Friends in Need
by MoonAndStars91
I own no character in this story, and earn nothing from writing it. That should cover everything! Oh, right. Stargate SG-1 characters belong to MGM.
SGCSGC
As the wormhole closed, Carter looked around at their surroundings.
P3X-997 was a very green planet. Conifers grew in small groves, almost as if they had been planted. Well, seeing as there was a distinct path leading away from the Stargate, the trees probably were planted.
"Carter," the colonel said, asking, in his own way, if she was okay. She'd been staring at the trees longer than she normally did.
"Sir?" She mentally shook herself.
"Where do you want to go for your soil samples?"
"Umm, over by the creek first, I think."
O'Neill nodded. "Teal'c, you go with Carter. Daniel and I'll get a feel for the place. When you're done, radio, and we'll meet back here before trying to make contact. Everybody got it?"
"Yes, sir."
"Mm-hm."
"Indeed."
As Carter and Teal'c split off, O'Neill turned to Daniel. The archaeologist was staring intently at a pillar no one had noticed before.
"Daniel?"
"Uh, yeah? What?" Daniel turned to look at him.
"What's with the pillar?"
"Well, I actually can't translate it." Daniel seemed more elated than frustrated. "I've never seen this before."
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"Major Carter, I believe you will wish to examine this." Teal'c turned and looked at his teammate.
Carter left her soil samples to look at what Teal'c had found.
She saw the glint of metal in the grass. A small, triangular object caught her eye. She bent and carefully picked it up.
"Wow." She turned it over, but could see nothing but a few etched markings. For something that looked so light, it felt very heavy, she noticed.
"Does it mean anything to you?" Teal'c queried, with a raised eyebrow.
"No. I've never seen anything like it." As she spoke, a small notch on the side of the thing began to emit a tiny amount of soft white light.
"Uh-oh." That was never good.
"Indeed," Teal'c answered drily.
The light began to pulse, and Carter tried to drop it, but it was as though it clung to her hand.
"Crap."
Teal'c grasped her hand, to try and pry her fingers loose. Before he could grip the device with his other hand, the pulsing light spread quickly over Carter's hand, and Teal'c's, then over their bodies. Then the light gave a final flash.
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Daniel ran his hands over the pillar he'd found, trying to make sense of the language.
O'Neill paced the perimeter of the area, wearing a path into the ground. He finally gave in.
"Carter, Teal'c where are you?" No one answered.
"Carter, Teal'c, report." Nothing but static greeted him.
"Daniel, break time. We gotta find Carter and Teal'c."
Daniel whirled around. "Wh-what happened?"
"I don't know; that's why we have to find them," O'Neill snapped.
"Right." Daniel picked up the pack he'd dropped. "I'm ready."
"All right." Jack took the lead, heading toward Carter and Teal'c's last known position.
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"Okay, where the hell are they?"
O'Neill and Daniel had found Carter's samples, but not Carter or Teal'c.
"How would I know? Do we split up?" He looked around nervously.
"No. We stick together. Let's try following the creek." He headed out, hand hovering over his gun. "We'll keep trying them on the radio as we go."
"Yeah," Daniel muttered. He gripped his 9mm, checking behind him to see if there was anyone there.
SGCSGC
As the light died out, Carter and Teal'c looked around. They were still in the forest, but everything looked…wrong.
"Hey, Teal'c, wasn't that tree…closer?" Carter shook her head to clear it.
"I…believe it was," Teal'c said, sounding confused.
Carter looked around, thinking. The trees were the same, but they were almost all in slightly different places.
A small clacking from behind them had the? turning, weapons raised, on instinct. A gasp, and the figure darted behind a tree.
Carter thought furiously. She had never seen anything quite like it. It was humanoid, and wearing fairly normal looking clothes. It was obviously not human, though. Its dark hair glistened like melting ice, and its skin was almost luminescent. As it peered cautiously around a tree trunk, she saw that its eyes were a startling pink color. It was also very large. Carter felt strange, having a…person? A person that large cowering from her P90.
"Uh, it's…it's okay. We're not going to hurt you," she called. She lowered her gun, and motioned Teal'c to do the same. She took a cautious step forward, toward the person.
It, or rather, he, stepped out from behind the trunk, and gazed down at her curiously. I spoke in a deep, gentle voice.
"Mur tha Tayi, chan eil?"
Carter blinked. Where was Daniel when you needed him? "Uh, I'm sorry. I… I don't understand."
The person motioned to himself. "Yin tha Eota." He motioned to himself again. "Eota."
Carter caught on. "Oh, um. Carter." She motioned to herself, then at Teal'c. "Teal'c."
When Eota's eyes landed on Teal'c, he gasped again, and hid behind the tree.
"What…?" Carter looked at Teal'c. He raised an eyebrow in response.
"We're not going to hurt you," she said to Eota. To demonstrate, she laid her gun on the ground. Teal'c did the same.
Eota peeked out, and shuffled out from behind the tree. He spoke again, in the lilting language. "Fiyata yi." He motioned them to follow.
Carter looked at Teal'c.
"I do not believe we have a choice, Major Carter. Perhaps he will lead us to someone who can help us."
Carter shrugged. "Okay, here goes."
SGCSGC
A/N: This is only my second fanfic, and I'm hoping to keep it going for a while. I will try to update as often as possible, so if I'm slow, please forgive me. I'm doing my best.
Please review, whether you do or don't like it. Constructive criticism is well-received, because it helps improve my writing. Anyway, I really hope you liked it, and will post the next chapter as soon as I am able.