Across the Divide

By Se/Seesaw

DISCLAIMER: Stargate SG-1 and its characters are the property of Showtime/Viacom, MGM/UA, Double Secret Productions, and Gekko Productions. This was written for entertainment purposes only and no money whatsoever has exchanged hands. No copyright infringement is intended. The original characters, situations, and story are the property of the authors. Not to be archived without permission of the author.

RATING: PG-13, little bit of swearing

AUTHORS NOTES: This is an AU basically because I like to play around with things. It hasn't been beta-ed so I am sorry for any mistakes. This is also a WIP which I don't usually do but since I've been very lazy about writing recently I thought it would be a good way into guilt tripping me into doing it. Anyway I hope you enjoy and please let me know if you think I should keep going with the fic.

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"Have you any idea what this could be?" Jack speared the anonymous grey lump and waved it under Daniel's nose.

Daniel hastily pushed Jack's hand away.

"You asked for it Jack you should know."

Jack lowered his fork and gazed curiously at his plate.

"Well I was told it was stew but it doesn't taste like it."

"You ate some of that." Daniel said appalled, his stomach turning at the thought of it.

"Well no." Jack admitted, "I was waiting for Teal'c to come and be a guinea pig."

"I don't think Teal'c would even try that Jack." Daniel sensibly pointed out.

Jack abandoned his fork and pushed his plate away and focusing on his coffee instead.

"If the Gould don't kill me, the catering staff will." He muttered.

Daniel snorted and added a lump of sugar to his own drink. His attention was drawn to two suited men who spoke hurriedly as they swept from the room.

"So what exactly is going on Jack?" Daniel queried.

"Huh." Jack looked up and blinked at him just as Teal'c arrived.

"Hey T." Jack redirected his attention away from Daniel and his question.

"You want some stew?" he asked hopefully.

"I do not O'Neill." He stated as he dropped his fruit and Jell-O laden tray onto the table and pulled up a chair.

Jack looked disappointed but before he could cajole Teal'c into eating his excuse of a dinner, Daniel reiterated his question.

"So what's going on Jack? All the men in suits." He expanded when Jack's face remained blank.

"The NID or someone or another is trying to get their own team sent off world. Hammond's not too big on the idea."

"It would be most unwise to allow an inexperienced team through the gate." Teal'c added.

"Yeah well it won't stop them trying." Jack said disinterestedly.

"So do you think they'll be allowed, I mean surely Hammond has the last say."

Jack shrugged, "He's under some pretty nasty pressure to let them."

"And what is your opinion on the matter O'Neill?" Teal'c asked his head cocked to one side.

"I say let them go. The less NID agents on this planet the better." He said flippantly.

"Surely you can't believe that Jack." Daniel exploded.

Why was it, Jack thought, that Daniel nearly always sounded, exasperated when talking to him.

"Doesn't really matter if I do Daniel, I don't have any say in the matter." Jack finished the conversation, adding a glare for good measure.

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"So they're going forward with it." Colonel O'Neill's gruff voice asked, as the man himself appeared beside him.

"Backed us into a corner on this one, had to let them go through." The General's displeasure seeped into his voice.

Another chevron glowed red in the room below them.

"You reckin' they'll stay on PX-3901?" Jack voiced the General's own thoughts.

"There's nothing of value on that planet, what ever they're after its not there."

"And I don't suppose we've any idea what they're after."

The general didn't answer his question; he turned away from the window as the 7th chevron locked bringing the gate to life.

"Should we worry about this?" Jack still faced the window but the General could see his displeasure reflected on the surface.

"Maybe." The General answered as he sat in his chair and flicked open one of the numerous folders on the table.

Jack turned and watched him with curious eyes.

"The team they've put together are highly trained and have more then a couple of years of experience under their belt. I get the feeling one or two of them might even have some experience at Stargate travel."

Jack nodded to himself at the General's implication. These men may be the same as those involved with the second Stargate fiasco.

"I can't be certain on that. All I've been given on this team are names and some sketchy backgrounds."

Jack took a seat opposite the General.

"But.." he asked knowing there had to be more.

The General closed the file and looked up at the younger man.

"I recognise one of the names. Sam Carter, then Captain now Major."

"And the problem sir?"

"Captain Carter was responsible for creating our dial up program and most of the technology we use in relation to the Stargate on this base."

"Seriously, all the blinky light things in the control room."

