Stargate SG-0
A/N: SORRY SORRY SORRY this has taken so long, but school started again and I just haven't got time to write, let alone post. You can thank being an hour early for the orientation day that I've written this much. I'll TRY to keep to a weekly schedule during term time but I make no guarantees. Now fixed thanks to Jentvfanatic!
"Carter. We ready to ship out?"
"Yessir. Walter? Thanks. Guys, I've talked with Jen – Col. Hailey – and we've agreed that it's just too awkward to bump every SG team down a number, and the current SG-1 is needed here, so we can't just merge. But, SG-56 just isn't us, somehow. So, we are now designated SG-0 or SG-oh."
"Licensed to kill?"
"That would be SG-double oh, sir."
"So it would. What was I thinking? Come on, Campers."
"Carter?"
"Sir?"
"Isn't this P3X 639?"
"Yessir."
"Whoa! Why the hell are we here?"
"If we fail, Earth will need all the ZPM power it can get. This is the long way to Atlantis."
"So why didn't we do this last time?"
"We didn't know about the Atlantean and Asgard gates midroute."
"Ah."
"Okay, Carter, what are we looking at?"
"Merlin's lab notes, Sir."
"Why?"
"To find out where he was when he made the second weapon."
"Ah."
"Jonas?"
"Well, it says here, roughly translated, 'I have succeeded in duplicating the device. Fortunately, I have a place prepared for it, as I fear I could be -' and it just cuts off."
"Does this mean that the second device is potentially harmful, Jonas Quinn?"
"I don't think so, Teal'c. Remember, Merlin had Ascended. I think he still had something up there, somewhat like Dr Jackson these past few years, and with repeated exposure, it's possible it could have killed him. But, since none of us have died, let alone Ascended – save Col. O'Neill – I doubt it can even hurt us."
"That is untrue, Jonas Quinn."
"What?"
"We have indeed all been killed. O'Neill was killed and revived once by Ra. Further, we were all once killed by the Jaffa of Apophis, saving only myself. We were then revived by the Nox. General Carter has had her conscious mind transferred into the base mainframe. I myself have been killed and revived many times by Apophis in an attempt to brainwash me."
"Hmm. Well, none of that translates to Ascension proper, so we should be safe."
"Do we have a location?"
"He says that he had recently moved to -damn."
"What?"
"It's encoded."
"Let me see... Well, it's not the Point of Origin code we've encountered before...It must be something to do with mystical numbers."
"Perhaps six hundred and thirteen, General Carter."
"I don't think so, Teal'c. That's too recent. I can almost see it..."
"Maybe it's 42?"
"Sir, that's it! How on Earth did you know that?"
"You asked for the Answer, Carter...Well, he got that wrong."
"What do you mean, Sir?"
"The universe hasn't imploded."
"42 may be the Answer, but I don't think this is the Question."
"You have a point."
"Do you know what they're on about, Teal'c?"
"Indeed I do not. Perhaps some obscure Earth prophet or religion of whom I have not heard."
A/N 2: I haven't actually SEEN seasons nine or ten, so feel free to correct any continuity errors I may make (A beta who has seen seasons nine and ten would be appreciated for this reason). This is also turning out the biggest single fic I've ever done, and is looking like being bigger than all my other fics put together. Constructive criticism reviews are welcomed as much as praise. Flames will only make me update faster.