Well, as I stated last chapter, here is the chapter for today. Last chapter was for yesterday. And don't worry, I'll have more chapters (hopefully) up over the weekend as well. So don't worry.

I was surprised to see where this chapter went. Completely unexpected direction for me. Was totally not expecting it.

Muse/Voice-in-Head: I told you that you wouldn't know what will happen. Only I do.

Then how will the story end?

Muse/ViH:I...I am not going to tell you.

Hah! I know how it's going to end...or I at least have a vague idea...:shrugs: We'll see when we get there. Now on with the story.

Ain't mine. If it was, the fans would know who Sam is seeing now. Why can't they just tell us? They're trying to make me crazy! Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a rubber room. I died there. They buried me. They buried me with bugs. Bugs, I hate bugs. They drive me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a rubber room. I died there. They buried me. They buried me with bugs. Bugs, I hate bugs. They drive me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a rubber room. I died there. They buried me. They buried me with bugs. Bugs, I hate bugs. They drive me crazy...

SG-1 stared at Dante in awe and disbelief as he finished his tale. Daniel was the first to recover. "So you're saying that magic exists?"

"I don't think so," Dante said. "If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say that the Lilith we're dealing with is some kind of clone from the original. Hell, the one my ancestors killed could've been the clone and this Lilith had been in stasis until now."

"How would you explain the cultists belief in that ritual they did a few months back? The one that would allow Lilith's spirit to possess a newly turned vampire?" Sam asked. "I'm not saying I believe in magic," she added. "I'm just trying to look at the problem from all angles."

Dante shrugged. "I don't know if magic exists or not. If it does, we have to make sure Lilith can't come back. But if she is cloning herself, we need to find out where the clones are coming from and stop them."

"And the only way we can do that is if we find Lilith," Daniel said.

Sam looked down at her watch. "It's close to dusk. We should start moving if we want to pick up Lilith's trail."

Dante nodded. "I'll beam us back up to the surface."

"How do you know how to operate this stuff?" Sam asked as Dante moved about the room, working the Ancient technology.

"I got the knowledge," he said.

"From where?" Teal'c asked.

"There," Daniel said, pointing across the room. "A Library of the Ancients."

Sam looked at her brother in alarm. "You only have a few days until…"

He raised her hand and cut her off. "I'll be fine Sam. I'm an Ancient, remember? Amelia and Alexander were both descendents of Ancients."

"Would that not mean Colonel Carter is an Ancient as well?" Teal'c queried.

"Half-Ancient," Dante confirmed. "So I guess theoretically she could hold the Ancient's knowledge as well."

"We'll hold off on testing that theory for now," Sam said. "One thing at a time first. So beam us up," she ordered.

Dante grabbed a strange bracer and strapped it to his left forearm. He hit several buttons on it and the team suddenly found themselves back in the mausoleum. "Few more minutes of daylight left," he muttered.

"How are we going to find Lilith? She could be anywhere," Daniel said. "She's not exactly limited by the sun."

"She's part Wraith. This device can scan for specific genetic make-ups," Dante told them. He hit a button and showed it to them. "For example, this is now picking up anyone with vampire DNA."

"Incredible," Sam breathed, her eyes wide with excitement at the prospect of studying the Ancient device.

Dante hit several buttons on the device and it began beeping. "There's definitely some sort of technology in here," he said.

"So let's find it," Sam said. They fanned out and began searching the stone structure. Dante halted in front of the stone coffin and looked at it carefully. He circled it slowly; looking for cracks and fractures in the stone.

"Definitely some very strange symbols in here," Daniel said, brushing his fingers over a section of the east wall.

Everyone jumped when the stone coffin began to slide away. Dante had his shotgun raised as he slowly backed away from the coffin. SG-1 and the vampire watched in silence as the coffin sank into the floor. Sam inched her way towards the edge and saw that the coffin had descended a full story. She looked at her two teammates and knew that they would never survive that jump.

"There's nothing we can tie the rope to, is there?" Daniel asked, coming to the same conclusion as Sam.

She shook her head. "Nothing that I can see here."

"Sam, you go down first," Dante said. "I can hold the rope while Daniel and Teal'c climb down."

"You sure? It's been a while since…you know," she said.

He gave her a small smile. "Don't worry about it. I brought some along."

Sam frowned. "It would've gone bad."

Dante chuckled and pulled out a vial of dark red, nearly black substance. "Travel size," he said. "Not as good as the synthetic stuff we have, but good enough."

Sam nodded and unclipped her pack. She dug through it and pulled out a coil of black rappelling rope that every member of an SG team carried. She tossed it to Dante and he expertly uncoiled it and doubled it around his waist so that both ends of the rope extended down into the underground chamber. He braced himself as Sam gripped the rope with gloved hands. She slid down, eyes and ears alert for any signs of danger.

