Willow and Faith's house, the previous day; 1400 hours.
Dawn opened the door to the house she shared with Willow and Faith after a lunch date with Jon at a café in the city. They both of them didn't have much time to spend together given that they were on different teams, and that they also had different work assignments that didn't intersect. So when they got the time, they would spend as much time as possible together. Today however, was a special day for the both of them, the anniversary of their first official date. Smiling as she closed the door behind her and leaned on the door, Dawn thought about the kiss they shared as they sat next to each other over a large cup of chocolate shake.. the young brunette's drink of choice.
Remembering the first time she met Jon, the young woman had a constant smile of her face as she placed her keys on the table next to the front door before walking into the kitchen. She opened the fridge door to grab a carton of milk when she saw a note from Willow and Faith that they had gone to the SGC.
Taking a drink directly from the carton, and then placing it back into the fridge.. the brunette closed the door and turned around to walk out of the kitchen, into the hallway and then into her room. She walked over to a corner desk that had and attached mirror and saw the small box that held the pendant that Willow had created for her when she was Athena. She opened the box and looked at the pendant and smiled at the memory of the both of them in Atlantis. Dawn closed the box and then looked up at the mirror; she saw her reflection and smiled at the shirt she was wearing that said 'relax' on the front across her chest, and her jeans as she turned to her side and checked out her profile.
Her face red as she continued to remember walking back to Jon's car, then getting inside before they started to grope each other while kissing passionately. Shaking her head, she took off her shirt, jeans and underwear before wrapping a towel around herself as she walked out of her room, and into the restroom.
Walking out after forty five minutes with her hair tied under another towel, Dawn walked back into her room, closed the door and walked over to her table as she adjusted the towel that was around her body before taking a seat. It was about an hour later that Dawn was done with her hair, before putting some light make-up on her face. Smiling at her reflection, she then looked over hear shoulder when she heard someone knocking on the door.
'He's early' thought Dawn to herself as she looked at the clock on her desk. The girl got off her seat while she grinned as she imagined Jon's reaction to her wearing just a red towel around her body and opening the door, 'great he's going to think this is some kind of a porn shoot… umm…'
It was then that she had an idea in her head.
Dawn walked over to the door and looked through the peep hole at Jon, who was in a suit holding a bouquet of flowers, before stepping back and grinning. She turned the handle on the door and then leaned seductively on the door frame as she held the door open with her other hand, 'hey stranger, that delivery for me? I'm afraid I can't pay you, is there anything else I could do?"
Trying to hide her laughter at Jon's red face as he started to cough, Dawn waggled her eyebrows.
"Well?" asked Dawn.
"Nice dress" said Jon in between nervous coughs as Dawn couldn't hide her laughter any longer and started to giggle.
"Just get in" said Dawn as she pulled Jon into the house before closing the door behind her.
It was then that Jon handed the bouquet of flowers to Dawn, who took it before smelling it, and then looked up at the young man with a smile.
"They're beautiful" said Dawn as she gave him a kiss. Jon wrapped his hands around Dawn's back before pulling her closer as the young woman yelped and broke their kiss. The both of them now laughing, Dawn placed a finger on Jon's lips as he moved in for another kiss, telling him that they had a date to go to, "you look good."
"You too" said Jon as he looked at the towel, and then at Dawn's smiling face, "like your dress."
"Thank you" she replied as she stepped back and turned around, "this is the latest in towel fashion."
"I like it" said Jon with a grin.
"But alas" said Dawn dramatically as she put both hands on her chest and walked backwards into her room, "if I wear this in public, then I'll be taken to the nut house."
"You know what they say" said Jon as he shrugged his shoulders while Dawn looked on as Jon kept on thinking, "you know what…. Yeah.. forget it."
"I'll be right back, Jon" said Dawn as she ran towards him and gave him a kiss, before heading back into her room, but not before handing him the bouquet of flowers and telling him to put in into the vase on the coffee table in the living room.
