"Let me get this straight," General Landry leaned forward in his chair, "You and Dr. Jackson can hear each other's thoughts?"
"That's right sir. Dr. Jackson believes it will be very beneficial to search the planet more thoroughly," Cam said.
"And what does he hope to find?" Landry furrowed his brow.
"Writings, ruins, anything. This is driving the both of us insane, General."
"You have a go to return." General Landry stood, saying, "Be careful, Colonel."
"General." Mitchell stood as Landry turned on a heel and retreated into his office.
Watching the General disappear into his office, Mitchell shoved his hands into his pockets. "Where are you guys?" Cameron thought, wondering if Daniel and Sam had left the lab. "Still here." Daniel's voice flooded his mind. Elizabeth's office was on the way to Daniel's lab. Well, on the scenic route.
He stopped when he saw the large steel door was shut – she wasn't there. He lifted a hand to the door, turning on a heel to leave.
"Cameron?" He stopped and turned to find Elizabeth, fully awake and smiling. She was in her BDU's; long pants tucked into her combat boots, black t-shirt, and long hair tied in a ponytail. She looked tired, though her smile did a fair job of hiding it.
"Mornin'." He said sweetly, "I didn't want to wake you."
"I noticed." Elizabeth said, fishing in her pocket for her access card. She found it; swiping it through the reader, the large door opening. She went inside, Cameron following behind. It was a sparsely furnished room - a couple of laptops on the table, cables and miscellaneous computer accessories, and a couple tall stools. Elizabeth stopped, turning to face Mitchell. He moved to her, putting his hands on her hips. She looked down at the floor, her brown hair falling over her shoulder.
"Are you okay?" Mitchell asked, dropping his hands.
"Yeah, just tired. I didn't get to sleep until late." She said, looking up at him with a sly grin on her face. Mitchell resisted the temptation to kiss her, knowing if someone saw that there could be some kind of repercussions. They both stood there silent for a minute "Look, I really didn't give you an answer last night."
"I thought what happened was your answer." He shifted his weight.
"Well, not my official answer." She bit her lip.
"I get it; it was a one-night thing. It's ok." Cameron felt his heart sink.
"No," she shook her head, "I wanted to tell you that, yes; I would love to be your girlfriend." She took a step closer to him, closing the distance between them.
"Oh. Well, great then." Mitchell smiled, "So, you, Ms. Elizabeth Khushrenada, are my girlfriend?"
"Very much so." She breathed, taking his face in her hands, and kissing him gently on the lips. Cameron broke the kiss, realizing that there were, in fact, cameras in her lab, and that one of the airmen upstairs could be watching.
"I hate leave right now." He whispered, feeling her breath on his lips. "But I have to find Sam and Daniel." She stepped backwards and he looked her over once again, memories of her warm skin on his, his hands mapping every inch of her, and he wanted her again.
"Mitchell. Shut the hell up."Mitchell closed his eyes and groaned mentally.
"I understand," she looked up at him, "I'll catch up with you when I get back."
"I have to go off-world too. There's been a situation."
"Situation?" Elizabeth asked, "Are you okay? What's going on?"
"Don't worry." He stepped closer to her, putting a hand on the side of her face, "There's just something that Daniel and I have to take care of."
"Be careful." He green eyes begged him, and he looked around before he planted a soft kiss and quick kiss on her lips.
"I will."
Sam and Daniel were bent over the stone when Mitchell walked in. "We have a go."
"Good. I don't think that there's much more to learn from the necklace alone. It doesn't seem to fall into any culture we've come across before, and we can't pinpoint the type of energy it's giving off." Daniel said, taking his glasses off and sitting them on the table. He pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling the first twinges of a headache coming on.
"Have you tried touching the stone again? I mean it probably won't work, but hey, what's the harm in trying?" Sam asked, turning off her handheld scanner.
"At this point, Sam, I'm willing to try anything." Mitchell said.
"I haven't been broadcasting images of last night's little….encounter."
"What? I saw her, and it was an uncontrollable response." Mitchell defended.
"Boys." Sam shot both of them a glare, "Let's just try to get this solved as quickly and quietly as possible."
Daniel rolled his eyes and both touched the stone. "Think about something Mitchell."
"Day-o, day-o, daylight come and me wanna go home. Hey Mr. Tallyman, tally me bananas, daylight come and me wanna go home." Cameron mentally sang, watching Daniel hang his head in disappointment.
"Well, it was worth the try." Sam watched as both men sighed.
Cameron, Sam, Daniel, Vala, and Teal'c stepped out onto the stairs and surveyed the surrounding area quickly. "Are you sure you dialed right?" Cameron asked and Daniel shot him a dirty look.
