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Now, on with the story. And just a little side note, while writing more of this story last night, I realized how easily this fic could be made more...graphic, and it made me a tad more careful about how much detail I put into the writing. That doesn't mean there won't be any bloodless fighting scenes, but it does mean I'm not going to go into excessive detail describing how a person died/how a limb got hacked off. To me, that just has no taste.
This story is definitely going to be part of a series, so once I'm done writing this fic, I'll get to work on the next one. But only if people continue to review and make me happy.
Side note here: Underworld: Evolution is now out in theaters! Yay!
As per usual, recognizable characters and places and the like aren't mine.
Sam and Teal'c walked into the Briefing Room from the opposite direction of Daniel and Jack. Two months had passed since Sam told Teal'c about who she really was. As they approached the table Hammond walked out from his office. "Sit down people," he ordered. "We have a problem."
"What kind of problem sir?" Jack asked.
"Three days ago Cassandra and Janet were abducted by an unknown force. I want you to go to their house and find out what you can."
"Sir, doesn't this fall under police jurisdiction?" Sam asked.
"It would Major, except that part of the wall was destroyed," Hammond replied.
"You think it might have been a Goa'uld or something?" Daniel asked.
"That's what you're going to find out Dr. Jackson. Dismissed."
SG-1 left the room and changed into their civilian clothes. They headed up to the surface and piled into a black SUV. Jack started the engine and drove to Janet's house, each silent with worry for the petite doctor and her daughter. They pulled up to the house and left the car.
"Start looking around," Jack ordered.
Sam walked into the house and went immediately to the smashed wall. She peered closely at the broken edges and studied them carefully. She closed her eyes and sighed, recognizingthe smell of the blood on the few intact pieces of wood.
"Are you all right Major Carter?" Teal'c asked.
"I know what took them," she murmured.
"You mean vampires?" he asked.
She nodded. "Yeah." She rubbed the back of her neck. "Looks like it's time to tell them," she finally said.
"Tell us what?" Jack asked as he walked up to them. Daniel slowly made his way over to the three.
"I think I know what took Janet and Cassie. But before I go and try to find some information on their whereabouts, you need to know what I really am."
"So you aren't Major Samantha Carter?" Jack asked.
"That's a small part. What if I told you that vampires were real and that I was one?" she asked.
"I'd say you were crazy," Jack said.
"Not necessarily. There have been references to vampires and creatures of the night going all the way back to Vlad the Impaler," Daniel said.
"Who?" Jack asked.
"Count Dracula," Daniel said.
"Ah," Jack muttered. "I'd still say she's crazy."
Sam suddenly vanished from view. "Crazy am I?" she asked from behind them. They turned and looked up at the ceiling, eyes widening in surprise.
"O…kay…" Jack slowly said. "How long have you been able to do that?"
Sam dropped to the floor and landed gracefully on her feet. "Since I was kid. Vampires have been around for millennia. And it was a vampire that broke through this wall," she said.
"How can you tell?" Jack asked.
"The blood," she said, pointing at the wood. "That and I can still sense a faint trace of them."
"Okay. Where do we go now?" Jack asked.
Sam looked at them. "You guys are taking this all in stride."
Jack shrugged. "We've been through a helluva lot Carter. Granted finding out vampires are not only real but you're one is shocking, it's more important we find the doc and Cass ASAP. Then we'll wig out."
"Sounds fair," she said. "Best place to start looking is in vampire hangouts. Which means I have to go in alone."
"Not gonna happen Carter," Jack said.
"Colonel, if you all come in with me they'll know you're humans. Only one of you could possibly come with me," she said.
"Which one though?" Daniel asked.
"Teal'c," Sam said immediately. "He'll fit in and he can pass as a vampire better than either you or the Colonel," she explained. "Not only that, but he doesn't smell like a human. The others will probably assume he's a vampire, especially if he's with me."
"Important are ya?" Jack asked.
Sam merely shrugged. "I'm a descendant from one of the oldest vampire bloodlines." She pulled out a silver pendant on a leather cord. The pendant was in the shape of a sword and had strange writing etched into the metal. "This is the symbol of the vampire half of my family. I wear it for protection."
"So, if you're a vampire, does that mean your brother Mark is one as well?" Daniel asked as they headed back for the car.
Sam shook her head. "Mark is actually adopted. My mother wasn't sure she'd be able to have children since my father is a human."
"Obviously they found out they could have kids," Jack said, sliding into the driver's seat.
Sam nodded. "They were surprised to say the least, but overjoyed."
"So…where's our first stop on this underworld trip?" Jack asked.
"A blood bar," Sam said.
Daniel frowned. "Aren't those for just wannabes?" he asked.
"Only the ones humans know about. The real blood bars are held in places humans wouldn't think to look," Sam replied.
"Like where?" the archaeologist asked.
Sam grinned without humor. "Old abandoned churches, abandoned warehouses, and a few are in the basements of butcher shops."
"Where do you need me to go?" Jack asked.
"My place first," Sam said. Jack nodded and a short time later they had pulled into Sam's driveway. The team got out of the car and headed to Sam's front door. Sam rested her hand on the knob and her body went tense. She pulled a hidden gun out from a back holster and pulled the safety off.
"Carter?" Jack whispered.
"Stay behind me," she ordered. She silently eased open the door and crept inside, her feet never making a sound. She completed her search of the house and sighed, reholstering her gun.
"What's wrong?" Daniel asked.
"Someone was here," Sam said. "I can smell them."
"A vampire?" Teal'c asked.
