Chapter 13
Sam walked back over to her desk and sat down and started working for a while. Three hours later they came out of hyperspace and Thor checked his sensors. He found the gate and checked for SG8's life signs. When he found them all they could do was wait.
Jack and Daniel were able to convince everyone to go to the SGC after they had taken a vote. They packed up everything they owned and left to go through the gate to Earth a few hours later. Hammond was able to find temporary accommodations for them all.
Ten hours after Thor's ship arrived at the planet, SG8 returned to Earth. Now all they could do was wait and see what happened.
Three days later Edora was hit hard by the asteroid shower, just like Sam predicted but unknown to them, the gate was also hit. The SGC had left a MALP next to the DHD and they could see the size of the asteroids and saw one heading straight at the MALP. They saw the size and then the gate started to flicker and suddenly shut down.
Three days later the SGC dialled Edora. The wormhole formed, which pleased everyone and they sent a MALP through, only to receive a dark picture for two seconds and then the screen went blank.
"Any ideas?" Hammond asked.
"Let's send a message to Thor and Sam. She might have an idea." Jack said.
"Do it Colonel."
"Yes sir" then he left to send a message to them.
When Sam woke up from her sleep, she got dressed and walked down to the bridge.
"Good morning, Thor."
"Major Carter."
"Anything yet?"
"No, nothing yet."
"Ok" then his sensors began to beep and then a message came through.
"Thor, what is it?"
"It is a message from Stargate Command."
"What does it say?"
"SG1 and the villagers are safe at home; need idea, Stargate buried but in one piece… able to activate it, dark picture for two seconds… any ideas? O'Neill." Sam thought about what Jack had said.
"Thor, how long would it take to reach Edora?"
"Where is Edora?"
"This is the address."
Sam got her laptop and turned it on and showed Thor the address. He programmed it into his computer and looked at the result and then he turned and looked at Sam.
"It is one hour away."
"Ok, Thor, this is the plan. Can you give me the beacon and cloaking device and beam me down to the gate? I'll have it turned off and you can go to the planet and see if you can beam their gate back to the surface to a clear spot until it can be put into a proper spot later. I know that the DHD is going to be in pieces; if you can beam it up and I could have a look at it and I might be able to fix it.
Then you can return here with the DHD and, if I'm still here, and the beacon isn't on, beam me up. At least it will give me something to do."
"That is a 'dumb' idea but it is the only idea we have."
"Thanks" she said smiling.
"When you are ready, I will transport you down."
"Thanks Thor."
Sam closed her laptop and got a couple of things sorted out. Then Thor passed her a copy of the cloaking device and a white stone.
"Push the button until it glows and then the tracking device has been activated."
"Ok, when you're ready."
Thor then beamed Sam down, next to the gate. She turned the cloaking device on and sat down on the steps and waited. Thor jumped into hyper space and headed to Edora.
While Jack was sending the Sam the signal, Daniel told the Edorans what had happened and what the plan was to try and fix the problem, trying to make them understand. They weren't happy at first but they finally understood.
An hour later Thor came out of hyper space; he could see the craters created by the asteroids on the planet's surface. He scanned the surface and was able to find the gate; he beamed it up to his ship to check for any damage and when he was satisfied there were none, he beamed it back to the surface, placing it so that it was leaning against the wall in the crater. Then he searched for the DHD and was able to beam up the pieces.
When he was finished, he entered hyper space and went to a planet where he knew there was a DHD but no Stargate because of an earthquake many years ago. A lava flow took out the gate but the DHD was still there but partly damaged.
Sam was walking around the area for eight hours and she was wondering what has going on with Thor. She hoped that he was ok and then she was beamed back up to the ship and she uncloaked herself.
"Thor, what happened?"
"I am sorry that I was away so long, Major Carter. I have all of the pieces of the DHD but I don't think that it can be repaired."
"Let me look at it first."
"This way" she followed him into another room where all of the pieces were laid out.
"Oh, I see what you mean." she said, disappointed.
"Perhaps you will be able to repair this DHD" he moved a stone and a DHD appeared and Sam walked over to it and look it over.
"I might be able to repair this one but what about the Stargate?"
"The Stargate on the planet where I retrieved this DHD was destroyed in a lava flow."
"Oh, ok, thanks."
"I also went to Earth and brought back some more food and drinks for you."
"Thanks, where are they?"
"This way" Thor showed Sam where the food and drinks were.
