So, this is my first Stargate fic so let me know what you think. Hope you like it :)

Pairings: Some Sam/Jack suggested, especially the last chapter.

Setting: Beginning of season 8, before Jack takes over for Hammond.

Summary: Jack goes on his last mission as leader of SG-1 before taking over for General Hammond and becoming a General himself. As usual they get themselves into trouble.

Disclaimer: No matter how much I wish, I do not own anything.

And thanks to my awesome beta dreamer one ! :D

Chapter One

Jack geared up and walked down the familiar path to the gate room. He walked slowly, wanting to enjoy one last mission as the leader of SG-1. He'd recently found out he was being promoted to Brigadier General and that meant being base commander. But he didn't think he was ready to give up going out on missions himself, take General Hammond's place, and watch as his team walked through the gate into unknown situations. How could others expect him to do this?

Sure SG-1 always got into trouble and somehow they always found a way out of it, but he was usually there to help. Soon he wouldn't be. Without a doubt he trusted Sam with the welfare of the team. He knew she would be an amazing leader. But that was beside the point. Although he knew Sam was capable of dealing with tough situations, he wouldn't be there to help. And he wanted to be there to help.

Instead he'd be back in the relative safety of the SGC, waiting for SG1 to come back through the gate, hoping they would come back. And what if they didn't?

As he reached the gate room door, Jack stopped and took a deep breath. This was his last mission; he should enjoy it, not waste time worrying. He should enjoy this time he was getting to spend with Sam, Daniel, and Teal'c. Jack walked into the gate room and noticed that the rest of the team wasn't there yet, so he waited.

Meanwhile Sam, Daniel, and Teal'c were all separately making their way to Jack's location. They all had this mission on their mind. The thought that this was "Jack's last mission" ran through everyone's mind in some form. After this everything would change.

They each arrived at the gate room and waited by the door for the rest of the team to arrive. Once all three were there, they walked in together.

"Well, good morning campers!" Jack exclaimed once the others finally arrived.

Everyone smiled at this, as it was something Jack always said. Sam smiled at him, the smile that was his and said, "Good morning sir." He grinned at her and Sam wished she could say more to him.

Jack turned towards the control room and yelled, "Walter, dial it up." Soon the chevrons were locking into place and Jack said, "So what's the deal with this PX something or the other?"

"Well sir," Sam answered, "SG-8 found traces of naquada in the soil and there's a cave system about five miles from the gate. There might be abandon mines."

At this point Daniel cut in, "Which means there could be a civilization nearby."

"Civilization, huh? Let's hope they're friendly, if they exist." Jack said.

"Indeed" replied Teal'c.

By this time the seventh chevron had locked and SG-1 walked into the event horizon.

SG-1 exited the stargate and Sam immediately got out her instruments for detecting naquada. The device was really simple to assemble, but it took her a few minutes because the previous user had put it back together the wrong way.

"You know Carter, if you need any help…" Jack said waving his hands in the air and pointing towards Sam's instruments.

Sam smirked and replied, "Thank you sir, I'll be done in a minute. It's just there are only a few of these working right now," Sam said holding up the detector, "so the few that we do have at the moment are being shared."

Sam looked down again and had it complete moments. She powered it up and within a few seconds she got a reading and said they should head for the caves.

So Sam and Daniel took the lead while Jack and Teal'c brought up the rear. As they were walking, Teal'c noticed that every once in a while Jack would steal a look at Sam. When he did this he subtly looked towards Teal'c and Teal'c raised his eyebrow.

"What?" Jack asked. Teal'c just gave him his look and faced forward once again. Jack grumbled something and they kept moving forward.

Finally they reached the caves so Sam and Daniel walked into the first one and a few minutes later emerged and went into the next one. They did this a few times, finally exited the last one, and walked up to Jack and Teal'c.

"Well sir, they're not mines. They're just caves," Sam told them.

"But," Daniel interrupted, "we did find a few cave paintings."

"And this is exciting, why?" Jack asked.

"Because, it suggests there were people here once. They might still be here, somewhere. They probably just moved on from this area. The paintings looked pretty sophisticated, so they can't have been that primitive…" Daniel rambled on.

"Ack! Daniel, I don't need a history lesson. Just tell me, people or no people." Jack said with his hand raised.

"People, Jack. This most likely means there are people on this planet, somewhere," Daniel said.

"And I'm guessing you want to look for them, don't you?"

"Jack!" Daniel yelled, "Who knows how advanced they could be. They might even have something we could be interested in."

After a pause Jack made his decision, "Okay, we'll report back to base and let them know we'll be here an extra day. We'll look for the rest of the day, and then set up camp. Tomorrow we'll head back to the gate." It looked as if Daniel wanted to protest, but Jack held up his hand so he could continue.

"If we don't find anyone, we'll send out a UAV when we get back. It can cover a lot more ground than we can," explained Jack. After a moment Daniel agreed.

They headed out and began looking for any signs of civilization. They walked for hours, keeping an eye out for anything unusual. Finally when the sun began setting, Jack told everyone to stop and find a spot to make camp. A few minutes later, Sam said she'd found some more caves and suggested they set up camp in front of them for the night. Everyone agreed, especially Daniel since it gave him the opportunity to explore more of the caves for a longer amount of time.

After everything had been set up, Daniel went into the caves and stayed in them for a long time, a very long time. Jack finally went in there looking for Daniel and had to practically drag him out. Once everyone ate, Teal'c took first watch and everyone else went to sleep.

The next morning, with a sullen looking Daniel, they packed up and headed back towards the gate. Not ten minutes into the trek back, Jack kept noticing rustling among the trees. It was very subtle but pronounced enough to raise some alarms in Jack's mind. He looked towards Teal'c and nodded towards the trees, silently asking if he'd noticed. Teal'c inclined his had as if to say "Indeed"

Unfortunately, just as Jack and Teal'c were having their silent exchange, they were surrounded, almost instantaneously by a group of men with staff weapons.

They were all very tan, as if they spent most of their time out in the sun, and wore clothes made out of a cloth that hung loosely on their bodies. Though the sleeves were more fitted and seemed to allow easier use of the staff weapons they all carried. They all wore natural colors, such as brown, dark green, and blues. A few of them held spheres in their hands, instead of staff weapons. They were small, clear, and seemed to have a haze of gas swirling inside of each of them.

One of the men began yelling something at them and jabbing his weapon into the air as if to intimidate them.

"I think they want us to put down our weapons," Daniel whispered.

"Ya think!" Jack lightly yelled, "That's not happening, Daniel."

"Jack, there's more of them at the moment and we happen to be surrounded. There's no way we can get out of this. We should do what they seem to want us to… at least for now. Let's just put down the guns and let me try and talk to them."

"Daniel…" Jack said.

"Jack…" Daniel repeated. The men were slowly inching forward.

"Fine," Jack said reluctantly. "Alright kids, put down your weapons."

SG-1 put down their weapons and immediately the natives backed up. That was unusual, as it could easily be assumed the men would take their weapons from them and lead them somewhere. Instead, as soon as they backed away from SG-1, there was a fog that seemed to come from spheres held by a few of the natives. The fog crept towards SG-1, coming at them from all sides; they were trapped.

"Oh for crying out loud," Jack yelled, "it's a little mist!"

"Sir, it could be some sort of toxin," Sam said.

"Right, but…" Jack replied, but before he could continue his sentence, the fog reached him and he collapsed immediately. Before any of the others could react, the rest of SG-1 collapsed too.

So did you like it, hate it, think it was okay? Let me know :)