Chapter 3
Loki of the Asgard marched to the bunker that housed the mirror. He snorted to the Hydra Guards, "Leave me!"
The guards quickly left the room.
Loki then looked upon the broken mirror as he stood in his traditional Asgard dress. His long black hair fractured in the reflection near the bullet hole. He clenched his fist tight as he pondered how to fix the mirror. A black mist swirled about and formed a cone that materialized into a mass without a face. It stood behind him and stated, "The ones who were allowed to come through the mirror are SG-1. You must destroy them."
"The mirror is shattered, Anubis." he barked back.
Anubis stated, "The woman, Carter can repair it. Then we use it to open the door between your reality and mine. We combine our talents and our realities into one. We shall rule the newly created universe as Goa'uld and Asgard."
"I am a king and a god," he declared.
"And you shall rule all of Asgard," he promised. "You will never be a god unless I ascend you and to gain that you must continue on your path, Loki." Anubis told him.
Loki asked, "Why do I detect such fear of this…SG-1?"
"They are more dangerous than the Avengers." he insisted.
"They are mere humans," he snorted.
Anubis instructed, "Do not underestimate them. O'Neill will be the death of you." he warned.
"He is a mere mortal," he countered.
"Yes," he agreed. "But do not underestimate them. Unlike your brother, Thor…SG-1 will destroy you. Once we obtain the tesseract and combine the power of the mirror our realities become one and we become the true gods."
"Yes," he nodded dreaming of his day as the ruler of Earth. "I want Earth and Asgard under my rule."
"You will have much more," he assured him.
Meanwhile
Captain Steve Rodgers was suspicious of the new SHIELD agents and their intent on what they would do with the mirror. He decided to follow them the rest of the day. They stayed with Phil that day and he appeared to be giving them a tour.
Phil had Clint fly them up into the skies in a helicopter and land on one of the Hover Carriers. He cheered as they walked off the back of the chopper, "You guys have anything like this?"
Jack looked about rather impressed, "No! We don't."
Phil grinned happy that impressed Jack. "I thought you would like it, Colonel."
"We have the Prometheus," he told him.
"What kind of ship is it?" he wondered. His mind swirled with possibilities.
Jack smirked, "Space ship!"
"Space ship?" he asked with a wince. "Like deep space travel?"
"Hyper drive," he nodded.
"How did you get that technology?" he wondered.
Jack replied, "Asgard! Our Asgard don't look like yours. They are more advanced and shared their technology with us."
"What are your Asgard like?" he couldn't help but wonder.
"Kind of yay tall," he held his hand at belly button level, "gray and big eyes and heads. Naked!"
"You're kidding," he gasped.
Jack replied, "Nope." He looked about, "Flying aircraft carriers are cool through."
Phil led them onto the bridge. SHIELD agents in uniforms were about the bridge working like a military crew. The commanding officer of the bridge walked towards him.
Maria Hill wore a blue formfitting uniform and had her long dark hair placed up as if in military regulations. She greeted Phil, "Glad to see you up and about again, Phil. I see you have some new agents." She found Phil giving new agents a personal tour rather odd.
"They are new," was all he would say.
"Nick wants to see you," she told him.
"Okay," he gave a nod. "This way," he motioned for SG-1 to follow.
"Nick?" Jack whispered to Phil.
"My boss," he whispered back.
"Does he know about us?" he asked.
"Nope," he shook his head. He led his new friends into Nick Fury's office.
Nick Fury sat at his desk in a long black leather trench coat and had a patch over his eye. He looked up at Phil surprised to see the four new faces. "Phil…What is going on?" he demanded. "Who are these new agents you hired without vetting." He looked at the faces and waited for worst possible thing to happen.
Phil stated, "Well…I can explain. They are called SG-1."
"SG what?" he asked unsure.
Jack stated clearly, "SG-1."
"And just what the hell is that?" he asked not amused.
Phil told them, "They are a military unit that came through the mirror when I was captured and saved my life. They are from another reality."
"Say what?" he asked nearly in shock.
"The mirror activated and they came through." Phil told him. "I was captured and about to be executed when they came through. The timing was impeccable." He then stated, "This is Colonel Jack O'Neill and his team…SG-1. Since they are from another reality I thought I would take the liberty is giving them a place to stay here until we can get the mirror and send them back home."
"Let me get this straight," Nick started annoyed. "These four standing in my officer right now are from another reality and you are trying to get Odin's Mirror to send them back home."
Jack mentioned, "I see you do have a version of George Hammond here."
"Excuse me!" he huffed.
"General George Hammond," he corrected. "He's gets the same look on his face when I screw up like Phil here."
Nick looked furiously at Jack, "You some kind of joker?"
Jack pinched two fingers together, "Little bit."
"You're a Colonel is what branch of the military?" he huffed.
"Air Force," he told him.
Nick asked Phil, "Have you run any background checks on this joker?" His mind reeled as how Phil seemed to be less than adequate at his duties.
"I have," he informed. "I ran traces on all four. Major Carter explained to me earlier that if you go to another reality and find yourself you will suffer something called 'cascade failure' and die. So, I looked to see if we had versions of Colonel O'Neill and his team here. I found our version of Colonel O'Neill died in Iraq of a massive head injury ten years ago. He left behind a family. Our version of Major Carter died as a teenager with her mother in a car accident. Our version of Dr. Jackson committed suicide upon being ostracized and disgraced by his peers and lost his job after promoting his Ancient Alien theory. I cannot find anything on Teal'c for he is Jaffa and from another planet but Major Carter informed me that cascade failure would have occurred if his alternate version was alive."
Nick looked at Teal'c sporting the hat. He ordered, "Take that hat off."
Teal'c complied and Nick spotted the emblem on his forehead. "You are from another planet?" he asked.
"Indeed," he confirmed.
"What's that thing on your forehead for?" he asked.
Phil tried to explain, "In their reality the Jaffa were enslaved to a symbiont race called the Goa'uld. They have a god complex going."
"Another alien with another god complex?" he huffed.
Jack grinned at Nick, "I like you!" He motioned towards Phil, "And Phil here is a gem. He's kind of like our Walter."
"Walter?" Nick asked confused.
"He's our Gate guy." Jack nodded with a smile.
"Gate?" Nick asked.
Phil informed, "It took some time searching but I did find that we have one in a warehouse. It was discovered in 1928 by Professor Langford. His teenage daughter died after being stung by scorpion at the site. The Gate is a large ring that apparently can create a wormhole to other plants. In their reality it's the center piece of a secret program and SG-1 works in that program."
Jack asked, "You found the Gate, Phil?"
He nodded, "Took some searching."
"Catherine died as a teen on the dig," Daniel pondered. "She wouldn't have been there to tell my alternate his was right on his theories. So," he looked at Jack and stated, "I was the one who killed myself in this reality."
"Hey," Jack huffed. "I died ten years ago." He asked Phil, "My kid is alive? He died in an accident in my reality."
"Your son is in the Air Force," he nodded. "Captain Charles O'Neill."
Jack wondered, "Can I meet him? I just want to see him."
"SHIELD works closely with the military," Phil informed. "I'm sure I can arrange it."
Nick stated, "Get this Gate out of storage. I want to see this thing for myself."
"Yes sir," he gave a nod.
SG-1 all traded glances. With a Gate and possible program they could find another mirror and perhaps return home without needed Odin's Mirror. It was glimmer of hope for the stranded team.