Chapter 2Rite of Passage
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Summary: Rite of Passage with a strange romantic twist. J/N. Jack's P.O.V.
On Monday morning, I headed to the infirmary to see Cassandra. "Hey Cassie, how are you?" I asked. She just looked at me and said something about going to the forest. This concerned me so I went to visit Doctor Frasier to see what was going on.
"Hey Janet, how's Cassie?" "Not so good. She keeps saying something about going to the forest." "Yea I noticed." That wasn't much help. I turned around to leave and a thought hit me. I turned to look at Janet, "Do you think this has something to do with her homeworld?" Janet looked at me thoughtfully, "Maybe, you might want to ask Daniel and Sam about that." She turned away and I went to find Daniel and Sam.
"I went over the report that SG-7 sent back and they said that kids about Cassandra's age got sick, went into the forest and came back healed." Daniel said to Sam, Teal'c, Doc Frasier, General Hammond and I as we sat at the briefing room table. "What are you suggesting Dr. Jackson?" Hammond asked. "Maybe we should go back to the planet and check it out." Hammond thought for a minute before saying, "SG-1 you have a go." Yes sir," we all replied in unison.
After arriving on the planet we headed to the forest. We walked into the forest and found a fire that had recently been put out and a glowing hand print on a nearby tree. Sam placed her hand on the glowing print and the fire lit up. Suddenly a set of rings activated.
"Daniel where are we?" Sam asked as she looked around. "I think we're in a Goa'uld laboratory," "Who's?" Teal'c looked around, "Nirrti" I froze. I hadn't heard that name in awhile. "She probably hasn't been here in a while." I heard Daniel say. This wasn't true because I could smell her perfume but I didn't say anything. We searched the lab and found some Goa'uld devices. Daniel was looking over something when the rings activated. We all looked at Daniel, "Sorry, I think that was me." We disregarded it and headed back to the surface. On the way back to the Gate I felt a strange presence. I looked around. When I didn't see anything I blew it off.
I was walking through the halls when I heard Cassie scream. I ran to the infirmary. Daniel, Sam, Janet and Teal'c were already there. "What Happened?" I asked. Cassie looked up at me, "It was a Goa'uld. When I screamed it ran." "Who could it be?" After a minute Daniel looked up, "Cronus is dead." "What?" I asked him. What did Cronus have to do with this? "Cronus was holding Nirrti captive." "You mean Nirrti's here!" Sam exclaimed. "Okay, everyone split up. Remember we need her alive." I took a deep breathe. "Look out!" Cassie screamed. I looked up and saw a figure flip out the observatory window. I zatted the figure and went to see who it was. It was her.
We locked her in a holding room. When she woke up I went to see her. The guard opened the door and I went in. She looked up at me and smiled, "Long time no see," I told her with a smile. "Too long," she agreed. She got up and walked towards me. She gave a chuckle, "I would hug you but my hands are tied." I chuckled and wrapped my arms around her. She leaned forward and kissed me. I kissed back and broke the kiss after a few minutes. "Will you heal Cassandra?" I asked. "I will heal her when I am guaranteed my freedom." "That may take some time." "When I am guaranteed my freedom; I will heal her. Until then I will spend my time here." "I'll see what I can do." I bent down and kissed her. After we broke I left to go find General Hammond.
"General Hammond, Nirrti won't heal Cassie until we promise to let her go." I told him. He didn't look too happy. I wouldn't be either if I were him. He was faced with a difficult choice; he could either let Nirrti go in exchange for Cassie's life or let Cassie die and keep Nirrti here. I'm glad I'm not general. I wouldn't be able to handle it. I know I wouldn't be able to choose between Cassie's life and Nirrti leaving. All of a sudden an alarm went off somewhere in the base.
Hammond and I ran toward Nirrti's holding cell. We saw Janet pointing a gun at Nirrti's head. "Janet, put the gun down." I told her. "She can help Cassandra I can't." "Calm down doctor, Colonel O'Neill has convinced me to do what I can to save Cassandra." Nirrti looked up at him, "You will let me go?" "Only if you heal Cassandra." She looked around at all of us; "Very well" We headed to the Infirmary.
Nirrti walked into the Infirmary and approached Cassie. Two SF brought her a trey full of items we had confiscated from her lab. She picked up two of the devices and held them over Cassie. After a few minutes she looked up at Janet, "You have waited too long." "Try again." I didn't like the amount of venom in Janet's voice, especially towards Nirrti. Nirrti placed the devices over Cassie again. After a few minutes Cassie woke up. She looked up at Nirrti and a look of fear came over her face. She looked up at Janet for an explanation, "Its okay," Janet reassured her. I looked at Nirrti, "Let's go," She nodded and we headed to the Gate.
"I hope you know what you're doing," I told her. I looked around to make sure no one was watching; then I hugged her. "I have a pretty good idea." I chuckled and kissed her lightly. She smiled at me and walked through the Gate. I left the gateroom wondering when I would see her again.
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