A/N: This was written about two or three years ago, as are most of my Stargate fics. Please Review.
Warning: There is mention of sexual abuse and child abuse. You have been warned. Don't read if it bothers you.
Jack looked to his left. Samantha Carter lay on her belly, eyes straight ahead. Her face in a forced state of calm. On his right was Teal'c. No emotion showing but his distress was palpable.
The screams from the camp below had slowly died out an hour or so ago. For six hours they had watched men enter the tent, less men leave. The sun had set not long ago but still most remained in the tent. Fires were started and the smell of cooked meat wafted up.
Technically a simple mission they waited for the right time to attack. All they had to do was rescue the archeologist. These creatures had had him for over 24 hours already. A rescue would have been attempted earlier but the three remaining member of SG-1 had others things to attend to. Although the past six were used trying to come up with a plan.
Carter tapped his shoulder and Jack focused his attention back on the camp. They had counted 50 men in all. He watched as about 40 of them left the tent.
Through the binoculars Jack could see the blood on them. Daniel's blood he thought and quickly blocked it. They had to get him back. According to their count there was no one else in the tent except maybe Daniel.
Jack signaled his team members and the three of them moved out. Teal'c and Carter would go in and extricate Daniel. He was going to provide cover, and then meet up a cave not too far away.
There were no guards around the tent they believed Daniel was in. They must not consider him a threat anymore. That didn't bode well in Sam's mind. They entered the tent and what ever they had prepared themselves for, was not what they found.
It was human and male. That was about all they could make out of the body. If it wasn't for the torn up, bloody SG-1 fatigues and the broken glasses they wouldn't have thought it was Daniel.
Sam dropped to her knees and felt for a pulse. Sure he was dead. Besides finding one she was more surprised to find he was still conscious. "Am?" He tried to say, his lips were all swollen and his mouth was full of blood.
"It's okay Daniel. We got you."
"Ur"
"I know." She took a quick glance at the rest of him, not good. "Teal'c, grab him." Sam whispered.
"Is he alive?" Teal'c asked as he tossed Daniel over his shoulder. Daniel moaned as more pain coursed through his body.
Sam noticed the odd angles his limbs hung in. But the blood and other stuff covering his ass was more disturbing.
Sam took point leading back to their cave. Jack fell in behind to cover their backs. They made the two hour hike back in silence.
"Lay him down in the back." Carter ordered.
"What do you need Sam?" Jack asked worried about his friend.
"Uhm, water, blanket, first aid kit, something to wash him with." Sam rattled off trying to calm herself down.
"Teal'c, the stream, grab an empty container and fill it with water." Jack ordered and the Jaffa silently left the cave. Jack grabbed a blanket and first aid kit. "God." Jack exclaimed getting a good look at his friend.
There wasn't an inch of him that wasn't black, blue or red. Arms and legs were bent at odd angles.
Carter opened the crate. "Daniel." She called. She was surprised to find him still conscious. "We got you. You can sleep." Daniel moaned, but his eyes remained open. "I'll give him a shot of morphine. It will not only numb the pain, but it should knock him out."
"Oh." Daniel cried.
"I know it hurts. This will help."
Daniel made a negative sound. "Uged."
"Drugged? They drugged you?" Jack asked, returning with some black tee-shirts.
Daniel made an affirmative sound. "Seep, oh, paf ou, oh."
"Won't let you sleep or pass out from the pain." Jack explained and again Daniel confirmed.
"If that's the case then I don't want to give you anything, I'm sorry Daniel."
"K." Daniel assured and started to cough and choke. Gently Sam and Jack rolled him on to his side. Both frowned at the blood that spilled from his mouth and Daniel's moan of pain.
"Sir, grab some extra blankets. When Teal'c gets back I'll wash him down. See how much is dirt and how much is actual injury."
Jack didn't want to see his friend in pain anymore. "I'll stand guard till Teal'c gets back then take a look around."
