Title: New World New Rules
Author Notes
I would like to thank George for checking spelling and grammar.
Sorry but this chapter is shorter than I like. I ran into some walls typing this chapter up.
Now we go on with the story.
They start their way to the temple with one stop to pick up the apothecary. They arrive at the apothecary's shop. Pounding on his door, Sheba tries to get his attention. An aged man sticks his head out of the second story window screams at the person making so much noise in the morning. "Do you know I'm trying to sleep up here?"
Sheba, looking up at him, yells right back. "Don't give me that, I haven't slept all night. Jillion you are to accompany the Tau'ri and me to see Lady Bastet. Now move it; or else you'll have to explain to Lady Bastet why we are late."
Now with the apothecary they make their way to the temple. Arriving at the temple, they found the Head Priestess and two guards waiting. Kneeling in front of the Head Priestess, Sheba introduces their guests. The Head Priestess turns to the Tau'ri men "I am afraid only women and the apothecary may go past the main chamber." Jack was about to object to this but the Head Priestess explained that the child is in Lady Bastet's bed chamber which is located in Priestess Dormitory.
The guards gather up the equipment with Samantha. They arrive in time to catch Bastet half awake on the edge of the bed. The Head Priestess enters gaining Bastet's attention. "Sorry to wake you Lady Bastet, the Tau'ri has arrived." Gesturing to Samantha and Janet "This is Samantha Carter and Janet Fraiser."
Samantha instructs the guards in setting up the equipment while Janet examines the child. Finding that the child has a strong heartbeat, she preps both arms to receive IVs. She starts the first IV to rehydrate the child. Not wanting to cause the girl to go into shock from introducing a large amount of saline into her bloodstream she starts the other IV with blood type O+.
Around noon, Bastet leaves Janet and the apothecary to look after the child. Bastet joins the Tau'ri in the dining hall to discuss payment. Bastet sits across from Jack, Teal'c, Daniel, and Samantha. One of her guards brings in a small chest and proceeds to place it on the table beside Bastet. Bastet looks at all four of them and says, "May I ask what the cost of this visit is going to be?" Before anyone can answer a high-pitched scream echoes throughout the building followed by an explosion. Arriving at what is left of her bedchamber door; Bastet crouches low and peeks around what is left of the doorframe. Shocked by what she sees Bastet quickly stops the Tau'ri from entering. "If you wish for you friends' safety, don't enter the room." Jack is furious that this snake is telling him to back down when his team is in trouble. Not letting the Tau'ri advance any further Bastet explains why. "Listen to what I have to say. I know you do not trust me but what in that room can level an entire Goa'uld invasion army by its self. The design of the armor is different but it looks similar. As long it deems you no threat, it will not attack." Bastet lets Jack look in the room. Kneeling in the center of the room with its head down is a metallic purple armored figure with two shields hovering in the air circling it.
Jack pulls back and calls out to Janet. "Are you ok in there Janet? Try not to make any sudden movement."
Janet replies with a shaky voice. "Jack, don't attack. It is the child. She turned into it. The apothecary tried to stop it but he was thrown into the wall before he got anywhere close to her."
Jack look at Bastet with distrust. "Ok it seems you know what were dealing with. Is there any way to stop her and why is she like this?"
Bastet is shocked to hear that the girl is in the armor. Shaking her head, she tries to recall all the myths that Ra has collected on Chaos Armor. "Back when Ra ruled, he found an ancient data crystal with a story on it. It gave a description of an armored figure fighting thousands of enemies at once, destroying anything in its path. No matter the damage it took, it would not stop until it had destroyed all enemies in its path. They called it Chaos Armor because no one can control or manipulate the armor into doing what they want. "
Janet is huddled in a corner of the room staying as still as she can. She is the first to see the armor disengage from the girl and fade into the ground. The girl regards the shields for a second before she grabs one and starts screaming at it. "What do you mean my name is Karin?" The girl shakes the shield vigorously now "What do you mean you can't tell me? ….. "Karin stops shaking the shield."You are saying that I have not been a host long enough for you to fix my head. …… You are telling me that because of an accident that I have lost all my memory and you only know my name. …"Karin lets go of the shield. "Go away I do not want to talk to you now. …. And stop calling me that." Doing as she commanded the shields fade from sight.
After every thing calmed down. Jack and Teal'c left to check in with Stargate Command. Samantha and Janet fussed over the girl named Karin. They put Karin through all sorts of test. Daniel and Bastet, wanting to stay out of the way, moved to the dining hall to talk until dinner was ready.
Close to dinnertime, Samantha and Janet verified Karin's test results. Karin now finished with the tests follows Samantha and Janet to the dinning hall for dinner.
As everyone ate, Karin explained her situation. Bastet finishes her meal and dabs the corner of her mouth with a napkin. She looks at Karin amazed that someone so small can eat so much. With no signs of slowing down, Bastet decides clear up some of what Karin tolled them. "So Karin, you are the host to a biological armor." Karin nods to confirm. "The armor was created to store the knowledge of the Radom." Karin nods again. "But at some point the bonding process was paused, and then you got into an accident were you lost your memory." Karin nods again while she fixes her fourth plate of food. "Normally the armor can fix this problem, but the bonding was not complete."
Karin finishes off the last of her food. Setting her utensils down, she addresses the group. "I have only retained the basics of my personality and motor function. It decided to fill in the blanks with its stored knowledge. I should say they decided the best course is to link my brain to the subspace bio-storage unit. That is why I can talk to everyone. It like having eons of knowledge you can access but no reference guide. Before any one asks, the shields are intelligent. They have to agree with each other before thy make an action on their own, unless I over ride that decision."