Revelation

Tana stood at the head of the long table. Opposite her sat Thor, waiting patiently for everyone else to take their seats. The four team leaders, their second in commands, Sam, Daniel, Jack and Ryelin all sat at the table. The other people in the room took their seats in the chairs along the wall.

Tana looked out at all the people looking back at her. She had never done a briefing for this many people before. To say she was nervous would be a bit of an understatement. But she held herself together so well, no one would have guessed her nervousness. Once everyone had settled down, she began.

“Thank you all so much for coming,” she started slowly. “As most of you know, a little over two months ago, the SGC started working on the Beta Project. I was taken through that gate to an unknown planet. Since my return, the Daniel Jackson, along with Asgard teams 3,4,6 and 8, have been scanning the surface of the planet. You all have been called here because we finally found something useful. Two days ago, a strange energy field was discovered. ASG-3 and I went down to the co-ordinates and found this,” Tana pushed a button on the side of the table and a holographic image of a metal box came out of the table.

“Scan’s indicate that the object inside the box is much like a ZPM,” said Col. Collins, the team leader of ASG-2. He gave copies of a report he had made to Jack, Daniel and Sam.

“You said it was much like a ZPM,” said Sam, opening the file. “How is it different?”

“Well, that’s the totally cool part,” Tana said excitedly, reverting back into her 20-year-old way of speaking. “Power output, even with distortion by the box, is four times that of the ZPM found in Egypt.”

Sam looked at Tana in complete shock. Four times the output! That would mean it was either a never before used ZPM or it was something entirely new. Either way, this meant they would now have two ZPM’s.

“None of that explains why I’m here,” Ryelin said, breaking everyone from their thoughts.

“Right!” Tana said, almost jumping with excitement. She went around the corner of the table, moving a chair so she would be closer to the holograph. “The box is Goa’uld design. It looks much like the stone chests found in the pyramids in Egypt, except for this.” Tana pointed at one side of the box. In the center of this wall of the box was a large, square indent. It looked like it was just the right size to fit a person’s hand. “From what we have figured out, that is the latch of sorts. It’s a Naquadah sensitive lock. That’s where you come in.”

“Ah, so, Major Connor actually did something useful.”

“So, where’s the box?” Jack asked, clasping his hands in front of him. “Let’s bust that thing open and get home.”

“We can’t do that sir,” said Col. Collins. Jack looked at him. “The box seems to have been built directly into the cliff face where we found it. We can’t remove it.”

“In other words we would have to go down to the planet, sir,” said Col. Terra, leader of ASG-4. “But both ASG-3 and my team would be going down with you.”

“Oh, no,” Jack said, raising his voice a little. “You are not taking Ryelin down to the surface. I‘m not risking the life of a 16-year old, again.”

“It is indeed safe, O’Neill,” Thor assured him. “There will be a constant link between those on the ground and this ship. If anything should happen, I can bring everyone on board immediately.”

It took a few more minutes before Jack was finally convinced. The portion of the planet was basically vacant. Jack would still be going down with them. He felt better that way. It would be some time before they reached the planet, so everyone was dismissed to go get some rest. Jack, Daniel, Sam and Ryelin were all given rooms to rest in. Because there was not enough individual rooms, so Tana agreed to share with Ryelin.

“Do you ever feel weird having an alien battle ship named after you?” Ryelin asked Daniel as they all walked down the hallways to the living quarters.

“Yeah, it’s a little strange, but I’m not the first,” he laughed. “The first ship in this class was the Jack O’Neill.”

“Really? Where’s that ship?”

“I blew it up,” Sam said casually. Ryelin looked at her, then they both laughed. “I’ll tell you about it later. This seems to be you’re room.” Tana had stopped at one of the doors and opened it.

“Yep, this is my home away from home,” Tana said. She hugged Sam and Daniel before going in. Ryelin followed her. It was a small room, with one bed and a desk. The bed was more like a cot than a bed, but Tana assured Ryelin it was very comfortable. Tana sat down at the desk, motioning for Ryelin to take a seat on the bed.