Sam nodded in understanding. She took a moment herself to remove her jacket and catch her breath. The state of her friend's body was a bit more than she could take. She next opened her water canteen and wetting some cloth started to wipe down Daniel's face. "It's going to be okay Daniel. We got you now." She whispered softly more for herself than anyone else.
"How is he?" Jack asked as he came back in. He had been out scouting for 3 hours.
"Not good. We need to get him out of here."
"He still awake?"
"Awake? Yes. Lucid? No. I don't know if it's from the loss of blood, fever, infection, or the pain." She sat with her back against the wall and Daniel's head in her lap.
"Well they know he's gone." Jack said as he sat down and put a hand on one of Daniels splinted legs. "They've surrounded the gate and abandoned the camp. I raided it for extra blankets." He motioned to the pile he put down when he came back into the cave.
"He won't survive much longer without medical attention. He's still bleeding in certain areas." Sam didn't want to discuss which areas. She didn't like the stuff that she had cleaned from Daniels body. "There are broken bones that need to be set properly. I think there are some internal injuries but it's hard to tell if the blood from his mouth is from the damage there or from someplace else."
"Carter, are you okay?"
"No I'm not. But I can deal later. Right now we have to get Daniel home."
"Any ideas?"
"Ambush?"
"Do we have C4?" Jack asked.
"Do we ever leave home without it?"
"The only things we lost were in Daniel's pack. Teal'c." Jack called the Jaffa over as a plan formulated in his mind.
It took another hour or so to finalize it all, but they had a plan. They would blow up the enemy's camp. Hopefully that would break the group at the gate up. With Daniel safely stashed in some bushes the rest of them would take out what ever else was around the gate. Sam would dial home as soon as she could and send the signal with a 911 attached. She and Jack would provide cover as Teal'c went for Daniel.
Not as military trained as Jack had thought, the enemy was easier to take out. When the camp blew up more than half ran to see what happened. When SG-1 opened fire, even more ran.
By the time they got threw the gate, Dr. Frasier stood by with two gurneys and a slew of nurses. "Only Daniel." Jack commented as Teal'c laid the young doctor on one of the gurneys.
"We'll debrief as soon as possible so that you and your team can clean up and get back to Dr. Jackson." General Hammond ordered.
"Wait. Janet." Sam called out. "He's been drugged. He can't pass out or sleep, and it intensifies the pain." Dr. Frasier nodded and ran after the gurney.
The remaining 3 members slowly made their way to the infirmary. They knew they wouldn't be able to get any news on Daniel, but they were hopeful.
The three of them went through their post mission routine of medical exam, shower and meeting. Afterwards, with still no word on their teammate they went to get a bite from the commissary.
Five hours had passed since they stepped back through the gate when they found themselves back in the infirmary waiting for word on Daniel.
Dr. Frasier came out of a backroom in scrubs covered in blood. "He's still being operated on." She immediately informed them, not wanting them to worry any more than they needed to. "We're bringing in an orthopedic surgeon to deal with the broken bones."
"What about the drug?" Sam asked.
"He passed out from blood loss before we could try something. We decided what ever it was, was mostly out of his system so we knocked him out." Janet sat down and took a deep breath before going on. "The internal bleeding we were able to take care. He still has all his organs although they were bruised. Hopefully he'll be able to keep them.
"The anal damage was bad. A proctologist is actually in there with Daniel now. He'll be in there for a bit longer. You might want to get some rest yourself. He'll be out for a while once he's out of surgery, yet I'll let you know when that happens."
She stopped and saw the three of them continue to stand there. "Guys, seriously. I know you want to be here but there is nothing you can do here. Why don't you go to Daniel's, clean out his fridge, feed his fish. You can pick up something comfortable for him during his stay so he's not stuck in hospital gowns and scrubs." Janet knew that in order to keep the team going she had to keep them busy.
The team knew they had been dismissed. They looked at each other before heading their separate ways. At least Janet didn't say he was going to die. He'd survive. Daniel always did.