Back at the mountain, SG-2, 5 and 10 with Daniel and Teal'c arrived to the advanced security, gurneys and heavy shackles they had requested. They were greeted by armed SF's and Dr Frasier, with a medical team.
"Get him shackled now!" Castleman ordered, gesturing to Vor'tesh.
"Major Castleman, what is going on? Colonel O'Neill needs medical attention." Frasier objected.
"See to Major Carter, his symbiote can take care of him." Castleman said, turning to walk away.
"What?" Frasier said in disbelief.
"Just get him locked up. We need to get to General Hammond." Castleman said as he walked off. Teal'c followed. Daniel came to Frasier.
"Is it true?" Frasier asked, unable to take it in.
"Yeah, Sam needs help. He attacked her, but we don't know how. There are also 2 dead Goa'uld in there. We had to move so the local authorities didn't get them." Daniel said, following Castleman.
"Oh no. Let's get these people seen to." Frasier said. The Goa'uld were taken away, Vor'tesh was taken to the high security holding cells, under heavy guard, while Sam was taken to the infirmary. Daniel went to the briefing room, where Teal'c and Castleman were waiting on Hammond getting off the phone. Hammond came into the room.
"Gentleman, what is going on? What is with the extra security you've requested?" Hammond asked.
"It's the worst possible outcome, sir." Castleman said.
"Then tell me what is going on and I can decide how to handle it?" Hammond said. He then looked around the room. "Where is Colonel O'Neill?"
"He's a Goa'uld, sir." Daniel said. Hammond looked at them, utter shock in his eyes.
"What!" He said. Then he regained his composure. "Where is he now?"
"He's unconscious in a holding cell, with the highest security." Castleman said.
"Where is Major Carter?" Hammond asked.
"She is in the infirmary as O'Neill attacked her." Teal'c said.
"What do we know about this Goa'uld?" Hammond asked.
"Nothing much. Only that its name is Vor'tesh." Daniel said.
"What about the 2 Goa'uld you brought in?" Hammond asked.
"We don't know anything about them." Daniel said.
"The Tok'ra may know." Teal'c said.
The Stargate activated. Hammond, Teal'c and Daniel were in the control room.
"Receiving IDC. It's the Tok'ra." Harriman said.
"Open the iris." Hammond said. He, Daniel and Teal'c went to the gate room just as the iris opened. Jacob Carter/ Selmak came through. "Jacob, thank you for coming so soon."
"Your message sounded urgent George, what's wrong?" Jacob asked.
"What can you tell us of a Goa'uld named Vor'tesh?" Daniel said. Suddenly, Selmak took over.
"Vor'tesh is a vile creature who cannot be allowed to be completed." Selmak said angrily. Then Jacob took control again.
"I'm sorry about Selmak; he's been passionate about finding the Goa'uld involved in the Vor'tesh project." Jacob said.
"The Vor'tesh project?" Daniel said.
"Let's go and talk." Jacob said. They went to the briefing room and sat down. "Basically, we're hunting 2 Goa'uld scientists who are creating a genetically modified Goa'uld symbiote. If it were to be completed and it was to take a host, then it'll be unstoppable, it's mind-control, undeniably powerful, it's strength, off the scale and it's control over Goa'uld devices unimaginable. We need to find it and destroy it before that happens." Then Sam came into the briefing room. She had a patch on her forehead.
"Permission to join the briefing, General?" Sam asked.
"Granted Major, how do you feel?" Hammond asked. Sam sat next to Jacob.
"I'll be fine, hey Dad." Sam said. Jacob hugged her.
"Hey Sam." Jacob said. "Why do you want to know about Vor'tesh? Do you have information?"
"More than you know." Teal'c said.
"We'd like to show you something." Sam said. They all got up and walked out. Jacob followed. They took him to the infirmary and lifted the sheets on the gurneys with the Goa'uld on. "This is Tobesh and Rostani."
"They're the Goa'uld Jack and Sam have been investigating for the last two weeks." Daniel said.
"They're the scientists working on Vor'tesh. Where is Colonel O'Neill?" Jacob asked, aware that the Colonel was missing.
"Follow us." Hammond said. They walked out of the infirmary and went to the holding cells and saw the heavily armed guards outside one of them.
"Jacob, we regretfully feel the need to introduce you to Vor'tesh." Daniel said. Jacob looked in and saw Jack, who was now conscious.
"Tok'ra, kelmar anok." Vor'tesh spat as he tried to lash out.
"Oh god, no." Jacob said in disbelief.
"Take this as a warning, Tok'ra, when I am free, I will make your fate much worse and you will beg for death in the end." Vor'tesh spat.
"George, we need to talk." Jacob said. They all began to walk away.
"Major Carter?" Vor'tesh said. Sam stopped and turned. "You will not suffer the same fate as the others; I may even spare them- if you agree to become my queen."
"No." Sam said. Daniel came to her.
"Come on Sam, let's go." Daniel said. They walked away. Vor'tesh laughed.
Back in the briefing room, Jacob was obviously disturbed.
"This is bad news George. Not only is the most powerful Goa'uld ever completed in record time, he has Jack O'Neill as a host." Jacob said.
"How bad could it really be?" Castleman said.
"Are you serious? Colonel O'Neill knows has the secrets of this mountain, the location of the Tok'ra bases, the homeworld addresses to the Asgard and the Nox, as well as countless other advanced worlds, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of these cultures buried in his mind. If he escapes, then that information will become theirs." Jacob said.
"We'll take every necessary precaution to make sure that doesn't happen." Hammond said.
"You're going to keep him locked up indefinitely?" Daniel said.
"If that's what it takes." Hammond said.
"Isn't there away to separate Vor'tesh from Colonel O'Neill?" Sam said.
"Not without doing some serious damage to Jack in the process. The pain a symbiote can inflict in its host is unimaginable. Vor'tesh finally has a host, if we do try and remove him, he won't go without a fight. Jack will die." Jacob said
"But there has to be away we can help Jack. He's as much a victim as anybody." Daniel said.
"He is not Colonel O'Neill anymore. He maybe in there, but he cannot regain control. It is not his body anymore. Anything we are dealing with now is the Goa'uld." Selmak said. Then Jacob took control again.
"I'm sorry, but Selmak's right. With a normal Goa'uld, the host is a back seat observer with no say and minimal chance of control; with Vor'tesh, Jack is a prisoner whose been locked up and the key thrown away with no hope of control. I hate to say this, but he's already gone." Jacob said.
"What of the Asgard? Do they not have the technology to remove symbiotes from their hosts, leaving the host alive?" Teal'c said.
"We could contact Thor. He maybe willing to help." Daniel said.
"Make the necessary preparations to contact the Asgard." Hammond said.
"I'd better get back to the Tok'ra council and apprise them of the situation." Jacob said.
"General, I hate to suggest this, but we have an inexhaustible source of Goa'uld intell at our disposal. Shouldn't we use it?" Castleman said.
"And leave Jack at the mercy of a ruthless symbiote?" Daniel said.
"Daniel's right. Depending on what he knows, this Goa'uld may not even share anything." Sam said.
"He won't. If he's been programmed like the Goa'uld, then the likelihood would be that he would torture Jack from within, knowing how much he means to everyone." Jacob said.
"Maybe we should ask some questions?" Hammond said.
"Or we could try." Daniel said.