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Jack, Daniel and Teal'c were the first one's on the scene. Closely followed by Janet and the rest of the unit.

"Carter?" Jack knelt down, "Carter, Sam."

Sam was staring at the elevator door, Janet already by her side, "Sir, I need to examine her, stat. Sam, can you walk?" Janet asked her.

Sam looked at Janet, then at Jack. "It----it was----horrible." Her voice was a whisper.

"Jack," It was Daniel. Jack turned to where Daniel was pointing. The others saw, the elevator was completely crushed, Sam's security card, or what was left of it, was melted into the lock.

"Lets get her in one of the dorms," suggested Janet.

"I'm ok, I am, just a little shook up I guess."

"No'" said Janet, "you are going to let me take a look at you, then I suggest rest.'Janet looked at Jack, he nodded and confirmed. "Maj. Smythers do you know if there are any medical supplies down here?" Janet asked him

"Yes," he replied, '"when this place was built, it was intended as a fully functional home from home so to speak, for the politicians, doctors and scientists, so we have a hospital, I'll show you."

Janet helped Sam, and all three went to the hospital unit.

"Ok people, lets get back to the gateroom, I guess at the moment were, not going anywhere."

"Er-----."

"Yes Daniel."

"Do we have to go back to the gateroom, I mean--do we." He was almost pleading with Jack.

"Where do you suggest then?"

"Sir.." It was Anderson, " Like Maj. Smythers said, it was built as a home from home, so there are living quarters."

"Sounds good to me." Said Daniel.

Jack was secretly relieved as well; he didn't relish the thought of going back into the gateroom either. "Ok, living quarters it is."

The living quarters were situated near the gateroom, they were spacious and very comfortable, armchairs, sofa's rows of books, tv.video, in fact all the comforts of home.

"So this in where in the event of a holocaust all the politicians and scientists would hide out." Jack said cynically.

"It's nice." Said Daniel

"Well being a scientist, you'd be fine here."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Exactly what it says."

"Dr Frasier is right, the two of you do bicker." They both turned to look at Teal'c. The other members of the unit were looking on in embarrassed silence.

Anderson finally whispered to Teal'c, "are they always like this?"

"Always."

"We are not," Jack said

"Well not all the time." Added Daniel.

"I'm gonna check on Carter.' Jack said and walked out the door, moments later he was back. "Er, where's the hospital?"

Sam was lying on one of the beds, with Janet sitting next to her; they were in close conversation when Jack walked in. They both looked at him; Janet turned back to Sam who nodded. "Sir, you might want to hear this." Janet motioned for Jack to sit down.

"I'm not going to like this am I?"

"Col, just listen to her, go on Sam."

Sam took a deep breath; she knew what she was going to tell Jack was unbelievable to say the least. "It was horrible-----I------the."

"Carter, take it easy, take your time."

"My security card jammed in the lock, I tried to get it out and it became hot and it melted, at first I thought it was my imagination, so I did what I used to do when I was little, closed my eyes and counted to 10. When I opened them-----Col I have never seen anything like it." Sam closed her eyes; the memory was too vivid.

"What was it?" Jack urged her on.

"I don't know, it glowed."

"Glowed?"

"Yes Sir, glowed, and was disorientated out of focus, if you like. It looked human.' Sam could tell by the Col's face that he wasn't quite sure if he believed her. 'Sir, I know this is going to sound like something out of a horror movie, but if I hadn't seen it myself, I would not have believed it also, the whole thing, was disintegrating. Where the

head was, it was just----just.' Sam shivered, she knew she had to go on, to talk about it. "There was hardly any flesh on it, the rest of the body was, I don't know, a mass of, to be honest I'm not sure, it was hideous, that too had

hardly any flesh on it, and what clothes it was wearing, were torn and ------it was then I felt I was being pushed, I remember screaming, next thing, you were all here."

Jack looked at Sam then Janet, whatever Sam saw she believed it to be real. He trusted his S.I.C; she didn't suffer fools gladly and certainly didn't believe in ghosts. Jack took a deep breath. "Ok, something weird is going on here, we don't know what, but one things for sure, it whatever it is, doesn't like us messing with the Stargate."

Jack went back to the living quarters. "Is there another way out?"

"Sir?" Anderson answered

"Is there another way out?"

"Yes sir the stairs."

"Ok, show me."

Jack and Anderson headed towards the stairs; Anderson pushed against the heavy steel doors. "Bloody 'ell." He reeled back.

'"eez." Said Jack.

The stairs were covered in green slime, and the whole area was swarming with flies, the smell was the same sweet, sickly smell that was in the Gateroom..

"Shut it." Said Jack, Anderson didn't need telling twice. "Ok, we can't get out that way." They headed back to the rest of the group.

