Star gate Sg1 steps through the star gate to a tropical planet. The
thick vegetation surrounds the gate with a small clearing in the distance,
with a small deer trail leading to it.
"Lions and bears and tigers oh my" Jack mutter as he see the
rainforest surround them. Sam snorts and walks toward the DHD to check that
it is still in working order. Teal'c walks away with Jonas to survey the
area after they had checked the MALP. Jack watched them head off yelling
after them,
"Now kids don't wander too far." Turning around to see what Sam was
doing. Sam had just finished checking the DHD and was now taking soil
samples; Jack walks over, as she was finishing. Standing up and brushing
off the access dirt off her fatigues and turned towards Jack to report her
findings.
"Sir, the DHD seems to be working fine at this end. I have collected
some soils samples to get analyzed. I was just about to send the MALP back
is there anything else you want me to do?" Sam replied looking at Jack.
Jack shakes his head and heads toward the DHD to send the addresses, while
Sam got the MALP ready.
Sam picked up the remote for the MALP using the controls to send it
back. Once she had acquired this she turned around and walked over to Jack.
" Ready to go when you are, sir" Sam noticed that Jack had not been
paying attention and frowned.
"Sir?" Sam replied a little louder to get his attention; Jack shook
his head and looked over at her.
"Sorry Carter what was it you just said?" Jack asked with a
thoughtful expression.
" Ready to go. are you ok, Colonel?" Sam asked a little worried and
glanced in the direction Jack was facing.
"No nothings wrong, I thought I saw something, let's head out." Jack
shrugs and looks at Carter. Starts moving toward Jonas and Teal'c were they
surveying the area behind the gate. Jack noted that they were staring off
into the thick vegetation and was wondering what they were staring and at
motioned for Sam to follow.
Sam watched as Jack moved away from her frowning I wonder what he saw
she thought to herself looking back once more before following Jack. After
walking a short distance Jack turned to Sam.
"You don't by any chance have a machete with you?" Jack frowns
reaching Teal'c and Jonas. Carter gives him a small smile and replies, "No
sir must have forgotten." Before she could say more Jonas spoke up, "sorry
Sam, Jack there seems to be a small deer trail leading to that clearing
over there." Jonas points over to the trail and the clearing, Jack nods and
looks over at Teal'c,
"Ok Teal'c take point to that clearing." Jack orders. Teal'c walks
toward the clearing with Jonas, Jack and then Sam following.
Off in the distance a dog was watching the strangers closely as they
head off towards the clearing. The scent of the strangers told her that
these humans were not from this world, the one human she was suspicious of
was the one in the lead, she could sense the presence of its symbiote and
from the way they were heading she knew they were heading straight for
danger. She gets up and limps after them; she knew what she had to do.
Picking up speed to get ahead of them she came out of the brush once she
had bypassed them and laid down on the trails awaited for the foreigners to
approach.
They had been walking for some time, the florage of rainforest
getting denser and denser, making it more difficult to traverse and see the
trail ahead of them. When suddenly Teal'c trips over an object, Jonas stops
startled making Jack run into him, Sam stops just before running into Jack.
"What the Hell is going on? Why did you stop?" Jack asks exasperated
looking around for the meaning of their sudden immobility.
"I don't know." Jonas replied.
"O'Neill, I appear to have trip over an object." Teal'c interrupts.
" You tripped?" Jack replied and tried to look around Jonas, " Jonas, what
did he trip over."
" It looks like a dog, Jack" Jonas said looking down.
" You tripped over a dog?!" Teal'c just looks at Jack while getting up.
" Teal'c, Jonas, go look up the trail." Jack ordered.
Sam makes her way through to look at the dog. The dog whimpers, lifts its
head toward Sam. Sam lets the dog sniff her hand. The dog licks her. Jack
kneels on the other side of the dog opposite of Sam.
" Is there anything wrong with it." Jack indicates towards the dog.
Sam looks up while attending the dog and replies.
" Sir, the dog appears to have been beaten by some unknown object. It has
a few broken ribs and there looks to be something wrong with its paw." Sam
looked down at the dog again and reached for its paw. The dog whimpered and
jerked away its paw before Sam's hand could touch it. It also gave a
warning growl. Sam jerked her hand away afraid that she would be bitten.
" Whoa, Carter is careful." Jack warns.
Sam nodded and looks around. Teal'c and Jonas were returning from up the
trail.
" O'Neill, there appears to be a village further up the trail."
" Good lets go have a look then. Maybe this dog belongs to them."
Jack said and was about to motion the other forward. When the dog barked to
get Jacks attention. Jack looked at the dog. The dog was looking directly
at him. Jack stumbles back ward startling the group.
" Whoa! I think the dog just spoke to me, but it was all gibberish."
" Gibberish, sir?" Sam frowned at him.
Then looked at the dog, just in time to see it rolling its eyes. The dog
turned and looked at Jonas figuring he would be able to understand it.
Don't head to the village, follow me, we have lingered on this
trail for to long already. And looked around the group one last time
before getting up and limping off the trail. Jonas looked at everyone with
a shocked, but confused expression on his face.
" Did you hear that?"
They all looked at him frowning.
" What?" They exclaimed in unison.
" Did you just hear that? The dog just looked at me and spoke
Egyptian." Jonas looked at everyone. Teal'c was looking with a raised brow
then looked after the dog. Jack was just staring at him with a disbelieving
look and Sam was just frowning.
" Well, what did Sparky say?" Jack asked a little exasperated.
" Well, the dog said we shouldn't go to the village. That it is wants
us to follow it." Jonas replied
All of a sudden a staff weapon hit a tree centimeters away from Jonas.
" Whoa!" Jack grabbed Sam and dove into some bushes. Teal'c reacted
fast and used a Zat gun before the assailant could get another shot off.
Jack got up looking around.
" Is everyone alright?" He asked while helping Sam up.
Before anyone could reply the dog limped back on the trail growling at them
for not listening. Then started nipping at them to get off the trail. Then
turned to Jonas.
There is a cave not too far off. We will spend the night there and
I will explain everything get there. Before they know we are here. Jonas
related the new to the others.
" Lead the way." Jack said indicating towards where the dog just
left.
