Title: Beneath The Skin - Chapter One

Author: Kellifer

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Category: Action / Angst / Romance

Rating: Chapter 1 - G (Later chapters to be advised)

Summary: Through the Tok'ra, the SGC learn of a plot to infiltrate Earth. Daniel and Janet are asked to infiltrate a Goa'uld meeting and take the ultimate risk.

Disclaimer: DISCLAIMER: All publicly recognisable characters and places are the property of MGM, World Gekko Corp and Double Secret Productions. This piece of fan fiction was created for entertainment ot monetary purposes and no infringement on copyrights or trademarks was intended. Previously unrecognised characters and places, and this story, are copyrighted to the author. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

-Beneath The Skin-

Chapter One

Daniel was always first to the briefing. He was standing with his back to the room, a folder held loosely in one hand, facing the Stargate. He had a drawn, pensive look on his face and that just wouldn't do. Colonel Jack O'Neill moved up behind him silently, two fingers held out at the ready to jab viciously into Daniel's unprotected ribs. The man was more ticklish than anyone Jack had ever met. "I can see you in the window reflection you know." Daniel sighed and Jack halted, mere inches away from his intended victim. Daniel turned, grinning at the older man. "I liked you a lot better when I could sneak up on you." Jack grumbled. "Frontal attacks are not as fun."

"Fron - ?" Daniel didn't manage to get the rest of his question out as Jack slung an arm around his neck and wrestled him into a headlock. The two struggled but Jack had had the element of surprise. Daniel dropped the folder he'd been holding and pages of notes fanned across the floor. "I do not understand your need to show DanielJackson dominance in such a regular manner." They both heard the deep voice of Teal'c.

"T, give me a hand here." Daniel squeaked.

"Certainly DanielJackson." Teal'c nodded and strode across the room, slung an arm around Jack's neck and manhandled him into a headlock aswell. Jack didn't release Daniel, so the three men were linked, struggling and laughing when Samantha Carter entered the room. "I can't leave you three along for two seconds." Sam admonished, grinning despite herself. "Hammond's coming and he doesn't look like he's in the mood for... this." Her three team mates released each other without further prompting, adjusting rumpled clothing and mussed hair. Daniel leant over to retrieve his fallen notes and Sam hunkered down to help him, rearranging them into some semblance of their former order.

Daniel and Sam were just lowering themselves into their chairs when General Hammond entered the room, his face impassive. He didn't have the regular smile they had become accustomed to when he first entered the room and that made all four of them worry. He only looked as serious when he had dire news. "Goodmorning. Sorry to have called you in like this but we may have a bit of an emergency." Hammond acknowledged that SG1 were supposed to be on downtime for at least three days after a particularly exhausting mission. They'd managed to be officially off duty for six hours when each had received a page.

"No worries sir. I was bored already." Jack said amiably. He'd been halfway to his cabin and had turned his truck right around when he'd received the page. He loved downtime, but wasn't above admitting that he was possibly addicted to his job more. "Anyway, as you might know we had a member of the Tok'ra come through the 'gate shortly after you did yesterday. They've recently captured two minor Goa'uld and were able to extract information from them." Hammond's face tightened when he said the word 'extract'. They didn't know how the Tok'ra did this and had never asked. The Tok'ra might have been 'good' but their covert style of warfare often involved questionable acts. Hammond was just glad they were allies and not enemies. "According to the Tok'ra, these two were part of a larger group of minor Goa'uld planning on infiltrating Earth with a number of symbiotes."

"Are you sure sir?" Sam asked. Despite having killed off a large number of system Lords, they had thought that the people of the Tauri were still seen only as a minor annoyance. Anubis had certainly tried his damdest to wipe them out, but he'd been personally invested in their destruction. "All I know is what the Tok'ra have been able to get out of these Goa'uld and while it doesn't sound like the likeliest scenario, we have little choice but to give it credence." A man appeared in the doorway to the meeting room as Hammond spoke. He was dressed in the style of the Tok'ra and was tall and fine featured. "Am I interrupting?" He asked, his voice echoed and deepened by the presence of a symbiote. Hammond turned to him and gestured toward one of the conference chairs. "Not at all Malakai. Please join us. You might be able to better explain what you're proposing." Hammond invited and the Tok'ra smiled and took the chair proferred next to Sam. There were introductions made and then Malakai was prompted to explain the situation further.

"The Goa'uld we captured are part of what we believe to be a small cell that have been extremely successful in taking over entire worlds, but they don't do it with motherships and theatrics. They use a kind of ... I think I've heard some of your marines refer to a 'back door' approach. They work like the Tok'ra, infiltration and patience being the key elements, tactics which up until now we thought the Goa'uld incapable of. They have targeted the Tau'ri homeworld because it is strategically important, technically capable and a major thorn in the side of the current System Lords." Malakai explained. He looked to Hammond who nodded and then looked back. "We unfortunately have not been able to determine if infiltration has begun already."

"What?" Jack exclaimed.

"Its true, we have been able to gain a lot of useful information, including the time and place of their next meeting but that was the one thing we could not determine."

"Don't you think that's the most important thing?" Jack said, sitting forward.

"We agree, and we have discussed our idea on how to gleen this information with General Hammond."

"Oh I don't like where this is going." Jack grumbled and he glanced at Daniel. Daniel blinked at him and then it dawned on him aswell. The last time the Tok'ra had come to them with a plan to get into a Goa'uld meeting, they'd had a spy in mind to deliver a Goa'uld poison who wasn't one of their own. Both Teal'c and Sam also looked worried. "Colonel, hear him out." Hammond admonished, worried that Jack would manage to say something to further fray the already strained relations between human and Tok'ra.

"Its alright General, I understand that many of our missions have ended disastrously when we enlist the help of the Tau'ri." Jack scowled at the obvious jibe but kept his silence. "We have managed to remove the symbiotes from the hosts of our prisoners without harm to either party. We know from our investigations that this meeting wil be taking place on a planet with a Stargate triggered to kill those that pass through without a symbiote."

"An opposite of Thor's hammer." Sam breathed and Malakai nodded.

"For cryin' out loud! You're not sticking a snake in any of my people." Jack ground out, standing. He looked at Daniel who had his head bowed, his eyebrows furrowed. Sam looked ashen and Teal'c merely watched the proceedings unfold. "I assure you it will be perfectly safe." Malakai said, his hands up in a manner of placation. Jack's expression became stormy and he lunged across the table, making a grab for the Tok'ra, who reared backwards. Teal'c had stood shortly after Jack did and now put one arm around the Colonel, stopping him from clearing the table and strangling the Tok'ra in front of him. Teal'c manhandled Jack out of the room, who protested the whole way.

"Malakai, I'll leave you to explain the details to Major Carter and Doctor Jackson. They can... relay the information once the Colonel's had a chance to calm down." Hammond said, his face tight. Malakai nodded stiffly. "I'll ask Doctor Frasier to join you."

"Janet? Why?" Sam asked, her worry increasing.

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"So the symbiote is effectively dormant, just like it was when Share was pregnant. Its quite an advance and can really help in the fight against the Goa'uld if they can create an effective delivery system and be able to find enough base material to make it viable, but for now it seems like a good plan." Jack sat behind his desk and hadn't looked up since Sam had entered the room. She'd started outlining the Tok'ra plan regardless. She'd only seen an tiny indication that Jack was even listening to her when his jaw clenched tighter when she acknowledged that Daniel had indeed been put forward as the likeliest candidate for the mission, along with Janet Frasier. He let her finish however before he spoke.

"Its going to end badly." He said simply, finally looking up at her.