A/N: May have screwed up the 'universe' a bit. To be short: Anubis is alive and still ugly, Frasier is alive because I didn't like the new doctor and some more changes that will be revealed later.
Reviews are welcome!
Chapter 6 – Kull trouble
Once on the other side, Minos immediately sensed something was wrong. There were two of his own guards lying dead on the ground near the DHD. Their bodies were severely burned by a mess of small burn marks. They apparently had managed to shot multiple arrows, because there were a few lying broken around the Stargate.
The guards near the gate were dead, so that meant that the unknown enemy was somewhere in the city, probably. He could try to sense them, but the panic from the people would mess everything up. He would need to get closer to the enemy to sense them with accuracy.
He ran quickly to the large market square. On the way to the market square he saw a lot of dead bodies lying on the ground. The enemies that invaded Avalon must be extremely resilient or quick. He could match quick, but resilient could be a problem. Lucky enough he had brought his trusted sword, Excalibur. It wasn't the actual Excalibur forged by the ancient Myrrdin, but it came close.
Minos increased his pace when he sensed that most civilians were safe, hiding deeper in the city and further from the unknown enemies. He'd go to all of them as soon as those bastardly enemies were dead!
When descended the stairs to the large market square, he saw two completely black-clad figures standing between the stalls. He jumped down the stairs as silently as he could, and he hid behind the curtain of one of the stalls.
The black-clad men did not seem to have noticed Minos, because they walked away towards the palace. Minos quickly ran towards his own palace as silent as he could, under the cover of various market stalls. Soon he had overtaken the two black-armoured warriors, and he waited for them to pass past him. He was hidden under one of the larger stalls, and he drew Excalibur. Those bastards would pay for every men they had killed today!
With almost supernatural speed Minos jumped from under the stall and sliced with Excalibur right through the left leg of the first warrior. The armour was stronger than he expected, because Excalibur did not slice clean through. It was stuck between the leg of the warrior, and the outer plating of the strong black armour.
The warrior noticed him, and turned around. The other turned around too, to see what all the commotion was about. They both moved their arms so that their wrist-guns faced Minos. Minos was quick enough to evade their shots, and he had freed Excalibur with a strong pull from the leg of the first warrior. Both warriors fired multiple shots of yellowish energy at Minos, but they missed. Minos had used his speed to sneak behind one of the stalls again.
He hid behind one of the stalls as the warriors fired on him. Under the cover of the smoke the energy bolts made, he quickly ran to another stall, some mere metres away from the firing warriors. The left warrior, the one whose leg he had just almost cut in half, seemed to be standing less stable.
Minos quickly crouched under the market stalls, and moved as close as he dared towards the warriors. With an enormous jump he spanned the distance from the stall to the first warrior. Before that warrior knew it, there was a large sword in his neck. Minos grabbed the first warriors arm-with-wrist-gun and he fired it at the second warrior.
Strangely enough, the bolts of energy seemed to be absorbed by the armour. He realised that it would have no effect, so he grabbed Excalibur from the first warrior's neck as he ducked behind the second warrior. While the second warrior was turning around, Minos used his confusion to strike a blow with Excalibur straight to the neck of the warrior. It worked, as the warrior fell down to the ground, stunned. Then Minos saw something moving from the corner of his eyes, and he ducked away immediately.
The first warrior had miraculously survived Excalibur's blow to the neck, and was now firing his gun at Minos, who had only barely enough time to evade the bolts. He ducked away, and launched himself straight towards the arm of the warrior. He grabbed it, and several quick blows from Excalibur later the first warrior had no arm anymore.
He stood up, but immediately fell down again. His right leg had apparently been hit by one of the energy bolts, because his pants were burned, and the flesh underneath looked scorched and scarred. In his fall, he had the reflexes to spin around and swing Excalibur into the neck of the stunned warrior, decapitating him.
The other warrior had finally succumbed to his wounds, and it was good too, because Minos couldn't run anymore with his injured leg. Luckily for him, help was underway. He heard panting, and he turned around, which was harder with his injured leg. Sg-1, and a few other people he didn't recognise were running directly to him from the large stairs on the end of the market.
"Hi Colonel!" he said like nothing happened.
"Hi. Did you kill those?" O'Neill asked in amazement.
"Yep. They were harder to kill than I expected. Their armour is stronger than that of a normal Goa'uld, and their wrist guns do a lot of damage."
"We've seen these before. We call them Kull warriors. They're minions of Anubis."
"Anubis? Wasn't he banished for eternity and killed by the system lords?"
"Yeah, we thought that too. But Anubis was never defeated. He ascended partially, and then descended only a few years ago. He has been rebuilding his armies ever since, and he has attacked a lot of system lords already."
