Another Hlndncr's GateWorld Challenge
Whispers in the Dark: Whispers in the Dark: Whispers in the Dark:
Scientifically it wouldn't make sense. Darkness was the absence of light and therefore had no measurement or degrees. However, Samantha Carter knew from personal experience that there were levels and depths of it.
Some darkness could suggest intimacy; others calm; but this darkness carried death. It was heavy, and suffocating; and it surrounded them.
Daniel and Teal'c had been taken to cells in a different area of the prison; separation being another strategy of the new enemy SG-1 had encountered on the deceptively calm planet. The beatings had been severe with Colonel O'Neill being on the wrong end of the worst of it. Maybe the captors had heard of SG-1 because they gave no quarter; took no chances; evidenced by the chains that bound both Sam and Jack in separate adjacent cells.
Sam knew that the Colonel shouldn't be left to sleep. The Second in Command was sure the Commanding Officer was concussed which could lead to his quiet death. So Sam tried to keep Jack talking, eventually resorting to calling out to the Colonel every half hour or so. Each response told Major Carter of his worsening condition, the last answer being barely audible.
"Colonel?"
"Colonel O'Neill."
Silence echoed in reply.
.
There was no response to Sam's whispers in the dark and the urgency of her call was magnified in the heavy, suffocating atmosphere she sat in.
"Jack!"
Samantha Carter knew that there were levels of darkness.
This one carried death.
End.