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After being thoroughly examined by Dr. Lam, SG-1 gathered around the briefing room table, still attempting to determine what exactly had happened, and where Daniel might be at the moment.
"I swear he was right behind me when I came through. I don't see how he could not have made it through the gate with the rest of us!" exclaimed Mitchell angrily. "Relax, Cam, No one is blaming you. We just want to figure out what happened, where Daniel is and how to get him home," responded Sam reassuringly.
"Perhaps DanielJackson is trapped within the gate as I once was," stated Teal'c in his usual manner. "I don't think so, Teal'c," was Sam's response. "After that instance, we installed safeguards to ensure that something like that would not happen again."
"Well, this is just great, isn't it?" said Vala sarcastically. "If we're sure he went through the gate, and he's not here and he's not stuck in the gate, where is he?" Silence was her only answer.
A few minutes later Gen. Landry walked in. "What happened back there?" he said. "Well, sir, as you know," began Mitchell, "It was supposed to be a standard recon mission. P3X-728 was contacted by the Priors several weeks ago. We were attempting to determine if the inhabitants of the planet had elected to adopt Origin, the religion of the Ori, as their own. We had been there approximately four hours when soldiers arrived and began searching the place."
"Do you know what they were searching for, Colonel?" asked the General.
"No, sir, but we suspect that they were looking for us. We'll probably never know because at that point unknown individuals opened fire and the place was turned upside down. I ordered SG-1 back to the gate, and told Jackson to dial home. As soon as the gate opened and our IDC checked, I ordered everyone back through the gate. Jackson was just a step or two behind me, sir. I don't know how he couldn't have made it." Mitchell rested his hands in his hands, very clearly distressed by what had happened.
"Relax, son. No one thinks this is your fault," said Landry kindly. "Yes, sir, but SG-1 is my responsibility. I should have made sure that Daniel was through before I proceeded," responded Cam glumly. "You had no idea this would happen, Colonel. You could have very easily been the one who got left behind," replied Landry. "Yes, sir," replied Mitchell hesitantly.
"Sir, it is possible that the gate sustained a direct hit, causing a power surge and forcing the connection to jump to another gate," stated Sam. "Is that even possible?" exclaimed Cam. "Theoretically, yes. But the amount of energy required to force the gate to jump like that is astronomical," stated Sam. "But it would be impossible to tell where the gate connection jumped to from the SGC. We would have to return to P3X-728 and run diagnostics on the DHD there."
"Do whatever you need to get to the bottom of this," stated Landry. "Col. Carter, I want you to perform a full diagnostic on the gate, both here and on P3X-729." And with that they were dismissed.
"So what now?" asked Vala. "Well, we retrace our steps. Once the gate diagnostics are complete, we'll have to go back to the planet and check out the gate there," was Sam's reply.