“You know, I’ve heard so much about you from my mom,” Tana said. Ryelin looked at her suspiciously. “Don’t worry, it was all good things. My mom really likes you.”

“Thanks, I guess,” Ryelin said, shifting on the bed. “Can I be honest with you? I’m not really sure I want to go to the planet.”

“I thought the same thing,” Tana said, resting her elbows on her knees. “What few memories I had of the planet were all bad. I did not want to go at all. But they say the best way to get over a fear is to face it.”

“Okay, now you sound like my mom!” Ryelin laughed. “Well, she’s not actually my mom, but you get the point…anyways, she used to say that to me all the time.”

“Yeah, I probably got that saying from my mom.” They sat in an awkward silence for a few second, both trying to think of what to say next. “So, have you lived in Colorado Springs all your life?”

“No, just the past two years.”

“Where did you live before?”

“Oh, I’m not from Earth,” Ryelin said, thinking how strange that must sound. But to Tana, it wasn’t that odd. Not after all she had seen and been through.

“Right. I remember my mom telling me about that now.” Tana said. Another awkward silence came between them. Ryelin looked down at her hands as Tana began to play with the laptop on her desk.

“You’re really lucky, you know?” Ryelin said quietly, still looking down at her hands. Tana looked at her, not knowing why Ryelin had said that. “I mean, you have awesome parents. Sam is the nicest person I have ever met and Jack is, well, Jack. You‘re lucky to have grown up with parents like that.”

“I will admit, Sam is great, but I didn’t know Jack was my father until about a year ago, or so.”

“Really? So, are you and your mom close?”

“I’d like to think we are. But she had to hide me for the longest time. Only Daniel knew about me.” Tana said.

“Why would she hide you?” Ryelin asked in surprise.

“Her career. I resented it sometimes, but I guess I understand it. I’m not mad about it now, because life is going pretty good now. Jack is being a typical dad right now.”

“How so?”

“I just started dating this guy, and Jack doesn’t like him all that much. I can’t figure out why. I think he’s great, but Jack has been kinda hassling me about it. You know how dad’s can be sometimes.”

“Major Connor used to do that. I had a major crush on this one guy in my class, and Major Connor would ask me tons of questions all the time.”

“Sounds like you guys were pretty close.”

“Yeah, we were,” Ryelin said, hanging her head. Part of her didn’t want to talk about him, but part of her did. Tana was so easy to talk to. “But he wasn’t the guy I thought he was. Do you know about what he did to me?” Tana nodded yes, unable to say anything. It was unfathomable what he had done. “Well, we just learned recently that he killed his wife. She had found out who I really was, and was going to report him. So he had her killed.”

“That’s horrible,” Tana said, not knowing what else to say. She could tell it hurt Ryelin to talk about this. But she didn’t stop Ryelin because it was easily seen Ryelin needed this.

They spent the rest of the trip just talking. Both knew they should be sleeping, getting ready for the mission, but it was much more fun to talk. And they talked about everything. The joys and hurts of High School, guys, and every other thing girls tend to talk about.

It was seven hours later when the Daniel Jackson came out of Hyper drive. They were close to the planet. Sam came to get the two girls for the pre-mission briefing. Jack had decided he would take command for the trip down. All members of ASG-3 and -4 would be going with them, as would Sam and Daniel. Tana would be staying on board, communicating by way of hologram.

Once everyone was geared up and ready to go, they all met on the bridge. Tana took up her place on the small pedestal that would transmit her image down to the ground. It would be like she was there, but really, she was just the link between the ground and Thor.

The two ASG team, Sam, Daniel, Jack and Ryelin where beamed down onto the surface of the planet. They found themselves at the bottom of a steep cliff. At the base of the cliff was the box they had all seen with the holograph earlier. It was bigger than the holograph had made it look. They were all looking at the box when Tana was heard behind them.

“The signal isn’t the greatest. Thor says it’s due to the atmosphere, but I don’t fully understand it,” Tana told them. Her image was flickering on and off. She pointed to the box. “The panel with the lock-thingy is facing out. You should be able to just put your hand on it and it will pop open.”

