"Colonel? Colonel are you alright? Sir? Can you hear me? Sir? Can you hear me?" Jonas watched as Sam frantically tried to wake O'Neill up. He had been complaining about how quiet this planet was when there was a loud snapping noise and a branch came down and hit him on the head, knocking him clean out. Jonas couldn't help but roll his eyes at the irony.

"Major Carter? Would it not be best if we relocated?" Teal'c replied stoic as ever, as he looked skywards.

"Yes," Sam looked to the sky too and noticed it was already getting dark, with storm clouds gathering on the horizon. Intelligence reported that a storm was brewing in the atmosphere and Jonas wished they had listened to Jack and set up camp a few miles back. Instead, he and Sam had insisted they keep going and O'Neill had eventually given in. "Teal'c you carry him please." She motioned to the prone form of the Colonel and Teal'c moved to pick him up. Jonas watched as he grabbed his superior's thing and hauled him over his impressive shoulders. "Jonas, do you remember where that cave was?"

Jonas searched his memory for the image of the 'cave'. It was merely a small hole in the rocky outcrops of one of this planets many hills. It would be enough to give them shelter for the night.

"Uh-huh it's about a ten minute walk back this way." He jerked his thumb in a 'behind us' gesture and started moving.

"Okay, Teal'c can you carry him for that long?" Sam asked, concerned Teal'c would drop Jack and injure him further.

Now that would really set the Colonel off, Jonas mused as he stumbled over some thick weeds.

"He is not light but I will manage." Sam smiled at Teal'c's polite way of saying Jack was heavy.

"Good."

Five minutes after starting walking it began to rain and Teal'c was already too tired to run, so they had to continue slowly back to the cave. It seemed that, on this planet, when it rained, it poured. The terrain was already filled with huge puddles of water and they were soaked through to their skin. The mud under their feet was wet and thick, making their trek that much harder.

Not once has Sam left O'Neill's side, Jonas noticed. Ever since Dr Jackson's visit earlier in the month, Jonas had become acutely aware of the relationship between Sam and Jack. It was subtle and one wouldn't notice if they weren't carefully watching the two, Jonas thought, but when he broached the subject with one of the gossiping nurses in the Infirmary, he found out that Jack and Sam's relationship – or apparent lack-thereof – was in fact common knowledge.

Upon reaching the cave Sam rushed inside and laid the blankets out for Teal'c to place Jack. Once O'Neill was on the ground, Sam wrapped one of the blankets around him in a hope to keep him warm in the rapidly cooling cave. She took of her own jacket and the two others followed her lead. She reached into her pack to retrieve the fire sticks and turned to her friends.

"Teal'c, you rest. Jonas look around and try to find something to light a fire. I'm going to treat Ja- the Colonel's wound." With that, Sam leaned over the Colonel placing a hand on his head and tilting his chin to the ceiling.

Several hours later a fire was burning brightly, Teal'c was in Kel-no-reem, Jonas was reading one of Daniel's journals and Sam was dozing beside the still unconscious Jack.

It was quiet in the cave and despite the fire blazing in front of him, Jonas felt a chill run down his spine. He sighed and buried further down into the thick blankets.

"Hello…Jonas," a voice whispered from behind him in the darker part of the cave.

Jonas stood up and – with a quick glance to the slumbering team - walked towards the voice.

"Dr Jackson, what are you doing here?" Jonas spoke quietly so as not to draw the attention of the others.

"Just dropped by to see how our little plan is coming along."

Jonas shook his head in that way that he does. "It's not going well." He turned and looked at Sam and Jack who had somehow moved closer together since Jonas had moved. "Look at them. How can they not know?"

"I have no idea. I guess five years of trying to hide it finally paid off." Jonas turned to Daniel and gawked. Surely he'd misheard.

"Five years!?" He whispered loudly.

"Ooooh yeah! Look I can't stick around for long. How's Jack?" Daniel asked watching his two friends.

"If he doesn't wake up soon I think Major Carter will crack up," Jonas murmured sadly as he watched his two team mates. Ever since his discovery, he had actually been able to feel the tension crackling between the two – and even in sleep, the tension hadn't diminished.

"Crack up?" Daniel echoed amusedly.

"Sorry," Jonas said sheepishly, grinning at the floor.

"Okay. Look I have to go. Take care of them and keep at it."

"Of course, Dr Jackson. Take care of yourself." He smiled at Daniel.

