Chapter 9: Surprise, Surprise
- Colonel I'll need you help coordinating our defense. You two will be my eyes and ears down here.
- Yes, sir.
Daniel and Teal'c stayed there to try and defend the control room. Sam and the General went up to level 16.
- Wait.
- Sir?
- We should take the device.
- What device?
- The one you brought back from your last mission.
- It could help us defending against them. You never know. Besides it's the only device we can grab. The others are being studied in area 51.
- All of them?
- Yes.
- Ok let's that it
They got the device and headed to level 16 where they could monitor SGC's situation.
The general got in contact with the president and communicated the current situation.
- Yes, sir. We're doing our best. Ok sir. Will do.
- So?
-The president is targeting a missile to the base.
- What?
- I don't know. Apparently the Pentagon had a contingency plan in the case we ever got invaded by drones.
- I'm going to study the device
- I need to know something. Do you trust me?
- What?
- Do you trust me?
Sam didn't know what to say. She didn't know weather she trusted him or not. The truth was that ever since that night when they found out about his wife that she always felt weird around him. It was probably nothing but she had this feeling that he was hiding something.
- Sure. – That didn't sound very convincing. I hope he didn't notice that.
- Then don't touch the machine.
- Why?
- Just trust me.
- You know what that does. How?
- Ok. I'll tell you. It all started when I got the invitation to be the new CO of this base. I was thinking about turning down the invitation. I mean what do I know about space and aliens and all of this? That's when I got a letter in the mail. It was an anonymous letter. All it said was that there was this device that could bring back my wife. I didn't believe it at first but more letters began to arrive. One of them had the picture of the device. I still didn't believe in it. One of the letters had your picture. You look so much like her. It said that if I accepted this job they would tell me more about the device.
- So that's why you accepted this job.
- Yes. But then they told me more. It turns out that for the machine to work I would have to use it on you.
- What?
- I can't explain it. I don't understand how it works. All I know is that the machine somehow is supposed to remove your soul and replace it with my wife's.
- Why me?
- I guess it's because of your resemblance with Mary.
- Who were they? The people that told you about the device.
- I don' know. I tried to find you but failed miserably.
- You're not planning to kill me, are you?
- No. I never planed to do that. Even when I didn't know you. I'm not a killer. I just got into this whole mess because I love my wife. I wished I could bring her back. I never wished to harm anyone. – The General was crying.
- You didn't harm anyone.
- Didn't I? Maybe if someone else was in charge this wouldn't have happened.
- You had no way of knowing that the drones knew SG-3's IDC. No one could have known.
- It's weird.
- What is?
- When I saw the device for the first time… I can't explain it.
- What?
- I felt an urge to turn it on. I saw it all in my mind, You dead and my wife back. Like a movie or something.
- Why did you send us to that planet?
- What?
- SG-9 was supposed to go but you sent us instead.
- I don't know. I needed to send a team to a diplomatic assignment so I sent SG-9.
- Sir. I think there's someone in the base that is influencing you.
- Influencing me? How?
- SG-5 and SG.12 were available and SG-12 has two experts on diplomacy. Why send SG-9?
- You're right. Why didn't I see it?
- Probably because that person prevented you from doing that.
- Who do you think…?
Before any of them could see it coming Lieutenant Thomason entered the room.
- I did it.
- You?
- Yes me. – His eyes glowed.
- You're a Goa'uld.
- Yes.
- How come I didn't feel your presence?
- I have no Naquadda in my blood. I'm an upgrade.
- You work for Anubis.
- How do you think he got SG-3's IDC?
- It was you. But you got wounded in the leg.
- Yes. It doesn't hurt now. – His leg was completely healed. – It was the perfect way of looking innocent. Wasn't it?
- What are you doing here?
- Just wanted to see what was going on up here. Aren't you going to use this? – Thomason was pointing at the machine that was on the table. – It could bring your wife back.
Sam pointed her gun at him.
- Stop trying to influence him.
- Oh, I don't think so. – He shot her with a device that paralyzed her. – This is a paralyzing ray. Another of Anubis' superior technologies. It's only temporary. But it will buy you the necessary time to turn that on.
- I won't do it.
- Oh, but you will. – Thomason took another device from his pocket and turned it on. – Now you'll do what I tell you to do.
- No. – The general was shouting now.
- You can fight it. But you will lose and eventually you'll kill her.
- NO.
The general was approaching the device. Sam was panicking it was visible in her eyes.
The general's finger was almost touching the button that would turn the machine on.
- Yes that's it. Just a bit more. You can have your wife back. Think about it. Think about how much you love your wife.
He looked at Sam.
- I'm sorry. I didn't want to do this.
Boom.
The general Shot Thomason in the chest.
- My wife would hate to be a slave. – He was breathing deeply and you could see he was tired from the effort of fighting Anubis' mind control device.
Finally Sam could move.
- Are you ok?
- No but I will be.
Boom.
He shot the machine.
- Just to be sure that I won't get tempted again.
- Ok.
- Are you ok?
- Fine. Just a bit scared. I never saw that coming. I worked with him for four months and didn't suspect a thing.
- It's not your fault. He was smart. Let's go give Daniel and Teal'c a hand. Shall we?
- Yeah. Let's go.
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A/N: I had the idea that Thomason would be the traitor from the moment I put him in the story. I wrote this chapter three times and this one was the final one. Hope it's good.
Next chapter we will see what will happen with the SGC. Will they be able to save the planet?