Chapter 5: …Who's the Deadliest One of All?
Standing on the ramp was an exact double of Dr. Jackson, Maj. Carter, Col. Maybourne, and the dead Maj. Kawalsky. Except for the fact that they looked… a little different.
For starters, the fake-Daniel had longer hair tied up in a ponytail that went down to his waist and didn't wear glasses. The fake-Sam had her hair cut like O'Neill's and had a dangerous look to her. Fake-Maybourne had a beard that would put the real Maybourne in a snit. And the fake-Kawalsky had a hideous looking scar that went from his left eyebrow to the middle of his throat. The only thing linking them together instead of looking like their counterparts was the fact that they had black tails swinging like mad.
"Ok, fifty points and a cookie say that those people aren't here for the sights." Jack said out loud.
His hunch was confirmed when the fake-Daniel had literally jumped over the guards and crashed into the control room. Fake-Sam had pulled a double team with fake-Maybourne and crashed through the guards while fake-Kawalsky had slid under the ramp railing and reached the manual control box for the Iris.
Jack grabbed one of the zats stored under the conference table for foothold situations and ran to the control room with Teal'c. Daniel and Sam grabbed the General and shoved him into his office. Doctors Crayson and Frasier grabbed their backup guns and started heading for the General's office to protect the General and themselves. Goku and the two Gohans had opted for the simpler approach. When Jack and Teal'c were in a position to fire on fake-Daniel, Goku and the Gohans jumped through the window separating the Conference Room from the Gate Room and landed on top of the fake-Daniel.
During this confusion, General Hammond had ordered a security lockdown of the SGC. Fake-Kawalsky had rolled under the descending blast door just in time to get shot down from the security personell lined up along the hallway. The Sam and Maybourne look-alikes were trapped between a rock and a hard place. So, they did what all bad guys do when their backs are against the wall. They grabbed a pair of guards and held knives at their throats.
"Don't start any trouble. We don't want to have to hurt you." Jack said at the doppelgangers.
Fake-Sam looked at fake-Maybourne and spoke something that was unintelligible. Than turned back to O'Neill and said, "Let us leave and you might live for another day."
"We don't deal like that. You drop our people and we might not kill you for trying to take the base." Jack said back.
"…Than it appears we are at an impasse, Colonel O'Neill. Would you really like to see this poor innocent's blood on your consciousness?" the Sam doppelganger said as she inched the knife closer.
Jack looked at Teal'c and motioned him to shoot on three. Jack than stood up and said, "I'm going to give you to the count of three to let our people go."
"You wouldn't dare." the fake-Maybourne said.
"ONE…" Jack shouted.
"He's bluffing…" Fake-Sam said.
"TWO…" Jack shouted again.
"He would kill the hostage…" Fake-Maybourne said.
Just as Jack was about to say three, a silverfish blue-white blur swan dived down from the conference room window and bowled over the doppelgangers and the hostages. When the hostages ran, the blur shifted back for a moment and Jack recognized it as Dr. Crayson. Than the Doctor slammed both the fakes' heads together and leaped back. Both fakes were unconscious and the Daniel doppelganger stirred. Both Zats were on it at this point.
"Do you want to end up like your friends?" Jack asked.
The false Jackson looked up at O'Neill for a second and said, "Yes."
Than, Fake-Daniel twisted his neck and effectively killed himself via hangman's fracture. At the same time, the copies of Sam and Maybourne had convulsed like they were having a seizure and then remained still. All four were dead.
"Let's clean up the place shall we?" Jack said with mournful disdain.
When they were about to shut off the Stargate, a CD came through before it shut down. The name on the label said, "PLAY ME"
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When everyone was assembled again, O'Neill put the CD into the DVD player. A silhouette of a figure appeared on screen.
"IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS COLONEL O'NEILL, THAN MY TEAMS HAVE FAILED AT THEIR TASK OF CAPTURING THE SGC. I HOPE THAT THEY HAVE SHOWN YOU THAT WE ARE WILLING TO DIE TO TAKE WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY OURS. WE HAD NEARLY CONQUERED THE UNIVERSE BEFORE FREIZA CAPTURED AND DESTROYED OUR PLANET. WE HAVE DECIDED WHO LIVES OR DIES BUT NOT WHEN IT MEANS OUR OWN PLANET IS DISTROYED. SO, I'M GIVING YOU ONE CHANCE TO SURRENDER THE TAU'RI EARTH AND ALL ITS SECRETS SO THAT WE MAY DECIDE TO CONQUER THIS UNIVERSE AND DISTROY YOU ENEMIES THE GOU'ALD. SEND ME YOUR ANSWER IN ONE WEEK BY THE SAME CD. ONE MORE THING, (the shadow turns to an exact replica of O'Neill) DON'T MESS WITH THE CHAMPION OF THE SAYAN FLEET. THAT'S ME, FLEET COMMANDER MAULLY."
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I thought the suspense would add tension to the story. In case you wonder why O'Neill is turning into a half-Sayan and Daniel, Maybourne and Sam didn't I'll explain in the next chapter. Please Review.
Legal Stuff
(This gets monotonous doesn't it?) See previous chapters.
Preview of Chapter 6
Questions are explained and new ones are made as the real Col. Maybourne of the NID shows up. Tempers flare as the untrained Half-Sayans find their personal problems start to affect their judgement and Judgement is becoming the only sane thing left in the SGC.
