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O'Neill made his way through the door to the Briefing Room. He had made really good time considering he had two little girls with him, but even then he knew he would be the last to arrive.

"Sorry I'm late," O'Neill said, as he walked towards the empty chair next to Jacob. "Had to drop the girls off at the nursery."

"What nursery?" Carter asked, a subtle tone of worry in her voice. "Why didn't you call Barbara or Mrs. Jones next door?"

"Upstairs in NORAD." O'Neill answered. "And I called all the numbers on your phone list but it seems everyone has a life. I called Dixon, and he said the nursery upstairs was the best in the area, so I called them and they said they could take the girls tonight for a few hours. After they confirmed with one of the nurses that their shots were up to date. I guess Janet has Grace's records here, too?"

Carter just nodded her head.

"I didn't know NORAD had a nursery." Carter stated.

"I didn't either 'till I called Dixon." O'Neill replied as he sat down, "so, what's the story?"

"Jacob was just starting to fill us in." Hammond answered.

"As I was saying, we just got new intel from our operatives in Apophis' fleet. He's going to attack Earth, and his new ship left sometime within this week." Jacob said, filling O'Neill in on what he missed.

"Wait a minute, yesterday you told us that the Tok'ra has just received reports that he was planning a attack and now you tell us the ship has left and you don't know when?" O'Neill interjected.

"It takes a while for the information to get back to us. Sometimes a few days, sometimes a few weeks." Jacob explained.

"What is this, game of telephone? Is the information even good?" O'Neill asked.

"Yes, Jack, the intel is reliable. It just takes a while to get to us. The information I have was just dropped off, and it was from a different route to the last information we received this morning but from the same operative." Jacob answered.

"So you have no idea when it's going to be here?" O'Neill questioned.

"Correct."

"Do you at least know what planet he is coming from?" O'Neill asked, frustrated.

"That's where I just spent the last few hours. There is nothing there. It almost looks like no one has ever been there, except for the area of barren land where the ship was being built." Jacob informed.

"How long do you think it will take for Apophis to get here?" General Hammond asked.

"Two days, if he is coming straight here." Jacob answered, a look of panic appeared on everyone's face.

"Major Carter, do you know how the test went with the antidote?" Hammond asked.

"Dr. Warner was checking on it as I was coming here, sir. I am sure-" Carter couldn't continue to answer as the klaxon started blaring over the base system.

Unscheduled off-world activation.

"What in Gods name…" Hammond mumbled, as he and the rest of the group made their way down to the control room.

"Sir, it's Bra'tac's IDC." Sergeant Harriman stated.

"Open the iris, Sergeant." Hammond commanded as everyone made way towards the Gate Room.

"Bra'tac, how's it looking out there?" O'Neill asked.

"It does not look good." Bra'tac answered

"That's what he said." O'Neill said, pointing to Jacob.

"General Hammond, perhaps we should continue this conversation in the briefing room?" Bra'tac asked.

"Of course, Bra'tac."

With everyone sitting around the table again, along with the addition of Bra'tac and Dr. Warner, Bra'tac started, "I am sorry that I was not able to come once I got word from Teal'c. I had received word that Apophis is sending several ships to Earth, along with his new ship."

"Yeah we know that. Do you, by any chance, know when they left? Tok'ra Town doesn't seem to know, and its kind of impo--" O'Neill remarked before being interrupted.

"Colonel!" Hammond reprimanded as O'Neill threw his hands up in aggravation.

"I believe he left one of your days ago, and his plan of attack is to come straight here." Bra'tac answered, ignoring O'Neill's outburst and the subsequent reprimand from Hammond.

"Great!" O'Neill muttered.

"Colonel! That is enough." Hammond reprimanded, again. "Bra'tac, is there anything else you can tell us?"

"We have received word that his newest battleship is armed with a weapon far more powerful than any weapon used before. I have procured a sample of the new weapon." Bra'tac said as he reached into his robe and pulled out a small vial. "It is said that it rains from the sky and kills all that touch or drink it, even Jaffa."

Another sarcastic 'great' was heard muttered by O'Neill, but all chose to ignore it as Hammond moved on to question the other new occupant in the room.

"Dr. Warner," Hammond started, "how did the test go?"

"It was a success, as for real world application I believe it will work." Dr. Warner replied.

"Good, I want you to take Bra'tac's sample and test it against the sample that came through with Major O'Neill. If it is the same, I need to know how fast you can make the antidote. And you need to get the information out to the CDC as fast as possible so they can begin production."

"Yes, sir, I'll get right on it." Dr. Warner said, as he picked up the vial from Bra'tac and left the room.

"You believe you have a way to fight this weapon?" Bra'tac asked.

"We hope." Hammond answered.

"Bra'tac, you wouldn't happen to have any ships nearby to help us, would you?" O'Neill questioned, with curiosity.

"Very few, O'Neill. We have control of two of the ships in the attack fleet and we are working on getting aboard the other ships." Bra'tac replied

"Are any of your guys on the new ship?" O'Neill asked, with a glimmer of hope.

"No."

"Damn!" O'Neill said before turning to Jacob. "Selmak, is there any possibility of help from the Tok'ra?"

Jacob dipped his head and closed his eyes as Selmak took over, "I will have to put this before the council, but I do not believe we have anything that could help in time. But I will try."

"Thank you." Hammond said.

"Sir, have we heard back from the Asgard?" Carter spoke up.

"No, Major, we have not. I am going to send SG-4 back to Cimmeria to send another message to Thor." Hammond stated.

"You know that treaty we signed is looking more and more like kindling right now." O'Neill stated, simply, as the others secretly nodded in agreement.

"Thank you, Bra'tac, Jacob and Selmak for your reports. For now all we can do is wait for Dr. Warner's final report, and hope it is good news." Hammond said, "I am assuming you both need to get back?"

"Yes, thank you." Bra'tac answered.

"If you don't mind, Bra'tac, I will go with you then travel from there." Jacob requested. Bra'tac nodded his head to say that it was alright, and they both headed towards the control room with Jacob taking a brief pause to give his daughter a quick hug. Hammond made his way towards his office; officially dismissing SG-1.

Carter stood up and made her way out of the briefing room, "I think I'm going to go check on Major O'Neill before I go and check on Grace and Liz."

"I'll go with you." O'Neill stated, before following her. Not only wanting to check in on Major O'Neill but not wanting to pass up the opportunity to see the girls.