My great grandfather was killed the rest of the family were sent through the stargate and never heard of since." Carter is shocked when she hears this and contemplates whether or not to continue. After a pause she does.

"So how are you here now?"

"My grandmother, who was one of six children, went into hiding for a year. A rebellion lead by the Horae, the High Priestesses of law, justice and peace, was able to overpower Apophis' Jaffa until there was no one left. They gave Apophis the choice of leaving or dying. He left through the stargate and we haven't seen or heard anything about him since then."

"Well I think you'd like to know he's dead." Carter states plainly.

"How?" Natasha is not surprised at the news but does seem to want to know how Carter knows.

"We killed him."

The conversation between the two stops as they walk out of the forest into a clearing. The light from the sun shines through the trees and is refracted into hundreds of rays. In the middle of the clearing stands a cream and green pavilion with red and purple flags waving slightly in the light breeze. As they approached the tent the entrance flaps are not opened by an armed guard as they are supposed to be. Natasha cautiously walks through the entrance flaps followed by Carter. There is a lot of shouting when they enter the room. General Hammond is sitting at one end of a long table looking displeased, there is a lot of broken glass on the floor which is puzzling to both Carter and Natasha until they see Anise throwing the last glass left at Serena who ducks in time for it to skim over her head and collide with the wall of the tent two inches from Natasha. The rest of the guards, SG-9 and the To'kra are all fighting among them selves in the corner. Natasha realises that there is no way they are going to be able to speak too anyone whilst they are all fighting.

Carter shouts in order for Natasha to hear her.

"Maybe I can push my way through to General Hammond, without getting hit..."

"I've got a better idea" Natasha shouts back as she takes a small glass object out of her emergency bag. She throws it under the large table, grabs Carter's arm and hurries out of the pavilion. As they make it out of the second entrance, the side of the tent bulges outwards until the ties for that panel snap and the section falls to the ground along with a much disorientated Lieutenant followed by a billow of black smoke.

"What the hell was that?" Carter asks, surprised and slightly impressed.

"A smoke vial, two reactive liquids mix when the seal is broken and it produces a black smoke, it is harmless but very affective in situations like that." Natasha explains, just a little smugly.

They make their way in to the pavilion and everyone is still coughing and spluttering.

"Natasha what the hell are you doing here? I left you in charge back home." Serena looks suspiciously at Carter. "And what is she doing here?"

"Serena, she has offered us something which I think is what we want, but she needs to speak to her leader General Hammond before anything is agreed, and as for home, I left Harmony in charge."

"That's why I left you in charge." Serena says sarcastically. Carter has made her way over to where General Hammond is sat. Whilst Serena and Natasha argue, Carter asks General Hammond about her idea

"Sir, I think that we should consider taking them on as a new SG team, I could definitely use Natasha's knowledge about Naquada, and it sounds like they have had their own experiences of Apophis; they managed to kill all his Jaffa guards and most of the Nysians survived, exactly how they did it I don't know but I think we could benefit from this."

"I don't think the president will allow us to, it's against regulations to have aliens under our command." Hammond replies tiredly.

"Teal'c and Jonas are aliens, sir..." Carter points out, hoping the General will reconsider.

"What does Colonel O'Neill say about this?"

"Actually General, I haven't seen him since our capture." Carter quickly realises that O'Neill won't like the idea and continues, hoping that she can organise this before O'Neill gets a look in. "But I'm sure he'll agree!"

"Commander Serena I am willing to allow four of your people to join us at the SGC on earth, but it does mean that they will be under my command. In return we would like to receive technology and information."

"Deal, Deanna-" before Serena can finish her sentence Deanna jumps in.

"Printing it now!" she hands Serena the piece of paper and both the General and the Commander sign it, instantly making them allies.

"Natasha takes Carter back to Nysa, we'll return once we have arranged the times and who will be transferred to Earth."

"Commander Serena, can I release the others?" Natasha asks on her way out.