There were biscuits, fruit, blue jello, pumpkin pie, cake, orange juice and water.
"Thank you, Thor" she picked up a bottle of water and drank some of it.
"What else did you get from earth?"
"I have brought some more clothing for you."
Sam turned to see ten sets of BDU's with her name on them, boots, shower gel, shampoo, towels and her underwear.
"Thanks Thor, but my underwear?"
"I beamed them up from your home."
"Oh, thanks. Now that you're back, can you beam me down to the water fall so I can freshen up a bit before I start working on the DHD?"
"Yes, when you are ready."
Sam picked up the things she needed and put them in a bag and he passed her a stone.
"Ready" and then she was beamed down to the waterfall.
Sam spent the next hour enjoying her shower bath and relaxing for a while. Then she got out, dried off and got dressed. When she was finished she was beamed back up to Thor's ship.
She sorted out her clothes and then she went to have some cake, pie, jello and orange juice since they were in coolers, with bags of ice underneath them.
When she was finished she went into the next room and started working on the DHD. For the next six hours she worked on the device, before stopping for something to eat and drink and then she went to get some rest. She woke up after six hours of sleep.
She got up and got dress before she used the bathroom for a few minutes and then she went to get something to eat and drink before going to see Thor.
"Good morning, Thor."
"Major Carter, did you sleep well?"
"Yes thanks. I should be able to have that DHD working in the next few hours."
"That is good news."
"Thanks, I better get back to it."
She walked back into the room and started working on the DHD for the next two hours. When she was finish, she checked the power source and it worked. She was well pleased and then she went to see Thor.
"Thor, it works."
"That is good news, thank you"
"Your welcome" and then his sensors beeped and he looked at the console.
"Thor?"
"The Stargate has been activated."
"Ok, this side?"
"No."
"Ok" Thor moved some stones,
"It is the rogue group" and Sam smiled.
"It's about time."
"When you are ready" Sam ran back in her room and grabbed a few things and then ran back again. She picked up the cloaking device and the homing beacon stone.
"Ok Thor, I'm ready. When I'm beam down there you can go and take care of the DHD."
"When will you know who is behind this?"
"Soon… and as soon as I know who it is from the SGC and who their boss is, I'll turn the beacon on and then you will be able to find not just me but the hide out also."
"I'll be waiting for the signal."
"Ok" Sam turned the cloaking device on and Thor beamed her down to the Stargate and waited.
When the group returned with the device, they dialled back to their hide out and walked through the gate, not knowing that Sam was with them. Thor jumped into hyper space and headed to Edora to beam the repaired DHD down and made he sure that everything was connected and then he dialled a planet to see if it worked. When it made the connection, he was pleased that Sam was able to get it to work.
Now all he could do was wait. He went to Earth and beamed everything back to the SGC and was able to beam General Hammond up since Jack wasn't alone.
"Thor, is everything ok?"
"Yes, General Hammond; Major Carter's plans are working and she is with the rogue group now."
"That is good news."
"Yes it is and Major Carter was able to fix the DHD on Edora so you can send the people home but they have to know that this is what it looks like now."
Thor brought up the hologram of the planet; Hammond was shocked at the devastation caused by the asteroids.
"Thanks for showing me this Thor. Now can you send me back before they notice that I'm missing."
"Of course."
Then Hammond was beamed back to his office. He called Jack to give him the good news and Jack was pleased that Sam's plan was working.
Thor jumped into hyper space and returned to the planet and waited for the signal.
When Sam stepped through the gate she could see the members of the rogue group and there were alien devices everywhere. She looked around and found a long-range communication ball, so she knew how they were doing it.
Their leader sat down and turned the ball on and she saw that it was Maybourne on the other end. Now she knew who was behind it; she listened for a minute and then she heard that there was going to be a pick up on a planet in half an hour and she smiled.
Twenty minutes later one of them walked through the gate to the planet and she followed him, after hiding and turning on the beacon. When she reached the other side, she saw the man hide the device and then he dialled the gate up and walked back through. When the gate shut down Sam uncloaked herself and relaxed for ten minutes.
When the gate started spinning, she cloak herself again and saw SG1 and SG3 walk through the gate and then it shut down. They started to walk away from the gate. Sam went and stood in front of Jack, with a smile on her face. Jack could smell body lotion and he knew of only one person who wore that scent.
"Sam?" he asked quietly.
"I'm here Jack and the rogue is here. I'm coming home with you if everything goes according to plan" she whispered to him.
"Sweet."