Back in her room, Dawn rushed to her closet and took out a dark purple dress and lay it carefully on her bed. She then opened the small box on her table that contained the pendent and smiled again. This was the first time that Jon would be seeing that pendent, something that she hasn't even shown Buffy and her mother yet. Brushing her fingers on the smooth curves of the stretched jewels, Dawn turned around and picked up her dress; a dark purple, low cut dress that went to just below her knees. As she put it on in front of the mirror, she placed the single strap that kept the top of her dress up around the back of her neck. Once she did that, Dawn then carefully took out the pendant that was attached to a thin chain before putting it around her neck, the cool metal of the pendant warming as it touched her bare skin. She looked at the pendent as the colours of the stretched jewels seemed to glow for just a few seconds. Dawn brushed her fingers over the pendent before she turned around and made sure that everything fit just right. She then picked up her small purse and walked to the door, and then walked out into the hallway as she looked at Jon who was looking at some of the pictures hanging on the walls.
"Ahem" coughed Dawn as Jon turned around, before his jaw dropped. He saw Dawn smile at him before turning around to show her bare back which went until half way down, and then she turned again, "well?"
"You… ah… well…" said Jon as he loosened his collar, or at least tried to.
"Yep" grinned Dawn as Jon walked towards her, "that's the reaction I was going for."
Once Jon neared Dawn, he lifted her hand and kissed it before looking up at the brunette.
"Thank you, kind sir" said Dawn as she gave a playful bow.
"Where'd you get that?" asked Jon as he reached out and brushed his fingers against the pendant.
"Willow got it for me" said Dawn as Jon raised his eyebrows, "I mean the last time she went to Atlantis… she got it for me. It was made by a jewel smith on Athos."
'It's nice"
"It's one of a kind" said Dawn as she touched the pendent, "Willow said that the jewel smiths are all gone, at least according to the Athosian leader in Pegasus."
"It's beautiful" said Jon as he brushed his fingers on Dawn's cheek as the brunette gave a small smile. It was Jon who held the door open for Dawn to exit before the brunette turned around and locked the door. She then wrapped her arm around Jon's left arm and the both of them walked towards the car, excited for their anniversary.
It was then that another car drove down the driveway and stopped next to them as Faith and Willow waved excitedly from inside the car.
"Hey Dawnie, Jon" said Willow as she got out of the passenger side seat carrying a small bag, "big date?"
"Uh huh" said Dawn as she pointed at the pendent, "what do you think?"
"It looks great with that dress" said Willow as Faith got out of the car and whistled at Dawn.
"Wowza" said Faith as she looked at Dawn, and then at Jon before pointing at him, "don't get any ideas."
"Faith" said Dawn as she held on to Jon even tighter while rolling her eyes.
"I'll be watching you, Jon" said Willow as she grinned before sticking her tongue out at Dawn. She then pointed at her eyes, and then at Jon.
"What's the occasion?" asked Faith as she took out a bag as well from the back seat.
"Anniversary of our first date" said Jon.
"Nice" said Faith.
"Enjoy yourselves, Jon… Dawnie" said Willow as she grinned at her, and Buffy's, sister, "but not too much, I mean.. you know.. enjoy but… don't enjoy too much and…."
"Eww" said Dawn as Jon started to cough nervously again.
"Come on, Major" said Jon as he stopped coughing, "I've always treated her like a lady."
"I know" said Willow, "but seriously, enjoy yourselves."
"Forget enjoying yourselves" said Faith, "it's your anniversary. Get drunk, get back here… and get some screams in."
"Faith" said Willow and Dawn together, the brunette already blushing while Jon started coughing nervously again.
"Oh, right" said Faith as she rushed towards Jon and put her hand in his shoulder, "remember protection."
"Faith" said Willow and Dawn again together.
