Chapter Two…
"General," Sam said, more enthusiastically than she had planned, almost sounding like Jack, which made Daniel stifle a laugh. "What do we have?"
"We have a problem…" he replied, sounding concerned.
"We aren't getting any signals and we've got no teams off-world," Siler explained.
"Did you try closing the iris?" Daniel asked.
"Four times," Hammond replied.
They all waited. Just waited. For something to happen. For almost a minute. Siler and Sam poked around the computers for a few seconds to try and make some progress, but to no avail. The tension and the terror was almost suffocating. Sam eyed Daniel and he eyed her back, as they exchanged glances. And because of the high tension, when only one person walked through the gate, they all actually jumped for a split second.
The moment they came through, the Stargate disengaged behind them. It was a young woman. She had long black hair with a wreath of flowers atop her head and was scantily clad in trousers made of brown-green flimsy cloth that brushed the tops of her feet and a small half- shirt made of the same material. Her stomach was exposed and she had a small belt around her pants that held a sword and a pistol. She also had a quiver of arrows slung on her shoulder along with a bow. On her upper right arm she had a small tattoo that wound it's way around her arm and up to her neck and she had many beaded bracelets on her wrists and rings on her fingers. She was barefoot and her toenails were painted green along with her fingernails. The moment she saw all the weapons and guns pointed at her, she let out a shrill, girlish scream and turned around to run back through the gate, but because it had disengaged, she ran into nothing. She screamed a little at this realization and turned around. She smiled warily and gave a small wave.
"Hullo…" She said warily in a small British accent, giving them a small girlish smile. And added a look that seemed to say 'uh oh'.
"Stand down" General Hammond ordered to his men. At the sound of his voice, the young woman jumped and began to look around to see where the godly sound came from.
General Hammond, Sam and Daniel went down to the gate room. Upon walking in, the young woman, who was sitting down on the edge of the ramp biting her nails, jumped to her feet. She stood straight, fixing her posture as General Hammond approached her.
"My name is General Hammond," he said to her and then motioned behind him. "This is major Samantha Carter and Doctor Daniel Jackson." He shook her hand.
"My name is Freynora, but call me Freya, it's quicker…" she said with a smile, her heavy accent ringing in their ears, "Where am I?"
"You're on the planet Earth," Sam replied.
"Earth," Freya repeated. "That actually sounds familiar. You know, I think I've met people that have been here before…" she added, very non-chalante as if she were carrying on conversation with an old friend. The way she spoke almost hinted towards the fact that she had done this very thing before. Introducing herself to people that knew nothing about her. Welcoming herself to a planet she hadn't ever heard of.
"You probably have," Sam said, humorously. "We're quite popular among this galaxy."
Freya glanced at Sam quickly before turning to the General. But in that short moment, Sam got a feeling. A familiar feeling; a feeling she knew she shouldn't be afraid of, but for some reason, it gave her warning. For what reason, she didn't know, but she did know not to ignore it.
"Well, if you'll come this way, we need to take you to the infirmary, make sure you're…healthy," Hammond said, also noticing her…weirdness.
"What's an infirmary?" she asked, following them out of the room.