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Chapter 4

The years on Chulak continued as they should; Teal'c had become the First Prime of Apophis and Teal'c asked Xander to be his second in command, Xander witnessed Teal'c's marriage to Drey'auc of the Cord'ai plains and he and his father grieved over the death of Mara, his mother.

Bra'tac smiled sadly as his wife's body was put to rest, he looked at Xander and said, "She is free now, but you and Teal'c are my only family that yet remain in this world."

At Teal'c's wedding Xander sighed, Teal'c had grown into a fine man and his father wanted him to find someone to spend his life with but no one seemed to interest him, Bra'tac smiled and said that one day he'd find someone.

One night, a couple of months later, Xander heard someone pounding at the door and saw Teal'c looking at him excitedly, Xander looked at him and said, "Brother, why are you here?"

"Because I have good news: Drey'auc is with child," Teal'c said proudly.

Xander smiled one of his rare smiles and said, "Then come in and join me for a drink. Did you inform my father?" Xander asked as he poured two glasses for them.

"I have informed Master Bra'tac and he has stated that he shall train my child," Teal'c said as they sipped at the bitter drink together.

"Good," Xander said as they sat down, "Father will make sure your child is strong," as they finished their drink.

Nine months later Drey'auc gave birth and Teal'c presented his son to Xander, who held the small crying child in his arms. Bra'tac whispered, "Those cries take me back to when you were but a child, you had the most piercing cries that is how I knew you'd be a great warrior."

Xander looked at his father and shook his head; he looked at Teal'c and said, "Have you named your child yet?"

"Indeed," Teal'c said, "His name is Rya'c and brother, I want to talk to you in private," Xander nodded as he passed Rya'c back to Drey'auc and followed his brother out.

Teal'c sighed, this was the only person he could consider asking this to; he had informed Master Bra'tac of his intentions, who approved. He looked at Xander and said, "Ever since we were children we have stood side by side and I see you as my brother and I wish for you to my son's uncle and truly be my brother."

Xander clasped Teal'c's shoulder and nodded, "I accept, brother."

"Now you should not have to live alone brother," Teal'c said, "My house is big, join my family and aid in the raising of my son."

"Very well brother," Xander said, "I shall live with you."

The next few years for the family were good; Xander was content with his life as Rya'c was a joy for Xander to help raise, truth was that Rya'c's innocence helped ease Xander's guilt about the horrors he bore witness too; people being taken as hosts, Teal'c and him watching, from orbit, as Apophis's ships rained orange fire down on planets below them.

Teal'c noticed his brother's hardening personality and became worried by it; he still fought with honour and loyalty but there was a coldness in his heart, he was warm and kind to his friends but he no longer hesitated in carrying out orders. One day Teal'c saw Xander playing with Rya'c and decided that he would discuss this with him.

"Brother," Teal'c called, "I would like to speak to you about things."

Xander looked up and said, "Brother? What is it?"

As they sat down Teal'c said, "It's about you brother; I've noticed a coldness in your heart and your heart is hardening and it is concerning me and it is hurting your father."

"I can't explain it my brother," Xander whispered, "At first, when I did these things, I felt horrible and as time passes I stopped feeling horrible, only a numbing coldness and now I fear I shall become as bad as Apophis!"

"Never my brother, I shall not allow you to become as evil as he is," Teal'c said proudly, "You have stood by my side and so shall I; I'll make sure you do not become as evil as Apophis."

Xander thanked him and went back to play with his nephew, he felt a warm wind flow past him and it whispered, 'Soon everything shall change and you shall stand at the edge of the abyss; will you stand with your brother and father or shall you stay by Apophis's side as his loyal slave?'

He looked around and wondered who said that to him, the voice; it felt warm, compassionate and kind, like his mother's voice had been, but his mother, Mara, she had been dead for almost twenty years and he still missed her and he could tell his father missed her too.

A couple of months later Teal'c rushed in screaming, "Brother, I have news!"

Xander saw the look on Teal'c's face, it was full of shock and he said, "Brother, what is it?"

"Ra has been killed!" Teal'c said, "The System Lords are fighting amongst themselves over who gets his territory, the next few years shall be bloody."

"Which System Lord killed Ra?" Xander asked, "His ships were powerful and he had a large and mighty army, it must have been quite a war."

"It wasn't one of the System lords it was someone else, all we know is that he died at Abydos," Teal'c said still in a state of shock.

Xander looked confused, 'What could have killed Ra? Except for another Goa'uld.' But Teal'c was right; the next few years would be bloody indeed as Apophis would move to claim Ra's rich Naquahdah mines and claim his worshippers for himself. Whoever did this had just thrown the System Lords into chaos and this was the perfect time to begin an invasion.

As they had both predicted the following three years after Ra's death were bloody and the Jaffa and the human servants of the Goa'uld paid that price with their blood in the System Lords quest to snap up what was left of Ra's territory.

Eventually the wars ended and the Goa'uld fell into an uneasy peace with each other as the System Lords were busy rebuilding their respective domains and, one day, Xander and Teal'c were sent to another world with their master to collect hosts.