"You too, Jonas, you too. And a word of advice: stop smiling so much. One day Jack is going to end up knocking your teeth out with his fist."

With that Daniel glowed and flew away.

Back in the main cave, Jack began to rouse. He groaned as the pain in his head reached a climax. He felt a strange weight on his chest and began to panic.

He looked down and frowned. Something was growing on him. He didn't have blond hair…growing out of his jacket, did he? Just when he thought that this planet couldn't get any better… The blond hair's hand moved up his chest and swiped at its face.

Jack sat not breathing for a few moments. Was he dreaming? Was Sam actually lying on him? Looking down again he answered affirmative.

"O'Neill, you are awake," Teal'c's deep voice echoed through the large cave and woke Sam up. For a few moments she didn't move but then she sat up straight and gasped.

"Sir, sorry sir. Oh my god…sir are you okay?" Her face was flushed with sleep and embarrassment and her eyes were wide.

"Waking up with you in my arms helped me somewhat I must admit," he grinned as his words registered in her head and she laughed nervously. Jonas almost choked on his own saliva – what?

"Yes, sir." She replied as she began rummaging through her bag, trying to dispel the awkwardness that began to rise between the two. In doing so, she missed the look of utter adoration that crossed O'Neill's face.

Suddenly from somewhere in the back of his mind, Jack remembered hearing Daniel's voice.

"Okay this may seem like a strange question but was Daniel here?" Jonas' head snapped up and Sam stopped raking her bag.

"Sir, are you sure you're okay?" Concern laced her voice and Jonas wished he could sink into the walls of the cave. He was a bad liar and if O'Neill asked him, he was sure that the older man would know. "What year is it?" Sam asked as she leaned over him again.

"10 October 2002 and we're currently on PB5 112, why? Are you okay?"

"You just asked if Daniel was here is all," Sam said while Jonas sat wide-eyed in the corner, his heart thudding in his chest.

"I could have sworn I heard his voice." He paused and looked at Jonas. "He was talking to you…about a plan that wasn't working. That's all I remember. Jonas… something you're not telling us?" O'Neill made it sound so innocent but the glint in his eye was anything but innocent.

"Colonel? No." Jonas replied calmly hoping O'Neill wouldn't hear the strange lilt in his tone.

O'Neill watched him for a few moments, while Jonas tried to keep his face impassive and his eyes confused.

"Must have been my imagination…" he murmured eventually and Jonas let out the breath he hadn't known he was holding. "Why does my head hurt so much?" Jack asked looking at Sam for the answer. Jack noticed – not for the first time since waking up – that she had a dopey grin on her face.

"Well, sir, you were hit on the tree with your head." Everyone raised their eyebrow at her.

"Do you not mean 'hit on the head by a tree' Carter?" Jack winced as he instantly raised his fingers to the wound.

"You know what I mean. Is it just your head that hurts? Anywhere else?" The fact that her hands were once again on his head didn't go amiss by anyone – not even Teal'c.

"No, nowhere else." Sam handed him two aspirin with that dopey grin on her face again. Jack swallowed the two pills without water and Sam winced.

"Better?" Sam asked as she helped him sit up.

"Not yet, no but your helping." She gave him a puzzled frown and he shook his head. "Don't matter."

"Major Carter, are you sure you should be moving him right now?" Sam shrugged her shoulders.

"Well he's fine. And we really need to get back to the SGC; we're already over due by two hours. Can you walk?"

"Um…yeah!" he gasped as he stood up and leaned on Sam.

"Lean on me. Teal'c you get the stuff. We'll go on ahead."

Jonas watched as Sam and Jack walked away from the cave. Jack leaned down and whispered something into Sam's ear and she leaned her head on his shoulder for a second. Jonas saw that the hand around his waist tightened and he slipped his arm comfortably across her shoulders.

Seems our plan just took a step in the right direction, Jonas thought and went to help Teal'c pack everything away.

"Seems that way."

Teal'c's head snapped up and he glanced curiously around the room.

"Daniel Jackson are you present?" Teal'c questioned the darkness.

"Teal'c are you feeling all right?" Jonas asked with mock concern.

"I am certain I heard Daniel Jackson's voice within this cave." With that said, he continued to neatly fold the blankets and place them in a bag.

Just before they left the cave Teal'c would have sworn he saw an image of Daniel Jackson telling him to take care of himself. Teal'c merely nodded and continued towards the Stargate with a slight smile on his face.