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Chapter 7: Old & New Friends
At the edge of the Milky Way.
In the sub-space dimension known as Hyperspace, a large ancient ship traveled, chasing a powerful foe. The ship had an elegant tear shape oval outer hull surrounding a stockier round circular inner hull design. At the center of the inner hull was a miniature sun that was the large vessel's source of power.
On the bridge of said vessel was a finely crafted chair that was as beautiful and elegant as it was functional. Sitting in the chair was a person who seemed to clash with his surroundings. Clad in a simple grey garment made from cloth that was similar to sack cloth was a man of seemingly old age.
His skin was wrinkled and colored an unnatural white. What hair he had, was a shocking sliver. But though on the surface he seemed old he possessed the body of a man in his prime. In his left hand was a large wooden staff that had seemed to grow around a large purple crystal at its top. In his right hand was a simple leather-bound book with a strange curving symbol burned into it.
The ancient Prior was persevered by the Ori, his ship becoming a generational vessel as they followed the path their prey took.
"Finally we will have chased down our prey. Five thousand years we have followed the trail of the shadow ship. Thanks to the guidance and provision of the Ori, my ship the 'Lone Pilgrim' will finish the sacred task of destroying the ship of demons."
With his connection to the ship, the Prior was able to detect that the end of their journey was near. Soon they would arrive in the galaxy those foul heretics had fled too. With a thought the Prior activated the ship's inter-comm.
"My fellow followers of Origin, We will are almost at the end of our long journey. The Ori have shown me the haven the blasphemers have fled too. They have given a new command to us. While we hunt down the damned ones there is a whole galaxy that has been denied the truth of Origin for too long. We are to show the light of the Ori to these heathens and burned them to the ground if they still embrace evil. Hallow are the Ori."
With another thought the Prior shut down the inter-comm and took control of the ship. Running several of the systems at once the Prior caused the vessel to exit hyperspace. However instead of the seeing the bright nebula from the vision he was shown, the Prior only saw a wall of green light speedily approaching his vessel. Shock filled him when the sensors identified a large mass behind the green light.
The 'Lone Pilgrim' was rocked violently as its shields were impacted by thousands of green bolts of destructive energy. The Prior's faith in the Ori was shaken."How could the heretics have found them. The Ori spoke of safety when they had directed them here." The Prior thought.
His shields were barely holding against the overwhelming onslaught of the Heretics. As he focused on the offensive systems to strike back, a large and powerful presence filled his mind cutting off his link to the Ori. In his mind's eye the Prior was standing before two large red silted eyes that seemed to peer into his soul.
Slowly the darkness around the eyes faded reveling one of the legendary beasts of evil, the hated foes of the Ori. The gigantic beast gave the trembling Prior a sadistic grin as it drew closer to his mind. Its nine tails slowly wrapping around his body as they brought him closer to the maw of the beast.
"Boo!"
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Motoko Wyn'dan was currently engaged in one of the toughest battle she has ever encountered in her long life. Her foe was implacable and unmovable in his resolve. To her all that existed at that moment was her and her foe. When she took up this fight, Motoko swore on her shinobi way that she would be victorious!
Regardless of the fact that her foe possessed an eerily natural advantage for this battle, Motoko would never give in until victory had been achieved. Focusing her formidable will into her eyes, she starred down her enemy willing him into submission. She could feel her efforts working until the unthinkable happened.
She blinked.
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A howl of rage and despair filled the small three room apartment that was the housing the three woman of the Gwir party while at Cheyenne Mountain. Moving from the small portable stove they had set up towards the couch, Rirī brought their guest some fresh hot green tea.
"Thor-san, my apologies for the behavior of my companion, Vegoia-sama and Mizuko-chan will be out momentarily."
Rirī said with a tired tone. She begun to set out the tea set she had brought over and offered Thor a cup. The Asgard regarded the offered cup blinking slowly before accepting the hot beverage. In the farthest corner from the two was Motoko. She was idly drawing circles with her finger on the floor as a dark cloud seemed to appear over her crouched form. Thor observed this strange behavior before responding to Rirī's statement.