"That was quick." Daniel looked up as they entered the room, he saw Anderson face. "You look terrible." Anderson disappeared into the bathroom and promptly threw up. Daniel looked at Jack.

"We couldn't get past the doorway, it won't let us leave." Jack told him.

"What won't let us leave?" Asked Daniel.

"I don't know." Said Jack; "whatever it is that's keeping us here."

The door opened and Janet and Sam came face to face with half a dozen weapons staring them in the face.

"Wow, Col." Said Janet "it's ok, it's us."

"Knock next time ok." Jack looked at his watch, it read 23.15. "Anybody got the time.?" Jack couldn't believe they had been down here for 12 hours.

"11.15."

"23.15."

"Er yea, 23.15."

"Ok, same as what I've got."

"12 hours, we've been down here for 12 hours." Daniel could not believe it either.

"Doesn't time fly when you're having fun." Jack looked at the others, "Ok, bad joke." He rubbed his forehead; it was beginning to ache. "We should get some rest, we'll take turn on watch." Jack turned to Teal'c. "Teal'c and I will take the first watch. Anderson and Dixon check the corridors and the hospital DO NOT, repeat do not go near the Gateroom. The rest of you try and get some rest, sleep, Morrison you and Smythers take the next sweep of the corridor, 3 hours from now."

"That door there leads to the bedroom." Daniel told Janet.

"Then I suggest you go in there to use it." Jack was not in the mood to argue.

The bedroom was fairly large, and eloquently furnished, with several single beds, and two bunk beds.

"A real family room." Said Morrison

"I don't care." Said Smythers "I just want to get some sleep." He lay down on one of the bunk beds.

Sam and Janet picked the two single beds in the far corner, Morrison the other bunk bed, Hapten one of the single beds. Daniel the bed nearest the door.

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Steve Dixon and James [Jim] Morrison, had known each other all their lives, they had grown up together. The difference in ranks had no affect on their friendship.

"It's quiet, to quiet." Jim Anderson's voice echoed in the empty corridor.

"And you notice how cold it is." His friend said.

They had checked most of the rooms, and were heading towards the hospital. Steve stopped. "You hear that?"

"What?"

"Listen, it's coming from there." Steve pointed to one of the rooms.

Anderson couldn't hear anything and was going to tell his friend that he was hearing things, when he heard it.

"Yes, now I do."

They looked at each other. It was faint, but they could hear someone moving about in the room, which they presumed, should be empty.

"This is ridiculous." Said Anderson "There is nothing there."

He had his hand on the door handle, looked at Dixon, who had is rifle poised. "Ready."

"Ready."

Anderson opened the door, and dived in Dixon crouched low. The room was empty, except for a few crates and bits of broken furniture. The two friends looked at each other grinned and then a nervous laugh broke out from them.

"Paranoid." Anderson said, Dixon could only nod.

They heard it both at the same time a crash, "There." Pointed Anderson, to a door the other side of the room.

"Whose there?" Said Dixon. Anderson just looked at him.

"'You never know." He answered.

"Just who do you think is there?"

Dixon shrugged. "Worth a try though."

The noise got louder, followed by what appeared to the soldiers as moaning.

"Go and Get Col O'Neill." Dixon told Anderson.

Anderson hesitated. "Go on, I ain't going to open the bloody door." Anderson ran to get O'Neill.

Dixon turned back to the door, the handle was slowly turning. "Shit." He backed away; rifle ready to shoot first and ask questions later. He never got the chance, the door opened. "ARRGHGHGHGGH. -----" The scream died on his lips.

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Anderson came charging through the door, and nearly got his head blown off in the process.

"NEVER, NEVER, do that again." O'Neill glared at him. "You could have been killed. Don't they teach you anything here?"

Anderson just looked at the Col; he didn't have time to explain. "We've found something, well heard something."

"Teal'c wake Hapten and the others, tell Hapten to stay here, then come with me."

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Moments later they were heading towards the room where Sgt Dixon was keeping watch. Jack approached the room carefully, He signaled to Teal'c, who activated his staff weapon. Jack and Teal'c went in first closely followed by

Jack, and Anderson. "What the." Words died on Jack's lips. The room was a mess; the door to the adjoining room had literally been torn of its hinges, and discarded as if it were a piece of cardboard.

"STEVE, STEVE." Anderson shouted, "Where is he? I left him here."

"O'Neill, I believe I have found Sgt Dixon."

Both Jack and Anderson went to where Teal'c was, they stared at the mess on the ground, it could only be described as a mess, it hardly resembled a human being much less Sgt Dixon.

The flesh had been stripped from the body, only bloody entrails and bone; it was as if his whole body had been completely reversed, but no only that it was covered in slime, green slime. Anderson screamed. They heard running footsteps in the hallway. Daniel burst in closely followed by Smythers'. "Jack."

