Stargate Atlantis Trading Grounds I: The Return To La Rochelle
Warnings: This story is going to match the dialog, in the flashback memories, of chapter 4, of the past meets the present series. As it also follows the complete mental breakdowns, of the human half of the team. And Robert Makepeace and Adam Johnson, so the story is going to follow the dialog to the letter exactly. Along with some new dialog that was not in the fast forwarded portion in the flashbacks.
Basing this in real time, rather then the show, of 25 years ago, Antarctica was a neutral zone for research so military research was not allowed out there. And with it, as the chair is considered military technology, it was meant to be last resort. In case of another orbital attack, so the outpost is now trade and exploration. So with this chapter, is the colony/crew is now getting used to being a slightly underwater crew.
As he's getting to work in trading to bring in more improvement for the planet at large now, so a military attack. Just to bring him back to the states, is attempted, is an international. In incidents and enough to get them convicted for kidnapping now, with his clearance. So from here, is he's dropping in on Ry'ac and Drey'auc and before the press conference. And just before his first stop in planets is to Gaea, home of the Nox.
This chapter will finish off this portion of the story-line, as the next two chapters and forward, cover chapter 2, going by the name. And of The Glory Of Tantulus, which covers things, from his going to the races and Tok'ra creation of the treaty. And his return to Shyla, before the following Chapters cover the the breakdowns of the trio and Carter, who's lost her ability to function mentally, out of desperation now.
As the mission was sanctioned, and he was transferred to Landry and the Atlantis team at the time. As Rodney McKay, Cam Mitchell, Vala Mal Doran, Hank Landry, Frank Simmons, Steven Caldwell, John Shepard. And Elizabeth Weir enter the picture here, the story will have Daniel and Teal'C joining their team. As the SGA is founded 5 years early, and moved into the outpost on earth….
Disclaimers: I don't own the shows, the story belongs to everything else belongs to the creators and the movie companies.
Chapter 75: Changes And The Search For Camelot V
"The SGA's on one half of the ship, the Enterprise crew the other, but the entire command is one, so start arguing and fight breaks out, you're in trouble kids." he said and they nodded. "Bet Carter's going to wonder, when she sees me, why I am dressed in black. And with the red shoulder pads and said 2 medals on the lapel of my uniforn. Answer: I already been chosen by the SGA academy and attending Starfleet, the quartet with me." Jenny said to him at that.
"Indeed now, you kids live the dream, at least you get better teachers, but remember, the first duty." he said and the teams and their young recruits nodded. "The first duty of any Starfleet officer is a duty to the truth, be it scientifical, ethical or personal. And is the founding principle on which Starfleet is based, now if you don't have it in you, to come forward. And tell the truth to what really happened, you don't deserve to wear that uniform." she said to that gently.
As the group of teenager and borderline college students, grabbed 5 sets each of their new uniforms now, said that looked like a fleece version. And of the one 1 piece jumpsuit Wesley wore at the time, as the officers start unloading their designated colors. As there were 70 nurses and orderlies, and 180 scientists, doing a wide range of fields there. Landry realized there were 120 S.F.'s, 170 technicians and engineers, and 190 computer experts and nodded gently then.
"Yeah fleece in here is better, with us living in a ship that gets cold at night, so break out the winter clothing, and double the blankets here. We get fresh water for bathing and drinking water, cooking, but again kids, this is a drug free program, we're running here. So drink options, non alcoholic are said soft drinks, milk, juice and lemonade, whoever wanted Cider. And Sparkling Grape juice, we brought that too, but no drinking, and stay away from the tobacco "
"I mean it, if any of us gets whiff of these, or we find drugs like speed, crack or whatever, you're in rehab, is that clear." Anenzi sad and they nodded. "It's also student/officer, student first over the officer, you're in on the job training, if we have to make a lift off." Picard said and they nodded gently. "Yeah that, and the saucer sep is the easy part, it's reconnection you have to worry about right now, we're riding the controls manually." Cam said and Daniel nodded.
"That actually gives me an idea here, we can detach, and head for Camelot now, and park directly over the entrance where it is." Daniel said and he nodded smiling. "Alright we do that then, but like Will this is our first test to that, so Jean I'm going with the team. To scout out the stronghold, see what we can find, you got the battle bridge till we get back here. But Cameron, here's your first test, in manual reconnections here." Landry said and Cam nodded gently then.
"Docking station so the subs know where to go, leave the engine lights on, underwater, so we can see them in the dark right now." Landry said and Rodney nodded to the orders. "The ship with us, in the coldest and at times darkest place on earth, the engines are drawing power. And from the deuterium." Rodney said and he nodded. "Well our grandkids never turned off the ship engines, that reactor is strong enough to protect them from the frigid temperature here."
"We're living in temperatures 300 degrees above that, but it's still so cold here, you need the warmth of the engines on constantly. And Q got the wedge of the top of the airlock, wedged into cliff face here, so we're, the saucer section. Said is above the water, by 900 feet, the Engineering at 1,000 more feet, and it starts going under water. at 100 feet, and the warp engines are sticking out both sides along with the repulser engines." Macdougal said to that.
"We have 25 decks hanging off the cliff-face, and deck 26 is like looking out the window, and seeing the water there now." Derek Argyle said and Landry nodded in understanding. "Alright 6 months of sunlight, we simulate night and day times, then during the winter here. It's Daylight savings time, we set the clock back an hour." he said and they nodded. "Like you told the president, we're simply a training station for the teenagers, and these kids and their parents."
