The moment Riley got to the other side of the Gate, he noticed that the world he had left in search of Jesse and Ethan, wasn't the same. There was fire everywhere and not many inhabitants around the gate. He quickly ducked behind some rubble as a squadron on Jaffa marched by. "Okay," Riley whispered to himself, as he began to look around. "There's no place like home."

"You're correct," a soft voice said from behind him and he turned to see Katie, a young slave girl, who he had taken on as his little sister, who was six. "It's good to have you home, Riley."

"I'm not home," Riley said, as he started for the encampment of the slaves, where he knew the labs were located.

"What do you mean?" Katie asked, as she followed him and then shot a glance back at the gate. "Where are the bodies of Jesse and Ethan?"

"They're not dead yet." He then shot a glance down at Katie to see that she had a fresh knife wound across her arm. "Are you okay, little one?"

"I'm fine, Riley." She tucked back a strand of her long, black hair out of her face. "Are they okay?"

"Yes, Katie, they are fine." He then came up short just as two Jaffa walked in front of them. "We're close."

"Yeah, to the camp I just got away from." Riley shot her a look that quickly silenced her. "Sorry."

"Well, I need to get into that camp to get the antidote for the serum for Jesse and Ethan. Without it, they'll die."

"How long do you have to live if you're on the serum?" Katie asked him with extreme fear in her voice.

"If we can get the antidote, you can be saved within hours."

"That's good to know."

"I need for you to stay here." He got to his feet and started for the camp, only to have Katie grab his arm. "What?"

"They are killing everyone tonight. Lord Apophis ordered it."

"What?"

"I escaped but no one else did. That's why there is no one here."

Back on Earth, Jesse and Ethan had taken a turn for the worst. Both had stopped speaking co-heriant sentences and their seizures had gotten more frequent. Janet soon had them both heavily sedated and secured to their beds, with guards on them. Carter had then started to do research on trying to make up an antidote for the serum along with Janet's help, but they kept hitting walls.

O'Neill, Daniel, and Teal'c were given only the opportunity to sit and watch them. They had no idea when Riley was coming back and even if he really was coming back.

Back on P3X-869, Riley and Katie slipped inside of the lab only to come across vial after vial of the orange serum. "Whoa," Katie said, as she stopped to look at all the vials. "This is really cool."

"Katie, don't touch a thing," Riley said, as he began to gather up some of the different colored serums and placed them in a bag. "I don't need you any more ill than you all ready are."

"Okay." Her hands went straight to her pockets and she looked down at her beat up shoes.

"I got everything." Riley then placed the bag onto Katie's shoulders and she shot him a concerned group. "I know that you will not loose these."

"But, I'm too little." Katie moved the bag so that it was more comfortable for herself. "I can't do this."

"Yes, little one you can." Riley headed for the door and shot a glance around. "I need to try something." He grabbed a full vial of the serum and injected it into his arm. Riley then dropped down to his knee and bit back a moan. Katie looked up at him the moment his eyes changed to orange to gold.

"You're a Goa'uld." Katie began to back away but Riley caught her arm and she almost screamed.

"Katie, I'm not a Goa'uld. It's the after effects of the serum. It gives you a Goa'uld like appearance with the eyes and the voice. Nothing else."

"You're still Riley?"

"Yes, little one, I'm still Riley, but I need to fool those guards out there to think I'm a Goa'uld or we're never gonna make it to the gate."

"What about me?" Riley began to mix some of the liquids together and placed it over a warm fire.

"You are my slave."

"I'm back to being a slave, oh, goodie."

"Not for that long." He grabbed onto a Zhat gun and headed out the door with Katie in front of them. They got maybe ten feet from the building, when two Jaffa stopped them.

"Where are you headed?" one asked, as he shot a glance down at Katie who stared at the ground.

"I'm taking the girl to our Lord as a peace offering and to prove that the serum doesn't work."

"It doesn't work?" the Jaffa asked, as he took a step towards him. "It must since I don't sense a symbiote in you."

"I wasn't given one." Riley then shot them both with the Zhat and pushed Katie forward. "Run."

"Why?"

"Because they are going to kill us if we stay."

"Good enough reason." They speed up as they ran for the gate which wasn't but ten yards from them. Riley got to the gate a second before Katie did and began to dial up Earth. "Are you nuts? We can't go there. That's Apophis' base. He'll surely kill us."

"Right location, wrong time." Riley pressed the symbols on the device and shot a glance down at Katie. "You're gonna have to come with me." The gate opened and he punched in Daniel's Birthday into the G.D.O. "You can't stay here."

"Go where? To Apophis' base? Are you nuts?"

"Yes, I am nuts. You're gonna have to trust me, little one."

"Trust you?" Katie then shot a glance back at the camp. "They're gonna kill us."

"If they catch us." Riley grabbed onto her arm and she shot him a concerned look. "You're gonna have to trust me, little one."

