SG1-01 Trial by Fire by Sabine C. Bauer

Author:Sabine C. Bauer [Bauer, Sabine C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780954734305
Publisher: Fandemonium Books
Published: 2004-06-20T04:00:00+00:00

“That star chart they’re using is dodgy. Longitude’s off by at least two degrees. I can compensate, but a lot of it is guesswork,” muttered Major Carter, gazing at the screen of her laptop and the graphic display on it. Suddenly she added, “You know, I think we’re missing something here.”

She was rechecking, for the fifth time since their return to Hamilqart’s house, the course she had plotted from the city of Tyros to the island the unmanned aerial vehicle had identified. Teal’c knew she liked to use her team mates as a sounding board, explaining theories to them and thus to herself. Frequently it helped her find the solution. However, the current problem did not seem to warrant such measures, and he suspected that her mind had drifted beyond the calculations.

“You fear that the permission for us to accompany the Tyrean warriors has been obtained too easily?”

The Jaffa had wondered about it himself, as had Daniel Jackson, no doubt. After the adamant refusal on the previous day and the delay this morning, the Synod had undergone a remarkable change of heart. Their ill-disguised act of blackmail should have enraged Kandaulo. Instead the High Priest’s silver eyes had lit up as though he had received a gift, and he had taken mere moments to deliberate before allowing them to join the expedition. The rest of the priests had fallen in line, even the old man Tendao, although his agreement could most likely be ascribed to a sudden autumnal infatuation with Major Carter.

“Perhaps Kandaulo has an ulterior motive,” Teal’c suggested in answer to his own musings.

“What?” Major Carter’s head snapped up and she stared at him, squinting against the sunlight that flooded the patio. “Oh… No, I didn’t mean that, Teal’c. You’ve got a point, though. It was weird…”

“Then what did you mean?”

“Those two,” she replied, lowering her eyes to the screen again and veiling a glance across the sparkling pool at Hamilqart and Ayzebel.

Their host and hostess stood under the arcade at the opposite side of the courtyard, engaged in a whispered dispute.

“In my experience, Major Carter, disagreements between spouses are a normal occurrence.”

Considering the final year he and Drey’auc had spent together, he might even say that arguments in wedlock were as common and as noisome as akmur’tal moths in the wetlands of Chulak.

“Believe it or not, Teal’c, I realize that.” She smiled wryly. “But this is different. I don’t think Ayzebel wants him to go.”

“That would also seem normal. She already may have lost a son, and she does not wish to lose a husband as well.”

“All the more reason not to send him away in anger.”

Under the arcade the voices rose and carried over the distance in agitated mumbles, just loud enough for the Jaffa to overhear. The loss of his symbiote had sapped some of his strength, but it had not dulled his senses. Unwelcome at times, it proved of advantage now. What he heard told him that they were indeed missing something and that the situation was more curious than Major Carter surmised.

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