Summary: Time…Lets say late season 3.Apophis is still around. Sam and Jack are kidnapped. Teal'c and Daniel have to enlist the help of the locals to save them. SamJack
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A/N: This is sort of a repost. I originally wrote this as script, but it got deleted, so here it is in non-script format, though there probably still will be more dialogue than thoughts etc. First thing I ever wrote Stargate, though I fixed it up a lot, but some parts still sound a bit awkward or OOC. I've fixed up the formatting.
Stirrings of Fate
Jack groaned and sat up, massaging his head. Wherever he was, it was pitch black. He levered himself to his feet and took a couple of steps forward before tripping on something. He felt around for the object and discovered it was a person. No glasses, no emblem on the forehead.
"Carter? Carter!...Sam!" She started to shift and groaned.
"Jack?"
"You okay?" he asked, looking slightly surprised at her use of his first name.
"I'm fine, sir. Just a bit of a headache."
"It doesn't last too long. Can you get up?"
"Yeah. Daniel and Teal'c?"
"Not sure. It's pitch black in here. Any idea what happened?"
"The last thing I remember is stepping through the Stargate. The probe didn't show low lighting, and P2A-562 isn't far enough from the centre of the galaxy to have no starlight, even on a cloudy night…" Jack interrupted her.
"And this means?"
"Well, we're nowhere near the Stargate for starters."
"Wonderful. Just Wonderful. Then where the hell are we?"
"I don't know, sir."
"Fine. Let's look for Teal'c and Daniel," he decided. "Try not to get too far away from here, wherever here is." She nodded and the two of them started to feel around.
"Sir!"
"Found someone?" he asked?
"No. But I think I found a door."
"Good…I don't think Teal'c and Daniel are here, so we can assume that they are…somewhere else…nevermind. Where are you?" Suddenly the door opened, and Sam stumbled backwards into him. He looked up, and cursed as Apophis entered the room with two Serpent Guards. Apophis looked down at the two of them
"You are the Tau'ri who helped the shol'va Teal'c," Apophis stated.
"Yeah that would be us. Where is Teal'c anyways? You forgot to mention we almost killed you a few times."
"You will not speak to your god with such disrespect!" he said, his eyes glowing menacingly.
"Haven't we already been through this?" asked Jack. "We won't worship you, since you are nothing but a talking snake inside some guy's head. You are not a god."
"I am a god!" Apophis suddenly opened his hand and directed the ribbon device at Sam. Her head snapped back, as she clenched her jaw to keep from crying out. Jack leapt at Apophis, but one of the Serpent guards swung his staff weapon, which connected with the side of Jack's head. The last thing he saw before blacking out completely was Apophis's thoughtful grin.
"Or perhaps I will simply watch you starve to death. After all. I can find the others. You are expendable."
o0o
"Daniel Jackson! Are you well?" Daniel sat up, wincing at the pain in his head.
"Teal'c? Where are we?"
"We are beside the Stargate on P2A-562."
"Jack and Sam?" he asked, not having had a chance to look around properly.
"They do not appear to be here, but I do not know how long we have been unconscious. There are no signs that they were here," answered Teal'c
"How long have you been awake?"
"Some minutes. Enough to ascertain that we are in no immediate danger, and that O'Neill and Major Carter did not arrive through the Stargate." Daniel nodded, and felt around for his glasses. He put them on, and looked closely at the Stargate.
"Hey Teal'c! Look at this!"
"What have you found Daniel Jackson?" inquired Teal'c.
"Take a look at these burns on the stone here. They look like staff weapon marks, but the seem a bit too precise, This one here goes in a perfectly straight line right across the opening of the Stargate." He reached forward to feel the burn marks, and jerked away. "Assuming this happened before or while we came through the 'gate, we can't have been unconscious for long; these are still hot. I wonder what happened to whoever…" Teal'c, having come over to look, interrupted.
"These marks were not made by staff weapons Daniel Jackson. As you said, they are too precise." He indicated a small rock by the edge of the Stargate. "This is Goa'uld technology. This stone and the second one on the other side form a secondary gate that will transport anyone that goes through it to some other location on planet."
"So do you think that's what happened to Jack and Sam?" asked Daniel.
"It is likely."
"Right, okay, so…why are we here?"
"I do not know. Perhaps too much energy was needed and the portal disengaged. Or perhaps it reacted to my larval Goa'uld. Whatever happened, we cannot assume it will happen again."
"So no reinforcements," surmised Daniel.
"That is correct."
"Right then, looks like a two-man rescue team."
"The portal could go anywhere on this planet. We must make contact with the locals, and find out where the Goa'uld could be. We must move quickly."
"I guess we're off to see the wizard…again."
o0o
Jack groaned, and tried to sit up in the dark for the second time that day. A hand on his shoulder restrained him.
"Maybe you shouldn't move just yet, sir. You got hit pretty hard. You could have a concussion."
"Wonderful. Something you can't splint." He was still groggy, but was rapidly becoming aware of something digging into his back. "What's digging into my back, Carter?"
"That would be my knees. You collapsed on top of me, and I didn't want to move you."
