Chapter 10

Within moments, Daniel signaled the group to stop once again. He moved closer to the wall and looked into a tiny gap that had been opened in the rocks with the last one that he had disintegrated. Stepping back he announced, "This is it; they're just behind here."

Daniel stepped away from the wall as Teal'c stepped up and took over. Carefully he took aim and fired tree times upon the boulder directly in front of him. The rock vanished to reveal Jack and Sam still in the same position that they had become trapped in with the rocks pinning them down.

There was a moment of silence before Greg softly snickered to Grissom, "Now that's the way to get trapped." Sara glared at Greg as Jacob rushed forward, reaching into the crevice where his daughter was trapped, trying to reach her.

"Sam! Sam, can you hear me?" He cried frantically.

Her head moved a fraction as an almost inaudible groan escaped her lips. "They're alive!" Jacob exclaimed as he got out of the way. "Let's get them the rest of the way out!"

They proceeded to carefully remove the rocks that were perilously jammed above the two officers heads and pinning them down. A few moments later, they had the rocks which had held them in place removed and Greg was sent in to see what condition the two were in and if he was going to be able to wake them. Daniel had demanded that he be the one, but Greg was definitely smaller and would fit into the tight space.

As Greg was entering the hole, Mulder, speaking as Anise said, "Selmak, we have to get these Kull Disrupters to the rest of the Tok'ra right away."

Jacob pulled his eyes away from the hole and looked up to Mulder/Anise nodding. "Yes. You and Teal'c should take them down to the gate room. Hopefully there are still Tok'ra left to distribute them to," Selmak spoke through him.

"Mulder! You can't go out there. You have no idea what you're dealing with!" Scully chastened as she reached out and grabbed Mulder's arm.

"Scully," he said as Mulder. "I know all about this situation now through Anise. She knows what's going on and what needs to be done and these weapons have to be given out to the rest of the Tok'ra so they might have a fighting chance against these warriors."

"Then I'm going with you," she said.

"No, you're not. You still don't know the situation and you may be needed here. Those two are going to need medical attention and, last I checked, you are a doctor."

"But Mulder…"

"No, I have to do this Scully, you have to remain here. Now can you do that?"

She stared at him for a moment before nodding saying, "Alright Mulder, you win. Go save these people."

Mulder nodded once and turned to Teal'c. "Teal'c," Anise addressed him. "Let's go!" Teal'c cocked his head in acknowledgement and bent over to pick up the crate with the weapons once again. Before leaving, Mulder handed Jacob his Kull Disrupter and headed out with Teal'c close behind him.

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Greg wormed his way into the narrow crevice, checking first Sam, then Jack for a pulse. "General? Colonel?" He called. "Well," he called back to the others waiting outside. "They're both alive, but not waking up."

"Owie!" Jack suddenly exclaimed, bringing a hand to forehead.

"O'Neill! Welcome back!" Greg said.

"Who are you?" O'Neill asked, looking up at Greg.

"Greg Sanders, the one you took to get the snake out of my head."

"Oh yeah. Head hurts."

"Yes, lack of oxygen will do that."

"Carter?"

"She's alive, but I can't seem to wake her up."

"Carter!" Jack yelled as he jerked his body, shaking her as she still was lying on top of him.

"Wha…!" She gasped.

"Look Carter, we're being rescued," O'Neill said to her.

"Awh! Great, is there anything they can do about my head and arms?"

Greg smiled, "Probably, once we get you out of here. Can either of you move?"

"I probably can once Carter gets off!"

Greg held another chuckle back at the innuendo that Jack inadvertently made as Carter answered, "I can move, but my arms are useless. I'm going to need help to get out of here."

"Alright, um, I'm going to help you back this way so O'Neill can get out first and we can bring you out feet first and not have to wrench your arms too much."

Greg then moved in behind Carter and helped her back the way that she had moved to get into her current position.

"Ouah! Carter, watch the leg!" O'Neill cried as she slipped once and fell back to his leg.

"Well it didn't feel very good on both of my broken arms either, sir!" She retorted back after she was able to stop gritting her teeth from the pain.

"Greg? What are you doing to them in there?" Grissom called into the hole.

Greg decided that is would be better to not answer and continued to pull Sam back against the wall. When he had finally gotten her back where she needed to be, he called out, "Alright, I have Colonel Carter out of the way. Daniel, could you help O'Neill out of here?"

Daniel's head appeared at the opening and then he reached his arms in, grabbing both of Jack's hands. "Alright Jack, let's get you out of here. I'll pull you out, you use your good leg to help propel yourself, alright?"

"Yeah, let's get this over with," O'Neill grumbled.

"On three, One… Two… Three!" And both Daniel and Jack were straining and grunting, both working hard to get Jack out of his prison.

When Daniel had gotten Jack out up to his shoulders, Scully came over and helped him out the rest of the way. After sitting Jack down against the wall beside Jacob, Daniel returned to the opening, putting his head back in. "Alright, Jack's out. How are you doing Sam?" He asked.

"Well, I'm alive but both of my arms are broken."

"So, Greg; how to you propose we get her out of here?" Daniel asked.

"I think if you grab her legs and help pull her out while I help her from here, we can slide her out without her having to use her arms at all."

"Sounds good. You ready Sam?"

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Jack, Sam, and Jacob were now lined up against the wall like three bumps on a log. Scully had set Jack's leg and one of Sam's arms and was working on the other. Daniel had already worked on Jacob's shoulder and a rough bandage of torn fabric now covered his wound. But thanks to Jacob's symbiote, the wound was already healing well.

