A/N: I don't own these characters or the shows they come from, I'm just borrowing them for awhile.
A/N 2: Sorry for the wait again, I had writer's block again but I was also reading another SG-1/Smallville crossover by Stormatcher, it's in the Stargate shows area and I see there's yet another one here that I'm off to read after I post this. Viva la crossover!
His Jaffa first prime approached Apis carefully.
"My lord, we have successfully destroyed one of the Tobos ships." He began, starting with the good news.
It was always a good idea to put Apis in a mellow mood before imparting bad news. The Goa'uld was less likely to fire upon the unfortunate individual that way.
Apis grunted in satisfaction.
"Very good. What of the other three ships?" he asked.
The Jaffa swallowed. "Unfortunately, they were able to make it out of range and into the planet's atmosphere before we could fire upon them again."
The Goa'uld's eyes glowed.
"They escaped!" Apis bellowed.
Nodding, the Jaffa said quickly, "I am sorry, my lord, but we were not yet prepared to enter orbit. I thought it best to inform you of the situation and do as you command."
He then stood quietly, awaiting his god's wrath.
To his immense surprise, he wasn't vaporized on the spot-something that had happened to several of Apis's first primes.
Daring to look up, he observed Apis smiling. The sight chilled him, and he quickly looked down again.
"This is not the bad news you think it is." Apis said in a calmer voice.
"My lord?" the Jaffa asked, confused.
"No doubt the ships will end up in the base where the Tau'ri keep the Stargate, and send out their accursed teams to explore other planets. This can work to my favor." Apis mused.
The mystified Jaffa simply waited for orders.
Apis nodded to himself. "Very well. We will remain cloaked from their feeble sensors and enter orbit. You will track the ships until they are stationary-they will then be in that base."
He continued to give orders to his first prime, who simply memorized them, the easier to carry them out. His was not to question, just to obey.
"Clark, why didn't you tell me sooner? I could have had all of the meteor rock cleared out of Smallville within a week. Probably less." Lex complained, genuinely appalled at the risks his friend took living so closely to something so dangerous to him.
They had been talking for the past few minutes, as Clark brought his friend up to date. Clark was happily surprised by Lex's reaction. He knew he probably should have expected it; Lex had taken him being an alien in stride, but it warmed him to know that Lex cared for him and would have used his money to help make Clark's home safe for him.
Martha was smiling maternally at the young Luthor and even Jonathan had a grudging half-smile.
"Is there anything else I should know about?" Lex asked.
Clark shook his head. "I think that's everything. You know as much about me now as I do."
Lex looked seriously at him. "Clark, if anything else comes up, a new ability, anything, let me know. You don't have to face it alone anymore. I swear on my mother's grave that I won't tell anyone else, and I'll do everything in my power to help you."
Clark sighed in relief, once again feeling an enormous weight lift from his shoulders. He beamed at his friend, and Lex smiled back at him.
Jonathan cleared his throat. He'd noticed Martha yawning and felt exhaustion hit.
As though reading his mind, his wife smiled at him.
"Maybe we should all take a nap while it's quiet. We haven't slept well and I'm sure it's going to get busy again soon when Col. O'Neill gets back. And Clark, you really should rest." Martha finished.
Clark sighed but acquiesced. Lex nodded and winked at her. Martha smiled back at him and Lex and the Kents went to their respective rooms to sleep before the next exciting event happened.
At the airstrip three members of SG-1 along with Gen. Hammond and an eager T'Rog watched as three alien craft identical in design to the ship in the bay landed gently on the tarmac before them.
Soldiers were prepared with guns trained on the new arrivals. T'Rog turned to Daniel.
"My people come as allies. They will not understand when they are greeted as enemies."
Daniel sighed. "I'm sorry, T'Rog, but it's standard procedure. They won't be allowed to land unless it is under guard. The General did give orders not to shoot your friends, though."
The tailed alien grunted and turned back to the ships, which slowly opened.
A taller version of T'Rog climbed out of the first craft, holding its four arms out to the side as it spotted the weapons aimed its way.
"I am T'Reen of Tobos. My people and I come in peace." He said in his language.
Daniel translated his words for the others.
The other two aliens slowly exited their craft as well, also holding their arms out to show they held no weapons.
Before Daniel could stop him, T'Rog strode forward and grasped T'Reen's right main-arm with his own right main-arm's hand. T'Reen repeated the gesture, and they nodded at each other.
"It is good to meet you." T'Rog said simply in his tongue, releasing his fellow survivor's arm.
"It is good to be met." T'Reen replied.
At a gesture from Gen. Hammond, the weapons trained on the Tobos natives lowered.
Daniel walked forward, stopping a short distance from the aliens.
"Hi, I'm Daniel Jackson. Welcome to Earth." He said in their language.
"Thank you, though I do not know how welcoming you will want to be." T'Reen replied, turning to him. He waved with a main-arm at the other two Tobos survivors. "T'Kin and T'Lin. My heart is heavy-my friend T'Ser is gone. His ship was destroyed before it could enter your planet's fields. I fear we have brought our enemy to you."
Daniel nodded. "We know, I'm sorry for your loss. Don't worry, you'll be safe here."
T'Rog spoke to his new friend. "He speaks truth. They have many weapons, and powerful allies. They have defeated our enemies before." He said, having talked with Daniel a bit and learning of some of SG-1's successes.
Gen. Hammond approached with O'Neill and Carter.
"Dr. Jackson, will you introduce us?" he asked.
"Yes sir. T'Reen, this is General Hammond, our leader here." Daniel said, thinking to keep it simple. "That's Colonel O'Neill, and that's Major Carter."
T'Reen made a complex bowing gesture to them, which the other Tobos natives copied.
Gen. Hammond just nodded back, as did O'Neill and Carter.
T'Reen spoke to Gen. Hammond. "Thank you for allowing us to be here. We offer you our claws in friendship. We ask for asylum on your planet from our enemies. Our technology is yours; we just wish to live in peace."
Gen. Hammond cleared his throat. He looked at Daniel for prompting, and then said, "I accept your claws in friendship. We grant you asylum and we also wish to live in peace. If you will accompany us, we have a safe place for you to stay-your ships will be brought to the same place as your friend's ship."
T'Reen bowed again and turned to the other two tailed aliens. He rapidly told them to secure their ships, as he secured his own, and then the remaining three survivors of T'Rog's home planet followed him into a van, with Daniel and a few guards joining them.
More soldiers loaded the three ships into waiting vehicles and very soon they were all on their way back to Cheyenne Mountain.
Far above the moving vehicles, a cloaked ship lay in orbit, it's commander's orders being carried out by puzzled subordinates.
To be continued.
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Spidey2, thanks for the compliments! I know Clark and Lex have to eventually be enemies in the series, but I think things could have been different if they'd really shared with each other, so in my fanfic Lex is a true friend.
Stoko, glad you like it! Here's the next chapter.
TankerMDK, I know the chapters can be short sometimes, but to have a longer one requires a much longer wait, and I'd rather not keep you all waiting in too much suspense :) Thank you very much for saying you love my story, it's my first and it's a labor of love. I hope you continue to enjoy it :)
zeynel, glad you liked! Hope you like this one too although not as much happens :)
wordoftruthhunter26, glad you liked Apis, I thought it would be cool to have a new kind of Goa'uld. I'll definitely keep writing this-I'd actually planned to end this story awhile ago but it seems to have other plans. Yep, I think shorter but more frequent updates are the way to go, my brain freezes past a certain number of words I think :)
Everyone else, thanks for reading! (I can tell by the handy hit counter :D ) I appreciate all your reviews, even if you don't have time to review every chapter. Have a great week!