So, I'm just heading to the airport now, but I have a seven hour stop over later. So I should be able to post then. Hope you all enjoy :)


Chapter Four- Implant

Sudden panic consumed Jack, as he stared down at Daniel convulsing, powerless to help. He racked his brain, turning it upside-down, looking for something to do. Luckily, his mess of a brain gave him what he needed. He reached down to the intercom, and yelled forcing his voice steady

"You can stop now, we get the idea!" God he hoped this worked, "Your high and mighty!" The voice laughed again, God he hated them already,

"Very well Tauri." Daniel kept convulsing for five gut wrenching seconds, before he suddenly when limp, eye lids fluttering closed. He and Sam all but collided with each other, as they raced to Daniels side. He reached out to check for Daniels plus. He felt the warmth of Daniels now flushed skin, against his fingers and eventually, a quavering plus. He let out a sigh,

"Thank god." Behind him he heard Sam copy his sigh a moment later, "Sam, get the first aid kit and some water." he commanded, forcing his voice not to quaver with anger. A moment later, he heard her footfalls return, her pale hand reached over him with a thermometer.

"He only just has a temperature." Her voice laced with the relief that Jack felt inside him, she came around him, with the first aid kit in hand. Well enough he thought, as he stepped out of her way, she always was better with first aid. He turned his attention back to the ship,

"What the hell did you do to him!" Jack demanded.

"I thought the Tauri where smart?" the voice said with obvious amusement "I suppose i'll tell you any way. We stunned you on your ship earlier, while you where out we had time to inject one of you with a device, which links to the brain. We would have done the same to the rest of you, but you had begun to wake up. Consider yourselves lucky you did not get injected."

Jack felt the rage boil brighter inside him, Lucky? Did this guy have any brain at all?

"Now, you will lower your shields and let us beam you onto our ship our he will suffer." The voice said, more confidant than ever. Jack shared a look with his team mates, Daniel couldn't take much more, and they all knew it. Grudginly he nooded to Teal'c who immediately lowered the shields.


Sounds of silent chatting and movement, was the first thing that Daniel noticed. His mind was still sluggish, but he wasn't quite sure why. He tried to move, but a sharp pain shot through his body, and he let out a moan.

"Hey," Jacks comforting voice, floated through his mind. "Wakie wakie, eggs and bakie."

Finally the haze in his mind cleared a little, he tried to pull him self up again, but swirled back down into a pit of pain. He waited until the haze cleared a little, and this time thought better than to try to get up. So he opened his eye's instead. At first every thing was blurry, but when the world came into focus. He found himself lying, in what appered to be a concret room, the floor below him was cold and hard, and the room smelled of stale air and urine.

"Jeez, what is this place?" He asked to no one in particular, Jack's face came into view, it was laced concern.

"Welcome back sleeping beauty," Jack stated "How you feeling?" It took Daniel a few seconds to actually register what Jack had said,

"I feel like crap." He coughed out. Jack smiled, Daniel tried sitting up again lucky, Jack saw what he was poorly attempting to do.

"Easy there Danny." Jack said, helping him up. He waited for the world to stop spinning before asking again,

"So where are we?" He had to strain to hear Jacks response, over his ringing ears.

"Were on a ship called….." Jack turned away from him, revealing Sam coming towards them, followed by Teal'c. "Sam whats the ship called again?"

Sam looked at Daniel, and gave him a smile

"How are you feeling?" She inquired, Daniel grunted by way of reply. "Oh and I believe its called the Tributum Qui Congreget."

It took a while, but suddenly it clicked in place.

"Wait, the Tributum Qui Congreget?" He wheezed out cursing in his head, at the pain.

"Yea, why? Do you know what that means?" Sam asked her voice rising in anticipation,

"Actuly yes" he said ignoring the pain "It means Tribute Gatherer."


Jack just stood there, taking in what Daniel had said.

"Any way, what happened?" Daniels croaky voice, made Jack wince with sympathy. "Last thing I remembered was a pain like being shot, I mean I remember the rubble but…"

Jack remembered Daniels convulsing body, and had to push away the rage, that invaded his mind.

"They implanted a device in you, apparently." Daniels shocked appearance, made Jack feel even more rage boil up beneath his skin. "And they made you convulse with it." Jack finished off, they all just stood there, watching Daniel's face. He looked sickly white, and if that was even posable, seemed to be getting evan whiter.

"So, how'd we end up here?" Daniel's voice was a little less croaky. Jack was about to answer, but Sam cut him off.

"We had no choice, but to be transported to their ship, and this is where we ended up."

"And theres been no room service yet," Jack joked, to bring the tension in the room down. "Thats what we get for staying in a one star hotel, I guess."

That earned him a small little weak smile from Daniel. Jack looked over Daniel one more time, he was shivering slightly, and seemed pretty weak.

"How about you get some sleep Daniel." He said, making sure to have a calm, but commanding voice "Well need you to have your strength up."

It appeared that, for once Daniel had no fight left in hi,m so the man just nodded. As Teal'c helped Daniel get comfortable, Jack went to talk to Sam,

"Options?" he asked quietly.

"I don't know sir," Sam's voice had returned to her normal calm "Its obvious Daniel is not going to be able to do much for a while, so really all we can do is ride this thing out, for now."

That wasn't quite what he had wanted to hear, but at least one of them knew what was going on. A big looming shadow fell over him, as Teal'c came to join them.

"Daniel Jackson should be able to make a full recovery, without much aid from medicine." Teal'c reported.

"Thats great" Jack said, turning around to look at Teal'c "But how long well it take?"

Teal'c's face seemed to darken with worry "Three days at least"


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