"Now what I don't understand is how those warriors got Earth's IRS code," Jacob was saying.

"I know what you mean Dad... Ah!" said Sam as Scully worked on her arm.

"Sorry," the FBI agent apologized.

"We took every precaution in exchanging the codes. This should not have happened!"

"Actually…" Greg reluctantly voiced.

"Greg… what did you do?" Grissom asked.

"Well it wasn't me, and I tried to stop it, but I had no control," Greg tried to explain.

"What are you talking about?" Jacob asked as he began to suspect what might have happened.

"It was right after I was brought through the gate and you were showing O'Neill the code for the iris. My Goa'uld had constructed a long range communication devise using a power source from the staff weapon found at the body and pieces of lab equipment…"

"You took apart my lab equipment?!?" Grissom exclaimed.

"Griss, not now," Sara said as she put an arm out to restrain Grissom from Greg.

Greg pleaded, "I couldn't stop myself. I wanted to, I really did. It made me sick to watch myself do what I was doing, but I just couldn't fight against it."

"It's alright Greg; we know that you cannot be held responsible for the actions the Goa'uld made you take. Now please, continue," Jacob said.

"After I saw the codes, I, or rather my Goa'uld, used the communicator to transmit the codes and the Tok'ra location through subspace with the hope that some rogue Goa'uld would pick it up and respond. Apparently, one did."

"Well, then this is all my fault," Jacob said as he leaned his head up to the wall.

"Now Jacob, this is no more your fault than it is Greg's," Jack said. "You couldn't possibly know that the Goold made a communicator and that he was watching as you told me those codes."

"I know Jack, but this should never have happened."

"No it shouldn't have," Daniel said. "But the Goa'uld should never have been allowed to gain so much power and Anubis should never have been able to create the Kull Warriors or to even ascend, but all of that did happen. All that we can do is to decide what to do about it now that it has happened."

"Daniel's right," Grissom said. "Sitting here complaining about what has happened is not going to set things right. Something must be done."

"Alright, I agree. But what are we going to do right now?" O'Neill asked. "I have a broken leg, Carter has two broken arms, Jacob is injured and you four an inexperienced."

"We may be inexperienced when it come to the circumstances, but we all have different talents that may be useful," Scully said. "I know I have a large amount of weapons training and am also a scientist and medical doctor."

"We're all three scientists and we also have had at least some weapons training," Sara said.

"We are willing to offer our assistance in whatever you need," Grissom said.

All eyes turned to Jack, wondering what he was going to decide. After a moment of thought, Jack turned to Sam saying, "Alright Carter. Got any ideas?"

Sam's eyes got really big as she looked back to him. "Sir, I'm sorry but I don't. Like you said, what is there to do?"

"Well, it seems to me that if the Kull Warriors are coming through the gate, then we should first come up with a way to shut it down," Scully said.

"She's right. We can't get out with that gate connected," Sam said.

"Also, those Warriors are going to keep coming through, no matter how many we kill, until we are all eliminated," Jacob put in.

"Alright, so we shut down the gate. How do we do that?" Jack asked.

"Well, we could just wait for the 38 minute window," Carter said.

"38 minute window?" Grissom asked.

"Of course, with the amount of power that the gate is drawing, it couldn't possibly stay open forever. 38 minutes must be how long a wormhole can be maintained," said Sara.

"Exactly," Sam said to her.

"Alright, does anyone know when the next 38 minutes will be?" Jack asked.

"By my count from when it was first opened, it should shut down for the second time in about three minutes," Jacob answered.

"That's not much time," Greg said.

"Just enough to get there," Jacob answered.

"Alright, three minutes. Who's going?" Scully asked.

"Either me or Danny will have to and at least one more to provide cover while one of us dials out," Jacob said.

"I will, I still have that Kull Disrupter that Mulder gave me," Scully volunteered.

"I'll go and dial," Daniel said. "You're still injured and symbiote or not, that shoulder's not going to be in use for a while yet. I'll be able to dial faster."

"Alright Danny, you better get going."

Daniel nodded and turned to Scully, "You ready?" he asked.

"As I ever will be. After you Dr. Jackson."

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After they were gone, Jacob turned to Greg and asked, "Do you still have that communication devise in your pocket?"

"Yes," he answered.

"Can I see it please?" Jacob asked.

Greg reached into his pocket and handed it to him. Jacob reached with his good hand and took it, turning it over and over in his hand as he examined it.

"This is fascinating. I had no idea that these components could be used in this way. This is very impressive. You must be a very gifted scientist," Jacob said.

"Well, it was the Goa'uld that was putting it together, not me," Greg answered, still feeling rather guilty about the whole thing.

"Well I know of no Goa'uld who would have had enough knowledge of Earth equipment to construct this. He must have been drawing from your own knowledge and gifts as a scientist to figure out what he needed to make this."

"Great, that makes me feel a whole lot better. I guess this is all my fault," Greg commented.

"No, it's not your fault that the Goa'uld used your own knowledge against you. They do that all the time," Sam told him.

"Greg, if anything, I would take this whole affair as a complement to your abilities as a scientist," Sara told him.

He managed a small smile at her attempt to cheer him up. He really was proud that an advanced alien had needed his expert knowledge in order to build such a sophisticated devise.

Jacob handed the devise back to Greg saying, "Here, keep this as a souvenir. I believe the power source is depleted and will no longer cause anyone any troubles."

"Thanks," Greg said, taking the devise back from Jacob.