Double quotation marks "" "" indicate the foreign language used in this story.

Andrea received the message as she was walking into her study.

She ran the whole way there.

When she got to the great stone watch towers on the hill overlooking the valley, she straightened her disheveled worn robes.

She stopped to gaze at what was in the valley below her.

She saw the ring of sentries around the gate.

But what drew her attention most was what, or rather who, the sentries were circling other than the gate.

The four strangers looked oddly out of place with their clean tan colored clothing.

As she began the trek down the hill she chuckled.

They probably felt out of place and uncomfortable with their fingers laced on top of their heads, and weapons on the ground.

Her eyes were first drawn to the man in the front who looked like the commanding officer.

She couldn't see much of his face since he was wearing a hat and dark eye glasses.

Even from afar, and even wearing the dark eye glasses she could tell he had a grimace on his face.

Her eyes turned to the man on the first's left.

She could recognize his type anywhere.

Gou'ld.

She shudderd.

She had had only one encounter with them, but that was enough to scar her for life.

She could still remember the screams of her mother.

The memories faded as she turned towards the light haired on.

Her eyes bugged.

A female.

Even if they were Gou'ld, her impression of the group went up a notch.

Even in her society, where woman had rights, women were not allowed to be soldiers.

Her light hair color was a surprise too.

She couldn't remember someone who didn't have dark hair.

She saw the females eyes roam the landscape.

A smart female too.

By then they had noticed her.

She saw them conversing softly glancing in her direction.

Her eyes finally turned towards the last of this odd group.

She coughed heavily, which caused her concentration to weaken.

She stumbled on a loose rock, but caught herself just in time.

Oh.

My.

Goodness.

He was the most attractive man she had ever laid eyes on.

If you ignored the eye glasses and that obscenely ugly hat that he wore, he would be perfect.

She couldn't tell for sure, but his eyes seemed to be a blue or green color.

She ripped her gaze away from the face from heaven to find Arkados.

She found him in the front line pointing his weapon at the group.

""Arkados!"" she yelled from about 20 foot paces away.

He head turned in her direction, but his gun hand didn't waver.

She flicked her head away from the group indicated that she wanted to speak with him privatly.

He nodded, turned his gazed back to the new group, and lowered his weapon.

She met him out of earshot of even the guards.

She only had to say one word.

""Explain.""

""We were doing our regular duties when the lights lit up around the gate.""

He looked reverently at the gate, then back at her with wide eyes.

""About 20 heartbeats went by when they stepped through. We already had already circled the gate and had our guns at the ready. We ordered them drop their weapons and raise their hands. I think they speak another language because they didn't look like they understood at first, but they got our drift.""

""Much thanks Arkados.""

""My pleasure.""

Without another word they both turned back to the gate and the awaiting foreign visitors.