Just as the Jaffa was about to yell to his companions, Jesse zated him and he fell to the floor. "That was graceful," Jack said to her, as he helped her drag the Jaffa into the chamber and they shut the door. "So where's Carter?"
"She's here, but I don't know for how much longer. So I suggest, Sir, that we hurry."
"Right, led the way."
"Yes, Sir." She took off in the opposite direction and Jack followed her.
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Jack almost slammed into Marshall when she stopped short after going around a corner. He looked past her shoulder and saw what had caused her to stop. There in front of her was a squadron of twenty armed Jaffa. "Quietly," he whispered to her, as he pulled her back with him and behind a cargo container. "What are they doing here?"
"They are preparing themselves to go invade the village," Jesse mouthed to him. "They stand between us and Carter."
"Oh, course they do." Jack shot a glance over to see that the Jaffa weren't moving from their positions either. "I thought you said that they were going to invade? They aren't moving."
"Craven hasn't given the orders yet, Sir."
"Right." Jack sat down, but Jesse did not. "Sit down, Marshall." She then did as he ordered,
and he kept an uneasy eye on the Jaffa not ten feet from them. "Let me get this straight. I thought Carter was taken off this ship, like the rest of the slaves."
"No. You two were kept behind for a different reason."
"What was that?"
"You're both very special to Craven." She shot a glance over the container and automatically flung herself into Jack's side, as a Jaffa walked right by the container. "Craven has something special for you both in mind."
"Do I want to know?"
"Craven is going to use you and Carter to populate his armies." Jack shot her a frown and she rushed to finish. "You two are different from all the other slaves. Craven has big plans for you."
"Oh, that's just great. What about you? Doesn't he have big plans for you?"
"Yeah."
"What are they?"
"He thinks of me as his mate's new host."
"Somehow I don't think that it turned out that way."
"No it did not, and he'll kill me because I betrayed him."
Just then Craven's voice came over the intercom and he said something in Goa'uld. The Jaffa then marched by them. "Okay, they're gone. We should go."
"Yeah, and we should hurry. You are probably missed."
"Right. Okay, which direction?" Jesse got to her feet and jogged across the chamber to the side of the room. "Um, Marshall. That's the wall. We know where the door is."
"I know, Sir." She reached out and touched a spot on the wall only to have her hand go right through it. "But I'm not interested in a door of that kind." She then walked through the wall and that got Jack to smile.
"Cool, fake wall." He then got to his feet and went through the wall right after her, only to find himself in another corridor. "What is this place?"
"It's the brig, Sir,"
"That wall thing was a neat trick."
"Yeah, real neat." Marshall went to one of the doors and punched the controls only to have it open to reveal a very weak Dr. Daniel Jackson. "Oh, shit."
"What?" Jack came up to her side and he let out a curse as well. "Why is Daniel here?"
"I have no idea." She went to another room to open it to reveal Teal'c. She ducked a punch and he soon was standing next to Jack. "Hello, Master Teal'c. How are you?"
"What is going on, O'Neill?" Teal'c asked him, as he helped Daniel get to his feet. "Why is she here?"
"She's helping us escape, Master Teal'c," Jack informed him, as Jesse opened one of the last two chambers to reveal a young man. "Wow, we're getting more people all the time to our escape party." Marshall opened the last chamber and there was Carter. "There's our girl."
"What are you going here, Droven?" the man asked Jesse, as she went to check on Carter. "You know that Craven will kill you for betraying him."
"Yeah, but these are my people. He has no right to kill them. I'm freeing them so that they can go home, just like I have done for you, Samson."
"He'll kill us all," Samson pointed out, as he headed for the wall. "You bring death to all you met, Droven." Then he was gone.
"We need to hurry," Jesse said, as she hunched down next to Carter. "Sam, I need for you to wake up now." When she didn't moved, Jesse shot a glance back at Jack and he came up to her side. "This isn't good. She's alive, but she's not responding to anything."
"Yeah, this doesn't feel right. Something's wrong."
"I got that feeling too, Sir." Jack slipped Carter's arm around his shoulder and pulled her to her feet. "Can you carry her?"
"Yeah, but I think you're right about us hurrying. I don't know if Samson can be trusted or not."
"No, he can't be trusted."
"How do you know for sure?" Daniel asked Jesse, as he came up to their side. "I mean, do you even know who he is?"
"Yeah, he's a murderer. He killed five children before we turned him over to Craven in sacrifice."
"Yeah, he can't be trusted."
"Then we should be leaving this place," Teal'c pointed out, as Jesse handed out some extra zats she had picked up. "Lead the way, Droven."
"Yes, Master Teal'c." Jesse took lead and they followed her. She led them towards the cargo bay area, only to turn a corner and slam into the hooded figure. She bounced off of him and slammed hard onto the floor. "You again. What are you doing here?"
"I'm leaving," he said, as he offered her his hand which she took and he helped her to her feet. "I suggest you all do the same."
"Who are you?" Jack asked him, as he came up to stand next to Jesse. "Why are you helping us?"
"No one should ever have to suffer."
"That makes sense," Daniel said, as he and helped Sam move towards the doors. "Can we leave now?"
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