A/N: Sorry about the later post, had a rather busy day yesterday. For those of you waiting with bated breath for the explanation to those two strange names from the previous chapters, your wait is over! Thanks for reading and don't forget to review!

Chapter 5

"Daniel?" Jack O'Neill asked, watching the poor archaeologist being pushed forward along with a very reluctant Teal'c by a group of Jaffa. "What did you do?" he said in a voice reminiscent of a parent picking up their teenager from the principal's office.

Daniel gave an innocently shocked look, right on cue. "I didn't do anything, Jack!" He bristled at the rough treatment of the Jaffa as they stopped in front of Jack and took the other man into custody, not without a bit of a scuffle. "We were just talking to the villagers, trying to get some information. I didn't know…"

"I thought I told you not to insult people, Daniel." He shook his head as the Jaffa took his weapons away from him. "Can't take you anywhere." He mumbled.

Teal'c spoke up. "Daniel Jackson did not take into account the response the villagers would have to his questions." He paused and gave Daniel a look. "They were very zealous in their support of their god."

"Ahhh, zealous." Jack nodded knowingly. "Hey, watch it!" he shouted at the Jaffa as they began to push and prod the group to get them moving toward the temple.

Trying to sound optimistic, Daniel said, "Well, on the bright side, at least we have a way into the temple now. Everything's going as planned."

"Yeah, this is just the way we planned it." Jack grumbled as they were led out of the town and to the temple.

Lying where she had been tossed in the cell, the young woman drifted in and out of consciousness. Whenever she was conscious, she thought back to her interrogation in the throne room. The one named Belenus concerned her. He was her kin, she was sure of it, but there was something different, something wrong.

She regretted her outburst, though. She had been afraid, they had been afraid, and the shield had come as mere instinct. She had seen the change in Belenus' expression, the look of true knowing. He only made the matter worse when he called her by that name, he knew her secret. As her kin, it shouldn't have made a difference, but she was beginning to think that this being was not one of them. Not one on the path to the Great Union.

This could be a problem.

Reaching the throne room, the Jaffa threw open the doors and pushed SG-1 through. They were led up in front of the throne, and Jack threw up his arms trying to brush the strong arms off. "Y'know, I've got a bit of a joint problem. So you don't really have to—" He was cut off as the Jaffa roughly pushed the group to their knees. "Yeah, you're right, I wouldn't want to stand the whole time, thanks." Jack muttered sarcastically.

Both Daniel and Teal'c looked over at him, twins with their raised eyebrow. Turning back, all three took a good look at the man on the throne. Smug expression, clothes that would put a runway model to shame, covered in more gold than Ft. Knox. Yep, this was definitely a goa'uld. But which one?

"These are the ones from the Stargate?" the goa'uld spoke to his Jaffa.

The Jaffa bowed, "Yes, my lord Belenus. The villagers recognized them in the market." Ahhh, so that's who the goa'uld was.

"Very well, leave us." The Jaffa bowed again and turned to leave, motioning the other guards to follow him. "And Joren," the lead Jaffa turned back. "Check on Ninsar, see if you can get any more information from her."

"Yes, my lord." The Jaffa named Joren bowed for a third time and left, closing the doors behind him. Belenus returned his attention to SG-1, sneering down at them.

"Belenus…Belenus," Daniel's brow was furrowed as he muttered in concentration. Suddenly his head perked up. "Belenus, Celtic warrior god of the sun!" Before the others could respond to his outburst, he tucked his head back down and continued to mutter. "But I'm missing something, something more…"

The goa'uld ignored Daniel, and proceeded to gloat, as usual. "If one of my fellow gods has sent you to strike me down, they will be sorely disappointed. You have failed your god, and I will enjoy punishing you for your insolence." Belenus smiled wickedly down at them.

Jack frowned. It looked like they had actually found someone who didn't know who they were. That was a bit of a surprise. But maybe they could use that to their advantage. Glancing over to the others, he saw Daniel continue to mutter and frown, and he exchanged a knowing look with Teal'c.

"Whom do you serve?" Belenus leaned forward, seeing under the hood of Teal'c's robe, he noticed the Jaffa mark. "Apophis? Apophis has sent you here? His First Prime and a few human slaves? Did he really think he could defeat me that easily?"

Okay, so this guy was way out of the loop, Jack thought. "Sorry to break it to you, but old Apophis is dead." He gave a mock apologetic smile. Surprised, the goa'uld turned to Teal'c.

"He speaks the truth, Apophis is dead." Teal'c said almost triumphantly.

Belenus thrust himself up off the throne. "You speak of the death of your god with such disdain. You should be ashamed that you have failed to protect him."

"I am ashamed of nothing. Apophis is not my god, he is a false god and he is dead." Teal'c straightened his back even more. "These people helped me free myself and my people from the grips of that false god."

In a rage, Belenus lunged forward from the throne. O'Neill and Teal'c managed to get to their feet and back away, but Daniel was still in his own little world. The goa'uld looked even more angered that the others had backed away, so he struck Daniel with the back of his hand, throwing him onto his back and jolting him out of his reverie. "You will pay for your actions! I will not allow such a deed to go unpunished!" He threw out his hand and caught Daniel in the beam of his ribbon device.