"Don't need to be harassed by crazed soldiers, that trinium, that iris will hold, it held up against Sokar attempting to burn through it, it will hold up against a rocket launcher." Rodney said and Daniel and Teal'C nodded. "Nice, clean, energy efficient source of power, rather then nuclear physics, we use deuterium for power." Daniel said, knowing it was working. "There's the first change, and we go from there, putting ourselves 357 years forward." Sarah said gently to this.
"I think this skyscraper, so to speak here, is possibly the size of the Chrysler Tower, and that's a a city sized Chrysler Tower now, you can see for miles around the continent. But we're not the ones irritating the system lords, but they only know me and Teal'C, dad. I'm coming under a verbal flag of truce, and doing this on their terms, not our's arrange a solid treaty. They created it with the Asgard, we further it, and the Earth is under the trio's rule." he said and they nodded.
"It's our one chance, but if Jack gives you beef, he's paraphrasing what Maxwell said to Jean Luc, after he killed the Cards." he said and they nodded. "Well either argument is enough to call he had a nervous breakdown, they all did right now." Carson said and they nodded. "Well if the next vision that crops up, what they have planned is connected to Jacob's latest. In weapons, then they're about to commit genocide we have to head it off." Addison said and he nodded.
"Hang on." he said and went to a replicator gently then. "Computer training lightsabers, one in turquoise, the other in orange, the third and fourth in blue, 5th in green, 6th in purple and the 7 in hot pink. At the highest level setting, and not to be switched to real till training is over." he said and one by one they appeared. "Anyone carrying that gene, keep these on you at all times, so symbol of peace now, till we turn them real." he said and the group nodded smiling then.
"Well with the Young Jedi Knight series out, we all know whet red means, till they created purple, orange, hot pink near violet and turquoise." Shepard said and he nodded. "Hold on, Computer, did they assign names to the trio wielders, in blue, green and yellow?" he asked and they heard a gentle tone. "Based on the furthered canon brought on by Samuel Jackson's trilogy, they call the blue lightsaber wielder Jedi Guardians, green are Consulars."
"While yellow are Sentinels, only Sith wield the red lightsabers, but anyone carrying a red lightsaber, from the new book series. Said went either Sith, Nightbrother and Sister, or Dark Jedi, out of lust for power now. But based on the creation of Mace Windu's lightsaber, is you could be a Guardian or Sentinel. And still control the evil in your heart, while for mixing green and blue, you're a Consular, but a Guardian."
"If necessary Commander, so your choice for Master Crusher, is highly appropriate, in colors, he's a young Sentinel now. While Master Walker's good to match you, he's carry a dangerous in anger, but he's a protective guardian towards you. So Purple is a highly appropriate in his coloring right now, as for young Robbie. She is giving Master Crusher the strength to keep going, he's her sunshine." it said and they nodded gently.
"Yeah you're my shooting star, I'm your sunshine to keep the darkness at bay." he said and Robbie smiled at that and hugged him gently. "There we go, so turquoise is a good fighter, but you're great at diplomacy, orange is controlling the evil in your heart. But your creativity, ambition, resourcefulness, powers you like the sun now here. Blue means you're a skilled fighter, while yellow here goodness, warmth, energy, purple means nobility and wisdom."
"And we all know what the trio mean, but the colors represent our departments and the greens, in 3 cases are going red, and just corrupted a blue who's going purple here. Alright Wes, you and I are Master Guardians, guys, you're going to need these. They're like the intars maximum stun without doing the real damage, a true gun causes, in this case a lightsaber, causes now. So with Eric possibly like is, and he's a skilled fencer, we train that way, as we spar here now."
"So nobody gets hurt, till you create your own, Wes." Daniel said and Wesley nodded smiling. "Remember what Liam said, a Jedi, in this case, pre ascended being, never goes anywhere without their lightsaber. So we're not soldiers, but peace keepers, the weapons are on stun, not real bullets, like the phasers, keep the weapons up, till we're in a fight to the death guys." he said then, and tossing the lightsabers to Cam and Shepard and they nodded smiling then
"Nice, if the mission involves fencing I use the training I get from you and we spar." Cam said smiling and he nodded. "Yeah that's just the problem, Jack never saw us being in the time and age we are, civilized, he prefers being a savage." he said and they nodded sternly. "Just wait for the kid to get tanked up on some alien drug, if we get a young marine here. The rest of us knew better, and we spent 5 of sum years living here in the future." Rodney said and he nodded.
"Yeah well my student lost 6 years training, we make up for that and practice." he said and Landry exchanged smiles with Crusher. 'Yeah my best friend is training my son.' he thought as Daniel looked from Crusher, to his wife. "Guys I understand here, regarding Cub, so though we get that same statement, he's very good, that's very apparent to all of us. But what he doesn't need are his skills, his powers, or his title thrown at him every time he turns around now here."
"It's family business, and as that traveler is not family, we're telling him to stay out of our affairs, stay away from Wesley, both versions, he's off limits now." he said and they and the TNG Crew first generation all nodded sternly in agreement. "That traveler, in this case, Ancient, that is Morgan's rival gives us that same remark, I'm saying just that. After Wesley proves that to me twice right now here, he's very good, but it's not playing favorites." Picard said and the nodded.
"General, we found the same sparring station Billy and Kyle were in, playing Anbo Jytsu." Will said and Picard covered his eyes. "Well before you guys go in there to beat the heck out of each other, try to keep in mind here, that we're showing we can grow passed solving everything. And without bouts of violence, as I agree with Katie." he said and Bill nodded to the orders. "Yes Sir, well the karate practice took on a whole new meaning." he said and he and Landry nodded.
