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"Answer me!"
Silence
"Be that way, I shall just have to make you talk"
The device again grabs hold
Momentary pain pulls a moan
As soon as the pain starts it fades
"What! How can you be immune…That is another matter, but first I shall just have to get you to talk another way."
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Try as he might
She would not talk
She could not talk
Only moans and screams would escape
Pain in her back subsided
Another answerless question
The pain returned
Light shot out her eyes and mouth
Seconds felt like hours
Hours like days
Finally light, fire, and pain disappeared
She was free from pain
Unconscious
Maybe even dead
Bright light and warmth surrounded her
No other figure this time
Trees
Beautiful trees
Singing birds
Rolling hills
Cascading mountains loom in the distance
A lonely trail led off
Toward the mountains
Toward a destination unknown
Fresh air with the scent of fresh flowers
Slowly the air turned sour
Fresh flowers turned to the smell of death
Scorch marks and bloody hand and foot prints scattered on the ground
All dark images faded
All the horrid smells dissolved
No matter what he tried
Death would not come
The God growled at her when she awoke
"Why do you refuse to answer me! I have tortured you longer than anyone should be able to resist! How is it you are still alive!"
Eyes glowing
Temper receding
Beneath the calm, cool façade
"I will get what I want from you, there is no use trying to defy me. I will win."
If only she could answer
If she had answers
She did not know
Jaffa pulled her to her feet
Drug her to gaudy God
Her body ached
Writhed in pain
Thrown onto a device
Gravity changed to his will
Screams of pain returned
Acid and daggers
Holes in her cloths
How could she get him to stop
Pain so intense
She screamed and wiggled
Gravity would not let her loose
Tears rolled sown the sides of her face
Tears no longer healed
Blood ran free
Pain blocked out all other thoughts
The ground shook
Explosion after explosion
Jaffa ran in
Guarding their God
"Jaffa Kree!"
The gilded Jaffa spoke in tongues
She understood every word
The Tauri
Invasion and rescue
Those beautiful blue eyes
He was a Tauri
Wasn't he?
The god, Baal, screamed
He stalked closer to her
The calm façade gone
He now glared at her
"As much as I would love to continue our little conversation, I'm afraid I can't leave you alive."
His eyes glowed
Grinning he aimed another dagger
Aimed at her heart
He released it
Pain
Excruciating pain in her chest
Death, she was dead for sure
Darkness engulfed her
Lights blinked on around her
Bright blinking lights swirled around her body
Fire erupted from the lights
Healing her wound
Warmth and heat shot through her
Heart restored
Pain subsided and clarity returned
Eyes fluttered open
"Holy Hannah! Colonel! She's alive sir!"
Carter
She knew that voice
Others around her
Many she did not know
"Well, I'll be damned."
"How is that possible?"
"She must have nine lives."
"Funny Jack."
"Thanks, I try."
"Too hard sometimes."
Friendly banter
No argument this time
The room was the same
Baal's palace
"O'Neill, it would be wise to depart. Baal may return with greater numbers."
"Right campers, let's head back to Kansas."
Others dressed in Green
The same green
Tauri Green
That must be it
Fleeing the palace
Surrounded by green
Soldiers, trees and grass
Wonderful life surviving amongst death
Warmth surrounded her heart once again
Warmth of Happiness
Warmth of fire living in her heart
Her very soul
What was that feeling
She couldn't decided
She couldn't remember
She'd felt it before
Of that she was sure
Their journey was short
Or it seemed short
She had been lost
Lost in her mind
Lost in thought
Never seeing what they passed
Only following her rescuers
She trusted them
Not afraid of them
Not like the others
The Jaffa and their God
No reason to fear these people
Thoughts clouded her mind
Of who she was
Who she might have been
All that had happened
So clouded
So preoccupied
A soft touch on her arm
Causing her to jump
Forcing her body to react
React without a thought
Reflexes so fast
Only had time to see
See herself twist around
Grab a hold of the offending hand
Slamming him to the ground
Flames of heat
Fire shooting through her
From her head to her toes
To her arms
To her eyes
Flickering red, orange, and yellow flames
Flickering in her eyes
Around her wrist
Wrenching his body back
Pinning him to the ground
Her legs over the backs of his
His arm twisted
Twisted painfully behind his back
Holding him in place against her
Her right arm curling around
Flames shooting from her wrist
Encasing her wrist in a bright glow
Fire escaped through the tips of her fingers
Growing around and up
Becoming solid
A blade glowing red
Heat waves rippling around the end
Closing towards his throat
This was wrong
All wrong
What was happening?
Reflexes rescinded
Dagger stopped short
No blood, no pain
She recoiled
Moved as far away from him and the others
Dropping the dagger
Returning it to the flames it came from as it hit the ground
Her back hit against a tree
Staring at her hands
Clicking and shouts
Guns trained on her
What had she done
Angry voices
Angry demands
Soothing words
"Jack, I'm fine! It wasn't her fault, I scared her!"
"Did you see her eyes? Do you see them now! They're on fire for god's sake!"
Daniel moved in front of her
Stood over her
Protecting her
Protecting from the confused and scared wrath
"I see them Jack but do you see her? She obviously is scared, not just of us but of herself."
"What about the dagger Daniel? Fire created the dagger."
"It turned back into fire when she dropped it, for cryin' out loud!"
"So you just want to shoot her! We can't leave her here, what happens to her when Baal comes back? Jack?"
"He's right Jack, the Goa'uld, least of all Baal, can't have someone like her. Who knows what else she's capable of…"
"All right Jacob, I get it. We'll take her back but she's to be watched at all times and she's your responsibility Daniel."
"Thank you Jack, I got it."
They still cared
He still cared
After what she did
What she almost did
Daniel knelt in front of her
Talking in a soft, slow, soothing voice
She calmed down
Breathing slowed and deepened
Heartbeat returned close to normal
Still she stared at her hands
Hands that had hurt
Had meant to hurt him
Meant to kill him
Someone whose kindness saved her
Someone who didn't deserve to be hurt
Who shouldn't be hurt
His voice permeated her thoughts
"It's okay, you didn't hurt me….I'm sorry I scared you…It's completely my fault…No one's going to hurt you, I promise."
Still she did not look up
Hands
His hands closed over hers
Caring hands to go with a caring voice
Warmth coursed through her again
Shooting from her chest
Ending up in her hands
Pulling all the fire from her eyes
Returning them to a normal green
His hands felt the heat
Saw the fire shoot
Wrapping around their hands
Warmth but no burning
Only brilliant warmth
He pulled back none the less
Flames receded
"Daniel!"
"I'm alright, not burned…see."
He held his hands up
Slightly red but no burns
Sudden bursts of energy
Ships flying overhead
"Shit, Time to move campers. Carter Dial it up. Daniel, grab the girl."
Within moments an eruption of light
Resembling water came from the ring
A few frantic moments went by
She was pulled to her feet
They all ran for the water
Shimmering water
Fear of the water overtook her
She tried pulling away
Too late
She was pulled through
The rest ran through as fast as possible
Jaffa running to catch them
The shimmering water evaporated
No Jaffa could get through
All were safe on the other side
Of that she made sure
She shouldn't have interfered
She knew this
But it was not time yet
She would be reprimanded that was certain
She cared not
The Phoenix was safe
That was all that mattered
Others were taking care of Cosmos
Soon all will be taken care of
All would be saved
This she hoped would come to pass