Chapter 4

Stargate Command

The Nox had indicated that they wished to stay on base in case this Willow Rosenberg showed up, so they were escorted to the visitors quarters, while SG1 and General Landry discussed the recent meeting.

"Its not possible General," Carter replied. "If this magic existed, and was able to be used, don't you think we would have come across some people who used it at least somewhere in the galaxy?" Mitchell had to agree with Carter's assessment. If these people could do the things that the Nox were talking about, and were able to track whatever the Nox had done back to them, surely they'd have come across some people somewhere who had used it, and had evidence of it.

"I've been thinking about that," Landry said, interrupting Mitchell's thoughts. "Yes, somewhere, someone would have come across people with these abilities," he started. "Even a government, somewhere, would have come across these people. However, the reason we might not know about it is because someone very powerful may not want us to know about it," Landry said. "If there are other organisations like Wolfram and Hart, a corporate front for a much darker organisation which spans across alternate universes, if what the Nox and Asgard say is true, then there would surely be others. They might have enough sway and political power to cover something like this up. Much like we've been covering up the Stargate," the General explained. To Colonel Mitchell, that made perfect sense. "I've already called the President about the matters which have arisen since Illyria used the Stargate. He said that he would be sending a delegation to the SGC, due to arrive later today, which would shed some light on the matter," Landry explained.

"It almost sounds like the President knows more than we do about this," Mitchell said.

"I would agree," Teal'c said, supporting Mitchell's claim.

"As do I," General Landry commented. "The delegation will be here at 1600 hours. SG1, I would like you to be present when they arrive."

"Will the Nox be attending?" Daniel asked.

"I asked the President, and he stated that all members of the delegation have security clearance high enough to be briefed of the Nox. I will be asking the Nox if they wish to attend after we convene here," Landry explained.

Cleveland Watchers Council Headquarters

Peter Petrelli sat opposite Willow Rosenberg in awe and wonder. He had assumed that Willow had been an empath, like him, or at least someone with a psychic based power. He had come to this conclusion from what she had done in the corridor where he had appeared. He had just found out that Willow wasn't like him at all; that she used actual magic to do what she did; and that she could do just about anything at all. Likewise, Peter was surprised to find that Willow knew nothing of the growing number of 'specials' which were walking around the earth; each having a specific ability. She seemed very interested when Peter told her what his ability was, and what it meant for him.

"We could use you on our team," Willow said. This threw Peter off balance, and he made a couple of noises which he shouldn't have. "You don't have to answer now. Its just something to think about," she added.

Free Jaffa Cargo Ship – Near the Ionian Nebula

Illyria dropped the cargo ship out of hyperspace right next to the Asgard vessel which was probing the barrier.

"Attention Asgard vessel. This is Illyria, ruler of the primordium. You will cease your attempts to penetrate this barrier, or suffer the consequences," Illyria said quickly. Immediately Illyria felt the grip of an Asgard transport beam. This time, she allowed herself to be disintegrated in the Asgard transport beam. Once her shell had been disintegrated, she hijacked the energy stream of the transport beam and used the Asgard's own transport technology against them, reintegrating herself on the Asgard's bridge, rather than a holding cell which they initially intended to put her in. Illyria had a control over energy which the Asgard did not, and could not understand. Once they had made the mistake of trying to transport her over to their ship, she was able to use the energy stream against them. As soon as her shell had been reintegrated, she was moving as fast as she could. She disabled one of the Asgard's consoles, and moved over and grabbed another one by the neck. "Halt or this one dies," Illyria said. Since their race was so technology orientated, this ship only needed two Asgard to operate it properly, and Illyria was threatening the life of one of them. Illyria now considered her options. She could kill the Asgard whose neck was now in her hand, and then take the other one. This would leave a drifting Asgard ship, which would surely attract unwanted attention to this area of space. She was unable to pilot the ship herself, not knowing enough about Asgard systems. She could ask the Asgard to leave, but Illyria was sure that they would not, and would make an attempt to destroy or imprison her. That left only one option; make the Asgard pilot the ship towards the barrier, kill them both, and transport back over to her ship, allowing the barrier to destroy the Asgard ship.

Illyria watched out of the view-screen of the cargo ship at the Asgard vessel was destroyed by the immense energies of the barrier. She had managed to blackmail the Asgard onboard to set a course towards the barrier, and then had killed them in the process. She knew now that the Asgard would seek vengeance against her, and that in her current form, she wouldn't be able to defend herself to the ability she would have liked. It was only because the Asgard were not used to her hijacking their technology that she was able to achieve her results today; next time, she would not be so lucky. This brought Illyria to the fact that the Asgard must have had a reason to try to breach the barrier. Illyria could only think of one reason, and that was that the Asgard had learned of her own return. Illyria concluded that it had been the army base which oversaw operation of the Chapa'aii on Earth which notified the Asgard of her return and subsequent use of the Chapa'aii. Illyria had been confined to this shell for over five years now, and this day was the first that the Asgard made their presence known to her. If they had known of her return beforehand, Illyria expected that they would have attempted to do something about her much earlier. She knew that the humans on Earth would have told the Asgard, but she thought she'd had a bit more time. This development required that she speed up her plans. Subsequently, Illyria needed to travel to Kobol post haste and investigate what was on the other side of the planet.