“You didn’t expect me to show up did you?!” Jack grinned as he patted Daniel on his back. Cold chills went down Daniels spine at the movement. He suddenly realised how cold he was. After being in the water it was even colder feeling his clothes freezing because of the cold air. Damn how cold it was! He was sure the others felt the same. Daniels attention went over to them and so did Jacks. “Teal’c, always a pleasure!” Jack said, then saw Cam and Vala next to him. “Cam. Ma’am.”

“I’m Vala Mal Doran.” Vala greeted.

“I heard nothing about you Miss. Mal Doran!” Jack said with a smile.

“Just call me Vala!” she smiled.

“Then you can call me Jack!” Jack smiled back, proud he had made a new friend today.

“O’Neill, did it work?” Major Sullivan, the leader of SG13, asked as he and his team walked over to them.

“Yes it did Major, you can be glad you weren’t here when I opened the doors. I had to cling myself to the wall so I wouldn’t be flushed away…” Jack said, then looked down on his feet. “My feet is wet… and cold!”

“You opened the door? How?” Teal’c asked.

“Oh, I saw some water at the floor and figured the room was filled. Just in case I asked SG13 to wait way over there while I tried to open the door.” Jack said. “I just pushed some buttons and it opened! Piece of cake!”

“Then it appears the door could only be opened from your side.” Teal’c said.

“I bet it was that damn Goa’uld again.” Cam said by himself.

“Which brings us to why I’m here! I heard it was Fraiser the snake had taken as a host?!” Jack asked, now sounding more serious.

“Yep. That snake has been driving us crazy…” Cam said, obviously annoyed by the Goa’uld.

“Bra’tac contacted the base today. He said several planets had been turned into ice globes!” Jack said.

“Huh?” Daniel asked. “What does that have to do with this?”

“Patience Daniel. Let me explain.” Jack said, then leaned against the wall, getting ready to tell them the story he had a little trouble memorising. “The Goa’uld call herself Lilith.”

“Lilith?” Cam asked.

“Goddess of the night. In some religions she was the first wife of Adam, she’s blessed with the wind and is also much like Hathor when it comes to the seducing stuff. She had the power over men and is seen as the goddess of all witches. It is many different stories about her and-” Daniel began babbling but got cut of by Jack.

“Alright, we get the point Daniel.” Jack said annoyed, just like the good old days. “Anyway, about a moth ago she came in her mother ship to the Jaffa council and demanded they would serve her or she would doom them all. Of course they refused and now, a month later, their planet is this gigantic ice cube. They have all been evacuated, but we need Lilith to undo what she did. Bra’tac and the others aren’t ready to give up their planet just yet.”

“Wait a minute, Bra’tac saw Janet was a host and didn’t tell us about it?!” Daniel asked.

“He weren’t there the day she visited them. He didn’t know, I got the Janet news from Landry!” Jack said.

“How is it possible to freeze a whole planet?” Vala asked.

“Dunno. That is why we got to find this Goa’uld. She properly knows that.” Jack said.

“I still don’t understand why you are here!? We’ve been in these types of situations before but you didn’t help then!” Cam said, Jack just looked at Cam.

“It’s obvious, my friend Janet’s the host and I don’t want anybody go killing her! Not again.” Jack said with pain in his eyes. Daniel felt better knowing he wasn’t the only one concerned about Janet here. Well, he knew he wasn’t the only one, also Teal’c and Sam were worried about her, but some times it didn’t feel that way. They had been staying pretty quiet about Janet being a host. It was just too much for them, he knew that.

“Besides, if you kill the Goa’uld the Jaffa planet is lost too…” Jack said, trying to get over the quiet moment that had been hanging over them.

“Is it possible that the same thing that happened there is happening on this planet?! You know, the freezing thingy…” Vala asked.

“No, I don’t think so. The locals says this planet has been snowy as long as they can remember and this ship had only been here a month. This cold isn’t caused by any Goa’uld.” Cam said.

“Anyway, Landry informed me it was a self-destruct here! If we don’t find the Goa’uld and make her talk it all will go BOOM!!!” Jack said, startling them a little with his boom. He grinned as he walked down the hallway. “God I missed this!”

“Missed what?” Cam asked.

“Annoying us…” Daniel said as he followed Jack.

“Ok, this is what we do. We go look for the Goa’uld while someone try shut off the bomb. That would be Sam.” Jack planned, then stopped and looked around in confusion. “Where’s my Sammy anyway?!”

