Chapter 18: Two Make One part 2
"When two become one; they become strong, when one become two again their souls shall fall and agony shall rip them to the planes of darkness and the eternal deep."
Shock ripped through everyone at the SGC at the translation of this statement. But there is moreā¦
"What was broken and undone behold the two made one," was the next statement.
They others stared at each other in fright at the sound of that voice haunting them with words that no human could have produced.
"Are you saying that this woman was infested with an alien parasite and now without it she will die?" asked Bridger.
"Yes, I think that is what the message is trying to say probably programmed into her by the being known as the Asterite?" said Lucas as he stared as the recording.
"This is rather interesting," Jack said
"How so?" asked Lennox
"Well we all know what the Goa'uld can do so why don't we just put the symbiote back?" he replied
"Well sir that would not be easy seeing as both of them are too weak for a blending to take place," said Sam as she looked over the reports.
"Well what choice do we have? If we don't do something then Katy and Icarus are going to die," Jonas said at last.
"Well I don't care about the snake but the girl yeah I guess you're right," Jack said.
"There is away," Teal'c said
"Oh and how you propose we do so?" asked Lennox.
LATER
It was without a doubt that Katy was lowered into the tank of seawater from a planet that Daniel was in beforehand. Right beside her was an alien that resembles a fish. He turned to the other members of SG-1.
"You wish to use my technology to restore this girl to life?" he said
"Yeah you know put the snake back since they both can't live without each other. I kind of feel sorry for them though," Jack said.
"I sure hope this will work myself I have heard of the singers and for the first time I have seen one in all my time being alive," he said looking out the window.
Jack turned as well seeing the dolphin outside the viewer.
Nathan Bridger insisted that his dolphin Darwin accompany them on this mission seeing as it was Singer Technology that did it so maybe a dolphin will help restore them to health.
Right beside Jack, Nathan himself and Lennox stood ready for anything as Katy was brought into the building from the outside.
Seeing as the SGC did not have the means of sustaining her health they brought her into the building that was made underwater. Laserbeak followed seeing as Cybertronian alloy can withstand high pressure and sea water.
He looked at them both from the jar that was Icarus and the prone pale form of Katy as she came out of cryogenic stasis.
"They have to be placed in the water," he said.
"What do you mean? They would drown," said Sam
"Not she I sense she would be fine," the creature said as he lifted Katy up.
Icarus dragged himself into the water seeing as he rejected Katy. As soon as they were placed within the seawater tank Icarus just started to sink along with Katy when normal people float.
As they waited the message began to play again in everyone's mind.
"When two become one; they become strong, when one become two again their souls shall fall and agony shall rip them to the planes of darkness and the eternal deep." Darwin said as the translator translated his words.
He swam around them clicking and squeaking trying to encourage them to rise up again.
In Katy's mind something came to both of them.
A being of light descended down towards them and held them close. Darwin watched as this being obviously a man of light bowed his head to the dolphin.
"Ancient," was all Darwin said as they looked at him.
"Primus!" Laserbeak said
"Daniel?" Jack said out of the blue and they all turned to him.
The being in the light shown his face and they saw the image of a man just briefly before he held both the symbiote and Katy's hand. Turning to Darwin they repeated the last statement.
"What was broken and undone behold the two made one," he said
With that he vanished again leaving them alone. It was then that Icarus started to move again his fins twitched as he started to awaken. Opening his eyes he realized where he was and the form that was above him.
Though it was a dolphin it was not Ecco. The dolphin squeaked towards him and they all saw his head nod in understanding before he quickly swam towards Katy and burrowed into her mouth again.
They all watched as blending took place and finally slowly Katy's eyes began to open. She looked around and found herself floating with the dolphin next to her.
Looking at the others she found a group of humans standing in an underwater facility. Swimming towards them she approached the viewer and spoke.
"What happened?" she asked
It was the man with the dark skin who answered, "What do you remember?" he asked
"You do realize that you can come in right?" he asked
Katy looked at the glass and placed her hand through finding it dry she walked right through and found herself dry with not a drip of water.
"Thank you Darwin you can return now," said the man and the dolphin nodded before swimming off.
