I'm free, I'm free! Oh how wonderful it is to be free! A voice echoed in the head of a young girl who groggily opened her eyes. She could see a large red rex like Organoid dancing in front of her, its body covered in brown stripes and the left side of its face heavily damaged, with the eye flickering and scratches all around it. The Organoid kept doing its little jig, the spikes in its tail wiggling in its excitement.
"What're you so damn happy about?" The girl asked the Organoid.
Huh? The Organoid muttered, freezing its dance, standing on one leg. It looked over its shoulder at the girl, before freaking out. You're alive! NO! The Organoid screamed.
"Stupid." The girl muttered as the Organoid continued to weep about his lost freedom. The girl took a look around the room they were in. "So, do you know why we're in a prison cell?" She asked.
Well, I just kinda woke up a moment before you did, so no. The Organoid replied.
Jack, Samantha, Daniel and General Hammond sat at a table, watching the surveillance video of the girl and her Organoid in the cell. "Does anyone have any idea where they came from, and what that thing is?" The general asked, irritation in his voice.
"Well sir, they seem to be from a world with a Stargate on it. One that we apparently haven't visited yet, or that we even knew existed." Daniel said.
"Tell me something that I don't know! Like how they activated the Stargate and knew the coordinates to take them here?" The general thundered, losing whatever patience he had had. Jack kept his focus on the screen, studying the girl. She had medium length brown hair that reached just past her shoulders that looked like it had been hacked off with a knife, and she wore a fishnet shirt that ended just over her navel, with a small white t-shirt under it that ended just above her stomach, a few inches above the fishnet. She also had a pair of skintight black shorts, and there was a large brown trench coat near by her. She had a pair of green eyes that kept flickering up to look at the camera, her distaste of being watch being displayed on her fair featured face. She turned and said something to the mechanical dinosaur that was with her, and it turned to face the camera and revealed the full extent of its damaged face to the camera. Then suddenly the camera went to static, surprising Jack.
"Whoa, guess someone didn't like us watching them." He exclaimed, causing the other three to stop their heated discussion to look at the TV also. The general cursed under his breath, and picked up the phone.
"I want you to go check on what happened in cell B6. The camera just failed. I want you to fix it, and send a couple more guards down to watch the cell." Hammond ordered. Almost as soon as he put the phone down, it gave out a tone. He picked it back up, and listened for a moment. "Then find them, dammit!" He ordered whoever was on the other end of the line. He slammed the phone down.
The Organoid bolted around a corner, slamming a guard into a wall and knocking him out as he passed. The girl rode atop his back, clinging to the horn like protrusions on his head. "Hurry up and get us out of here, Tros!" The girl ordered the Organoid.
Quit yer whining, Elizabeth! Tros replied.
"Dammit, I told you not to call me that! My name is Kyoko!" The girl yelled at Tros as they rounded another corner, just in time to have the glowing end of a staff shoved into Tros's snout, causing him to stumble backwards and dump Kyoko onto the ground.
Whoa, that doesn't look safe! Tros exclaimed, backing up, falling to the ground with a bang as he tripped over Kyoko. As they fought to disentangle themselves, Teal'c stood over them, watching them incredulously. Get out of our way! Tros yelled as he charged at Teal'c. Teal'c simply swung his staff around and slammed the end of it down on Tros's head, causing the eye that had been blinking on and off to go out completely. Hey, now you've gone and blinded me! Tros exclaimed in annoyance, picking himself up off the ground. Teal'c pointed his staff at Tros's head.
"You will order this thing to stand down." Teal'c told Kyoko.
I'm an Organoid! Not some sort of thing! You should be honored to be in the presence of one such as I! Tros yelled.
