O'Neill, Mitchell, Teal'c, Daniel and Yol have made it into the city and are quickly yet stealthily making their way through the streets and alleyways trying to reach the tower, they can see lots of broken pots, windows and parts of buildings scattered on the floor, some passageways are blocked by fallen buildings so they're constantly having to backtrack in to different directions.
As they're running along the side of a building and come to its edge, just as O'Neill runs around the side of it, he skids to a stop and jumps back behind the building, two Umbra are around the corner, "Yol." whispers O'Neill, calling to him as they all stand with their backs against the wall.
Yol shuffles in front of O'Neill and leans around the corner, holding out his arm he uses his power to lift them off the ground, as he's about to fling them away they drop back to the floor landing on their feet, Yol ducks back, "They have blocked my powers, I can no longer immobilise them." he says.
"Teal'c." says O'Neill.
Teal'c comes to the front and stands with his back to the wall, he raises his arm and activates his Zat gun, he quickly turns and kneels down, leaning out from behind the building he fires at the Umbra and takes them down, "It is clear, O'Neill." he says, standing up and walking towards the Umbra, when he reaches them he fires two more shots at them both, disintegrating them.
They continue on through the alleyways and eventually exit in to a street and a few hundred meters in front of them they see large stone stairs leading directly to the tower, they stop momentarily and look up at the enormous tower, it appears to have lights inside which they can see through the windows, "There it is." says Mitchell.
With the tower only a short distance away they pick up pace and run towards it, they all slow down and stop when they hear footsteps and strange noises just ahead of them, as the sounds and footsteps get louder they realise some ones coming, in a panic they look around and the only place to hide is in the nearest building, they run over to it and Teal'c kicks open the door, "Get in, come on." says Mitchell as he ushers everyone inside, then enters and shuts the door behind him.
"Now what do we do?" asks Mitchell, sitting on the floor with his back against the door.
The building they're in appears to be a single level house, there's a bed, drawers, table and chairs, rugs and even curtains, although the inside of the house is quite dirty and the materials are wearing away it all looks very basic.
Daniel is sitting under a window facing the tower, "Jack." he says, calling him over.
O'Neill goes over, keeping low so not to be seen, Daniel flicks his head up, indicating to O'Neill he should look out of the window.
Looking out of the window he sees at least 11 Umbra right outside and directly in front of the stairs leading to the tower.
O'Neill hears a click on his radio, he turns from looking out of the window and ducks down next to Daniel, "Go ahead." he says over the radio.
"How's it going Sir?" asks Carter.
"Not good. We're almost there." replies O'Neill.
"Well you better hurry up, those Umbra are about to enter the city." says Carter, sounding concerned.
"We need to get out of here." says Mitchell.
Daniel points upwards at the window, "How are we going to get passed them?" he asks.
"Hey Yoda." shouts O'Neill in a loud whisper.
"You mean Yol." says Daniel.
"Whatever." says O'Neill, "Can't you use your powers to drop a building on them or something?" he asks.
"I can not, they're aware of my presence in the city, they will continue blocking my powers until I am found." replies Yol, "I am sorry." he says.
"Ideas...thoughts...suggestions?" asks O'Neill, looking around at everyone.
"We need a distraction." says Teal'c.
Mitchell reaches for his vest, opening a pocket he pulls out some C4, "Drop a building on them you said." he says.
They come with a plan to get rid of the Umbra guarding the stairs, they stick C4 to the far wall pointing towards the stairs, they then quietly gather the drawers, bed and table and turn them on to their sides placing them by the opposite wall, taking cover behind them they put their plan in motion, "Ready." says O'Neill, "1...2...3" he says.
On the count of 3, O'Neill, Mitchell and Teal'c pull the pins from their grenades, holding two a piece then stand and throw them smashing through the windows as far as they can towards the stairs using them as a distraction, then they duck back down behind the furniture.
The Umbra hear the smashing windows and look towards the house, they see the grenades fly out and land behind them, they turn and look at the grenades on the floor with curiosity, the grenades go off and injure and stun them, they immediately turn and run towards the house, O'Neill is holding a detonator, as the Umbra turn and face the house he blows the C4, the side of the house explodes bombarding the Umbra with rocks and stone, killing them all.
"Haha, it worked." says Mitchell.
"Okay lets move, the others are coming." says O'Neill.
They run out through the demolished wall and head towards the stairs, jumping over the rocks and Umbra as they go.
"You guys go on ahead." shouts Mitchell, stopping at the foot of the stairs as the others head up them.
O'Neill turns, "Come on, Mitchell. What are you doing?" he shouts.
"Just go, I've got an idea." says Mitchell.
Mitchell runs off towards an alleyway, the rest get up the stairs and get to the tower, standing at the open door they take positions and enter with guns poised, they don't see anyone inside.
Inside the large hall of the tower is a winding staircase leading to the upper floors, in the middle of the room is a circle of stone columns about 5 feet high with burning torches on them, they also see opens doors and another room at the back of the tower, through the doors and right at the back of the room they see the pod.
"The princess." says Yol, pointing to the pod.
Suddenly energy blasts start hitting the outer door, "Argh." shouts Daniel, ducking for cover, "Teal'c help me with the door." shouts O'Neill, he and Teal'c push the large heavy doors closed as energy blasts continue to hit the doors and the walls of the tower, O'Neill is hit on the arm just as the doors close.
O'Neill slides with his back against the door to the floor holding his arm, "Oow...damn it." he shouts.
"Are you okay O'Neill?" asks Teal'c, kneeling down to check on him.
"Yeah, it's just a graze." says O'Neill, "Burns like hell." he says, Teal'c helps him to his feet.
"I don't think those doors are going to hold them for long." says Daniel.
They look around trying to find something to barricade the door, "The columns." says Teal'c.
"Right. Daniel, help us push these things over." says O'Neill.
Two columns stand at either side of the main doors and they push them over, blocking the doors, using the columns in the middle of the hall they push the nearest ones over to put as much weight against the doors as possible.
"Alright that should slow them down a little." says O'Neill, he picks up his gun, "Lets get in to that other room." he says, they all head in to the back room and close the doors behind them.
The floor of the back room is littered with broken wood, rotten food, and small piles of Umbra bones lay scattered around the sides of the room, at the very back of the room is a large circular stone platform, on top of the platform stands the pod with the princess still inside, Yol headed towards the back room just before the Umbra attacked the tower, he is now standing on the platform with his hand placed on the glass front of the pod.
Teal'c and O'Neill close the doors and use a large piece of broken wood to hold them closed.
O'Neill reaches for his radio and clicks the button a few times, "Come on, Mitchell, respond." he says to himself.
They've successfully reached the tower and found the princess, but the Umbra now appear to have them trapped, Mitchell is not responding to his radio and the barricade won't hold the Umbra back for long.