CHAPTER 2
Soon the hole was large enough to fit Daniel and Teal'c through. Daniel climbed up first, followed by Teal'c.
"You said you heard someone?" Daniel looked at Vala.
"I think so...It could've been a bird, but it sounded like a person to me..."
The team looked around.
Vala pointed to the pile of coconuts. "There are those nut things I told you about."
Daniel strode over to the tree. "These look like coconuts..." He picked on up and started tossing it in his hand. "Feels like one."
"Could they not be coconuts, Daniel Jackson," Teal'c suggested.
"Well I suppose so, but so far we've never encountered other planets with coconuts."
Vala shrugged. "There's always a first time for everything."
"If I could break it open i'd know for sure." Daniel brought the coconut over to a medium sized stone protruding from the sandy ground. He bashed it against the rock. Nothing happened.
"Perhaps muscles here could give it a try."
Daniel rolled his eyes and brought the coconut down onto the rock as hard as he could. It cracked and milky liquid dribbled onto the stone. "I think it is a coconut."
"Big deal." Vala shrugged.
"Yes, it is a big deal. Look at the sun. Look at these plants. Don't they remind you of somewhere?"
"Are you saying that we may still be on Earth?" Teal'c asked.
"Or maybe an Earth-like planet. Either way, this is big news. General Landry will want to hear about it."
"Well we can't activate the gate without being incinerated." Vala responded.
"We could be here for some time." Teal'c said, turning to Daniel.
Daniel sighed. "I guess we should explore a bit and find out if there is anyone here who could help us out. We are going to have to make that cave bigger."
Vala was already walking towards the sound of the ocean.
"Slow down Gilligan, and tell me what you saw!"
Gilligan to a few deep breaths and then explained to the Skipper about the woman he saw in the forest. "And she had a gun!"
"We have to tell the others. Come on little buddy." The skipper led Gilligan back towards the huts.
The professor was in his hut grinding rocks and pouring the fine powder into a coconut bowl when Gilligan ran in followed by the Skipper. Gilligan charged into the table and the bowl full of carefully ground powder toppled off onto the floor.
"Now Gilligan! Look what you've done. That took me hours of work..." The professor scolded Gilligan.
"Sorry professor..." Gilligan looked down at his feet.
The Skipper waved his large arms around as he spoke. "Sorry professor, but this is important!"
"Well, what is it?.."
Gilligan started jumping around and babbling loudly about the girl he saw.
The Skipper cut in. "What he is saying is that he saw a girl in the forest, and he thinks she was carying a gun."
"A big gun!"
"Yes, a big gun."
"And black!"
"Yes, and black."
"And it was sorta funny shaped, like a-"
"Alright Gilligan!" The Skipper glared at Gilligan.
The professor spoke. "We'll, we need to go check it out. It is entirely possible that she isn't a threat, but that she came here peacefully."
"But she had a gun!" Gilligan shrieked.
"Gilligan, calm down. Remember that we, at one point, had a gun in our possesion." The professor walked to the door and stepped out.
Gilligan and the Skipper followed.
"Now lets go see what this woman wants."
Vala, Daniel, and Teal'c came to the beach. Two girls were lying on the beach in the sun.
"Those are human." Daniel stared at the two girls.
"Indeed."
Vala rolled her eyes. "Alright boys, stop gawking and lets go say hi."
