Ok, just to make somethings clear for all of you, this is an AU after the third book. i.e. the fourth book never happened. Second, last chapter, when it suddenly flashed to when Jack jsut kinda stood there not believing anything, that started right after ch.3 ended. So, to put it simply, where ch.3 ends, the end of ch.5 begins. Make sense? Good. And if not, ask me and I'll try to explain better.
Now, I think you've all waited long enough for this chapter, so here it is; Surfacing ch.6! #gasps# Wow! Six chapters! Happy! And 30 reviews! #hugs all reviewers# Thank you so much, you make me happy!
"Ok, would someone please tell me what the hell is going on here?"
Foaly smirked, "Sorry, General, that's classified." Holly rolled her eyes, Foaly and his stupid mind games. Would he just stop messing around get the job done?
"Classified? What, do you work for the NID? CIA? Or some other secret organization?"
Foaly kept grinning as he bent over to pick up a case everyone had seemed to have not noticed. "I would have to say 'other'." He opened the case and pulled out two small pieces of cloth, and no one but Artemis saw the look of understanding that passed in Holly's eyes the moment she saw the cloth. Foaly calmly walked over to Holly and Artemis, handing each of them a piece, and then pulled one out for himself. The other four humans in the room looked from one person to the next, not sure exactly what was going on. Artemis saw Holly and Foaly cover their mouths and noses with the cloth, and quickly followed suit.
"What's going on? Who are you people?" Daniel had finally found his voice. "What are you doing here?"
Foaly pulled out a small container as he spoke, "You see Dr. Jackson, your people found something they shouldn't have, and we can't let you have it, in any way, shape, or form."
Sam spoke up. "The video."
"Exactly."
Holly was carefully watching every move that the mud men made, just to be sure that they wouldn't try to attack. As Foaly was messing around, she saw O'Neill give a signal to the others; she lifted her gun up and pointed it at them before any of them could move. She grinned as they looked at her. "Just try me."
At that moment there was suddenly a lot of noise coming from the hallway outside the conference room. An airman rushed in, winded. He looked at O'Neill, about to pass out, and stammered, "S-sir, th-there's a-a man out there. Big ma–" and with that he fell over, a large lump visible on the back of his head. A few seconds after he fell, the door was pushed open farther, and the man who stood in the door way made Teal'c look like a Barbie doll. Daniel visibly paled, and Jack looked like he had had better days. Sam tried to stand perfectly still, not wanting to catch the attention of those eyes. Even Teal'c looked uncomfortable.
But Artemis didn't even turn around to see who it was, "Ah, Butler. I wondered when you would show up. I trust you had no trouble?"
The man, Butler, walked into the room and stood behind the boy protectively, a look in his eye that dared anyone to come forward and challenge him; not that they would. "Nothing I couldn't handle."
Foaly just seemed to be annoyed by his presence. "Couldn't you have just stayed outside?"
"I have sworn to protect Artemis, and that is what I'll do."
Foaly rolled his eyes, and mumbled something along the lines of, 'stupid, stubborn, idiotic mud men.' Foaly finally sighed and reached back into the case, pulling out another cloth, "Good thing I came prepared." As Butler fixed the cloth over his face like the rest, Foaly picked up the small vial. When he saw Butler had it on properly, he turned toward the onlookers, "Ok folks! I should warn you that there might be a slight discomfort, and a headache after you wake up, but you should be perfectly fine."
Jack did not look happy. "Ok, I am sick of this! Who the frickin' hell are you people? I want you off this base, and I want you off it now! I'm prepared to use force if it becomes necessary."
Holly just looked at him, "It's too late for that now. Besides, you would never win."
Foaly butted in. "Ok, enough small talk! It's time to get down to business. General, SG-1, you have come you have acquired knowledge that we cannot let you keep, so we'll just be taking it back. Nighty, night." And with that he opened the vial, letting its contents out. A faint blue wisp of gas was visible for a few seconds before it disappeared. Before any of the SGC personal could react, they had fallen in a pile, all of them unconscious.
Artemis looked thoughtfully at the vial. "What gas was that?"
Foaly looked proud of the results, "New compound I created. It reacts instantly with oxygen, creating a sedative that spreads rapidly. The cloths were designed specifically to filter out the gas."
Artemis raised an eyebrow, he wouldn't mind having something like that. "How did you develop it?"
