AN:- Thank you for the reviews and I apologise a lot for taking so long to post this chapter. Reasons for this are the start of new job and a complete relocation, also took ages to get onto the internet at home.

Also sorry its not a really long chapter but hoping to be a nit quicker on the updates now.

"You dare to challenge me? A God!" Medusa snarled at the smiling man.

"Ya think?" Jack replied moving closer to Sam and Daniel's position still prone on the floor.

"You will pay for your insolence. Tauri dog!" Kong raised his staff weapon but paused when Medusa shock her head.

"It's Colonel Jack O'Neill that's O'Neill with two ll's not one, cause that O'Neil has absolutely no sense of humour what so ever." Jack replied.

Sam and Daniel exchanged looks at the conversation going on above them. Daniel began to lift himself off the floor to stand up, he stopped when Kong's staff weapon was turned to him.

"I don't think so." Jack waved at Kong who gaped in shock as his staff weapon flew out of his hand and into Jack's.

Jack moved to where the body of his close friend and superior lay, leaning down he gently stroked the still baldhead, then he stepped back and waited. Before the shocked eyes of the others, Hammond's extensive wounds began to heal and disappear. Hammond's eyes slowly opened and focused onto the warm chocolate gaze of the smiling Jack.

"Jack?" Hammond struggled to sit up.

"Yeahsureyeahbetyeah." Jack gave Hammond a full blown grin and held out his hand to assist the man up.

"No no." snarled the maddened Medusa. "This is not possible".

With that the goauld raised her ribboned hand and pointed it at Jack.

"Die!" Medusa triumphantly shouted.

"For crying out loud." Jack snapped and held his hand out to the enraged snarling goauld. Medusa's ribbon device suddenly appeared in Jack's hand, closing his fist tightly over it Jack ground it into dust.

Enraged the goauld flew at Jack trying to claw and scratch his face, the smirking man easily held off the enraged goauld. Daniel, Sam and Hammond watched and smiled at the sight of the hapless Medusa. Kong meanwhile starred in horrified fascination at Jack and his demented Goddess.

"Colonel O'Neill." Hammond shouted over the ranting goauld.

Jack turned his attention from Medusa, although he still held her at bay, he gave his friends one of the patented Jack O'Neill shit eating grins. Hammond shook his head fondly and decided to end the scene being played out in front of him.

"Enough Jack." Hammond quietly spoke.

Jack sighed and moved out of striking distance of the now subdued looking goauld moving closer to Hammond and the others.

"Goddess?" Kong quietly murmured as he slowly reached out a placating hand.

"Do not touch me." Medusa shriek. "KILL HIM."

With his head bowed Kong mumbled barely audible.

"I cannot."

"You dare defy me." Medusa quietly asked frowning in thought.

"Goddess he is special." Kong pointed at Jack who in turn watched the exchange.

"Give me your dagger Kong." Medusa ordered.

Holding out her hand to Kong, who immediately handed over his short stabbing dagger, then he waited expectantly for the next command. The members of the SGC watched in silence, Jack began frowning at the actions of the seemingly subdued goauld.

"SHOLVA!" Medusa screamed as she plunged the dagger to the hilt in the vulnerable symbiote pouch of her loyal first prime.

"Why my Goddess?" the dying Kong murmured before taking his final breath.

"Son of a bitch." Jack snarled storming over to kneel by the Jaffa.

Jack rose from his kneeling position and stared straight into the unrepentant eyes of Medusa, maintaining eye contact Jack reached out his hand and took hold off the now disconcerted goaulds throat. The goauld began to struggle and whimper as Jack increased the pressure on her throat, while still intently staring at her.

"Jack?" Daniel broke the silence.

"Sir?" Sam began.

"Colonel O'Neill stop." Hammond began to advance towards the macabre scene.

Jack took his attention from the now weakly struggling goauld and focused it on his advancing friends. The three stopped once they saw the look of rage on Jacks face. A uncomfortable silence began broken only by the sounds of Medusa struggling for breath.

"Stop Jack please." Daniel held out his hand pleadingly towards his best friend "Don't do it."

Jack suddenly shook himself as if waking from a dream and the others saw the rage slowly fade from his eyes. But before Daniel could reach Jack, the horrifying sickening screams of a symbiote could be heard. Daniel, Sam and Hammond could only watched as the snake like goauld raced from her unconscious host and began burrowing its way into the unprotected neck of their friend.

Jack roared in rage and shock as he dropped the woman's body and tried to grab for the symbiote. Too late as the symbiote had completely disappeared from view, Jack collapsed to the floor. The others raced towards Jack, shocked by the noises of distress coming from the man.

Daniel threw himself on the floor by Jack closely followed by both Sam who reached over and tried to turn the whimpering man onto his back so they could see him.

"Oh God Sir." Sam reached out to touch the keening man.

"Daniel, Major Carter move away from the Colonel now." Hammond brusquely ordered.

"General." Daniel looked up into the determined face of the General who had picked up Kong's forgotten staff weapon.

"The goauld is in him Daniel. You and Major Carter best move away." Hammond pointed the weapon at the still prone man.

"General sir, we don't know what's happening." Daniel reasoned pointing to Jack who was rocking and keening in Sam's arms. "The goauld should have taken over by now but it hasn't."

Hammond considered this and realized that Jack had not moved from his position on the floor with Sam and Daniel. If the goauld had taken over then surely it would be attacking and trying to kill them.

"OK Dr Jackson." Hammond responded.

Daniel reached over and squeezed Sam's shoulder, then turned his attention to the still keening man.

"Jack?" Daniel called softly.

"Kill me! Kill me!" Jack gasped out starting to struggle in Sam's arms.

A shadow appeared over the struggling man, and a weapon was raised, and fired.

"Noooooooooooo!" screamed out by more than one voice.

Then silence reigned again.