Malek walked out of the stargate and looked around at the SGC. Immediately he was greeted by General O'Neil, Colonel Carter and Dr. Jackson, "I am sorry it took so long to come but I have finally made it to come and get Callisthene to take her home."
Dr. Jackson nodded, "I will go and get her."
Colonel Carter smiled, "Why don't you come with us and get comfortable while you wait. And please call me Sam."
"I don't have long but I suppose I can come for a little while." Malek nodded as he followed Sam from the gate room.
They had been sitting in the briefing room only a few minutes when Daniel came running in, "I just went to Callisthene's room and even looked around to the area's she normally visits but she is gone!"
Jack jumped up, "How does she just go missing? Get me Dr. Stewart; I want to make sure our friends aren't involved with this."
Sam quickly went to the security system and pulled up the footage taken recently from Callisthene's room. Rewinding the footage from the point where Daniel walked into the room she found that Callisthene had disappeared a mere five minutes before hand.
Malek watched on the screen, "I have seen the Asguard use a similar means of transportation in the few times we have been together."
Justin walked into the briefing room and looked at the screen which was replaying the disappearance of Callisthene. He focused on the object she was holding, "Could you pause that there?"
Sam did as he asked and Justin shook his head, "Someone at the meeting Gave Callisthene a signal booster."
Jack nodded, "And what exactly is a signal booster?"
Justin sighed, "They are illegal to have here on Earth because they can cause havoc if set down."
Sam grinned, "You mean like the item you left lying around which opened this can of worms?"
Justin shot Sam a look of contempt, "I didn't exactly leave it lying around. Someone took it from my text book which was on my desk. Also a signal boosted can cause much more havoc than a screen."
"How can a signal boosted cause havoc, it sounds like something you attach to a radio." Daniel asked as he looked at the paused image.
Justin shook his head, "A Signal booster is like giving a person a free ride around the galaxy. You enter coordinates into it and it will take you wherever you need to go transferring your body through a relay network that isn't unlike the stargate system."
Malek looked at Justin, "You seem to have much knowledge of these items. You aren't a normal member of the SGC are you?"
Justin shook his head but was cut off by Jack, "Dr. Stewart is our lead insight into the GSA."
Justin sighed, "The General is correct I am GSA and as such I have been helping the SGC understand the bigger picture however I do have news for the SGC which I can explain later."
"Justin, do you know who could have given her this signal booster if they are illegal on Earth?" Sam asked trying to get through the bottom of everything.
"Was there anyone who wasn't from earth at the meeting?" Justin asked as he looked back at the image.
Daniel went silently through the list of people who had been in attendance, "There was one, a Karone of KO-35."
Justin shook his head, "Of Course it would be Karone. KO-35 is the best place to get your hands on signal boosters anyone can get one if you have the money, most other planets you need reputation. Karone probably gave one to Callisthene because she and Scorpina likely knew each other in the training camps."
Malek looked around the table, "Who is this Scorpina and how does she fit into this?"
Sam looked down at the floor, "Malek, Callie regained her memories while being here at the SGC. It turns out that Callie's name is or was Scorpina and she was used to fuel a war against the GSA."
Justin shook his head, "I should have told Tommy not to include Karone. It has been proven that she can be quite unstable. She has never been able to get over her guilt."
Malek looked confused, "Callisthene's host has ties to the GSA and now she has unknowingly allowed the GSA to take her?"
Justin replayed the video, "Callisthene knew exactly what she was doing, either that or Callie was in control and knew it. Look at that reaction as she holds the booster up."
"It wasn't made clear to us at the meeting that was set up that you didn't go to but how would Scorpina and this Karone know each other?" Daniel asked as he looked at the replay of the video.
"The training camps of the dark enemy are not a place where you would want a child growing up in. yet Karone was taken there when she was six years old. We know from others that have been freed that it was pretty much every being for himself there. Although every once and a while someone would take pity on a lesser being. We know that is how Karone rose to power, an old warrior used her so that he could get out of the camps again by feeding, clothing and training her he then became her 2nd in command. I have a feeling that Scorpina did something like that for the young Astronema which was Karone's dark name and now in her path to redemption Karone felt she needed to offer Scorpina freedom."
"Are you saying that Callisthene's host is some evil piece of the enemy of the GSA? I thought that the line in space was supposed to keep all that away from the Goa'uld." Malek fumed as he looked to Justin.
Justin shook his head, "I don't have any explanation for how Scorpina got out however she isn't evil anymore. Everything I know points to her having been purged. Callie still doesn't know if she had a human name prior to her training so she is going by Callie however even though she has been purged she will continue looking for solidarity from the guilt that she caused."
"So if this is Callie's doing why didn't Callisthene stop her?" Malek asked getting angry, "We announced that we didn't want anything to do with the GSA."
Justin slammed his hands down, "We aren't the ones who made her a host. Seeing as we don't interact I have no idea what is going on in their head or even how the GSA influence is affecting Callisthene. For all we know Callisthene is doing this to protect Callie."
Sam seeing that things were going south jumped between Justin and Malek, "I don't think any of us would have seen this coming even if we knew beforehand."
Justin backed up and took some breaths, "It isn't like it is going to matter soon."
Jack looked at Justin, "What isn't going to matter soon."
