Author's Note:

This is my first ever fanfiction so I'd appreciate any advice all of you really good writers may have. Please review.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Stargate. If I did Sam and Jack would be together, living happily ever after!

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"Receiving Tok'ra IDC," Walter said, looking at the signal coming in on his computer monitor.

"Open the iris," General Hammond said immediately and Walter obliged. The iris opened and Anise walked in with several other members of the Tok'ra. Ten minutes later, they were in the briefing room with Hammond, SG-1 and Jacob.

"Long time, no see! So, where have you been?" Jack asked her. "We haven't seen you in…oh, three years."

"I have been busy with my archaeological studies," Anise explained. "However, I still pledge my allegiance to the Tok'ra."

"Yes, you do that," Jack responded. "Go pledge!"

"I have discussed Selmack's proposal with the Tok'ra High Council," she continued.

"Proposal?" Sam asked curiously.

"I had the returning members of my party recommend to the Council that we try to rescue the imprisoned Jaffa," Jacob explained.

"Yes and the Council has reached a decision," Anise informed them. "They have decided that, as we have no equivalent, we will require one of your nuclear warheads."

"Whoa, I don't think so!" Jack replied immediately.

"Preferably with a naquadah enhancement," Anise continued as though the Colonel had not said anything.

"May I ask what for?" General Hammond asked in a considerably more civil tone than Jack.

"We, of course, wish to use it to destroy Anubis' new weapon," Anise explained briskly.

"You are aware that there are innocent Jaffa enslaved on the planet," Daniel pointed out. "I mean, shouldn't you at least try to rescue them first?"

"The Tok'ra High Council has determined that rescuing them would be too great a risk," Anise explained. "Delaying much longer may give Anubis enough time to complete the weapon."

"But the Jaffa are building it," Daniel pointed out, "so if we freed them, there wouldn't be anyone to build it, right?"

"The risk is too great," she stated firmly, "and I believe one of your nuclear warheads was successful in destroying Ra's Ha'tak."

"Yeah, well, that was different," Daniel said at once.

"There were many innocent slaves aboard Ra's ship," Anise pointed out. "You must have seen them when you were brought aboard."

"Yeah, but the bomb was rigged," Jack said, "so if we didn't ring it up to his ship, we would have all been killed."

"Many more will die if this weapon is completed," Anise answered. "The Council has decided the Jaffa are a reasonable sacrifice."

"Sounds like the old Tok'ra-Jaffa hatred coming up again," Jack said bitterly.

"This has nothing to do with the unnecessary contempt many in the Tok'ra hold for the Jaffa," Anise said indignantly. "I myself am sickened by their attitude."

"Would you be wanting to nuke the weapon so much if it was being built by an army of Tok'ra?" asked Jack.

"Yes, we would," Anise replied. "You may recall that we wished to destroy Ne'tu even though you, Selmack and Lantash were trapped there."

"Well, couldn't you at least give us a chance," Daniel insisted. "You know, maybe give us…twenty-four hours to rescue them or something."

"I cannot make decisions on the behalf of all the Tok'ra without consulting the Council," Anise replied. "I may take it up with them if you wish."

"Okay, I wish," Daniel replied.

Jack smirked at Daniel, before turning to General Hammond.

"Honestly, General, how much say do we have in this? Let's make a deal. We'll give them a nuke, if and only if, we can take our jolly good time in freeing the rebel Jaffa," Jack suggested, "because if we don't give them a nuke then they're stuck and we can go free the Jaffa and destroy the weapon ourselves which will ultimately produce the same results." Jack smiled smugly at Anise.

"I agree with O'Neill," said Teal'c, speaking up.

"Only because your kid's there," Jacob said.

"And would you carry out this plan if MajorCarter were being held as a prisoner and a slave?" Teal'c asked with a raised eyebrow.

Jacob was silent for a moment before speaking.

"I don't know," he said.

"I'll think about both ideas," Hammond said, "until then, you're dismissed,"

Everyone rose to leave and Anise disappeared down the stairs to head back to the Tok'ra base. Before anyone else could depart, however, an airman ran into the room.

"General, Dr. Frasier insists you and SG-1 come down to the infirmary right away," he panted.

"Alright," Hammond said and with that he followed Teal'c out of the briefing room.

When they arrived in the infirmary the first thing everyone noticed was that Bra'tac was no longer in his hospital bed. In fact, he was no longer in the infirmary at all. Dr. Frasier appeared from the OR and walked over toward them.

"What's the emergency, Doctor?" General Hammond asked.

"We discovered that Master Bra'tac had developed internal bleeding and had to take him to the OR," Janet said gravely. "I'm sorry."

Teal'c bowed his head and Sam bit her lip.

"Is he gonna be okay?" asked Daniel, concerned.

"I don't know," Janet said, shaking her head.

About an hour and a half later, the SGC received a communiqué from the Tok'ra. Jack, Sam, Daniel, Teal'c and Hammond all gathered in the control room to hear the verdict of the Tok'ra High Council.

"I have relayed Dr. Jackson's request to the Tok'ra High Council," Anise explained on the transmission. "They have decided to give you twelve hours in which to free the rebel Jaffa. In exchange, we expect you to send a nuclear warhead through your gate to us. If you refuse, we will destroy the weapon on our own, which will require a lengthier method, but which will be nonetheless effective."

"Did it occur to you that we could just go to the planet and free the Jaffa ourselves?" Jack asked her.

"Not if we don't give you the address of the planet," Anise replied rather smugly.

"You know, on Earth this is what we call extortion," Jack told her.

"Actually, sir, extortion is the obtaining of property from another by —" Sam began, but Jack cut her off.

"I don't understand," Daniel said. "Couldn't you just haul the weapon out into space and blow it up there?"

"Selmack, you didn't tell them?" Anise asked rather angrily.

"Dad," Sam said turning to her father. He took a deep breath.

"Part of the reason the mission was aborted was that we couldn't find the weapon," he explained. "I — I didn't tell you before because it was, uh, embarrassing and I didn't think it was that important."

"So, what are you going to do since you couldn't find it?" Daniel asked curiously.

"The Tok'ra have since determined the weapon's location," Anise said. "We have discovered that, in fact, the entire is planet is the weapon." Everyone looked at each other with alarm. Eventually, Hammond leaned towards the speaker.

"We will send a warhead immediately," he said.

"General —" Daniel began.

"I'm sorry, Dr. Jackson, but I'm out of options," Hammond replied. "If you can get all the Jaffa off the planet in twelve hours, the moral issues will be moot." Daniel hesitated, but then nodded.

"I understand, General," he said reluctantly.

"Colonel O'Neill," Hammond said, turning to Jack, "have your team geared up and ready to move out ASAP." Jack nodded and headed out of the control room followed by the rest of SG-1.