Faith started to laugh at her wife, and her sister-in-law, as they both turned red. It was a few seconds later that they said their goodbyes as the couple left for their date, and Faith and Willow left for their double date with Colonel Mitchell and Vala. After getting into Jon's car, Dawn looked at Willow waving at them and mentally asked her if it was alright to tell Jon about their relationship, and about her past identity as Athena.
Willow: "I'm alright with it, Dawnie. You haven't told him yet?"
Dawn: "No. Every time I thought was the right time, I chickened out. But today's the anniversary of our first official date so… I was thinking what better time to tell him. You know?"
Willow: "Go ahead, Dawnie. And really, enjoy yourself… you look beautiful."
Dawn: "Thanks."
Dawn looked at Willow as she smiled while Jon reversed the car. She then looked at the young man as the both of them drove off on their date.
Willow and Faith's house; 2100 hours.
It was about three hours later, following a night of dinner with a view of the mountains in the distance, followed by dancing, that Jon brought Dawn home. Parking his car at the end of the driveway next to the house, Jon ran out and went around the car to open Dawn's passenger-side door. Thanking the young man with a smile, Dawn got out before Jon shut the door. she then wrapped her arm around his and walked towards the front door.
"So" said Jon as the couple stood on the front porch and looked at each other, the light from the porch light shining onto Dawn's pendent. He then reached for Dawn's hands and held them tight, "I guess thi is it, I'll umm…. "
"You wanna come in?" asked Dawn, interrupting what Jon wanted to say, "I mean we're not doing anything for the next three days, I mean no missions or anything so…. Wanna stay the night?"
"Faith and Red alright with that?" asked Jon.
"Yeah" said Dawn as she took out her keys and opened the door, "they'll be alright. And.. and well, there are some things that I need to talk to you about."
"Ok" said Jon confused as he walked in after Dawn, and then turned around and closed the door. He then looked at a nervous Dawn standing in the hallway looking at him, and it was the nervousness that made him concerned, "you alright? I mean, I don't think I did anything wrong, did I?"
"No" said Dawn shaking her head as she looked towards the living room, "umm…..how about you take a seat, and I'll umm… or… ok."
Jon looked on as Dawn grabbed his hands and pulled him over to her bedroom. She pushed him in before closing the door behind her and leaned on it, all the while she was breathing hard. Shaking her head, Dawn walked towards Jon and asked him to take a seat on her bed… that she had something urgent to tell him. Nodding his head, Jon sat down as Dawn took off her earrings, followed by carefully taking off the pendent. She opened the box, and then placed it inside carefully before closing the top of the box. She then looked in the mirror again, and then at the reflection of Jon who was looking back at her.
'What would he say?' thought Dawn to herself.
Slowly she turned and walked towards Jon in her dress, and then sat next to him. Jon reached for her hand and laced his fingers around her before taking her hand up to his lips and kissing it.
"What's going on?" asked Jon.
"Listen, I… I just found out something about myself" said Dawn, "actually I've known for some time and.. and I've been scared to tell you, but if I don't tell you then… well,…."
"Just say it, Dawn" said Jon.
"I… I know you've seen a lot of things.. I mean you have the memories and experiences and…." said Dawn as she shook her head, "what I'm trying to say really badly, is that you've seen a lot of things."
"Yeah?"
"I was born a little over ten thousand years ago in Atlantis" said Dawn as she closed her eyes, readying herself for the inevitable questions. However, nothing happened, all she felt was Jon kissing her on the lips. Returning the kiss, Dawn wrapped her arms around Jon's neck and pulled him in. They broke the kiss after a few seconds as Dawn started breathing hard while looking at Jon, "ok?"
"You look good for a ten thousand year old" said Jon as she caressed Dawn's cheeks, "besides, just in case you didn't know… I have the mind of a guy in his mid-forties in this body."
"Well" said Dawn as she gave him a peck on the lips again, "my name back then was Hera, and I died in my mid-thirties before I was ascended by my mother. Oh, by the way… Willow? She's my older sister, Athena."
"No way" said Jon excitedly.
