Forgotten Gods
A Stargate SG1/Highlander the Series Crossover
He's on a boat when fire lights up the sky. Out in the middle of the ocean, surrounded by gently lapping water and no fear of drowning, (Immortals can't, actually, drown. It was one of the first lessons Ramirez taught him, and one the younger Immortals have trouble accepting.) it is the perfect place for a vacation from headhunting.
Relaxed, but with sword habitually close at hand, Connor found himself unprepared when the other-memory floated up from the depths of his mind in response to an explosion in the upper-atmosphere. Crystal cities. Ships that traveled the skies as easily as his own traversed the seas. A short, pale almost grey skinned people.
His chest warmed involuntarily at the fuzzy image of a one-eyed being, grizzled and old, and a bright, white light taking away the fallen from a battle field. The adoptive father.
Another being, also small and grey, but shrewd and calculating created a feeling of anger.
A language that Connor didn't know, but understood because the one who originally experienced the memory had understood, echoed in his hears with the blast that only just then rippled across the waters. "Be pleased, cousin. Your contribution may someday save the entire Asgard race... I cannot yet mimic your ability to heal, but perhaps the memory transfer... yes, a different kind of Immortality... it is, after all, only another form of energy..."
Connor rode out the flashbacks, seeing spots behind his eyes, and released a shuddering breath. He remembered taking those memories. It had been during a period of headhunting after he lost Heather, and he remembered the hardy, old, axe wielding Immortal he had fought and nearly lost to.
Connor hadn't believed him when he introduced himself. Connor had thought the man insane, or perhaps simply another who didn't truly understand what they were.
"Baldr." The name slid off his tongue, and as Connor reached for a beer in the chest on the deck beside his chair, he wondered at the possibilities. If the Norse pantheon was real, what other stories passed down through the ages were based in truth? Connor frowned as a cold, sick feeling like a snake was twisting around in his gut made itself known.
He'd need to make some calls, and the Game could wait.
A/N- Baldur (also spelled Balder and Baldr), Norse god of Peace and Light. Beloved by the rest of the gods, but killed due to the maneuverings of Loki. Supposedly he comes back to life later on, and one other god plus him make it past Ragnarok.
This chapter references season 3 finale, and the season 4 opener for Stargate. "Nemisis" and "Small Victories"