Without realizing that Teal'c had failed to fire at him Daniel ran through the woods, fearing that Teal'c was actively hunting him now. The speed was exhilarating, but he could do without the running for his life aspect of it. When his breath started to lance painfully through is lungs he took the chance of glancing back.

He did not see the Jaffa behind him, however nor did he see the sudden steep decline in the terrain in front of him. Still running he slipped at the top of the slope and slid down into a pile of leaf litter at the bottom. For a few minutes he just laid there trying to rein in his laboured breathing and pounding heart.

Knowing that he couldn't lay in the dirt forever Daniel got back up on all shaky fours and shook himself off. His large black ears suddenly perked up at the slight sound of the leaves near him rustling. Driven by something other than conscious thought Daniel jumped up and pounced down on the noise.

The sickening crunch of bone and the sudden splash of blood in his mouth took Daniel entirely by surprised. Disgusted he spat several times trying to clean out the taste. Looking down he found a dead mouse laying in the leaves between his paws.

"Oh gross..." Daniel groaned and spat again.

A high pitched giggle nearly caused Daniel's already labouring heart to fail. He looked up and found that a slender jackal like creature was watching him. She chuckled again and gracefully stepped closer.

"Hello there, Handsome." She purred. "Are you going to eat that?"

"W...what?" Daniel stuttered and then looked down at the dead mouse. "Oh...umm...no."

"May I have it?"

"Be my guest." Daniel replied as he took a step back.

A shy smile slipped across the jackal's face. She walked up to the mouse licking her pointed muzzle. With one graceful motion she flicked the dead animal into the air, caught it, and swallowed it whole. She returned her emerald gaze to Daniel.

"The first few are the hardest." She said sympathetically. "You'll get used to the taste in time...maybe even come to enjoy the kill."

"Wait...you were once human too?"

"That was a very long time ago." The jackal sighed. She stepped closer and licked the blood off of Daniel's muzzle.

"My...uh...my name is Daniel."

"Qetesh." The jackal supplied.

"Qetesh..." Daniel repeated and furrowed his brow in thought. "She was the Ancient Egyptian Goddess of...sex."

"I am pleased to see that I am still remembered after all these years."

"You're a Goa'uld!" Daniel hissed as he backed away.

"I am a Goddess!" Qetesh snapped.

"You're a parasite."

"Such insolence." Qetesh spat. "I rule this forest! And you will not live long in these woods without my blessing. I suggest that you pledge your loyalty to me immediately."

"I'd rather die." Daniel snarled.

"You will find that worshiping me is far more pleasurable than death." Qetesh said softly. "It has been a long time since I have had a decent Mate."

Qetesh snaked out her long silky tail and rubbed it under Daniel's jaw. Daniel stepped back and curled his lip to show off his large sharp canines. Qetesh calmly pulled her tail away and smiled arrogantly. Daniel bunched up his muscles in anticipation of the Jackal's attack.

Qetesh did not attack. She simply sat down and swiveled her large ears back. On the signal two muscular wolves stepped from the deep forest and came to stand on either side of her. The fur on their foreheads clearly showed Qetesh's Jaffa tattoo of a crecent moon cradling a lotus flower. The larger wolf standing on her right had a gold hue to his mark, showing that he was her Prime.

Daniel tried to step back but stumbled on the bottom of slippery slope that he had fallen down. When he had gotten back to his feet Qetesh raised one of her delicate eyebrows. She was clearly giving him one last chance to bow at her paws.

Daniel stiffened his joints and turned his blue eyes to steel, to show that he meant his previous statement about death. The smile on Qetesh's face turned to a disgusted snarl. She glanced at her two body guards. When she looked back at Daniel her green eyes flashed a glowing white.

"Kill him."

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NOTE: I haven't seen seasons 9 or 10, and I am told that Vala hosted Qetesh...but for the sake of this story just pretend she didn't, thanks.