AN: Due to my newly acquired Stargate SG:1 DVD's of Season Ten, I've been on a slight SG:1 kick. I wrote "I Hate You" after watching 200, and this little series stems from "The Quest, Part II", "The Road Not Taken" and "The Shroud", respectively. I'll be posting three more chapters, but each chapter is a story unto itself. Please feel free to ask questions in reviews. (That was a not-so-subtle hint.) Enjoy!

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"O'Neill."

"Jack, it's Sam."

"Carter! I thought you were going to call tomorrow."

"Something came up."

"What happened?"

"It's Daniel."

"Carter, I get a very bad feeling every time you say those words. Did he die again?"

"…We don't know."

"The proper answer to that would be 'no, Jack, he's perfectly fine'…"

"I'm sorry."

" Okay…Tell me everything."

"We found the planet with the Sangreal, but Adria and Ba'al were there. There were a series of clues we had to figure out in order to get to Merlin's weapon, but when we got there, it was a hologram and there was a dragon waiting for us."

"Okay, I lied. Skip to the end. We'll come back to the dragon later."

"Merlin gave Daniel his memories so that Daniel could build the Sangreal, but Adria found us before he could complete it. Daniel held her off so we could get through the Gate."

"And he's still with the Ori bitch?"

"As far as we know."

"He's not dead, Carter."

"Jack, Daniel was fading even before Adria showed up. I just don't see –"

"Carter! He is not dead. My 'DIDAR' would be going off, and all I'm getting is the 'DITAR'."

"What?"

"Never mind. I'm coming out there."

"Don't you have a job?"

"I shuffle paper all day. I want to hear this for myself."

"Right."

"Carter…"

"Jack."

"We'll find him. We'll bring him back."

"I…"

"We will bring him back."

"Jack, I can't do this again."

"Carter, how many times have we thought he was dead, and then he came back? If I know Daniel, he's already got some little scheme to get back to us."

"There is no Oma Desala to bring him back to us anymore. And the Ancients have made it clear they don't give a damn anymore."

"Then we'll have to do it for them. Can you meet me at Nellis in four hours?"

"I guess."

"We're getting him back, Carter, if I have to go through hell and find him myself."

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DIDAR: Daniel Is Dead Again RADAR

DITAR: Daniel In Trouble Again RADAR