"Yea" said Dawn as Jon laughed, "I ascended first, and then Willow…. but she descended to help Buffy, and I descended later to house the Key. So, yeah…. You are alright with this?"
"Yes" said Jon as he kissed her again.
"That… that pendent?" said Dawn as she pointed to the box after pulling back from the kiss, "Willow was the one who had it made for me when she was Athena. It was supposed to be my birthday present, but.. but I died a few days before that day. She never got it back, and the leader of the Athosians kept it with their people."
Jon smiled at Dawn as he put his arm around Dawn's shoulder and pulled her close, her head laying on his shoulder.
"Dawn, I've seen a lot of things, and nothing is in the realm of the impossible anymore. Oh, is Red ok with… you know… you and me?"
"I'm an adult" said Dawn as she brought her head back off his shoulder, and slapped Jon on the arm playfully, "but yea, she's ok. MY point is that I don't need her permission.. although I should warn you, the last guy who tried to well… screw around with me was threatened with being gated through to a black hole."
"Ouch" said Jon.
"Could we one day go to Sunnydale?" asked Dawn, "just you and me? I… I'd like to introduce you to Buffy, my mother and the other Scoobies… I mean it's alright if you're not comfortable and…"
'Yes" said Jon as Dawn grinned.
"And I should also warn you that my mother" said Dawn, "I mean my mother from Atlantis is an ascended being, and… well… I'm sure that she'll want to meet you. So…. Scared?"
"Well…" said John with a look of nervousness on his face before he kissed Dawn, before pulling back with a smile, "we can make it work."
Dawn smiled before she stood up and pulled Jon up at the same time. She stepped forward as she slowly took off the young man's jacket while they just looked at each other quietly. Once his jacket was off, Jon wrapped one hand around her waist and the other hand on the strap that went around the back of her neck. He gave the young woman a deep kiss before pulling the strap over Dawn's head, and letting the entire dress fall away.
"This isn't fair" pouted Dawn as she looked at her dress laying on the floor, and then up at Jon's eyes, "I've got nothing on, and you're…"
Before Dawn could finish what she wanted to say, she laughed as Jon picked her up and then gently put her on the bed. He then got on the bed and on top of the brunette before leaning in for another kiss. The only sounds that reverberated throughout the house were sounds of laughter, followed by the sound of Dawn's lamp crashing onto the carpet after Jon hurriedly took off his shirt and trousers and threw them in that direction as he went back to furiously kissing Dawn, followed soon by the sounds of laughter transforming into sounds of moaning, grunting and screaming that would have made anyone turn away from the house.
Case in point; it was around eleven at night that a car was driving up the read that led to the house. In it, Willow and Faith were heading home after Vala was nearly kidnapped by unknown assailants at the restaurant. Willow, Faith and Colonel Mitchell, along with Daniel who was still conducting research in the SGC, had spent most of the time after returning from the restaurant in questioning the men. However, it was Willow who found information from one of them that implicated the Vice-President of Farrow-Marshall Aeronautics. Once they found what they needed to find, General Landry told Willow that she and Colonel Carter would pay a visit to Farrow-Marshall the next day, while Daniel and the others would be running a recon mission on a Lucien Alliance world.
Colonel Mitchell then told Willow and Faith to go on home, that he'll stay with Vala until she wakes up.
Faith yawned as she turned left into the driveway to their house when suddenly Willow grabbed the Slayer's arm, and looked at her with her eyes wide open.
"Eww! Eww! Eww!" said Willow as she shuddered, "turn around and head back! Turn around and head back!"
"What?" asked Faith as her headlights hit on Jon's car, "hey, looks like Jon's… what time is it, and… oh…"
"Get out! get out! get out!" shouted Willow as she held the sides of her head while her body shuddered as Faith laughed hysterically. She took her own sweet time to turn the car around before she headed back up the driveway, and back to the SGC where the both of them spent the night in one of the VIP rooms. It was the next morning that Faith would ask what it was Willow saw; and would laugh hysterically, so much so that she fell off the bed when Willow shuddered before she told her that both Dawn and Jon were thinking too loudly about performing certain sex acts on each other, while having sex.