As they entered the Chappa'ai Xander felt a weird sense of anticipation, he hated gathering hosts for the Goa'uld. As he put his serpent helmet on he wondered why he was feeling like this?

They came through and Xander looked around, they were in a large room, why was not the Chappa'ai out where all could see? Almost all of the worlds kept their Chappa'ai's in the open.

A small group of people looked at them; they wore uniforms that he had never seen before: they were green with dark colouring on them. One of them screamed something at Apophis and held some sort of device.

Apophis stared at the humans in front of him and saw a golden haired woman, he yelled, "Kree, Jaffa," and pointed at her and said, "She is the one I want."

The men started to fire something at them and Xander felt odd as he fired his Ma'Tok into the side of one of the men. Apophis walked towards the woman, who was firing at him, and stunned her he then picked her up and they opened up the Chappa'ai and left.

Xander looked at the dead men lying on the floor and whispered, "At least you died quickly, that is all I can grant you."

Xander looked at the golden haired woman and wanted to ask her questions but he decided against it as Apophis might get wind and he could place himself and Teal'c in great danger. As he went to talk to Teal'c he heard Apophis speak, "My Jaffa, rest for now. I wish to investigate my new prize on my own."

They sat and talked; Teal'c looked at Xander and said, "Brother, what is the matter? You look confused."

"I'm not sure Brother," Xander said, "I am not sure," as he got up, he wanted to go see his nephew before they left for wherever they went away again.

Teal'c joined Xander and Rya'c and watched his brother's face soften as Rya'c ran up to him and hugged him, Rya'c said, "Uncle Xander, Father, how was your time with Apophis?"

Xander couldn't look at his innocent nephew in the eye and tell him anything when Teal'c said, "It went well Rya'c."

Rya'c grinned and ran off to tell his mom, Xander and Teal'c both felt badly about not being there enough for Rya'c and Xander swore that his Father was more of a father to Rya'c than either himself or Teal'c.

"I agree Xander," Teal'c said, "But our duties with Apophis are all consuming," as they sat back and began to relax.

"First Prime," a Jaffa said, "Apophis orders us to the Chappa'ai, we are to embark again."

Xander sighed, 'Finding hosts was the most horrible part of this job,' he thought bitterly, when they did people looked at him like he was a monster and he was beginning to think that he was a monster who served dark masters.

As they walked Xander looked at his fellow Jaffa and said, "To which world are we going?"

The Jaffa had a look on his face that made Xander uneasy; it was one of bloodlust, this one was looking forwards to causing more pain. He said, "We are going to Abydos, Apophis believes it will be good to take hosts from Ra's former followers."

"Which System Lord rules Abydos now?" Xander asked as he and Teal'c looked at each other knowing full well what could happen.

The Jaffa grinned, "Heru'ur but he no longer cares for Abydos; the mines there have run dry and are worthless and he does not wish to waste his forces to protect a worthless planet."

Xander nodded, grateful that they wouldn't start another war so soon.

Apophis activated the Chappa'ai and Xander saw his beautiful pool appear; no matter whatever they had to do Xander was fascinated by the Chappa'ai, he wanted to learn more about it. As they walked through they appeared almost instantly inside of a temple on the other side.

Xander looked around and saw men similar to the ones on the other world; they wore the same clothes and they fired their noisy weapons as Xander and the Jaffa began to fire back at them, their weapons didn't do much to their armour but he saw one of his brothers fall and Xander shot again blasting the guy in the chest.

Apophis walked amongst the damage and looked at a beautiful dark skinned woman and held his hand towards her, she shook her head and said, "No, Daneel said you were dead, he promised us!"

"I am not Ra," Apophis whispered, "I am Apophis."

She tried to run away when Apophis stunned her and picked her up and said, "She shall be perfect."

As they walked away a boy screamed, "Sha're," held one of the weapons and fired into Apophis's back only for another Jaffa to disable him.

"Take him," Apophis said, "He is strong," as the Jaffa picked him up and took him through.

Xander turned back and walked into the Chappa'ai, waiting for as long as he could. As he walked in he heard a faint, "Skaara," he looked back and saw a gray haired man along with another golden haired woman and a man looking at him with a look that shattered his heart, they took someone important to him.

As he fell through the vortex he heard the voice whisper, 'They shall aid you and your brother and, in time, you shall find redemption.'

He desperately wished that was true and not his mind playing tricks upon him, he fell through and saw Teal'c waiting for him and said, "Brother, are you alright?"

"Yes," Xander said, "I am well and yourself my brother?"

"I cannot be certain," Teal'c said, "I've always hated these raids, they are not worthy of a true warrior. We are thieves who take what we want and then run, all for our master's greed."

TBC

A/N: So a few of my reviewers want a Daniel/Xander ship and a few want a trio with Jack as well. I'll most likely do the trio with Xander/Daniel/Jack then; also sorry if this chapter seemed random.

Also Daneel was how Sha're pronounce Daniel's name in the movie and the show.

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