Ch.96

Once I was given clearance to go off base, I took a weekend and headed to Arkansas, spending a day gathering diamonds by the hundreds and thousands before turning them in and selling them back to the state there. It was cheap but fast and legit so I left it at that when I made close to five a million. Luckily the new identity the Air Force set me up as was damned good for a legend.

Osmond Jones or Oz for short had made nearly a million in diamonds and damned near got on the news. Still, the news covered it, making a huge fuss while the diamond mine was soon packed with tourists again seeking their fortunes. I flew back to Colorado and bought a decent sized piece of land, a motorcycle and a car. The rest of the money was put back while I built the Salvatore manor from scratch.

From polished wood floors to the basement basement with reinforced doors all the way to the attic study, all the wood furniture was replicated and hand crafted from memory. I only spent money where I had to for the Persian rug, the upholstery and silk sheets. There was plenty of empty rooms with beds and blankets and such while I slept in the one with the Italian marble bathroom fixings connected to the master bedroom. I brought sixteen foot spike topped reinforced titanium walls up around the property and dug for a well, getting the plumbing off the map after the septic tank was built.

How, well, scrap is cheap and I'm a damned good and fast metal smith. I hardly ever needed to sleep either so in one long weekend I'd built my place. With cameras everywhere and a cloud drive hidden in a panic room that wasn't on the blueprints and the power being entirely solar based, the manor was fully protected. Everything required retinal scans, DNA samples and voice activation passwords. There was no hacking my security and it would take half a day to take out all the cameras on the perimeter while alerting me on my cellphone to it happening.

General Hammond said I'd been busy when I arrived at the base and I shrugged. "I require very little sleep and I quite efficient at building things."

He grunted. "I was referring to your going to Arkansas and selling diamonds."

I smiled. "Oh, that. I figured it was easy money and I was right. Diamonds have a certain density and using my telekinesis I can find them with ease. I needed money for my place near Colorado Springs so I took a trip. Was I not allowed to?"

He shook his head. "No, it's fine, just try to stay off the news from now on would you?"

I nodded. "Well, if that's all-"

He shook his head. "No, you've built a mansion within three days."

I shrugged. "More like a manor. I figured renting an apartment was just a suggestion for Teal'c's sake. Besides, I didn't spend enough to cause it to become local news. I merely used scrap metal and lumber from trees on the property. It was all very cheap except the electronic parts."

Jack asked if it flew and I shook my head. "No, it just has independent power, water and sewage, a security system and reinforced doors and windows. Cameras cover every inch of the property at all times with motion detectors, infrared heat sensors and high voltage stun plates on the inside of a sixteen foot deep and sixteen foot high titanium reinforced cement wall with spikes on top of it."

Even Sam was impressed before asking. "What do you need all that for?"

I gave her a small smile. "I trust you, this team and General Hammond. I however don't trust Samuels, your government nor any outside parties made aware of who and what I am. The security is merely a precaution so I can sleep at night without having to wake up in a CIA black site being pulled apart daily to find out what makes me tick and how to supe up soldiers like me."

General Hammond sighed. "If you don't feel safe-"

I waved him off. "I don't need your protection however grateful that I am for the offer General. Trust me, the security precautions I've taken are more extreme than I've explained and it'd be easier to kidnap your world leaders and demand a ransom like the bald man and his hairless feline."

Jack got it almost instantly. "Dr.Evil! You watched Austin Powers."

I nodded. "It was on the recommended movie list you had for me."

Sam said the movies weren't exactly accurate. I shrugged. "Anyways, I'll improve on my home situation later before I invite everyone over for a house warming party. For now what's on todays agenda?"

General Hammond sighed. "We've had no luck getting into contact with the so called Nox and all the former Furling worlds seemed to be inhabited by goa'ulds or destroyed. In fact you're here to be briefed on your next mission to P3X97."

I nodded and took my seat while the others did the same. While we suited up, Sam asked if I'd like to go out sometime, just the two of us. I smiled sadly and told her it wouldn't necessarily end well because I don't know much beyond what I'd told General Hammond so I had no stories to tell to get to know each other with. She asked if I was a good listener and I smiled before agreeing, asking if it was custom on earth for a female to ask a male out.