It was the next morning back at the house that Dawn woke up to Jon kissing her shoulder. The young man had his arm across Dawn's abdomen as the brunette turned around and grinned at him.
"So" he said looking down at the young woman, "feel like going to Sunnydale today?"
"Uh huh" said Dawn, "but I think you need to be carrying me, after last night.. well, yeah…"
"I aim to please" said Jon as Dawn laughed before slowly sitting up while covering her chest with the blanket, and then looking at the floor, and at the fallen lamp, and then back at Jon.
"You owe me a new lamp" said Dawn.
"Hey, it wasn't my fault" said Jon in mock horror as Dawn stuck her tongue at him. Jon then grabbed a laughing Dawn and pushed her down onto the bed before kissing her again. Pulling back, he then looked at a smiling Dawn and told her that he'll fix the lamp. It was then that Dawn's cell phone started to ring. Sitting up again, she looked around her room and finally hurried off the bed naked and rushed to her purse on the table.
Taking out the phone, she brought it up to her ear after connecting the call.
Jon looked on as Dawn spoke on the phone to Willow who, he'd find out later, was heading to Farrow-Marshall Aeronautics in Seattle with Colonel Carter; and Faith was heading off-world with the rest of SG-1. He then saw Dawn look at him with her eyes wide open and her face neck and shoulders had turned red, and then she suddenly started to laugh. Jon was just shaking his head as saw the young girl drop to her knees while laughing, and at the same time he could hear Faith's laughter from the phone itself, with Willow's voice in the background saying that she had no way to wash her brain off the images she saw.
It was a few minutes later that Dawn spoke a bit more to Faith, and Willow, while hiding the smile on her face with her hand as she sat down on the bed. While Dawn was talking on the phone, Jon crawled behind Dawn and wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his chin on her bare shoulder. A few seconds later, Dawn disconnected the call and told Jon that Faith and Willow came back last night, but immediately left again.
"Why?"
"Willow saw us imagining things" said Dawn with a wide grin as he turned her head and looked at Jon who was looking back confused, "you know… last night… we were trying some new…"
"Oh" said Jon with his eyes wide open, "Oooh."
"Uh huh" said Dawn.
"She wants to gate me into a black hole, doesn't she?"
"No" said Dawn as she kissed Jon, "she said she'll get Tara to turn you into a toad so that Buffy could keep you as a pet."
"Huh?" asked Jon, his face showing his concern. He knew about magic and what it was able to do, and then he watched as Dawn kissed him before getting up off the bed. She then grabbed his hands and pulled him out of the room, and into the rest room in the hallway, "so we're going for seconds?"
"I think it's more like the sixth?" grinned Dawn as she pushed Jon into the restroom and slammed the door behind her. It would be two hours later after they got out of the shower that Dawn would make a call to the SGC to tell Willow and Faith that she was making a trip to Sunnydale. And it was then she learnt that Willow, Vala, and Colonel Carter, along with SG-14 had gone on a mission to rescue Faith and the other members of SG-1.
"Walter" said Dawn as looked at Jon with her eyes wide open, "when did they… I mean…. are we needed at the SGC?"
"No, Miss Summers" said Walter as he watched Willow and the others just leave while carrying a large metal case, as well as their weapons, "they'll be fine."
"Could you ask Willow, or Faith, to call me when they get back?" asked Dawn with concern on her face as Jon looked on.
"I will, Miss Summers" said Walter before Dawn thanked him and put the phone down.
"Everything alright?" asked Jon as he approached the brunette.
"Before we leave for Sunnydale" said Dawn, "could we stop by the SGC? I think something happened to Faith, and Willow and…"
"Dawn" said Jon as he walked towards her, "they'll be alright. I know that team, they're always alright. But if you want to wait until they get back, then we can go to the SGC.. and then leave for Sunnydale later today."