"Don't even think it."
Cameron shot a look at Daniel and the archeologist mentally sighed. The two were still having a psychological snowball fight when Sam clicked her radio, causing them to break the argument and pay attention.
"Look, we need to find… a temple of some sort. We don't have much time before we have to report in and I doubt you two would want to stay another day stuck like this. Let's move out," Sam ordered and the two glared at each other before splitting.
"I'm not staying in the same group as him," Cameron argued and Sam pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Fine, Daniel, Vala, and I will search this way," Sam said, pointing down a path, "and you and Teal'c will search that way," she finished and pointed down an alternate path that diverted away from the first. Nodding, the team broke up into their specific members and the search began.
"So… Teal'c…" Cameron began to ask as they stepped around some ancient stones that had lined the path but now stood in their way.
"Should we save conversation until a later time, Colonel Mitchell?" Teal'c retorted and Cameron became quiet as they progressed further.
"At least I tried talking to the big guy…" he thought to himself and instantly got a reply from Daniel.
"Stop thinking, more looking! We find this temple and we're done with the thinking thing!" Cameron growled to himself and kept his thoughts filled with random songs.
"Colonel Mitchell…" Teal'c said, bringing Cameron out of his reverie of 'Banana Boat'. Looking towards where his teammate was pointing, Cameron grinned as he saw a small stone temple set back in a grove of trees.
Sam's radio clicked and sputtered static as she raised an eyebrow, searching for anything that resembled what they were looking for. Interrupting the static, Sam spoke into her walkie-talkie. "Report," she said and Cameron's excited babbling came over the small speaker.
"We found the temple. Just retrace and follow the trail Teal'c and me went down. It's about 300 yards down the path and set back in a grove of trees. Mitchell out," Cameron said and Sam looked back at Vala and Daniel.
"He found it?" Vala asked and Sam nodded.
"Yep, we just need to follow the trail that Teal'c and Cam went down," Sam said and looked at Daniel. Raising another eyebrow, Sam approached him cautiously, "Daniel… are you okay?" she asked and touched his shoulder.
"When we get back to Earth, I am paying top dollar for someone to kill the author of the Banana Boat song… and Mitchell if I can get away with it…"
"Now, Daniel, let's not do anything irrational here," Sam cautioned and Daniel quirked an eyebrow.
"Where's this temple?" he almost growled and Sam led the two towards the Ancient temple to try to reverse the apparent 'curse'.
Mitchell heard what Daniel was thinking and laughed to himself. "What appears to be a joke, Colonel Mitchell?" Teal'c asked and raised his signature eyebrow. Cam turned to his teammate as he leaned on a pillar that had writing on it.
"It seems Daniel has had enough of my mental singing and wants to kill me," he explained and Teal'c continued to raise his eyebrow.
"So you admit you tortured Daniel Jackson with the 'Banana Boat' song?"
"Sure, what harm did it do? He wouldn't actually kill me… would he?" Mitchell suddenly kept a look out for the others.
"Jackson has been known to do things that others have not thought possible. It would be wise to take threats of your life seriously, Colonel Mitchell," Teal'c warned as the other three came within sight; Daniel had a murderous look about him.
As Daniel came within a few feet of Mitchell, he instantly became distracted by the symbols. Diverting his attention, he sent a quick mental message to Cameron. "I need to do some actually thinking. Don't ask, don't think, and for God's sake, do not start singing," he warned and Mitchell raised his hands.
"It's your ballgame," he said and the others looked about themselves in wonder.
"Did we miss something important?" Vala asked and Sam looked at Mitchell.
"We just needed to clear some things up, nothing to worry about," he explained and Sam just shrugged as Daniel translated.
"Temple… of… Shu… what is that? New word to me… but it's Ancient… huh… it's mentioned beforehand, so I must know it… think Jackson!" Daniel thought to himself and Mitchell bit his tongue to keep himself from thinking of something sarcastic. "To summon the guardian spirit, speak 'fortune follows love' and he shall appear…" Daniel said and nothing happened. After a moment, Teal'c spoke up to make a suggestion.
"Maybe it should be spoken in the original language." Daniel paused his pacing.
"Good point. Let's try that," Daniel said and faced the main source of the Ancient text, "Diligo insisto sors," he said and again, nothing happened. Mitchell stepped up beside Daniel.
"Diligo insisto sors…? What is that?"
"It's…" Daniel started when there was a sudden flash of light and light smoke, "…Latin…" he finished as they saw a figure appear through the mist.