Jack breathed in deep as he stepped through the Stargate, cold air stirring his chest. He was getting too old for this. As he emerged on the other side he waited for the others as his eyes adjusted to the darkness.
"Well I wasn't expecting it to be this dark," Captain Carter said as she stepped beside him. "For a planet with three moons, I mean." Jack O'Neill affixed his night vision goggles and looked at her. They were in a forest clearing surrounded by massive oak trees. Each with a different symbol carved on their trunks, a basket of fruit and flowers lay unattended under one of the trees. The sky over head was filled with stars and one moon shone a small amount of light down into the clearing, mist carpeted the ground and moved and danced around their feet.
"Follow the yellow brick road." Jack said leading them down the solid stone steps from the stargate. At the bottom of the steps a small stream crossed the path which they stepped through, the cold water seeping into their boots. The stream turned and ran alongside the stone path they were walking along, the clear water bubbling along. Following the path they walked into the woods. They walked in single file along the narrow path, none of them realizing Daniel at the back was getting further and further behind as he stopped to look at the symbols that appeared on the tree's periodically. Soon the path started breaking up and they could hear the sound of water getting louder. The woods started thinning and abruptly came to an end. Major Carter bumped into Jack as he stopped and held out his arms. "Dead end." he said as Major Carter and T'ealc came to stand next to him on the edge of a cliff. The stream ran down into a long lake that ran into the horizon. T'ealc suddenly made a grab for Daniel as he almost slipped off the edge as he caught up with them, whilst still furiously writing in his notebook.
"It's interesting, I've never seen any kind of writing or symbols like this before, as far as I can tell it's completely new." He looked up at last and noticed the precipice they were standing on. "Whoa." T'ealc was examining the rocks and ground on the edge.
"There are tracks here leading to the edge, someone been here before us and found a way down." He informed them.
"There's someone down there." Daniel said peering down at the water below them. They all looked down and saw a figure sitting on some protruding rocks at the edge of the water, she stood up and dove into the water the moonlight shining onto her and elongating the elegant curve of her back and muscle tone of her legs. Her head appeared some feet away. She stood up and walked to the shore.
"Well this isn't pervy at all." Jack said, "Hey!" he shouted and the figure looked up at them. The four figured silhouetted against the sky. He raised a hand and then ducked as faster than light the figure picked up a spear which was instantly lodged quivering into the trunk of the tree at Daniel's ear. "Jesus!" Jack swore as they looked again at the figure. She was gone, a small trail of footprints in the sand at the side of the lake leading into the trees and rockier ground. Daniel turned and looked at the spear embedded into the tree. Symbols and patterns were carved into the wood. T'ealc pulled on it and handed it to Daniel who looked at it even closer.
"Fascinating, these symbols are completely new to me, I've never seen anything like it but then these figures around the base of the spear they look like jaffa and here! Oh my, I think this is a symbol for Gaould! I think she thought we were Gaould Jack." He said excitedly.
"She? She's got a mighty throw for a she!" Jack replied dryly.
"Sir!" Major Carter protested.
"Well it was definitely a she, the way the moonlight bounce off her when she stood up. Sir I think we just interrupted her bathing. Whoever they are I think we better find her." He started walking along the side of the cliff towards where it sloped downwards becoming rocky and then finally becoming flat. Jack following closely behind, T'ealc looking about him cautiously. The trees appeared to be whispering and he could have sworn he heard footsteps behind him as they moved along another path.