STARGATE SG-1: Kali's Wrath by Kali's Wrath (SG1–28)

Author:Kali's Wrath (SG1–28) [Retail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fandemonium Books
Published: 2020-06-26T11:13:32+00:00

Chapter Twelve

P3X-418

Kali looked at Jackson, who actually seemed fascinated by her story. She considered this a significant step forward from his contempt, which had grown wearisome.

“Interesting,” Jackson said. “The stories I read on Abydos claimed that Ra took a human host as soon as he arrived on Earth.” He smirked. “Then again, those stories didn’t mention you or Shiva or any other Goa’uld at all.”

“Hardly surprising. Ra preferred to think of himself as the be-all and end-all.” Kali walked over to the picture window and stared out at the mountains.

“I will give you credit for one thing — that’s quite a view.”

“When I stand here, I am reminded of the mountains of Bengal.”

“The Himalayas. They’re a lot taller.”

Kali turned to stare at Jackson. “True, but memories are now all I have.”

“My heart bleeds.” Jackson’s contempt had returned.

“In any event, Dr. Jackson, I was content to remain out of the affairs of the other Goa’uld until you killed Ra. The chaos that ensued was overwhelming, and within a shockingly small time I found myself elevated to the rank of System Lord.”

Jackson frowned. “Wait, you weren’t a System Lord before?”

Kali shook her head. “No. Ra gave me Shiva’s lands, but not his place on the council of the System Lords. That remained so until their ranks were so depleted that new blood was necessary. Cronus’s death in particular prompted several of the System Lords to nominate other Goa’uld to fill out the ranks: Bastet, Olokun, myself, and others.”

Jackson grabbed his mug of water. “Yeah, well, as interesting as this is, I’m kinda confused about something.”

“And what is that?”

“Honestly, I’m not really sure what you hope to accomplish here.”

“Peace.”

At that, he spat the water onto the table. “Seriously?”

Tightly, Kali said, “I did not tell you of my history in order to weave a pretty tale for you, Dr. Jackson.”

That was, strictly speaking, not true, as she had rather enjoyed telling it. It had been quite some time since she had told the stories of her rule to others. Long ago, she had done so regularly for the Kula, particularly in the days after abandoning Earth. But over the centuries, that habit had fallen by the wayside, and she hadn’t realized how much she’d missed it until she started telling the tale to Jackson.

However, there had also been a more direct purpose to her doing so. “I have always prided myself on working with humans. I joined my human host in an act of compassion, and it is out of a sense of compassion that I wish to sue for peace with the Reetou. It is a large galaxy, and I see no reason why we cannot coexist.”

“Wow,” Jackson said with what sounded like amazement. “You’re incredible.”

“I beg your pardon?”

“First of all, there’s every reason why you can’t coexist. In fact, you literally can’t coexist — that’s why you need me to be your voice in these negotiations in the first place. Secondly, if the point of telling me those stories was to show me how compassionate you are, you kinda need to work on your storytelling.

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