Willow and Faith's house, 1800 hours.
Willow, Faith and Vala had just gotten back from helping Vala buy a dress for their double date with the space pirate and Colonel Mitchell. They had helped Vala while the Colonel was making the rounds in the mall before he walked back to the dress shop an hour later, by which time Vala already had her dress in her bag before she winked at Colonel Mitchell. He asked Vala what she got, but all the dark haired woman said was that he'll have to wait and see in the most seductive voice she could muster; a voice that embarrassed the Colonel until his face was beet red as he looked at the grins from both Willow and Faith.
"Major?" asked the Colonel hoping that she'll tell him something.
"Sorry, sir" said Willow as she walked past him, "it's a surprise."
"Oh yeah, one heck of a surprise" said Faith as she walked past him as well. He then turned and looked at Vala who was carrying the bag in her hand as she walked towards him with a wide grin plastered on her face.
Faith then dropped off Vala and the Colonel at the latter's apartment, but not before telling Colonel Mitchell not to try anything funny. It was the look on the Colonel's face after Willow turned and looked at the rear of the car did the redhead laugh out loud. Back in the house, Willow and Faith walked into their room… aware that Dawn was on a date with Jon and wouldn't be back until later that night. So, the two young women walked into their room and closed the door behind them.
As Faith sat on the bed while Willow took off her shirt and prepared to take a shower, the dark haired Slayer looked up at the redhead and gave a small smile. There was one question that was going through her mind, a question that she wouldn't dare ask the redhead because Faith already knew what the answer would be.. and with the link between them, the answer would hit hard. But she still had to know.
"Red" said Faith as she got up from the bed and walked towards the redhead who was already down to her underwear, "I've got something to ask you, and I want you to be honest with me."
"Alright" said Willow as she looked at Faith who reached for and held onto both of her hands.
"Do you forgive me?" asked Faith as she looked up at Willow who was looking back at her confused, "I just told you that you went behind my, and Angel's, back about this whole cloning thing and… and I can't help but think about what I did to you back when… you know… the Council stuff."
"Oh" said the redhead as she opened her eyes wide in realization on what the Slayer was talking about.
"I stunned you" said Faith looking into Willow's eyes as she squeezed her hands, "I stood by and watched as your mind was violated, I tricked you.. and…. I mean, I told B after we started dating… I mean after she was released that I know a part of you would never forgive my part in what I did, and I know I never asked that question to you directly. What I'm trying to say is that even with the link between us, I'll understand if you haven't forgiven my part in that whole fiasco."
"Oh Faith" said Willow as she pulled Faith closer and wrapped her arms around her waist. The redhead then hugged Faith tightly as she whispered into her ear, "I do forgive you."
Faith closed her eyes when the redhead said those four words and tightened her hold on her. She placed her chin on Willow's bare shoulder as the both of them started to dance to an invisible tune. Willow whispered that there was a time earlier in their relationship where, deep down, she was angry, that she pushed everything to one corner of her mind.
Faith ran her fingers on the redhead's bare back as Willow talked about how she slowly learnt to let go of her anger. She told Faith that it had taken sometime for her to realize that what Buffy and the others had done, what Faith had done, was something that seemed right to them at the time.
"If I was still in Sunnydale" said Willow softly into Faith's ear, "maybe I'd have done the same thing as well; maybe I would have been just as paranoid as Buffy was. Took me some time to realize that she and the others were on their own in fighting a never-ending war. There was no support system in place, so… so there had to be a breaking point. And I was that breaking point."
"I'm sorry" said Faith as she looked at Willow while their arms were still around each other, "forgive me?"
"Yes" said Willow softly as Faith gave a small smile.
She could feel her heart jump as she felt the truth behind Willow's words coming through their link. Willow then asked Faith is she forgave her for going behind her back in trying to create a clone of Angel.
"D'uh" said Faith as she lifted, and then spun around, a laughing Willow for a few seconds before putting her down, "I do."
The both of them looked at each other silently before hugging each other tightly once again.
