Moebius Squared by Melissa Scott & Jo Graham

Author:Melissa Scott & Jo Graham [Scott, Melissa & Graham, Jo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781905586615
Google: 2H-DngEACAAJ
Publisher: Fandemonium Books
Published: 2012-08-15T06:21:36+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

The Jaffa were swarming on the lower levels of the mothership. Jack froze again, halfway down yet another narrow flight of stairs, and flattened himself against the wall. The others did the same, and below them a troop of half a dozen Jaffa stomped past. Even after they were out of sight, Jack waited, and, sure enough, heard still more heavy footsteps approaching. He waved the others back, followed them as quietly as he could manage, and stopped at the top of the stairs to meet Vala’s eye.

“I don’t think we’re getting out this way, either.”

“All right,” she said, though he thought her good humor was starting to wear a bit thin. “Let’s see, this would be —”

“Plan Z,” Jack said. “How about a way off the ship that doesn’t involve going through a small army of Jaffa?”

“We might be able to use the rings,” Vala said, but she sounded doubtful.

“So far, the platforms have all been guarded,” Jack said. “We could probably take them out, but —”

Carolyn cleared her throat. “What about the puddle jumper? The one we came in?”

“You know where it is?” Jack asked. That was sounding a bit more promising.

“If she doesn’t, I do,” Leymac said.

“I do,” Carolyn said, and glared at the Tok’ra.

“Can I fly the jumper out of wherever it is?” Jack squinted, considering the options. Get into the jumper, and he could set the cloak, put up the shields, and they’d be pretty much invulnerable. He liked that idea quite a bit.

Carolyn considered the question. “Yes,” she said at last. “It’s some kind of docking bay, not a regular glider bay, though.”

“It looked like a maintenance bay,” Leymac said. “The hanger door was large enough to take the jumper and the two gliders that had it in tow.”

“How’d you manage to let him catch you?” Jack demanded. “A puddle jumper can outfly anything Ra has in his arsenal.”

“That may be,” Carolyn retorted. “But I’m a doctor, remember? Not a pilot.”

“If you’d done what Marik told you,” Leymac began, and Carolyn turned on him.

“I repeat. I’m not a pilot. And why the hell should I do what a kidnapper tells me?”

“Because it’s better than being captured by Ra,” Leymac snapped.

“OK, kids, that’s enough,” Jack said, and they subsided, Carolyn flushing to the roots of her hair.

“This has promise,” Vala said. “Lead the way.”

Carolyn threaded her way through the ha’tak’s corridors with only a couple of wrong turns. The corridors were mostly clear of Jaffa now, presumably ordered away to deal with Carter’s diversion, but Jack kept his staff weapon ready just in case.

The hanger was nearly deserted, only a couple of technicians bent over a device attached to the puddle jumper. Beyond them, Jack could easily make out the edges of the hanger door — plenty of clearance — and then the panel that controlled it. “All right,” he said softly. “Dr. Lam, Leymac, fan out — take cover behind those consoles there. Once you’re in position, Vala and I will take out the technicians.

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