A/n: For those of you who don't watch stargate, u might not realise how bad it is that there is a Gould around. Let's just say u will by the end of this next chapter. Enjoy!

Jack was already in the gate room when his team started arriving. Sam and Sparx seemed to have hit it off straight away. Sparx was showing off her lightning flash and Sam was only encouraging her, eager to see how the machine worked.

"I'll show you more once I get some room to manoeuvre," Sparx was saying. She revved the lightning flash impatiently.

"I just want to know how you get it to fly," Sam replied. "It's got to take a heck of a lot of power to counteract gravity like that."

The Colonel smiled to himself. Trust Carter to want to know all the technical stuff. Jack would be happy if they just gave them a couple, whether they'd be of any military value he didn't know, but they'd certainly beat a motorbike any day.

Teal'c came in and just stood there looking serious. A few minutes later Daniel and Ace arrived.

"Sorry, had to power up," Ace explained.

Seeing Jack's confusion Daniel explained. "He has to absorb electricity to live. Like an energy source or something.

"Mm, I prefer pizza personally," commented Jack. "Everyone ready now?"

"The MALP's come back all clear," said General Hammond from the control room. "I'd like to let it look around a bit more though."

"I don't think Mark has the time," said Ace.

"I'm sure you know what to expect, Ace," the General replied. "Just don't let the Colonel do anything stupid."

"Hey!"

"Sg-1, whenever you're ready."

"Do you need weapons or anything?" Jack asked Ace.

"Got 'em," replied Ace. He held his hands up and let out a small burst of electricity, it crackled across his fists before fading out.

"Now that is cool!"

Sg-1 and the lightning knights started walking up the ramp.

"The wormhole looks weird," commented Daniel, hesitating in front of it. Instead of the normal blue colour the event horizon had taken on a purplish tinge.

Sparx suddenly raced past on the lightning flash, disappearing through the wormhole with a loud whoop.

Teal'c raised an eyebrow.

Ace and Sg-1 followed her though.

On the other side the gate spat them out. Jack lost his balance due to his unexpected exit speed. Jumping between dimensions seemed a rougher ride than normal. Everyone else seemed to have fallen over as well, except for Ace and Teal'c.

"Ow," said Sparx, righting the lightning flash. "I always take that too fast."

"Well thanks for warning us," said Sam. Sparx helped her up off the ground.

Ace was already panning his wrist cannons around. Jack recovered quickly and pointed his gun around as well.

"We clear?" he asked, not sure if he was missing something.

"We should only run into trouble at the carnival." Ace pointed to a bunch of eerie lights a couple hundred meters away.

"And that's where Mark's going to be?" asked Sam.

"Definitely, it's Lord Fear's hangout."

"Interesting choice," said Jack. "How do you suggest we get him out?"

"We should be able to sneak in. I don't think Lord Fear's expecting us so soon."

"Are you sure we can't just blast in, Ace?" Sparx asked. She pulled her sword out, seemingly from no where, startling Daniel. "That'll take to long. We need to get Mark out quick!"

"It's no good if they destroy us first, Sparx," said Ace.

"Right, we'll sneak in then," said Jack, "we can start 'blasting' if we have to."

"Sounds good to me," replied Ace. "Just as long as we can get Mark out of this safely."

"Maybe if you hadn't got him into it in the first place…" muttered Jack. "Let's go," he said before Ace could reply.

"I believe we can assist each other," Lord Fear said.

Across from him stood what appeared to be a mortal. He had in fact survived for at least twenty years in the sixth dimension, which proved that assumption false. That and his eyes, which flared a glowing yellow as he replied.

"You assume I need your assistance. All I want is out of your dimension. I can do that alone."

"My Gould friend, you have been trying to escape for many years. You have yet to succeed."

"My time will come soon."

"Maybe your time is now," suggested Fear. "Will you at least hear me out?"

The Gould paused. "Go on."

"I need the use of your ship. The pieces of the amulet I have can not make a powerful enough portal to bring all my evils back to your dimension. However, if I use that… portal generator…"

"Hyperdrive," corrected the Gould.

"…hyperdrive," Lord Fear continued, "I can use the amulet to make you ship exit in your own dimension. My evils and I will all be able to return, as will you."

"How ironic," growled the Gould, "I will be leaving in exactly the same way I was imprisoned in the first place."

"They imprisoned you, how sad," said Staff Head.

The Gould glared at him. "It was not I who was imprisoned. It was my host. He is not even worthy to be my host. But I had no other choice. He is a slave – a Jaffa. Even worse," his eyes flared again, "a traitor. He betrayed Ra, his god, to help the Tor'kra. When Ra tried to capture him he escaped in this ship by going to hyperdrive. Ra managed to divert the hyperspace tunnel from his dimension and we came out here. As I said I was forced to take him as a host, there wasn't exactly much of a choice."

Lord Fear nodded. If this Gould was anything to go by they were very picky. But he still had to agree with him.

"No deal, Fear," the Gould said suddenly.

"What?!"

"I will not allow this Jaffa to return."

"Why you," growled Lord Fear, getting ready to shoot him with Staff Head. But then he got an idea. "Why don't you get a new host then?"

"I will only take a human as my host, there are none here."

Lord Fear grinned. "How convenient my friend. I have a new proposal for you to consider."