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Ancients
of the Past
by
AJ
Marks
Part 1
"Alert, alert, this is not a drill. All security personal to their stations. Base security has been compromised," the
announcement said over the loudspeaker.
The corridors were bathed in a red light as military personal raced
around to set up defensive positions to keep the attackers away from the Stargate. Each of them would give up with lives to
allow as many people as possible to escape the planet.
The warriors lined up in the corridors and waited behind makeshift
barricades with their weapons aimed in the direction that the enemy would come
from. Silence hung in the air as thick
as the anticipation as they waited. A
few soldiers readjusted their grip on their weapons as they waited for the
inevitable to happen.
A clink echoed sharply off the walls just moments before the
explosion leaving no reaction time for the soldiers. The result was smoke and shrapnel sent
thought out the corridor as soldiers fell to the first attack.
Through the smoke laser fire could be seen as the defenders
returned fire. Small sparks could be
seen where the laser fire hit the wall leaving scorch marks on the walls and
floor. More defenders fell to the laser
fire as the attackers began to break through the first defenses.
At the gate room the last chevron engaged and the startgate
activated with the whoosh of the established wormhole. Rumbles of explosions could be felt and heard
by everyone in the room. The young
children began to cling a bit tighter to their parents and few began to
cry. It added to the already growing
sense of panic that was rapidly spreading through the room.
"Everyone calm down," a calm commanding voice said over
the intercom. Everyone looked over to
where they could see a large man with white hair standing in the control
room. He looked at the group then continued. "Proceed in an orderly fashion through
the gate and everything will be all right.
Supplies and personnel will be waiting for you on the other side, good
luck."
The level of panic had dropped in the room as people began to rush
through the gate but in an orderly fashion as there was no pushing. A blast wall came down covering the control
center and the gate room as the door to the gat room opened and the commander
walked in. He made his way over to where
two men were standing and three women.
"Father, what do you think," the man leaning against the
wall asked.
Before the man could reply another young man came walking up to
him. "Commander Zeus, they've
broken through level three and are headed to level two," he said
anxiously.
Zeus looked at the man and then at his family. There was much more that he wanted to say, and
do, but he realized what he had to do.
It was a quick realization but one that once he made there was peace in
his heart.
"My family," he said to the group in front of him. His twin sons, Ares and Apollo both of who
were tall and muscular. Ares had dark
hair and a thin beard while Apollo had blonde hair and could not grow a
beard. He looked at his two daughters,
his youngest was Aphrodite, a blonde vixen who caught the eye of just about
everyone, and of which her brothers were extremely protective. Then there was his other daughter, Artemis,
and her friend Athena. Artemis was more
like her brother Ares, tall and muscular with brown hair. Athena was a family friend who Zeus
considered one of his own. She kept
Artemis in line for which he was grateful.
"Father," Artemis asked seeing a look in his face and
knowing what was going on. He could
recognize the tone his oldest daughter's voice and knew that she knew what was
going to happen.
"You must be strong, I will not be going with you," Zeus
said. "Artemis, take care you your
sister for me."
"I will," she said as tears began to pool in her eyes.
"Aphrodite," he said as he opened his arms to give his
crying daughter a last hug.
"I'll miss you," she said as her five foot frame was
completely enveloped by his strong arms.
"Now listen to your brothers, they are only looking out for
you" he told her before she finally turned to head to the gate.
Artemis and Athena glanced at Zeus as he gave them both a
hug. His oldest daughter was not much
for words and knew that his would do.
"Take care my daughters," he told them. Artemis gave her father a kiss on the cheek
before heading back to the gate where her sister was waiting.
Athena waited for a second.
Zeus was like the father she had never known. She leaned in and whispered something in his
ear.
"I know," Zeus said as he heard the words. "Go," he told her then turned his
attention to his sons.
"Father, we'll stay with you," Apollo said.
"All you have to do is ask and we will join you," Ares
said pushing off from the wall.
"No my sons," Zeus said proud, yet sorrowful at the same
time. "They will need you not more
than ever. You two have made me proud,
listen to each other and we'll survive."
"By your will father," Apollo said grasping his father's
hand which turned into a hug then he too walked to the end of the line.
