Title: A Way of Life
Summary: When Jack, Sam, and Daniel get captured by natives, a whole new adventure unfolds that will change their lives forever.
Season: Somewhere in season seven
Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate SG-1 or any of the characters in it.
A/N: I solemnly swear that I will try to make each chapter long… or I'm going to die in the attempt. This was just an idea that came to me. I don't really know where I'm going to go with it yet. We will have to wait and see. This is just a prolog of some sort, the action will start next chapter.
According to the SGC's dialing program, P3X-858 was a peaceful planet with little human contact. There were a couple of scattered villages that seemed to pose no threat to the advanced species of earth and the soil was apparently rich in the substance known to most people as Naqudah. Upon her request, Major Samantha Carter and the rest of her team were scheduled to explore this new found planet further on Tuesday at 0900 hour. General Hammond had agreed, seeing as SG-1 weren't doing anything exciting during this time anyway. This could also be a good opportunity to mine more Naqudah. The General informed the team leader, Colonel Jack O'Neill, later that day.
"So, what's this I hear about P3X-8-something or another?" The voice of her higher ranking officer made Sam look up from the papers she was reading. Jack was standing in the doorway to her lab, leaning against the doorframe with his hands in the pockets of his green BDU pants. He had a slight sparkle of interest in his brown eyes but Sam could see that he was mainly bored and looking for something to do.
"P3X-858, Sir." She corrected as she glanced back to science report given to her by one of her fellow scientists. Jack didn't look surprised that she knew the gate address already, she always had them memorized by heart.
"Yeah, that one." He confirmed. "Do they have any cool weapons?" He asked hopefully, desperately hoping that this wasn't going to be another boring mission where Daniel and Sam got to explore and have fun with their rocks and minerals. Sam met his pleading eyes and gave a small smile.
"No sir, no cool weapons." She knew what was coming next.
"And no Jaffa ass we can kick?" Jack asked again, knowing all too well that the answer would probably be no.
"No sir. But we did find some cool Naqudah composites not far from the gate." Sam said with apologetic eyes. She knew that the Colonel didn't enjoy such missions. Jack frowned slightly and bounced up and down a couple of times.
"Are there any trees?" he asked with a dramatic sigh. Sam rolled her eyes.
"Yes sir, there are trees." She said.
"I hate trees…" Jack mumbled, abandoning his position by the door and walking up to Sam's desk. He turned his head slightly, trying to get a look at what she was reading. "What are you reading?" he asked, his eyes wandering away from the paper and to a small electrical advice that Sam had been working on earlier. Sam saw where his eyes wandered and quickly picked up the device, saving it from certain destruction by the Colonel's fiddling hands. Jack glared at her momentarily for the loss of his to-be toy.
"A science report." Sam stated simply. As much as she loved her Colonel, he was very distracting and would usually break something. He would be better off annoying Daniel or Teal'c. Obviously bored, Jack shrugged and then turned to leave.
"I'm going to go see what Danny and Teal'c are doing. See you tomorrow in the morning." He called to her before disappearing out the door. Mission accomplished, Sam went back to her report.
After going through and replying to it, she wandered off to find the scientist and give the report back. After doing so, Sam went back to her lab but found that she had finished all work that had to be done. Frowning, she glanced up at the clock and noticed that it was only ten at night. 'Maybe I'll just call it a night and get a full night's sleep.' She thought with a shrug. Grabbing her car keys, she made her way to the locker room to change into her civilian clothes. After having completed that, she headed toward Daniel's office. He deserved a full night's sleep too, especially if the Colonel had been bothering him that day.
Suddenly a loud sneeze echoed through the deserted corridor, followed by loud crashing sounds and a surprised yelp. Alarmed, Sam jogged the rest of the way until she reached Daniel's office, where she stopped in the doorway. Papers were everywhere; some were even floating down toward the floor while other were already on the ground. The remains of a coffee mug lay on the floor too, and many of the papers had fallen fate to the brown substance. In the middle of it all sat a dazed Daniel Jackson, legs sticking straight out and his glasses sitting lopsided on his face. Sam couldn't help but giggle at the sight and her hand quickly shot up to her mouth to cover the noise. This brought Daniel's attention back to earth and he looked in her direction with a dismayed expression.
"One of the new guys got a cat." He explained. "That sheds…a lot." He clarified when Sam raised an eyebrow. That cat must have shed a lot to actually make Daniel sneeze when they weren't even in the same room. Daniel raised a bloody and coffee stained hand and grimaced at the sight. Sam instantly regretted laughing at him and quickly made her way through the mess to crouch down beside him.
"It's just a small cut." She assured him after having quickly looked over his hand. "Cuts on the fingers tend to bleed a lot." She added reassuringly when Daniel gave his bloody hand a doubting glance. Daniel nodded and then looked over the rest of him, most parts of which were soaked in coffee. His gaze then turned to the rest of his room and he groaned.
"I had just organized all those papers in alphabetical order. It took me the last two hours to finish." He whined, standing with Sam's help. She smiled apologetically at him.
"Let's get your hand cleaned up and then I can help you sort them again." She said. She'd rather spend time with Daniel then going home and sleeping. She probably wouldn't fall asleep anyway now that she thought about it.
Steering Daniel to the nearest water source, which happened to be a sink in one of the labs, they managed to clean Daniel's hand up as best as they could. It had stopped bleeding and since the cut was small, they decided to just plaster on some bandages instead of going to the infirmary and being stuck there for the next half hour. After Daniel had gotten a new set of clothes on, they made their way back to the disaster zone. They spent the next hour or so cleaning up Daniel's office, managing to save most of the papers that hadn't been stained by the coffee. Many papers later, Sam and Daniel stood leaning against Daniel's desk with a cup of coffee each.
"Well that was fun." Sam said with a small smile. Daniel glanced at her before taking a sip of his coffee.
"So, you ready for the mission tomorrow?" He asked her. "Jack didn't seem so thrilled about it when he came for his daily 'annoy Daniel Jackson' session." He added, staring at nothing in general with knitted eyebrows. Sam ducked her head to hide her smile.
"Yes, I'm ready. Apparently there was some sort of pillars by the gate that might have some sort of Ancient written on them." Sam said, nudging Daniel with her elbow. This made Daniel brighten considerably in mood and he gave her a smile.
"Really? We haven't found anything Ancient in a very long time." He said hopefully. Glancing up at Daniel's clock, Sam realized that it was almost twelve thirty in the morning.
"I should get going. We have to be here at 0900 for departure." She said, setting down the coffee cup on Daniel's desk. "You should go to bed too. You need the sleep." She added, patting Daniel on the arm. Daniel sighed.
"I guess. Thanks for the help! See you tomorrow!" He said, giving her a smile. They parted, both being excited about tomorrow's mission.