"We start next week, but as I'm a skilled fencer, I can take your training further, so we start tomorrow." Daniel said and Cam nodded. "You said you'd be back next week, it's going to take 3 weeks, so one month under the care of the doc here. And then the other 7 off and on there with her right now." he said and Dixon nodded in agreement. "Agreed, 1 month under a new command, as you heal from the more dangerous symptoms, the rest right now here."
"Off and on with the queen." he said and they nodded gently. "Very well, Daniel the mission is delayed a month, so one month recovery under Dr. Pulaski, the other 7 off and on with Shyla." Landry said and he nodded, smiling. "Well I call Carter crazy jealous, you belonged to my daughter first right now, so find your own boyfriend, you tramp." Gardener said sternly and Daniel nodded to that, as Sarah wrapped her arms around him tightly at that remark.
"Well shall we, time to get ourselves settled in now, Rodney, if you're joining in, and brought your gear, just bring it to your apartment 1-05, you're a Lieutenant. So Lieutenant Dr. Rodney Mckay now, you're a gold." he said and Rodney nodded, and grabbed 18 sets of gold, matching the uniform that the younger officers wore, and headed for his apartment then. And put the full body suit, said folded up nicely, into the dresser, as he started putting his things away now.
Getting on the radio. "My lords and ladies, the freedom fighters of your jaffa, are going after renegades but leaving you be. So we, and the Tok'ra are one, we're hunting down renegades, we promise, we will not attack you. But remember, your warning and gift goes both ways, and any, in humans, that doesn't comply with it, are open season." he said and they heard an immediate response, an an accepting tone, as they heard a female voice answer him then.
"Very well Commander Jackson we accept this, and our freedom fighter Jaffa council are free to go, so Teal'C. Is that you and Bra'tac, your family, and others that decided freedom, you are free, just go after our enemies. And after you helped kill Hathor and Setesh, whoever is next on the list here in our eyes. If you are living with the Tauri, you know the most, use that against Apophis." She said and the Martells nodded then.
"But we should warn you the renegades may try to infiltrate your rebellion, till they can destroy you, once I know who it is, I will let you know. But you are under our protection, but I have added the members of Amaterasu and Camulus. To make the numbering of a sextet, you are owned by us, when you come to my palace. Commander Jackson, so I will see you in 3 weeks." he said and they nodded gently then.
"Very well see you in 3 weeks, my lord Emperor, have a good evening now." he said and turning it off and they sighed in relief. "So our rebellion as perfectly fine with the majority now, we are no longer Shol'va and come and go from Chulak as we please. As we gather more followers as the years go by now." Ry'ac said and Bra'tac and Teal'C nodded in agreement. "My son, first schooling, then rebellion, you must keep up your earthling studies." he said and he nodded.
"Lord, Apophis is going to get a shock when he comes back, of how fast the galaxy changed and got better over time now." Wes said and they nodded in agreement then. "Moving on with life here and the fresh start now, but the ones holding on are suffering a psychosis. That you're trying to move on with your life, but you're an adult, you don't need a babysitter here." Landry said to him amd he nodded, as thry ended it for the day, as he prepared to send a message.
After sending a message through, the gate activated a second time, 15 minutes later and he read it. 'My love I understand, the damage done will take time to reverse, so we give it one month, you just rest in light duty as you call it. As there is no rush, the monthly session for the samples, is September 15th, so come then. As you and your friends get 4 months with me and the festival is January 6th now, I have everything you need.'
'And said amounts now are ready and awaiting, our coins look like this.' she said and he saw, in the parchment envelope, 3 coins and with the french colonial shield. And nodded smiling. 'I also provided a list of what the quartet wish for now, as Father told you of the quintet, so 5 now, 5 later, and total comes to 100 samples. Plus the deliveries right now, so we are ready in hospitality now, just remember my last letter, and remind.'
'In your friends, to watch your key sentence, and no drinking on duty now, see you soon my dear friend, Shyla Beaumont, Queen of La Rochelle.' he read to himself and nodded, smiling. "Alright we're good, one month then we get started here, looks like Philippe agrees with you." he said and they nodded. "Well 2 weeks then we arrive, as you get started on the trade deals, you know the most, we follow your lead." she said and he nodded smiling.
As they headed for their spot on their floor, and Daniel made a mental note to remember where the apartment was. And as she lived across the hall from him then, as he started unpacking then smiling. "Even in the future, nobody gives up a good paper bound book, god I love this ship!" he said smiling, putting his collection of sci-fi and fantasy novels on the shelves then, checking the time, he saw it was 6:25 and nodded, as he changed for their date then finally.
As Daniel headed for the apartment that was owned by his girlfriend, as the quartet were now teamed and sharing a room, with his own cub gang, and as they adjusted to being together then. "Hey honey, ready for dinner?" she asked and he nodded smiling, as they had their first date, in years since they separated at the time, listening to his stories. She felt a severe amount of anger at the trio and her rival, for what they did to her boyfriend, seeing he was a shadow.
And of himself right now, the next morning, after coming to a decision, she headed for Landry's office. "Yes Sarah, what can I do for you exactly?" he asked and she sat down in the chair in front of him, "Last night, after hearing his exploits, is he told me everything, and to be quite blunt here, I never seen him like this before. He's a complete shadow of the man I know, that to be totally honest, I think it's best he never goes back at all, Carter's not good for him here."
