Upon waking up, Harry found that he, Jack, Daniel and Sam were in a large room. Slowly sitting up, Harry rubbed his head as Sam crouched before him and looked him over.
"You took quite the beating from the two," She commented softly, helping him to his feet, "Surprised your spine isn't broken."
"Armor has protection," Harry said, wobbling on his feet before steadying himself, "broken spines would have to break the integrity of the armor first."
"Incredible," Sam breathed before Jack walked up.
"What happened?" Harry asked, not sure what happened in the time he had been out cold.
"Well-" Jack was about to answer when the dark skinned man walked up and grabbed his arm.
"What is this?" He asked before Harry grabbed his wrist and squeezed, causing the other man to reactively let go of Jack's arm.
"None of your concern, Jaffa," Harry hissed, "unless you want to lose your arm for your troubles?"
The Jaffa pulled his arm free before walking away, leaving the room with two of his guards. Harry let out a sigh before sitting down, feeling so tired out from what had happened. Hermione now was one of those Goa'uld hosts, captured with an unknown future ahead of them. He just wanted to lay down and sleep it all away. Rubbing his face, he looked at Daniel Jackson, the doctor looking back with some compassion.
Aphrodite frowned as she felt Harry's emotions flitted through their bond; tiredness, drained, helpless. She closed her eyes and sent warmth back through it before opening her eyes once more, looking at General Hammond and Mr. Rosebelt. They had been talking with her for several hours, ironing out an alliance that would be beneficial to both sides. Of course, she really didn't need anything from the Tau'ri. It would most likely be a one way alliance, her giving gifts when the Tau'ri were ready to receive them. But now, she felt something shift oh so subtly in the fabric of magic. A challenge of sorts, if she wanted to do it.
Some time later, Harry looked up as the Jaffa returned from wherever they had been. Standing up, Harry watched as they filed in, over half a dozen soldiers in a line on the top step. Behind them was the dark skinned one, followed by two serpentine guards. Harry frowned at this before the dark skinned Jaffa said in a voice that filled the room.
"Shaka ha! Kree hol mel, Goa'uld!"
Harry frowned as he looked around the room as the people looked up at them in shock then the man spoke again.
"Benna! Ya wan, ya daru! Kneel before your masters!"
Servants moved through the crowd of people, forcing them to their knees as Harry saw more servants bring in a large Royal Box. They lowered it to the ground before Apophis stepped out before bringing out Hermione, in some outfit that was ridiculous, even to the dumbledore standards he had known. The Dark skinned Jaffa looked at Jack, who slowly nodded to him before kneeling. Harry looked at Skaara before he nodded, causing the young man to kneel along with On'rhea. Daniel and Sam followed, as the dark skinned man spoke once again.
"Benna, ya wan ya daru! Choose!"
Harry watched as the Goa'uld walked among the prisoners, guards bringing them people to pick. One looked towards On'rhea but Harry quickly put an end to that by using his magic to make her unnoticeable. Skaara would never forgive him if On'rhea was taken, though it did help that Harry and Skaara kept their helmets on. Without any faces, the Goa'uld simply ignored them and picked other people. In a few minutes, it was over as the last of the Goa'uld left, Apophis turned to the Jaffa.
"Kill the rest, they are of no use to us anymore."
Apophis got back into the Royal Box with Hermione as it was picked up and carried out, as the Jaffa warriors took formation and marched towards the crowd. Their staffs were primed as the Serpentine guards aimed on the top step, giving them cover as the dark skinned Jaffa walked towards his fellow soldiers.
"I can save these people! Help me!" Jack blurted out, causing the dark skinned one to spin around, staff activating, "Help me."
Many have said that," He said before turning on his own men, firing and killing one of the guards, then throwing his weapon to O'Neill, "But you are the first I believe could do it!"
Harry opened his hand as his staff built itself, Skaara doing the same as they took aim and fired upon the Jaffa firing squad. The Serpentine guards up top seemed to have better aim then their human counterparts, hitting Harry's and Skaara's shields dead on. Harry gave Skaara a signal telling him that he would deal with the snake guards himself, charging past the still shocked Jaffa towards the serpents. He shot at the guard on the right before looking at the other, who Harry noted was a rather busty female snake.
"If you are like that Jaffa, help us." He said as he aimed at the guards behind the iron doors.
She seemed to make her decision and fired her staff at the guards before Jack used the staff on the wall, opening it within a few shots. Harry moved off the steps then turned back to see both the serpent guard and the Jaffa look at one another.
"Come on!" Jack called to them, motioning for them to join him.
"We have nowhere to go," The serpent guard said.
"For this," Jack retorted, "You can stay at my place, now come on!"
The two looked at one another before quickly climbing out of the hole, Jack peeking inside one last time before running after the group with Harry.
"I never got your names," Jack said, looking at the two.
"I am Teal'c," Teal'c said.
"I am Rei'sei," The serpent guard replied, her helmet coming off like Ra's own guards' helmets did.
She was a cobra, a female anthropomorphic Cobra. Harry had to do a double take before his mind understood what he had been looking at. The trip was pretty quiet, Teal'c showing off the infant Goa'uld he carried, though Rei'sei didn't carry one. Apparently her kind were immune to the Goa'uld but Apophis had, many decades ago, had helped fix the planets her species lived on. They had been loyal ever since, which made Rei'sei one out of a billion, quite literally. The rest was a blur, until he found himself back in the SGC. Looking back at the Astra Porta, Chappa'ai or even the Stargate, Harry felt like his troubles were only starting.