"Thank you" said Dawn as she hugged Jon in just her towel.
"No problem" he replied as he returned the hug.
Planet Designation P6G-452, the next day, 1230 hours; one and a half hours after incident at Farrow-Marshal Aeronautics.
Faith was bleeding from the side of her lips as she sat next to Teal'c, Daniel, and Colonel Mitchell on a bench while their hands and feet were tied. She looked at the Lucien Alliance people in front of her and grinned at the one that had hit her after telling him something following his beating of Colonel Mitchell who had a cut over his eye, and a black and blue bruise was forming on the side of his face.
'Yea' thought Faith to herself as she looked at Daniel, and Teal'c, 'the universe really, really hates us.'
It was supposed to be a relatively easy mission. They went to the planet where Colonel Reynolds had taken the Kassa sample from, and from there… Faith and the others asked questions on where they could get now. Once they got an address from one of the people in the market, they exchanged some medicine and chocolates for three sets of clothes that could be used to perform a recon mission on the source of that planet's Kassa. Once the three of them changed into the local clothes, Colonel Mitchell informed the SGC about what their plans were and sent off most of their gear, except for the Zats that they carried with them while they tried to remain inconspicuous.
They were really supposed to be on a recon mission, however all that changed when the Colonel approached a farmer who was tending to his crop of Kassa. He, to the surprise of Faith and the others, approached the farmer and told him that he was a drug dealer known as Mr. Shaft who needed a very significant amount of Kassa for his planet.
"You… you'd want to speak with Worrel" said the man, "this is his crop and…"
"And you're eating it" said the Colonel as he pointed at the corn-like product in the man's mouth. The Farmer then took the Kassa out of his mouth and threw it nervously back into the field of Kassa and asked the Colonel not to tell Worrel, "so, where can I meet this.. Worrel, is it? Cause I'm telling you, we kinda need the whole field… maybe two or three fields worth of Kassa."
The farmer just stared in surprise at the Colonel while Daniel, and Faith looked nervously at each other while Teal'c just looked at the Colonel, hoping that he had some kind of a plan.
"Thi… this is his field, his land" said the farmer, "I do not believe he will give that up so easily."
"Tell him I have the resources" said the Colonel as he looked behind him and Faith and Daniel before looking back at the farmer, "I want a meet. Him and me, alone… any time, and any place."
"Umm… Mr. Shaft?" said Daniel as he put his hands up.
It was then that the farmer, after thinking it through for some time, told the Colonel that he'll arrange a meeting between him and Worrel. Thanking the man before he left with his cart of Kassa, the Colonel turned and looked at the concerned faces of Faith and the other.
"We were supposed to stay under the radar, Cam" said Daniel."
"This world does not seem to possess such advanced technology" said Teal'c as he looked around before Faith told the man that what he meant was that they were supposed to be hidden while doing their recon work. Teal'c then nodded his head and looked at the Colonel again.
"Cam?" said Faith, "think that was the right thing to do?"
"Faith's right" said Daniel, "we're only light armed, we don't really have the equipment to take this Worrel guy on."
"We need more information" said the Colonel, "I'll just be going in as a buyer, they won't suspect a thing."
"And that's the other thing" said Faith as she put her hands on her hips, "can you even be a drug dealer? I've done things on the streets and… and if these people are like anything on Earth, then they'll believe me being the drug dealer more that you being one; no offence."
"None taken" said the Colonel, "but I need you and the others providing back-up if anything going wrong. All I'm going to do is ask some simple questions, that's it. Find out about their operation, then tell them the price is too high and I'll just get the hell out of there."
"Still not a good idea, Cam" said Faith, "I've got more experience with the… you know…. Other side. You'll stick out like a sore thumb."
"I'll be fine" said the Colonel as the Farmer returned thirty minutes later and told the Colonel that Worrel was willing to meet him. The man then followed the farmer who put away his Kassa cart while Faith and the other remained some distance away, following them. Fait and the other then got onto their stomachs as the farmer brought the Colonel to another cart and asked him to wait, that Worrel would be coming soon.