“Lilith got her.” Cam said. Jack raised a eyebrow.

“Lilith got her?” Jack asked, then suddenly he went a bit angry. Cam had it coming for him. “Why didn’t you tell me that earlier?! I feel I have been denied need to know information!”

“Look, Sam was working on the bomb while we went look for the Goa’uld. I wanted to stay behind and keep an eye on her, but she demanded we go look for Lilith! She didn’t want to waste any time!” Cam said guilty, hoping Jack wouldn’t be to upset on him.

“While a armed Goa’uld is running wild being alone is a bad idea! Never agree to something like that again! You hear me?!” Jack said to Cam.

“Ok…” Cam said, if he said anything wrong now he was sure Jack would attack him. He knew Jack and Sam were a couple, that was the reason Jack had retired in the first place, but to Cam’s opinion Jack were overdoing it a little.

“I suggest we go immediately. We now need to find both Lilith and Colonel Carter, we shouldn’t waste any time.” Major Sullivan reminded them of.

“Alright. 13, why don’t you split up and take the east and south side while me and SG1 take the west and north side.” Jack said.

“Yes sir.” Sullivan said and started heading for their position.

“And Sullivan!” Jack said. Major Sullivan turned to look at Jack as his team stopped as well.

“Try not to harm the host.” Jack said and Sullivan answered with a nod before leaving with his team. Jack turned to SG1 again.

“Alright team. I guess we should get going then!” he said and with that they started heading down another hall.

VVV

In the meanwhile Sam was still kidnapped in the secret room, something she didn’t like. How were they suppose to find her again if she was in a secret room?!?

“What does it do?!” Sam asked as she studied the ancient device closer. She noticed some panels had been pulled out at the bottom, as if someone had already tried to figure it out before she got there.

“You don’t need to worry about that. All you need to do is to figure out how to turn it on. I had a few scientists working on it earlier but they didn’t know a shit. Besides, I hardly believe they are to any use now…” Lilith said as she looked over at something in the end of the room. Sam turned her attention to a darker part of the room and spotted three dead corpses lying at the floor. They had to be scientists judging by their coats and the way they dressed. Not very Goa’uld like, properly kidnapped by Lilith. A sudden chill went down her spine at the sight. It seemed they had gotten a hard hit by the crash and died. Sam looked away. She couldn’t believe she had to concentrate on work with dead people right across the room!

“I need some information, I’m completely off here. I don’t know what it does or what these buttons do! The signs on it are written in ancient by the way. I can’t read this!” Sam complained.

“Would it help if I held a gun against your scull?” Lilith said as she pulled her gun up at Sam’s head again. Sam just rolled her eyes.

“Threatening to kill me wont help!” Sam said annoyed as she waited for Lilith to get the gun away from her head, thankfully she did.

“Then I will find the one who can read those signs.” Lilith said as she picked up Sam’s radio, which had been lying on a black metal table nearby. She turned to leave when Sam realised who Lilith was preferring to.

“Wait! I can give it a shot. I have seen the language before and got some practise when it comes to translation.” Sam lied.

“Nice try Sam, but my source tells me you’re as blank as Jack when it comes to old dead languages. And believe me, my source don’t lie!” Lilith said as she opened the door again. She left the room and the door closed again, leaving Sam all alone. She immediately got away from the device and headed for the door. She tried to open it, but by what she understood she needed to select a code. Easier said than done. It was thousands of options and it could be anything!

After standing there for about five minutes Sam realised it was useless. She started looking through the room for anything useful, but nothing came up. She finally sat down in a corner in defeat. All she could do was to wait for her team to rescue her.

“Nice move Sam, say to the others you’ll be fine and then getting kidnapped! They are so gonna laugh over this later…” Sam said to herself, angry over her stupidity.

VVV

“Alright, Evans with me, Parker and Cole, you two take the south.” Sullivan ordered as they went their separate ways. After a few minutes Sullivan and Evans relaxed more. At first they were jumpy by every little sound they heard, but now they had gotten used to the situation. While going through the hallways a silence hang over them.

“So, how do you think this Lilith Goa’uld is like?!” Evans asked

“Perhaps glowing eyes and a cold attitude…?” Sullivan suggested.

“Oh yeah, stupid question…” Evans said slightly blushing. Sullivan just smiled a little, after his opinion Evans only got more charming for each day passing by...