"We're gonna be late" said Faith as she looked at the digital clock on the nightstand next to their bed, "Cam and Vala are expecting us."
"Take a shower together?" whispered Willow into the Slayer's ear, following which Faith nodded her head on the redhead's shoulder, "with some smoochies?"
"Uh huh" Faith replied as she nodded her head again before they stepped back. Willow walked into the shower first, but not before looking back Faith with a wide grin on her face. The dark haired Slayer then undressed before running into the shower after her wife, and slamming the door to the restroom shut.
It was later that night that Willow and Faith went to pick up Colonel Mitchell, as well as Vala who walked out of the Colonel's apartment first in a low-cut black dress, with the smartly dressed Colonel behind her.
It was Faith who got out of the car and whistled at Vala before getting back into the driver's seat. Willow tried to contain her laughter at how the Colonel was trying to keep himself from staring at Vala's assets in the presence of the subordinate officer.
"Hi, sir" said Willow as she looked over her shoulder at the man who was sitting behind her in the rear seat, "looking very spiffy."
"Thanks, Major" said the Colonel, "I try."
"It took him longer to get ready than it took me" said Vala as Colonel Mitchell had a sudden coughing fit. Willow covered her mouth as she tried to hide the growing smile on her face, at the same time she glanced at Faith who was laughing as she reversed the car and drove to the restaurant where they had made a reservation. It wasn't too long before they reached their destination, and then Faith parked the car before they walked into the restaurant. It had all seemed normal as they were taken to their seats, and then the four of them gave their orders to the waiter before talking about their lives. The Colonel talked about a high school reunion that he had to attend in three weeks while Vala placed her elbow on his shoulder and took a sip of wine.
"Apparently, I get to meet his parents" said Vala as he winked at the Colonel before grinning at Willow and Faith.
"You know the ground rules" said Colonel Mitchell as he lowered his voice, "cover story."
"Yeah, yeah" replied Vala, "I grew up in Boise, and moved to Colorado Springs. Started working at an accounting firm and…"
"Accounting?" asked Willow.
"Yes" said Vala, "I am very good with money."
"The first time we met" said Willow after taking a sip of wine, "you wanted to take us to some hidden treasure, which we were unsuccessful in finding; but if we did discover it, you were going to take half."
"Exactly" grinned Vala as Willow smiled while shaking her head, "I told you I'm good with money."
"So" said Faith as she looked at the Colonel, "meeting the parents, it's a big step."
"Well" said the Colonel, "this is a social outing outside the SGC."
"No, this is a social outing outside the SGC" said Faith as she pointed at their table, and then waved her hand at both Colonel Mitchell and Vala, "what you're doing is going on a date back to your home town."
"So, Cam?" said Vala as she put her elbow on the table and turned her body around before putting her head in her hands and waggled her eyebrows at the man, "so it really is a date?"
"Social outing" said the Colonel as he looked at the grin on Vala's face, and then at the raised eyebrow on Willow's face, "it's a social outing."
"Of course, sir" said Willow as she leaned back and took a sip of her wine, "getting out of the SGC is very good thing for Vala. Gets her used to, you know, the outside world so that she doesn't spend her days in… the accounting department."
"See, Cam" said Vala as she playfully slapped the Colonel and then turned to talk to Faith.
Willow saw the Colonel rubbing his own arm where Vala had slapped him and sensed that he didn't feel any anger towards the former space pirate, however he did feel slightly annoyed. However, she couldn't tell if he was annoyed because of Vala's playfulness, or because they were on a double date.
'At least the level of annoyance isn't as bad as before' thought Willow to herself as she recalled back to how annoyed the Colonel and Daniel were at Vala when she first came into the SGC. After Vala had made that wish to Anya before she lost her powers, she had noticed that the Colonel's annoyance towards Vala has decreased noticeably. Smiling to herself as the Colonel looked on, she wondered if what was happening was because of Anya's wish granting abilities, or if it was for real… that maybe Colonel Mitchell was really hiding his attraction to Vala behind a veil of feigned annoyance.