Ryelin walked over to the box. She placed her hand on the front, indented panel, and sure enough, it just popped open. Ryelin kneeled down to get a better look. Inside the box was a yellow device. It had no writing on it, and it kind of reminded her of an ice cream cone. She started to reach in.

“Wait!” Tana yelled. Ryelin jumped back, startled. “It could be booby-trapped.” Col. Collins went to the box and began scanning it.

“This is amazing,” he said, staring at his scanner in awe. “There doesn’t seem to be any booby-traps or any anti-tampering devises here, but energy out put is almost ten times that of the other ZPM’s.”

“Ten times!” Sam and Tana exclaimed in unison. Sam went over to the box. She took the scanner for Collins and looked at it.

“Wow,” she said, turning to Jack. “We really need to take this back with us.”

“Well, grab it and lets get out of here,” Jack said. He had an uneasy feeling about this place. He didn’t know what it was, but it just didn’t feel right. Sam slowly reached in and picked up the ZPM.

They didn’t know it, but the box was booby-trapped. There was a silent alarm that had been set off the instant the box had been opened. For most of the time they had been there, troops had been silently gathering around them. The troops watched as the ZPM was loaded into a box and handed off to Col. Terra.

Terra and her team gathered together and in a flash of light were brought up to the ship. ASG-3 was gathering together when the troops open fire. Jack instinctively grabbed Ryelin and shoved her to the ground. He crouched down to protect her as ASG-3 returned fire.

Tana’s hologram disappeared. A second later the rest were beamed on board. Thor quickly maneuvered his ship away from the planet. Fighters from the surface where quickly gaining on the Daniel Jackson. The Asgard ship had superior weapons, and the fighters were soon shot down.

Sam looked around at the group gathered on the bridge. Something didn’t look right to her. Then it hit her. Jack and Ryelin were nowhere to be seen.

Back on the planet, Jack was still crouched over Ryelin, shooting anything that moved. He noticed the fact that they were the only one’s left on the ground, but expected to be brought up at any time. Then he ran out of ammunition. It dawned on him that they were alone. No one was coming back.

He threw his gun away and pulled Ryelin into a tight hug, expected to be killed. But the firing stopped. All was quiet. Ryelin removed her hands from her ears. Jack heard one of the men yell something, but he could not understand it. They were not speaking English. To him, it sounded like gibberish. A group of the men came over to them. They grabbed Jack by the arms, dragging him away from Ryelin.

Both of them resisted greatly. They were both thrown into the back of a vehicle and carried to a giant compound. They were bounded at the hands and gagged as the transport was driving. Ryelin thrashed so hard while they were binding her hands that the bindings dug into and cut her arms.

“Tyr’d gucc d’ni b’humyri’hm! Legi d’nil xum’n wy’n tied’n!” Yelled one of the soldiers when Jack refused to stand. He still refused to stand until the soldier pointed his rifle at Ryelin’s head. Once Jack saw the frightened look on Ryelin’s face, he stood up as quickly as he could and jumped down from the back of the transport. Ryelin got out with out a fight.

They were forced to walk through the center of the compound. All the soldiers they passed along the way stared at them and whispered to each other. Jack and Ryelin were taken to the same room Tana had been beaten in not even two months ago. It was entirely empty, except for a chair in the middle. The door was closed behind them and they were left in complete darkness.

A door opened on the other side of the room a few moments later. A man in a green uniform and knee high black boots entered the room. His black hair was slicked back, his blue eyes showing such rage. He looked first at Jack, then his eyes slowly moved to Ryelin.

“You touch her and I will kill you, you sick bastard,” Jack said calmly. He knew from descriptions that this was the man that had hurt Tana. The man that had almost killed his daughter. The man that could easily hurt or kill Ryelin. The man’s eye’s slowly moved back to Jack. Without saying a word, them man slowly pulled a long, sharp knife from the holder on his waist.

He moved with great precision over to Ryelin. With the tip of the knife he removed the gag around her month. Then in a quick, flowed motion, he spun Ryelin around and cut the bindings around her hands. He then lead her over to the chair in the center of the room.

“I swear to God-” Jack yelled and started towards the man. He was stopped short by the knife being pointed directly at his face.