"Riley, there are Jaffa coming." He shot a glance back at the camp to see that there were Jaffa heading in their direction. "We're not gonna make it."

"Yes, we are." Just then the lab exploded and took out half of the Jaffa. "See, you have little faith in me." He then started back towards the open gate and then paused shooting a glance at the gate then at Katie. "I have an idea." He dropped down to a knee in front of her and she shot him a concerned look. "Get on my back." She climbed onto his back and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Hold on tight." He then blurred at the gate and they went through just as the Jaffa began to fire upon them.

Back on Earth, Siler looked at the screen to see that there was an incoming wormhole and that the Iris Code was Daniel Jackson's birthday. "Sg-1 to the Gate Room," a computerized voice ordered. "Sg-1 to the Gate Room."

"What do we got?" General Hammond asked as he came up behind Siler as Sg-1 came up to them.

"I don't know, sir," Siler said, as he checked the iris code again. "It looks like a birthday, sir."

"It's Riley," Daniel said, as he looked at the numbers. "That's my birthday. Riley said he would use those numbers as the iris code so that we would know it was him."

"And you are sure about this?" Hammond asked them, as they watched the gate open and the iris started to close, only to have a blurred figure come through a fraction of a second before it closed and came to a complete stop at the end of the ramp. "Who's the child?" Sg-1 looked down to see that Katie had extreme fear in her eyes as she tightened her grip onto Riley's neck.

The moment the gate shut down behind them, Riley dropped down so that Katie could get off of his back. She then hid behind his back as SG-1 came into the Gate Room. "Easy, Katie," Riley said to her, as he slid a hand behind his back and she grabbed onto it. "Look."

Katie peered around him and she smiled. "It's Uncle Jack," she said, as she broke away from him and ran towards Jack, only to come to a complete halt when she saw Teal'c. "No." She then was back at Riley's side and he bit down on his bottom lip as she dug her nails into his hand. "This isn't real."

"Easy, little one." Riley then took her up in his arms and she buried her face into his shoulder, as they came up to them. "Guys, I would like you to meet, my adopted little sister, Katie. She's a bit nervous right now."

"I would say more terrified than nervous," Carter said, as she slid a hand along Katie's arm only to have her pull it away. "Did you get the antidote?"

"I think so." Carter then looked up into his eyes to see that they were golden and took a step back in alarm. "It's okay. I had to inject myself with a full vial of the serum to get past some Jaffa. When that didn't work, we blew up their lab and escaped."

"Riley, where's Ethan and Jesse?" Katie asked, as she looked over at Carter with tears in her eyes.

"They're in the infirmary," Carter said to her, as she looked at Katie. "They need the antidote."

"You mean the vials, Riley gave me?"

"Yes, those vials." Riley set her down and she slipped the bag off of her shoulder. "Can you give them to me?"

"Riley?" Katie shot a glance up at him and he shot her a smile as he hunched down next to her.

"You can trust, Aunt Sami," Riley said to her, as he tucked back a loose strand of her hair. "She and Cassie's mom are gonna help Jesse and Ethan."

"Okay." Katie then handed the bag over to Carter and shot a glance over at Teal'c. "Is he good or bad?" Carter then took off for the infirmary with the bag.

"He's good." She then shot Teal'c a fake smile which got Riley to chuckle. "Come on, you, let's go see Jesse and Ethan. He took her up in his arms and headed out headed for the door. "I bet they'll be so happy to see you."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I'm sure."

Sg-1 followed them to the infirmary where Riley and Katie ran into Janet. "It's Cassie's mom," Katie pointed out to Riley, when she spotted her. "It's Cassie's mom."

"Yeah, I know that, little one." He shot Janet a smile as she began to look at the vials.

"But look who's over there." She followed his gesture to see both Jesse and Ethan tied down to their beds.

"Jesse!" Katie ran over to her bed and jumped up onto the bed. "Jesse?" She then shook Jesse's arm and got no response from her. "Riley? I think she's dead."

"No, little one," Riley said, as he sat down next to her and took her up in his lap. "She's sleeping. She had become too strong to handle, so Cassie's mom made her sleep."

"Ethan, too?"

"Yes, Ethan too. Hopefully those vials will give us the antidote to the serum."

"I hope so." She began to rub her arms and Riley gently hugged her. "I was lucky to get out of there alive."

"Yes, you were, and I know that you didn't tell me the entire truth on how you escaped."

"But, I promised not to tell."

"You have to tell me, Katie."

"Okay, this being called Oma helped me."

"Oma?" Daniel asked, as he came up to their side. "She helped you?"

"Yeah. She told me to hide and I did. It was then that Riley came back."

"So Oma's a good person?" Riley asked, as he looked at Daniel.

"Yeah, she is."

"I think we have found it," Janet said, as she came up to them with a green vial of serum. "The antidote."

"That's great." Riley shot Katie a smile and then looked over at Janet. "Then there's the major question. Who's the first test subject?"

TBC