Disclaimer: Not mine! But Tanith-Alexia, Ben, and Loki are mine. Along with anybody else I introduce.
Teams SG-1-A and SG-1-B stepped through the 'gate on P3X-
597 and found people gathered around the 'gate.
"Who are you?" A man, presumably the leader, asked.
"We are travelers from far away," Daniel answered.
"From where? Show us!" Another man demanded.
"From here," Al said, drawing an upside-down 'V' with a
single circle above it.
"We call our planet Earth. What do you call yours?" Sam
asked.
"It is called New England," The first man replied.
"Al, um….?" Daniel asked in a whisper.
"I assume that they're the missing people from the
colonies, some probably from ships that never made port.
Maybe even some straight from England. This is puritan
society living right now. This must be how you felt about
Abydos," Al returned in the same tone of voice.
"That man!" A man dressed much more severely than the
others exclaimed, "Who does he serve? What is that sign
on his forehead? Does he serve evil?"
"No longer do I serve evil. Before I understood what the
man I served stood for and what he did I was his best
warrior. The sign on my forehead stands for him. I now
serve good as do my friends," Teal'C answered.
"Come. We must test you to see if any study witchcraft,"
The severely-clothed man said. As the group walked, they
saw geological features much like those in the New-England
colonies. The group traveled to a large building much like
the Parthenon in Rome. Inside were two wall-fixtures.
The building was made of gray granite. The entire group
squeezed inside, leaving a large semi-circle for the
severely-dressed man, now known as the minister, and SG-1.
"Would the leader of the group step forward?" The minister
asked. Al and Jack both stepped forward. "How is a woman
leader?" The minister asked.
"I am leader of my division of the team, including myself,
Major Carter, Dr. Frazier, and Loki," Al said. Sam and
Janet acknowledged as their names were spoken. Jack just
petted Loki.
"For cryin' out loud! Can't a woman be a leader in these
parts?" Jack asked.
"Um, Jack," Al and Daniel muttered.
"What?" He asked.
"Al, go ahead and explain," Daniel prompted.
"No, spacemonkey, you explain it to me," Jack said.
"Fine. In Puritan society, most women didn't have a
leadership role. They were expected to stay in the home
and make lots of babies and bring them up. Or that's how
Al here, explained it. In her exact words." Daniel said.
"And, apparently, they're following the society very well,"
Al finished.
"Please, if you would both look into the measuring glass,
we can go ahead with the ceremony," The minister, who had
moved closer to Al and Jack while the group had conversed,
insisted. As the two looked into the 'measuring glass,'
the creation started to glow and the 'glass' looked like a
calm wormhole surface in a StarGate or a semi-calm lake or
pond. Al and Jack stepped back and for a moment, their
eyes glowed.
"Sir? Are you okay?" Sam asked.
"Sam? Are they Goa'uld?" Janet asked.
"If they are, I'm not sensing it." Sam answered.
"I did not see a symbiote," Teal'C added.
"That's what I thought, but as the doctor, I want to take
them home and check them out, anyway. Daniel, would you
please go up there and explain to minister?" Janet asked.
"Okay…" Daniel said, slightly dazed, as usual.
After Daniel explained to the minister, SG-1 left, leading
two very dazed Colonels and one characteristically dazed archaeologist/linguist back to the StarGate. "Follow, follow, follow, follow the yellow brick road…" Anyone could hear two people singing songs in very bad singing voices. The singers were Jack and Al.
"Are they ever going to shut up? Her own dog won't even go near her," Ben complained. Suddenly, the pair collapsed. Four of the men that had been following the group ran up and started to carry the two back to the Parthenon-looking building. Another man ran to find the minister. As the two were placed on the dais in the center of the room, the minister came in.
"You, my friends, are saved. We shall save your friends and then you will be free to leave," After the minister made a much longer speech, everyone was ushered out of the room and a few minutes later, Al and Jack wandered out.
"I was smart," Jack said.
"So was I," Al reminded him.
"Good. Time to go home so you guys can get checked out and to that convention," Janet said.
"Will you be doing that?" Jack asked.
"No, one of the other doctors."