"You must go Ares," Zeus said noting that his son was
gripping his pistol. "Apollo will
need you."
Ares thought about it for a second as another rumble came through the
walls. "Very well father, good
luck," he finally said before giving his father a hug.
"Seal the door, no one goes past this point while one of us
is breathing," Zeus said. He turned
to look back into the gate room as the doors closed. He could see his family looking back at him
as the doors closed with a clank and the locking mechanisms made sure it was
locked.
"All right boys," Zeus said picking up a weapon and
hefting it with his hand. "Let's
show these mindless cans what warriors can do."
A small cheer rose from the group as they waited. The sound of battle came closer and they all
tensed for the upcoming battle. A few
warriors came around the corner and fired off a few shots before they fell at
the corner. Everyone raised their
weapons and aimed. This was the last
stand.
A large metallic robot came around the corner. It was dressing in grey armor with a black
head with one large red eye that bounced from one side to the other. It quickly fired off a couple of shots as one
warrior fell.
Zeus fired and watched as sparks flew from the robot and it fell
dead but was replaced by two more. They
continued to fire holding on with a fierceness that these robots could not
understand.
A sharp pain tore through Zeus' consciousness as he glanced down. There was a crimson stain slowly spreading
across his chest. Glancing back up he
noticed that most of his warriors had now fallen. With effort he raised his weapon and
destroyed another attacker. His shoulder
was hit but he was beyond caring now. He
would soon join his wife Hera.
Another shot and he felt his strength fail him as he crashed to
the ground. He knew that his death was
imminent but a sound pierced his last moments alive. The gate was shutting down; they would not be
able to follow. A smile crossed his face
as his chest stilled and the weapon he had been holding was released. His family was safe.
A metallic gold robot entered the corridor even through smoke
still filled the air. It walked up to
the nearest black robot and waited for only a second.
"Report centurion," the gold robot said.
"The last defenses have fallen," the centurion reported.
"Excellent, anything else," the gold robot asked.
"The gate deactivated just as we got here," the
centurion said.
"Find out where they went, then it will be humankind's last
stand," the gold robot said.
"Inform the Imperious Leader that the planet is ours."
"By your command."
Doctor Erin Hill wiped the sweat away from her forehead as she
peered around her small camp. She only had
a few more weeks until her agreement with the local government was over. That was the one thing that worried her more
than anything. The government was prone
to letting local people handle what was going on and she was not sure that the
locals wanted her there.
Her train of thought was cut off by the excited sound of one of
her workers. He was talking so fast that
she was not able to keep up with the man's ramblings. She could only discern metal, and unusual and
come look. With a sigh
She stopped at what she saw.
There at the bottom of the excavation was metal, the likes of which she
had never seen before. She quickly
climbed down and placed her hand on it.
The metal was definitely manufactured in some way by the smooth polished
feel it had.
With a quick command to the crew to begin seeing if they could
find the edge of the sheet of metal she quickly walked back to her tent to find
her radio to talk with the university and see who else she might be able to get
involved.
"Chevron six engaged," the voice said over the intercom.
The large gate swiveled again as the next chevron rotated into
place and locked. There was the
whooshing noise that accompanied an established gateway to a new world was
opened. Standing in front of the gate
stood three men and one woman waiting to begin their mission. One held a staff type weapon while the other
three had more typical earth style weapons.
These were the most advanced on the planet Earth.
"SG-1, your mission is a go, and good luck," General
Jack O’Neill said over the intercom. He
would have loved to head to the other planet with the team but today he was
scheduled with a meeting with the President and Thor.
"Thank you sir," Samantha Carter said as she led the
team through the gate. For the short
term Jonas Quid had been brought back on a temporary basis until a new member
of SG-1 could be found. Everyone worked
well with Jonas so there was not much friction in the group.
Jack turned and walked back to his desk to await the upcoming
meeting. He really did not know what was
going on right now with Thor's race.
They had not been around lately but the last he heard was that they were
winning the war against the replicators.
He could only hope that nothing new had developed in the past month.
A flash of light and the general was no longer in his office but
no one was concerned. The flash meant
that Thor had picked him up and transported him to the meeting place.
