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"Are you serious?" Daniel asked as they sat in the briefing room. The lights were off and Jacob was showing them a picture of a small, rectangular device on the monitor.
"More serious than we've ever been Daniel. After Nirrti disappeared the first time, we raided her old labs and couldn't find much. We think the system lords may have gotten there first. But on the planet where you found Cassie, in that lab, we discovered a hidden panel. That's how we found these." He indicated the two invisibility devices on the table. Jack gave them a look with his head cocked sideways.
"So, what do you need Sg-1 for?" Jacob shook his head.
"Not all of Sg-1, Jack, just you and Daniel."
"Dad?" Sam questioned, looking disappointed. Jacob dropped his head to his chest, and his own voice was replaced by that of his symbiote, Selmak.
"As we said before, Heru-ur has been growing ever more powerful among the system lords since the death of Apophis."
"What about him?" Jack asked impatiently.
"We have been unable to ascertain what new advantage he has in addition to absorbing Apophis' troops and territories. All we know is that in a recent battle with Lord Yu, Heru-ur captured his first prime. Somehow, he was able to defeat Yu with the knowledge he gained from the prisoner."
"So what? He probably just tortured him or-"
"I do not believe so O'Neill." Teal'c interrupted. "The first prime is a Goa'ulds most loyal jaffa. No first prime would willingly give up knowledge that could endanger his master's chances of winning a battle."
"You told Apophis were to shove it." Teal'c opened his mouth to reply, but Sam got there first.
"So Heru-ur must have found out another way to get information out of him." She ventured.
"One of our operatives found out about this new method, but she died before she could tell us more." Selmak replied. "That is why we need your help."
"What kind of help could Sg-1 provide?" General Hammond questioned.
"Only Colonel O'Neill and Dr. Jackson can be of assistance on this mission. We want them to use the invisibility apparatus to infiltrate Heru-ur's ranks and find out what this advantage is, and if possible, keep him from using it any longer."
"Just me and Jack?" Daniel asked, rubbing his temple. "Why only us?" Selmak lifted one of the invisibility devices off the table and put it on his belt. Before activating it, he turned to Teal'c.
"Please stand," Teal'c stood up slowly and moved away from the table. "Attempt to disable me if you can." With this, Selmak turned the device on and instantly disappeared. General Hammond and Sg-1 looked around the room, waiting. Teal'c stepped backwards cautiously, listening hard. Quite suddenly, he grabbed something in the air and a thunk was heard on the table.
"Mind letting me go Teal'c?" Jacob's voice said when he reappeared. Teal'c had him pinned facedown on the table with his arm twisted behind him. He hastened to let go and helped Jacob back to his feet.
"How did you do that?" General Hammond asked, looking perplexed.
"I sensed the symbiote within his body as he drew near." Sam nodded vigorously in understanding.
"That's why only Daniel and the Colonel can go. Anyone with a symbiote, Tok'ra or jaffa could still be sensed even with the invisibility device. Teal'c has Junior and I had Jolinar. If we were to go on the mission, we could be discovered just by walking by a jaffa or a Goa'uld."
"Exactly." Jacob said.
"Ah, right." Jack stood up and put on one of the devices. After pressing the button, he felt a little queasy. "Can you see me?" he asked pointlessly. The others in the room were staring around wildly. Jack laughed aloud and walked up behind Daniel, poking him in the back of the head.
"Ow, Hey!" he objected. Jacob laughed and tossed Daniel the second device. He put it on and pressed the button. He could tell no one could see him just by the fact that they were looking right through him. He turned around and was startled somewhat.
"Jack? Hey I can see you!" he said.
"They can see each other when the devices are both on?" General Hammond asked, looking in the direction of Daniel's voice.
"Yes, we believe it has something to do with how the device fragments the visible light scale of the wearer." The General nodded, barely understanding.
"Colonel O'Neill, Dr. Jackson, could you come back to this 'visible light scale' for a moment, its kind of unnerving talking to someone I can't see."
"Sorry sir." They replied simultaneously, coming back into view.
"Wow that makes you nauseous." Jack said, rubbing his stomach. They all returned to their seats and looked to Jacob.
"Where exactly do you want us to go?" Daniel asked, still playing with the device.
"Heru-ur's home world. The operative we lost told us he was keeping something hidden there, the thing that's giving him this advantage." The Colonel looked at him skeptically.
"How are we getting in and out?" he asked.
"And how long do the Tok'ra intend them to stay on such a hostile world?" General Hammond added.
"You can't go through the gate, you can still be seen exiting a wormhole, so we're going to take you in by cargo ship. You shouldn't have to stay more than two or three days, and we have some Tok'ra tunnels in the forest you can use to store provisions and sleep. From there, all you have to do is follow Heru-ur around for a while."
"What if he doesn't lead us to whatever we're looking for?" Daniel asked; he was already having doubts. He happened to agree with Jack that the Tok'ra often left out important details.
"That's pretty much guaranteed. One of our operatives will allow himself to be captured, you'll be going in on the same transport that he is. All you have to do is follow his party to the base and wait. We're hoping Heru-ur will try and question him using this new advantage."
"How's he getting out? How are we getting out?" Daniel said with concern.
"Some of Heru-ur's jaffa are waiting at the Tok'ra base with the cargo ship. They'll take you and the operative to Heru-ur's world and escort him in as a prisoner. When your mission is complete, all you have to do is contact them and they'll break our operative out; you can steal a ship. It should be a piece of cake." The Colonel nodded and picked up one of the devices. He fiddled with it for a moment and then looked to Daniel.
"Are you up for this?"
"Yeah, I think so." Jack clapped him on the shoulder and turned to the General.
"General? Do we have permission to take on this…mission?" He asked.
"It's up to you Colonel."
"Then I guess we're going sir."