Disclaimer: Stargate? Great idea. Sadly not mine, though...
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Chapter 6
- P3X-747, City of Largos
Lana, Daniel, Logan and Sam were in one of the buildings, which had been converted into a workshop.
There Daniel and Logan had met Kyra, the woman who had developed a transportation-device.
She was shorter then Lana, with shoulder-length dark hair and green eyes. She was wearing something similar to a black spaghetti-top, and a short skirt.
Sam had already met her a few hours before, and she had been working with Kyra on the device since then.
'So how's it been going?' Logan asked the two women.
'It's been going great. You wouldn't believe the help Samantha has been. I had been stuck on the same problem for days, and she came in and solved the problem in minutes.' Kyra said.
'Well it wasn't that easy.' Sam said flattered.
'Our luck was that we've run into similar technology before.'
'Ancient?' Daniel said, with a glint of hope in his voice.
'Asgard.' Sam said.
'Ah.' Daniel said as he removed his jacket.
It was warm on the planet, and even warmer in the workshop, and Sam had already taken off her jacket and shirt, so that she was only wearing her army-green tank-top.
'Where are Colonel O'Neill and Teal'c?' She asked as she joined Logan and Daniel, who were sitting on two large crates.
'Jack is out fishing with Gerard, and Teal'c is in the garden picking fruit.' Daniel said.
'They offered to help us in preparation for the feast of tonight.' Lana told Sam.
The villagers had planned a feast in honour of their unexpected guests.
'Lana, with the help Samantha gave me, I think that we might be able to do a test-run of the device tonight.' Kyra said.
'That is good news!' Lana said delighted.
'Then come, let us help in the preparation as well.' Sam said to Lana.
'No, you've been help enough.' Lana replied.
'Put your things in the rooms we have prepared for you, and rest for the day. Spend some time in the garden, it is very beautiful. We shall put the men to work.' She laughed.
'Ah, Daniel, I think that's our queue.' Logan said as he jumped off the crate.
They took their gear and followed Sam and Lana outside.
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Sam was taking a stroll through the garden, as Lana had suggested. The people of Largos were very peaceful and cooperative.
They grew their fruits en vegetables in the garden, even held livestock in there, but also grew lovely plants and flowers. And at the same time it was a place for relaxation and enjoyment.
It was a very big garden, with a large open space in the middle, where wooden tables, similar to picknick-tables, were placed around a large fireside, where a campfire was made every night.
The people shared their labours, and seemed to have a lot of free time, which they mostly spent in the garden.
Sam had heard from Kyra that there were other cities on the planet, like Tulumna, which Lana had mentioned, but they were separated through distance, and wilderness. The people had founded the cities generation's ago, and rarely travelled between them. But as the population thinned out, they needed to reach out to each other again.
That's why she had begun working on the transportation-device. It would make travelling so much easier.
As she walked she heard the sound of someone chopping wood. It grew louder with every step, and soon she saw Colonel Evans with his back towards her, swinging a large axe with Daniel sitting further away on a block of wood.
They had both taken their shirts off, and the burning sun made their skin gleam with sweat.
As it did to hers, and her bare arms and shoulders were starting to burn.
'Having fun?' She said as she walked towards them.
'Sam.' Daniel stood up.
Logan lowered the axe.
'We decided to take shifts…' Daniel said.
'Because his arms were getting tired.' Logan added.
'Luckily, Teal'c took over for me, hunting.'
'Hunting?' Sam asked.
'With bow and arrow.' Logan grinned.
'They wanted some kind of pheasant for dinner tonight. Apparently it walks freely in the Garden.'
Sam nodded understandingly.
'And how is the wood-chopping going?' She asked.
'You wouldn't believe how much wood these people need.' Daniel said.
'Speaking of which,' Logan said as he pointed the handle of the axe to Daniel,
'Your turn.'
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That night they sat at one of the tables near the camp-fire. They were finishing dinner after having enjoyed the delicious foods the villagers had prepared.