"Didn't the system lords put up a fight?"
"They tried, but Anubis was too powerful. Partially because he raided their strongholds with these Kull warriors," O'Neill kicked one of the kulls, "and partially because he had ascended knowledge."
"That explains why Excalibur had trouble slicing them."
"Excalibur?" asked Daniel.
"Yep. Though not the real one, I don't know where Myrrdin, or Merlin as you call him, left it. But it is good enough for me, until now."
"You killed two Kulls with just one sword?" O'Neill asked incredulously.
"Yes. But it was harder than I thought. They managed to hit me with one of those stupid energy bolts from their guns."
"Where?"asked O'Neill.
"My leg." Minos said, as he turned his wounded leg towards O'Neill.
"We could help you heal your leg, if you'd wish. We can carry you to the SGC."
"Carry? I can walk fine by myself." Minos said that, and stood up. But he immediately fell down again. "Ok. I guess not. Maybe I need someone to support me."
"Here, I'll help you," offered Carter, who was closer in length to Minos than O'Neill, so Minos didn't have to reach as far up to get his arm around a shoulder.
"Thanks." He said, as they walked back towards the gate. "Oh, can you bring the arm I dismembered too? I'd like to take a closer look at the gun and their armour. See if I can upgrade Excalibur so that I can slice them better."
Daniel took the arm from the kull, and together they walked towards the gate. Marines in front, to check if everything was secure. Suddenly they stopped and raised guns, as they saw a small group of armed warriors, armed with various knives and bows.
"Tarin!" Minos exclaimed.
"My lord? Are you wounded? Where are the warriors that entered the market square?"
"They're dead now. I'd like you to preserve their armour and guns. It is far superior to that of normal Goa'uld. But I must go with the Tauri for now. Their shots hit my leg. They can help heal it. I will send word as soon as I can. But tell everyone that it is safe again."
"I will do that, my lord."
"Oh, and place more men by the gate. You can coat the arrows in Aragnide, but be careful. If you hit anyone with those arrows, he'll die."
"Yes, My lord. I will tell everyone that it is safe to come out. Heal quickly, my lord."
"Thank you, Tarin."
"Come on, let's get you to the SGC." Said O'Neill.
A few minutes later the entire group reached the gate. O'Neill dialled out, because Carter held Minos. After he'd sent an IDC and got a confirmation, he requested that a medical team stood ready. The entire group walked through the gate, and after it closed Carter helped Minos on one of the gurneys standing by.
"What happened, colonel?" Asked Hammond.
"Well, apparently, sir, there were Kull warriors attacking Avalon." Said Jack.
"How many?"Hammond asked.
"Two. But they were dead by the time we arrived, sir. Oh, and we brought part of them back with us." O'Neill said, as he gestured to Teal'c to show the dismembered arm.
"You'd better get that one to a quarantine room, Teal'c" said Hammond.
Teal'c left the gate room through the large steel door leading towards the corridor.
"So, colonel, you're telling me that there were two Kull warriors in that village, and that both of them were dead when you arrived?"
"Yes sir. We found king Minos in between the two warriors. I suppose he killed both of them. He apparently had a sword, which he called Excalibur."
"Excalibur? You mean in the legendary sword Excalibur from King Arthur? That sword?"
"No, he mentioned that it wasn't the real Excalibur when Daniel almost jumped from excitement at the name alone. He told us that the real Excalibur was lost by..." O'Neill looked at Daniel questioningly.
"Myrrdin, also known as Merlin."
"Merlin, sir." O'Neill concluded.
"Were there many civilian deaths in Avalon?"
"Well, yes, sir. We saw several dead bodies lying on the main pathway towards the palace, though they were mostly warriors. I'm guessing that the civilians were hiding somewhere, though I don't know where. The Kull warriors didn't appear to want to kill everyone there. They headed straight to the palace, and halfway to the palace, on the large marketplace, we saw Minos slashing around. It was too far to shoot accurately with the speed we were running down the stairs, and by the time we were close enough to hit anything without hitting Minos, the Kulls were already dead."
"And did Minos have any other weapons than this blade, Excalibur?"
"No, sir. It's quite a feat, killing two Kull warriors with only one blade."
"Though he was injured. Is the injury severe, or not?"
"Well, he said that he was hit in the leg by one of those energy bolts from their wrist gun, but he also said that he could stand fine. That was before he fell over and Carter had to support him on the way back."
"So you're saying that he might be boasting things up a bit?"
"No, I'm not saying that, sir. I'm just implying that he may try to walk before he should, and that we should give Janet a head warning."
"I fear you're a little late with that, Colonel. I think king Minos is in the infirmary already."
"I'll check in on him, sir, as soon as I get changed."
"bye, Colonel."