Specialis
Author's Note:
Thanks again for all the reviews; it really makes the hard work worth it. Enjoy!
It was 0800 and the normal crowd was in the briefing joined by a fully healed Jacob. He had spent most of the night going around the galaxy, trying to search out the rest of the Tokra and find out some news.
"Three of the Tokra passed away in the night," said Frasier with unkempt hair and dark shadows beneath her eyes. "We did our best but…"
"It's ok Doctor, "Hammond reassured, "How about the rest?"
"Most of them are fully healed and seeking revenge."
"They will have to stay here until the situation is resolved."
Jacob flinched at his daughter being described as a "situation" but he gave his report.
"I couldn't find any Tokra. I did find out that Hera is planning a trip to PX3-449."
"I don't think we've been there." Daniel mused.
"So we go there, interrupt her and stop her." Jack stated.
Hammond frowned, "Maybe we should be more careful after last time."
"Come on sir! She has no idea we're after her. This could be our best chance!"
Hammond still looked wary. "We've lost seven good men to Hera, I don't want to lose any more"
"Please George, she's my daughter."
"I can't let you search for Hera again."
Everyone at the table visibly sank.
"But, I can send you there to look for naquadah. If you run into Hera, it's out of my control."
PX3-449 was completely barren as far as the eye could see. There was no sound and no movement.
"When was she supposed to get here?"
"My source said about 1100."
"That's less than two hours from now so I guess we wait."
They spent the time teaching Teal'c to pay poker. Unsurprisingly, he proved to be very good at bluffing.
After losing a third pile of the matches to the Jaffa, Jack threw his cards down in disgust. "Could we have missed her?"
"I don't see how. Nobody's come through the gate and we would've heard a ship."
"Maybe there was a mistake with the information." Daniel suggested.
"My source has always been reliable."
"Don't know if you've noticed Jacob but times are changing."
At that moment the gate jumped to life. The team all leapt to their feet, there not being anywhere for them to take cover.
A MALP slowly trundled its way through the blue puddle.
"This can't be good."
A distorted voice, heavy with emotion filtered from the machine.
"SG1, there's been a communication error. Come back immediately."
"Oh my God," Frasier said, turning away.
Jack wanted to do the same but his eyes were drawn to the photos on the table in front of him.
"These were taken ten minutes ago. Hera set us up. She leaked false information…"
"She knew we'd go to the planet while she was free to do what she wanted. Oh Sammie…"
Nobody wanted to disturb the older man's grief but there were other concerns. Namely the destruction of an entire planet.
"I believe there was a great deal of naquadah on that planet."
"It's awful." Daniel choked out.
"I think we should consider calling on one our allies."
At this point Jack started fidgeting in his chair.
"Jack?"
"What?"
"If there's something you need to tell us, please feel free."
"Um, when this all started, I tried to contact the Asgard."
"And?"
"There was no response."
Everyone sighed and Hammond eyed Jack sharply. "Why didn't I get a form requesting the use of the communicator?"
"I didn't think
you'd let me. And I didn't want you going all gung-ho on
Carter."
"It's not Sam anymore." Daniel said quietly.
"General Carter. Knowing her best, do you have some idea of Hera's next move?"
Jacob looked shamefaced. "I was never there for Sam. After her mother's death, I didn't have any real talks with her and she just…pulled away. I don't know what she's thinking."
"I am going to send all available teams to search for her. But you are on downtime and I want all of you to see Dr MacKenzie as well. That's an order."
Author's Note
Only a couple of chapters left! MacKenzie is the psychiatric specialist at the SGC in case anyone forgot.