"In truth, and those lunatics are hurting him more and more, he deserves better than that, so Sir, I think it best he severes all ties, completely with the SGC. Every member on the base or not, that has turned him into this, this is no command, no friendship, it's a prison." she said and he nodded in understanding. "I understand Sarah, and I plan to right now, he's better off here right now anyway, once we see how well he does, without them slowing him down now."
"We give it a week and then the search begins here, but with the 5 of you back to working together, it's the standard case of pandemonium in your team. And Adam told me, how you keep losing your temper enough to break something. So just watch where you throw that coffee mug, before Jean and I end up in the line of fire." he said and she nodded, as it was after a week of training, as Cam and Shepard learned fencing, that the mission to Camelot started…
A Week Later-Avalon Part I:
After settling in, the team got to work. "Did the concept of qualifications come into the job, if she came to Atlantica, that is she most qualified Astrophysicist we have working here. To handle life on a spaceship this size, what exactly are her qualifications, why is she here exactly?" Barnes said and the trio nodded sternly. "Tell me about I don't like this one bit right now, something's going on here." Lieutenant Commander Eric Walker said and Henderson nodded.
"If she's here during his rotation, after we have another crashland out there, whatever it might be, watch her, never let her out of your sight." Henderson said and he nodded. "Agreed, Jane, Jim, Queenie, when she gets back from wherever she went off to now. Keep your eye on her don't let her go anywhere unsupervised, till after Brandon and Daniel get Eric. And bring him back in right now." Barnes said and the rest of the team nodded sternly as they got to work.
"Follow the routine on the movie, we're paired off here." Walker said and he nodded then gently then. "Agreed right now, with 10 members here right and the girls watching the monitors, we break into twos, cover more ground. If the said ship that crashed down is the same concept here, we better do what they did. Especially if it's fin is tall enough we have brushing of the iceberg next to us." he said and they nodded, as they looked at archeology team then.
As they were working then. "Anyone here an expert on Celtic legend and verse?" Daniel asked and the 10 started laughing at that. "No, but then we did everything, in the mythology and theology and this would be the second right now." Anna said smiling and Vala hid a chuckle at that, as he worked at deciphering it and then looked at her. "Are you sure you have this cipher right?" he asked and she nodded. "Yes, why?" she asked and he sighed as he said it then.
"I can't believe I missed the Daedalus for this, if this was in 5 years, just because Jack's trying to keep me on Earth. Because this is ridiculous right now, it's taking a short range translation, to realize we just walked out of mythology. When in the cultures, and crash landing on 200A.D., just after Christ now, because if they had amplitudes into everything. We were meant to find this thing, before destroying it." he said and Teal'C nodded to him and he and Cam nodded.
"Get over it, because that's not worth risking the safety of our entire galaxy, if we jump into the heads of heretics here, by accident." she said and he nodded, knowing she was right, but he was still irritated this was another plot by ex his team, to control his whereabouts. "You don't have to get back to double check with Bra'tac yet on that, of what the hell's going on over there?" Cam asked and he shook his head. "The council is in recess until tomorrow." he said to him gently.
"Curious?" he said to that news and he nodded. "Indeed." he said and he nodded as he said it. "See, this is good, isn't it? Being part of a team again. Working together to unravel some cool ancient mystery? All right, so we're not…working together. But any minute now, I bet Dr. Jackson discovers some key piece of information that sets us off on a great adventure." he said and Daniel, as he scanned the records, looking at his computer screen said it then gently.
"This can't be right, you got to be kidding, everything from the Ancients to whoever is in the Enterprise database?" he said and they and Sarah all looked at him. "What is it?" she asked and he nodded. "Uh, well, Beth, before you find this in your records, when you go to Atlantis, I got it here in the system right now, this is a portion of the database. The Atlantis expedition would bring back with them in a few years, specifically, it's a log of the names of the Ancients now."
"Said who left the planet when it was under siege from the Wraith and returned to Earth." he said and Teal'C nodded to the news. "What's it say on the Wraith exactly, if we encounter the damn things?" Rodney asked and he nodded as he read out the information to them then gently. "The Wraith are a humanoid hive-based species from Pegasus galaxy, who harvest the 'life-force' of other humanoid beings for nourishment through suckers on their right hand palm."
"Countless worlds live in constant fear of the Wraith, who return periodically to cull their human herds, after taking their fill, the Wraith hibernate for centuries. And are watched over by Keepers, before they wake and feed again." he said and Shepard looked over his shoulder, and saw the face of one. "Yeah these things are definitely alien." he said, and she and Rodney took a look at that. "Whatever you do, don't kill the leader." she said and Shepard nodded sternly.
"The one that kidnapped the Colonel, and my new contact and her second, the father of the kid that latched onto us." he said and she nodded in agreement. "That's the database, till we add onto it, as we learn more then we ever wanted to know here." she said and he nodded. "Yeah it's days like this it never pays to let your guard down, I should have been the one. In running the military side, but O'neill chose a hotheaded marine colonel." Caldwell said to that sternly.
"Just imagine the exchange, if we have whoever getting hijacked mentally after Machello." Rodney said and he nodded. "And Landry is fixing that mistake that when I'm not busy on mission, or whatever, I got you holding down the fort, Colonel." Shepard said and Caldwell nodded. "When you're ready to have your own team yes and I agree with you, but the kid that's tanked on this enzyme, this kid's irrational and not thinking straight." he said and they nodded.
"However, the Wraith were actually created around nine hundred years before Atlantis was abandoned. In an effort to make themselves immortal in case they couldn't Ascend. The Ancients began experimenting on transforming themselves into immortal beings. On a frozen planet, the Ancients built a facility where they experimented on one hundred male and one hundred female test subjects taken from around it."