"I'm sorry Col, he insisted." Said Smythers "Bleeding 'ell, what went on here. Christ, what's that?"

"That Smythers, is, or rather was Sgt Dixon.' Jack told the two of them

Daniel paled. "What-----" he swallowed. "What happened?" He asked.

"Don't know. Let's get out of here now people." Jack headed towards the door.

"You just can't leave him there." Anderson grabbed hold of Jack. "He was my best friend."

Jack looked at him, then at then others.

"Sir" Smythers said, "if the place has a hospital then wouldn't/shouldn't it have a morgue?"

"Yea, maybe, possibly near the hospital." Jack answered.

It didn't take them long to locate the morgue, Jack was right it was attached to the hospital quarters. They came back with body bags, and between them managed to get what was left of Dixon, to the morgue.

"Right folks, let's get out of here. Where's Daniel?"

"Here." Daniel said emerging from the direction of the bathrooms. He looked awful.

"'Daniel," Jack came up to him.

"I'll be ok." They made eye contact. "Honest." Daniel knew he didn't sound convincing. "Just tired, that's all."

"We all are so I suggest we head back, and at least try and rest." Jack told them.

Not one of them disagreed.

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The door to the living quarters was locked.

"Hapten, Morrison, open up"

"Col O'Neill?"

"Yea."

The door opened slowly, once Hapten established that it was the Col, he let them in, only to be faced with Morrison pointing a gun at Janet and Sam, who were sitting on the sofa.

"You wanna tell me what's going on?" Jack asked.

"He wouldn't let us leave." Sam told the Col.

"Col, I had orders to keep them her, and keep them here I would." Said Morrison.

"He said he would shoot us if we moved." Said Sam.

Jack, turned to Teal'c. "I thought it best that they stay here O'Neill."

Jack suppressed a smile; maybe he should try that. "Ok Carter, Morrison, Hapten good work men."

Both men smiled and looked at the others, "Where's Steve, er Sgt Dixon?" Said Hapten.

"Dead, he's dead. It killed him.'" Anderson told him flatly.

"Dead---?" The next question dies on Morrison's lips, he took one look at Anderson's face, that was enough to know that whatever it was that had killed Steve, had seriously affected Anderson, the base knew that

these two men had grown up together.

Janet instinctively took over. "Col I need to get him to the hospital"

"No." Jack almost shouted at her. "I'll explain later, go with Teal'c and get everything you need, and come straight back here. Morrison go with them."

Janet followed Teal'c and Morrison out the door, she had a feeling it was going to be a very long night. "I'm going to need, blankets, pillows, I'll get all the medicines I will need, and some extra I think, and Teal'c if you----." Janet stopped in mid sentence. "What was that, I heard a noise coming from there?" Janet pointed to the morgue.

"That is where we put the body of Sgt Dixon." Explained Teal'c.

There was a loud knocking on the door. "You're sure he's dead?" Asked Janet.

"Most definitely." Teal'c told her.

"So who is trying to open the door?" Morrison added.

"Dr Frasier I suggest you go back and inform Col O'Neill." Teal'c told her.

Janet didn't need telling twice, she grabbed what she could and headed back to the others.

Whatever was on the other side of the door, was determined to come out. Sgt Dixon's voice could be heard.

"Help me, Help me." It sounded like Dixon, but both Teal'c and Morrison knew the young Sgt was dead.

"No, you're dead." Morrison shouted at the door.

"Lt Morrison, I believe we should leave here, and inform Col O'Neill."

"STEVE." Came Dixon's voice, much clearer this time. "Don't leave me."

"Teal'c Morrison, get out of here." The two men turned at the sound of O'Neill's voice, Carter was with him.

"Janet told us, what was happening, we thought you might need help." said Sam.

The door to the morgue crashed open, what was left of Sgt Dixon stood there? Sam swallowed hard, the smell was awful. "Help me, Help us-----" It started to walk/shuffle towards Lt Morrison.

"Morrison get out of there." Jack shouted to him. Morrison couldn't move. Both Sam and Jack fired their weapons; they had no affect on the body whatsoever. Teal'c aimed his staff weapon, he didn't want to hit Morrison, Dixon shuffled closer.

"MORRISON." Jack shouted.

Long entrails, which once had been his arm, extended itself towards Morrison, he fell back. Teal'c fired his staff weapon, it hit the body full in the chest, but it didn't even slow him down, it kept coming, Teal'c fired again. This time it stopped turned to Teal'c took two steps forward to him, and exploded. They didn't wait to see if it was gone, they shut the door and run back to the others.

End Chapter Six of
Protendore
by
G.K. Thorpe
Chapter Seven