In a blur, Sam suddenly hurled something at the far wall. A yell of surprise and pain met the team's ears and they hurried over to a brown haired man pinned against the wall, Sam's dagger sticking out of his shoulder.
"Carter, this guy's a cop," Jack said.
"Not exactly," Sam countered. She lifted the sleeve of his shirt and showed them several bite marks. "He's a servant. Some of the old vampirefamilies still have them. Their masters will feed occasionally off of them to avoid the Council's wrath."
"What do you mean?" Teal'c asked.
Sam looked at the man. "Who sent you?"
"Burn in hell traitor!" he returned, his voice shaky.
Sam yanked out her dagger and lifted the man up against the wall. "Two people I care about were taken and you show up in my house only minutes after we get back from their house. Who sent you?"
The man's eyes suddenly rolled back and he fell limp in Sam's arms. She muttered a few curses in different languages, making Daniel raise his eyebrows in surprise. Sam dropped the body and cleaned her blade.
"How'd he die? That wound wasn't fatal," Jack said.
"Probably had a poison pill in a false tooth. If he felt like he was going to betray his master, he could kill himself," Sam answered.
"All right, but getting back to Teal'c's question, what's the Council and why would some vampire families need to avoid their wrath?" Daniel asked.
Sam picked up the body and motioned for her team to follow her. She led them downstairs and into a secret room lined with guns of every type and countless other weapons. On one side of the room was a door. Sam walked over to a large pit and threw the body inside. She hit a button and intense flames flared up, reducing the body to ashes in a matter of seconds. She turned the incinerator off and walked over to the weapons.
"Vampires have been around since man walked the Earth." She looked at Daniel. "You've heard of Lilith, right?"
Daniel nodded. "She's said to be the mother of all vampires, at least in some cultures. Jews and Christians eventually claimed she was Adam's first wife but was banished from Eden because she wouldn't obey him."
Sam nodded as she pulled down several modified handguns and magazines. "What most people don't know is that she really did exist. She created a new race of beings by infusing her blood with humans. As time went on though, her children realized that Lilith's blood thirst was out of control. They banded together and managed to kill and seal Lilith away for all eternity."
She paused and rammed a magazine into several of the guns before reaching for several sub-machine guns that could be fired from one hand. She began loading them as she continued her story.
"After the death of their mother, the children that Lilith had made were free to run amok and cause mayhem. The older children realized that if this behavior were to continue, Lilith's children would be more dangerous than their mother. So the eldest of the children formed the Council of Vampires. All vampires around the world have to obey the Council's rulings."
"What were some of the rulings?" Daniel asked.
"Well, in the late Dark Ages it was decided that vampires had to feed more off of animals than humans. A few years ago feeding off of humans was completely outlawed since a synthetic blood serum was made. Acts and tastes just like real blood too," she added as she finished loading the guns. She reached for some shotguns and began loading them.
"Carter, I don't wanna hear you drinking or tasting blood in the same sentence. It's…creepy," Jack said.
Sam grinned in apology. "Sorry." She walked over to a set of holsters on one of the walls and tossed three to her teammates. She grabbed one for herself and began pulling it on. The three men followed suit.
"So what's with all the weapons?" Daniel asked.
"Sometimes the Council asks me to take care of a problem, but that's only happened once."
"What kind of problem?" Teal'c inquired.
"A majority of the vampires may follow the Council's decisions, but not all the families, or covens, do that. A small percentage of them still drink human blood. To avoid the Council, they drink off of their human servants. And all of these types of families are pure bloods. They were born vampire."
"You mean you can be turned?" Jack asked.
Sam nodded. "Has to be approved and that is a long process." Sam walked over to the hand-to-hand weapons and began hiding daggers and silver stakes in her holsters. "And forget what the movies say about just a bite turning you. There has to be a transfer of blood between the vampire and the human being turned." Sam finished holstering the weapons and grabbed a long black leather duster. She pulled it on and walked to the door against the wall.
She walked in and her friends followed her. They could see that part of it was some sort of freezer. Rows of clear plastic bags lined the walls filled with red liquid. Sam grabbed a bag and walked out into the laboratory part of the room. She looked at her friends.
"You might not want to look," she said.
"Why?" Daniel asked.
Sam shrugged and tore open the bag. Realizing what she was doing, Jack and Daniel quickly left the lab. Sam quickly drank the contents of the bag and discarded the bag. She looked at Teal'c in surprise and confusion.
"Just as my symbiote was a part of me, this is a part of you," he said in reply to her silent question.
Sam smiled gratefully and they walked out of the lab. "Sorry about that," she said to Daniel and Jack.
"Don't worry about it," Jack said, looking slightly nauseous.
Sam nodded and walked over to the remaining loaded guns. She grabbed them and distributed them to her companions. "These are loaded with silver bullets. You should be fine, but I'd rather you guys be safe. If you come across an unfriendly vampire, aim for the head or the heart."
"Why?" Daniel asked.
"A vampire's body is mildly allergic to silver. But if they're hit in a vital place, say the heart…" Sam trailed off.
"It's death," Jack finished. "All right. Now that we're loaded up, where to now?"
"Downtown," Sam said. "Our mystery man told me that much at least."
"He said nothing of the sort Sam," Daniel said.
"He didn't have to talk." She pulled out a wallet and pulled out a card. It was blank except for a strange marking in the middle of the card.
"I have never before seen this language," Teal'c said.
"It's the language of the vampires. More specifically it's the mark of a coven. And it has a blood bar downtown," she said.
"Let's roll then," Jack said.
The truth comes out! Now things should get more interesting. Please review. If you don't review, you shan't get any pudding...er...more chapters...