"It was not a bother, lady Rirī. Though lady Motoko is a very unique being, her actions are as O'Neill would say 'A breathe of fresh air'. This 'Starring Contest' was very enjoyable, I believe I will have to introduce this game to the Asgard upon my return."
Rirī relaxed upon hear the gravely voice of the Asgard. Though she loved being around Motoko, her personality and childish behavior was tiring when dealing with people of importance. The door leading to the bedroom opened and Vegoia walked out. She was dressed in casual clothes and lacked the powerful presence she would normally project when in the company of others. Vegoia gave Rirī a smile as she accepted a cup of tea offered when she joined the two on the couch.
"My thanks Master Thor for meeting with us." Vegoia said warmly as she regarded her old friend. "It has been too long since we have been able to talk as friends."
"It is a pleasure to meet with you once more. Indeed much time has passed since we last talked."
Thor said as he turned his large eyes to Vegoia. He stared at her for a couple of minutes as if looking for something.
"Though a welcome surprised it is to converse as friends, I believe you have other plans for this meeting?"
Vegoia gave soft laugh at her friend's statement. "Still has the sharp mind that made him a force to be feared I see." She thought as she ponder the best way to respond. "Just be truthful V."Mizuko said interrupting Vegoia's thoughts.
"Truthfully there is another purpose for asking you here, but not of my design. I hope after they have been fulfilled you would still be agreeable to spend time with an old friend. Motoko, would you please come over."
Hearing her name, Motoko stopped her pouting and walked over to where the three were sitting. Accepting the cup Rirī offered to her, Motoko joined them sitting next to Vegoia and Mizuko. Taking a sip of the hot tea Motoko took a moment to compose herself and gather her thoughts.
Her demeanor began to change, the playful aura she usually projected was replaced by an air of graveness and authority that demanded the owner by heard. Thor was surprised at the change that came over the playful companion of Vegoia, it reminded him very much of how O'Neill would act when serious.
"Master Thor, though we are here to form an alliance with Earth and the Asgard, We of the Anla'Shok wish to form a separate treaty with the Asgard. Specifically we ask for three things."
Motoko said before ticking off the three conditions.
"One, help from you scientist in developing technology for a power source.
"Two, setting up an exchanged of Asgard technology for help curing your genetic degradation.
"Three, any information the Asgard have about the location of the Furlings."
"In return for these the Anla'Shok will help you defeat your foes, the replicators. We are in possession of key information about how they work and are willing to share it in return for you help. Entil'zha Maelstrom is also willing to deploy the Ark to aid your fleets in your fight."
Thor was a little stunned at Motoko's forceful statement. He was sure that she knew from Vegoia that the Asgard did not share technology lightly and never any of the type that could be used for warfare. Considering the proposal closer Thor had a fair idea of what information the Anla'Shok possessed.
When studying the energy released by the dagger given to O'Neill, Thor had found that it released the same type of Keir-ron energy that the replicators used for power and communication between nanite blocks. While the Asgard have been able to identify the energy, their understanding of it was incomplete. The dagger O'Neill used was the first instance of Keir-ron energy being used by an non-replicator source the Asgard had encountered.
"I will have to converse with the High Council before I could make any promises. Though I would ask why would a race as powerful as yours would require help from the Asgard?"
"The Anla'Shok and by extension the Kin'sha fled to this galaxy from a powerful foe called the Ori. This foe will be coming after us and will seek to destroy all of those who will not worship them. You can consider them to be on par with the Alterrans whom you know as the Ancients."
Motoko paused to catch her breath.
"We can match them on the ground, but their ships are still beyond what we can win against without using the Ark. Not even your replicator vessels would win in a four on one fight with a Ori mothership. The Ark though powerful, has a power generation problem. At the moment if Entil'zha Maelstrom is not on the Ark it is not capable of fighting. We need the help of the Asgard to remove this flaw from it."
"We also would like the Asgard's help in finding the Furlings, we have already found the Nox and have a fair idea of where to find some surviving Ancients. It is our wish to reform the alliance between the Four Great Races to help combat the Ori."