Foaly looked at him, "It's a secret." Artemis was not happy, but he didn't let it show. Of course it's a secret. You couldn't let a threat like me know how to make something like that. Holly chose that moment to speak. "So the rest of the base is out too, right? We don't want anyone to cause trouble."
"Yes, if the alien over there," he nodded in the direction of Teal'c, "went out, everyone should be in Dreamland right now." He plucked a small communications device out of the case and turned it on. "All right, Team, it's all clear. I'll open the front in a few seconds." He pushed a button on the device. "Ok, I want the base divided into sections. The lower levels get done first because they saw the most and know the most. We'll work our way up from there." Foaly nodded at Holly, and she started to give orders to the LEP that had been sent for security.
"Ok, Aspen, I want you and your team on the surface. Stun anyone who comes looking, and bring them inside for a memory wipe."
"Yessir."
"Fern, Sequoia, I want you and your teams to accompany Foaly's teams."
"Understood."
"Yes ma'am."
Holly sighed and turned to Foaly, puzzlement in her hazel eyes. "How did you get in here anyway? And you could have let us in on it instead of making us climb down so many floors!"
Foaly grinned sheepishly, "Sorry, Holly. I didn't think about it until after you were already down here."
Holly stared blankly at him. "You got here after we did?"
"Um…yeah."
"How?"
"I'm not at liberty to say."
Holly stared at Foaly, he wasn't acting like himself. His usually cocky attitude was completely gone. "O-k." she said slowly.
Foaly grinned, "Sorry, but if I told you I would have to kill you. Literally."
The people in the conference room, namely Jack, Sam, Daniel, Teal'c, the guards, and the airman who had walked in, were the first to have their memories wiped. After the painstakingly slow process of wiping the memory of the whole base and then adding in new ones, all the faeries were exhausted and irritable.
Holly sat in the conference room, her head lying on the table, her eyes closed. She sighed in frustration and looked up, only to see that she was staring into Foaly's eyes, "You ok, Holly?"
Holly glared, "Do I look ok?"
Foaly grinned sheepishly. "Um, no." He paused for a moment before continuing. "Everyone on the base is done. They won't have any memory of the past few days. And to avoid any questioning as to why they can't remember, I've come up with some different memories that won't have them asking any question."
Holly was silent for a moment, and then nodded her head in agreement, "Good. We can't have them finding us again." She pushed the chair away from the table and stood up. "Ok, time to get going then." She walked toward the door, Foaly following closely behind; she suddenly stopped short, causing Foaly to bump into her.
"Whoa! What's the matter?"
Holly had a dark look in her eyes. "Where's Artemis?"
Foaly thought back to the past few hours, "I don't remember seeing him after the meeting."
"D'arvit! We left him alone on a base chalk full of advanced technology!"
Foaly looked straight into Holly's eyes, a smirk on his face, "Well then, I know exactly where he would be."
Holly and Foaly jogged down a corridor. Or rather, Holly jogged and Foaly walked at a quick pace. Both were headed to the one place in the base where Artemis was sure to be: Sam's lab. As they came around the last corner, they both dropped their speed to a walk, not wanting to alert Artemis to their presence. As they neared the door, they slowed even more so that they could hear if anything was being said.
"—t's this?" the sound of a papers being shuffled could be heard. "Very nice. I could use one of these. Butler! Bring my phone; I want several pictures of the blueprints."
Holly and Foaly looked at each other before stepping into the door. Holly looked at Artemis, anger in her eyes. "Artemis, put the phone down. I told you that you weren't to wander off!"
Artemis casually glanced up at the two faeries standing to his right and shrugged, "Can't blame me for trying. Come on Butler, I suppose it's time to go."
Holly didn't take her eyes off him as he and Butler turned and headed out the door. As soon as they were out of hearing range she turned to Foaly. "I want you to check his email, his phone, and anything else that he could have stored any of that information on. He's not getting anymore technology than what he's already got."
Foaly nodded. "Done."
Not letting the two humans in front of them out of their sight, they left the SGC along with the rest of the faeries. The next few days would be crucial in making sure this never happened again.
So-o, what do you all think? I'm sorry if Foaly sounds a little OOC ('out of character' for those who don't know what that stands for); but I have my reasons. And no, this is not the end of this fic. And on to reviews! I know that I've read a few fics that have said they're not responding because there was some sort of new rule, but I can't find it; and trust me, I looked. So if you want to give me the link to the page, go ahead, but I'll probably keep it up anyway. Oh, before I forget, thank you FC for betaing all of my fics; you don't know how much I appreciate it!
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