"Sg-3 will be under your command on this mission Major Carter. As you know you'll be taking intars and tranquilizer guns to attempt the capture of Colonel O'Neill's body. Sg-3 will stand guard at the gate to keep the Goa'uld from escaping; we don't want all our information on the market for the system lords. Sg-1 will search the area surrounding the gate and you will be accompanied by a UAV to seek out Colonel O'Neill's heat signature. Clear people?"
"Yes sir!" The four military voices in the gate room said. Daniel nodded with resolve and Teal'c bowed his head and clutched his "Intar-ized" staff weapon. Sg-1 were all still wet, Sam and Teal'c more so, it having been only an hour after there return. Dr. Mackenzie had requested that Daniel stayed behind, but he had insisted on going. Even Sam, who the doctor suspected had been in shock, was now standing in the gate room grasping her intar P-90.
"Major Carter. I want it understood that if he cannot be apprehended you are ordered to shoot to kill."
"Yes sir." She replied, knowing that she would do no such thing. Teal'c and Daniel silently agreed. They had made a pact to get the Colonel back no matter what.
"Let's move out!" Sam said, walking up the ramp herself. On the other side of the event horizon, the enlarged team fell to one knee and visually scoured the area. Sam was about to order the search to begin, but her attention was caught by a sound in the trees ahead of them. She gave several hand signals that Daniel and Teal'c didn't quite catch and lifted her tranquilizer gun. The others did the same just as someone came walking backward, very slowly and carefully, out of the tree line.
"Please do not fire, we are unarmed and will come with you willingly." Kanan said, as he turned to face them, his arms thrown out to the sides.
"Step forward three paces and put your hands on your head!" Kanan nodded and did as she asked.
"We know what to do," he said as he dropped to his knees. "Throw us some zip ties." Sam was unsure what he meant, until she realized that the Goa'uld must now know all about how the SGC deals with prisoners; but why was he cooperating? She threw two zip ties at him that he caught mid air and then used to secure his hands. He waved his bound hands in the air to prove that he had indeed fixed them tight and Sam, along with Sg-3, Daniel, and Teal'c, move forward to secure him. Just as they arrived, Kanan dropped his head for a moment and lifted it again.
"What took you so long Carter?" Jack asked smiling weakly at the look she gave him.
"Colonel?"
"No way ma'am." One of the Sg-3 members said, "It's probably just the Goa'uld pretending."
"Just wait a second lieutenant." She said.
"Carter, my symbiote's not a Goa'uld, he's Tok'ra." Jack shook his head vigorously and coughed mockingly. "My symbiote? I can't believe you made me say that." Jack said, rubbing his temple.
"Colonel?" Sam asked, looking at him oddly, her weapon still trained at his heart.
"Guess who's back Carter? It's my old buddy Kanan." Jack said sarcastically, tapping his neck. He made to get up, but Teal'c placed his staff weapon on Jack's shoulder.
"Please remain where you are."
"Oh come on Teal'c…" He said. Teal'c looked him up and down and then removed his staff weapon.
"Sir?" The lieutenant asked again. Teal'c raised his hand and Jack stood up.
"Kanan says being here when the second sun rises is a bad idea." Jack said to Sam. She still had looks of doubt on her face, but she led the group back to the gate and began to dial home. Jack stood shifting from foot to foot in a very odd manner.
"Uh, Jack? What are you doing?" Daniel asked cautiously. Jack just laughed.
"No more bum knee. Ha!" He said with a smile that spread to Daniel's face too. But then Jack whirled around. On the horizon, the tip of the sun was coming up and the bluish rays were already hitting the top of the gate. Jack dropped his head to his chest and Kanan took over.
"Major Carter!" He ran toward her and tugged them both to the ground, covering her body with his own as several large rocks landed near them. Teal'c had seen the natives in the trees launching the rocks and let off a few warning shots over their heads. This didn't stop their rampage and they fired another slew of rocks, several of which hit Kanan, who hadn't moved off of Sam.
He waited a moment and jumped up, continuing to dial the SGC with his bound hands. He broke the zip ties easily and after pulling a very shocked Sam to her feet, he grabbed her remote transmitter and tossed it to Daniel, who typed in the new IDC. He took Sam by the hand and pulled them both through the gate, walking down a ways and then throwing his arms out to his sides once more.
"Close the iris!" Sam shouted after everyone had returned, followed by another volley of rocks. The solid titanium wall slid shut over the wormhole and Sam looked back down the ramp at Kanan, who was kneeling and had more weapons trained on him than seemed possible. General Hammond walked into the gate room, it was perfectly safe due to the fact that if Kanan moved there would be little left of him, and addressed Sam.
"Major? What the hell happened?" Sam shook the surprise off of her and looked to the gun crews.
"Hold your fire! He's a Tok'ra!" She yelled. Turning back to General Hammond, she cleared her gummy throat and spoke. "Sir, the Colonel talked to us on the planet, he claims that the symbiote inside him is the Tok'ra Kanan."
"You mean the one he blended with to cure him-"
"From the disease he got in Antarctica, yes sir."
"Major, how do you know it wasn't the Goa'uld imitating Colonel O'Neill?"
"He did not act as a Goa'uld General Hammond. He did in fact save Major Carter's life." Teal'c admitted.
"It's true sir, no Goa'uld would risk his own life to save someone. Kanan did." She said with resolve. The General hesitated a moment but then lifted the guard on Kanan, who rose and bowed his head.
"Thank you." Kanan said right before Jack began to talk.
"I wouldn't have trusted me you know…" He said laughingly, avoiding Sam's eyes.
"Lets go to the briefing room. But Colonel, you are to remain unarmed and under guard until we can get a Tok'ra in here to confirm what you…your symbiote says."