Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or anything recognizable, though I certainly wish I did.
Author's Note: napoleonicpowerqueen put the idea in my head (really, is anyone surprised at this point because I'm not) and my muse fell completely and utterly in love with the thought of polyamorous/polysexual SG-1 + Janet. This is set midway through season one and will progress through the series. My wonderful beta read through the chapters (thank you, Nova!) but I've fiddled with it since so all mistakes are my own, as always.
This isn't how she expected to spend her day. The natives of P2X-970 were friendly during SG-2's recon mission. and Sam Carter, chained to a wall, wonders where exactly things went wrong. Either SG-2 was woefully wrong in their assessment, or the natives put on quite a show for the travelers from the Ring of Stone. SG-1 never stood a chance; they were accosted immediately upon their exit from the stargate. A shock from the Oraan's handheld weapons left all four members of the team unconscious and when they woke, they were strung up - by their wrists - in a cramped cellar-like room.
"Carter, what the hell happened?"
"I have no idea, sir." Sam's relieved to hear Jack O'Neill's voice from across the dimly lit room. "We exited the stargate and then I woke up here."
"SG-2 better hope this ends well or I'll stick my foot up their sixes," Jack grumps and Sam grins despite herself. She can't see much of anything past a foot or so in front of her but she hears her superior officer shifting around.
"Is Daniel by you?"
"I'm right here," Daniel Jackson groans from just to Sam's left. "What the hell happened?"
"I was hoping you could tell me, Daniel." Jack's voice is unamused.
"I do not understand either, O'Neill." Sam's relieved to hear Teal'c's voice and she sags against the cuffs that hold her up as she rejoices in the fact that the entire team is safe.
"Good of you to join us, Teal'c." Jack still sounds amused and Sam huffs a quiet laugh at his tone.
"Are you all well?" Teal'c asks, making Sam nod before she remembers that it's unlikely they can see her.
"I'm fine," she says. "A little sore and twitchy but pretty good otherwise."
"Ditto." Daniel's voice is resigned. "My nose itches, though."
Sam's in the middle of a laugh when a door slides open across from her. She slams her mouth shut and watches a large silhouette fill the doorframe, her eyes narrowing as she recognizes the prime minister of the city.
"You are to be taken for questioning," the large man says. He steps aside, letting two more men into the room, and when they go for Sam, Jack speaks up.
"Hey, I'm the leader of the team," he splutters and Sam feels her stomach sink when she realizes that the men aren't listening to him.
"It's okay, sir," she says softly, wincing and stretching gingerly when the men release her hands from the cuffs. "I know how to handle interrogations."
She hears Daniel and Teal'c join in with Jack's spluttering objections as the two men lead her from the dim room. She blinks furiously when bright light assaults her eyes but she says nothing as she's lead up a set of stairs and into a room that's empty aside from a chair. The two guards push her into the room and slam the door shut behind her, leaving her alone to figure out what the hell is going on.
When the door opens again and Sam is deposited back into the dimly lit room with the rest of her team, Jack is horrified to see she's a bloody, unconscious mess. The guards leave her in the middle of the room, an unmoving lump, before turning to approach Daniel.
"Wait just a damn minute," Jack barks furiously. "I'm the leader, take me!"
"You'll be taken for questioning," one guard says to Daniel and Jack struggles against the cuffs at his wrists as he watches them unlock the archaeologist's cuffs and pull him out of the room. When the door slams shut behind the trio, Jack turns his attention back to Sam.
"Carter!" She doesn't respond and Jack frowns. "Carter, get up! That's an order!" She doesn't move and Jack groans softly. "Can you get free, Teal'c?"
"I cannot," the large Jaffa replies. Jack squeezes his eyes shut for a moment to center himself and exhales slowly.
"I don't understand what the hell is going on here," he says finally. "None of this makes any sense."
"SG-2 was in error," Teal'c says, making Jack laugh humorlessly.
"Ya think?"
Daniel is returned in the same condition as Sam, who still hasn't moved. The guards move to Teal'c and despite the fact that it hasn't worked before, Jack can't help but try to assert himself again.
"Take me," he growls, irritated beyond belief when he's ignored again. Teal'c holds his head high as he precedes the guards and Jack's left with two of his team members bloody and unmoving. 'Come on, guys, wake up,' he thinks and suddenly there's a soft sound, somewhere between a grunt and a groan, from Sam.
"Carter!"
"Sir?"
"Get up, Carter. Daniel's down and I can't get over there to check on him." He watches Sam push herself onto her back and winces when he sees the vivid bruising already forming on the side of her head. "What'd they want, anyways?"