Motoko finished speaking. Thor notice that when ever she mentioned the Ancients a grimace seemed to appear in her voice and on her face. He wondered what exactly the Anla'Shok and the Kin'sha had against the race the Asgard revered so much. Putting that thought behind him for a discussion later down the line Thor sipped some more of the delicious tea lady Rirī had given him.
"I will pass on the terms for your treaty to the High Council, they will probably require your Entil'zha Maelstrom to meet with them before considering it. More information would have to be made available to increase the chance of the Asgard accepting."
Thor said while nodding slightly towards Motoko.
"Good if you two are done, I would like some time with my friend before we leave Earth."
Vegoia said breaking the solemn atmosphere that had been created by the talk of treaties. Motoko gave a wiry grin as she nodded her acquiescence to Vegoia. Rirī stood up to bring a fresh round of hot tea for everyone as they made themselves comfortable. The two old friends discussed for several hours what had happened in their lives since they had last met.
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Major General Hammond, Colonel Jack O'Neill and the rest of Sg-1 stood on the forward observation room of Thor's ship watching as the Gwir ships entered hyperspace leaving Earth's system. A few moments later the Beliskner-class ship followed the two Ha'taks, matching their course and speed.
A flash of white light announce Thor's arrival from the bridge.
"So what's the plan?"
Jack asked the question everyone was dying to know the answer to. It had been earlier that day that the SGC had been informed a a delegation of Senator Kinsey, Major General Hammond, and Sg-1 would be allowed to visit the home system of the Gwir and Kin'sha. All they had been told was that Thor would provide transport for the trip there. The return leg would be by Stargate after the Kin'shians had synced Earth into their gate system.
"The 'Plan' as you say O'Neill is to follow the Lady Vegoia's ships to one of their jumpgates. I have been informed that the Anla'Shok have sealed off their home system to all hyperspace travel in and out except for the Ark of Shadows. The only way in besides by Stargate is through their jumpgate network."
The group of humans took in this information in different ways. Kinsey, Hammond, and Jack really didn't care either way, for different reasons though. Daniel was intrigued as to why such a powerful race would go through such lengths to protect themselves. Sam and Teal'c were impressed by this. Because the two had a better understanding of hyperspace, they understood just how great a feat this was.
Fifteen minutes later scene outside the view-port changed as the ship dropped out of hyperspace in the void between star systems. There in front of the three vessels was a large structure that was composed of four long pieces that had vanes protruding from both sides at a 30 degree angle. The four pieces were maintaining a diamond shape with an equal distance to each other.
As the ships approached the arms started to glow as arcs of energy passed down each piece. When the arcs of energy reached the far end it coalesced into a ball of energy before racing back up the arms forming a blue conical vortex in its wake.
The Gwir Ha'taks entered the strange vortex without hesitation. Thor directed his ship to follow, giving orders to his crew to maintain constant sensor sweeps to record as much information as possible about this new type of faster-than-light travel.
Passing through the vortex the Asgard followed the Gwir vessels through a hellish looking region of space. Instead of the usual black void splash with the light of distant stars, there was an angry red color interspaced with a dark black. Wispy nebulous clouds obscured their view at times as the Asgard ship followed their Gwir guides.
To the human eye and the ships sensors, they were making no apparent progress through space. Several hours passed in which chairs, refreshment, and food was provided to the group of humans. They passed the time idly until Jack managed to have Thor create a deck of playing cards.
He was currently teaching the Asgard commander the rules of poker in a game with Hammond and the rest of Sg-1. Kinsey decided not to involve himself in the game stay apart from the others.
A flash of light in front of the three vessels forming a similar vortex to the first one was the first indication that their journey was over. Exiting into normal space through another set of four arms the Asgard and the humans from Earth were given their first glimpse of the reborn World of Kin'shians.
The home-world of the Kin'shians was a large garden world about one-third larger than Earth. The system was quite large with eleven other habitual worlds and several gas giants. Thor manipulated the screens in the room to show and enhanced view of the planet they were directed to. As they came closer, Thor's ship detected several enormous objects locate the Lagrange points 3, 4, and 5.
