STARGATE SG-1: Insurrection (Apocalypse Book 3) by Insurrection (SG1-30; Apocalypse Book 3)

Author:Insurrection (SG1-30; Apocalypse, Book 3) [Retail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fandemonium Books
Published: 2020-06-26T11:40:54+00:00

Chapter Eleven

P5X-104 ­— 2000: It was a slow and steady rain, just like last time they’d been on this world. Sam remembered it well, and without one iota of fondness. The only difference was that, then, she’d had the right foul weather gear with her. This time, she only had her BDUs and tac vest.

“I prefer the future version of this planet,” the colonel groused as he walked alongside her. “It’s drier.”

Up ahead, Sam caught sight of the ancient stones Daniel had brought them here to investigate. They were visible now through the trees, giant monoliths erected by some lost civilization in worship of indifferent gods, glistening dark and heavy in the rain.

Despite the noise of the rain on the sparse leaf canopy, she could make out the sound of voices coming from close to the stones. The UAV survey of the planet had shown it to be uninhabited, so the team hadn’t taken any pains to mask their presence during the mission. That’s why she could hear Daniel’s voice, the pitch and roll of it rather than actual words, drifting out through the trees. From the banked excitement in his tone, she imagined he was telling them about the writing he’d found on the stones.

At her side, the colonel stopped. His expression was unreadable, eyes slightly narrowed beneath the bill of his cap. Then he nodded to their right, leading her off around in a loop away from the camp. When they were further back, he stopped and in a low voice said, “What do you remember about the Jaffa attack?”

Sam had been on watch. Even on uninhabited worlds they set a watch; there were plenty of indigenous species on most planets that could do the unwary traveler harm.

“Think back,” the colonel prompted. “Direction of attack, angle…”

In her memory, it was something of a blur: the solid blast of a staff weapon detonating at the edge of their camp, the scramble for cover. She closed her eyes to visualize it better. They’d made camp with the stones to their left — she remembered their blocky shapes in the dark — and the attack had come from the tree line. “About two o’clock,” she said, opening her eyes and gesturing to the right. “The first attack came from that position, relative to the camp, sir.”

He nodded, squinted through the rain back toward the stones, then up at the dripping sky. “You think the Jaffa came through the gate or from a ha’tak in orbit?”

It wasn’t a question Sam had considered; the disastrous fallout of their escape had pretty much wiped the attack from Sam’s mind, overwriting it with more pressing concerns. She thought back. “They had air support, but the gliders could have come through the gate. On the other hand, if ground forces had come through the gate we’d have seen tracks when we arrived. It was muddy enough.”

“Yeah.”

“So they must have ringed down from orbit.”

The colonel snatched off his cap, squeezed rainwater out of it, and settled it back on his head.

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