Things had gotten bad. After Inverse Rekhyt dropped them at the Gate, and having the preferred choice of leaving from the planet, Weir had given Sheppard and his team the order to apprehend Havoc however possible. They possessed RTD tranquilizer rounds, and they were merely trying to contain Havoc. Rekhyt had given them a device which they could use to monitor Havoc's current evolution. When it showed X form had been reached, they boarded the Daedalus. When Havoc began his attack in the banquet hall, they decided to move in. Teyla hated this plan, and openly discouraged it, not liking the fact that they were shooting at Havoc with no prior indication. Just drop in and start blasting. They needed to stop the XY form from being reached, but they had to be careful. It seemed like they had just started the chain reaction.
They had just hit the wall when the portable computer McKay had beeped.
"XY Evolution achieved… process at 46 percent and rising…"
Havoc had just grown his wings once more before his old programming kicked in. It was part of the evolution. Base programming was all he was now, the true Havoc buried beneath wires and code. The new Havoc snarled.
"Base programming initiated. Locating target…" he growled. Sheppard groaned as he sat up. His gun was in pieces on the floor. Havoc whipped his head around. "Target found. Destroy the humanoid…"
"Havoc! You're not well! We need to get you help!" Sheppard yelled. Havoc stared back.
"Base programming cannot be denied. Must follow instructions." In Havoc's eyesight, everything took a red hue, and a yellow targeting reticule appeared on Sheppard. Havoc stepped forward. Teyla rushed up from the side and blocked his path. Havoc froze. The sensors froze. "Analyzing for possible threat… Human female… partial Wraith DNA… NO THREAT." Teyla blinked, slightly agitated that she was deemed "not a threat", but she swallowed her pride. Havoc stooped down to her, snarling and steaming.
"Havoc… It is us… Your friends…" She said warily. Havoc snorted.
"Humans… You all destroyed my friends and family… I must destroy. I MUST DESTROY!"
"No! That was not us! The Ancestors! They are to blame! Havoc! Listen to us!"
A tear actually fell to the ground from a glowing eye. Teyla felt his emanating emotions and thoughts. She caught a glimpse of something. Something new. She reached for it with her mind. Havoc was too engrossed in it to notice the second observer. It was a repressed memory. If Havoc reverted, he probably wouldn't remember it. Teyla mentally blacked out.
Teyla stood on a grassy plain on the edge of a Stargate platform. A line of children was assembled ahead of her. They were facing away, toward a group of humans who were deep in conversation. The children were also chatting, although in whispers. She saw something. A young Havoc, possibly only ten or eleven years old stood by his older brother, Rekhyt. A small African boy with silver hair was smiling at him. Teyla heard their conversation.
"Hey, Havoc? What test do you think we'll have this time?" He whispered. Havoc shrugged, scratching his robotic arm.
"Avon, if I've told you once, I've told you a million times… I don't know. I can only hope it's better than the training mission on Nat'l Route." Havoc said, wincing at the sound of the planet's name. A girl with long red-brown hair leaned forward and looked at him, concerned.
"Is the arm hurting again?" Havoc smiled.
"Cool it, Kayla. I've been looking into it. I'm fine…" Kayla kept an eye on him. Havoc scratched the arm again and Avon sighed, scratching the stubble of hair on his head. The adults turned to the children. The tallest spoke.
"Will numbers 26, 15, 14, 15, 17, and 22 step forward?" Six kids stepped forward. The adults not speaking took them to the far side of the clearing. Havoc, his brothers, Avon, Kayla, and a few others remained in line. The tall one spoke again.
"All recruits except number 07 leave with the other officers through the Gate. Go to your quarters and remain there until otherwise told." The children except for Havoc left, his friends and brothers eyeing him with concern. Four adults left, the tall one stayed. The kids on the other side of the clearing remained in place, watching. Havoc looked up to the man. The Gate didn't shut down.
"07, aka Havoc… Will you obey any and all orders given to you?"
"Yes, sir! Without hesitation, sir!"
"Then kill the others…"
"What!"
"They have been deemed a threat to the mission. All of them are defective and need to be disposed of…" Havoc abandoned all military training. He clenched his fists and looked ready to attack the man.
"I, however, have not! I shall follow no such order!" The man laughed and pulled back a sleeve. A crystal band with a button was attached. He pressed it. Havoc screamed in pain. Teyla wanted to rush forward and help him, but she couldn't move. A beam of light ascended from Havoc, whiting him out completely. The children on the other side of the clearing stared, scared of the light. They all were fairly trained in energy manipulation, but such a feat at their stage would kill them. Havoc screamed louder and the light dimmed. He was hunched over, away from Teyla. The man walked to the Gate and pressed the button twice. A force shield appeared as a dome over the clearing, fencing them in. He stared at Havoc.
"Kill them all. I shall be back in 26 hours to see your progress." With that, he stepped through the Gate. A force field shimmered over the puddle. The Gate shut down. The children ran to Havoc, vomiting questions.
"Havoc! We saw the light!"
"What happened?"
"Why are we here?"
Havoc laughed quietly. The voice Teyla feared came back, full circle.
"You're all so small… so… WEAK!" Suddenly, a blade of nano-bots burst from the gut of one boy. He froze, reaching down to feel the wound. He fell over. A girl in the group screamed. Inverse Havoc's right side was covered in a scaly type armor, needles and spines jutting out. One eye was covered with a black crystal, a white core glowing for an eye. Inverse Havoc swung the blade up and down again. Teyla watched the savage carnage with horror. When Inverse Havoc was done, he screamed into the sky. Teyla blacked out.
Teyla woke in the ruined hall. Havoc was on the ground, vomiting. The wings had gone, along with the fake arm. The pad Rodney had beeped.
"XY form canceled at 86 percent. Normal form reached 100 percent."
Havoc stood up, shaking his head. He looked around the room. Teyla watched him carefully. He stood.
"Jesus… How long was I out?"
"You don't remember?" Carter asked, shocked. Havoc looked at Oma and Jack and back to Sam.
"I remember shooting her out of the air…" He said, pointing at Oma, who had begun to recover. "And something about twins…?" Jack smiled. Hammond ran up.
"Can someone explain what the hell is going on?" Havoc raised a finger.
"Wrong place, wrong time, sir…"
Just then, a sniper bullet shot past, hitting Havoc square between the eyes. Everyone watched as his body slowly hit the ground and an NID operative stepped from behind a pile of rubble, hefting a sniper rifle.
