Chapter 39: Spy's In the Midst
"Okay how about eye spy?" Jack asked bored.
"Jack we are stuck in a gou'ald holding cell with nothing but each other, four walls, a door and a bench" Daniel replied getting annoyed with his CO's constant chatter.
He knew Jack was bored but did he really need to annoy everyone else. They had been in the holding cell for about an hour and half. Jack nose was still bleeding but much less than it had been over an hour ago
"Fine Daniel what game do you…finally were have you been we were starting to get worried" The Jaffa that had put them in the cell was back, everyone stood and at hearing Jack's comment the Jaffa walked over to him.
"Silence Tau'ri." The Jaffa said smirking as Teal'c stepped forward to protect O'Neill. "Shouva my master is especially pleased with me for capturing you and your associates, who among you is O'Neill?"
Nobody said anything they just stood there looking at the Jaffa in silence that was until Jack spoke up.
"You tell us your name and we'll tell you ours?" he said with a shrug before going to sit on the bench. As he did this the other members of his team did the same. This seemed to aggravate the Jaffa at first but then he smiled and walked over to Jack.
"You are O'Neill" it wasn't a question, more of a fact. When Jack didn't say anything he thumped Jack in the stomach, making Teal'c and the others stand once again to protect there leader.
"Fine I'm O'Neill what do you want?" Jack finally asked when he was able to breathe once again. He quickly recovered from the attack and stood in front of his captor who put on a serious face once more.
"My Lord Anubis wishes to speak with you" his tone indicating it was not a request but Jack couldn't resist.
"Well I'm kinda busy at the moment if you leave your name and a way for me to contact Anubis with my comrades here then I'll make sure to get in touch when I have a free moment." The Jaffa hit Jack straight across the face knocking him to the ground. Picking Jack up he dragged him out of the cell leaving the rest of Jacks team to think about what was going to happen to him and to think of a way out of here.
Jacks nose was bleeding badly again from the newest attack and by the time they reached Anubis his nose, mouth, chin and hands where covered in blood. At least he was walking again instead of being dragged along by the first prime, he must have lost consciousness after being struck because he couldn't actually remember leaving the cell, he could just remember being dragged through the corridors. Now he was stood in front the dark, cloaked figure he knew as Anubis.
"Kneel before your God Tau'ri" the first prime ordered, when Jack did nothing the Jaffa struck him behind the knee causing him to fall to the ground unceremoniously.
"The infamous Jack O'Neill leader of the Tau'ri Team SG1" Anubis stated with humour in his voice.
"Great you've heard of me, I hope all good things" Jack said before getting hit over the head by the Jaffa behind him. He was really going to have to start keeping his mouth shut.
"Thanks to you and your medalling team my reassertion into the group of System Lords was made so much easier."
"Well this is a great way of thanking me and my team." The moment he said it he knew the Jaffa behind him was going to hit out again, only difference this time was that Anubis raised his hand to halt the attack. "Leave us" he ordered his First Prime, who obediently left.
"Now, Tau'ri what is the code to open the shielding on your stargate?" he asked. Jack stood but stayed quiet.
"Answer your God, Tau'ri." Anubis ordered. Once again Jack stayed silent.
"Well this is a change to the Jack O'Neill that came in with my Jaffa a moment ago"
"Yeah well I'm not going to tell you anything so why should I bother talking at all" Jack asked crossing his arms in front of his chest.
"I didn't expect you too." Anubis pushed a button on the arm of his throne and a moment later a woman strolled in carrying a box. Jack thought he recognised the woman who was now opening the box for Anubis. He pushed the button again and in came two Jaffa.
"Take him to the lab" Anubis ordered the Jaffa. "You know what to do" he told the woman as Jack was lead out of the room.
The Jaffa had taken him to what first looked like an empty room until he noticed an examination table in the centre with what looked like restraints attached. It had both arm and leg straps and something to hold his head in place.
After the Jaffa had forced him onto the table and strapped him down, they had to get reinforcements for that part as he struggled, kicked and thumped in an effort to get free, they moved the table so he was lie down on it.
"Leave us." The woman ordered, in a Goa'uld voice, when they finally had Jack strapped down. The Jaffa bowed as the left the room and the woman just stood there, until they had left. Once the door closed she walked around the examination table running her hands all the way around it. "Well what a predicament you tau'ri have gotten yourselves into once again."
