Status: Complete
Pairings: N/A
Category: Werewolf!Daniel,
Genre: Action, Adventure, Supernatural,
Rating: Teen
Summary: After a run-in with Ceridwen, Daniel becomes the Lycan Guardsman of Earth. But is there something else behind all this?
Size: 9,735 words
Warnings: Some mild violence
Notes: Set between season 2 and 3.
Series/Sequels: N/A
Updated: October 15, 2013
Chapter Three: Subtle Changes
The Demon was watching him, the light glinting off the metal of the weapon on his hand. Daniyyel shifted, watching the Demon through storm-colored eyes. The black figure moved and he leaped, opening his jaws wide.
Blood poured from the gaping wound as his fangs closed around the neck. Underneath, he heard the bone crack but not break. Rearing his head back, he saw the Demon was still alive. Snarling, he dove instead for the beating heart. . . .
Daniel sat up in bed, gasping for breath. Swinging his legs over the side of the bed, he buried his face in his hands. It was a week since the mission where he disappeared from SG-1 and returning without a scratch on him. Lately, he had been feeling weird. At times, he sensed Teal'c before he noticed him. In others, his vision blurred when he wore his glasses. He would take them off to realize he could see perfectly without them. The instants only lasted for a few moments then go away. What bothered him was that he seemed to be gaining in speed and strength. The day before, he had beaten Jack ten times in a row. That in itself was strange as he couldn't even beat him twice in the same workout.
When he was asleep, he was assaulted by weird dreams that made no sense. To him, they seemed like past battles, people that he once knew. But there also were instincts. Killing demons that seemed familiar to him; someone that he hated with all of his being. Sighing, Daniel stood up. It was almost time for him to wake up anyway. Almost on cue, the alarm went off.
"Daniel, you look like shit." Jack commented as Daniel walked into the gateroom.
"Wow, Jack. You make me feel all comfy inside." Daniel's temper was short and he knew it. The past nights, left him tired and drained in the morning. Yawning, he pulled his pack onto his shoulders.
"Sheesh, someone's a grouch."
The Stargate burst open, the 'water' exploding outward. "SG-1 you have a go." General's voice came over the com. Jack gave a salute before entering the wormhole with Teal'c on his heels.
"Let's go, Daniel." Sam said as they walked up to the horizon.
"Sorry, I'm just tired." Daniel said as they entered the gate. Cold enveloped them before they were disintegrated and transferred across the galaxy. Stepping onto the platform, they walked onto PM8-34M8. It looked like they stepped into a national forest. Giant trees rose from the ground, some fifty meters across.
"Welcome to the Alien Forest National Park. Please refrain from wandering as we are not liable for any damage that may occur on our expedition." Jack said as Sam and Teal'c walked up to them. "Why does every planet have to have trees?"
"I believe Major Carter has established they are needed for humans to survive on a planet, O'Neill."
Jack snorted and turned to them. "We have twenty-four hours before we report back to Hammond. Let's go on a hiking trip, kids." Sam and Daniel stifled their laughter at the look on Teal'c's face.
"I am not a child."
"I know, T. It's just an expression."
"I see."
"Come on. I want to see if Bambi lives here."
Shouldering their packs, they continued. Here and there, they heard birds chirping. In the underbrush, they heard animals scuttle. They were joking about some mission that Ferretti had completed when Teal'c held up a hand. Instantly, they all went quiet.
Silence reigned. There was no noise; no chirping, no scurrying.
"Teal'c?" Jack hissed.
"I believe I heard something." The Jaffa whispered back.
The hairs on Daniel's neck rose. Something was telling him they weren't alone. Sniffing the air, he smelled a foreign smell but yet had a slight smell of. . . . "Jack, there are Jaffa here. I think they're of Apophis'." He whispered to his friend.
"How the hell do you know that?"
"I don't know." He confessed. No sooner was that out of his mouth when a staff blast seared through the trees and slammed into the tree right behind Sam. Diving, she landed next to Daniel. Grabbing her pack, he hauled her to her feet. Jack and Teal'c began to fire in the direction of where the blast came from.
His senses were telling him that the main part of the Jaffa were on the other side. "Jack, they're not there." He yelled over the noise. The colonel and the Jaffa turned to him. He pointed at the direction the Jaffa was hiding. Believing him, they changed their direction. Almost immediately, shots began to rain down on them.
"I guess our hiking trip has been cancelled." Jack yelled as they began to retreat.
"Next time, I'm picking where we hike." Sam replied as she fired her gun as Jack and Teal'c retreated.
Ducking, Daniel shot off a couple. "Next time, I'm staying put if anyone of you want to go hiking." The fire died for a moment and SG-1 ran for it. Crashing through the brush, they ran back to the Stargate.
