It's been over 5 hours since the male members of SG-1 returned to Earth, Daniel was in surgery for a little over an hour and although his injuries were initially concerning, his life was saved and he's now in recovery, General Landry ordered a U.A.V be sent through the gate to Terion where it spent a couple of hours in the air surveying several miles around the gate and near by village, despite an extensive aerial sweep of the planet they've found no sign of the rest of SG-1 or the beast they encountered.
While waiting for news of Daniel and the U.A.V sweep of the planet, Jack managed to close his eyes for a few hours and get some rest by order of General Landry, he resisted at first, unable to clear his concerned thoughts for his missing team members was keeping him awake, he was eventually given something by Dr Lam to help him relax, he sprung awake upon hearing the news that they'd received the data from the U.A.V and now stands with Landry and Mitchell in the control room.
"No life signs at all?" asks Mitchell.
Dr Bill Lee is going over the data and footage from the U.A.V, "Not one." he replies.
"Oh come on..." says Jack, rubbing the sleep and frustration from his eyes, "..now that doesn't make any sense. What about the other villagers?." he asks.
"I've been over the data twice, there's nothing, not even a heat signature." replies Dr Lee.
"Animals?!" asks Jack.
"Sorry, nothing!." says Dr Lee, sticking to his findings, "The U.A.V circled for several miles around the gate and found nothing. I'm sorry Colonel, either they're not there or..." he adds.
"Don't say it!...they're fine...we just have to look harder that's all." snaps Jack.
"Go through the data again, Dr." orders Landry.
"But I've already been through it twice, believe me there's nothing there." replies Dr Lee.
Like Jack and Mitchell, Landry refuses to accept there's nothing to be found, "Do it again." orders Landry.
"All right." replies Dr Lee, not sounding hopeful.
"Look, General, we have to get back there and search for them." pleads Jack.
"Search where Colonel?." asks Landry.
"I don't know. But I know wherever they are they're still alive, the U.A.V is saying there's nothing to be found which at least means the area is clear and it's safe for us to go back there. They're alive Sir and I'll find them I swear to God, please Sir." says Jack.
"All right, Colonel. Captain Swanson has the Alliance on route to Terion, they should arrive within the next 90 minutes and be able to help with the search and back you up. Take SG-18 with you, be ready to go in an hour." replies Landry.
"Thank you Sir." says Jack.
"We'll bring them back alive Sir." says Mitchell.
"See that you do, Son." replies Landry.
Terion
The girls, still stuck underground have been walking through the tunnel for hours, what they first thought would be their best way out has just made them even more lost, the tunnel appears extensive and branches out in different directions and they have no idea which way to go which is making their efforts to find a way out so much harder.
They walk slowly and cautiously with only the light from Sam's P-90 to light their path and it's growing dimmer by the minute as the batteries slowly drain of their power.
"When we get out of here I'm going to squeeze Daniels tiny little head until it pops." moans Vala.
"It wasn't his fault we ended up down here." says Sam.
"I wanted to go home but he dragged me along, him and his nosey nature. We should go check it out he said, its very interesting he said, lets see how interesting he finds my fist hitting his face when we get back." moans Vala.
Alisana laughs, "Oh come on, Vala. You'd never hurt Daniel." she says.
"Yes I would." replies Vala, "Grr.. he's just so annoying and never listens to me, I told him going after this monster was a bad idea." she adds.
"You should stop being so hard on Daniel." says Sam.
"Watch your foot..." says Vala, seeing Sam about to step in to a crack in the floor, "..what do you mean?." she asks.
"Well you're always arguing, it's not just you, it's him as well and it's cute...but its no secret how you feel about each other, you love him and you should tell him how you feel." says Sam.
"Me!, love Daniel." says Vala, trying to look shocked.
Sam stops and faces her, "Seriously, none of us know how long we have left, we don't know what's going to happen now or in the future. Daniel feels the same way you do, don't ask me how I know but I know, tell him and just...just tell him." she says sounding very sincere.
"I've told him hundreds of times." says Vala, walking again with Sam.
"No you haven't. You've joked with him and messed with him like you always have with each other, but you've never truly told him." says Sam.
"She's right you should do it next time you see him. He's kind of cute, I may take it from you if you don't." says Alisana, jokingly.
"Isn't he a little old for you?." asks Vala.
"Maybe. It depends how you look at it, I was born several million years before any of you so technically he's too young for me." replies Alisana.
"Well when are you going to start seeing someone, there's loads of young Marines on the base, plenty of candidates." says Vala.
Alisana laughs and blushes, "Between my studies on base and off world missions I don't have enough time for that type of thing." she says.
"But don't you feel lonely, you should have friends your own age." says Sam.
"I use to be but now I'm living off base its gotten better. You guys are my friends, you and Daniel and you and Jack and Teal'c, seeing you guys happy makes me happy." says Alisana.
Vala cuddles Alisana from behind and kisses her on the cheek, "Aww we love you too you little cutey." she says like she's talking to a baby, all 'goo goo gaga'.
"Get off!" laughs Alisana, wiping the dribble from her cheek.
"Hey you guys see that?." asks Sam, spotting a twinkling light as she shines her torch ahead of them.
They all run towards it hoping its a way out, however, when they reach it they only find that the tunnel splits off again in multiple directions.
"Its just a crystal on the wall." says Sam, "Damn it." she adds.
"Is that a wrapper?" asks Alisana, spotting something on the floor down one of the tunnels.
"Yeah, its ours. Standard issue ration bar that we shared earlier. We must have been this way before." replies Sam.
"We're never getting out of here are we. We've been walking around these tunnels for hours and we're lost, we have no idea where we're going." moans Vala.
"This place is like a maze, we're going around in circles. We need to mark our way some how so we know where we've been, any ideas?." says Sam.
Vala checks her pockets, "I don't have anything. Apart from my clothes, we could use those." she says.
Sam looks at her strangely and has an unsettling vision of them being rescued and finding a naked crazy woman running around the tunnels, "I don't think so." she says.
"OH!" shouts Alisana, very suddenly and making the others jump, "I have Skittles." she says, pulling a bag of Skittles candy from her jacket pocket.
"Why do you have Skittles?." asks Sam.
"Teal'c likes them, they're his favourite treat. You didn't know that?." replies Alisana.
"Treat?, he's not a dog, Alisana." says Sam.
"Well he does always come running when you call his name...and he's loyal." says Vala.
"I never said he was a dog, I eat them all the time and Teal'c likes the green ones so I save them for him." says Alisana.
"OK." replies Sam.