"Major?" asked Colonel Mitchell as he noticed Willow smiling at the glass of wine in her hand before she looked back up at him, "penny for your thoughts?"
"Nothing, sir" said Willow as she took a sip of wine before giving her superior officer a smile, "just thinking about something work related."
"You're always thinking about something work related" said Vala as Faith looked at her wife and smiled.
"I mean I was" said Willow shaking her head, "not anymore. So…"
It was then that Willow's expression changed and she started to look around at her surroundings.
"Red?" asked Faith, "what's wrong?"
"It's weird" said Willow as she looked around before leaning towards the middle of the table, "I'm not sure what it could be… feels like… I mean…. like someone's getting impatient and…."
"Oh" said Vala as she raised her hand and got off her chair, "must be me. I have to go to the… what do your people call it? The little girl's room?"
Vala then quickly got up before telling them that she'll be right back. As Vala walked to the restroom in the back of the restaurant, Willow shook her head before tell the others that the feelings weren't coming from Vala.
"Ah" said Willow, "it's like someone being anxious and…. Vala."
The Colonel and Faith saw Willow jump off her seat after she said Vala's name. Sensing that something was wrong through their link, Faith got up as well and told Colonel Mitchell that Willow thought something happened to Vala. As the two of them headed towards the restroom, they didn't see Willow anywhere; when suddenly the redhead telepathically told Faith to meet her outside at the side entrance. She told them that they had to use the emergency exit, which door opened out to the alley outside the restaurant which was where she would be waiting for them next to a black sedan.
Rushing out the door, Colonel Mitchell and Faith saw Willow on the ground as she helped an unconscious Vala leaned her back against the wall. While doing that, the redhead told the Colonel and Faith that someone tried to put Vala into the waiting car by force. She told them that she received a telepathic shout for help from Vala before she was taken away.
"Once they were outside" said the redhead as she pointed at the man who was slumped forward on the trunk, "I made them fall asleep. Figured that we'd want to talk to them at the SGC."
"Why Vala?" asked Faith as she opened the car doors and looked at the sleeping, and snoring, occupants, "you think these guys knew she was a host?"
'That's be my guess" said Colonel Mitchell as he took out his cell phone and called the SGC, "Major, anything to identify them?"
"Nothing, sir" said Willow as she pointed at the one slumped on the trunk, "he's empty, I mean. Haven't checked the others yet."
"We've got a team on the way" said Colonel Mitchell before he looked at the door to the restaurant, "so much for a double date night, huh?"
"Next time I say we don't say out loud what we wanna do" said Faith as she looked at Willow, "I think the universe hates us or something. Honeymoon, no…. date night, no…. I mean, come on!"
Willow couldn't help but smile at her wife before looking at the unconscious Vala, and then back up at Colonel Mitchell who was trying his best to hide his worry for the woman. However, Willow was absolutely certain that they needed to talk to these people about who they were, and what they wanted with Vala.
Farrow-Marshall Aeronautics, the following day; 1100 hours.
Willow and Colonel Carter had been reassigned from their mission to go undercover on a Lucien Alliance planet that was one of the key sources for a genetically-altered crop that suspiciously looked like a piece of corn that had pinkish and purplish hues on the surface, instead of the yellow that was found on Earth. During the briefing, SG-1 was briefed by General Landry and Colonel Reynolds that a member of his team had spent a day on another planet that also sold Kassa in the marketplace. He said that everyone seemed to like it, even crave for it, and it was that unusual craving that made the Colonel suspect something was wrong. His suspicions were confirmed when one of his men returned, and then violently tried to get back to the planet for more of the Kassa.