"In the galaxy while creating a weapon that would wipe out their test subjects if they ever lost control of them. All but nine of the females died in the experiment while ninety-nine of the males survived. Under the Ancients testing, the Wraith began developing the characteristics and powers they would later have. Eventually, the Wraith learned how to use their telepathic abilities and tricked the guards."
"Into releasing them, the Wraith stole the weapon that could kill them and the facility's ZPM and escaped through the Stargate to Athos. The Ancients chased them, but by the time they reached Athos, the Wraith were gone. The Ancients continued to chase the Wraith, setting a trap for them when they briefly attempted. In returning to Athos, eventually, the Wraith were able to steal ships and hide the ZPM and weapon."
"It is suggested that a mollusk creature found on one of their original sanctuaries, Car Leonid, would become the basis for their hive ships. The Wraith eventually split into various bands and the original nine females. Then became the first Wraith Queens, known as the First Mothers, while the males would become their commanders.'. Uh huh, yeah okay, so the one we encountered was a queen." Shepard said sternly and he nodded.
"Athos, Athos, that must the first people we encounter, alright we go there." Rodney said and she nodded in agreement. "Computer who is the current leader of Athos?" she asked and the current leader appeared then. "Teyla Emmagan…, she's no older then me." Shepard said and they and Rodney exchanged looks. "I think I first order of business is to start searching for ZPM's, this way we got the necessary power here for the city." Caldwell said and they nodded
"And this was 900 years ago, so they must have evolved from something, must be a mutation." Rodney said and Daniel nodded. "Thousands of years ago." Teal'C said and they nodded. "Yes, and thanks for the help Q, Morgan, we needed this as our game plan is settled here now. We can use the database to plan out the missions, so based on the database, and then. After said mission update it with our own observation." he said smiling and Jordan chuckled to the remark.
"And what does this have to do with the tablet?" She asked an he nodded. "See, the tablet talks about a treasure, but it doesn't make any specific reference at all to where it is. Though the only inquiry is in England, though where is not specified here now." he said and she sighed. "Well it is supposed to be here, that's what the person who I stole it from told me…, before I stole it from him." she said and Jordan nodded. "Best change demeanors." he said and she nodded then.
"Well, I think it is here, and I think I know where it is, too." Daniel said and Cam froze the conversation then. "All right, time out. If the tablet doesn't say…" he started to say and Daniel nodded. "It doesn't say, specifically, but it…, is signed, by a guy named Myrddin." he said and they all froze then. "Never heard of him." he said and he nodded. "I-I think you have. And the amazing part is, his name also appears in the database, Cam, Myrddin is Celtic for…."
"Think about it, Celtic is derivative of English names, from the Northern isles off the coast of continental Europe, so change four letters what do you get." he said and Teal'C froze up in shock then. "Merlin, Myrddin is Merlin, the wizard of the Arthurian legends." Jordan said and he nodded. "The Ancient who carved this tablet is one of the Ancients who returned to Earth from Atlantis?" he said and Cam nodded, as he tried to wrap his mind around what he just said it.
"Merlin? King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table? Merlin?" he said and Daniel nodded. "Yes." he said and Daniel nodded then to him. "Was an Ancient?" he said and Daniel nodded. "I think so." he said and Cam smiled. "See, that is what I'm talking about!" he said smiling and the duo nodded, as later that day they exchanged looks as Daniel did a fast explanation. "The Ancient we always assumed were here from the very beginning, but I just discovered evidence."
"And to the contrary, as after careful deciphering, is that Arthur was then carried off in a barge by Merlin, saying that he was headed for the Vale of Avalon. That, which according to legend, was a magical place where the dead would meet. Now at the time, some said Arthur never actually died but would in fact one day return. From what we know about the Ancients, it's possible that Avalon was actually a place where Merlin helped Arthur, a mortal, ascend."
"Are not the Ancients forbidden from interfering with the existence of mortals?" he asked and Daniel nodded. "If what happened to me is anything to go by, there's rules put in place, but the non ascended. They are slightly more arrogant, then ascended counterparts now, so ascended Ancients, yes, for the most part. But it's possible Merlin here now, was not actually ascended himself here, but was in fact, just a human, far along on the evolutionary path."
"What does this have to do with where this alleged treasure was buried?" he asked and Daniel nodded. "Well, there are a number of conflicting interpretations, but certain threads point to the Knights of the Round Table. Like the Ancient Egyptians putting the country's wealth into a single sacred place, the Ancient's did the same. In gathering great treasures from the far corners of Arthur's domain and hiding them in a magical stronghold at Avalon." he said to him gently.
Vala sits up with interest at the talk of treasure. "Including the Holy Grail." Cam said and Daniel nodded. "According to some." he said and they nodded. "So this grail. What's that worth?" she asked and Cam turns to look at her with contempt. "What?" She said and he leaned forward then. "This holy grail, to us Earthling's, it's a religious artifact, so therefore, belongs in the church, safely guarded." Landry said sternly and she flinched, realizing she screwed up then.
"But that remark on obsession you heard over the Crystal Skull, is the subject of an obsession to this chalice, in a movie based on Daniel's persona. His grandfather's own obsession with the skull, it mirrors his double's father's own that was the ceremonial drinking goblet. And of our god's son, who was crucified and resurrected right now, the root word for Christian is Christ." Bishop said and she nodded in shock then, as she realized there was a lot to learn about Earth.