"That's the thing," she grunts, slowly pushing herself up. "They didn't want anything except to know who told us about their planet."
"They beat the crap out of you guys for that information?" Jack's eyebrow does it's best Teal'c impression. "That seems a little extreme."
"They gave me something before they beat me." It takes her a few tries but she finally gets upright and she's busy checking over Daniel as she talks. "Something they said was an elixir of verity." At Jack's sharp inhale, Sam nods. "Some kind of truth serum, sir."
"What'd you tell them?" he asks and is caught off-guard by her response.
"I told them that I find Janet attractive," she says and claps a hand over her mouth. Her eyes are wide and her cheeks flush a brilliant red as she slowly turns her head to look up at Jack, who's staring in shock. "Holy Hannah."
"It's not like it's not common knowledge that Janet is a beautiful woman." Daniel's voice is quiet but his words reach the other two occupants of the room and Jack's eyes snap to Daniel's still form.
"She is, isn't she?" Sam's voice takes on an awed tone so unlike her own. "Sometimes I like to sit and stare at her when she's doing her medical stuff because she's just so damn beautiful."
"I was happy when my appendix burst because it meant I got to spend time in the infirmary with her," Daniel replies dreamily. Jack's staring at them in utter shock and is ready to ask what the hell is going on but before he can speak, the door opens and Teal'c is pushed through.
He's conscious, which is a vast improvement over how Sam and Daniel were returned, but he's bloody and clearly took a beating. He stumbles over to the two unrestrained team members and sinks to the ground, and Sam pulls his head into her lap so she can smooth her hand over his cheek to check for injuries. The guards move to Jack and unlock him, holding one of their energy weapons out for him to see.
"You'll be taken for questioning," one says. "Resist and we will shoot your friends."
Jack holds his hands up in surrender and as he walks past, he shoots Sam a look that tells her to behave. The door slams shut and Sam looks down at Teal'c.
"How are you feeling?" she asks gently, wiping at the blood on his face. Teal'c offers a rare smile, though it's weak.
"I am better now, Samantha Carter. Being in close proximity to you and Daniel Jackson helps distract me from my injuries."
"I hate knowing what they did to you two, what they're doing to Jack right now," Daniel says, finally getting himself upright as well. He shifts a little and leans against Sam for support.
"Indeed," Teal'c says, looking up at Sam with a curious expression. "I have often admired your beauty, Samantha Carter, and yours as well, Daniel Jackson, but until now I have been able to control myself from speaking about it. Now I find I am unable to stay silent."
"They gave us a truth serum for the interrogations," Sam replies, smiling shyly at Teal'c's words. "I know what you mean. I've had feelings for you guys since I started at the base." Her eyes widen at her words and she shakes her head emphatically. "We can't talk about this. The truth serum is going to make us brutally honest and we'll say things we normally wouldn't."
"Like how much I want my teammates and Janet?" Daniel asks innocently and Sam splutters.
"Yes, exactly like that. Just because I feel the same way-" Sam slams her mouth shut and groans. Before she says anything else, though, the door opens and Jack is dumped into the room. He's unconscious - not surprising, all things considered - and Daniel is the one to move this time, pulling Jack's head into his lap in a mirror image of Sam and Teal'c.
They sit in silence for some time so when Jack groans, it's loud. Sam helps Teal'c sit up and they both move urgently - albeit slowly - to sit on either side of Daniel and Jack. Sam reaches out and takes a hold of Jack's wrist to check his pulse.
"Oh geez," Jack mutters and Sam's pleased to find that his return to consciousness is quicker than her own. "What the hell did they do that for?"
"Just lie still, Jack," Daniel soothes and Sam smiles when Jack doesn't listen, choosing to push himself upright instead. "Okay, that works too."
"I feel like I got hit by a truck," Jack grumps, giving Sam a grim look before rolling his shoulders.. "At least I had a good sight to wake up to."
"You're not such a bad sight yourself, sir," Sam teases and then winces. "We really need to be careful about what we say."
"I don't care. I'll tell you three that I've wanted you for years because there's no shame in that," Jack says, catching the others by surprise.
"Wow," Daniel breathes and Sam laughs.
"It's nice to know I'm not alone," she says and Teal'c's quiet voice sounds from the other side of Daniel.
"You are not alone," he says. "I too have had feelings for you three."
"And Janet!" Daniel pipes up, making the other three nod enthusiastically.
"Definitely," Sam says softly.
"Indeed," Teal'c agrees.
"Except when she's coming at my six with a big honkin' needle," Jack grunts. "Not that I don't enjoy it." Sam barks a laugh and Jack groans. "Truth serum, right."