"Well this is new" Jack said, trying to keep his eyes on the woman and trying to locate anything she might use on him "Aren't you supposed to gloat a little about your god and about the pain your going to inflict on me."
She stopped just to his left side and laughed. "Oh believe me, I would gladly do just that for the position you have put me in but there are some that would be greatly annoyed at me if I did."
The look on the colonel's face made her laugh even more it was one of pure and utter confusion and it was priceless. "Who are you?" he finally asked.
"I am Tena of the Tok'ra my host is Ranella, we have been undercover for over three months now trying to assess the power Anubis has been accumulating and relaying that information back to the Tok'ra so we can formulate a plan on how to stop him." She answered him.
"How do I know you are Tok'ra? I mean for all I know this could be a ploy to get me to tell you anything." Jack asked, Tena immediately lowered her head, an action he'd seen Anise and Selmak do hundreds of times when the host was going to take control.
"Well the answer to that is simple just don't tell us anything." Ranella told him. "Like Tena said we are undercover now while we are willing to help you escape we are not willing to ruin this mission it has taken us to long to get close to Anubis to just throw it away." She made sure he understood that before continuing, undoing his restraints as she did so.
"So here is the plan. I will get a guard to come and take you back to the cell, I will follow with him so that I can pick out my 'next candidate' and as they open the cell door you steal his zat shoot him and I will zat the others killing them. You and the rest of SG1 will take the weapons rescue your friends and get the hell away from here before Anubis can get wind of my mission. Understand?"
"Act, steal, shoot, save, escape? Yep think I got it." He said jumping of the table and rubbing his wrists. "Why are you doing this anyway? Its not like the Tok'ra to risk a mission for us."
"What can I say, Jacob and Selmak are close friends of ours, if you're dead Jacobs daughter will be upset meaning Jacob will be upset, and I don't want that. Are you going to play torture or am I going to have to zat you?" the symbiote took over and asked waving a zat in front of Jacks face.
"No I don't think that will be necessary." He answered not really wanting to get anymore injured than he already was.
"Right then get back on the table." Tena told him. As he got back on the table and tried his best to look injured, it wasn't hard considering the broken nose and bruised ribs he managed to get off the guards; Tena went to the door and shouted for a guard.
As Jack saw the guard that had been called he groaned, it was Anubis' First Prime again. On seeing Jack lying there apparently in pain the First Prime smiled and pulled Jack off the table.
Jack groaned again at the movement and his knees buckled under him. The Jaffa caught him by his collar and started to drag Jack down the hall towards the cell. Tena just followed behind, she was impressed by Jacks acting skills he really did look like he was weak and in much pain. 'Must be all those times he actually has been tortured and dragged to a cell' suggested Ranella in Tena's mind.
As they reached the cell two guards stood on either side of the door stood to attention. One of the Jaffa punched in the code to open the cell after receiving orders from the First Prime and both stood at either side of Jack and his capture to prevent any escape.
With their focus being on the people in the cell rather than on him, he took the opportunity and grabbed the First Prime's zat, everything seemed to go in slow motion. After shooting the zat twice the Jaffa fell to the floor dead Jacks next target was the Jaffa that had opened the door he shot him dead before turning to see the last Jaffa already a crumpled heap on the floor thanks to Tena.
The door finished opening and Teal'c and Daniel who had obviously been getting ready to attack the Jaffa walked out absolutely stunned. Melanie followed them out looking as equally shocked. Daniel was the first to recover.
"Jack what happened out here?" he asked still looking at the dead forms of the Jaffa.
"Guys meet Tena, Tena SG-1" he said.
"I suggest you zat me and run when I regain consciousness I will have no choice but to shout for the guard" Tena informed Jack.
"Thanks, make sure you give us a decent headstart." Jack said with a smile as he handed zats to the others.
"Jack?" Daniel asked but was ignored.
"I will try." Tena replied opening her arms out showing she was ready to be shot by Jack who had raised his zat.
"Sir?" Melanie asked this time.
"I'll explain later." He told his team before turning back to Tena. "Any message you want me to pass on?"
"Just my congratulations to your wife and if you can inform Anise that she owes me I would be greatful." She said with a smile. Jack nodded then shot her with the zat, once she hit the floor he headed away from their cell to those of the other rescue team members.