Teal'c went and searched around the temple for anyone. When he found nothing, he figured it was time to check back at the SGC, just to double check that no one else was sent to the planet. He returned to the wall, where he had left Daniel, to bring him back.

"Daniel, I did not find O'Neill or Carter around the temple. I believe we should go back to the SGC to ensure that they are not missing." Teal'c reported.

"Alright, we have enough rubbings of the inscriptions to do some of work at the base. Maybe something in here will shed some light about our current predicament." Daniel packed up his gear and began to head back to the gate.

OOOO

General Hammond was about ready to send SG-3 to go check up on SG-1 when they did not call back within the hour that they had promised to, when the off-world activation alarm went off. He hurried to the control room and was glad to hear it was SG-1's IDC code.

"Open the iris, Sergeant." 'Jack is going to get a long lecture about being prompt.' The iris disengaged and out stepped Daniel and Teal'c but no Major or Colonel. Hammond then knew something was wrong. He immediately walked down to the embarkation room.

" Dr. Jackson, Teal'c, where are the Colonel and the Major? I sent them to the planet about an hour and a half ago."

" General Hammond, the Colonel and the Major never made contact with us at the temple. We did, however, hear the Colonel's thoughts loudly. He did not appear to be in distress, only that they were approaching the temple. I went around the temple to search and found nothing. That is why we have returned." replied Teal'c.

"General, why did you let them back to the planet?" asked Daniel.

" Carter believed she could help while the Colonel threatened to drive me crazy." Hammond touched his hand to his head, feeling a headache coming on. He knew that sending them was a bad idea, he knew it but he let them go anyway. "We do, however, have location markers on them. We should be able to find them on the planet. SG-3 is ready to go off world. If you are up for it, you can accompany them on the search." Hammond realized that the past day and a half has been so busy that Teal'c nor Daniel has had any rest.

"Sir, I will stay behind and work on the inscriptions. Something in here will tell us something, I'm sure of it." Daniel said. Hammond nodded in his direction and he left the embarkation room

" I will accompany SG-3 on the search." Hammond expected nothing less of the strong Jaffa. 'Junior', while a Go'auld parasite, provided Teal'c with the ability to go without sleep and still remain strong. He could only hope that wherever the two missing team members were, that they were alright.

OOOO

The elderly man, known as Aeolius, was stooped over a computer panel in his laboratory. He revelled in the fact that he finally had the people to carry out the last wishes of his people and to carry their legacy. And he was very surprised how they looked like Aidan and Ailana. He had returned their vocal chords and he was busy working on finishing the work to make them his friends again. Their consciousness would be 'downloaded' into the hosts to complete the task but the consciousness of the hosts would still be aware and be able to interact with his friends. While working he remembered the fateful day that the majority of his people were wiped out by an act of betrayal.

­-It was the day of the Naming. Every person in Ailonta was to attend at the Temple where Aidan, Ailana, Airon and Aeolius had finished preparing the rites. The candles were lit, the wreaths were hung with garland and the altar was ready for the blessings. Aeolius thought how ominous the Naming became as there were very few young Alatii. The population was not growing and if nothing was to be done, they would disappear.

He looked to his friends, Aidan and Ailana, who were married. Their union was often considered a fated decision as they both had the highest quality of blood. He remembered how every young Alatum is taught to utilize their blood in order that they can produce energy for various uses. Over the years, the quality of blood, or talent of the Alatii, has declined until the birth of Ailana and Aidan. Their blood was so pure that it was believed they could become the most powerful Alatum in history. People hoped they would have children so this blood would continue to be strong.

"Aeolius, the rite is going to begin. Let's go sit down." called Aidan, with Ailana nearby. Airon was brooding as usual, waiting for everyone else to hurry up. Aeolius caught up and as they sat down, the rites began. The head priest, Aedmeus, began the rite in the old language where he called upon Tellus to bless the people of Ailonta and to protect them. He then poured a libation of wine to the god which was the signal for the parents to bring out their children.

