Jack watches as Sam dials the gate. As the wormhole whooshes to life Daniel enters SG1's IDC and they start up the ramp. Sam is the first through followed by Teal'c and Daniel. Jack steps toward the gate but before he steps thru a ripple runs across the surface of the event horizon, making him stop for a beat before stepping into the gate. As his boots hit the ramp in the gate room he looks at the control room.

"Close the iris and lock the base down now," he commands.

Walter nods and does as he is told. Sam turns to look at Jack as sirens start going off announcing the base lockdown.

"Sir?" she asks as he steps off the ramp.

Jack looks past her at one of the airmen, "Get a couple of TER's down here now."

"You care to explain Colonel?" Hammond asks.

"We may have an unwanted visitor on the base Sir."
Hammond looks at Walter, "Get the president on the phone."

Jack doesn't wait to hear more. He quickly moves past his team and grabs a TER from the airman then turns to face the others.

"Daniel with me. Teal'c with Carter. The rest of you split up into groups of four and move floor by floor to clear the base. We need to find our visitor before they start toying with our minds," he says.

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Saxa watches as her father follows Mah'la into the ring. She moves quickly around Jack and steps through. A moment later she finds herself in a huge room surrounded by Mah'la's people. Before she has time to let it soak in Jack steps thru the gate and orders the base to be locked down. Saxa watches intrigued as the room burst into life with people moving quickly, bright lights flashing, and a loud wailing noise. She follows Mah'la as she is handed a small object. She barely hears Jack's voice over the other sounds in the corridor.

"…We need to find our visitor before they start toying with our minds."

Saxa looks at Sam; clearly she hasn't sensed that she is being followed but that could change any moment. Saxa moves quickly behind Sam as she and Teal'c start moving away from Jack. She follows them for several minutes making sure to stay behind the object that Sam is holding. Suddenly Sam stops moving and without turning more than her head she looks right at Saxa for a moment before looking at Teal'c.

"We should clear the locker rooms. You take the men's and I'll hit the women's," Sam says handing the object to Teal'c, who bows his head slightly and moves quickly down the hall. Sam waits to move till he is out of ear shot then she looks at Saxa, "What are you doing here?"

"You can see me?"

"Yes and would you care to explain why that is?" Sam asks taking her arm and leading her into the locker room.

"Iset said that she had triggered the change in you. I told her that was not wise but she would not listen to me."

"The change? What is that?"

"It is something the queen can do. I suppose the best way to explain it is like turning on a light that only the queen can see the switch for."

"Okay, and what does that mean for me?"

"You may notice a few changes and you may not. It depends on what gifts you have."

Sam takes a breath, "Okay, we'll deal with that later. Why are you here?"

"I wished to warn you but Iset wouldn't allow me to so I hid myself from them and followed you to the ring. But you were already traveling here so I came as well. I meant no harm."

Sam looks at her for a moment, "Can anyone see you?"

"No, I am still hidden to all but you."

"Okay, I will take you somewhere safe but you have to stay there until I tell you otherwise."

"As you say Mah'la."

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Sam makes her way to Teal'c with Saxa a few steps behind her.

"It was clear," she says indicating the locker room with a slight nod.

"I have also found nothing."

"Okay, the MALP storage area is one level up. We head there next," Sam says grabbing her radio.

"Level 25 clear," she says.

"Level 16 clear," she hears Jack say before they start moving again. Sam leads them to the elevator. Once they reach the next level she and Teal'c sweep quickly through the storage areas. After several minutes she grabs her radio again.

"Level 24 clear," she says then looks at Teal'c. "Okay, next stop level 23."

He nods and moves toward the elevator. Sam looks at Saxa.

'Stay here' she thinks.

Saxa smiles slightly at her.

'I will remain here until you return' Sam hears Saxa's voice in here head.

Taking a breath to calm her nerves she moves toward the elevator where Teal'c is waiting. They get in and continue sweeping the base. By the time the reach level 17 Jack's voice comes over the radio telling them the base is clear. Sam relaxes a bit and looks at Teal'c.

"I guess we should head to the briefing room."

"Indeed."

As they make their way down Jack and Daniel join them.

"What did you see that made you think someone infiltrated the base Sir?" Sam asks.

"A ripple in the event horizon after you went through."

"That could be explained by a lot of things."

"Yeah, but I just have a gut feeling…" he pauses.

"Have? As in still?" Daniel asks.

Jack looks at him, "It is possible that these things don't work on the Anocha."

"True but don't you think we would have noticed something out of place?"

"Maybe, but after the last encounter with them I'm not overly anxious to have more contact than necessary with them."

Sam shifts uncomfortably as the doors slide open and Jack steps out of the elevator.

Several minutes later Sam sits listening to Jack's account of events after leaving the SGC. Once he finishes he looks at her.

"You have anything to add Carter?" he asks.

"Only that after they took me I didn't feel like they meant me any harm. When we were dealing with Ash'ka I felt that something was very wrong but I don't get that feeling from Iset and her sisters."

"Do you think it's possible that they are hiding their true intentions Major?" Hammond asks.

"Because we don't know them I would say yes Sir, it is very possible. But when they took us they didn't harm us and they left us our weapons. And none of them tried to prevent us from leaving."

"Except that part where we were locked in a room with no doors," Jack says.

"I'm still not completely convinced that it wasn't simply an illusion Sir. I mean Ash'ka was able to hide her true form from us even when we were touching her. It is possible that Saxa could do something similar in hiding the door."

"That would be far more likely than her leading us through a wall," Daniel adds.

Jack looks at him, "That doesn't change the fact that we were under the impression that we were on house arrest until she let us out."

"We are getting a little off topic here people. Were you able to locate Master Bra'tac?" Hammond asks.

Jack lets out a breath and sits back in his chair as Sam answers.

"No Sir, I'm not even sure he was ever on that planet."

"Morrigan may have taken memories of him from the mind of a Jaffa and used it to lure us there," Teal'c says.

"Can she do that?" Hammond asks.

"We were told she has the power of persuasion Sir. She could have convinced a Jaffa to send us a message in his name very easily," Sam replies.

"And yet you think we can trust them Major?"

Jack sits forward, "General, the Goa'uld are a very real threat and even if we don't trust the Anocha, at the moment they seem to be willing to help us get rid of the greater evil. I'm not sure I'm ready to call them friend, but the enemy of my enemy and all that Sir."

Hammond nods slightly as he sits back in his chair for a moment.

"I will inform the president of the offer and recommend that for the time being we work with the Anocha. However, I would like to put some security measures in place to ensure we don't have a repeat of our last encounter with them. Major, since for whatever reason they are willing to listen to you I would like you and Colonel to be the ones to inform them of our decision. After I discuss it with the joint chiefs we will give you a list of our expectations to pass on to them. Until then SG1 you are not to leave the base. We need to handle this situation as quickly as possible. Dismissed."

AN: Let me know what you think so far. I love to hear from you.