I wasn't even informed enough to stare. Yugi had just, somehow, changed into a big Yugi and claimed that he was once Pharaoh. That was the first time I noticed the pendant around Yugi's neck, it was in the shape of a pyramid with a symbol Wdjet – Dr. Daniel Jackson on the front, however the most interesting thing about the pendant had numerous lines running over it's surface. It appeared that Yugi had assembled it like a puzzle. Yugi explained that the pendent was the Millennium Puzzle, an ancient artifact recovered by his Grandfather that, as Teal'c said, was rumored to house the soul of the lost Pharaoh. What really had me thinking however was that the Duel Monsters game was based off the "Games of Darkness" that Teal'c mentioned. It, honestly, scared me. To think that these cards could possibly house the consciousness of a human being, it was mind boggling, even more amazing was the fact I was considering this. I'm a scientist.
From the Notes of Dr. Daniel Jackson
This was the most amazing discovery of my time. Pyramids as landing sites was a tiny spec in the grand scheme of things. This was proof that there was such a thing as what modern man called the soul. At least in this reality the meaning of life had just gotten a new chapter. It's incredible. Meanwhile in the wake of this, another theory of mine had just been proved. Smaller in scale, less galacticly influencing, but just as interesting. I like to call this theory the soul of the deck. Each card in my deck has a life of its own, each tells a story. Eight years ago I'd say that Ra was just a figure carved on a wall, but now I'd gladly say that he is very much real, in some form or another. Perhaps there was more truth to that than most would accept.
From the Jaffa Book of Tales as Translated by Dr. Daniel Jackson
Though we were all sufficiently shocked we quickly turned our attention to the more pressing matter, Osiris was coming to Earth. General O'Neill ordered the immediate installation of an iris, and Cornel Carter began to think of plans to stop the coming onslaught, but they were all doomed from the start. At last it was Yugi who spoke up "if the Goa'uld have returned we have one means to defeat them". "What madness do you speak of child" I did not trust him anymore now than I did before he declared to be a Pharaoh, in fact I probably trusted him less. "While their army's are waves of great slaughter and torment they are still bound to certain responsibilities. "Liiiike" O'Neill was eager to hear what Yugi had to say and he wanted to know right then. "The Shadow Games" "the games of darkness are you mad child, surly you do not trust that the Goa'uld to honor the rules of engagement" O'Neill did not feel comfortable playing cards for the sake of the earth any more than I did though no doubt for different reasons. If Yugi was a Goa'uld we could be falling right into a trap.
From the Report of Brigadier General Jack O'Neill
3 days later we were ready for our first attempt at stopping the Goa'uld. We were horribly outnumbered, each person would count. That's when Yugi and Joey showed up. I knew that they were civilians with no training or experience but the odds were too uneven, I sent them to get P-90s. Kaiba's security forces, SG-1, Kaiba, Yugi, and Joey were armed with every piece of Kaiba Corp military tech that escaped the furnace and P-90s. We were through the gate at 0600. Irvine was an administrator not a soldier, he was taken down quickly. Even with the Anti-Kull upgrades carter managed to pull together out of parts Kaiba ordered we were still loosing ground and our surprise attack had been found out, as had our positions. A resounding bang and a cheer rang out as Kaiba, Daniel and a security guard ran from the exploding mother ship, we had taken one down but we were still hopelessly out numbered. I ordered a retreat through the gate quickly with the knowledge that we may have made the attack come that much sooner. However, Kaiba was a warrior he must have taken down at least 19 Kull Warriors before I ordered the retreat, however he was also a kid, he continued to take down about 4 more after I ordered the retreat. Yugi and Joey were pinned down; of course I didn't know that at the time, I should have made sure. Joey was not quite as skilled as Kaiba but he didn't care about orders, he just wanted the right to claim he stopped more Kull Warriors than Kaiba. It was my mistake allowing three civilians to go, but the Kull Warriors' numbers were so huge. I rushed back through the gate with Kaiba right behind me. Daniel came back with a charred shoulder, Teal'c was wounded pretty bad but his time adjusting to dratonin had toughened him up, Carter miraculously walked out of the gate the same way she walked in. I rolled down the ramp scratching my arm, and Kaiba ran through still coating the battlefield in anti-kull fire, I think Kaiba actually complained that they had ripped his favorate blue jacket. I ordered that they shut down the gate and close the iris. I had made mistakes that will torment me for a long time.
