Daniel snapped his eyes open and looked up at the darkening sky. Unsure of how long he'd been out he sat up slowly. He instinctively started searching for his glasses. After finding them he placed them back on their perch with some difficulty.

With his vision suddenly cleared the dark shape in front of him took an unexpected form. A giant Bald Eagle stood in the sand before him. Daniel shook his head to try and clear it, but the apparition didn't disappear.

"I'm going to kill you." The large bird growled.

"W...what?" Daniel stuttered.

"You just have to touch everything, don't you?"

"Jack?"

"You know I'm all for being patriotic...but this is taking things too far." Jack replied as he opened his wings in disgust. "And just to be clear, the first person to call me O'Neagle, gets their eyes clawed out."

"What is going on?!" A female voice brayed.

Daniel turned around and found a pony with blonde hair wearing a tattered SG-1 jacket sitting in the sand with a confused look on her equine face.

"Sam?" Daniel asked incredulously.

Daniel looked down at himself and jerked back when he found himself covered in a soft layer of red fur, with black paded paws where his hands used to be. Looking over his shoulder he stared at a bushy red tail with a white tip. It thrashed restlessly behind him as if it had a mind of its own.

"Daniel Jackson, I believe we now know what the device does." A large bear with Teal'c voice said sardonically. "The only question now is 'why'?"

"No, the question now is how do we change ourselves back?!" Jack snapped with a click of his sharp beak.

"Uh...uh..." Daniel stuttered.

"Come on, Daniel, foxes are supposed to be clever."

"Just let me think."

"Well think fast," Jack huffed "the sand is starting to chaff my tail feathers."

Daniel walked awkwardly over to the glowing device and knelt down in front of it. His tail swished a pattern in the sand as he concentrated on the glowing mushroom. It didn't have any markings on it that could be considered a language, which meant there weren't going to be any directions. He scratched behind one of his large ears in thought.

"Don't just stare at it, Daniel, change us back!" Carter whinnied.

"I'm trying!" Daniel growled in frustration. "Hold your horses, Sam."

"Oh, ha-ha, Dr. Jackalson." Carter snapped.

"Major Carter, I believe that Daniel is in fact a fox, not a jackal."

"She knows that Teal'c." Jack smiled as well as his beak would allow. "It was sarcasm."

"I still do not fully understand your planet's 'sarcasm'."

"Just grin and bear it."

"Enough you two." Sam interjected. "Daniel, you can fix this...right?"

"I...I don't know." Daniel admitted as he continued to play with the device. "Goa'uld technology was not built to be used by paws."

"Daniel Jackson," Teal'c said calmly "I do not believe that this is of Goa'uld construction."

"Why do you say that?"

"They would not create something so...foolish."

"Foolish?" Sam demanded. "Guys, we are in serious trouble here. We can't go back to Base looking like this."

"Major Carter is correct." Teal'c agreed. "We will be shot on sight."

"They can't shoot me," Jack protested "I'm an endangered species!"

"Not anymore." Sam pointed out.

"What?"

"The Bald Eagle was taken off the endangered species list."

"They can't do that!"

"Guys please!" Daniel barked.

Daniel turned his attention back to the device and gingerly pushed one of the raised buttons. The top of the mushroom turned from bright orange to a deep purple. Licking his muzzle nervously he placed his paw on the purple half orb and pressed down.

Once again a blinding light exploded out of the strange device. Daniel was thrown back hard into the hat desert sand. He tried to keep conscious, but the creeping darkness quickly won.