Because all of you lovely people reviewed I managed to write this little chappy for you. Now, you should know that I'm going to be a bit busy after this and I am going on a short vacation for a few days around Thanksgiving, so the next update may be a bit late. However, I have found that I can write pretty quickly if I am given motivation to do so. *hint, hint*

Warnings: This chapter contains torture, violence, some negative emotions from our main character, (though it is completely justified,) and all around bad people doing bad things. But I believe it is still T, so no worries. If you don't like this kind of stuff you may not want to read the rest of this story, though, I hope you do read it.

On to the chapter.

Apophis struck him hard on the face, knocking Daniel to the ground. The blow stung horribly.

"You dare to defy your god?" the Goa'uld yelled.

Slowly righting himself and looking up to glare at the man he hated so much, Daniel said in his most mocking tone, "Last time I check you weren't my god, you weren't anybody's god, in fact. If I'm not mistaken you are stuck on this planet with the rest of us."

Instead of responding in anger as Daniel had expected, Apophis merely chuckled. "Like you the others resisted the drug, and since my time is precious I let them go. But you have defied me for far too long. I shall take pleasure in seeing your insolent spirit break." He smiled again and his eyes glowed. "Kree!" he said as he gestured to his Jaffa.

Daniel, for his part, did not particularly like what he heard, but he wasn't going to show his fear, which wasn't hard since his hatred overwhelmed every other feeling. The Jaffa disappeared out of his line of sight for a moment but then reappeared carrying a strange device the archeologist had never seen before. It was a fairly thick metal rod that had three cruel-looking short prongs on the end. It reminded Daniel faintly of a small pitchfork.

A sadistic gleam appeared in Apophis' eyes as he said, "Do you know what this is, Daniel Jackson?"

With no emotion in his voice Daniel answered, "It looks like a metal rod to me."

"It is far more than that. This device is capable of causing great pain to its victims. It was created with the sole purpose of torturing Goa'uld who have stepped out of line. I cannot imagine the torment it could inflict on a human, but now seems the perfect time to find out." The false god nodded to the Jaffa.

Daniel was still on his knees in front of Apophis, but he straightened his back and showed no fear in his countenance. The Jaffa moved behind him, but Daniel refused to turn and look at the man. He was still staring coldly into Apophis' cruel eyes. He saw the Goa'uld nod once more and then the world seemed to cave in.

Searing pain unlike anything he had felt before blossomed from the base of his neck and spread from there to all over his body. He felt like he was being scorched and burned from the inside out. The agony seemed to be everywhere and he wished desperately for it to stop or for him to pass into unconsciousness. Anything to be spared from the pain. Daniel hadn't known that pain like that existed and that was saying something considering his past. Yet the only thing that was stronger than the liquid torment raging through his entire body was his intense and all-consuming hatred for the man in front of him.

Apophis had stolen his wife and taken the only true happiness he had ever known from him. As strong as Daniel's love for his wife had been, that was how strong his loathing for Apophis was. And so because of this all throughout the pain Daniel was aware that though he grunted and moaned he did not scream or cry out. He wouldn't give Apophis the satisfaction.

Finally the pain let up as the device was removed from his skin. Daniel groaned and hung his head—all of a sudden he was exhausted. But he only showed the weakness for a moment before lifting up his throbbing head to glare at Apophis with the scariest glare he could manage. He could hear his heartbeat pounding in his head and his whole body ached like he had been crushed by huge stones. But the pain was slowly clearing up.

"Now," Apophis said, "tell me where the child is. Where did Amaunet hide him?"

"I have no idea," Daniel replied, "maybe you should ask her yourself. Oh! That's right; she's dead. Maybe you should go to hell and join her."

Apophis' features twisted in rage and he extended his hand and activated the ribbon device, spearing Daniel's head with a beam of excruciating light.

The horrible pain pierced Daniel's mind and thoughts with a new pain that was quite unlike anything one could find on earth. This device was often used to extract information because it gave one the feeling of having their mind split apart. But Daniel had had this used on him many times before and found that he was far more tolerant and immune to it than he first had been. Still, he was thankful when Apophis shut it off.

"Well, it seems that you are not afraid of pain. Yet. I will change that."

It took Daniel by surprise this time since he didn't see Apophis give the signal to his Jaffa, but the big man applied the torturing metal stick hard against his flesh. He cried out as the familiar agony poured through him and the unbearable torment gripped him. This time, however, it was worse. Before the pain had been equally distributed everywhere, but now there was a horrible pressure building up inside his head. He didn't know if it had anything to do with the effects of the ribbon device, but this pain felt a thousand times worse.

It was like some unfathomable force was both crushing his head from the outside and from the inside. Two forces pushing against each other.

The fire also found his other places of weakness. Once when he was a boy Daniel had broken his ankle, though it had mended fully that break still left behind weakness. It and others places on his body that was less than perfect now had the agony filling them. The pain found all the breaks and tears and the tiniest frailty and exploited it to cause him further torment.

Eventually he was released from the pain and Apophis asked, "Tell me; what is the code for the iris on your earth gate?"

"1-800 bite me," Daniel replied, which only earned him another bout with the shocking device.

When it was let up again Daniel mused at how he seemed to be channeling Jack more and more these days. Perhaps Jack was starting to be a bad influence on him, but Daniel didn't think so. He was starting to feel really tired, but he refused to let Apophis know how much the torture device was affecting him.