Daniel felt different, more aware what was happening around him as they ran. Picking up speed, he pushed himself, bent on opening the gate for his friends.
His friends saw as Daniel seemed to fly off, pulling far head before any of them could utter a shout. By the time, they arrived in the clearing; Daniel was already dialing the address for Earth. He was almost done when the Jaffa burst into the open. Teal'c and Jack hid behind trunks, picking off the ones that wandered into their sights.
"Done!" Daniel yelled as he took cover behind a trunk next to the DHD.
Sam quickly sent the IDC and waited for the reply from the SGC. The red light on the GDO changed. "Gate's open."
"GO, GO, GO!" Jack ordered. Running up, Sam and Daniel through themselves into the gate. They hurtled back across the galaxy and landed with a thump on the ramp. They rolled to the side just as Teal'c and Jack landed. "Close the iris." The giant shield sled closed.
Unfortunately, it wasn't fast enough. Three Jaffa came through and SG-1 was still on the ramp, right in front of the line of fire. The three Jaffa headed for the three closest. Teal'c began to struggle with one as Jack dropped and kicked the feet out from under the second. But the rest of the personnel weren't watching them. In fact, they were watching as Daniel reached up and lifted the giant Jaffa from the floor. They all heard the archeologist snarl ferociously before snapping the Jaffa's neck. Daniel pulled his knife from his belt and stabbed the Goa'uld as the symbiote was pulling free from its pouch.
Teal'c disposed of his as Jack pulled out his gun and shot the Jaffa in its pouch. They looked back at them, noticing the silence. The defense were staring at Daniel, their mouths open. "What the hell?" He yelled as Daniel moved slightly and the defense brought their weapons to bear on him.
"Colonel, he just broke that Jaffa's neck like a fucking twig!" One airman yelled out. "The only reason I can think of is that he's a Goa'uld."
Jack opened his mouth to deny that when Daniel spoke up. "They're right, Jack. I killed him without-without. . . ." He trailed off.
"You're not a Goa'uld, Daniel. If you were, then Teal'c would be sensing the snake."
"We've been fooled before, Jack." Daniel whispered quietly.
General Hammond walked in with four other guards. "Have Dr. Jackson taken to the infirmary for an MRI." The guards immediately took up positions around Daniel. Jack watched helplessly as Daniel handed over his Berretta and was escorted out from the gateroom. "General?"
"I can't do anything, colonel. After what we saw, we can't really act like if this didn't happen."
"But Daniel can't do anything like that." Snapping a Jaffa' neck was way beyond Daniel's capabilities.
"Colonel, I just saw Dr. Jackson lift a six foot Jaffa in full armor with one hand two feet off the ground and then snapping his neck with hardly any effort. The only strength being I saw that could have such strength would be a Goa'uld-infected individual." Reigning in his anger, the general continued. "I know how much Dr. Jackson means to you colonel but we can not place Earth in danger for one man. I suggest you and team go checked out. Briefing in two hours." Dismissed, SG-1 filed from the embarkation room.
SG-1 and General Hammond waited as Janet Fraiser walked into the room and took a seat at the table. "So, doctor, is there a Goa'uld within Dr. Jackson?" Hammond asked.
"No, sir. There isn't any indication that a Goa'uld was ever within Dr. Jackson." She opened the file. "But there are other symptoms that have me stumped."
"Janet?" Sam asked.
"I had Daniel's DNA checked." Tapping the folder, she dropped her first shoe. "It seems his DNA now contains canine DNA along with another we can't identify."
"Canine as in man's best friend canine?" Jack peered over at the folder.
"Yes, colonel. But there are some differences that make a vast change. From our resident genealogist, it seems Daniel might have even genetic memories." There, the second shoe has been dropped.
"Do you mean like the Goa'uld?"
"Kind of like that, major. It basically has the same procedure but the memories will be from where ever the DNA came from."
"What does Daniel say about this?" Jack asked.
"Before I came here, I asked Daniel if he had any flashes that seemed weird to him. He confessed that he had been having some weird dreams at night this past few days. He also said that some of them felt like he actually was the person doing them."
"What kind of dreams have Daniel Jackson experienced?" Teal'c said.
"It seems like an old battle from what he has told me. There's a part where its him and what seemed a Goa'uld. He told me that the Goa'uld would lift its hand to catch him in the ribbon device when he would attack him like a wolf catching a prey."
"What do you suggest, doctor?"
"For right now, I'm recommending that he spend the night in the infirmary so I can check up on him."
Nodding, General Hammond turned to the rest of SG-1. "I want reports of the mission on my desk by 1200 hours tomorrow. Dismissed."
Wearily, SG-1 and Doctor Fraiser left.