“I’m not going to hurt her,” the man said slowly. “We have waited for her return for far to long. It would be stupid of me to kill her. You on the other hand…” he trailed off, taking a few steps closer to Jack. He lightly rubbed the sharp side of the knife along Jack’s cheek. A small trickle of blood ran down his face.

“Leave him alone,” Ryelin said, gathering enough courage to stand up and face the man. He turned around, nodding to her.

“I have been told to give Anya whatever she wishes. The daughter of the president must be obeyed. But you’re friend will be treated as a prisoner.”

“What ever happens to him, happens to me.” Ryelin said defiantly. “If he is a prisoner, than so am I. Plus there’s the fact that you have me mistaken for someone else. My name is not Anya.”

The man said no more. He simply ordered the two soldiers outside the door to take them away. Ryelin’s hands were rebound, and the gag was put back in place. They soldiers guided them both to the same cage Tana had been held in. They were thrown inside and locked up.

“You will remember who you are. We have been looking for you for such a long time.” The man said, his blue eyes staring straight into Ryelin’s. With that, the soldiers left, the man following close behind.

Everyone on the Daniel Jackson was in disbelief. Jack and Ryelin were still on the ground, and they had no way to get them back. Every time the ship would try and get back into position, they would be run off by the cannon fire that had been sent up from the surface. Some damage had already been done, and now they were hiding behind one of the moons.

Though they could not get down there in person, it was still possible to scan the planet’s surface and to transmit a person’s image via hologram. Thor used the long range sensors to search the planet’s surface for traces of Naquadah among the human life signs. It didn’t take them long before they found Ryelin. She was with one other person. They hoped it was Jack, and Sam stepped up on the pedestal that would transmit her image to the planet.

“So, when are you guys coming to pick us up?” Jack asked when Sam suddenly appeared before him.

“We can’t sir,” she said sadly. “We can’t get close enough to the planet for the beam transport to work. Whoever these people are, they have some very advanced weapons. The Daniel Jackson has already sustained some damage. I’m sorry, sir.”

“So,” Jack said after a long pause. “When are you guys coming to pick us up?”

“Sir, I just explained to you-”

“No,” Jack interrupted her. “You didn’t really explain anything. It’s a battleship for crying out loud. Do some battle. Shoot your way in here if you have to. Just get us out!” Sam stood there, silently staring at him. She knew how badly he wanted out of there. Out of danger.

“I have to go,” Sam said, finally. “Thor needs help with repairs. Really, we aren’t giving up on you sir. It’s just going to take time.” With that, she disappeared.

Jack stood where he was, staring at the space Sam had just occupied seconds before. He didn’t know what to do. There was no chance of escape while they were in this cage. And even if they did get out, what then? The ship couldn’t come get them. They would be just as on their own as they were right at that moment.

He turned and looked at Ryelin. She was sitting with her back to on of the sides of the cage. He knees were drawn tightly up to her chest, he head rested on her knees. Jack noticed how small and scared she looked just then. He walked over and sat down beside her.

“You okay?” He asked in a caring, fatherly tone.

“Yeah,” she said, not lifting her head. “Just tired. I didn’t get much sleep while we were on the ship. Tana and I just talked.”

“Really?” He said. She shook her head to say yes. “I’m glad you two get along.” He slid over so he was sitting right next to Ryelin. He put an arm around her shoulder, pulling her into him. “Get some rest, kiddo, while we still can.”

“What are they going to do to us?” She asked, putting her head on his shoulder.

“I was going to ask you,” he said, half laughing. “They seem to know you, and all.”

“Yeah, but I don’t remember them. And at the same time I do. You know what I mean?”

“Not really,” he said, resting his head on hers. “But that’s okay. I’m gonna get you out of here.”

“Don’t bother,” she said, sleep starting to over take her. “They have about three thousand troops within yelling distance and an energy barrier. We’d never get out.”

“How do you know that?” Jack asked, raising his head in surprise.

“I don’t know,” she lifted her head to look at him. “I just know it, and I’d bet anything it’s true…” She trailed off. She put her head back on his shoulder and let sleep finally overtake her. He lay his head back on hers and drifted off into an uneasy sleep of his own.