"In 1191, the monks at Glastonbury Abbey claimed to have found the grave of King Arthur. On the stone burial was an inlaid lead cross was the inscription: "'Hic Iacet Sepultus Inclitus Rex Arturius in Insula Avallonis. Here lies the famous King Arthur, buried on the Isle of Avalon.' Now the claim was not taken seriously until 1278, when Henry II ordered the grave to be exhumed. Now Glastonbury, a small town about 125 miles west of London has been a pilgrimage."
"And for believers since." he said to him then as Vala looks bored now that the talk has veered away from the treasure, as Landry looks annoyed and confused at Daniel's translations. Landry gets up and approaches Daniel. "Hank takes time I know, but when working in archeology, patience is a virtue, the way the game is played." Catherine said and he relaxed then. "Yes, yes. And the point is, in terms of the translation now." he said gently and Daniel nodded to him
"Certain Celtic legend says that Glastonbury Tor, the hill overlooking the town, is actually hollow. And that contained within it is the entrance to the underworld, Avalon." he said and Landry nodded. "Has no one ever done any sort of geological survey?" he said and Daniel sighed. "There have been several scientific studies apparently disproving the myth…" he said and Landry said it. "Daniel." he said and Daniel said it quickly then to him then at the remark then.
"We're talking about the Ancients, sir. It's very possible that the underground entrance was concealed with some sort of technology." he said and Cam said it gently. "Sir, we're hoping to use the Asgard sensors aboard the Enterprise to find something we haven't been able to see before." he said to him the gently at that. "Thank you! Well, two years ago, I wouldn't have believed we'd find an Ancient outpost under a mile of ice in Antarctica, I'll call the President."
"I'm sure he'll want to inform the British prime minister." he said and they nodded. "Alright guys, this is 200AD now, so with that, the only weapons were swords, they didn't invent guns. Till 800 years later in 1,000AD." he said and they nodded. "So the Dark Ages, when we're trying to live like a civilized people, we were starting to develop surnames, live in two story houses. But those houses are really castles." Cromwell said to clarify and he nodded gently to him then.
"Whoever here did fencing right now, you better retake that class, you're going to need it 1) and 2) right now, depending on the type of obstacle course this is. Then training starts tomorrow, before you jump feet first into this." he said and they nodded. "This going to be a long week so we give it one week, and wait for the decision, by then we're ready. If the sword was booby trapped, that's the sum number test, before we're granted access." he said and they nodded.
As they headed for the holodeck, just as baseball came flying out the door on one of them at that. "Oops, sorry guys, the ball got hit a little too hard and went over the fence." a baseball coach said as he came running and they nodded. "We better start putting up the forcefields, to keep the said object from getting knocked out the door here right now. Andy bring your strength down slightly, before you bean one of us, son." Jordan said and a 13 year old nodded then.
"How big are the fields you're training on, if that's a common occurrence with this sport?" she asked and he chuckled. "The fence itself spans around the stands directly behind it, but the word bean really means us getting hit by it, when it got hit the wrong way." Cromwell said and she nodded. "So us in our 30 and 40's, and the Professors are how old?" she asked and he smiled. "Adam and Father Thomas are the General's age, Mac's 16 years older." Anna said to her then.
"The Professor and his wife?" she asked and he nodded. "Yep their age group, they were born in 1928, our parents 15 years later, us, we were born from '57 to '65." Dixon said and she nodded gently, as the training started as they got to work, seeing she had a lot to learn. And about being on earth, as she adjusted to living on a ship that size then. "Kev's mention of said movie, it mirrors this exactly, just without the racial supremacists." Daniel said and she nodded gently.
"My nickname persona everyone coined me with was Indiana Jones, that's the nickname to the famed archeologist, real name of Henry Jones Jr.. His father, played by Mac's double now, was hunting down this chalice we told you about, and he ended up in the middle. After his father god kidnapped and our country's biggest religious enemy, was trying to find it." he said and she nodded in understanding. "So we come across racial purists, there it is." he said to her gently.
"Never needed to see said symbol, you know it immediately, they're religious fanatics, trying to kill innocent people?" she said and he nodded. "Well 6 holodecks, so training, for this, and we got a weeks worth's training, before you do it for real." he said and they both nodded to the decision, knowing with him the expert of ancient technology then. It was best they do this his way, before it started getting out of control then….
Glastonbury:
After a week of training and the sextet got ready, it was that same week, that Data and Lal Spiner were born, carrying all their human knowledge. And after incorporating a new way to look and act human, they turned themselves into Androids. Only withouts the metal endo-skeletons, and incorporating their own brand of food and water fuel. They could blend in, with the rest of the crew now, as Data was dressed in the same style uniform that Geordi was.
While Lal was dressed in the same style Wesley was now as they flew the saucer section to the coordinates then, that Vala gave them. At the time now, as the group was gathered around the navigation console, on the adult bridge. "At least the ship is not going to sink from having that much treasure, coming on board, once we find it, as just two trunks. Said sank the jolly boat that Tim was in, before he got marooned on the island." Wesley said and Landry hid a chuckle.
"All right, excuse me son, guys clear the way kids, alright Lieutenant Marks, what do you got?" Landry asked and he explained. "Well, thanks to the ship sensors, we were able to map around the energy distortion that would have normally fooled deep ground sonar. I was able to define a large main cavern, a network of tunnels, and some smaller caves." he said to him then gently and he nodded. "So we found the entrance into the chamber, perfect." Daniel said to that news.