"You next Teal'c," Dante said. Teal'c nodded and pulled on a pair of gloves. He gripped the rope and slowly descended, his large frame and staff weapon sliding out of view from Daniel and Dante.

"Clear," Teal'c's voice called up.

Daniel gripped the rope and lowered himself down. When Dante felt his weight leave the rope, he uncoiled it from around himself and leapt down into the chamber, rope in hand. He landed lightly on his feet and stared in disbelief at the chamber, his mouth gaping open.

Dozens of glass tanks lined every inch of the walls. They were filled with some sort of dark liquid. Pieces of paper and various medical instruments cluttered the tables that were grouped in the middle of the chamber. Dante slowly made his way over to one of the glass tanks.

"What the hell is all this?" Sam asked softly.

"It appears to be some sort of medical laboratory," Teal'c stated.

"For what?" Daniel asked.

Dante peered into the tank. His eyes widened in horror and he stumbled away, colliding with a table. Sam turned to her brother and looked at him curiously. "What have they done?" he whispered softly.

"Dante, you all right?" Sam asked.

"I…I know what's in the tanks," he said, regaining his composure.

"What?" Sam demanded impatiently.

"Bodies," he said.

"Quit the cryptic crud Dante. Bodies of what?" Sam questioned.

"Experiments," he answered. He turned and began leafing through the old papers on the tables. "I think they were trying to make the perfect specimen."

"Of what do you speak?" Teal'c asked.

"Hybrids," Daniel said, looking up from a pile of papers he had been rifling through. "These tanks are full of experimental hybrids."

"Hybrids of what?" Sam asked.

"Ever seen Underworld?" Dante asked.

"Yeah…no way," she said in shock.

Dante nodded and hit a few buttons on his bracer. A holographic image appeared in the room of what was in the tanks. It was humanoid in shape and size, but various readings indicated that it was far from human. "Viktor's father was the one who claimed Lilith was dead. Who's to say that the body they brought here wasn't really dead? Lilith could have been faking it. A time for her return was agreed upon and the prophecy was etched into that stone slab back on Earth. In order to keep people loyal to her, the second prophecy was made on top of the first."

"If that's true, what's with all these experiments?" Daniel asked.

"These aren't just hybrids of vampires and lycans," Dante said. "There's a third piece of their genetic make-up. They're also Wraiths."

"Please say you're joking," Sam said.

Dante shook his head. "I wish I was. Lilith knows how powerful she is. If she can successfully find a way to combine her genetic make-up with those of lycans, she could be invincible."

"We cannot permit this laboratory to remain in existence," Teal'c said.

"I know," Sam said. She walked to the entrance of the chamber and leapt up. She grabbed the edge of the roof and pulled herself all the way up. A moment later she dropped back down, her pack in hand. She began digging through it, pulling out charges of C-4. She handed several to Teal'c who immediately began setting them up in places that would cause secondary explosions.

"Aren't we going to keep any of this information?" Daniel asked as Dante began gathering the papers.

"We can't afford to Daniel," Dante said, grabbing the papers from his hand. "A Wraith-vampire hybrid is bad enough. A Wraith-vampire-lycan hybrid is worse." He tossed all the papers into a large bin and pulled out a lighter. He lit several pages on fire before dropping them into the container. The dried pieces of paper burst into flame.

"Charges are all set," Sam said.

Dante nodded. "Time to leave then," he said. He leapt out of the chamber and tossed the rope down. He pulled them all up and swiftly coiled the rope as they gathered their packs. "How far do we need to be?"

"Two kilometers minimum," Sam answered. "Let's go!"

The four surged out of the mausoleum and headed towards the village. Once they had gone over two kilometers they halted. "Cover up. Hit it," Dante said to Sam. She nodded and hit the ignite button. A moment later the hill and part of the surrounding area erupted, sending dirt flying everywhere. Dante lifted his head and smiled in grim satisfaction when he saw the smoking crater that use to be Lilith's lab.

"Now we just have to worry about Lilith," Sam said.

"What have you done?" a voice shrieked in anger.

The team whirled around and saw a very angry Lilith glaring at them, her eyes blazing with anger and hatred. Well crap, Sam thought to herself, similar thoughts in her teammates' heads as well as her brother's.

Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a rubber room. I died there. They buried me. They buried me with bugs. Bugs, I hate bugs. They drive me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a rubber room. I died there. They buried me. They buried me with bugs. Bugs, I hate bugs. They drive me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a rubber room. I died there. They buried me. They buried me with bugs. Bugs, I hate bugs. They drive me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a rubber room. I died there. They buried me. They buried me with bugs. Bugs, I hate bugs. They drive me crazy.

Muse/ViH: To get her to shut up, please submit a review. Signed and anonymous welcomed. For her to keep saying this...don't review...so please review! Help keep ME sane, I beg of you!