Jack and Gerard, one of the men of the village, had caught plenty of blue trout, and the birds Teal'c and the other men had caught were roasted near the fire.
It was still very warm, so most of them had left their jackets and gear in their rooms.
'Listen,' Jack said to his team as he poked into his food.
'Not that I haven't been enjoying this, for today, but shouldn't we start talking to these people about trade? Exchanging technologies? That sort of thing?'
'Well, sir, I have been working on the transportation-device with Kyra, and it helped me gain an understanding of their technology. They have the knowledge, but they choose not to use it. At least not fully.' Sam said.
'But how did they get that knowledge?' Daniel asked.
'I have talked to Lana and some of the older villagers. They don't have specific recordings in their history that speaks of the Ancients. All that suggests their influence were those blocks near the Gate. It makes no sense for a primitive people to have such knowledge and technology.'
'Do you really think these people are that primitive?' Logan asked.
'Have you looked around?' Daniel said.
'If it wasn't for that transportation-device, you'd think we'd be back in the middle-ages. There's no electricity, no running water. No hospitals, '
'No cars. No television.' Jack added.
'Have you seen disease? Polution? I have another theory on these people.' Logan said.
Everyone looked at him. Teal'c raised his eyebrow.
'I think these people are a lot smarter then we are. If you're right, and the Ancients were here a long time ago, and the ancestors of these people learned from them, that knowledge wouldn't have disappeared, would it?
But have you looked around? These people are happy. They live long, peaceful lives. There is no war, no poverty, no hunger. They have everything they need. And if a problem does come up, then they choose to use their knowledge to help themselves. I think compared to them, we're the ones who are primitive.'
'Hm.' Daniel said after a while.
'I hadn't thought of it that way.'
'If what you're saying is true,' O'Neill said.
'Then perhaps these people have a way of helping us. We should definitely work something out with them.'
'Even their transport-technology would be of incredible value to us.' Sam said.
'Speaking of which… I think Kyra is ready to do a test-run.'
The dark-haired woman was standing further away, waving for them to come.
'Well alright.' Jack said as he stood up.
'Let's go see what all the fuss is about.'
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'It's a melon.' Jack said.
'Yes it is.' Kyra responded. She had placed a watermelon on a large square metal plate on the floor, which functioned as a "transportation-platform".
The room was full of people, with SG-1 and Lana close to the action. Sam was near the device with Kyra.
Kyra walked over to the table where the cubical transportation-device stood. She waved her hand over the box-like machine, and glowing symbols appeared.
'How did she do that?' Jack whispered to Daniel.
'I don't know, but the Ancients also handled devices in that way.' He replied.
They watched as Kyra operated the device.
'Ready?' She asked Sam with a nervous smile.
She nodded.
Kyra tapped one of the symbols, and with a flash of light the melon disappeared, and the temperature in the room increased.
'That was spectacular.' Jack said.
'Where did it go?'
'I don't know,' Kyra said, wiping sweat from her forehead.
'But at least we know it works.'
'Kyra!' Sam suddenly called.
The lights on the device had been getting brighter and brighter, and the temperature kept rising.
The symbols faded, and the light started to link to one another as if breaking up the device.
Kyra took one look at the device and knew that was exactly what was happening.
'Everyone get out!' She yelled.
She moved to the device and started to tap the symbols, but it was no use.
'Carter, get away!' Jack yelled tot the Major, who tried to help Kyra with the device, as Teal'c and Lana were guiding the panicing people outside.
The light had now become bright white, and engulfed the room.
'Now Carter, it's gonna blow!' Jack yelled.
He followed Logan who had now grabbed her, and together they pulled Sam away, as Daniel and Teal'c did the same with Kyra.
Meanwhile, everyone but them had left the building.
Then, the device exploded.
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A/N: Let me know if it reads better now that it's more spaced-out. Add it to your review ;-p