"I still don't like this" said Faith as she passed her binoculars to Teal'c, who then passed it to Daniel.
"Colonel Mitchell believes that he can gain useful information from Worrel on the Lucian Alliance operation to distribute Kassa" said Teal'c, "if something happens to…"
"Go under?" asked Daniel as Teal'c nodded his head.
"We will make for the Stargate" said Teal'c.
"Hold up" said Faith as she nodded at a group of people heading towards the Colonel. She could see that they were armed and were aiming their weapons at him, "he's been made?"
"Guys?" asked Daniel as he looked at one of the men telling the Colonel to put his hands behind his head, and get down on his knees. Once the Colonel was down, the man then started talking to him while looking at the people on his left, and right, and nodded towards the rolling hills where the remainder of SG-1 was waiting.
"I can take the five on the left" said Faith as she took out her Zat. She saw the five men take out rifles and hold them up while searching for Faith and the others. In the meantime, Teal'c and Daniel saw six more go the other way to scour the immediate area for them.
"I think the farmer guy gave us up" said Daniel.
"Indeed" said Teal'c as he looked at the five men coming their way from one side, and the other six from another side. He knew that if they didn't do anything, that the Colonel would be most likely taken prisoner… or killed.
"Big guy?" asked Faith as she looked at him, and then at the men heading their way.
"We will not survive a direct onslaught" said Teal'c.
"Give up?" asked Daniel, "we're due for a check in about forty minutes or so, if we don't then SGC will send someone."
"Indeed" said Teal'c as he turned to Faith, 'taking them without weapons would be dangerous, and will in high likelihood kill or injure you."
"Right" said Faith as the man in front of the Colonel took out a gun, and pointed it towards his head before he shouted towards the hills.
"I know you are out there, come on out" shouted Worrel, "or else Mr. Shaft here dies."
"Guess that answers what we should do" said Daniel.
"Indeed" said Teal'c as he slowly got up with his hands up, as did Faith and Daniel while the men ran towards them.
Worrel, the man who held a gun to the Colonel's head, brought the four of them to his home. There he had them tied up while smiling at them. HE told them about how, from their past missions against the Lucien Alliance and from their spies of various worlds that they visited, he knew that the people in front of his were the much vaunted SG-1.
"The who now?" asked the Colonel, "I'm telling you, I represent a cartel who…."
Before he could finish what he wanted to say, Worrel pulled his arm back and punched the man. Before looking behind him and asking another man to contact Netan, the head of the Lucien Alliance and seek an audience with him. He them turned to the Colonel and ask him where the other two members of the team was.
"Are you deaf?" asked the Colonel, "this is my team, I asked them to stay back and…"
"You think the Alliance does not have spies on the planet you came from?" asked Worrel, "you were overheard talking about your intentions to come here. To destroy our Kassa, do you really think the Alliance will let your people do that?"
"We were hoping?" asked the Colonel as Worrel punched him again.
"Hey" said Faith and Daniel as the Colonel spit out blood and then looked up and smiled at Worrel.
"How about I torture the woman?" asked Worrel as he walked over to Faith and brushed his fingers on her cheek, smiling as the dark haired young woman flinched. Faith knew, as she looked up at the man, that she could just tear her bonds apart but in doing so she was sure that the armed people around her would start shooting.
'And they're willing to keep their Kassa production no matter what' thought Faith to herself, 'taking this guy prisoner could come in useful. Or they'll kill him, and then us.'
"Well?" asked Worrel as he grabbed Faith's face from under her chin, and squeezed, "where are the rest of your team?"
Faith shook her head loose and looked up at Worrel with murderous intent.
"Who now?" hissed Faith as Worrel gave the Slayer a backhanded slap as Daniel and the other men in SG-1 protested.
