Title: Against All Odds
Author: Sarge
E-Mail: Shalimarfox2@aol.com
Both Jack and Sam quickly ran outside to see what was going on. They immediately spotted Daniel and Teal'c shooting at something behind the bunkhouse that neither of them could see. Just then, they both saw the two younger members of SG-6 running out of the research building. Then they turned and fired their P-90s back into the building.
"What the hell is going on?!" Jack exclaimed. "Come on, Carter. Let's go find out."
Sam gave Jack a quick understanding nod and then they both quickly ran across the sixty yards that separated them from the others. Sam ran over to the two lieutenants while Jack headed toward Daniel and Teal'c.
"Oh guys?! What the hell is going on?" Jack asked as he ran up behind Daniel and Teal'c.
"That is what's going on," Daniel replied as he pointed to something in the trees that were about ten yards in front of them.
Jack focused in on the trees and suddenly saw what they were shooting at. It was a large beast looking thing that stood about 8'5". It had huge claws on both hands and feet. Not to mention, it had some very large teeth protruding out of its massive jaws.
Jack stared at the beast with a strange look on his face. It reminded him of a mixture of Chewbacca from Star Wars, the Beast from Beauty and the Beast, and some freaky werewolf he had seen while watching a weird sci-fi movie.
The sound of P-90 fire snapped him out of his thoughts and after he allowed himself a moment to shudder at the memories of the gruesome werewolf movie he had watched where the werewolves would effortlessly tear people limb from limb, he turned his attention to Sam and the two lieutenants. All three of them were randomly firing into the research building and the surrounding woods. Seeing that they were ok for the moment, he turned his attention back to the beast that was in front of him.
"Did we try talking with these things?" Jack asked as he aimed his P-90 and pulled the trigger. The bullets hit the beast, but they didn't even seem to faze it.
Daniel glanced over at Jack and shrugged a little. "We kinda gave up all hopes of talking to it after we found it eating the arm of one of the scientists."
"How do you know it was one of the scientists?" Jack questioned as he continued to fire his P-90.
"Because we found the rest of the scientist pretty much intact…well, except for his arm and um…his insides," Daniel replied.
"What happened to his insides?" Jack asked.
"They had been ripped out," he said with a grimace.
"Ewww."
Just then, Teal'c spoke up. "O'Neill, I do not believe our weapons are causing much damage to this creature."
"Yeah, I noticed that too," Jack replied as he took out the empty P-90 clip and replaced it with a full one. Then he started shooting again. It was at that moment that he saw something out of the corner of his eye. Quickly looking over, he saw something on top of the roof of the research building. Turning his head even more so he could get a better look, he realized that it was one of the beasts and it was getting ready to jump down on top of Sam and the lieutenants. He also noticed that none of them saw the beast. Sam had her back to it and was shooting in the direction of the storage building while the lieutenants were randomly shooting in different directions.
"Carter!!!" he screamed. "Look out!!!"
Sam heard Jack calling out to her and looked over in his direction. She saw him waving his arms and pointing towards the research building. She quickly glanced over her shoulder to see the large beast of the roof, but before she really had time to react, the beast leapt off of the building and was headed right for Lieutenant Fox. Without giving it another thought, Sam quickly turned around and ran towards Fox.
Just as the beast was about to land on Lieutenant Fox, Sam knocked her out of the way, but she didn't have enough time to get away herself before the beast landed. It knocked Sam to the ground with its powerful arms. Then it stood over her just growling and looking down at her.
Sam immediately raised her P-90 and fired it at the beast. The bullets barely seemed to penetrate its tuff skin and the attempt to kill it, infuriated the beast. It suddenly jumped on top of Sam and began slashing her with its large claws.
Just then, a staff weapon blast hit the beast in the back and it fell sideways off of Sam.
With a sudden rush of adrenaline, Sam was able to stagger to her feet and she began to slowly walk towards the other members of her team.
Jack watched her for a second before saying, "Alright, I think we should secure ourselves in the bunkhouse. Daniel, you get in there and start barricading everything. Teal'c, I want you to give me cover fire. I'm going to get the others."
Both men nodded before Jack suddenly took off in the direction of Sam and the two lieutenants. He ran as fast as his legs would carry him. Finally, he managed to get over to Sam without getting mauled by any of the beasts.
Grasping her stomach, Sam fell to her knees again just as Jack ran over to her.
"Carter, you ok?" he immediately asked.
In too much pain to answer out loud, Sam merely shook her head.
