Epilogue

SG-1 were in a debriefing with the General, from Egypt they had gone directly back to the base. Kaiba had remained behind, claiming he had another way home. Ryou and Yugi were both currently in the holding cell with the technology which blocked off their powers and projected the image of the spirits.

"What have you kids been up to?" Jack asked the youngest two members of his team.

Jack and Teal'c just finishing off talking about their routine mission.

"We've had an interesting couple of days," Daniel replied.

"Go ahead," the General said to the two scientists.

"We'll start with why we brought Yugi Moto back with us," Sam told him. Explaining how all the knowledge that Pharaoh Atem possessed had transferred to Mr. Moto immediately. "Janet examined him on arrival, his scans match up very closely with the ones taken of Mr. Bakura's body with Atem in control. Since joining with Yugi, Atem's scan has changed to mirror Yugi's. I suspect if we travelled in time a few years and took the scan just after they were both separated that Yugi's scans would match our previous reading."

The scientist then debriefed the General on what the Shadow Realm was like and several of the powers that both possessed.

"Ryou Bakura was correct, these items are dangerous in the wrong hands. With Dr. Ishtars help I was able to track down which legends refers to the Millennium Items. Three of the items have been used over the centuries, the Ring being the most prominent. The scales and the eye have made a few appearances, usually around the same time. They were in possession of a guardian who'd give them out to test the people. From the few stories I could find they always died eventually, some as soon as they got the items, other's years later, always because of the items."

"Are these items safe to leave with Mr. Bakura and Mr. Moto?" General Hammond asked.

"Yes sir," Sam replied. "I don't believe we have a chose even if they weren't safe to leave them with."

"From what I've read of both Mr. Bakura and Mr. Moto's background, I believe that once they finish their study, they would be a valuable asset to the SGC." General Hammond informed SG-1. "They have skills and talents unlike any we've seen before that could be valuable in our fight against the gou'ald.

Daniel had a sad smile as he thought of his wife and the possibility they may get Sha're back the same way as Nadia.

"How was the Egyptian portion of your trip?" General Hammond asked.

"That was incredible General," Daniel said. "Dr. Ishtar's family still lives the traditional Egyptian way. It was like we'd just stepped through the Stargate and seeing a culture that hadn't changed from the time they'd ended up on that planet." Daniel went into detail about what they had seen in the Ishtar family crypt and Pharaoh Atem's tomb, Sam adding comments when appropriate.

"If Nadia is going to leave the base for anywhere on Earth that would be the place," Sam told the General, agreeing with the assessment. "I believe it would also be an excellent place to home alien humans from similar and primitive cultures whom we were going to home on Earth anyway. General, I believe it would be in our best interest to tell Dr. Ishizu Ishtar and her brother Radish about the Stargate program. They have extensive knowledge about Egypt and combining her families' knowledge of Egypt and this other dimension would be in our best interest."

"From what you've told me about Dr. Ishtar and her brother, I agree. I will arrange a meeting with them myself before I make a commitment."

"General, I believe we should extend that offer the Seto Kaiba as well. He has technology we've never seen before. He also seems to be heavily included in Ryou Bakura and Yugi Moto's group of friends. Ishizu, Radish and Kaiba were all heavily involved with Ryou Bakura's break into Area-51. Yugi Moto wasn't involved because the other four believed they were protecting him." Sam continued.

General Hammond nodded in agreement. "I'll arrange a meeting with Mr. Kaiba when we speak with Dr. and Mr. Ishtar. You took DNA results?"

"As soon as we arrived back at the base we gave the DNA samples we took to the lab. Seto Kaiba also took a DNA sample of his own from the tomb." Sam told him. "The DNA results have come back. Nadia is Pharaoh Atems mother. While we were still in Egypt, we took several samples from the Ishtar family. The family have a small DNA pool from thousands of years of no new blood. It is similar to what we've seen on Abydos and other planets with small populations. As a result, we were able to determine that they are close relatives to Nadia, her direct descendants. They come from Pharaoh Set's family line. He was a cousin to Pharaoh Atem who ascended the throne after Atem's death."

"So this weapon we have been looking for to fight the goa'uld hasn't been out there in space on other planets. It has been on Earth the whole time." Jack pointed out, holding up a picture of the Millennium Items.

"It is an effective weapon to fight the false gods." Another person said. They all jumped into action, guns pointed at the man, covering General Hammond. Daniel standing behind Sam having the least battle experience of the group.

Standing in front of them was a man who looked like he belonged with the Ishtar family.

"Who are you and how did you get in here?" General Hammond demanded.

"I am Shada, the guardian of the Millennium Items." The ancient spirit told them. "I belong to the race known as the Ancients whom you've already heard of."

"They were one of the races that were mentioned on the planet we found Dr Littlefield," Daniel told the General.