"Tros, shut up! All he hears is a bunch of growls and hisses. And get behind me." Kyoko told him. He glared back at her before sulking around behind her, keeping a wary eye on Teal'c. Kyoko noticed the soldiers coming in from behind Teal'c, and took a look back at where she and Tros came from to see more soldiers coming. "Now, Tros!" She ordered. In reaction, he screeched, and reared up to his full height of near eight feet behind her, and Teal'c fired a shot into his head, causing his head to jerk back from the force of the impact. But before Teal'c could fire again, his chest had popped open and wires had come out and wrapped around Kyoko, drawing her inside. It sealed shut as soon as she was safely tucked away inside. Teal'c fired another shot, but this time Tros dodged it, and head butted Teal'c in the gut, and ran away down the hallway pushing his way through the dumbstruck soldiers. The soldiers regained their wits as Teal'c fired his third shot, hitting Tros in the back, and causing him to trip and fall across the floor. He pushed himself up off his stomach, and his chest plates burst open, dumping Kyoko onto the floor, with some of the wires still wrapped around her. As he hissed at the people beginning to surround him and Kyoko his damaged eye flickered back to life. "Damn." Kyoko muttered under her breath as Tros's wires unwound from her body and retracted into his chest allowing it to seal shut. Footsteps could be heard as another group of people came down the hallway towards them. Teal'c kept his staff aimed and at the ready as Jack, Daniel, and Sam came down the hallway. Tros curled himself around Kyoko as she sat up, and hissed at Teal'c for good measure.
What're we going to do? Tros asked Kyoko.
"I don't know yet." Kyoko replied.
"Wow, it's an actual self aware robot!" Daniel exclaimed, noticing Tros as he pushed his way past the soldiers and Teal'c. Tros growled at him when he reached out to touch Tros. Daniel retracted his hand a bit worriedly.
Don't you people have any common sense at all? I'm an Organoid! Tros replied, even though Daniel couldn't hear him. Sam knelt down as close to the girl as she thought was safe before trying to speak with her.
"Hey, can you get your robot to calm down a little. We promise we won't hurt you." Sam told Kyoko.
"Organoid. He's an Organoid." Kyoko replied softly.
Yes! Thank you! Tros exclaimed as Daniel continued to watch him, fascinated.
"Organoid? Well if you can get him to calm down and if you answer some of our questions, I can promise that nothing will happen to you or your Organoid." Sam reassured Kyoko. Kyoko looked into Sam's eyes, trying to find some hint of a lie. Then she turned to Tros who was trying having a staring contest with Daniel, although the latter didn't realize it.
"What do you think?" Kyoko asked him.
I say go for it. What's the worst that could happen? Tros replied.
"Alright, we'll do as you ask for now." Kyoko replied. She used Tros to push herself to her feet as Sam also stood. Daniel was still examining Tros, who was getting aggravated.
Stop staring at me, dammit! Tros exclaimed, snapping at Daniel's face, causing him to fall backwards on his rump.
"Tros!" Kyoko reprimanded him as Daniel stood up.
What? He was looking at me funny! Tros whined.
"Fascinating! You can understand him!" Daniel muttered, amazed with the pair.
"Um, actually it's telepathy…" Kyoko replied, nervous with the way Daniel was now watching her too.
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"So, you're saying that you didn't mean to come through the Stargate?" Daniel asked Kyoko as they sat around the conference table.
"I don't even know what a Stargate is. According to Tros, starting a month prior to winding up here, there was some weird stuff going on involving time and space and something or other, but it seemed that everything had been fixed about two days ago. I don't remember it, but Tros says that's because I'm human. Something to do with the way my mind works he says. During that Tros and I have just been running from bandits and a few upset townspeople. In fact, right before we wound up here, we had been running from a group of Zoids, and to hide we burrowed into the sand. Tros says we wound up in some sort of cave that he says didn't feel right, and that when he went to leave he found himself thrown into a weird void and he was then dumped here, where he let me out of him." Kyoko replied.
"Wait, what was that about time and space?" Daniel asked.
Time and space was folding and ripping all over itself, and it was all being sucked into one point in time. It was really screwed up for a while. Tros told Kyoko from his spot on the floor, curled up.
"Tros says that time and space were, um, folding and ripping itself, and it was being sucked into one point in time." Kyoko explained.
Oh, and I also noticed some funky symbols on the wall before I went to leave. Some of them looked like the symbols on that funny ring we came out of. Tros mentioned lazily.
"He also says he saw some strange symbols." Kyoko added. Daniel nodded, trying to digest this information. Jack decided to speak up.
"You mentioned running from a group of Zoids. What are Zoids?" Jack asked.
"You don't know what a Zoid is? They're scattered all over Zi, you'd have to be sheltered to not know of them!" Kyoko replied, surprised. She could understand not recognizing an Organoid since they're not exactly common.