Justin shook his head, "My resignation is on your desk, it has been asked that I step back as I have already said too much. My replacement has been handed to you as well."
Jack nodded, "I saw something about a Dr. Ortiz."
Sam nodded, "Yes, I heard that her application has been approved and that she has been assigned to the science department."
Justin closed his eyes, "That is Rose, we went to school together and she is to be your knew science liaison although I am going to remain in the area. I am going to warn you that Rose isn't going to be as helpful to you as I have been, she knows much less although she is quite a bit smarter than I am. I will tell you what; I will see if I can find where Callisthene is. Most signal boosters leave a trace marker at the relay stations that were used. I will have to go home as I left my screen there but from that I can get inside any relay station."
Jack nodded, "You do that although I still don't know what this screen is."
Justin left the SGC and Sam went to get the dead one she had in her lab.
When Sam had returned to the briefing room the gate had started to dial in.
Harriman reported as he closed the iris, "Incoming wormhole. No IDC"
Everyone went down to the control room and watched as the iris closed.
"We are receiving an audio transmission but no IDC." Harriman announced as he looked up at the General.
Jack looked down at the tech, "Is it Corinthum?"
Harriman shook his head, "I don't think so sir, at least the communication doesn't seem to be on their frequency."
Jack nodded, "Play it Sargent."
"I would like to thank the members of the SGC for showing me what I can truly become. I am going to attempt to journey around and see if I can help repair some of the damage that Callie caused and see if somehow I can find out why the GSA and the Goa'uld are such enemies. I believe in the future the Tok'Ra and the GSA may be able to stand on even ground. I felt wrong just giving up and going back to the Tok'Ra when I have been missing for the last eight years and knowing now that there is so much more out there that affects Callie."
Sam turned to Malek, "Well I guess we have our answer as to where she is."
Malek shook his head, "I will take my leave as soon as the gate closes down then. No point in my sticking around if I won't have Callisthene as a cover to where I have been."
Sam nodded, "I hope that we can reopen communication with the Tok'Ra soon."
Malek nodded, "I hope so as well although I must admit that your allegiance with the GSA might get in the way."
"I hope that it doesn't. If you see my father could you tell him that I say hi?" Sam asked making a final request of Malek before he asked to input the coordinates to the planet he needed to travel to.
Malek nodded and entered his gate address, "I will Sam,"
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Justin ran into the briefing room and noticed the lack of Malek and the dead computer screen sitting on the table. "I was able to find Callisthene. Whoever programmed the signal booster didn't even attempt to trick travel locations."
Sam nodded, "Where is she?"
Justin looked at his computer screen, "According to this data she traveled to KO-35 and hasn't moved since although I don't know if she received a new booster there or not."
Jack crossed his arms, "Callisthene dialed in and left a message so this KO-35 must have a gate, do you know where it is."
Justin looked towards the stargate, "If she dialed in then she must not be on KO-35 anymore because I have never heard of any reference of a stargate being on KO-35. I have been there."
Sam shook her head, "How do you know that they either didn't know about it or maybe they have it hidden from the public eye."
Justin shrugged, "Maybe because rangers have the highest security clearance on the planet and four of them are my best friends. I also refuse to try and dial the gate because frankly you are not ready to go to a seat of power even if for some strange reason the gate was able to make a connection. I have overstepped many lines but I won't over step that one."
Jack's phone rang and he answered it before turning to Sam, "There is a Dr. Ortiz upstairs who needs to be briefed."
Justin nodded, "It has begun, I will train her and then I have been asked to leave."
Daniel looked at Justin, "Why are you being asked to resign?"
"I think the answer is obvious." Justin shrugged
Sam went to bring Dr. Ortiz down while Jack looked at Justin, "Just how much does she already know about the stargate?"
Justin looked confidently at the General, "I don't think she knows anything or at least she shouldn't know anything. She is a fairly new operative which is why she is being placed here. The information she will be able to give you is much lower quality seeing as your questions have grown so big."
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Daniel and Teal'c were sitting in Sam's lab waiting for her to finish running some calculations. Since Justin had been pulled from the SGC and Rose placed in his position the SGC had grown a lot quieter in their investigations of the GSA. Although they had found themselves battling with the collision of Goa'uld and replicator forces which had been followed by the fall of the system lords.
When they weren't trying to work on the repercussions to that Daniel was trying to figure out about the alleged city ships. Trying to figure out if there was anything written about them in the historical records that he might have missed before. They also were wondering how the defeat of the Goa'uld was going to effect the GSA but as of now nothing seemed to be happening on either side.
Teal'c had been training with Airman Hanson quite a bit as he had found that she had quite a few tricks up her sleeve that even he didn't know about. He had been quite interested in the time that Sam and Daniel had gotten to spend at the Wind Ninja academy. He had even announced that Airman Hanson had mentioned some things about the wind ninja's which had them thinking that she must have gone there. However she never mentioned anything about it so they were letting it be to see if any hints would be dropped that could teach them without someone knowing they had been compromised.
Overall it seemed like the GSA was losing their interest and some days went by without even thinking about the GSA. They had no idea how wrong they were and that the GSA was going to start going proactive with the ones who had become so enthralled in the secret organization.
"Unscheduled Incoming wormhole!"
