I'm going to be nice and give you guys chapter one. But this is all I have thus far. Chapter two is in the works, so once I finish it, it'll be up ASAP, promise. But until then, enjoy this chapter.
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Sam walked through the halls of the SGC, heading for her lab. She halted at the elevator and waited. Daniel suddenly came running up, a file folder in his hand. The doors slid open and the two walked in.
Daniel looked up and noticed Sam. "I've been looking for you," he said.
"Why?" Sam asked, hitting the button for her floor.
"I've finally finished translating that prophecy you and Dante found several months ago," he said.
"Daniel, Lilith isn't coming back. The whole resurrection thing failed."
"I know that, but I've been spending time with the historians over there at the mansion, and we found some strange things on the stone slab that was recovered," Daniel explained as they got off the elevator.
Sam walked down the hallway. "Strange things?"
"There were markings under the markings actually," Daniel clarified as Sam opened the door to her lab and stepped in.
"So?" she asked, sitting down at her laptop.
"The underlying text translated to this," he said, setting the folder down in front of her. Sam picked it up and quickly scanned the page. The color drained from her face as her mouth fell open in horror.
"Does anyone else know?" she asked softly.
"Not yet. But we have to tell not only Jack, but your brother as well."
Sam closed the folder. "That could be a problem."
Daniel frowned. "Why?"
"Dante and Janet have been missing for several weeks. No one knows where they are or where to even start looking."
"We still need to tell Jack," Daniel said.
Sam nodded. "I'll grab Teal'c. You get General O'Neill in the briefing room."
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Jack walked into the briefing room, immediately noticing the look on his three friends' faces. He slowly sat down. He knew it was bad news when Carter's face was that tense. "So?" he asked, afraid of what was about to be said.
"I've been working on translating the text from that slab Dante and Sam found a few months back," Daniel began.
"The one about Lilith?" Jack asked, smiling a little that he remembered that.
"Yes," Daniel said.
"What about it? We kicked cult ass and stopped her from coming back," Jack said with a shrug.
"No, sir," Sam cut in. "We didn't."
"What?" Jack demanded.
Daniel hit a button on the control for the projector. "According to the texts on the tablet, Lilith was going to rise no matter what we did to prevent it."
"What do you mean Daniel Jackson?"
"The prophecy that was etched into the stone said that in order for Lilith to rise here, Dante's blood had to be spilled and then drunk by a newly turned vampire," Daniel said, showing the text on the slide.
"The real prophecy about Lilith rising was carved deeper into the stone then covered with another slab," Sam said.
"So what's this prophecy say?" Jack asked.
"I este ello i Burz Hiril uva tul tenn cirith nef i mor ithil esse otso yeni," Sam said in a strange language.
"The rise of the Dark Mother shall come to pass on the black moon in ten millennium," Daniel translated.
"If that is so, how is it that we have not heard anything on Earth's news about her? Surely she would be attacking humans to bolster her ranks," Teal'c said.
"She's not Earth," Sam said.
"What?" Jack exclaimed.
"There was a set of six symbols on the stone slab. Gate coordinates," Daniel said, bringing up the slide.
"How'd she get there?" Jack demanded.
"The Stargate," Sam answered.
"Was the Stargate not buried in Egypt?" Teal'c asked.
"Five thousand years after the fact," Sam said.
"So ancient vampires knew how to use the Gate," Jack mused, leaning back.
"It looks that way. Which means this Lilith could know as well," Daniel said.
"If she was there, there's a good chance she isn't," Jack said.
"We won't know till we go there," Sam said.
"I know Carter. But I don't want the three of you to go alone," Jack said.
"With all due respect sir, any other SG team will get in our way. I'd rather just go by myself to be honest," Sam said.
"You're not going with another SG team," Jack said. He looked Sam in the eye. "I want your brother to tag along with you."
"I have no idea where he is," Sam said. "He vanished a month or so ago with Janet. No one at the coven has heard from them either."
"Carter, it's like this: Either you find your brother, or you don't go to this planet. Is that understood?" Jack asked.
Sam reluctantly nodded, understanding his reasoning. "Yes sir."
"Good. Now go find him and Janet." Jack rose to his feet and retreated back into his office, a massive weight on his shoulders.
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Sam sat in front of her laptop and was typing on her keyboard. She looked up as Daniel and Teal'c walked in. "Any luck?" Daniel asked.
"No. I've searched every place he goes on the internet and I haven't found him. At least not directly."
"What are you doing?" Teal'c asked.
"Leaving a message. The chat-rooms vampires go to are coded. By leaving him a message, I know at least one vampire will get it and pass it along to either him or another vampire who will then do the same thing," Sam said.
"Like the signal fires in the Lord of the Rings books and movies," Daniel realized.
Sam nodded. "It's the only thing I can think of to contact him."
"How long will it take for him to respond?" Teal'c asked.
Sam shrugged. "Depends on where he is and how many vampires have to pass it along first," she said. "It could take anywhere from a minute to longer. Maybe months."
"Should we not tell the Elders about Lilith?" Teal'c inquired.
"I need to talk to the General about that," Sam said. "They should know. Might even be willing to lend a strike team to the coordinates we have." Sam rose to her feet and headed for Jack's office. She knocked on the door and walked in. He looked up from a report he was reading and set it down on his desk.
"What's up Carter?" he asked.
"Sir, I don't know how long it will take to find my brother. But we need to go to that planet and see if Lilith is even there or not. Now I can…need," she amended, "to go and tell the Elders about this. Even if we can't find Dante, they'll most likely provide us with a strike force."
"I don't trust any other vampire aside from your brother Carter. Some of them could still be loyal to Lilith. And if she is on this planet and you go there with her followers…you do see where I'm going with this, right?" Jack asked.
Sam schooled her face into military composure. Underneath her calm façade, however, she was calling Jack all sorts of names that he never would have thought she knew. She nodded and left his office. She walked down to the gym and changed into some loose workout clothes. She walked over to a punching bag and began mercilessly pummeling it.
"General O'Neill refused to let you tell the Elders," Teal'c said from behind her.
Sam stopped her beating and turned to him. "He did. I understand his reasoning for it, but finding Dante will take too long. If Lilith is still on that planet, she won't be for long. She'll know how to operate the Stargate."
"Indeed. Perhaps for the time being we should attempt to find Dante. The sooner he is located, the sooner we can go to the planet," Teal'c said.
Sam sighed and wearily slugged the punching bag. The chains creaked and the bag fell to the ground. Sam's face reddened in embarrassment and she nervously giggled. Teal'c arched a brow, a small smile on his face.
"Guess I should go get cleaned up and check to see if Dante's replied yet," she said. He bowed his head and she left the room.
Hope you guys liked it. For anyone interested, the language Sam actually spoke was Tolkien's Elvish, but for this story, it's the vampire's language.
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