Chapter 16: Tough Choices

Icarus stood staring at the tank his mind was not in the least bit surprised to see the queen looking at him with fear in her beady eyes.

"You should fear me," He said looking down at her.

He reached down had held her ripping her from her tank and holding her to his face.

"You are the cause of much grief among my fellow Goa'uld, for that I should just kill you right now," he said holding the famous traitor up.

Egeria struggled weakly seeing as her body could not hold up against the will of Icarus as he started to squeeze.

It was then that Katy woke.

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?! She all but screamed at him.

Icarus fought for control as Katy used her will against his. The hand was released and Egeria was dropped as Icarus struggled to regain control.

I have to kill the Sho'va I have to kill her! She is a traitor to all Goa'uld and I will kill her for what she had done! Icarus roared as Katy saw flashes of what she did as a host.

She was shocked to see what she had done in the past.

Then she became angry,

Angry at her symbiote for doing such a thing.

You mean to tell me you prefer whole civilizations be destroyed by those others! Katy yelled at him.

While they struggled with each other Egeria looked up with curiosity at them.

The two struggled with each other's mind trying to get supremacy. Laserbeak flew in and landed right on Katy's body with his talons positioned at her throat and at heart.

"Move and I destroy your spark chamber," he said to Icarus and the Goa'uld stopped

"Kill me and you kill my host as well," Icarus stated

"I am sure Katy would not mind dying to spare the life of another unlike you!" Laserbeak said

It was then that the door opened and several individuals including SG-1 entered the room with weapons aimed at all three of them.

"What is going on?" asked the man in charge.

"Her symbiote decided to kill Egeria," Laserbeak said and swallowed Egeria whole down his throat and let up when Katy regained control.

"God damn son of a bitch!" she said as she saw Laserbeak walk over to the tank and gathered some of the water for her.

"What are you doing?" Katy asked the transformer.

"I am keeping her in my carrying chamber so she can be safe from that monster in your body," he said and Katy nodded before he took off.

Katy looked down at her body as they dragged her off. The empty tank and the pink thing that was in it which made Katy nearly gag. Laserbeak was no where to be found afterwards as they threw her into a jail.

As she sat there she was ignoring the outside of the cell and focusing on the inside.

In other words she was having a roll with her symbiote.

Look at what you made me do you fool! You cost me a hard victory against the Tok'ra! Icarus screamed at her.

And then what? You go all I am a god shit and romp the galaxy and attack my planet, MY PLANET! I don't think so mother fucker Katy yelled back.

While they were fighting they did not see the doors open and a dark figure enter. He looked at the still form of Katy as she sat in a meditative state with her legs crossed and her hands on either knee.

He watched and could see from the expressionless face the battle that must be going on in there. Nodding to the guard he opened the door and sat down beside the girl in the same position and closed his eyes as well.

Using techniques that another of his race has shown him he began to meditate alongside the still form of Katy.

In the meantime…

You had made a big mistake for not allowing me to take a blow against the Tok'ra! Do you have any idea what this could have meant if you allowed it to happen? Icarus yelled

Yeah the good guys would lose royally as they already are doing because someone squealed the presence to someone higher up. Katy said

A major victory then Icarus stated

If you carried out the deed Katy stated

And if I did I would have been greatly rewarded by the council of the System Lords Icarus said now getting angry again.

Yeah says the guy that has these memories of deceit and backstabbing Katy replied

Oh really? Then tell me if I did succeed then I would have been living it large as you say Icarus stated

Then you would be dead Katy replied

Icarus stopped in his tracks and regarded her.

Think about it Icky if you killed the Queen of the Tok'ra then you would have been hunted down by the Tok'ra and killed. Not only that the other Goa'uld would have done the same to you in fact you would be serving a system lord for who knows how long? Can you live with that? Katy said

Icarus shut his mind off from Katy for the rest of the night.

When Katy opened her eyes again she was surprised to see the same dark figure she saw with that group of earth people that came through the stargate.

"Um hi," she said rather nervously.

"Hello my friend," he said

"I am Katy," she said

"I am Teal'c as your symbiote must know yes I did betray my master," he said with a smirk.

"Yes well I am sorry you had to witness another round of our arguments," Katy said

"There is no need to apologize in fact I am glad that there is one host who has a strong enough will to fight off her symbiote." Teal'c replied

"Well he and I don't exactly get along and this last episode just proves it," she said

"What does he have to say in the matter?" was the question.