"We've never heard of Zoids, or Zi." Sam told Kyoko.
"Then where are we?" Kyoko asked nervously.
"On Earth. Is Zi the planet you come from?" Sam said. Kyoko nodded, a little dumbstruck. "Well we might be able to get you back to Zi, if there's a Stargate there and we can figure out the coordinates. We just have to discuss this with the General." Sam reassured Kyoko. She looked at Jack pointedly.
"What?" He asked. She hardened her gaze. "Fine, I'll go tell the general." Jack muttered.
"Alright. What's going to happen until then?" Kyoko asked Sam.
"Well could you explain a bit more about your Organoid?" Sam replied, almost as curious as Daniel was.
"His name is Tros, you know. He's slightly addled in the head-" No I'm not! "-and he Bonded to me because no one else would probably take him with his insanity and damage. And I would never have survived without his help. We were forced together." Kyoko explained.
"What does this Bonding thing do?" Sam asked.
"An Organoid requires a Bond, it's like their tie to reality. Tros went over a hundred years without a Bond which is why he is the way he is. It pretty much connects my mind and his and it lets us Merge. He and I also Merge in a way that most Organoids and their partners don't, but it's what we've found works best for us." Kyoko explained. Sam gave her a confused and inquisitive look. "Merging is what we were trying to do to escape the big guy that beat Tros down. It powers us up a bit. Most people when they Merge with their Organoid, will just remain in the Organoid's normal form. With Tros, we have to hide in a secluded corner for a while, so that his entire body can shift around me to form a type of armor. We found that Merging the normal way leaves us blind in his left eye, but when we Merge our way we use my eyes instead of his so that we can retain full visibility." Kyoko added, hoping it would clear up most of her questions.
"Do you think that we could see it in action?" Sam asked. Daniel's curiosity went into overdrive at this thought.
"If we can get back to Zi, you'll see it there since we need to use it a lot then." Kyoko replied, her face darkening a bit. Jack came back into the room.
"Alright, we have permission to take the kid back. However we also need to see if these people have been targeted by the Goa'uld, and to make first contact, as per standard regulations." Jack told the others.
A few Days later…
"So, are we sure that this is the right destination this time?" Jack asked Daniel.
"No, not really. But all we can really do is to guess and check." Daniel replied. Kyoko and Tros were standing nearby.
Hey, those four symbols are four of the ones I saw in that cave! Tros said as they attempted to fire up the Stargate. There was a loud hissing noise, and the Stargate suddenly exploded to life. After a moment, though it shut back down.
"Not again." Daniel muttered.
"Hey Tros, were there any other symbols you saw in that cave besides those four?" Kyoko asked Tros. Daniel's head jerked up upon hearing this.
Yep, there was also that funny looking one, and the weird on in the lower right there! Tros replied, sending images of them through his mental link.
"He saw some of these symbols in a cave? Which ones?" Daniel asked urgently.
"Um, it was those." Kyoko said, pointing out the six symbols.
"Hm. We'll have to try that!" He muttered to himself, running off to the control room. A few moments later, he was back just as they started the Stargate up again. Like before, it hissed and then fired up, but this time it stayed up. Nearby technicians started driving the probe up the ramp, while others were toggling various switches on it. After it went through the gate shut down, and the iris closed. Daniel rushed over to the nearby bank of monitors to see what the probe was seeing. Kyoko and Tros followed, although a bit slower. "Does this look like the place that you guys came from?" Daniel asked the two.
Yeah! That's where I was right before we wound up here! Tros exclaimed, beginning to dance. Who's the genius, huh? Oh yeah!
"Tros says that that's the cave he was in." Kyoko told Daniel, ignoring Tros.
"Alright. Do you think you can be ready to leave within the hour?" Daniel asked. Kyoko nodded. "Good, then meet us back here then." Daniel told her before rushing off to find the others. Kyoko turned around to face Tros. He continued to dance, oblivious to all the stares he was getting. Kyoko just punched him in the left side of his face, causing the eye to go out again.
"C'mon, we need to go get ready." Kyoko said as Tros shook his head, trying to get his eye to work again. After a moment he just gave up and followed after Kyoko.