During the briefing, Colonel Reynolds said that Dr. Lee analysed the space-corn as Colonel Mitchell called it and found it had psycho-stimulants in its DNA. General Landry agreed that SG-1 should get go ahead to the Lucien Alliance planet without Willow and Colonel Carter, at least until they had questioned the Vice-President of Farrow-Marshall Aeronautics, the same company that had been in the news a year earlier during the time that Jaffa under the command of the then leader of the Jaffaa High Council, Gerak, were on Earth searching for Ba'al. Tat was the day that Dawn and other SGC personnel had entered the Sunnydale outpost for the first time. That day, Ba'al under a human alias had called for a press conference announcing himself as the new president of the company; the same company that handled a lot of contracts from the Department of Defence. The SGC had intelligence from the NID that Ba'al was now leading the Trust, the same group that had given Travers symbiotes to implant into Buffy the day that Kennedy became a Slayer; the same group that the SGC found had been infiltrated by the Goa'uld, which was where they had gotten the symbiotes from in the first place. The frightening thing was that the SGC and the NID believed that they had infiltrated nearly every level of government in the major countries on Earth. The man even threatened to blow up a building using a naquada bomb if the SGC went after him, instead of leaving him alone to rebuild his empire.
However, the SGC did go after him while at the same time beaming the entire building, which was discovered to be laced with naquada, into space where it exploded and then beamed the debris back onto the surface; the official explanation at the time was that there was a gas explosion. However, Ba'al and his clones were on the run as far as the SGC was concerned, and the NID had been unable to find him. Then the aftermath of the incident at the restaurant, when questioned by General Landry last night, the people who tried to capture Vala didn't answer any questions. Willow received permission from General Landry to ask them questions, and then at the same time conduct a surface scan of their thoughts. While Willow was asking questions, they still didn't answer.. however, they were thinking very loudly while telling themselves not to say anything. She had seen images of Ba'al, several Jaffaa, a Tel'tak cloaking as it took off and, most importantly, one of Charlotte Mayfield giving the men orders to capture Vala alive.
It was that particular memory that led the redhead and the blonde officer in their dress blues to Farrow-Marshall to talk to Mayfield about the car which, after running the licence plate, was found to be stolen from that company. Willow and the Colonel were led into Mayfield's office after waiting out in the waiting room for two hours by the secretary. The two of them walked towards the desk in one end of the room as the blonde woman behind the desk stood up in her suit and welcomed the two officers.
"How may I help the Air Force once again?" asked Mayfield as she motioned the Colonel and Willow to take a seat. The woman had met Colonel Carter once before during the incident with Ba'al on Earth while Willow and Daniel were with an NID team following up on what they believed was the real Ba'al; only to later learn that they were following clones. It was the day before he held that press conference, and the Colonel told Willow later that she didn't sense any Goa'uld from the woman that time.
Carter: "Not feeling anything still. How about you?"
Willow just leaned back while the Colonel asked Mayfield some questions about the car being stolen, and why the men would tell her that it was Mayfield who ordered the kidnapping of Vala. Willow suddenly tilted her head and narrowed her eyes at the woman when she couldn't hear any thoughts from her, nor could she feel any emotions.
Willow: "I feel nothing, ma'am."
Carter: "So she really doesn't know anything about Vala?"
Willow: "Ma'am, I meant I sense no emotions from her. No thoughts, no anger that we may be lying to her.. nothing."
Colonel Carter looked at Willow in surprise before looking at Mayfield again. The two of them continued to telepathically communicate while the blonde officer looked back at Mayfield and continued to ask questions. Willow told her mentally that the only other time that she wasn't to read a mind was when Nerus came to the SGC; she reminded the Colonel that she wasn't able to read the mind of the host, or the symbiote. But she did feel the anger and hate coming from the Goa'uld symbiote though back then, but nothing now.
Willow: "Ma'am, do you think that Ba'al could have created something to hide the symbiote? Maybe the side effect is that it calms the symbiote down, or… I mean…"
Carter: "Possible. The man was under Anubis once, and after he was defeated… Ba'al did get all of his technology. Including the Asgard technology that Anubis stole from Thor's mind a few years ago."