Daniel Jackson walked through the gate and was amazed at what he
saw in front of him. He was expecting to
see a civilization but not the ruins that he saw in front of him. They were supposed to have been met by their
contact to the local government but this looked like there had been a war.
"All right, spread out and keep an eye out for anything that
might be dangerous," Sam said to the rest of the group.
Daniel and Jonas each gripped their weapons a bit tighter as
Teal'c glanced around looking for something that might attack at any moment.
The amount of destruction was amazing to all four. They had just talked with the people here a
week ago and were coming to begin negotiations with the people here. They were a technologically advanced race
with space flight capabilities, but no knowledge of the Goa'uld. That was something that everyone had thought
was a bit strange. The Goa'uld had
enslaved just about everyone they had ever come across. Daniel had wondered if their legends said
anything about the Goa'uld at all.
Usually for a human type race that was as advanced as they were
there were legends that could indicate the presence of the Goa'uld. Daniel was really curious as to what type of
legends this race would have.
The group managed to reach the town without any encounter of
whoever might have been responsible for this.
Rounding a corner Sam thought she saw movement out of the corner of her
eye but dismissed the thought but proceeded carefully when she did not see
anything else. Walking carefully along
the street each member kept an eye out for any trouble that might arise.
Jonas was walking with Teal'c and neither of them had said
much. Teal'c was keeping a close eye out
for anything that might pose a threat while Jonas we trying to think of what
the Goa'uld might possess that could do this much destruction.
A sound off to his right caught his attention and he motioned for
Teal'c who had also heard the sound.
Together they managed to gain the other two's attention and they headed
towards the sound not sure what to expect.
Jack appeared on board Thor's ship along with the President which
he found was a bit unusual. There must
be something that warranted this Jack thought.
"Greeting O’Neill," Thor said.
"Hey Thor, buddy, how's everything going," Jack asked
still feeling a bit left in the dark about everything.
"We are doing quite well," Thor replied. "I was brought here by the request of
your President."
Jack turned to see the President standing there and waited to see
what the man had to say.
"Sorry I didn't inform you sooner Jack, but we had to act
fast," the President said.
"All right, but now that I'm here what's going on," Jack
said.
"A week ago I got word from a university that one of their
professors had found something," he told Jack. "It was buried in the dessert and was
quite large."
"Okay, how does stargate command fit into this," Jack
said wondering why he was here.
"Why don't we just show you," the President said as they
all turned to see the screen in front of them.
Jack's jaw dropped at what he saw in front of him. There was a massive vessel floating not far
away from Thor's ship. It had a main
body and a large thruster area. On each
side were long rectangular bays attacked to the main part of the ship with
three arms.
"All right, what is it," Jack asked wondering what it
was.
"That's just it Jack, we don't know yet it was buried in the
sand on Earth," the President said.
"We have never seen a ship like it O'Neill," Thor
replied. "There are no records of
such a ship that we know of."
"It looks big," Jack said.
"It is, over a mile and a half long," the President
said. "I'm having General Hammond
take over the investigation of the ship and see if he can figure it out."
"He'll do a good job," Jack said. "But why do you want me here?"
"Because I would like Daniel and Jonas to help me out
Jack,"
"General," Jack replied before he could think about what
he just said.
"I could use their help in this mystery Jack,"
"I'll talk to them, they will probably jump at the chance to
investigate this," Jack said.
"Just let me know when they are ready," Thor said.
"It might be a couple of days, they are off world right
now," Jack replied.
"Whenever they can get here will be fine Jack,"
Teal'c rounded the corner and found a person lying on the ground
with a weapon in his hand. He seemed to
be shaking as his injuries were quite severe.
Sam quickly placed her weapon on the ground and knelt down beside the
man. He did not seem to be afraid of her
of even Teal'c which had her a bit confused.
She had found that usually after an attack like this people shied away
from the big man.
"Take it easy," Sam said as she surveyed the injuries to
the man. They were beyond her skills
that much she knew. She could make the
man more comfortable though.
"Do you know who did this," Teal'c said finally as he
looked down the back around to make sure there was no one else around.
"T-the S-sky-skyleons," the man managed to stutter out.
Daniel and Teal'c looked at each other not sure if they had heard
correctly. Both men were trying to think
of a Goa'uld that fit that name but so far nothing came to mind.