As they walked out, suddenly the wind picked up and the candles were blown out. Then the sky darkened and a pyramid-like ship began to descend upon Ailonta. At this point, people began to scream until Aedmeus called for everyone to calm down and call upon their blood to erect a barrier. Immediately the temple and surrounding city was covered by a silver dome, as the residents settled into a state of meditation where they stood. The invaders fired some sort of energy weapon but it was simply absorbed into the barrier. After some time of the enemy firing their weapons upon the shield, the ship ascended and disappeared, appearing to give up. Aedmeus called out to his people:

"Tellus has protected us. Let us continue the festival of the Naming and celebrate the victory over the enemy. Our way of peace has been proved by this act, that violence does not have to be answered by violence." Aedmeus then went back to the altar and the parents presented their children to him. He called out each of their names and blessed them and then everyone welcomed the child. It was a simple rite but it represented the continuous of his people, he thought.

At the end of the rite, which did not take very long, Aidan and Ailana left for home while Aeolius and Airon decided to head towards the laboratory, located underground. It was a fair distance by foot, but it was enjoyable to walk amongst nature. At the laboratory, Aeolius was working on a way to transfer the consciousness of one Alatum to storage device. He believed that if something did not change soon, then his people would disappear. In preserving the consciousness, they would never truly die. He looked to his friend Airon, and decided to try some conversation.

"So what did you think about this attack? Do you think they will be back?" he asked, but then almost regretted the question.

"Whatever the attack was about, I still don't think we should be pacifists. If someone attacks, we ought to destroy the attackers. They'll probably return, believing we have valuable weapons and who knows, they might be able to penetrate our defences. And then what? We know nothing of fighting. We will be sitting ducks." Airon replied angrily and then closed up.

Aeolius just shrugged off the reply and continued walking. He had always been wary of Airon as he never truly accepted the Alatum way of peace and was often quick to temper. But he was their friend, and like Aidan and Ailana, Aeolius accepted him for who he was.

Aeolius then realized that they were not alone but it was too late. A group of large men came out from the forest and surrounded them. He immediately focused his energy and erected a force field around him. Airon however did not. Using mind thought he called to Airon:

" Airon, what are you doing? Protect yourself!"

"I'll do it my way then." Airon then concentrated some energy into a small ball and through it at one of the strange men. Immediately, he fell to the ground and writhed in pain. Airon did it again, and Aeolius realized, horrified, that Airon was enjoying causing pain to the enemy.

"Stop it!" but his thought was not replied and Aeolius could do nothing but watch as Airon massacred the enemies. Right when he finished off the last one, there were a set of rings that appeared from no where and all of a sudden more men came, surrounding a man who appeared to be their leader.

The leader, dressed in red armour, looked to Airon and said in a deep voice. " I am Remus of the Go'Auld. You and your power interests me. Join me and you can do anything you have ever wanted." Airon regarded the man and then looked back to Aeolius.

Then with mind speech, he said, "I never truly belonged here Aeolius. I have always resented the others, for how they mocked me for being different and how they ignored me in front of the chosen ones." He said the last words in contempt.

"Airon you can't be serious…" he never finished his sentence. Airon, with his power of mind thought, disrupted his concentration, dissolving the barrier. Then as he walked towards the alien, he turned to face Aeolius and threw one of his energy attacks at him. The last thing he saw was Airon disappearing with the group of men, leaving him for dead.

Hours later, he awoke with a large headache. He then remembered the event that had passed and realized he had to hurry to the city. With Airon as an ally, the alien could find a way to go beyond the defences.

As he flew towards his city, he realized that he was too late. The city lay in ruin and it was overrun with more of those alien men. It looked like the city was attacked by surprise, by sending men down in contingents by means of the circular device that had been left alone, as it was believed that it was a portal to the heavens. As a group, the barriers of the Alatii were powerful but as individuals, they could not withstand the power of the enemies' energy weapons.

Aeolius then realized that Aidan and Ailana may still be alive. He flew straight to house and was shocked at what he saw. Airon, his ominous black wings spread, was laughing and had a strange device in his hand. Ailana was on the floor, dead or unconscious he was not sure, while Aidan was on his knees. Then something appeared to come from the device and hit Aidan, causing him to fall to the floor.

"Airon! How could you do this! Why did you attack your friends!" Then the strangest thing happened, Airon's eyes glowed.