"Well?" Apophis said, "Are you finally ready to bow to your god and give him the information he desires?"

Daniel was having trouble believing the idiocy of the man standing before him. He was a long way from doing anything of the sort, especially to a Goa'uld like Apophis. "You're no god. If you were then you wouldn't have that ugly scar marring your face. You wouldn't be on a planet that many know as hell. And if you were an all-powerful god then you wouldn't need me to tell you anything, you'd already know. No! You are just a power-hungry, slimy parasite that is so low on the evolutional chain that you have to live in someone else to survive! And you are even more of an idiot than I ever thought if you believe that I would EVER tell you anything!"

Daniel was so caught up in what he had said and the rage that was burning through him that he never even saw the quick and sharp blow to his stomach that had him doubling over in pain. But before he could even catch his breath he was given a hard kick to his back that sent his falling to the ground and on to his side. And just like that all the Jaffa in the room descended on him, kicking and punching anything in sight. The blows were strong and fast and left him breathless with every one. The strong men focused on his entire torso, attacking his ribs, his abdomen, and anything else they could reach. Daniel struggled to move out of the range of the agonizing punches and kicks, but the Jaffa wouldn't even let up for a second. Daniel found that he couldn't breathe and that his lungs felt like they were going to explode in burning pain. It wasn't long before he just curled up in a ball to protect himself from the vicious and excruciating onslaught.

It might have never ended if it weren't for the sudden sound of a strange beeping that came from a device on the wall next to Apophis. Abruptly the Jaffa let up as the sound of a Goa'uld voice issued from it.

"Hear me, Binar. Why do you defy your lord Sokar?" came the voice. Immediately everyone in the room paid attention, even Daniel listened as he lay on his back gasping for air in case something important was said.

As Apophis talked to the Goa'uld Daniel assumed was Sokar he tried to recover from the extensive beating he had just been given. Though the pain blossomed and throbbed all over his chest he was almost positive that nothing was broken. He had felt that kind of pain before and this wasn't it. If nothing else he would have had a much harder time breathing.

He gasped for breath as his lungs burned from being deprived of air for so long. Though he was quite happy that nothing was broken, Daniel knew that Jaffa were incredibly strong and that they would hardly have to try to break something. So unless that was their way of showing kindness, Apophis must've told them not to hurt him too badly, or else they just wanted to draw out the pain and torment as long as possible. Daniel was just glad that he wouldn't have to worry about a broken rib piercing one of his lungs.

The pain began to dull somewhat and he was able to think more clearly now and pay more attention to what was being said. Eventually the communication cut out and Apophis turned back towards his men and a recovering Daniel.

"Take him away," he said, gesturing sharply.

As a Jaffa began roughly pulling him up, Daniel caught sight of the communicator that had been taken from him. It was their only means of contacting Teal'C and maybe getting out of here. He came to the decision of what he needed to do very quickly. As he was about to get up he punched the Jaffa right in front of him in the gut. He was still weak from the torture, but on an ordinary person it still would have hurt and winded a little bit. But it only served to make the Jaffa mad as he had intended.

The big man drew his fist back and punched Daniel, sending him flying into the table. On the way down Daniel managed to swipe the communicator and hide it in his palm. The blow hurt but it was more than worth it.

The Jaffa picked him up and escorted him back to the cell that contained his friends.

Daniel had to work to hide his joy at getting this hope, this chance at getting out of this horrid place. Right now all that he wanted was to go home to a comfy bed, a cold shower, and enough Janet Fraiser prescribed painkillers to knock him out for twelve hours.

The pain in his torso still was pretty intense, but right now he knew that didn't matter. They had to get out of this place and not just for themselves. Jacob Carter was doing quite badly and needed to get medical help soon. So Daniel worked on hiding and ignoring his pain, though, he was bit worried about the electrical current he could feel settling in his muscles and bones. He had heard that people who got electrocuted or were tortured with shocks that the energy remained inside them for days afterward and would occasionally cause twinges of pain and muscle twitches. But this was an alien torture device, he had no idea what the long-term effects would be.

But Daniel pushed those frightening thoughts away as he was roughly pushed into his cell. Daniel ached all over and he really did feel like crap, but all his friends saw was that he was dazed and a bit confused and was carrying the key to their escape.

"Daniel Jackson! Daniel Jackson! You must wake up! We have arrived."

Daniel jerked awake from his vivid dream and for a moment had no idea where he was. He looked up at Teal'C blearily and asked, "Arrived? Arrived where?"

"Daniel Jackson," said Teal'C, "we are going home."

So there you have it. In case anyone is wondering that was sort of a flashback of what happened to him, so that should have answered a lot of your questions. I realize that that whole scene was slightly AU from the original episode, but I didn't have anywhere else I could fit it. For the most part, though, I believe this story is going to stay true to the show. Congrats to anyone who guessed correctly and please message me or something if you did 'cause I am really curious if anyone guessed what was going to happen. I still haven't answered all of the questions yet, but I am planning to. If anyone is confused about something then message me.

I'm sorry if this was too graphic for anyone, but this is basically what the story is about. You should all know, though, that Daniel is going to be in pain for most of this story and I'm not going to be nice to him. There's more whump coming. Personally I like whump but not without bromance which I know I really haven't put in yet. But it's hard to do that when no one but Daniel knows what happened. But the bromance will be in here I promise. So, see you soon.