"The Skyleons," Daniel asked not having heard the name
before and glanced at Teal'c again.
"Y-yes, their re-, their real," he said as his voice
faded away at the last breath.
"He's dead," Sam said a minute later. She glanced at the wound and noticed that it
was much more than a normal Goa'uld weapon blast.
"We should probably come back with reinforcements,"
Jonas said.
Sam looked around and realized that Jonas was probably
correct. They would need to find out
what happened and they might need more numbers to protect themselves from
whatever was out there. They quickly
headed back to the gate to make their report and begin the process to come
back.
"Incoming wormhole," Jack heard over the intercom. He had only been back a few minutes from his
meeting with the President and Thor. He
was wondering what such a large ship was doing buried in the desert.
"SG-1 returning," they said and Jack quickly got up and
walked over to the gate room. SG-1 was
not scheduled to return for another day or so.
That could only mean one thing, they ran into trouble.
He watched as each team member came through the gate without much
panic, in fact they seemed quite calm to him.
He waited a few more minutes until they were in the infirmary being
checked out where he caught up with the group.
"Sam," Jack asked looking at her. "What happened?"
"Don't know sir," Sam replied honestly. "When we got there the place had been
destroyed in a mass attack. We searched
a small area and found one survivor."
"And," Jack said wondering who had attacked this planet.
"It’s someone called Skyleons," Daniel said.
"Skyleons," Jack asked looking at Daniel and
Teal'c. "Do we know him, or
her?"
"That's just it Jack, we've never heard of him before,"
Daniel replied.
"Huh," Jack said as he glanced at Daniel. "A new Goa'uld?"
"If he's a Goa'uld then he's the most ruthless one we've
seen," Sam said from where she was standing.
Jack glanced at everyone on the team to determine what they
thought about this new threat.
"What did you see," Jack finally asked.
"Everything was destroyed.
The entire civilization had been destroyed and there was not sign that
the Goa'uld had done it," Jonas said.
"So there's someone new called Skyleons, we can deal with him
as well," Jack said with confidence.
"I don't know Jack, this one feels," Sam trailed off as
she thought about everything. The
destruction really did not fit into that of a Goa'uld attack that she had ever
seen. Usually the population was
enslaved and there was evidence of the attack.
This one seemed to be more calculating than anything she had seen.
"Feels what Carter," Jack asked trying to gain more
information.
"I don't know general, just different," Sam said.
"She's right," Jonas replied getting a look from Jack.
"He is right O'Neill," Teal'c said.
"All right, I'll have the other teams look into it,"
Jack said which got a strange look from the group. "Thor asked that you help out in
investigating something that was found at an excavation."
"Jack, what are you not telling us," Daniel said as he
watched Jack fidget a bit.
"It was found on earth, and no one knows where it came
from," Jack said.
"Okay, but doesn't Thor know," Sam asked.
"He's never seen a ship quite like it before," Jack said
replied.
"All right then, when do," her voice was cut off as the four
of them disappeared leaving Jack standing there by himself.
"Bye-bye," Jack said waving to the spot where they had
been standing. He then turned and made
his way to the command center to let the other teams know about a new system
lord, Skyleon.
Apollo made his way through the gate and appeared on the other
side. His brother Ares followed just a
second later and the gate shut off. They
had just finished their second journey though the stargate just in case the
command center did not self destruct like it had been programmed to. There had been no written orders about this
planet and only a few people knew the coordinates and they had operated the
stargate on the first planet they had arrived at.
He noticed his sister Aphrodite was crying softly and that Artemis
and Athena were both consoling her. He
knew that he and Ares would have to think carefully about where to go
next. It had been a long time since they
had used the stargate to go anywhere.
They were not sure where their enemy was or if they would even see them
again. They did know for sure that their
home world was gone.
"Apollo, let's start setting up the base," Ares said to
him. He nodded his agreement with the
comment. Glancing at the sky he noticed
that nighttime was fast approaching and they would need shelter soon.
"Good idea, it’s going to get dark soon," Apollo said as
the two brothers went out to the remaining people and began to organize them
into groups to get the shelters up. The
equipment had been brought over several months ago and the process to begin
building the structures was started. But
with this many people the structures were not ready so a large number to tents
had also been brought.