"Worrel" said one of the men as he ran from inside the house, "Netan's ship will be here in under two hours."
"Good" said Worrel, as he looked at Faith, Colonel Mitchell and then the others, "I want them guarded, assign our best. Netan would like to have a talk with them, and maybe… maybe capturing the great SG-1 will mean more territory for me in the Alliance."
Worrel smiled at Faith before turning around and walking back into the house.
"Sorry, guys" said the Colonel, "we were so close."
"Yea" said Daniel, "real close."
"Look on the bright side" whispered the Colonel, "at least we get to meet the big guy in the flesh, instead on a view screen on the Odyssey."
"Not really a bright side, Cam" said Faith.
"Indeed" replied Teal'c.
One side of her face still stinging from the cut where blood was dripping from, Faith looked around. They were in a yard with a large opening on her left side. Looking over her shoulders, she saw target ranges that were peppered with holes. As she was turning her head to look at the men in front of them, Faith noticed a subtle shift in the dirt. Narrowing her eyes, the Slayer thought that maybe in was the wind; but she didn't feel a breeze. She then saw tiny movements in the dirt and counted something in her mind.
'Eight people' thought Faith to herself as she looked at Daniel, Teal'c and Colonel Mitchell, and smiled.
Faith knew that no matter where she was, she could feel the link with Willow, however she could never communicate with her from one planet to another without a Stargate.
'Or when she's in a parallel dimension' thought Faith to herself as she scanned the disturbances in the dirt until they stopped behind the men. She then looked back up at a group of men and whistled. When they turned to look at her, she smiled and waggled her eyebrows at them while jutting out her chest in her leather disguise.
"Hey" said Faith as she blew them a kiss, "want some of this?"
"Ummm… Faith?" asked both Daniel and Colonel Mitchell together as Teal'c looked at the dark haired Slayer, and then noticed something out of the corner of his eye; a door opening by itself. It was then he realized the same thing that Faith did, someone was using the Sodan cloaking devices.
"Yes" said two of the men excitedly while the other one just shook his head while holding up a gun.
"Come on then" said Faith as they got closer, which was when she tore her bindings and grabbed the sides of the men's heads before knocking them against each other. She then looked at the others who raised their weapons at her when Willow, and two other members of SG-14, appeared behind them with P90's pointed at their heads.
"Don't" said Willow as she mentally cut the binds that held the hands and feet of the rest of SG-1. At the same time, Willow and the other two from SG-14 threw their Zat's at Teal'c, Colonel Mitchell and Daniel before telling them that Vala, Colonel Carter and three others from SG-14 were in the house. It was a few seconds later that they heard Zat fire from inside before Colonel Carter and the others walked out into the yard.
"So, anyone ordered a rescue?" said Vala smiling at Colonel Mitchell as she blew the end of the Zat she was holding up.
"You're late" said the Colonel.
"Awww" replied Vala as she stuck her tongue out at the Colonel.
"So… what do we do about these guys?" asked Colonel Carter.
Teal'c, Daniel and the Colonel looked at each other before firing their Zats once at three of them before Teal'c threw his Zat to Faith who fired the weapon at the remaining two.
"We need to leave" said Daniel, "the leader of the Alliance is coming here and I'm guessing he's bringing an army to make a show of capturing us."
"Let's move" said Colonel Carter as Vala helped Colonel Mitchell, while Willow and Teal'c covered their retreat. Although they were sure that everyone in the house was taken down, they didn't want to take the chance that there could be more in the house hidden somewhere. Willow performed a telepathic scan of the immediate area as they retreated back to the Stargate, but she didn't sense anyone coming after them.
'Just like we wanted' thought Willow to herself, 'Vala and Colonel Carter's idea panned out.'
The group continued down to the Stargate where they met up with the rest of SG-14. Vala dialled the Gate while Willow, Teal'c and Colonel Mitchell took up the rear. Then, once the Stargate activated, the two teams headed home wondering what Netan would do to the people they left unconscious in the home.
TBC