Jack and Teal'c took a step forward, wanting to do something to help their friend. But at the sound of their lord's anger, the Jaffa had come in from outside the chamber and had staff weapons aimed at the two of them, preventing them from making any move. The pain Daniel was enduring was painted on his face for everyone to see as he was pinned in place, mouth slightly open.

After what seemed an eternity, the goa'uld Belenus seemed to calm, and he turned away from the prone Daniel, breaking the beam of the ribbon device. Daniel slumped to the floor, gasping. "I tire of these traitors, these shol'va." Belenus flicked his hands behind him. "Take them away." The Jaffa guards came forward, grabbing O'Neill and Teal'c. Two more came forward and pulled Daniel up off the floor. He flinched when their hands touched him, making Jack grimace. When he couldn't seem to stay standing, the Jaffa just drug him out of the room, followed by the guards leading Jack and Teal'c.

Through corridor after corridor the odd procession went, Jack noting the turns they took, preparing for their inevitable escape. Daniel had long since stopped trying to struggle against the Jaffa dragging him, and just hung limp from their arms, his hands cradling his head. Finally, they turned down a corridor and saw the First Prime from before, Joren, coming towards them, carrying one of the pain sticks. As he came in to Daniel's vision, Daniel jerked away, but Joren merely continued on, nodding at the Jaffa as he passed them and disappearing into the labyrinth of the temple complex. The group continued on to the end of the corridor, and arrived at a large cell. Inside Jack could see a curled up form in the corner of the room.

The guards opened the cell door and threw Daniel unceremoniously in, making him skid a bit as he hit the floor. "Hey!" Jack said indignantly. "Watch it!" The Jaffa merely pushed Jack and Teal'c through the door and closed it behind him with a clank. "This sure must be a quiet place, if you only have one prison cell." O'Neill commented to Teal'c. "Hey, we don't even get our own room?!" He shouted to the receding Jaffa.

"Jack."

"I'm definitely reporting this to the Better Business Bureau!" Jack shot at the quickly fading sound of boots.

"Jack." The quiet voice came again, and O'Neill finally registered that it was talking to him. Turning, he saw that Daniel had pulled himself over to the corner where the figure was still curled up, shivering slightly. "It's the woman. The visitor." He reached out to touch her, and she jerked away before he had even made contact. "She doesn't look too good."

"Look who's talking, Daniel." Jack said, as Daniel pinched his fingers on the bridge of his nose. "You know, that could have been avoided if you were actually paying attention. What was going on in that overactive little head of yours?" He crouched down next to Daniel and the woman, Teal'c came over to join them.

"It was the goa'uld, Belenus. There was something I was forgetting, something important about him." He shook his head slowly. "I still can't remember. Its right there, but I can't wrap my mind around it." He gave a frustrated sigh.

"Maybe if you stop thinking about it, it'll come to you." Jack offered, receiving a glare from Daniel in response. He just shrugged, it was worth a try. "But anyway, least we know who the girl is."

"How do you mean, O'Neill?" Teal'c asked with a raised eyebrow, Daniel mirrored his look of confusion.

"Well, we heard that goa'uld say her name was Nensard or whatever."

Daniel automatically corrected him. "Ninsar." Then he stopped, and cocked his head, frowning. "Ninsar…" he said again.

"Daniel?" Jack asked, Daniel only waved his hand to shush him.

"Ninsar, it's Sumerian. The goddess of plants, daughter of Ninhursag and Enki, the Sweet Water Lord." Daniel had a shining looking in his eyes, the look he always got when he had figured out something amazing.

"So, she's a goa'uld?" Jack asked, confused. "That makes no sense."

"No, no…" Daniel shook his head, a bit too quickly, and his hand came up to his head. "Ninsar, in and of itself, is the name of the plant goddess. But if you take its etymological meaning, you get Nin—lady—and sar—greenery. So I think Belenus was just referring to the way she's dressed, and maybe it has something to do with how those vines were growing through the skin of those men." Looking up, Daniel saw the glazed look on Jack's face. He was too tired to try to explain it better. "But what I don't understand is why a goa'uld taking the form of a Celtic god would know Sumerian, or even refer to someone in a Sumerian title."

"Well, at least that's the only thing you don't understand." Jack said sarcastically. Daniel glared at him. "Hey, I'm just saying." Jack threw up his hands defensively.

"O'Neill, I believe the young woman is in distress." Teal'c broke in to Jack and Daniel's little quibble. They all shifted their gaze to the curled up form. She was jerking and shifting, making small sounds of distress. Daniel carefully reached out and touched her arm to turn her to face them.

She flung out her other arm, grasping his arm that was touching her. In the blink of an eye, vines came flying out of her skin and wrapped themselves tightly around his arm, pinning it in place. She turned to face him, showing eyes that were wide and scared.

SG-1 just stared at her, too shocked to even register any possible danger she might pose.

A/N: I hope that cleared up a few of the questions on the names. I made this chapter a bit longer, to make up for the gap in posting. Hope you enjoyed it and please review and let me know exactly what you liked and didn't.