"It's alright. I'm going to get you out of here," he said as he looked up to see that the two lieutenants were now firing there P-90s at three more beasts that had come out of the forest. Helping Sam to her feet, Jack yelled over to the lieutenants. "Fox, Hertz, in the bunkhouse now!!!!"
Both of them looked over at him and nodded before taking off in his direction.
"Ok, let's go, Carter," Jack said as they started to run towards the bunkhouse.
After a few seconds of running, Sam couldn't take it anymore. The pain was too intense. She stumbled and then fell to her knees again; almost dragging Jack to the ground with her.
Seeing that Sam wasn't going to be able to run anymore, Jack immediately scooped her up in his arms and then took off. Arriving at the bunkhouse, he quickly ran inside, placed Sam down on one of the bunk beds, and then ran back over to the door to help Teal'c barricade it.
"Ok, get everything you can and cover the windows and the door," Jack ordered. "We don't want those things in here with us."
Everyone did as they were told and just as they finished, the beasts tried to break in. Thankfully there was enough stuff in the bunkhouse to keep them from getting in. After a few minutes, the pounding finally stopped and everyone was able to relax for a little bit.
Jack let out a small sigh of relief before he quickly walked over to Sam who was still lying on the bunk bed he had placed her on. Kneeling down beside her, he carefully unbuttoned her jacket and opened it so he could get a better look at her wounds.
Sam let out a small hiss of pain.
"Sorry Carter," Jack apologized as he looked into her pain-filled eyes. Realizing that he wasn't going to be able to fully treat her wounds unless he removed her t-shirt, he said, "Carter, I can't treat your wounds through your shirt so I'm going to need to cut it off, ok?"
Sam gazed up at him with a look of worry etched across her face before she nodded, whispering, "Yes Sir."
Jack gave her a small smile as he gently brushed a strand of hair off of her face. "I'll be very careful," he assured her before he pulled his knife out of its sheath and began to gently cut her shirt off. With a few yelps from Sam, he was able to cut the entire shirt off so that she was lying there only in her black sports bra and her jacket which was only covering her arms. It was then that Jack was able to see the full extent of her injuries. She had three deep gashes running across her stomach.
"Dammit," Jack muttered to himself as he pulled the med kit out of his backpack. Taking out some gauze, he wiped away as much blood as he could before he started to wrap her stomach with more gauze and medical tape.
"Carter, you're going to have to sit up so I can wrap this around your stomach securely. It's going to hurt a lot, but I'll help you."
Sam nodded again.
Jack looked over at Daniel, saying, "Daniel, I'm going to need your help. I'm going to help Carter sit up while you wrap her stomach, ok?"
"Yeah ok, Jack," Daniel replied as he moved over to help.
Jack stood up and then sat behind Sam. After Daniel gave him a quick 'I'm ready' nod, Jack slowly lifted Sam up against him.
Sam had to bite down on her lip to keep from screaming out in pain.
Once Jack had lifted her high enough, Daniel gently pulled her jacket all the way off and then began to wrap her stomach. When he was done, he gave Sam's hand a quick reassuring squeeze before he backed away from her to sit with Lieutenant Hertz on another bunk bed across from the one Sam was laying on.
Jack looked down at Sam to see that her eyes were filled with tears.
"You ok now, Carter?" Jack asked softly.
She shook her head slightly. "I don't want to lie back down, Sir. It will hurt too much," she whispered.
"It's ok. You don't have to," he told her as he moved over slightly so that he was leaning against the wall and Sam was sitting across his lap instead of leaning with her back against him.
Letting out a small sigh, Sam laid her head on Jack's shoulder and closed her eyes.
Everyone else just sat around in silence and watched as Jack just sat there cradling Sam in his arms. All was quiet until suddenly Teal'c spoke up.
"Lieutenant Fox, what happened to Colonel Jones and Captain McCormick?" he asked from where he stood by the door.
Astrid looked down at the ground before replying. "They're both…dead. There were two of those things in the research building and they attack them. They were both dead before they even had time to think. Those things…ripped their heads right off," she said in a sad tone.
"Yeah, one of them almost got me too," Lieutenant Hertz said as he lifted his arm to show everyone the bite marks. "But Astrid was able to get it off me before it did any real damage and then we both ran out of the building."
Daniel immediately grabbed the med kit and began to wrap Jesse's arm. After that was done, Daniel looked over at Jack, asking, "So, what are we going to do now?"
Jack didn't answer.
TO BE CONTINUED
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