Suddenly they heard gunfire through the hallways. The sound came from Parker and Cole. They immediately ran as fast as they possible could towards the noise, but by the time they got there it was quiet. They stopped and hid by the door. Sullivan took lead and slowly peeped into the room. He searched with his eyes and saw Cole lying on the middle of the floor. They listened. No signs of anybody nearby. Once the room seemed secure enough he approached the man and saw he had been shot in the forehead.

“He’s dead.” Sullivan justified and could hear a quiet sob coming from Evans. He was about to turn around to comfort her when he all off the sudden heard a noise from the other side of the room. He raised his gun just in case. Sullivan gazed around the area and spotted something at the end off the room, lying on the floor. He slowly went closer. Once Sullivan saw it was Parker he hurried over to him.

“Parker, are you ok?!” Sullivan asked as he took a quick look at the man. He was shot but he couldn’t figure out where. He guessed in the back. Sullivan tried to get Parker up from the floor, but then he suddenly screamed in pain. Sullivan took Parkers hand in his own.

“Hang in there pal.” was all Sullivan could come up with as he looked at his friend. Sullivan pulled up his radio. “This is Sullivan. Do anybody read me!?”

“O’Neill here.” Jack answered.

Parkers mind were all blurry and he didn’t know what the hell had just happened. He could hear Sullivan’s voice. Talking to someone about something. He couldn’t make it out. He heard Sullivan say the word ‘Lilith’. The attack! He forced his eyes open and saw Sullivan sitting on his knees by his side, holding his hand in his. Sullivan didn’t notice him awaking, he was speaking into his radio.

Suddenly he heard Evans voice say something and Sullivan’s attention went over at him. Good, he noticed he was awake. Parker tried to speak, he had to warn them, but couldn’t. Something stopped him. Before he knew it he started coughing and blood came out of his mouth.

“Wow, easy there Parker! Relax.” Sullivan said. After clearing his throat Parker decided to give it another shot.

“Goa’uld…” he managed to say in a weak voice.

“Yeah, I guessed it was she who attacked you. Don’t worry, we’ll get you out of here in no time!” Sullivan said with a reassurance smile, but instead of relaxing Parker got anxious.

“Still… here.” he managed to say. Sullivan automatically raised his gun and scanned the area again. It was quiet. He motioned to Evans to keep her guard up, then he turned back to Parker.

“She seems to be gone Parker, you don’t need to worry about that!” he said, but Parker wouldn’t listen.

“No, she’s here…” Parker said as he tried to sit up, but only felt pain in the attempt. He lay back down, he wasn’t going anywhere.

“Listen to me Parker, she’s gone, alright?! You don’t need t-” Sullivan got interrupted by gunfire. Evans was shooting. Sullivan quickly turned around but saw nothing.

“The Goa’uld was there a second ago. She run off the same way we came from.” Evans informed.

“Evans, you stay here with Parker. Can’t let her get away!” Sullivan said as he ran after the Goa’uld.

VVV

Lilith hid behind a corner, waiting for the right moment. She heard footprints and grinned. This was going to be interesting. Quickly she jumped out of her hideout and pointed her gun at him, he returned the action and did the same. They now stood there, gun to gun.

“Easy there…” Sullivan said, hoping no bullet would be fired. He looked into her face. No trace of fear at all. It made him nervous. The thought of his team mates suddenly came to mind and he felt like pulling the trigger, but couldn’t, they needed her.

“You killed a member of my team, that is unforgivable…” he said with hate in his eyes.

“Does it look like I seek your forgiveness?!” Lilith asked with a evil smile. She actually seemed to enjoy this situation, even though she had a gun pointed at her face!

“We got several people guarding the gate. This ship is broken so it is no way you can get off this ship. Shut off the self-destruct.” Sullivan demanded.

“You shouldn’t worry about me, I got my ways!” she said.

“Lower your weapon or I will open fire!” he warned.

“But if you kill me how are you going to shut the bomb off?!” she asked with a self-righteous smile.

“Stop playing around.” he said annoyed.

“But I’m having a field day here!” Lilith grinned as she quickly turned her gun towards Sullivan’s gun and shot his hand. He dropped his gun and tried to hold back the desire to scream in pain. He looked up again, but all he saw was Lilith harshly kicking him so he fell backwards. He hit the wall but managed to stay on his two feet. He could tell she was about to strike him again, but before he was aware of it he had he found his knife with his good hand and forced it into her body.