"Yes, why not? Let's make a habit of it." Serena says sarcastically.

Natasha and Carter go back to Nysa and release everyone, they then return to the Omega Plateau. Harmony and Jonas say goodbye thinking they will never see each other again. All SG personnel and the To'kra leave, the girls and the Guards go home.

Serena, Harmony and Natasha are stood near to the stargate, whilst Deanna punches in the sequence of chevrons. The stargate bursts into life, and when the event horizon forms Natasha types the code given into the G.D.O.

"You know I might have miscalculated the time between our nacre and their hour." Natasha decides to tell them before they walk through the stargate.

"Natasha, shut up!" Harmony says.

The stargate activates.

"Incoming traveller, its SG-3 sir" says a confused technician

"SG-3 are on down time for a week." General Hammond seems a little confused. "Close the Iris. Defence team to the gate room." the General says over the tannoy

"Sir, it could be the Nysians." Carter runs into the control room.

"Open the Iris!" Hammond orders. The Iris opens as Teal'c and O'Neill arrive through the side door of the gate room just in time to see the four girls, still in Nysian uniform, walk through the stargate.

"I told you this was a bad idea!" O'Neill shouts to Hammond in the control room. He then addresses the girls. "You don't look anything like SG-3, what happened to using your own signal?" his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"You saw me type in the correct code, these stupid things don't work." Natasha snaps at Serena, then promptly throws the G.D.O on the floor and stamps on it.

"Do you know how much that costs?" O'Neill shouts at Natasha.

"Nope, and I don't really care!" she snaps back.

"That's gonna come out of your wages!"

"You don't pay me, she does!" Natasha shouts back, pointing at Serena.

"Hey don't bring me into this!" Serena says, moving slightly away.

"Well you're still gonna have to pay for it!"

"Well if I got it wrong it's only because you told me the wrong code!" Natasha is really starting to get annoyed now.

"Oh yeah, that's right, arrive on our planet and start blaming us for your stupid mistakes."

"My mistakes! You - man!" Natasha says unable to think of an appropriate translation for what she wanted to say.

"Well done! Object recognition time, one point to the thick lady there"

"Careful, you might start talking about yourself." Natasha throws back, looking like she's about to explode.

General Hammond and Carter, who are still in the control room, look at each other trying to keep a straight face as they watch O'Neill and Natasha, throw insults at each other.

"Now, now, we'll have less of the bitching or I'll have to tell Daddy." O'Neill shouts, immediately regretting it though as Natasha completely loses her temper and storms down the ramp towards him. He doesn't have time to react as Natasha's fist comes in contact with his chin. The force of the blow sends him flying back and he hits the floor a couple of inches from the metal cupboard on the far side of the room. There is a triumphant cheer from Harmony, which is immediately stifled as he sits up, holding his chin in his hand. Serena has obviously had enough of the petty argument, and exits the gate room shouting something obscene-sounding in Nysian at Natasha as she passes them. O'Neill may not have understood the language but he had a pretty good idea as to what she meant.

General Hammond and Carter enter the gate room just in time to stop another outburst from Natasha and O'Neill.

"That is quite enough." he orders, then turns to Carter. "Show the others to their quarters." he says more calmly. "As for you two, my office now!" he commands before storming out of the door. There is silence in the gate room; Harmony and Deanna are still stood by the gate trying not to laugh, whilst O'Neill and Natasha are still looking at each other challengingly.

"When I said now I didn't mean in two hours!" an annoyed General shouts from down the hall. Natasha glances back at the still-highly-amused Harmony and Deanna and gives them an annoyed look, then follows O'Neill out of the doors and down the hall.

Deanna and Harmony giggle as they make their way down the ramp.

"Well that was a good start to the alliance." Deanna says still smirking.

"Is he always like that to visitors?" Harmony asks Carter.

"Well not usually, but Natasha did break $300 worth of G.D.O, come on I'll show you round" Carter offers as she walks out followed by Deanna and Harmony.