Chapta 'Leven
Da Gitz
Kolonel Jak stood looking at the empty forest, and the emptier plain where the Waaaghgate had been a moment ago. The rumbling of the Trukk in the air only serving to heighten his annoyance. "Oy. Wun uv yoo gitz leeve a pot uv purple paint on da gate?" The grots cringed as the Kommando's turned to face the former location of the Stargate.
"Uh.. Kolonel, it wuz 'dere a moment ago. I swearz." Da'neel said as he looked confused. Teek had said there was good tech here, some critter that could turn invisible.
Firegetti lifted his burna. "I cud try and find it wiv burn juice boss?"
"Luk." Jak said, "I loik a joke az much az da next Ork, but dis izznt funny." He snarled and Skaara looked worried
"Kolonel, it's really gone, I don't think the boys did it." The words made Jak's eyes narrow.
Sam spoke up, stroking his chin, "Boss, it's possible that some sort of local phenomenon made the gate disappear through the mechanisms of a cloaking field using distorted light, or perhaps phasing out of the local..." Sam sighed, the glassy eyed wall stare. "I fink sumwun az 'idden it boss. With techy-gubbinz."
"Why did yoo no..." Sam punched himself in the face getting a guffaw from Jak. "Woteva. Letz git on wiv it."
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What. The.
nk.
Apophis turned. His ears pricking up with a sound that was as out of place here as it was likely to get. It was faint, and distant. A rumbling thunder in a cloudless sky. The Jaffa were searching around with their staff weapons at the ready as his own agitation became clear. And suddenly they too looked agitated, they had heard it. It hadn't been some kind of fearful echo. The accursed greenskins had found him again!
Shak'l turned to him and Apophis considered the situation. Four men in the forest, including himself. And while his personal shield could protect him.... perhaps they could ambush the greenskins. "Check the Chappa'ai, KREE!" He snarled and one of the Jaffa ran off into the forest.
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The forest passed the trukk at tremendous speeds and Teal'c felt his nerves being frayed, he had worried about them being wrapped around a tree, but his new allies seemed to be suspiciously good at driving their ramshackle vehicle, he tried to ignore the hole in the cargo bed he was riding in, and he definitely tried to ignore the bright red eyes he occasionally saw peek up through it. The Trukk lurched as Kaworksky decided a sapling wasn't big enough to bother going around and risking losing speed when he blinked.
He saw a Jaffa running through the woods. "Jak!" He called out over the engine. "Jaffa." He pointed and the Kolonel turned to face and then smacked Kaworksky on the head and pointed. And Skaara immediately lurched over and grabbed a piece of metal with both hands, Teal'c copied the boy with only half a moment to spare as the Ork simply lurched the control yoke over and, with no loss of speed wrenched it around by main force as Gruff kicked the pedals for the Grabbin Klaw.
The young man in his chainmail turned his head and blanched pale as he proved to be a graduate of the prometheus school of running away from things. The Trukk barreled over obstacles and closed the distance before Kaworksky had to make a decision, to enjoy himself and run down the crunchie.. or... Gruff was quicker on the take and the grabbin klaw snarled out and grabbed the running Jaffa, encircling his waist and crossing over his right shoulder before clamping down, massive foot long spikes penetrating his armour and skin to seize him before the Ork lifted him from the ground. Kaworksky kicked the anchor and it dug into the loamy earth with little purchase until finding a tree root and while it ripped through it, enough momentum bled off that the Trukk was allowed to drift to a halt.
"Well well well, wot 'av we got 'ere." Jak said leaping over the side of the Trukk. The Jaffa, courageous, finally remembered his staff weapon and struggled to bring it around activating it and firing it at Jak. The blast was well and truly wide. Then the Jaffa noticed Teal'c.
"Shol'va!" He snarled.
Teal'c spoke. "He is Abor'tme serves Apophis. If he is here. So is my former master."
"Iz dat so. 'Ow many boyz az da glowie 'ave with him?" Jak said as he plucked the staff from weak fingers.
Spittle crossed the space between the Jaffa and the Ork and Jak simply licked it off his face with a long languid tongue. "I will never betray my god!"
"Lotz uv gitz fink dat dey kan 'ide fings frum me. Yoo izn't wun uv da wunz who kan." Jak said plainly. "Release the grabba." Gruff released the klaw from him.
Abor'tme swung his fist as soon as it was free...
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Jak chuckled at the sound of breaking bone as the fist connected with his jaw. "Gud swing." He said and the Jaffa realised his arm had been captured. The Ork lifted his hand and... bit it off. Abor'tme began to scream in agony as his symbiote fought. "Cawter Eyes dis Firegetti." Blue white flame filled Jaks vision for just a half moment, the cutting beam cauterising the wound instantly. "Now crunchy, yoo haz anuvva hand. How mazy boyz wiv da glowie."
Abor'tme hesitated, clearly in pure agony. "A full battallion!" He said trying to muster all of his courage. But Teal'c spoke up.
"A hunting expedition to this world is typically no more than three or four Jaffa." The glare Abor'tme shot him was laced with every iota of scorn he possessed.
Jak sighed shaking his head slowly. "I duzzent like liars, unless itz a funny lie. Yoo gotz my hope up fer a good scrap, but only a couple uv da boyz, da izn't a fun fight." Jak turned to Teal'c. "Teek, if we let da git go yoo reckon 'e kan bring more boyz ta fight?"
"The Stargate is missing." He answered and Jak frowned.
"Datz right... well Gorge did want uz to bring bak sum surprize snaks." Abor'tme howled in pain as the Ork slammed a fist into his abdomen and ripped out the goa'uld larva. "Hoo az da ezky."