Now the groups began to disperse and organize to put their tents
together. Many were still in a bit of
shock after their defeat. Millions had
died in that last attack. It had been a
brilliant trap that had been laid out luring their ships to defeat leaving
their home world open to attack. They
had begun the evacuations right after the defeat.
Zeus had been the highest ranking commander left after the defeat
and had immediately ordered the evacuations.
For once the council of the twelve did not argue about it. With the group under martial law it mean that
Apollo and Ares were now the highest ranking military officials left, not that
there was much of a military left. Most
of the remaining warriors had died buying time for the civilians to go through
the stargate.
"Sir," one officer said coming up to Ares. "We have a count of how many
survived."
Ares glanced at his brother knowing that neither really wanted to
know, but it was something that they had to know. With a wave of his hand the officer
continued.
"There are ten thousand three hundred and sixty-one made it
through," the officer said.
"Of those we have four hundred and thirty nine warriors."
Apollo rubbed his eyes at the thought. Only a little more than four hundred warrior
survived. It would make for a long
recovery. Perhaps there were other that
might be allied to them. They would
think about once they had set up their camps and the shock had worn off.
"My lord," a young soldier dressed in armor of the
"What is it," the man said in the voice of a Goa'uld.
""One of your ships came under attack by an unknown
force while it was orbiting the planet of Univil," the soldier replied.
"The Tau’ri," the man said with disgust.
"Our scouts don't think so.
We investigated the planet afterwards and there were no signs of any
human life, Tau’ri, or
"The replicators," the Goa'uld said.
"We don't think so; it isn't like one of their attacks. The planet is still there with organic life,
but there was one think our scouts did find," the soldier said.
"What," he demanded from the soldier.
"This, my lord," the soldier said handing a report to
his lord.
It was a picture of an alien ship, and although it was a bit fuzzy
they could make out an image. It was
composed of two saucer sections, on top of the other. It did not match anything that they had ever
seen before.
"Contact all system lords and see if they know anything about
this," he said.
"Yes my lord," the soldier said with a bow and left the
room.
"We go, what," Sam's voice died on her lips as she
realized she was no longer on the base. That and Jack was no longer standing in
front of her. Instead it was General
Hammond and another young woman who she had never seen before.
"Welcome aboard,"
"General Hammond, it is a pleasure to see you again,"
Teal'c said with a slight bow.
"Ah, thanks general," Daniel said glancing around and
noticing Thor was standing off to the side.
"Thor."
"Greetings Daniel, Samantha, Teal'c and Jonas Quid,"
Thor said to the group.
"Doctor Erin Hill, this is the best group that I've ever had
the pleasure of having command of,"
"Pleasure,"
"Jack said that there was something that you needed our help
on," Daniel asked turning towards Thor.
"Yes, this way,"
There was one widow that was open out to space and they could see
the planet of Saturn nearby. It piqued
their curiosity about what was going on when a glint of sun off metal caught
their attention. Focusing on it they
could tell it was a large ship.
"Is that what we're here for," Sam asked as she looked
at the ship in front of her. She could
see Prometheus nearby as well and the alien ship dwarfed the Earth ship, and
even Thor's ships.
"How big is it," Sam asked.
"One and a half of your Earth miles," Thor replied. "One of the biggest ships we have yet
encountered."
"Any idea as to who it belonged to or what its purpose
was," Jonas asked.
"We don't know who its from but it was found on Earth by my
archeological team a couple of days ago,"
"And it is most definitely a warship, and it is old,"
Thor replied. "Our scientists have
dated it as older than the Goa'uld that first invaded your planet, and it might
even predate the ancients themselves."
"That is news," Daniel said as he listened to Thor. Now his curiosity was getting the better of
him and he wanted to know where the ship had come from.
"Is there any way to get over there and is it safe,"
Daniel said throwing in the last part as he thought about it.
"For the age of the ship it is still airtight and safe. No traps have been found on the ship,"
Thor said. "Our scientists are over
there right now."
"What are we waiting for," Jonas asked everyone. He for one was a bit curious about this ship
and his nature demanded that he learn more about it.
In a flash they were transported to the alien ship.
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