Their P90's flew from their arms towards the doorway. Even Teal'c's Staff weapon was torn from his strong grip, as well as his back-up Zat gun, and all the firearms formed a pile behind the doorway.
"Whoa!" Jack exclaimed. He only knew two things about his weapon flying away, that Carter would call it tele...k...something or other, and that it bad things were about to happen. A robed figure came around the corner and stood between them and their guns.
"Errr, hello, may I ask who exactly you are?" Daniel, the ever well-spoken linguist asked of the new arrival.
The robed figure's eyes glowed. That told the ever unfortunate members of SG-1 more than they needed to know. "Just the friendly neighbourhood Goa'uld apparently" Jack told Daniel.
"You will be quiet before the first and most powerful God." The Goa'uld demanded of Jack. He was a tall figure, probably about five foot eleven. The gold-trimmed deep red robe that he wore made it impossible to tell much more of his build. "I have removed your weapons for the moment, but you will soon have them back. They will not prevent your demise." his eyes were a light grey, and they were once more illuminated in a flash.
"Well what is it you intend to do with us, oh first and most powerful False God?" Jack spoke conversationally to the ominous figure standing before them. They were disarmed and helpless, their only hope to make a break for the gate behind them and hope to dial before he could stop them. A little bravado never hurt anybody though.
"Your insolence amuses me, and you will be punished in due course. You fools have been the first in many years to venture into my Labyrinth, but you will not be the first to meet a horrible death in it. I am Atum, predecessor to all other Goa'uld, and I have lived here since the dawn of Time. You are now all ensnared in my web of doom." He gave a haughty laugh in the deep voice of a Goa'uld.
During his over-long monologue, Jack had given the signal to the members of his team. As soon as Atum began his cackle, they made a break for the Gate, and Sam who was already at it began to dial. "Let's get outta here Sam!" Jack yelled.
"I'm dialing as fast as I can, sir!" she responded.
Finished his laugh, Atum leisurely walked towards them. "Leaving so soon? But my hospitality is renowned. Not one of my guests has ever left unhappy. Because none have left alive!" He once more saw fit to throw back his head in appreciation of his own humour.
Jack didn't know what the heck this Atum guy thought he was doing, but he had taken long enough that they had finished dialing, and the wormhole was open. "Let's move people!" Jack once again yelled at his crew.
They were just about to leap through the gate, when an all too familiar steel ring formed around the gate, and sealed it shut in a twinkling of the eye. They jolted to a stop just in front of the spiraling metal barrier, and heard bouts of laughter behind them.
"You use your iris to keep people out. It amuses me to use one to keep you in. There is no escape through that route. There is only one way out, and countless ways to perish. Will you now heed my words and entertain me?" Atum sneered at SG-1.
Jack was about to say something, but Carter thought it would be a good idea to pre-empt him, "Yes, sure. What is it you would have us do?". She thought it wise not to antagonize Atum, since he had the upper hand here.
"Excellent," Atum snickered "You situation is thus: you are in my maze. There is but one way out, and traps lurk all around. The entire maze will be immolated in a blaze of fire exactly one hour after I leave you. If you have not left by then, you will perish. But since I am a kind God, I will give each of you a device. It will enable you to travel back in time a short period, so that you may experience the pleasures of my maze once more. However, it will not work until five seconds before the labyrinth is burnt in an inferno. It will also not bring any of you back should you perish in my maze, you will not return to the past and be living once more. You will remain dead. You will be brought back exactly as you were when you activated the device, with whatever possessions you had at that time. So, you have countless chances to explore the surprises that await you, but only one life. And should you linger overlong, incineration awaits you. I will send your ashes back to your General Hammond. Now, I will leave to watch you suffer through my domain. You should not have come uninvited." He gave a wry smile as teleportation rings encircled him and then he vanished. Their guns were still in a pile behind him, and he had left four small circular devices at his feet.