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Back on the Daniel Jackson, Sam was frantically working to repair damage to the ship. But it seemed every time she would get something fixed, something else would break. After a while, she enlisted the help of Tana and anyone else who knew anything about this kind of technology. Unfortunately, that wasn’t many people. After a while, they got the ship back to full power. Now all they could do was wait.

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They awoke to the feeling of rain on their faces. Jack woke first, his senses hyper-sensitive. Ryelin was awaken by Jack’s head jerking back with such speed that he hit it on the bars. Ryelin sat up, rubbing her own sore neck. She stood up and stretched her arms above her head.

“Did you sleep well?” Jack asked jokingly. He stood up and stretched just as Ryelin had done.

“Oh yeah,” she answered with the same sarcastic tone of voice. She started rubbing her neck again as she looked at her surrounds carefully for the first time. She walked to the door of the cage, placing her hands on the bars. She walked along the sides of the cage, her hand trailing behind her. She stopped on the side opposite the door. She looked down at the cross bars, noticing a difference in color. She touched it. It came off in dry flakes of crimson red. She quickly took a step back, realizing what it was she had just touched.

“What it is?” Jack asked, coming up behind her.

“Blood,” she said quietly. She looked over her shoulder at him. “It’s human blood. Someone died here.”

“I know,” Jack sad sadly. “His name was Jonas.” She looked up at him, wondering how he knew that. Her confusion was evident in her eyes. “Jonas worked at the SGC for a while. About two months ago, Tana and Jonas were taken through the beta gate. It took us a while to find them, but we did. We found Tana, alone and hurt in this very cage. We never did find Jonas. Tana said they shot him.”

“I’m sorry,” she said, not knowing what else to say. She looked down at her feet, noticing a patch of dirt that also seemed darker than the rest. He died here. I don’t know him, but he meant a lot to them, and he died here, she thought. The next thought that came to her mind was that she didn’t want to end up like him.

Jack’s eyes were also glued to the place he knew Jonas had lay bleeding, dieing. This spot had changed Tana. He didn’t want it to end up being the spot that changed Ryelin.

From behind them came the sound of heavy foot steps coming up the hill. Both prisoners turned and watched as a head of dark, slicked back hair turned into a face, followed by a body in a dark green uniform. He came to the door of the cage and just stared at them. Following him was two fare skinned, blonde soldiers.

“I feel horrible,” he said with faked sadness and embarrassment. “I never told you my name. I am Commander Schmerz. I am leader of this base. I was leader of these people, but since you have come back, our dear Anya, our true leader, as he calls himself has come back into power. He wishes to see you, but first I must prepare you, per his instructions.”

“What are you babbling about?” Jack asked, almost annoyed. Without a word in the way of an answer, Commander Schmerz opened the door.

“You must be questioned.” The Commander said, gesturing for the two soldiers to go inside. As they entered, Jack placed himself between the men and Ryelin. He backed up, slowly pushing her behind him until they both had their backs to the far wall.

“We will not hurt her,” Commander Schmerz said absently. “Unless you force us to.”

Commander Schmerz looked at Jack with hate in his eyes. Jack moved aside and let the soldiers bind his hands behind his back. Then they bound Ryelin. Together they were lead out of the cage and down the long hill toward the cement compound.

“So, who was this leader you were talking about?” Jack asked as they entered the compound.

“You don’t need to know. Shut up!” Schmerz said without looking at Jack.

Ryelin was having a hard time keeping up with the men’s large steps. She almost had to run just to say in line with them. She was concentrating so hard on keeping up, she didn’t notice when they stopped. She ran right into Commander Schmerz’s back. He looked down, glaring at her.

He unlock the door and shoved Jack and Ryelin inside. It was the same room they had been brought to when they first arrived in the compound. The chair was still in the center of the room. Ryelin noted for the first time that the chair was bolted to the ground. Jack was guided over to the chair.

