Ch.125

I missed quite a bit but when Jonas's mentor was fixed from his over exposure to Naquadria, I got to play around with the substance and it was something I was very familiar with having explored a great many aspects of energy generation. I worked on an extremely advanced Naquadria reactor core, the best even the ancients had ever heard of. A group of scientists ruined our meeting with a Tok'ra in Anubis's ranks, but then the Tok'ra and free Jaffa had been nearly killed until my cloaked suit saved them.

We had to escape with the Alkesh class ship and save the scientists several times while destroying a base Anubis owned. We sent the Alkesh with the free Jaffa when they dropped us and the Tok'ra off on a planet we gated back to the SGC for. The scientists were given a stern talking to for nearly blowing an op. The Tok'ra and the alpha site reported several cloaked assholes trying to sneak in only to get taken out by the automated defenses more and more of late.

We ended up finding the Tok'ra queen Egeria three weeks later and I gave the people Amonet in exchange while the Tok'ra, Faora and myself worked to keep Egeria alive and repair the genetic degradation. I gave her an injection of a serum from my blood I'd perfected to halt and reverse genetic degradation in humans.

With my healing, Faora's nanites and a special tank the Tok'ra provided, we were able to get Egeria to a Tok'ra medical bed where we worked tirelessly for a week before Egeria recovered nearly fully. She took a cloned host and helped the people that used her ween them off the Tretonin. With her help we were able to make great strides to weening the Jaffa off symbiote's dependence.

She and Faora worked side by side so I left it to them and was back to working on the Naquadria reactor for the Prometheus. Time passed quickly as I put myself on the Prometheus project to keep busy when Sam and I weren't on dates or simply spending time with one another or the team off work. Teal'c and Ry'ac had come to terms with Drey'auc's loss. Ry'ac left with Bra'tac to train since he'd spent years learning martial arts, swordsmanship and shooting from me and he wanted to be trained as a Jaffa now.

Months passed as the most exciting thing to be found was an ancient alternate dimensions observation device. It didn't get to spread because I fixed Jonas when he touched it and warned the others what it was as well as the worst case scenario. A potential permanent solution was found when a Nirrti issue raised it's ugly head. Faora joined us on the mission as the ancient outpost was hers way back in the day.

The locals rebelled and killed Nirrti after I took what we needed to set them to rights. They wanted to destroy the machine but I told them no and fought them with telekinesis, physical strength and sheer resolve, telling them to leave but like Nirrti the device wasn't theirs to mess with, it was my people's and more specifically Faora's. Faora explained that it was meant to combat illnesses like what Nirrti did to them and while she abused it, there are several peoples that do need it like the Jaffa who're forced to be slaves to the goa'uld because the goa'uld altered them like Nirrti did to their people.

I told them of the Asgard who were dying as an entire people because of an illness the machine could fix, telling the telepath to look into our minds. I let him view it freely and he nodded before saying I wanted it to be able to die someday. Sam looked to me a bit irked and I shrugged. "Someday and it was a stray thought really. I'm old Sam, very old and very tired. I doubt I'd want to outlive you just to be alone again. Even ascension offered just a small reprieve. No one is meant to live forever, especially not alone."

I turned to the mind reader. "I wasn't lying about the Asgard or the Jaffa. They need this if they're to recover as peoples and live free of goa'uld slavery. Let us take it and you'll never have to see such a thing again."

They agreed and I packed it up before we left after helping all of them recover fully. They lost their powers not long after we left so the goa'uld shouldn't hunt them. Nirrti's death was a good thing there as well. I was working on the Prometheus and installing the Naquadria generator when Sam told me about the disclosure between Russia, the US, Britain, France and China.

Thor stopped by to bring Faora and I to the disclosure meeting. We beamed in with Thor and he introduced himself before explaining who we were, the last of the ancients, the original gate builders and the oldest species in this galaxy. Thor told them of my advanced age and Senator Kinsey called me a murderer. I tilted my head. "Perhaps I am. But it was the NID working with a civilian who kidnapped my wife and child before tearing my son apart first. Can you really blame me for losing my mind in a fit of grief after seeing my son dissected in pieces on a table by the same people I'm told you now support and are in fact setting yourself up to lead so that you may directly control the stargate yourself? Or is it the fact that they were your back room comrades until most of them were arrested a while ago?"

He got angry and went to say it was lied but I shrugged. "I am many things Senator, but a liar is not one of them. I am however a telepath and I can see your divine belief that you're your deity's chosen and it's you're right to control the stargate. If it'll make you feel better I can drop you off on your own little world with a stargate of your own."

He went red in the face and I turned to the ambassadors one by one telling them. "You can relax, I despise reading minds and only do so when I know someone is scheming to hurt the people I care about."

They visibly relaxed and I smiled sadly. "Now, I am not apposed to civilian oversight of the stargate nor am I appose to it being led by the SGC led by General Hammond who is in fact a good friend of mine. I am only hear to inform you all that like Thor's Asgard weapons and shields, my fellow Ancient and I have decided to give the people of earth a symbol of our gratitude for stepping forth and joining together in this coalition. I am a weapons and power experts so I've installed an advanced Naquadria based reactor in the Prometheus and as the Naquadria becomes available, I will make them for anyone of you that builds their first ship so that you may use and study it as you see fit."