General Hammond pressed his lips into a thin line at the Colonels comment but continued on.

"Yes, Colonel."

"I think I might be missing the point here sir."

"If the NID are bring the leading scientist on Stargate technology through the Stargate I doubt it's to go look at an uninhabited planet."

"The leading scientist." Jack sounded puzzled. "Shouldn't the leading scientist on the Stargate technology be working for us?"

"In theory, yes. But there was some disagreement and Carter never worked here again. The details are unclear, it all happened before I was assigned here."

"So what do we do now?" Jack got down to business.

"Nothing else to do but continue as normal and see what they come back with."

"Don't you mean if they come back?"

"Either way you're still scheduled for a mission to P234X at 11 hundred tomorrow." The General stood, their meeting completed. Jack mimicked him and they both departed, while down below them an unknown team left through the Stargate.

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Daniel glanced up from his notes that he collected fromSg-1's two day mission toP234X as the red light above his door flash and the all too familiar announcement shattered the quiet of his lab.

"Unauthorised off world activity."

Bored with what he was doing Daniel decided to make his way to the control room to see what was going on.

The iris was sliding over the gate as Daniel reached the room. Glancing down below him he could make out a lone solider seated at the base of the ramp. He was quickly engulfed by medical staff and then whisked from the room. Turning to Siler he asked,

"What was that about?"

"We received Sg-5's IDC but only one of them came through."

"Were they over due?" Daniel asked worriedly.

"They're not scheduled to be back for another 4 hours."

"Where's the General?" Daniel knew he would be somewhere near by.

"He was in the gate room, he's probably following on to the infirmary."

"Thanks." Daniel said fleetingly as he hurried from the room.

By the time he reached the infirmary the solider he had previously seen was laid out on a bed with an IV in his arm. He was bleeding from a cut above his left eye and looked a little worse for wear but he was lucid and talking to General Hammond and Jack.

"A minor Gould sir, not sure which, I say it was opportunistic if nothing else."

"Any idea where the remainder of your team were taken son?" General Hammond asked a touch of worry in his voice.

"Yes sir, I managed to get the address as they went through."

"Good work son, get some rest."

A pen and paper was thrust at the injured man and General Hammond turned to speak to Jack.

"Take Sg-13 and gate out in 30." The General ordered without hesitation before exiting the room, an airmen with the relevant gate address scurrying after him.

"Come on Danny boy, no time to lose." Jack slapped him on the back and nodded at the Doctor. "Take care of him Doc."

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The ground beneath their feet shook again and Jack glanced at the team beside him.

"Did you do this?" he demanded.

"We're a covert team." Colonel Klein spat at him, "We don't do grand exits, that's more your style O'Neill."

"It was all going fine until we bumped into you."

Of course that really should have tipped Jack off that something was amiss. Sg-1 with the help of Sg-13 had quite easily entered the Goul'd facility, in which they now stood, and liberated the remaining members of Sg-5. It turned out this particular Goul'd brought new meaning to the term minor and it was surprising some other power hungry snakehead hadn't killed him by now.

"I could say the same about you lot." Klein growled back.

Jack couldn't even hazard a guess as to why the NID were on this planet and in this facility. All that really mattered at that moment was the fact that they were in the way and slowing him down. Lucky Jack had numbers on his side and had quickly unarmed all four soldiers.

Jack squared his shoulders and was about to bite off a sharp retort when he was interrupted.

"The structure is losing its integrity sir. I don't think its safe to stay here."

Jack took his gaze off the leader of the NID team and stared in open surprise at the woman who spoke. She was blond with blue eyes that were focused on a large crack forming in the ceiling.

"Typical." Jack hissed, "You send a women to do a mans job."

Her blond's head snapped around and narrowed eyes, simmering with hate was suddenly focused on him.

The ground moved again this time knocking the two groups of people to the ground. The roof above them fractured with a loud crack and debris began to rain from the damage.

Jack quickly rolled to his left and caught a glimpse of the blond woman scrambling in his direction before that portion of the roof above them completely gave in. Jack covered his head and hoped for the best.

It was several long moments later before the noise died down and Jack looked up. The air was heavy with dust and he could feel raindrops on his skin from the chasm were once the roof was. He watched as a glider flew overhead and released volley of fire on a target he couldn't see. He was quick to his feet pulling his radio to his mouth.

