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Ratingfor this is prob. PG, might get PG-13 for language...uh, this is my first fanfic, so be nice...Hope you like it!

-Emmy

"Knock knock," said Jack, pantomiming the motion onto the open door frame of Carter's lab.

Carter looked up from her complicated glowing machines. "Oh, hey, Sir. Just finishing up some lab results for the soil samples we took on PY1- 486. It's really fascinating; the pH is definitely way low for the types of plants we found on the planet, and I was—"

"Aah—" He said. "Don't get started, Carter. Fact is, the general wants to hear all about the ZH on planet PY-something, and you get to say it to all of us real soon. So just make me bored once, ok? Wait for the meeting."

Carter grinned. "Yes, sir. When is it?"

Jack glanced at his watch, and said, "Uh, now." With that, he turned and sauntered down the hall. Sam looked down and started collecting her data. "Right, now. Okay." Her hands full, she turned, smiling, to follow her CO.

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In the Briefing Room, General Hammond waited with Teal'c, Major Sam Carter, and Colonel Jack O'Neill for the fourth member of the colonel's team, Daniel Jackson. Teal'c was, as per usual, impassive. Jack saw that Sam was looking the other way, and surreptitiously took one of her vialled samples of dirt and started to fiddle with it. Sam looked back at the rest of the group, including her superior, and said, "Sir!" She grabbed the vial out of O'Neill's hands and put it back with the rest.

"Aah, it was boring anyway," said Jack. Turning to the general, he said, "Sir, permission to haul Daniel's ass up here?"

"Uh, no need," said a voice from the doorway. Everyone present turned to look towards it, and saw Daniel Jackson. His left hand was full of piled and scrolled papers, and in his right he had a coffee cup, half empty. "Sorry I'm late... I had a translation that could be really important that I just wanted to finish up."

"Very well, Dr. Jackson. Take your seat." The archaeologist did, and the general turned towards Sam. "Major Carter, what is your assessment of PY1-486?"

"She finds it fascinating, sir," said Jack. "This is because the ZB on the planet is extra low, which means the birds sing in a higher key."

"Uh, not exactly, sir," said Carter. "The soil has a very low pH, and yet the plants are a lot like the ones on Earth that require a high pH. They also don't seem to get nearly enough water that they could thrive, but they do. Now, if this means they are healthier than they should be, we should definitely take some more samples to analyze. It could mean a lot for medical procedures here."

Daniel cut in. "Uh, the translation for one of the panels in the temple-thing I found..." Here he stopped, riffling through his papers. When he found the one he was apparently looking for, he pulled it out and said, "Aha! See, this panel here—" he pointed to one square in a diagram with tiny markings on it—"This panel says something about 'health immortal for those who deserve it.'"

"For those who deserve it?" Sam asked. "What does that mean?"

"Um, I don't know, I'm just the translator. But I think we should go back to the planet and check out that temple again. It looks—African, and the language is definitely a derivative of Bantu. Not to mention Sam's, uh, soil thing. In fact, I think it would be great to stay there for a week or so."

"Yeah, I mean there's so much there, Sirs," said Sam. "We'd need to set up some lab stuff, though."

"I am in agreement with Daniel Jackson and Major Carter. The planet looked most interesting," said Teal'c.

"Yeah, Sir," said Jack, "Please can we go? There are so many trees, and they look perfect for climbing..."

"Colonel," the general signed, "You—"

"Sorry, Sir," Jack said, an unrepentant grin on his face.

"Very well. In two days' time, you and SG-4 will set up camp on PY1- 486. Dismissed," said General Hammond.

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"Alright," Jack said, as he'd said hundreds of times before. "SG-1, SG-4, move out!"

Everyone but Jack trooped through the gate, and then Jack turned, saluted the general ironically, and headed through the gate himself.

As the wormhole disengaged, Jack said, "So!"

"So?" asked the leader of SG-4, Major Garham. "What do you want us to do, sir?"

"Carter?" asked Jack. "What do you want me to want them to do? You and Daniel are the ones who wanted this."

"Uh, well, we're going to be here for a week, sir. We don't need to start right away."

"Okay, then. Major, if you could find a place to set up camp?"

"Sir." Two voices answered, Carter's and Major Garham's. They looked confusedly at each other. "Uh, sir?" This was Carter.

"'Scuse me. Major Garham, you find a place to set up camp. Carter, you can start... playing in the dirt if you want."

Two 'sir''s were given, and Major Garham gathered his team up to look for a place to set up while Carter headed off towards the temple, where Daniel was already headed.

"O'Neill." This was Teal'c.

"Yeah, Teal'c?"

"Daniel informed me that he was going to the ruins which he is fascinated with."

"Uh, thanks, Teal'c. Why don't we... join them?"

"Indeed." Teal'c, too, started walking towards the temple, and, after informing Garham where they were going by radio, Jack followed.

When Jack got to the temple, Carter had already started collecting and bottling soil. Daniel was kneeling on the ground inside the temple, peering at a panel in the corner of one of the walls and writing in his notebook. Teal'c was standing guard with his staff weapon.

"Daniel," the team leader said, "Found anything yet? Carter?"

"Sir, we've only been at it for a minute," said Carter, smiling.

"Yeah, yeah, I know," said Jack. "Don't suppose you've had a quick revelation, Daniel...?"

"Um, actually, this panel is really interesting," Daniel replied. "It says, uh... 'Deep ...slumber is the source of all ...strength and power, and...knowledge is gained with...' Uh, can't translate that... and then this line at the bottom says, 'This is the answer to life.' Wonder what that means..." He said the last almost to himself.

"Cool," said Jack. "Uh, Teal'c, stay here, and I'm gonna find Major Garham...see if he's found anything yet." With that, the colonel left.

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