Ammonet frowned worried.
Daniel was not in his lab working on his experiments and he was not in the cells torturing their guests.
Since they had captured Jacob Carter six days ago Daniel had been unsettled, even after she had used their bond to refocus him, and she was concerned.
"My Queen," Dor'nak walked into the Throne Room, "I have located your Consort."
"Where is he?" Ammonet demanded.
A slight frown creased her First Prime's brow before he replied. Dismissing him Ammonet sat brooding for a few minutes before standing and starting out. The storeroom Dor'nak advised Daniel was using was the same one they had performed the bonding ritual in. Opening the door she watched him as he punched a bag hanging from the ceiling.
"Is something bothering you, my love?" she asked when he paused for a moment.
Daniel's blue eyes were dark when he turned to her but said nothing instead began to punch the bag once more.
Rolling her eyes she moved and stood in front of him, "You shall talk to me. I can be without you longer than you can be without me."
He grimaced at her before replying, "It's not working."
"What is not working?" Ammonet asked concerned.
"My experiments," he explained, "Every time the sarcophagus brings them back."
Ammonet shook her head, "You have only been working on this a short time."
"Before we can take any further steps," Daniel grimaced, "We need to be able to ensure the sarcophagus can't bring back our enemies."
Ammonet took his hand, "Come with me."
"I'm not in the mood..."
Ammonet held up her finger stopping him, "I have something I want you to see so come with me."
He allowed her to move him through the ship, a slight sound of surprise coming from him when she bypassed their chambers as well as his lab. Finally they reached the ship's command centre.
"What are we doing here?" Daniel demanded as she moved him to look out at the stars.
Ammonet stood by his side and asked, "What do you see?"
He frowned at her, "Ammonet."
"What do you see?" she insisted.
Daniel shrugged, "The stars."
"I see our kingdom," Ammonet told him, "Waiting for us to take it. I see millions of stars that one day shall all be ours."
"Only if I deliver what I promised you," Daniel reminded her.
Gently touching a finger to his lips, Ammonet smiled, "You have always been brilliant, my love. Even before you were gifted with the knowledge but you still require time to relax fully, to allow yourself the time not to worry over everything."
Daniel let out a sigh, "And how do you propose I do that?"
Ammonet smiled at him again, "I have an idea."
x
Daniel followed his Queen out of the ha'tak at the mysterious location she had brought him to relax.
"Where are we?" Daniel asked when they entered an ornately decorated room.
She smiled at him but didn't answer as a man came rushing towards them.
"My Queen," the man greeted bowing deeply to her, "I am Jace. We have everything prepared for you. Please follow me."
Ammonet rested her hand on Daniel's arm and they followed the man through the corridors to a room. It just as ornately decorated as the rest of the place with a large bed in the centre, a large bath in the corner sunken into the floor and several servants standing just to one side.
"My Queen?" Daniel asked confused.
Ammonet moved him into the room turning to Jace, "Ensure we are not disturbed."
He bowed again and left closing the door behind him.
Ammonet turned to Daniel once more who was still looking confused, "This, my darling, is a Pleasure Palace. Here we have some different aphrodisiacs and toys to play with for the day."
"The servants?" he asked.
Ammonet smiled, "You can choose whichever you want to join us or if we need anything they are here to fetch it. I have also arranged for a few treatments for you."
Moving to her Daniel frowned, "Why are we here?"
"To help you fully relax, my darling," Ammonet replied as she slid her arms around his neck pulling him down to her, "I thought you would enjoy the delights of the place and it would help clear your mind."
Daniel kissed her, pulling back and looking at her thoughtfully, "If this is my treat then am I in charge?"
"I am yours," Ammonet confirmed sighing softly when he pushed her hair off her neck and pressed several kisses across her skin.
Undoing her dress Daniel eased it off admiring the beauty of the woman when she moved to check the variety of drugs sitting on the dresser. Daniel stripped and settled amongst the pillows waiting for her to join him. He had some plans in mind already for their day of pleasure.
Jacob struggled against the bonds holding him to the cold metal table wincing as the metal cuffs bit into his skin. A shadow crossed him and Daniel appeared checking something on the cabinet beside him.
"You have my apologies for leaving you in the cell for the last week," Daniel said coming to look down at Jacob amusement in his voice, "I've been a little distracted."
"Don't hurry on my account," Jacob threw at the younger man.
Daniel smiled coldly, "My Queen gave me clarity."
"You mean the thing that's obviously using you for the knowledge you have? The thing that's keeping your wife hostage," Jacob replied, crying out when electricity shot through him.
"I won't warn you again," Daniel stated darkly, "The next time you disrespect my Queen I will not be so lenient in your punishment."
Jacob tried to catch his breath and Selmak advised that they should stay away from the topic of Sha're for the moment. They needed their strength to survive whatever was about to happen.
x
Ammonet entered Daniel's laboratory to see his three test subjects all at different stages of consciousness. Daniel was staring at his computer a frown on his handsome features making her smile at the intensity.
"Ammonet?" he turned and saw her standing there, reaching out he took her hand and placed a soft kiss on the wrist, "To what do I owe the pleasure, my Goddess?"
"I wanted to see how you were doing," she felt a shiver slide along her spine at the look in his eyes.
"I'm still not getting the right formula but I've had a little more success," Daniel told her.
Ammonet smiled, "That is excellent news."
Daniel kissed her, "I would love to celebrate with you at my small success but it's almost time for me to train with Dor'nak."
"Then go and I shall meet you for dinner," Ammonet told him.
Daniel kissed her once more before shutting down his computer and leaving the lab. Alone Ammonet decided to have a look at their captives.
