Ok, this is a mini chapter, I wrote to about a third of my usual length and then I think my muse went on holiday. So I figured I would just post this bit and hope I can convince Bob (that's the name of my muse) to come back, however if he's somewhere sunny I doubt he's going to want to come back to my beautiful but not exactly warm homeland of Scotland. But fingers crossed anyway.
Have any of you read the new Harry Potter? I cant believe she….oops better not say anything, might spoil it for you but if you've read it you know what I mean. Seriously, no cookies for J.K. she's been a very naughty girl. Now sit Ubu sit. Good dog.
Sorry don't know where that last bit came from but I'll leave it in anyway, it may make sense to someone.
Sense impatience I can, and on that Yoda-esque note I'll get on with the fic. (One last thing, how come Yoda's in my head but Bobs gone on holiday, oh well.)
Wiccan Science
Part 6
Willow looked up and found herself staring a large group of guys who looked like they'd stepped straight out of an Egyptology textbook. They quickly circled her, keeping their staff weapons trained on her as she slowly stood up and began dusting herself off.
'So if this is the Land of Oz, does that make you the Munchkins, or are you the winged monkeys?' Willow kept tag on their movements with her eyes, her other senses covering a wider range to try to determine the number of people in the area and trying to locate Teal'c at the same time.
'You will come with us.' As the words were spoken they closed in around her.
She gathered up her power preparing to get rid off them, muttering under her breath, 'winged monkeys it is then.'
She stopped suddenly becoming aware of a stabbing pain through her connection with Teal'c. Her lapse in concentration allowed the Jaffa to take her away and she went quietly, her entire attention focussed on what the hell had happened to Teal'c. She tried to take the crystal from her pocket but found it in pieces having been crushed when she tripped over the stone. She immediately sent a large burst of energy through the connection to Teal'c, the energy would speed the healing process and maintain a shield around him for a couple of minutes so she could concentrate on her situation.
'So guys where are you taking me?' silence greeted her question, * ok then, they won't talk, lets have a look at their minds. * She wasn't able to read their minds in the normal sense of the word, she had the ability to read emotions, she couldn't hear the normal thoughts, occasionally she would pick up a stray thought accompanying a strong emotion but that was it. Well not quite it, she could also project her thoughts into other peoples heads and make them believe they were their own, kind of like the Jedi in Star Wars, * and yet I don't get a cool light sabre, no one values me. *
She quickly scanned the emotions of the group, most were impassive but one stood out from the rest. The guard immediately behind her was giving off intense curiosity dosed with a little lust. * Yay * she celebrated in her head, she had found the weak link, * even if he is a sleaze who like to check out defenceless prisoners * she re-evaluated that last bit, *ok so maybe I'm not defenceless, but he doesn't know that. *
Her plan was subtle and she was extremely proud of it, she began to put thoughts into the guards' head, sending a small burst of magic to reinforce the thoughts with the impulse to protect her. She worked at this for a few minutes.
It was taking too long.
Subtle sucked.
She sent a much stronger magical impulse this time, still with the intention of making him want to protect her and then she pretended to collapse. He caught her before she hit the ground, she kept her eyes shut waiting to see what would happen. The guard who had spoken before turned to look at her and calmly ordered the man holding her to pick her up and walk. She had expected him to protest, demand that they stop until she was well or something, but he hadn't said a word, simply done as he was told, although he was holding her closer than was strictly necessary. * Well that worked oh so well *
She knew she should keep working on her oh so subtle plan, but the truth was she had about as much patience as Spike and so she followed his grand pre-chip tradition, * Screw the plan, lets have some fun. *
She checked out the strength of the magic on the planet and found that it was roughly the same as the Earth's', maybe a little less. She wasn't too bothered since she still had a lot of energy stored and she was pretty sure the other three crystals she was carrying were intact but she figured she should try to use as little as possible, after all she had no idea how long this would take. She gathered a little power and manipulated it into the shapes necessary to cause temporary blindness, it was a low energy solution and struck immediately. She soon found the down side of her strategy however as the guy carrying her somehow managed to overbalance and fall backwards with her landing on top of him. Normally that would be a good thing but the guard was wearing full body armour and all in all Willow was pretty sure the ground was softer.
She rolled herself free and managed to remove herself from the general confusion. She moved away from the guards and checked on Teal'c, he was healing quickly, the combination of his Goa'uld and her magic accelerated it ensuring he was out of danger, from his current injuries at least.
She pulled out another crystal to replace the shattered one and focussed it on maintaining the healing process as well as holding protective shields. She then focussed on his location and used the transportation spell to take her to him.