"He understands you," the girl said.
"I am guessing that Icarus is now speaking right?" asked Jonas.
"Yes, my host is still sleeping and recovering and so am I; but I am strong enough to speak," Icarus replied.
"Barely," said another voice and Icarus turned to find two of the Tok'ra there.
"You were the ones who performed the surgery on us anyways right?" he said
"Yes we tried but it appears as if you both can't live without each other," said the female of the two.
"I see I was so looking forward to a more male host and one not so whiny as this one," Icarus stated with a smirk.
"Well I don't know much about Goa'uld but all I can say is that you are stuck with her," Lucas said with a smirk.
"You must be the human who discovered the means to translate singer is that right?" Icarus stated.
"Yeah," Lucas replied his blonde hair going into his face.
Smirking Icarus offered Katy's hand.
"Thanks," he said smiling a real smile.
TOK'RA BASE
Seeing as Icarus is not allowed to leave the base since he is not a Tok'ra he was happy to sit there and sort through Katy's memories. As he was sorting through he could hear someone moan in their shared mind.
It is about time you woke up he said
What the fuck? I thought I finally gotten rid of you?Katy stated
Not likely the procedure was a failure due to the Asterite's tampering Icarus stated
How long was I out? Katy asked
About a week since we both had to be put in cryogenic isolation was the reply
Laserbeak? Katy asked
He is currently with the Tok'ra setting up a holding tank for their queen since he took her into his carrying hold to heal. Now that she is fully recovered she is moved to a holding tank until a suitable host is found Icarus replied.
Oh so seeing as I am stuck with you what do we do now? Katy asked
Well I have no clue but according to Laserbeak we finally gotten a hold of Tau'ri your home world he said smugly
Really?! Katy stated
Yes in fact it was Laserbeak that had gotten them to help us in our plight and managed to find a way to bring us back. You will have to thank him for that one. And he had gotten a hold of Prowl and is doing alright. Prowl made it to earth using the space bridge technology that the Cybertronians have. He is currently in the care of N.E.S.T. the organization on earth that deals with his kind. Icarus informed Katy
Is he going to return to them once this is over? Katy asked
Icarus had to laugh at that one, no; it seems as if he wishes to stay with us saying that without him we would have been in deeper trouble then we were
Katy felt flustered through their link and Icarus was starting to warm up to his host. After all he is not going to leave anytime soon thanks to that meddling bunch of glowing balls so he might as well make himself comfortable.
So do I get to go home? Katy said
I told you no; since I am in your body you are not allowed to go to Earth seeing as I am the enemy but Laserbeak has made a message for your folks to ensure that you will be alright and will forward any mail through the Tok'ra so that way you can stay in contact. Icarus replied
It was then that he had felt something that he had never felt before in his host.
Slowly he looked down to find something wet on his hand. Lifting it up he studied it and another landed on his hand again. He lifted it up to his face and felt along Katy's soft cheeks and dark hair.
It was tears.
Katy's tears
He looked into the mind of his host and found her deep sadness penetrating through her body. The symbiote had never felt someone so sad before and regretted to inform her of the terrible news.
A sniffle soon followed and then an all out sob.
Katy began to cry and Icarus did not know what to do.
So he waited in silence and offered feelings of comfort while he replayed the message that he had heard that came from Katy's lips courtesy of the Asterite.
(When two become one; they become strong, when one become two again their souls shall fall and agony shall rip them to the planes of darkness and the eternal sleep, for those who do not understand there is a balance and a destiny for all things in life. For evil has ruled this galaxy and the universe for too long and now good shall come again. Both darkness and light shall reign in harmony again for what was broken and undone behold the two made one.)
Icarus had no idea what that meant but it was on the message that Katy said and the Tok'ra recorded it. It was just that the human technology to translate this was not able to pick up the rest of the message. For this Icarus knew for certain and the only one who could fully understand it was the dolphin that they brought with them. So Icarus assumed that the dolphin kept silent knowing their fate and at this he was not surprised.
Bloody singers and their secretive ways.
Damn you Asterite why you have to make it so difficult!
TBC