"Well done, Lieutenant." Cam said and he nodded. "Can you see what's in there, say large piles of metals?" Vala asked and he shook his head. "It's another Barque of heaven, obstacle course and then you get the goods." he said and the duo nodded in aggravation. "Well first test of our new team, so nobody get too uptight with each other." he said and she, and the 8 all nodded. "Uh, like I said, we could only map the exterior of the structure." he said and they nodded.
"Can you get us in there?" Cam asked and he shook his head. "Well, it's almost a half-mile underground, and there's no visible access from the surface." he said and Sarah crossed her arms. "Q what kind of technology did you put into this thing: advanced human technology won't work, options left?" she asked and Daniel looked up. "Asgard beams." he suggested and Marks shook his head and as he answered him, as Sarah, Anna and Vala exchanged looks at this.
"Tried that. Doesn't seem to penetrate whatever sort of energy shield is disguising the caves." he said and they nodded. "Wait, this is the Ancient Outpost disguised as the enterprise that if beaming technology doesn't work, and I found a ring transporter…" O'brien said and Vala smiled then. "Rings, we take rings." she said and everyone looks at her. "The Ancients were the Gate Builders, right? And they invented the rings too, they had to get in and out of there somehow."
"And I know this ship has rings, in disguise of the teleporter, so go with being an Ancient prodigy, beam in and by rings." she said and he smiled. "And there's being a skilled tactician, without explosives, use the ringing systems to get in and out." Cam said at that gently. "She's right." Daniel said and Marks nodded then. "Colm, I can upload the coordinates to your terminal, you do the rest, but Colonel, if there are rings down there, we should be able to lock on."
"But your radios won't work." he said and they nodded. "Risk I'm willing to take, to prevent the Ori from getting over here." Daniel said and Landry nodded. "The system lords were Jack, the Ori are me, along with Vala and Cam joining in and Teal'C switched journeys." he said and he nodded. "Colonel you know there's a slight possibility, you could get stuck in there?" he said and Daniel. "Just like there's a risk of the gate falling off the cliff." he said and Picard smiled gently.
"Yes it's a risk, but there is no pleasure of the gain, if there is no risk of the journey to get to it, and this is a big gain, and the first victory for us, the SGA." he said and Landry nodded as Daniel and Cam exchange looks, as Cam crosses the room, clapping Daniel on the shoulder. "Bring the first aid kit, before someone gets hurt." He said to Keller and she nodded in sympathy as they got into position. "You 5 go in first, we're right behind you." Dixon said and he nodded then.
"With this power drain, we may have trouble communicating with the Enterprise, sir." Lieutenant Commander Data Brent Spiner said, and he nodded. "Understood. Anything else?" he asked and he nodded. "Due to this forcefield, there is presently no way to beam us back, sir, till we completed the tests." he said and Geordi sighed in exasperation. "Oh, you had to ask." He said and Will said it emphatically. "Understood." he said to him and then said it to Daniel gently.
"Daniel we're gong in first, man, check the perimeter." he said and Daniel nodded to him. "Don't touch anything till we get in there, it's in Ancient, only I can read it." he said and they nodded to the orders, as they waited then "Energise." he said to Colm then as they beamed out, before, after a minute, the rings swoop down, depositing Cam, Keller, Teal'c, Daniel and Vala into a large dark cave. "Commander, we're over here!" Geordi called out and Daniel nodded in relief then.
That he shouted out to him then, before they had to go looking for their third team then, as, looking at the psyched look on Cam. It was, presumably, Cam's first time to travel by ring transport. "Wicked, if I thought gate travel is cool, this is even better!" he said and the trio exchanged amused smiles, as they swoop their flashlights around, for dangers. "And empty." he said as the quintet came in right behind them as Cam starts exploring the cave Vala follows.
"Guys get back over here, before you get lost, these doors could be booby trapped." Daniel said and they nodded and moved to them. "Thank god for your expertise here, in archeology, this happens all the time." he said and Daniel nodded. "Well we're just missing the girls and Worf otherwise, we got your entire team here, Will." he said and Will nodded, smiling. "I can't believe they never took your remarks sooner, this looks like the temple in India." Data said to him then.
"You do realize you're quoting the kids on the first season, with what we get into?" he asked and Cromwell tried to keep from laughing. "Yeah alright guys, let's focus here so no one gets lost in here, well at least no one over did it. But this took being annd archeologist and explorers a little too far right now." he said and they nodded. "Yeah alright split into 3 groups of 5, stick together no stragglers, before you get lost in here, and leave the channel open." he said to him then.
"Yeah so what's next exactly, Kali was a blood thirsty goddess, we always knew that." Geordi said to him and he nodded. "Hence the fact after killing Sobek, she took his head, and has it hanging on the wall of her throne room." he said and they shuddered. "First the heart, now the head, what's the next body part to go." Cam asked and Vala looked at him. "If it's a man, do you need to ask, Cameron?" she said and they nodded. "Point taken." Will said for all of them.
"A sword in a stone." Cam said and Daniel nodded. "We're on the right track, King Richard Lionheart, we're on the first crusade." he said and Cam nodded. "Meaning we keep that up, and instead of a surgical strike, and we do it in a prevention over cure." Dixon said and Daniel nodded, as Vala, still getting used to earth metaphors, said it gently. "What's that supposed to mean?" she said and Keller chuckled. "Military metaphor, Vala." she said to her and she nodded.
"Well, King Arthur once pulled a sword from a stone as proof of his righteousness and royalty." he said and Cam nodded. "I read the book, but I love Arthurian legends, Excalibur." he said and Daniel chuckled and at that. "Actually, that's a common misconception, see, Excalibur was forged by the Lady of the Lake at Avalon, but it wasn't given to King Arthur. And until after the sword he pulled from the stone broke in battle." he said and they nodded smiling to the news.