"You must be Aeolius. You see, when I saw how powerful Airon's body was, I decided to make him my host. But as I entered, I realized that the body was so powerful, that it could reject me if necessary. Then Airon, my loyal subject, offered me his body so long as it was a union partnership. So Airon and I, Remus, are one." He said in the low distorted voice that had once come from the man from the forest. Then the voice changed back to Airon's.

"Aeolius, you cannot even imagine this power! These creatures have technologies beyond our own by generations and they are gods to others. This pitiful race is no more, Aeolius. And I have the satisfaction of destroying the chosen ones myself. Throughout my life, it was Ailana this, Aidan that. Now they will never fulfill their ludicrous destiny that some people believe it to be. They are dying slowly."

"What do you intend to do with me?"

" You are not even worth the effort. Your fate will be to exist alone among your dead friends and your ruined city. Farewell, Aeolius. I have everything I have ever wanted know, and the people I grew to resent and hate, are no more." With that, he flew out of the building.

Aeolius looked to his friends and realized that Aidan still had some strength in him.

"My friend, the Alatum are dying or dead by an act of treachery. You and Ailana appear to be slowly dying and I… Wait! There may still be time. Aidan, do you have strength to fly to my laboratory?"

"Yes, but what do you…"

"No time. We must go at once. I will explain as I perform the transfer."

Aeolius gingerly picked up Ailana and they both flew to his laboratory where he transferred their consciousness into a sophistocated computers until the day would come, he could find beings to hold their souls to carry out the task of getting revenge.

That was more than a hundred years ago and by using placing himself into stasis for periods of hibernation, he was able to survive. And now after waiting for so long, he had accomplished his mission. The consciousnesses of Ailana and Aidan now exist in the two humans, the transfer completed. After this exhausting mental task, he was drained to the point where he did not realize that the human's friends had returned and were closing in on his position.

OOOO

"Teal'c, we are nearing on their position." called the leader of SG-3. The beacons on the Major and the Colonel had registered they were inside an underground building. They found the entrance in a cave near the chasm and had found descending stairs. Then they came upon what appeared to be the door to the last room.

They opened the door and stepped in, and saw an old man with grey wings, unconscious in a strange device while O'Neill and Carter were lying on two beds, also unconscious.

" I believe we should take everyone back. He is probably the reason why they disappeared in the first place." Said Teal'c. The leader of the SG-3 team concurred and after getting three gurneys with a med team, the search party returned to the SGC.

OOOO

General Hammond was inside the infirmary with Dr. Jackson, Teal'c and Doctor Fraiser. Inside the room, the colonel and the major lay still unconscious from their ordeal, while the strange man was in another room, sleeping.

" Has anything changed since their last exam?" he asked Dr. Fraiser.

"Sir, it appears that they have regained the ability to speak. For now, its best to wait until they wake up, which should be soon." And with that said, O'Neill's eyes began to lift.

"Colonel, can you hear me?" asked Janet.

He was awake but looked agitated. He then spun around to Carter and grasped her hand. He then did something unspeakable. Jack O'Neill kissed Major Carter in front of his superior, and his friends.

"Colonel Jack O'Neill! What on earth do you think you are doing?" cried Hammond. Carter had also awaken and they both sat upright in their beds. They looked at one another and then to Hammond and the rest.

" You are not speaking to Jack O'Neill. I am Aidan of the Alatum and this is my wife, Ailana."

They all gasped at what they heard and Hammond realized that his second in command and his god daughter were no longer in possession of their bodies. He looked to Fraiser who silently shook her head, as if to say, that they tested negative for any Go'auld.

" That old man has some explaining to do." Daniel muttered.

A/N: Hi everyone! Sorry for the delay. Exams and so on. I still have three to go. Finished my Greek exam (yay) and I still have my Latin to go. Can anyone guess what i am studying? Anyway, here is chapter four which is basically a big long history and basically outlines the major plot in the story.Oh, and the wholeconsciousness thing.. think of it like the time Danielhad all those other people in his head. andsorry, my J/S is coming slowly, very slowly as I am new at the whole romance bit. If there are any huge inconsitencies tell me and i will work to fix them. I hope you enjoy it and there will be no more or little flashbacks. (yay-- flash backs are hard) PLEASE REVIEW