U.S.S. Aeneas

Transporter room

Colonel Perry was in the transporter room when they were beamed aboard. Confused as to what was going on, Teal'c suddenly pointed his weapon at the Colonel, but when he realized who and where he was, he lowered it.

"Medical team to the transporter room," the Colonel said over the intercom when he saw the wounded.

"Where are we?" Jeak'ma asked, confused.

"Aboard the U.S.S. Aeneas," the Colonel said. "I am Colonel Perry. General O'Neill thought it a prudent idea to send us along. Sorry we took so long, our hyperspace engines seem to not be functioning."

The medics arrived and immediately began to attend to the wounded. Teal'c shrugged off a medic who tried to bind his arm and Vik'lar glared at the medics, who took the hint and left him alone.

"Colonel, we can't stay here," Carter explained hurriedly. "We have to leave, right now!"

Colonel Perry took her tone seriously and did not question. "Lieutenant Jones, get us out of here."

They waited a moment for the lieutenant's voice came back over the intercom. "We can't sir. The normal drive also isn't functioning."

The Colonel looked over at Carter, who was already walking out the door towards the engine room. The medics took the wounded to the medical room, and Jackson, who was still in a kind of shock from his ordeal with Sor Jakk, went with them. Colonel Perry looked at Teal'c, Vik'lar, Jeak'ma, and the remaining members of SG-7. "Come with me," he said simply, and headed for the bridge.

"The enemy's ship is undetectable by sensors," Teal'c said simply once they were in the control center of the Aeneas.

"Wait, what enemy?" asked Colonel Perry.

"A very powerful one," answered Jeak'ma.

"You will find the ship in orbit over the planet," stated Teal'c.

"Put it on screen," the Colonel ordered.

"Aye, sir," said Perry's number two, Major Biggs.

On the viewer screen the image of the planet appeared and a black smudge could be seen in the upper right of the planet.

"Raise shields!" ordered Perry.

"Raising shields, sir," responded Lieutenant Biggs.

At that moment, a humming noise filled the ship, just as before. "We're being scanned, sir."

"Hail the vessel, Lieutenant," the Colonel said without tearing his vision from the ship.

Lieutenant Jones looked down at her computer and shook her head. "No response Colonel."

Teal'c looked at Colonel Perry. "If you do not take action, they will engage and destroy this ship."

Colonel Perry took a breath, then said to Biggs. "Fire two missiles at the vessel, major."

"Aye, sir," responded Lieutenant Biggs. "Firing missiles."

With slight apprehension, the Colonel watched as the two missiles sped towards the black ship. But then, when the missiles were about half-way towards their targets, they simultaneously, and inexplicably, exploded. Colonel Perry turned to Major Biggs in surprise. "What happened, major?"

"I don't know, sir," Biggs said quickly, studying the information relayed by the missiles back to the ship. "They were operating just fine, and there is no sign of any malfunction."

"Fire two more missiles."

Lieutenant Biggs picked two more missiles and fired them. Like the first two, they launched smoothly, but about half-way there they too exploded for no known reason. Colonel Perry was beginning to get agitated.

"Activate the P.A.C.," order Perry. "Let's see what this new toy can do."

On the both sides of the Aeneas, two long slits in the ship opened, and from out of these slits came two prongs with barrels at the end. With a loud click, the two prongs locked into place, the barrels began to slowly spin, and a bluish glow came from within. "The P.A.C. is activated, Colonel."

"Fire the weapon, major."

"Yes, sir."

The P.A.C. barrels spun faster and faster and the glow grew brighter and brighter, until the barrels finally locked into place. With a loud blast, the P.A.C.s fired the charged particles at the enemy vessel, and then retracted back into the ship to recharge. Biggs looked down at his computer monitor. "No effect on the enemy vessel, Colonel," he said in astonishment.

Colonel Perry wanted to hit something in fury, but held back his anger and sat down in his chair. "What the hell am I going to do now?" he wondered. But the Be'nox, apparently, weren't going to give him another chance.

"Sir, they have fired at us," reported Major Biggs.

Teal'c looked at the screen, and instead of seeing a red bolt, he was surprised to see a slow moving gray shaft. And for reasons that didn't strike him at the time, appeared awfully familiar...