"This one must be the same sword that got destroyed, here we go again, alright Cam be careful, there could be a booby trap." Dixon said and Cam smiles and spits in his palms, rubbing them together. He approaches the sword and tries to pull it out to no avail, groaning with the effort. "Give it a try, Muscles, I'll give you half." she said and Teal'C looks at Vala, who's still smiling and nodding encouragingly, as Cam grunts and releases his hold on the sword and nodded.
"Okay, yeah, that's in there pretty good." he said as immediately after Mitchell steps back from the stone, a noise is heard that puts the 8 men on alert, readying their weapons. A hologram appears of an old, white-bearded man, dressed in long robes and holding a long staff. "Hold fire, remember show no violence, that must be Merlin's avatar for the game here." Daniel called out and the 7 lowered their guns, as he listened to the avatar gently to the message then.
"Welcome, ye knights of the round table, men of honor, followers of the path of righteousness. Only those with wealth of knowledge and truth of spirit shall be given access to the underworld. the storehouse of riches of Ambrosius Aurelianus, prove ye worthy, and all shall be revealed." he said and they nodded. "Just take it easy on the bullets, no wasting ghosts, and Teal'C, relax." Dixon said and the sextet and Vala nodded
"That's incredible. Certain scholars have speculated that Ambrosius and Arthur were one and the same, but that would have made him 74 years old at the Battle of Mount Badon. It's actually quite fascinating. See, Ambrosius was the son of the Emperor Constantine…" Daniel said and Bert smiled as he exchanged relieved looks with Teal'C, hearing him sound like his old self again. The enthusiasm for the job returning again, as he started his new life with them finally then.
Vala approaches the stone and sits on it, playing her hand across the sword hilt. When she thinks no one is paying attention, she attempts to pull the sword out herself with no success. "Yes, yes, yes. Fascinating, is the one thing it's not, how do we prove ye worthy and get all to be revealed?" Vala said and Teal'C thought it over, as he looked from her to the tunnels behind her and further into the cave and nodded. "We've 10, so 2 teams?" Addams said and he nodded.
"Perhaps there is something in these tunnels, just be safe, because if the Unas penetrated, it's another shootout waiting to happen." he said and they nodded. "Got it, alright guys, you go that way, Teal'C you're in charge here, Jennifer you're with us, Vala." Dixon said to that gently and she nodded. "See, that is why he's here, Genius, we're going to split up. I'm with Teal'c. Yo! Wait up." he said as he followed him Bert, Shepard and Addams then and they nodded then.
Separating on that, they walked the cavern then, while Teal'C and Mitchell come to a small chamber at the end of the tunnel. A stone altar is centered in the chamber. As they approach, flames ignite from small round objects set in the floor, Teal'C appears disturbed. And Cam smiles and approaches the altar, cautiously viewing the room for any danger. "Check this out." he said smiling, Teal'C enters the chamber cautiously, scanning behind him to the entrance.
A moment later, a large stone slab lowers behind him, sealing both he and Mitchell in the room. Both try and stop the slab before it reaches the floor, but do not succeed. "Okay, that can't be good…, Jackson, come in, Daniel, can you hear me?" he said into the radio, and Bert nodded. "The forcefield, they're interfering with our radios, outside of the ship, Cam." he said and they, Shepard and Addams nodded in agreement, knowing they had to wait then as they started.
Daniel:
As at the same time Daniel, Vala, Keller and Dixon were wondering their side of the cavern, til they have reached the end of their tunnel and find a similar chamber. And to the one discovered by Mitchell and Teal'c as they approach, the flames in their circular nests on the floor again wink into existence. "If you immediately know the candlelight is fire…" he said with a reminder to what Morgan told him, knowing he would understand said proverb one day at the remark.
"Huh?" she said and he shook his head. "Nothing, it's okay Vala, just something Morgan said, I'm trying to figure out the meaning." he said and she nodded gently. "Hmm." she said and they turned enter the chamber. As soon as they pass the threshold, a large stone slab. The lowers to the floor, it has already sealed them in by the time Daniel approaches and checks its weight. Vala looks forlorn for a moment at being trapped, then runs her light around the room.
There is also a stone altar in their alcove, on which two covered pots set. One pot is silver, the other gold. "Okay, the hologram said that "only those with the wealth of knowledge and truth of spirit will pass, so this has to be a test." he said to Dixon and he nodded as they approach the altar. In front of each pot is a caption written in Ancient. Vala gestures to the gold pot with her flashlight. "What does it say?" she asked and he read out the message to her gently then.
"It says 'the universe is infinite'." he said and she nodded. "That seems "infinitely" not useful. How about this one?" she said and he read it out. "The treasure is in this pot."" he said and she nodded. "Really? I was hoping for something a little more substantial, but okay…" she said to that and reaches for the lid, but Daniel stops her, raising his finger in warning. "Wait, wait, wait, you guys and your riddles, timer till you get it right." he said and she nodded then gently.
"Too obvious?" she said and he shook his head then. "Give me a minute." he said holding his hand up, as he tries to think the puzzle through. Vala pauses for two seconds, then grunts and again reaches for the lid of the pot, Daniel waves his hand at her again, halting her movement. "Not a minute….., Still not a minute." he said and Dixon nodded, as he waited patiently for him to get it worked out then for their side of it, as at the same time, Cam had moved to table.