Willow: "Ma'am, I really don't sense anything. Maybe she really is that calm, but not hearing her thoughts? After what you told her, I'd think she would try and think of a way to get rid of us or… you know… to kill us. But I'm getting nothing."
Carter: "A Trust member? Goa'uld?"
Willow: "Possible on both counts, ma'am."
"Miss Mayfield" said the Colonel as she and Willow stood up and shook her hand, "thank you for your time."
"Of course, Colonel Carter" smiled the woman as she nodded at the Colonel, and then at Willow. Soon after the officers had left, Mayfield picked up the phone and stated to dial a number when she heard a buzzing sound, followed by a flash of bright white light. Once the light faded away, Mayfield found herself surrounded by two Marines with rifles pointed at her. She was in a room that had three chairs, two of which were facing the one on opposite sides.
"What is the meaning of this? Where am I? What did you do to me?" asked an incredulous Mayfield as a blast door opened behind the Marines as Colonel Carter and Willow walked through. The Colonel asked the Marines to stay outside by the door, that everything was alright and that Mayfield wasn't going hurt them.
"Miss Mayfield" said Willow as she pointed towards the one chair, "sit, please."
"I demand to know where I am!" shouted Mayfield as she slammed her hand on the table as Willow and Colonel Carter just looked on, "what was it that you did? Why hasn't the Department of defence told us about this technology and…"
"Calm down" said Colonel Carter as she pointed at the seat as she walked up to, and next to, the redhead, "Miss Mayfield, I will ask you this question again… and I would appreciate an honest answer. Why did you order your people to come after Vala Mal Doran."
"I don't know that name" said Mayfield's as she placed her hands on the table in front of her and leaned forward, "I don't know anything and…."
"Sit" said Willow as she telekinetically pushed the chair back before pushing a visibly shocked Mayfield, and then pushing her down onto the chair, and the pulling it towards the table.
"Thanks" said Colonel Carter as he squeezed Willow's shoulder as she sat down.
"Welcome, ma'am."
"What the hell was that?" asked Mayfield as she looked at Willow, and then at the Colonel, and back to Willow again.
"Miss Mayfield" said Colonel Carter as she leaned forward, "you can either talk to us about why you ordered Vala to be captured, and then tell us about where Ba'al is right now, as well as the other members of the Trust; or, you can spend the rest of your natural life stuck in a hole with another Goa'uld."
"Of course even if you do help us" said Willow, "you still spend time in a hole, but it's a hole with cable. I mean for a snake.. that's a pretty good deal. I mean we got one right now who's been begging for a feast."
"I don't know what you're talking about" said Mayfield as she leaned forward as Willow looked at the Colonel before telepathically telling her that she's still unable to read her thoughts, or sense her feelings, "so let me go, or else I'll sue."
"Miss Mayfield, or whatever your Goa'uld name is" said Colonel Carter, "you must be angry that the Goa'uld lost their hands on the galaxy. I mean, look at us… a backwater planet defeated a technologically advanced race. I mean… that's got to get you angry."
"I agree" said Willow as she nodded at the Colonel and then looked at Mayfield whose face twitched, "I mean we beat Ra, Hathor, Set, Osiris, Camulus, Chronus, Aphophis, Sokar, oh… oh… Anubis. He thought he could take the planet, but we beat him. Then we helped to free the Jaffa, and now… now the system Lords lost most of their power. How does that make you feel? To know that a primitive race by the standard of the Goa'uld, beat your snakey ass?"
"Snakey?" asked Colonel Carter as she turned to face Willow.
"It's a word, ma'am" said Willow as she looked at the Colonel, "learnt it from General O'Neill."
"Uh huh" said the Colonel as she shrugged her shoulders and then looked at Mayfield, "so, Miss Mayfield tell us what we need to know, or…"
"Or what?" said Mayfield, "you'll kll me?"
"No" said Willow as she mentally slammed her head against the table, "you're a snake. So, we'll make life difficult for you. We tried to let you have the easy way out, so…. Yeah."
