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Chapter 3

Sam and Janet walked into the gate room to find the gate had already been dialled and Jack, Daniel and Teal'c were waiting for them on the ramp. All five of them were dressed in the green BDU's that were standard for off world teams.

"Let's get this show on the road then" Jack said as he headed up the ramp of the stargate, followed closely by the rest of the team.

They walked out of the stargate to find themselves on top of a hill in the clearing of a forest. In the distance they could see a city that looked like any city on earth did.

They greeted Captain Green and Captain Talon who had been waiting for them at the gate since they had reported in.

"The city is about a twenty minute walk this way" Captain Green stated and gestured for them to follow him.

The forest was incredibly dense and everyone found themselves tripping or losing balance numerous times. Jack and Daniel stayed close to Janet, both feeling a need to protect her. She didn't go off world very often and even though she was more than capable of taking care of herself, they felt the need to stay close by.

"So captain what can you tell us about these people?"

"From what we have seen they are a decent people. They still believe the Goa'uld are Gods. They also believe the stargate is sacred and the fact that we came through it made them very angry. They seemed to let us get away with it for now but I'm not sure how they're going to react to us bringing more people through the gate"

"Do you believe they were angry enough to attack one of you?" Teal'c asked.

"No, they were angry about it but they genuinely seemed to let it go"

"But you do believe he was attacked?"

"Colonel Mann does"

"You don't?" Sam asked surprised.

"I didn't get a good enough look at him ma'am. I couldn't tell you"

"How good a look did Mann get?"

"Better than the rest of us but the Aderens got to him and took him away before we could check him over"

"How did they get to him that fast?"

"We've been staying in the council building. The security there is incredible, I've never seen anything like it. There's less security at the white house. They also have a medical station in all parts of the building. We were right next to one"

"Should we expect any trouble from the Aderens?"

"Like I said I'm not sure how they'll react to us bringing more people through the gate, but other than the trouble we've had getting access to Dalton we've had no problem with them".

- - -

The Council building was a big white building on the inside and the outside. It was split into four wings, the corridors were wide and plain, white walls with a greyish blue carpet. Jack was shocked at the amount of security in the building. Green had been right, there was less security at the White House. There were patrols everywhere, security camera's in every corridor. There was an identity check point at the entrance and another at every new area.

The guards at the entrance had given them a nasty look when they had entered the building. Captain Talon had tried to explain who they were but since they had not been given permission to bring anyone else into the building they had insisted on giving them an escort. Four armed guards were now walking through the corridors behind them. The only upside to this was that they got through the other identity check points much quicker.

"You weren't kidding about the security were you?" Jack asked quietly as they walked through the corridor.

"No sir, they take the protection of the Council very seriously. The medical facility is almost the same. We tried getting into see Dalton but we couldn't even get through the front door"

"Where is the medical facility?"

"In the next building"

"They won't even let you in the building?" Janet asked.

"No, they said they didn't want us causing a disruption but that they would take care of Major Dalton"

"This is it" Green said as he walked through and set of white doors that opened automatically as he approached them. They walked into a room that was decorated with the same white walls and greyish blue carpet as the corridor but the blue furniture and the occasional ornament and picture broke the room up a bit.

"Colonel Mann" Jack said in greeting

"SG1, Dr Frasier" Mann greeted as he stood up and walked over to them from where he had been sitting on the sofa.

"What's going on?"

"They're still not letting me anywhere near him and they maintain that he wasn't attacked"

"What are they saying?" Sam asked

"That he's fallen, probably from a considerable height. I think they're hoping we didn't get a good enough look at him to know better"

"And you're sure he was attacked?"

"I can't be a hundred percent sure but I've seen enough people be attacked to be fairly certain"

"How bad did he look?" Janet asked already in doctor mode.

"Really bad, I could see a lot of pretty deep cuts and his shirt was soaked in blood so I'm guessing there's a bad wound under there"

"I see you brought others" said a tall middle aged woman who was now standing at the door. She was dressed in a long white gown and her expression showed her anger at finding the new comers there "Did they also come through the circle of the Gods?" she asked angrily.

"Yes we did. I'm Colonel O'Neill, this is Carter, Daniel, Teal'c and Dr Frasier"

"You were aware that we did not approve of you using our stargate" The woman said ignoring Jack and addressing Colonel Mann "We told you that we would permit only your team to do so"

"Excuse me but I believe I was talking to you" Jack said clearly not happy with being ignored.

"She is a Doctor? The woman asked finally turning her attention to Jack. She was clearly angry and annoyed and she looked glanced at Janet with contempt obvious on her face.

"That's right" Jack said as he noticed the tone of disgust and anger the question had been full of "So if you'll kindly show the two of us to our man"

"I'm afraid that isn't possible"

"Why not?"

"You're man is dead"

TBC