The host of Osiris had tears sliding along her cheeks while she whimpered barely conscious. The other was a man who had dared insult her, so Daniel had implanted him with one of the symbiotes spawned by Apophis but he was completely unconscious making him completely uninteresting.
Finally she reached Jacob Carter, host to the Tok'ra Selmak, who although not fully focused was conscious enough to glare at her.
"You are doing better than expected," she noted smiling down at him viciously, "I promise you shall not be here too long though. Daniel will bring your daughter and the other members of his former team here."
"They'll stop you," Jacob forced out.
Ammonet laughed, "No. They will die at his hand and my Consort shall have fully given himself over to me."
"Daniel is still in there," Jacob told her, "And once the others are here he will remember."
"He is bonded to me," Ammonet replied, "He cannot betray me, he cannot leave me," at the shock in his eyes she leaned closer to him, "Daniel will kill the other three members of SG1 and he will do it for me."
Starting out Jacob's voice stopped her, "Bonded to you means he's still bonded to Sha're. You see the way he reacts to her name, if given the choice you know he'll always choose her."
Hatath was a planet that had once been part of Apophis' realm, one that Ammonet had never liked much.
It was always cold and damp which somehow always seemed to seep into the ship.
However there was one thing about the planet that Ammonet did like, there was a good supply of Naquada stockpiled there.
"This place is miserable," Daniel noted as he looked out across the rain-soaked fields, "I really hope you have a good reason for bringing us here."
Ammonet turned to him, "I have a good reason for everything I do, Daniel no matter how strange it may seem. I am your Queen after all."
"You call me your consort," Daniel reminded her darkly, "But we're partners, Ammonet. We should be discussing our plans."
She folded her arms across her chest, "We are partners, Daniel but I know about the worlds already under our rule. I know what I'm doing so you need to trust me."
"Trust you for what?" he demanded, "To let me have little bits of information while you use what's in my head?"
She was about to argue back before stopping, "Did you speak with Carter?"
"Why?"
Ammonet took his hands and stepped closer to him, "He is trying to make us suspicious of one another, to break us apart so we will not reach our goals."
Shaking his head Daniel closed his eyes and rested his forehead against hers, resting his hands on her waist, "I'm sorry, my love."
She drew her hand across his cheek, "I brought you here as Apophis captured several Tok'ra operatives. There may be some information here as he kept many projects separated so no other could gain too much knowledge."
"Paranoid, was he?" Daniel asked.
Ammonet nodded smiling, "It is a pity he did not think to protect himself from me."
Kissing her wrist Daniel motioned her forward, "Then let's find what we came for so we can leave."
"It is a very drab world," Ammonet agreed as she led him forward.
x
Daniel sat going over the information Ammonet had found for him on Hathath. They were now travelling to one of the planets in his Queens...their current domain. They were going to gather a tribute from them, and she assured him there would be plenty of slaves to implant providing him with several more subjects for his experiments.
Sarah had become boring while he wanted to ensure Jacob was cognisant when his daughter came looking for him, so had decided to spare him for the moment. Both had been placed back in the cells, Ammonet had set up a schedule of seemingly random tortures for the next few weeks. Something that Daniel had found aroused his Queen.
"My Lord."
At Dor'nak's voice Daniel turned to the Jaffa standing at the door, "Yes?"
"We have arrived at Torist," the other man explained, "Your presence is required by the Queen."
With a sigh at being interrupted when he was finally getting somewhere Daniel headed to the command centre.
"My love," Ammonet greeted him, "Come, I want you to see this."
Intrigued he moved to her side, sliding his hand around her waist looking down on the planet beneath them.
"What the hell?" he breathed staring at the orb below them.
From what he could see there was a dark cloud surrounding the planet with a strange bubble on the surface beginning to appear as they moved slowly towards it.
"A different form of Naquada was found on the planet," Ammonet explained, "Some of the scientists working with it did not realise that it was volatile and the explosion destroyed the mine which as you can see caused what you see now."
"What's the bubble?" Daniel asked.
"The only surviving city," she replied, "It is not large but you shall have a good choice of subjects for your experiments."
"Excellent," Daniel breathed in her ear drawing her closer, "Because once I have the formula perfected it will be time for us to remove the threat of the Tauri."
Turning to look up at him, Ammonet smiled drawing him to her, "More than time, my love."
x
Ammonet sat on her throne, Daniel standing behind watching while her subjects came to make their offerings. Anytime he spotted a good candidate he nodded to Dor'nak who in turn motioned one of his Jaffa to quietly move them to the holding cells.
When they were finished Daniel appeared at her side and offered his arm to her. Rising gracefully she allowed him to lead her back to her chambers.
"Well?" she asked as she changed into a lighter dress, "Do you have enough?"
Daniel nodded, leaning against the wall watching her while she changed, "For now."
"Hopefully it shall cheer you up, my love," Ammonet replied gently stroking his cheek, "And I can have my consort focussing completely once more during his attentions to me."
Daniel caught her arm, tugging her so she was pressed against him, "Have I been neglecting you?"
"We have not played as much since you started your experiments," Ammonet noted with a pout, looking up at him sliding her arms around his waist, "You return to our bed late then leave it early and I have not been attended to during the day for some time. And as we agreed only to have others in our bed when we were both there then I have not been able to use a toy."
Daniel laughed softly stroking his hand up and down her back, "That was your rule."
She let out a soft moan when he kissed her.
"I promise I shall take some time to lavish attention on you," Daniel promised when they parted, "But first I have to go back to work so I can give you the galaxy I promised."
Ammonet frowned before she kissed him once more, leaning into his ear.
"Tonight you finish early," she breathed, "We will be using the cuffs and the crop."
Taking her hand in his Daniel pressed a kiss to her wrist, "I look forward to it."