She said she was never really one for custom. I chuckled and strapped my collapsible sword on with the new particle magnums and a sniper rifle resembling a Barrett. She asked if they were new and I nodded. "The pistols are ion particle charged plasma shots that can stun a man or melt a hole through the toughest alloys in the galaxy within three shots depending on settings. The rifle is a combination of an anti tank rifle and a railgun. It would shatter and kill a human to use it, but I'm far sturdier and I heal fast. Plus, it has a suppressor so it'd sound like a low his before it turns Jaffa into paste, armor and all."

I patted Teal'c's shoulder. "No offense."

He raised an eyebrow and Sam asked about ammo. I smiled. "The pistols hold a thousand shots with a rechargeable power cells that take in solar energy and convert it into charged ion cells. The rifle is a bit different. It holds a thousand rounds of titanium and carbon alloy balls like BB's. It has an internal cooling system for a rapid rate of fire using an advanced chemical mixture of tetrafluoroethane. It's even ozone friendly."

Sam nodded and closed her vest before grabbing her guns, clips and night vision binoculars. Jack asked where my armor was and I grunted. "That I'm working on. I had one back when I joined the ancients, but they took it for study and I left it back on Atlantis. The war had gotten bad and they were looking into possible applications for making more of them for their people but there wasn't time. Half the wraith in the galaxy were said to be on our front lawn as it were by the time I woke up. Funnily enough I don't remember sleeping but I do remember it was bad and there was a reason, I just can't for the life of me figure it out."

Jack asked. "So, no armor?"

I shrugged. "I'm immune to all diseases and nothing can kill me. Your body armor does nothing in the way of stopping stun blasts so no, no armor for now. It's bulky and useless to me."

Jack shrugged. "Whatever you say big guy."

We headed out and Daniel asked me. "Those are set to stun right?"

I flicked the sides of both guns before smiling. "They are now."

When we got to the other side, I tapped my temple and sunglasses formed, showing night vision and infrared. Jack had us fan out and we found locals circling us before they attacked. I opened fire and stunned them off Jack and the others who were getting beat down. SG-3 marines came in after us while I was pulling cavemen off Jack. We spread out again and found the caveman's camp.

When they went to rape a girl, Sam said we had to stop them and Daniel disagreed, but I didn't give a damn, I walked in and shot them all down, stunning everyone except the girl in red blasts. We met the untouched a few minutes later and ended up heading to the land of light.

There they told us of the touched and I frowned before telling Jack. "It's possibly some form of virus or pathogen that reverts the human physiology to that of primitive cavemen. I'd recommend biohazard quarantine procedures when we get back to the gate and have Fraiser come through with a team of doctors and military for SG-3, yourself, Sam and Daniel. My body will fight it off and if the goa'uld visit here often then so will Teal'c's symbiote most likely."

Jack sighed. "Damn."

I nodded and turned to the high councilor before asking. "Is it all right if I take blood samples from yourselves and your daughter. We may be able to break the curse you speak of and free all the touched as well."

They agreed to help if it is possible and Jack said it was. I broke out the med kit from my pack and took blood samples from each of them and the girl who was weeping. I put them in my pack after marking each of them and gave Teal'c my second particle magnum. "It's on stun. If the girl starts to show signs of turning just shoot her once and keep her isolated from the others so she isn't raped by cavemen."

Jack agreed to leave Teal'c here while the rest of us returned to the gate after saying we'd be back with the cure or whatever. I stunned the touched and took more blood samples before we dialed earth and told them the situation. I set up lights in the trees near the gate and on the gate itself to keep the natives away as much as possible. Dr.Fraiser came through and I gave her my med pack with all the blood samples, telling her to do a DNA comparative analysis from the parents and child if she can to isolate the problem.

There were plenty of samples from SG-1 and 3 so they had a good head start on it. They were in full hazmat gear and put it in a sealed container before leaving. It took a while and several dial outs to get a positive result and in the meantime I had to stun both teams including Samantha who'd tried to use her feminine wiles on me. I told her that any other time I'd be flattered and ask her out for wine and dinner at a nice restaurant before an excellent lovemaking session that could last days.

I stunned and caught her, laying her down and stunning the cavemen that came, keeping Sam and the rest stunned. Daniel had lasted the longest and it'd been through him that I'd suggested antihistamine to the SGC which ended up with them coming through with tranq guns and dropping everyone. By then Daniel was in a similar state to the others, but they reverted back in their sleep.