The two soldiers cut his bonds and strapped him to the chair as Schmerz held Ryelin against a wall. Once Jack was strapped down, they cut her bonds as well. Schmerz spoke to the two soldiers in a language that neither she nor Jack knew. But it was clear enough what he had told them once they came and stood on each side of Ryelin.

Jack’s arms and legs were secured tightly to the chair. He could do nothing but look directly in front of him. Directly at Ryelin. She looked so small between the two soldiers, in their crisp green uniforms, holding their advanced looking rifles. He feared for her, instead of for himself. Ryelin on the other hand showed little fear. If she was scared, Jack couldn’t tell. She had put on her best poker face.

Commander Schmerz went to the corner of the room and wheeled a cart over to the chair. On the cart was a square device with many knobs, switches and buttons. All of it was painted a pale gray. There were many wires emitting from the box, round pads on the end of each wire. Schmerz place one of the pads on Jack’s temple, another on the base of his neck and a third on the breast pocket of his jacket.

“Don’t think that is going to work well,” Jack said sarcastically. Schmerz said nothing. Instead he turned to Ryelin.

“This is going to be a little example for you, Anya, when we start your treatments,” Schmerz said, turning his attention back to the machine. “This is what happens to you if you mouth off, or do not answer a question honestly.” He flicked the middle switch up, turned one of the knobs and pushed a button.

Jack screamed out in pain. It felt like thousands of small needles where stabbing him in the chest. It was an electrical current, channeled into the muscles of his chest. He couldn’t breath. He tried to scream again, but no sound came out.

“Stop it!” Ryelin screamed, trying to move towards Jack. The soldiers held her back. Schmerz fingered the switch into the down position.

“Guess it does work through clothing,” Jack said, catching his breath. He let out a nervous laugh, but quieted quickly when he saw Schmerz looking at him.

“Answer truthfully and nothing will happing. Lie to me,” Schmerz said, leaning down, putting his face close to Jack’s. “And I will hurt you. But not kill you. You will only wish you were dead.”

“Sounds like fun,” Jack said, staring right back at Schmerz.

“Now,” Schmerz started, flicking the switch back up. “Who are you?”

“General Jack O’Neill, United States Air Force.”

“How did you get here?”

“Ship.”

“Why?”

“Personally, I just wanted to get captured and met you lovely folks.” Searing pain ripped through Jack’s neck. His throat muscles seized up, not allowing air to get in. His head jerked back as his muscles spasmed.

“Stop it!” Ryelin screamed again. Schmerz did nothing. “Stop it! You’re killing him!” Ryelin fought back tears as Schmerz turned off the machine.

“Why did you come here?” Schmerz asked, cranking the knobs up.

“The box.” Jack said, his voice hoarse.

“What box?”

“The one on the cliff. It has a power devise. We took it.” Schmerz hit the button again. This time the pain was in Jack’s head. It felt like his brain just might pop right out of his head.

“What are you doing?” Ryelin screamed, trying again to get to Jack. Schmerz turned off the device. “He told you the truth! That’s what we came here for!” Schmerz left the machine and went to Ryelin.

“That was for taking what is rightfully ours.”

“You couldn’t have opened the box anyways.” Ryelin said, calming down a little. “It’s a fluke that I could.”

“Yes, Major Connor and his experiments.” Schmerz said, going back to Jack. “Did you order Major Connor here?”

“No” Jack said, barely able to hold his head up long enough to look at him.

“How did you get Anya?”

“Her name is Ryelin.” Jack said, under his breath. Schmerz flicked the machine on again. Jack arched his back in pain as the current once again flowed through his chest. Ryelin didn’t bother screaming this time. She tried to turn away, but the soldiers made her watch.

“You do not argue with me! Understand?” Schmerz yelled at Jack. He could only nod in response. “Now, how did you get Anya?”

“We found her,” Jack manage to say. “We saved her from Connor, and we are going to save her from you.” His chest again. This time the current was stronger, much stronger. Jack felt his consciousness slipping from him. His head hung loosely on his chest after the machine was turned off.

“He just doesn’t learn,” Commander Schmerz said to Ryelin. He then spoke to the soldiers in the language she didn’t understand. He moved over to Jack’s side. He hit Jack’s knee as hard as he could with the butt of his rifle. Jack screamed in pain, his head whipping up. Ryelin screamed as loud as she could, trying to get them to stop, no longer able to hold back the tears.