"Water?" he asked.
"They won't give us anything."
"Great! Wonderful…so what's plan B?"
"What was plan A?"
"Well it didn't exactly work out…"
"Then we've got about three days to get out of here before we become too dehydrated."
o0o
Daniel and Teal'c looked over a ridge at a small village.
"Well I don't see any sign of Goa'uld." Daniel was saying. "Everyone seems human, time period seems medieval, although there's something strange…" He was cut off by a female voice.
"Drop your weapons!" Daniel and Teal'c whipped around to see three female warriors with bows pointed at them.
"Um…I think we'd better do as they say…" suggested Daniel as he slowly slid off his vest, and let it drop to the ground with his gun. Teal'c hesitated a minute, then followed suit.
"They are men, yet they carry weapons!" one of the women exclaimed.
"Husband!" called one of the women imperiously. A man came out from the trees. "You will convey our words to these men."
"I will," he consented weakly.
"You will tell them that they will accompany us back to the village, and that they will not attempt escape," she continued.
"Hey!" objected Daniel. "We aren't here to hurt you! We need your help. I am Daniel Jackson and this is Teal'c. We're peaceful explorers…" One of the women suddenly prodded him in the side with the butt of her spear. "Okay, okay, I get the picture. I'll shut up." The women motioned for Daniel and Teal'c to come with them, and herded them from the clearing.
o0o
"Anything?" asked Jack, without much hope.
"Nothing, sir."
"Nothing here either." He sighed.
"Sir, we can't go for much longer without water."
"I know."
"Unless someone opens this door, I can't see any way of getting out."
Jack walked over to the door and pounded on it "Hey! Snakeheads! Open the door!" He turned to Sam. "Yeah that sounds about right." He sat back against the wall, and started to juggle with a couple of coins he found in his pocket. Sam sank down next to him, rested her head against the wall, and closed her eyes.
o0o
Teal'c talked to one of the men for a few minutes. Finally, the man pointed out one of the tent flaps. Daniel walked in another tent flap. Teal'c waved him over.
"I can't get anything out of them. They refuse to talk to me. Their society seems to have evolved completely contrary to most others that we've encountered. The women seem to be in charge of everything; the men are basically studs. It would be really fascinating to study the impetus that caused women to take over, since it seems to be almost completely unique…"
"Daniel Jackson!" Teal'c interrupted impatiently. "Will they assist us in rescuing Major Carter and Colonel O'Neill or not?"
"Umm…right…well…no, not really," said Daniel
"Then we must rescue them ourselves. Are you aware of where our weapons are being kept?"
"Umm…yeah, sort of…"
"Then we must go."
o0o
Teal'c and Daniel walked through the woods. Daniel was slightly out of breath, and struggling to get his vest on without dropping his guns. Teal'c was striding in front of him with a zat and his staff weapon.
"Well that went wonderfully!" commented Daniel sarcastically.
"Indeed it did." Daniel rolled his eyes.
"So where do we go now?"
"I believe I know the location of the Goa'uld encampment." Daniel waited for Teal'c to elaborate, but he remained silent
"Great…I'll just…follow you."
o0o
Daniel and Teal'c watched the Goa'uld encampment. Teal'c motioned for silence as they heard footfalls. Two serpent guards came into view. He leapt out, and zatted them both. Daniel spun around just in time to see the two bodies fall to the ground
o0o
"Sir?" came Sam's hoarse voice.
"Carter, lose the 'sir'. It looks pretty bad on getting out of here alive, and if they really want to court-martial my dead body, they can go right ahead. Assuming they can get it back from the snakeheads." Sam looked at him, or tried to in the darkness. He felt for her hand, and pulled her closer. "C'mere." She leaned against him, and raised her face slightly. He leaned down, and kissed her, softly. They pulled apart slowly.
"So. Since we're resigned to dying, I wouldn't want to have any regrets," she commented.
"Except dying. I would definitely regret that."
"Except dying," she agreed. She brought her head up, and kissed him again. He responded to her urgency by undoing her jacket, and slipping his hands beneath her t-shirt. Maybe dying wouldn't be that bad.
o0o
Six successive zat blasts took out the guards outside the door. The door opened, and two serpent guards walked in. Sam and Jack lay unconscious in a corner of the small cell, their clothing in a heap nearby. The two serpent guards open their helmets. Daniel noticed Sam and Jack right away, and began an intensive study of the ceiling. Teal'c walked over to Jack, and gripped his shoulder.
"O'Neill." Jack opened his eyes slowly and saw Teal'c.
"Water," he mouthed. Teal'c took out his canteen, and added something from his Serpent Guard uniform to it. He dribbled a few drops into Jack's mouth. His eyes opened wider in surprise. Teal'c gave him another sip, and Jack propped himself up slightly.
"What the hell is that stuff?"
"It is a Goa'uld substance. Its effects are temporary, and sometimes dangerous, but the small amount that you had should not cause a problem. It will last a few hours at the most."
"Ah." He looked up to see Daniel's intense study of the ceiling, and then he looked down and himself and Sam. He grabbed a jacket from the floor, and wrapped it around her, before propping her up, and dribbling some of the canteen into her mouth. Her eyes fluttered open.
