Title: Moonlight Lady
Author: Demelza Watt
Email: stonelight81@hotmail.com
Category: SJ, angst
Rating: G
Season: Any time after 3
Spoilers: None
Archive: Anywhere and everywhere! Just let me know.
Summary: Jack and Sam are trapped alone on a planet, while their friends, Daniel, Teal'c, Janet and
General Hammond try to save them... but who is the Moonlight Lady that keeps them there? And why?
Disclaimer: Stargate SG-1 and its characters are the property of
Showtime/Viacom, MGM/UA, Double Secret Productions, and Gekko Productions. This story is for
entertainment purposes only, no copyright infringement is intended, and are used here without
permission. The original situations, and story are the property of the author.
Authors Notes: Wahee!! This is my first ever Stargate fic... I hope you all enjoy it! More parts will be
coming soon! ;)



The day started early, Sam awoke to Daniel banging on the door to her quarters. She stumbled out of
bed. Still dressed in the same uniform she had forgotten to remove the night before when she'd
crashed after two weeks alone on PX869 with the Colonel in the planet's harsh environment. "Sam, are
you awake?" He called just as she swung the door open. His blue eyes met hers, "Still dressed?" He
asked, although his question was more a query in no need for answer than anything else.

"What is it Daniel?" She asked, eyes hardly staying open, she'd only slept for about four and a half
hours, according to the clock by her bed.

"It's okay," Daniel apologised, "I'll come back later."

Sam let out a sigh, "Daniel, what is it?" She hid the part of her that wanted to thump him for waking
her from the sleep she so dearly craved for.

"I just got in, I was on a mission with SG 13, and I wanted to see how you were."

"I'm fine." Sam replied with a smile, "Just, really tired, that's all."

"I'm glad your safe." She stretched her smile a little further, then grimaced, that's when Daniel
realised he should go, "We'll talk later though, right?"

"Of course." She promised the archaeologist. He said a quiet 'bye', then headed down the corridor. She
stepped back into her room, having almost closed the door when a hand pushed it back, "Colonel."
She exclaimed, her heart beginning to race, seeing the man she... seeing her commanding officer
stand before her.

"Carter." Jack's own voice was haggard, "I just got out of briefing with Hammond, he wants to see
you."

"Sir." She pleaded with him, "Can't it wait?"

"General's orders." He said back, "Sorry Major."

He'd gone from calling her Carter to Major within a few moments, it pained her, but knew that what
had happened on that planet couldn't be furthered while back at the SGC, and Earth.

Jack stepped back from the door, motioning for her to step out, which she did, closing the room to her
quarters behind her.

They followed the labyrinth of corridors, making their way down to the Briefing Room. Where the
General awaited patiently in his seat, with Doctor Janet Fraiser in the chair to his left. "Good luck."
Jack told her quietly, before leaving her side.

Sam took in a breath, and walked over to the seat opposite Janet's, and sat down. "Sir?" She said to
Hammond.

General Hammond sat forward, lifting a pen from the closed manila folder in front of him, "Major." He
replied, turning to Janet, and nodding slightly.

"Sam..." Janet began after a brief moment, "We know you've been through a lot."

"You have no idea." Sam exhaled, exhaustedly.

"Two weeks passed..."

She closed her eyes, memories flashed in her mind, back to when she, Daniel, Teal'C and Colonel
O'Neill were entering the Stargate, and coming out the other side. The air was crisp, and strangely,
the planet was uninhabited.

"PX869..." Jack mused, "Maybe it should be called Eden, or something?"

Daniel was at his side, looking through his glasses with a mild squint, "The MALP sent back different
images... I don't understand."

Sam looked up from the device in her hand, she was feeling totally exhausted from the long hours
she'd put in the night before, examining telemetry readings the MALP had sent back. "What are you
talking about? It's the same as the images the MALP sent back."

"Yeah..." Daniel agreed, but she could feel an explanation of sorts coming on, "But, *this* is greener."
He said, motioning with his hands to the scenery in front of them.

"Telemetry shots showed a more barren land." Was Teal'c's addition to the conversation.

Sam set their opinions from her mind, they were right... she wondered how she could have mistakenly
thought it was the same. She let out a low sigh and walked over to the Colonel. Daniel stepped away,
motioning for Teal'c to follow him to check on the trees a few hundred feet away to the right of the
Stargate.

"Sir..." Sam begun.

"Yeah Carter?" He asked back, turning to her. Their eyes meeting, silence for a few seconds as they
just looked into each other's eyes. Jack noticed how tired she was, the house she must have put in the
night before. "You look tired."

"I'm alright." She stifled a yawn.

He put a supportive hand on her shoulder, again their eyes met, this time discomfort reared its ugly
head. Jack pulled away, nervously placing his hand on the weapon at his side. "Come on." He said,
walking away from the path in front of the Stargate and heading directly north of it.

Sam quickly caught up, and together they walked along the path, Sam doing the testing with the
gimmick she had in her hand, and Jack using his binoculars every few minutes or so, checking around
them. Far more than he usually would, Sam noted.

There were several more hours in the day that passed with just her and Jack, no... her and Colonel
O'Neill. She couldn't, not even in her mind, call him Jack. He was her superior officer, she reminded
herself continually every time she glanced a caring or concerned look in his direction. A few times he
looked back, but most times he didn't. She was free to look at him how she wanted, without constantly
worrying if Daniel or Teal'c had spotted them.

"Okay, let's head back to base camp." Jack told her, she was crouched on the ground looking at some
dirt, for some reason... it kind of slipped her mind as to why she was. She stood up behind the colonel,
and together they walked back to the Stargate. Jack calling in to Daniel and Teal'c to let them know
they were done for the evening, and since the suns were coming down and it was getting dark, it
would be best to head back sooner than later.

They were quietly walking back when Sam tripped on something and sprained her ankle. Screaming
out, she grabbed at her ankle. Jack crouched down in front of the area where she sat huddled up,
biting back the tears. "Let me take a look." He said to her.

But as soon as he touched her foot, an instant reaction made her leg kick outward and she got him in
the chin. "Sorry, sir!" She apologised frantically, he landed on his bottom and nodded back to her with
an 'I'm okay' grin. She apologised again when suddenly the surrounding area flashed bright blue.

Sam and Jack both looked around, just in time to see a strange 'field' of glowing light, much like the
event horizon from the Stargate coming nearer to them. Jack crawled backward, while Sam just sat
there, gawking at it in awe. Another bright flash, it hit them... and then everything faded to black.

* * * *

"What was that, Daniel Jackson?" Teal'c asked the archaeologist.

Daniel turned in the area where Teal'c was pointing, a blue light faded into nothing, and he raised his
eyebrows, turning back to Teal'c. A strange look on the Jaffa's face. Daniel pressed his fingers against
his radio, "Jack? Sam?" He called into it, "You guys there?"

There was no reply, just an irritating hissing noise.






To be continued..... comments? Flames? Send 'em to me at stonelight81@hotmail.com.