"Incoming travelers!"
As the alarms rang out warning of activation of the Stargate, soldiers in fatigues ran through the opening bulk doors. Their guns aimed at the black opaque ring; the soldiers stood ready as they waited for the titanium iris to either stay open or closed.
Viewing all this was General Hammond, in a booth, overhead the spinning black Stargate, waiting for confirmation by his staff on who the visitors were.
"Computer confirms it is SG-1, general." The technician said, adjusting his glasses to get a closer look at his computer screen. "The entry codes are present and complete."
"Open the iris." General Hammond said, waiting for it to open and reveal the settling pool of shimmering light.
Never had the general imagined that this towering stone ring could take anyone to anywhere in the galaxy. He also never thought that their enemy would no longer be human, either. It was a new world for him, so he was always present when the teams return. Envious that these young men and women could go on this new adventure, or perhaps he wanted to physically see them return home safely, the general was always present for the returns.
Colonel Jack O'Neill, team leader of the returning SG-1, was from the first mission, which took him to Abydos where the descendants of Earth were slaves to an alien king who had brought himself up as an Egyptian god. Daniel Jackson, the original Egyptologist who deciphered the strange hieroglyphics of the Stargate, was on the team to track down the alien enemy and to rescue his wife Shau-ri, who was captured by the Go'ualds. Captain Samantha Carter, an astrophysicist at the Pentagon, was the only female to join up the team. And Teal'c, an alien warrior who hosts an infant alien until maturity. In exchange, Teal'c received perfect health and abnormal strengths.A strange bunch indeed, the general thought as he watched the shield opened to reveal the shimmering surface of the Stargate. In just moments, he knew the four would exit out of the device. The team was different from the other teams, not just because of an alien comrade, but because the group worked so well together.
The first one exited out of the Stargate, waving to the soldiers to indicate that they were friendly. Taking off the helmet, the blond hair revealed that it was Carter.
The next one stumbled out after Carter. He took off his helmet and put on his wire spectacles. "That was a boring planet." He grumbled as he came down the ramp.
"Not all planets can be Eden, Daniel." Carter commented, noting that O'Neill and Teal'c just came in after him. The Stargate shut down soon after, its shimmering lights gone.
"No, but at least Eden might have had some nice artifacts or something." Daniel grumbled. He eyed the soldiers, relieved to see that they lowered their weapons. He shuddered to think what would happen if they were to panic and fired by mistake. Of course, Daniel thought to himself, they were more like robots so they were programmed pretty well.
"You could have picked up one in their souvenir shop." O'Neill drawled as he took off his helmet and ran a hand through his short military cut hair.
Daniel grunted, not finding it particularly funny, as he walked down the ramp, pass the soldiers, who were packing up their weapons after the all clear signal. One soldier was watching Daniel, making no move to pack away his weapon.
"What is a souvenir?" Teal'c inquired as he took off his helmet to reveal the gold tattoo of the Jaafa on his forehead.
Carter laughed as she tried to imagine Daniel giving him a lecture on the roots of a souvenir. But Daniel was already out of the room, towards the elevator to get down to the lab to analyze the film of cave writings, the only thing found on that planet. She didn't notice the soldier, who was following him. Teal'c did notice, however, and thought it to be curious. As Carter and O'Neil headed for the debriefing room upstairs, Teal'c decided to join Daniel Jackson to the lab and see if he could be of some help to the human scholar.
"Doctor Jackson?"
Daniel looked up as he entered the elevator, not realizing that the soldier had followed him into the car. The soldier stood half a head taller than him, with black hair and gray eyes. Daniel didn't recognize the soldier. He was sure he would have remembered such a face. A scar ran from the jaw to the collarbone. Ouch, he thought with a slight wince.
"I'm sorry, are you new here?" Daniel smiled as he punched the B2 button. The soldier didn't make a move to push a button so Daniel assumed that he was going down to the labs, too.
The soldier turned around to face him and Daniel suddenly realized that he still had his pistol with him. Frowning, he pointed it out to the soldier. "You know, I may not be military, but I am pretty sure that you shouldn't be carrying around that thing down to the labs."
"That's the problem." The soldier said quietly.
Daniel was startled, unable to react when he saw that the pistol was now pointed at him. Suddenly, the soldier's eyes glowed angrily at him.
"You're not military." With that, the soldier fired three shots pointblank to Daniel's chest. The scientist gave a small gasp, as the gun made no sounds except for a few pops. Fuzzily, he realized that there was a silencer on the barrel. Jack had shown him one before. The fire on his chest caused him to cough and as he fell, he was vaguely aware of the soldier pressing the B4 button. It led to the supply floor. No one would be down there for a long time. No one would find me, Daniel thought weakly as he struggled to press the elevator alarm. The soldier kicked his hand away and calmly got off on the B2 floor and stood there watching Daniel black out before the elevator doors closed.