"What are you?" asked Mayfield as she looked at Willow.
"Tell us your name" said Willow as Mayfield wiped the blood that was coming from her nose.
"Charlotte Mayfield" she replied as Willow mentally slammed her head on the table again.
"That's the name of your host" said Colonel Carter as Mayfield looked up at her, and then at Willow with anger in her eyes, "we want the name of the Goa'uld."
"Come on" said Willow as she taunted Mayfield, "I thought the Goa'uld were supposed to be gods? Looks like all you are just cowards. Cowards who ran away with their tail between their legs after the Jaffa rebellion, and…"
"We are gods" said Mayfield as her eyes flashed, and her voice deepened while she slammed her hands on the table, "the Tau'ri will bow down to the old gods once more."
"Now here we are" said Colonel Carter as she looked at Mayfield.
"Yes, ma'am" said Willow leaning forward, "that did it."
"You" said Mayfield as she looked at Willow, "you will be the first to be experimented on when the others return. The system lords were weak, the old gods will return from hibernation to reclaim what's theirs…. And I will be with my brothers and sisters once again."
"The old gods?" asked Colonel Carter.
"Before the system lords, before everything" said Mayfield with a sneer, "the old gods existed. My brothers and sisters will awaken and come after the Tau'ri for their insolence in believing that they can defeat the gods."
"Right" said Willow, "and you are?"
"Athena."
Willow's smile vanished from her face as the Colonel looked back at the redhead in surprise, and then at Mayfield.
"You primitives bowed down to me and my fellow gods" said Mayfield, "and the time will come when…"
"Old gods?" asked Willow as she tightened her jaw when she recalled what Athena and the other Goa'uld had done in kidnapping early humans to Kobol, "don't make me laugh. You were a lowly Goa'uld under the system lords. I know what you did… I know how 'great' you are… coward."
"You will bow down to me!" said Mayfield as she leaned forward and looked at both Colonel Carter, and Willow who was glaring back at her, "if not now, then you will soon… we are the old gods and…"
"You're wrong" said Colonel Carter as she leaned forward, "you're just a pitiful little creature. Now, tell us why you ordered Vala captured. If we like the answer, then we'll consider the TV. And then we want the location of Ba'al and his clones, followed by the names of every trust operative."
"You…" said Mayfield when she suddenly found that she wasn't able to speak.
"I froze your vocal chords" said Willow as Mayfield looked at her in surprise as the redhead leaned back and stared at her coldly, "you kidnapped humans from Earth using my name. You and your fellow Goa'uld pitted them against each other like a sick experiment. All using my name."
"Willow" said the Colonel as she noticed Mayfield trying to say something, "I think she wants to say something."
Willow released her hold on the suited blonde woman who was looking back at her.
"I am Athena, I am a goddess and…"
"I am more than ten thousand years old" said Willow much to the shock of Mayfield, "I am a descended Ancient, and my name back then… back when I grew up in another galaxy, back when I came to Earth, and back when I saw you in another host kidnapping people to another planet… back then I was known as Athena. You used my name to kidnap people."
"No" said Mayfield as Willow slowly got up and walked around the table before telekinetically holding the Goa'uld's hands together tight. She then leaned down and whispered into Mayfield's ear, "you're not a god, or goddess. I travelled galaxies while you were not even a little stain in the queen that birthed you, I did things and saw things that you never have. So you see, you are not a goddess.. I am. A very angry and vengeful one at that."
Willow then looked at Mayfield with black eyes as the Goa'uld screamed at Colonel Carter for help.
"Hey" said the Colonel shrugging her shoulders as Willow's eyes returned to normal and she walked back to her seat and sat down, "we did ask you nicely at first. You're the one who made her angry. So… oh, we also want to know where these old gods are."
"Which I'm assuming are the Goa'uld that represents the Greek pantheon, right?" asked Willow as Mayfield just looked at the redhead with eyes wide open.
"Hey" said the Colonel as she snapped her fingers, "if she doesn't scare you…."