"Oh that I cost the Goa'uld a great victory over their hated enemies," she said laughing

"Really? Do tell," Teal'c asked

Katy then began to tell the Jaffa the tale of her fight with Icarus and began laughing about it the whole time.

"Indeed this is most interesting for a Goa'uld so young this one has much to learn about who is master of the body," he said and stood up.

"I have to mention the real reason why I am here besides learning about why the current events have taken place. It concerns a certain metal bird that is watching us," he said

"Laserbeak?" Katy asked

"Indeed; he seems to have disappeared into the Stargate and then returned a few hours later carrying a sort of basket with a goa'uld queen inside," he said

Opening the door both he and Katy exited and walked towards the room that the fight broke out.

Upon entering the room they found a different queen in there; this one healthy and young.

"I figured that the Pangarans could use a new queen since I took their old one," he said

"Is she alright?" Katy asked

"She will be fine in fact I am feeding her some energon from my own lines a little at a time to help her. It seems that energon has a positive reaction to the Naquadah in her blood," he said

Letting his eyes glow Laserbeak showed them an image of the goa'uld in his carrying hold as she is not moving.

"What have you done with her?" Katy asked as the others watched the exchange.

"I put her in stasis so she can rest and recover she will be fine in a few more days," Laserbeak said

There were two other people with them dressed in what appeared to be animal skins. Katy looked at them curiously as Teal'c introduced them.

It was then that Katy realized that she was speaking to the Tok'ra for the first time.

"It was brave of you to protect our queen from your symbiote," said the male of the two.

"Yes well he can be a pain in the ass acting like a spoiled child at times," Katy replied rather sheepishly.

"How is our queen doing?" as the female looking to Laserbeak.

"She will be fine just a few more days and she will be fully healed. I have her in stasis so she can rest; all that producing has her exhausted and after explaining to her what you have told me then it all make sense that she should be needed now more then ever," He said.

Nodding at that the two Tok'ra were rather reluctant to help but with their queen's life at the hands of an inorganic being then they had little choice then to go along with Laserbeak's suggestion.

The said former Decepticon then flew upwards towards rafters of the factory where he was perched and opened his link to this new creature in his carrying chamber.

All Cybertronians have one it is where they store their young after it is produced either through the use of a femme or the power of the Allspark. Now with the Allspark lost in space and forever destroyed thanks to the reports he had from Optimus Prime and the destruction of the femmes there is but little hope of survival for his race.

Or is there…

If the Decepticon reports say is true then the last hope of the Cybertronian race rests with the human known as Sam Witwicky. Laserbeak was sure of it as he checked the life support systems of the Tok'ra Queen. The queen herself is in stasis and is still functional which in a way Laserbeak is glad.

As he turned to other matters presented to him as he sat on the sill of the window there was the matter of Icarus.

Already he turned his audio receptors towards Katy and the humans known as the Tok'ra.

"Are you sure you can get him out of me?" Katy asked

"Yes we can it is a rather difficult procedure and very risky are you sure you want him out?" asked the female

"Yes I want him gone he is nothing more then a pain in the ass and has cause me nothing but trouble. So yeah get him out of my fucken body," Katy stated

"Then it is agreed that we will remove the symbiote from you and let you return home," said the female of the Tok'ra.

"Yes get this son of a bitch out of my head," Katy replied

"I believe that can be arranged," said the male.

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It was dawn when the group of Tok'ra stood before the stargate ready to depart and Katy and Laserbeak stood near it ready to go.

Icarus still refuses to speak to either of them.

As they entered the stargate and Katy found that she was on another planet much like her own except that this one appears to be uninhabited. Laserbeak hopped beside her and both of them landed in an area where there is hardly any use of foot traffic.

When they were underground in crystal walled tunnels. Katy looked in awe at the various tunnels and the beings walking around them most of them human but all of them Tok'ra.

As she walked she noticed the many stares that she is getting from the various Tok'ra in the room. She guess it has something to do with the handcuffs in her hands and Laserbeak whom is walking beside her.

They entered what appeared to be a medical room of sorts as Katy was asked to lie down on the platform.

"We will be putting you under so that way we can get that thing out of your head," the male which Katy learned was named Malak said.

"Ok," Katy said

Slowly she felt something enter her blood and she succumbed to the drug.

As darkness fell she could only hear faint voices.

TBC