"Daniel, Teal'c, come in." he ordered in a harsh voice.

Static filled his ears as he waited for a response. He pulled his radio to his mouth again when the static died and his ears were assaulted with spluttering. Gasping for breath Daniel spoke,

"We're all ok, Jack." He coughed loudly again before continuing, "Nothing more then some cuts and bruises."

Jack examined the large mound of debris barring him from his team-mates.

"Don't think I have time to get through this. I'll have to find another way out of here." He summarised quickly.

He watched as another glider flew.

"You go on to the gate and send re-enforcements if needs be." He ordered.

"What'll we do with the others?" Colonel Spade, leader of g-13 asked.

"Take them with you. Hammond will have them locked up."

"We're short one Jack. There's only three of them on this side." Daniel said sounding worried.

Jack's attention was drawn to slowly moving piles of rubble and watched, as a hand appeared, followed by a body covered in dirt.

"I've got the fourth Daniel, go."

Jack marched over and hauled the blonde solider to her feet. She was coughing heavily but seemed largely unhurt. Jack kept a firm grip on her.

"But Jack…"

"Just go Daniel," he barked as another explosion sounded in the distance.

Pushing his captor forward he raised his P-90. The light above him flickered and died plunging them into semi-darkness. Advancing down the corridor Jack kept one hand on his weapon and the other clamped down on the arm of the NID agent. In the distance Jack could hear shouting and very faintly the clank of metal armour. He pushed himself and his captive into a nearby crevice as group of Jaffa guards ran by shouting at each other.

Jack peered carefully up and down the corridor they had just run through.

"We should take a right if you wanna get out of her." A disgruntled voice spoke to him from the darkness. Jack stepped back and the angry face of the young woman appear.

"Yeah right cos you're a trustful source." Jack bit back.

"I would like to get out of here alive as well you know."

The two locked gazes for a moment and a brief battle of wills took place.

"What the hell have you got to lose?" She threw her hands up in the air.

"If you fall behind I ain't coming back for you." He said abruptly and jogged quickly down the corridor to the right.

Most of the battle seemed to be taking place at the other end of the building, the sounds of fighting growing fainter as they progressed.

Jack felt apprehensive. This was not the way Sg-1 had entered the building, he had gone completely on the word of his enemy.

"Are you sure we're going the right way." He hurled at the women.

She stepped from behind him and pushed open a heavyset door to Jack's left. Light flooded in causing Jack to blink rapidly and a light breeze to caress his face.

"Yes." She stated looking smug.

A gliders filled the sky and Jack saw even more troops running this way and that. 200 meters ahead was a heavily wooded area. If they got that far they could avoid the Jaffa attacking the facility, hopefully they were none the wiser to their presence.

"Gonna make a break for the tree line." He grunted not taking his eyes from the scene in front of him.

"It would be better if I had a weapon." His companion pointed out.

Jack turned to look at her and gave a brief, insincere smile.

"Right." He said before sprinting to the cover of a stack of crates.

He watched as the blond glanced briefly around before following him. They continued ducking and diving their way across the open space. Upon reaching the tree line Jack threw himself into the undergrowth. The woman soon joined him.

"Daniel." Jack spoke quietly into his radio.

Loud static followed by Daniel's voice, "Jack…"

"Daniel, what's your position?" he queried.

"We're holding the gate. Not sure how much longer we can hold out." Jack could hear the sound of gunfire in the background.

"We're on the opposite side of the compound in the tree line. I don't think I can make it back to the gate. Head through and get re-enforcements.: He spoke decisively.

"Jack, we can't leave you behind." Daniel automatically responded.

"Go Daniel, you can't do any more at the moment." Jack was annoyed; this wasn't the time for a discussion with Daniel.

"Jack.."

"Go Daniel, I'll stay in the tree line, they don't know I'm here." Jack's voice allowed for no argument.

"We'll radio when we come through, we won't leave you behind."

"Yeah, yeah Daniel. Just go." Jack dismissed his words but he appreciated them all the same.

The sound of fighting was drawing nearer and then a very familiar sound pierced the air. The loud horn of the tracking Jaffa sent a chill through Jack.

"Aww crap." Jack muttered.

"What was that?"

"We have to move." Jack pulled himself up into a crouching position ignoring her question.

She didn't question him any more, her training obviously kicking in, as they moved further into the woods trying to stay as low as possible.