Commander Schmerz ripped off the pads, throwing them into the cart. He shoved the cart out of the way violently, then leaned on the chair, putting his face just inches away from Jack’s. Jack was wide awake now.

“You will respect me,” Schmerz said in a low tone. “You will answer truthfully. The next time you smart off, it won’t be you that I will hurt. It will be her.” He looked over his shoulder at Ryelin. He shifted his body so Jack could see her. The tears were steaming down her face, her eyes the size of saucers. The poker face was long gone. Jack nodded, indicating he understood. “Now,” Schmerz stared, moving back into Jack’s field of vision. “What did Connor do to her?”

“I think you already know about the experiments. You mentioned them earlier. She said they are the same thing.” Schmerz looked over his shoulder and nodded at the soldier holding onto Ryelin’s arm. He then shifted his weight again so Jack could see her.

The soldier nodded back, releasing Ryelin’s arm. He took his rifle and hit Ryelin across the face with it. She stumbled back against the wall, crying out in pain as she covered her face.

“NOOOOOOOO!!” Jack screamed as the soldier hit her. He watched helplessly as she sank down the wall onto the floor. She moved her hand away from her face. Her hand was covered in blood. The blood still flowed freely from her nose.

“I really didn’t want to touch her,” Schmerz said, blocking Jack’s view again. “But I will again if you don’t answer me fully. What did Major Connor do to my child?”

Jack looked up at him in surprise. That was one thing he hadn’t expected.

“Your child? You would hurt your child to get what you want?” Jack said, hate in his voice. Schmerz nodded to the soldier again. He hit Ryelin in the head again. She grabbed the side of her head where he had hit her. More blood.

“Yes, I would.”

“You bastard!” Schmerz nodded to the soldier again. This time he it her arm, swinging the rifle like a bat. Their was a sickening crack, followed by a scream.

“I will do it again and again. Because I know she will heal much faster than you. Now, what did he do to her?”

“He injected her with Naquadah.” Jack said quickly, not wanting Ryelin hurt anymore. Even if she would heal quickly, she was in great pain right now.

“What is Naquadah?”

“ It’s an element that the original Stargate is made out of. There is a race called the Goa’uld-”

“We have heard of them.”

“They have the element in their blood. It allows them use weapons and that sort of thing that are sensitive to Naquadah.”

“What does this do to Anya?”

“Nothing. It just makes her able to handle those weapons.”

“That’s all?” Jack nodded. “She still has the Ancient gene?” Jack nodded again. Schmerz talked to the soldiers in their language. The three of them left, leaving the door partly ajar. Jack noticed it right away.

“Ryelin?” Jack said. She was lying on the floor, her hurt arm tight against her chest. Her face was covered in tears and drying blood. She didn’t hear him. “Ryelin!” He said, a bit louder this time. She looked up, looking at him as though seeing him for the first time. “Can you stand? Can you move?”

“yeah,” she said, slowly standing up. She moved over to the chair. Without him saying anything, she knew what to do. She quickly undid his straps, and helped him stand. “How’s your knee?”

“Hurts, but I can stand on it,” he said, standing up. Ryelin helped him stand. He gave her a quick hug, and they moved towards the door. The door was indeed open. Jack slowly pushed it open more to look out. No one was in sight. The moved out onto the walkway. Quickly they moved through the compound.

Schmerz returned to the room alone. He saw the door opened, and knew they were gone. He sounded the alarm, and the base sprang to life. He ran to the front gate, shouting orders as he ran. Not half way there, she spotted them. He snatched a gun from a passing soldier and shot. Jack went down. He landed on his knees.

“Run Ryelin, go!” He yelled, pushing Ryelin away. She hesitated a moment, then began to run. Schmerz fired again. Ryelin felt a sting in the middle of her back. She fell forward, momentum from running carrying her farther. She landed on her hurt arm and hit her head hard. She rolled onto her side, and looked down her own body to Jack, lying there, still. Then her world went black.


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