"Then I know two others much scarier than me" said Willow with a grin on her face, "so you tell us everything, or you see my bad side. If that still doesn't scare you, then you meet Faith.. and don't let the name fool you, she has a temper."
"Then of course there's Teal'c" said Colonel Carter as Willow nodded her head, "much scarier than Major Rosenberg."
"He scares me sometimes" said Willow with a shudder as she recalled how calm he could be while the wheels in his mind turned, "but him and Faith together in the same room as you? Oh boy, I really think you should talk to us before we call them."
"So" said the Colonel as she leaned back on the chair, "why did you want Vala?"
After Mayfield told Willow and Colonel Carter the reason that she wanted Vala brought to her, the two women walked out of the room as another officer walked in to get the names of all the Trust agents, at least the ones that Mayfield knew about. Once the doors to the room closed, Willow and the Colonel walked towards the bridge while giggling.
"Did you she how scared she was, ma'am?" said Willow as she leaned on the hull of the Prometheus Station, "you are not a goddess, I am…. That scared even me… and she looked like she was going to faint."
"I know" replied the Colonel as she stopped laughing after another officer walked by them, and then started laughing again, "and the scream when you went all black eyes… see, I told you that would work."
"Yes, ma'am" sighed Willow as she wiped her eyes as tears fell from her laughter before they continued walking towards the bridge, "I'm babysit Debbie while you go for a spa day, with Faith… and Vala."
"You shouldn't have made the bet" said the Colonel as she looked back and grinned before the both of them reached the bridge of the Prometheus Station, "Colonel Pendergast, sir."
"Colonel, Major" said the commander of the station as he got up from the command chair and turned to face the two officers, "any news?"
"Yes, sir" said Willow, "she's a Goa'uld called Athena who used to work with the Goa'uld who used Vala as a host, Qetesh. Apparently they had some kind of a dispute, or Qetesh just left her after stealing information on something called the Clava Thessara Infinitas."
"Which is?" asked Colonel Pendergast.
"She said it's Ancient for the Key to Infinite Treasure" said Colonel Carter, "we'll need Daniel and his team to check up on it. According to the Goa'uld, there's a legend that the Ancients stored away vast riches, including weapons, and that the Clava Thessara Infinitas is needed to unlock the location of that treasure."
"Major?" asked Colonel Pendergast as he looked at Willow. He was aware of Willow's heritage and wanted to know f there was anything to this legend.
"I'm not sure, sir" said Willow, "I don't remember ever reading up on something like this when I was living on Atlantis, I don't know if I heard about it when I was ascended since I don't have that knowledge with me."
"You think it could be a wild goose chase?" asked Colonel Carter as she looked at Willow.
"Best person would be Daniel, or Dawn, to figure this out" said Willow, "I don't remember anyone talking about it when I was younger back on Atlantis. I mean there would be elaborate treasure hunts, but nothing about some Key to Infinite Treasure."
"I'll have Daniel look at it, just in case" said Colonel Carter as Willow nodded her head in agreement.
It was then that on of the junior officers on the bridge told Colonel Pendergast that there was a message from Stargate Command.
"On screen" said the Colonel as he, Colonel Carter and Willow walked over to the video screen on the port side of the ship. It was a few seconds later that General Landry's face showed up on the screen and asked if Willow and Colonel Carter were done with Mayfield.
"Yes, sir" said Colonel Carter, "and it's a real doozy."
"Good" said the General, "but the reason I'm calling is that Colonel Mitchell, Dr. Jackson, Teal'c and MISs Lehane are still on that Lucien Alliance planet investigating one of the sources of the Kassa crop. They were supposed to have dialled in for a check in an hour ago. I need, you and Major Rosenberg back at the SGC to mount a recon… and if needed, a rescue mission. I'll have SG-14 ready in the meantime."
"Understood, sir" said Willow and Colonel Carter together before they nodded at Colonel Pendergast and were beamed down to the SGC to mount a possible rescue mission.
TBC.