The Apprentice: SG-1 Series

Chapter One: The Fifth Race; Part One

I glanced around the briefing room at my team. I was sitting next to my boyfriend, Skaara, Jack was on the other side of me, Sam and Teal'c where on the opposite side of the table, General Hammond was at the head of the table, and Daniel was on his feet in front of the projection screen. It's hard to believe that not too long ago Skaara was host to a Goa'uld.

This was going to be his first mission as part of SG-1. It had taken a month and a half for him to finally be cleared by Janet. That month and a half for him had been spent with him having all sorts of tests done. He'd had blood drawn, CAT Scans, MRI's, just about any medical test you can think of was done. Janet had also assigned him a therapist. At first Skaara had been reluctant to see the therapist, but Janet had explained to him that it was important to talk to someone about what had happened to him. After that he saw the therapist at least once a week.

He'd made progress with the therapist, and on occasion I had joined him in a session. He'd been slightly distant and closed off at first, but with the help of his therapist he'd opened up to me more about how he felt about having been host to Klorel. He'd had nightmares just about every night for the first half of the month, but slowly the nightmares became fewer and fewer. They hadn't gone away completely but it's a lot better than it was.

"When we found Ernest Littlefield on PBS-908, we also discovered a repository of information," Daniel started, breaking me out of my thoughts.

"Meaning of life sort of stuff," Jack interrupted. I watched as images of the four languages from Ernest's planet appeared on the screen.

"Yes, based on the four distinct alien languages inscribed in the wall, we concluded it was some sort of meeting place, where these four races would..."

"We all re-read the mission reports Doctor Jackson," General Hammond stated.

"Okay right well two days ago, the probe sent back this image from P3R-272," Daniel pointed at an image on the computer monitor, "Now if you look closely, you'll see that the symbols match one of the inscriptions from the meeting place on Ernest's planet," Daniel glanced around at us and I smiled up at him, "So you realize what this means?"

"You know what the circle of symbols says?" Hammond asked.

"No, I don't- I don't even know what it sounds like but based on the Norse rune at the bottom of this inscription I'm positive that one of the four races in the alliance is Thor's race, the Asgard. Obviously, that would make the aliens that belong to this language their allies," Daniel answered.

"I do believe this world is worth exploring Daniel Jackson," Teal'c exclaimed, smiling slightly...

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P3R-272

"Very strange. Breathable air, moderate temperature, but where's the life support coming from?" Sam mused, glancing around. I glanced around the small empty gray room.

"Walls are solid," Jack stated, banging on the wall.

"As the probe indicated there appears to be no exit," Teal'c said.

"It's kind of smaller than I thought it would be," I muttered, glancing around me.

"Well, this was an intergalactic waste of time," Jack complained.

"Well, wait a minute sir. Where's the power for the lights coming from? What's the point of this place?" Sam asked.

"Storage?" I suggested, glancing over at her. Skaara smirked and shook his head at the comment.

"Hello! Hello! I'm Daniel Jackson, we're peaceful explorers from the planet Earth," Daniel exclaimed, looking around. Jack gave Daniel a questioning look.