The Russian Colonel thanked me and I nodded before Faora spoke up. "I am not a weapons nor power supply expert. I am a geneticist and scientist so I've come up with my own gift to the warriors of earth. Two simple serums. One multiplies the lifespan of humans to reach our own natural thousand year lifespan and the other enhances the physical attributes of humans to the peak of their current evolution, making your warriors stronger, faster and enhanced in many ways. Both are freely given to any nation who joins the coalition in bulk to use at your own discretions."

Even General Hammond was shocked then and the rest were mystified. A thousand year lifespan and peak human physiology was beyond anything they'd expected coming into this meeting room. I spoke again. "Ahh, lest I forget, I will be upgrading the ion cannons that the SGC acquired and positioned around the globe selflessly to protect this world against invasion. They were sufficient to fight off a normal goa'uld fleet, but with Anubis out there using our people's technology, it is best I do what I can so that those here may rest assured that this planet is not defenseless."

The politicians looked stunned so I looked to George and smiled before Thor beamed us away saying his and the Asgard High Council's opinions on the matter before joining us. It was of no surprise that for the time being the stargate would remain in the SGC's control. Faora released the serums and most tried them like Sam when I said they were sound and safe. Sam said she felt stronger and pulled me away to a bunk room on Prometheus where she demonstrated that strength and I reminded her I was stronger which she very much appreciated.

She told me when we weren't so messy that she'd taken both so we had the next thousand years together and someday we'd have another son and daughters, all of it. She slid her trousers on and said if we hadn't just made a few. I chuckled and told her it was possible, especially after she rode me and stopped to feel my release.

She kissed my shoulder and I shared a long kiss with her before telling her she had energy to burn now and while it made her more well defined, she needed to take up a sport like boxing or running unless she wanted to spend all day every day in bed with me. She hummed. "There's a thought."

I chuckled and put on my shirt before telling her that while I wasn't appose to it, the world may fall apart without her saving the day. She sighed saying that was probably accurate. I smiled and went to fix the hyper drives fully before heading around the globe to upgrade me some ion cannons. They were cloaked and guarded but I was let in without issue and worked on them fast, upgrading each one before using the Aschen teleportation platforms to get to the next.

When I finished I left those in storage alone and headed to the SGC. All the SGC teams were excited about their upgrades except Teal'c and Jonas because they didn't get any yet. The serums had to be adjusted for their specific DNA structures. Even Jack was happy to test himself and kick some goa'uld butt as he put it.

I gave General Hammond the laptop for the ion cannons telling him. "I warned you I'd give it up the day the coalition formed. I only upgraded the ones being used while the rest are basic Tollan ion cannons. I'm told Sam's BFG and Railguns are being mounted to the Prometheus alongside the auto targeting system the SGC has and the best of everything including sensors."

He nodded. "That's true. Is there a problem?"

I shook my head smiling. "No, I'm happy the SGC has come so far in such a short time. I've set my suit to finishing all the outer hull of the Prometheus and all the basics so by the end of the day it'll be space worthy and in a couple weeks it'll be fully operational. Do try to keep that to yourself though. I can't be seen as entirely biased, delicate position and all."

He smiled. "Of course. My lips are sealed."

I sighed and sat down rubbing my temples. "I hadn't thought Faora would use the armbands or the Aschen serum to her advantage so quickly to do something so drastic. I just hope the teams don't rush out and get killed. They aren't immortal and they can still die just as easily as before. They need to get used to their new bodies I think."

He raised an eyebrow. "What do you suggest?"

I shook my head. "Mock training battles or put a hold on the serums until they fully understand their new bodies capabilities so accidents are less likely to happen. Boot camp their asses if you have to."

He said he'd see what he can do so I wished him luck before telling him he should think about it as well because the life extension serum can be extended to family if it matters to him. He nodded slowly and I stopped at the door. "I've seen and buried a lot of friends George. I spent a thousand years at war with the wraith fighting tooth and nail to protect those good men. Don't die too soon George because as far as good men go, you're one of the greats."

He smiled and I left, taking on small missions with the team and fighting both Sam and Jack in hand to hand practice every day so they'd get used to their bodies. They equaled Jaffa for strength now and fighting Teal'c helped them prepare even more. We soon came across the fake crew of the Sebrus and when they lowered their weapons, I shot all three of them with stuns. Jack asked. "I take it not the crew then?"

I shook my head. "No, they're prisoners who killed most of the crew. The real crew is hiding and watching us from the tree line afraid we're enemies or going to join the prisoners."

I put my guns away and Jonas talked the captain and his first mate down. We helped them get loaded up and Sam scanned the whole Sebrus so she had everything she needed to build her own if she so desired. We headed back to earth and nothing really big happened until Daniel showed himself to Jack and said Abydos was in trouble. We came running and I packed a lot of extra rounds for the BFG and Titan.

When we arrived, we met with Skaara and Sha're who showed us the chamber where Ra's power resides or whatever. Jack called Daniel when I told him I didn't do hieroglyphs. Daniel showed himself and they worked it out while I grabbed Teal'c and went to man the defenses.