Focusing the visual sensors on them changed the images displayed in the room. What was shown were several hundred stations that were slightly larger versions of the one Earth would be given. There was a lot of traffic between the stations and the moon that orbited the planet. Scans showed several large cities built into its surface. There were around thirty Ha'taks bearing Gwir colors in the system and forty of the large grey blocky vessels that had helped to repel Apophis's fleet from Earth.
In orbit around the moon was a large shipyard with slipways for one hundred vessels where the majority of the ships were docked. As the two Ha'taks and one Beliskner passed the shipyard the humans could make out several vessels under various stages of construction. Clearly Vegoia intended to give a tour of the main features of the system as they had taken a looping course from the jumpgate.
Suddenly Vegoia's Ha'taks grounded to a stop almost causing the Asgard ship to ram them as Thor's crew worked quickly to slow their ship to a halt. Jack was about to ask the reason for the sudden stop when alarms on the ship started to sound as Thor's ship detected a large vessel set to exit hyperspace very close to their position.
In a flash cloud the Ark of Shadows exited hyperspace directly and slightly below the small group of ships. Gasp of shocks emitted from the members of the delegation who were seeing the Ark for the first time. Jack was still impressed at the sight of the behemoth vessel, however he was thoroughly enjoying the look of shock and awe on Carter's face. But something nagged at the back of his mind as he gazed upon the massive vessel.
Then it hit him as his eyes took in a gash in its hull that ran from its prow down the port side of its ventral hull. It was thirty meters wide and three kilometers long blacken trench that marred the pristine hull of the Ark. Already repair ships from the yard were swarming towards the Ark like bees from a disturbed beehive.
"Well I guess that answers my question on why the Ark had left Earth so suddenly." Jack thought as he continued studying the damage while their ship passed by. He remembered on the Ark how Vegoia and her companion were dismissive of the Goa'uld claiming foes that were far more dangerous. Now Jack just wanted to know who had caused such damage to the Ark. One of the screens in the room changed to showing the figure of lady Motoko as the bridge routed a signal from one of the Ha'taks to it.
"Sorry for the abrupt stop, but the Ark's sensors were damaged and we were barely able to detect her before we entered her exit vector."
She said apologetically.
"In a few minutes Master Thor, you will receive coordinates for the location to beam down the delegation to. Please follow the instructions and we'll see you on the flip-side."
The screen went dark as the transmission ended. Everyone composed themselves and gather together into one group as they waited for Thor to transport them down. After a few minutes he announced that he was ready to beam them down.
"Farewell O'Neill, unfortunately I have been gone too long and must return to Asgard space. I am hopeful that you will come to respect your hosts as I have come to O'Neill."
Thor said before activating the transporter. A flash of light engulfed the groups of humans as they left the Asgard vessel and were beamed towards the planet. As the light died around the delegation from Earth, they found themselves standing on the flat roof of a large circular building. It had four large curving arms that reach high into the sky attached to its side.
Looking around the group found that they were at the center of a large bustling city that was surrounded by a gigantic wall visible in the far distance. The most noticeable landmark was on the mountain that the city was built at the bottom of.
Eight large heads were carved into the mountain similar to Mount Rushmore. There were six men and two women, each had a fierce and commanding visage making clear they were people of importance. A loud and commanding female voice sounded out behind the group.
"Welcome to Konohagakure, home to the Shinobi of the Leaf."
Another chapter done!
Should be around 3,400 words minus Author note.
Sorry for the late update, but I had major writer's block on this be honest I came very close to calling it quits because the story was becoming something I did not want it to be. I had a hard time of trying to change it to how I envision this story going, resolved most of those issues, at least enough for me to continue to write it.
For those who care about canon continuity, I had originally thought that the episode 'Nemesis' and 'Small Victories' where the replicators are first introduced and is what cements O'Neill and Thor's friendship happened before 'Fair Game' where Earth is added to the Protected Planets Treaty. So for my story 'Nemesis' and 'Small Victories' happen before 'Fair Game'. Otherwise I would have to do major rewrites of several chapters. I am more familiar with the later seasons which is why this mistake escaped my sight.
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