"I can go wherever the Millennium Items are. It has been allowed for you to discover the items in order to defeat the false gods while keeping the human alive. The Puzzle, Ring, Tauk and Rod need to return to their rightful owners. Yugi Moto, Ryou Bakura, Ishizu Ishtar and Seto Kaiba. The other three items you can keep for now, in good faith. If you are found to abuse their powers at all or don't hand them over to their rightful owners when the time comes, I will remove them from your care with great consequences for those who abuse the items."

"What type of consequences?" General Hammond asked them.

"Sent to the deepest parts of the Shadow Realm where there is no escape," Shada told them before his disappeared.

YGO

Seto Kaiba hated being made to wait. He'd been taken to a conference room with Ishizu and Radish Ishtar. Roland looked uncomfortable standing behind him without any weapons in a room of men and woman armed to the teeth and more extensive training than the bodyguard and advisor.

Seto looked up as the General of the facility walked into the room followed by Yugi and Ryou. Both looking just as well as the last time he'd seen them in Egypt. Sam Carter, Daniel Jackson and four other people he didn't know entered the room.

"I'm glad you could join us. I'm General George Hammond. I'm in charge of this facility." The man told them bowing to the three of them.

"It's a pleasure to meet you General." Ishizu stood up and bowed. "I am Ishizu Ishtar, this is my brother Radish, and Seto Kaiba and Kaiba's assistant Roland Isono." She indicated to Kaiba and his bodyguard.

"I'm sorry about taking the Millennium Items from you. We were under the impression they were something else." General Hammond told them. "We'll discuss that in a moment, but before we do you need to sign these."

Kaiba skimmed over the papers, then pulled out his own papers and handed them to the General.

"What is this?" The General asked.

"The same as what you handed to us. Non-disclosure agreement. If we really are to discuss everything freely, you need to also sign that form." Kaiba replied.

They spent many moments reading the agreements. After everyone was happy, they all signed.

The General explained to them about the Stargate program, the other planets that it could connect to and about the goa'uld.

Kaiba seemed to perk up at the existence of other planets. "Can you show us?" He asked, trying to keep the anticipation out of his voice.

"What you believe in aliens, but don't believe in magic?" Atem asked him.

"Is it so hard to believe we are not alone in the galaxy when there are so many planets in the galaxy?" Kaiba replied. "That Earth is so special that we are the only planet in the galaxy with life on it."

"In time we will show you." The General replied. He explained what he wanted from each of them.

"With Kaiba Corporation's help, we're hoping we can use your company to release some of the alien technology to the general public. Your company already releases technology far beyond anything else." Sam told him.

Kaiba glanced over at some of the technology they had in the room for examples. He was able to understand how it worked from the first explanation and adapted to using said technology with ease. This had been worth waiting for.

"Dr. Ishtar. We have a woman here that Ryou and spirit Bakura freed from the goa'uld. Nadia. She was former host to the goa'uld Hathor. She's been proven to be Atems mother. We were hoping your clan would be willing to take her in." General Hammond asked her.

"Of course, we'd be honoured to have her join our clan," Ishizu replied.

"Mr Moto, Mr Bakura" The General turned to the two young men. "We'd like you both to join our program after you have both completed your study. Working as archaeologist off world."

"You are offering me a job even though I broke into Area-51?" Ryou asked in amazement.

"You have proven to have skills that we can use for our organisation." General Hammond told them.

"I accept. Ryou, this is an opportunity of a lifetime. We'd be silly to let it pass." Yugi replied with excitement.

They discussed the Stargate Program and the Millennium Items in great detail. Finally, it was time for the part Kaiba was looking forward to the most. Travelling through the Stargate to another planet. Roland had decided to remain behind. He didn't have any interest in travelling to other planets. They suited up and stepped through the Stargate.

Kaiba's scientific mind wasn't able to contain his excitement when he travelled with SG-1. "Look at the stars." He pointed out. It was nightfall on the planet they'd arrived on. "These are not the stars that we see in the Northern Hemisphere. These aren't even the stars we see from the Southern Hemisphere."

"Can you still use your items on another planet?" Jack asked of Yugi and Ryou.

One of the spikes of the Ring pointed towards Yugi. The other three pointed towards the ground at a slight angle. "I can still sense the other items on Earth. But they are really far away. Further than before. The direction they are pointing should be the direction of Earth." Ryou told them.

Both agreed that being on another planet didn't affect the Shadow magic at all.

"I wonder if we can get back to Earth with the Shadows." Yugi pondered. He pulled out his duel monster deck he took everywhere and called forward his Dark Magician.

"Mahado, do you know if we can get back to Earth through the Shadow realm from another planet?" He asked the spirit.

Jack was impressed at getting to finally see a monster summoned.

"You can my Pharaoh, it just takes longer the further the planet is away from Earth." The monster spirit replied.

"I didn't hurt you summoning you on another planet?" Yugi asked with much concern.

"Not at all young Pharaoh. It doesn't make a difference what planet you summon us on." Mahado replied.

The group was shown around the planet before heading back to Earth. If Kaiba knew that this would've been the result of breaking into area 51, he might have just done it himself.