"Wh…what?
"It's fine. Just have another sip of this super-coffee stuff. You'll feel better." She drinks some more, and props herself up a bit more.
"What is that stuff?" she asked.
"Daniel and Teal'c brought it." Sam looked over, and saw their two team-mates – Daniel still studying the ceiling with the utmost fascination – and then looked at Jack and blushed faintly. "Teal'c, could you guys keep a lookout for snakeheads for a minute?" he asked. "Outside."
"As you wish," said Teal'c, inclining his head slightly. Daniel followed him out without a word. Jack looked at Sam sadly.
"I guess this probably shouldn't get mentioned," he commented.
"Probably not." He leaned forward and kissed her softly, and then they both detangled their clothes and got dressed silently.
"Ready?" he asked.
"Yes, sir."
"Sir…" he sighed, and walked to the door. He opened it, and then followed Sam out into the hall. "Got any weapons?" he asked the other two. Daniel passed him his two guns, and took Teal'c's zat. "All right then, lets get outta here before this Goa'uld juice stuff wears off."
o0o
Jack signalled a break, and they all sat down.
"I'm starting to feel a little thirsty," he complained. "You guys have some real water? I think that stuff is wearing off."
"You will know when it wears off, O'Neill" Teal'c handed him a plain canteen, which he took a couple of sips from before handing it to Sam. Suddenly, they heard the unmistakable sounds of a firefight. They all grabbed for weapons, and Jack signalled for them to move out. After a minute, they came to the edge of a clearing, where several women are engaged in a firefight with four Serpent Guards. There bows and arrows were proving ineffective against the armour of the Guards.
"We've got to help them!" whispered Daniel.
"We do?" asked Jack.
"Of course we do! The serpent guards wouldn't be here if it wasn't for us!" Jack sighed, and considered shooting Daniel for a minute. "Fine. Spread out and lay down cover fire." The four of them spread out, and on his command, fired at the Guards. Within seconds, they fell to the ground, dead. The women approached them warily. "Ummm…Daniel?" prompted Jack.
"You'd probably be better to handle this, Jack. We didn't exactly part on the greatest terms."
"Okay…" said Jack. "Hello! We come in peace!" Daniel stared at him, and seriously considered shooting him.One of the warriors addressed Sam.
"This is your husband?" she asked, indicating Jack.
"Why do you ask?"
"He speaks. Surely you would not allow him to do so were he not your husband."
"They seem to have a female dominant culture," explained Daniel quietly. "Umm…kind of the opposite of the one on P3X-593. Apparently men don't have any social standing unless they are married." Sam grinned.
"Yes he is my husband. I'm Major Samantha Carter, and this is Colonel Jack O'Neill, Dr. Daniel Jackson, and Teal'c. We came from a planet called Earth through the Stargate." The warriors all looked at her, confused."
"Chaapa'ai," supplied Daniel
"Chaapa'ai," she repeated. One of the warriors nodded.
"We thank you for your help. I am Petrai. Is there any way that we can assist you?"
"Sir?"
"We should probably get back to the Stargate, before we're locked out," said Jack. "We were supposed to report back after 24 hours."
"We should return to the Chaapa'ai," she told the women.
"We will accompany you. Tell your men to follow behind in case we find ourselves in a battle."
"Hey!" protested Jack. "We aren't completely useless you know! Who just saved your butts?"
"Sir." Jack stopped talking, and Sam spoke to the women again. "Where I come from, men fight alongside women, and have equal say. They can help if we run into trouble."
"You trust your men to make decisions?" asked Petrai.
"We do." Petrai looked slightly annoyed, but nodded grudgingly.
"They may come, but please ask them not to rush into anything that may provoke unneeded battle."
"They won't," Sam assured her.
"If you say so."
o0o
The group arrived at the gate an hour later. No Serpent Guards guarded the gate. Daniel went to start dialling, while Teal'c zatted the portal stone, just to be safe. Sam digs in her pack and produced one of the Earth boxes, which she gave to Petrai.
"If you or your people are ever in need of our help, dial these co-ordinates into the chaapa'ai, and throw this box in. We will try to come and help as soon as possible."
"Thank you Major Samantha Carter," said Petrai. "I hope to see you again someday."
"Carter! Let's go!" called Jack. Teal'c and Daniel went through the gate, and Sam caught up with Jack.
"Sir, might I suggest that if we return to this planet, we bring an all female team?" Jack laughed, and they stepped through the Stargate.
o0o
Four weeks later, SG-1 reported to the infirmary for post mission medicals. Teal'c, Daniel and Jack left, leaving Sam and Janet alone.
"So you aren't feeling any ill effects from that stuff Teal'c gave you on P2A-562?" Janet asked.
"No. I've been feeling a little nauseous in the mornings, but that only started this week, so it's probably not related."
"Well everything seems fine, but I'd like to run a couple tests."
"What! Why?"
"It's probably nothing Sam, I just want to check…"
"What is it?"
"Sam, I think you might be pregnant."
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