Unable to catch up with Daniel Jackson, Teal'c took the adjacent elevator and got off at B2. To his surprise, Teal'c saw that the soldier got off instead of Daniel. He thought it strange when the soldier just stood there, watching the elevator before heading for an exit nearby. Why did he want B2 then? Teal'c saw the numbers lighted on top and saw that the elevator was heading for B4 now.
Perhaps Daniel Jackson needed supplies, Teal'c thought deciding to help the scientist. The alien warrior entered back the elevator and pressed for B4.
Daniel was dying.
The blood on the floor told him this fact. He didn't feel any pain, just the slick feeling of his bloody clothes. The elevator finally opened its door to an empty hallway. Daniel tried to get up, but found he had no strength in his arms. In fact, his legs felt weak, too. You have to get up. Daniel whispered to himself. Get up! Daniel's inner voice screamed as he dragged himself out of the elevator with his arms. He got halfway out when he heard the neighboring elevator coming to a stop. At first he thought that it was help, but suddenly feared that perhaps it was that unknown soldier, back to check on if he had succeeded in killing him.
Have to get back in the elevator, Daniel thought but could make no moves. The hallway looked huge. To crawl back the few feet to the elevator was too far. Daniel was gasping already with the exertion. But Daniel knew that he had to survive, to warn the general and his friends. He couldn't die yet; he had to save Shau-ri. Daniel could not die yet-
Teal'c got off the elevator and was about to call out to Daniel, when he noticed a crumpled figure, halfway in the elevator. Blood stained the floor tiles around him. Teal'c ran with a shout when he realized that it was the scientist. Not waiting to check if he was still alive, T'ealc gathered his friend up in his arms and punched the elevator for the infirmary. As the elevator doors closed, Teal'c cursed in his own language at his stupidity.
"Teal'c?" Daniel whispered, not opening his eyes.
"I am taking you to help, Daniel Jackson." Teal'c said, looking down at his injured comrade. "Do not speak, conserve your strength."
"I wasn't military." Daniel whispered as he winced in pain. The numbness had faded and the full-blown impact of the shots was back. "He said I was a problem." He gasped as his lungs gave him pain with each breath. His friend just tightened his grip on him. Daniel felt his eyes grow heavy. Don't sleep, he told himself franticly.
"Glowing." Daniel whispered. Unable to continue, Daniel felt his head lolled against Teal'c before the darkness swept over him. Thankfully, the darkness swept out the pain and Daniel couldn't remember anymore why it was important that he needed to stay awake.
Teal'c couldn't understand what his friend was saying. Before he could answer him, the doors open to a hallway. He ignored the alarmed looks of the soldiers and just roared for them to move out of his way. Teal'c didn't even realized he had reverted back to his own tongue again.
"Nothing else to report, sir." Jack shuffled papers back into a folder, handing it to the general. Carter eyed the colonel with amusement. The colonel looked bored.
"Not every mission would have bad guys, Colonel O'Neill." The general smiled, noticing his bored expression, too. The general wasn't one to be offended.
"Thank god." Carter quipped.
Before the general could continue, they heard a thunderous shout outside. Jack recognized it as Teal'c, speaking in his native tongue. There was a commotion outside the briefing room. Carter opened the door and gasped at what she saw.
Teal'c was running down the hallway to its end, where the infirmary was. Some had already ran ahead to let Doctor Frasier know. In his arms, the warrior was carrying-
"Daniel!" Carter gasped as Jack went for the door to see what was going on. The colonel just bolted out of the room to the infirmary. By the time Jack arrived at the infirmary, Teal'c was empty handed, his burden taken over by the female doctor, who didn't notice the colonel as she barked orders to the surrounding medical aides.
"Pulse 110 b.p.m." one reported as he pumped up the pressure cuff around Daniel's upper arm.
"Blood pressure 180 over 100."
"I need three pints of AB negative blood, stat."
"Give me a reading in the EKG."
Suddenly, the heart monitor that was hooked up to Daniel emitted a long beep, indicating that his heart stopped. Carter, who had just caught up with the colonel, gave a gasp as she recognized what that meant.
It was then, that the doctor noticed the three, rooted at the doorway of the medical room. As she prepared the electric paddles to shock back their friend's heart; she jerked her head towards the door.
"Out." She ordered as the nurse shouted that the paddles were fully charged. She placed the paddles over the sides of Daniel's chest. The electric shock jerked the body upward slightly. The doctor frowned as the nurse shook his head. There was no pulse.
"Once more." The doctor said. She glanced back at the three. "Get out of here. You're not doing any good here." She applied the paddles once more.
Beep.
"I've got a pulse." The nurse announced as the doctor nodded curtly, already barking orders to the other medics.
Carter released the breath that she didn't realized she had held. She placed a hand on Jack's shoulder and tugged at Teal'c. The two men reluctantly left to go wait in the meeting room.
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