Title: Nabu

Author: P.L.S.

Rating: PG /PG-13

Warning: Alternate Universe, Exploitation of a Minor- and now Slavery and Abuse in many forms from chapter 7 on up. I promise not to go into detail on any rape or sexual assaults, but they will be mentioned as will other things that I have yet to dream up. This is DannyWhummping, make no mistake about that.

Summery: AU- Project Nabu was created by a stroke of luck on the NID's part but luck runs out and sometimes fate won't let you wander off your path.

Disclaimer: Stargate SG-1 tv series, and are copyright property of MGM-UA Worldwide Television, Gekko Film Corp, Glassner/Wright Double Secret Productions and Stargate SG-I Prod. Ltd. In other words, I don't own it, I'm not making money off of it, so please don't sue.

Author's Notes: So on to the deaths!

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Chapter Eight- Life Given, Death Taken

Skaara watched from the roof of his mother's house. It over looked the central gathering place of the city and in the centre of the crowd was a platform with nine of the foreign adults that were always bugging Danyer when they wanted to play. The adults were tied and being watched by rather kind jaffa who wore the sign of the lunar eye. All the jaffa wore black and grey robes instead of their typical metal skins, but their leader wore light grey and silver robes.

With a flash, rush of wind, and an odd buzz, two others materialised upon the stage. One was a man who looked like he was the same age as his father, but was for some reason older seeming. The other was hard to recognise at first, but then it hit Skaara, it was Danyer!

Danyer looked a lot different, he was as white skinned as his clothes which glowed in the moonlight, and he looked less like a kid now, more like his mom did when she retreated into the catacombs for a day or two. Skaara wondered if maybe the moon god had sent his new son down to learn what he could from the strangers and had just caught up with him here in the middle of the sun god's land. But Danyer had insisted that he was mortal and just a child, only three floods older than Skaara was.

Maybe Danyer didn't know he was the child of a god. Danyer was gifted, he had learned their tongue in less than a morning while the adults were still trying to understand words like food', drink', no', yes', thank you', and find Danyer'. Even Skaara's mom was having trouble understanding everything Danyer had tried to show her. Danyer knew how to read every last bit of writing that his mom showed him, but even the Keeper couldn't keep up. If Danyer was the son of a god like that, one who invented writing, then it would all make sense.

These are brought before you as examples. They have defied their lord, refused to honour him, and wronged one blessed by Thoth. The leader's voice echoed over the crowd and people were looking nervous as they realised that they had been playing host to a child emissary or maybe even a test sent by the moon god. Skaara watched as Thoth bent a bit to whisper into Danyer's ear. Danyer nodded and gave Thoth the long sheathed blade he was carrying with a bit of hesitation.

The boy frowned at his friend's discomfort. The clothes, a light short robe that was open and loose pants that seemed to just sit on the other boy's hips, were too little protection from the night chill. While they did make Danyer look holy and blessed, Skaara did not like how they left him open to catching an illness.

Sha're said something about knowing that Danyer wasn't normal, but Skaara ignored his sister and her jealousy. So what if Danyer was ten times smarter than everyone. Danyer was brave and Danyer, even in the short while he had known the boy, was nothing less than the best friend Skaara could hope for. Never had Danyer lorded his mind over anyone and he pushed for everyone, even kids from the other clans, to be included in their games. Besides Danyer, while he wasn't great at mastage races, was brilliant at getting any mastage to do what he wanted. If Danyer was a test or an emissary from Thoth, then Skaara really didn't care.

Besides, Danyer had shown him lots of tricks, that seemed like magic, but then explained them and Skaara saw that all Danyer had done was gotten to know the rules and order of nature a bit more than his people had. Maybe the same was true with the gods, maybe they were long lived men who understood the world enough to do what only looked to be impossible.

Skaara was brought out of his thoughts by the odd voice of Thoth, These have displeased me. Thoth drew out a blade that looked like a ray of light, These will pay with heart blood. Skaara watched as the nine were ripped open by that ray of light, blood spilling, and other bits falling out and making sickening wet thuds as they hit the now darkened platform. Skaara looked at Danyer who seemed to be quietly panicking, trying to be seen as scared of the sight. Did Thoth even see what this was doing to his supposedly blessed one?

The bodies were made to stand, being held up by the jaffa, bleeding out until finally the leader snapped out the order for them to be taken to some room. The bodies and the parts that fell out were all thrown into a pile and carted into the waiting flying machine. With a few words Skaara didn't listen to he watched as Danyer and Thoth vanished as they came. Skaara prayed to his ancestors to watch over Danyer and to bring him back.

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Daniel watched as Thoth and his servants healed the bodies of the adults. After the bodies were whole and washed Thoth put them one by one in a bed that looked like a sarcophagus. Each time when it was done he saw the breathing, sleeping bodies taken out and given to a jaffa who placed them in a sort of shelved cart that hovered instead of having wheels. As the last one finished Thoth smiled at him.

Are you ready to send these away?Only if you let me input the cordinates. I need to know that they will be going back to Earth. Daniel said, I just have to say good-bye, even if they won't know it.I see. Mik'ek, take this child with you to the choppa'ai. Bring him back to my quarters once he has sent these away, then seal this portal from all but Ra. Mik'ek nodded and Daniel followed the man though the ship until they came to the largest set of rings. First he and Mik'ek went down, then the cart and three jaffa followed.

Daniel walked up to the pedestal and pushed in the sequence he memorised, followed by the sign for this world. The Stargate flooded open and with a great shove, the cart vanished and after a few seconds the wormhole vanished.

It hit him then, he was never going to follow them home.