"Why did they come here?" Jack asked, trying to think beyond the worry that Sam was 'liked' by the potential enemy.

"We think this was their home planet at one time." The older brunette spoke up. "The casings they use for their instruments have some very unusual iron alloys in them, and this planet is the only one we've been able to find the alloy on in the indigenous rocks."

"So you came here, to their home planet, to wipe them out before they could do the same to you?" Daniel asked.

"Essentially, yes." Jack shook his head. He didn't really care about the hows and whys to the group's intentions; all he wanted was to find Sam and go home. Suddenly, shouting could be heard from the west.

"That's Jornan's group," the brunette stated, peering through the trees.

"Are you sure?" the leader asked; the brunette glared at him in response. The leader hesitated, glancing between the humans and the direction the shouting had come from. They could hear another shout, and the leader motioned for his group to follow him to the west.

"But what about them?" the young blond man whined, not moving.

"Leave them! We can deal with them later!" the leader replied harshly. The blond man opened his mouth to respond, but the leader was already heading into the trees. The blond man spared them one glare before following, leaving the three humans standing alone in the forest. Once the sounds of the other group dissipated, the forest became silent around them again. No one bothered to ask what they did now. With the other group headed in the opposite direction of the tracks, they were going to find Sam and find some way off this planet. They walked on, with Jack still tracking and Teal'c keeping a close lookout, for at least a half hour. Daniel quickly gave up trying to follow the tracks on the ground himself and began, instead, to watch the forest around them. He was the first to notice the building rising out of the forest several yards ahead of them. He recognized it as the building they had spent the previous night in. He tapped Jack on the shoulder and pointed up to the bit of roof and wall that he could see. Jack nodded, unsurprised that the centaur would return here. Jack motioned for Teal'c to go in first, being the most stealthy of the three.

"Just go and check for guards of any kind. Don't use your radio, in case there's something hiding in the trees." Jack told him. Teal'c nodded and melted into the trees. Jack and Daniel crouched down on the forest floor to await his return. It didn't take long.

"There does not appear to be anyone on the outside of the building." Teal'c said quietly, crouching down with them. "I do not know about the interior, but voices can be heard." Jack nodded, and the three stood and made their way to the side of the building. They met no one on the way, even at the front door. Daniel went to go in, but Jack stopped him.

"We can't just go in; we've no idea how many hostiles there are, and we can't risk hitting Carter with friendly fire."

"Then what do we do?" Daniel asked. Jack was saved from replying with an 'I don't know' by the sounds of hooves approaching the outer door. The three quickly retreated into the forest and crouched down in the trees, watching as a centaur came out of the front entrance, followed by another. They stood guard over the front door. The three shared a glance. Now Sam was trapped in the building, with who knew how many centaurs.

Sam woke on a cool stone floor. She was momentarily disoriented; the last thing she remembered was dialing the alpha gate. She couldn't even remember if it had connected or not. She rubbed a hand over her face and sat up. She glanced around her, noting with surprise that she was back in the building they had slept in. There were three centaurs standing in one corner, talking quietly amongst themselves. From what little Sam could hear she could tell they weren't speaking English. As she watched, two of them bowed to the other by going down on their front knees, then rose and went out of the room. The remaining centaur watched them go, and then turned to Sam.

"Don't worry; I'm not going to hurt you." The centaur told her softly, smiling comfortingly at her. Sam realized that she felt completely comfortable in this creature's presence, a feeling that worried her. Somehow, she was under this creature's influence. One part of her realized that and tensed, but another told her she was being silly—the centaur meant her no harm.

"What do you want?" she tried to ask, but nothing came out. She frowned and tried again, to no success. The centaur's smile turned down, and he turned away from her.

"You are strong;" he told her over his shoulder. "You shouldn't even be awake." He walked off a couple of feet, and stopped to pick something up. He turned back to her and she could see it was the bowl that Daniel had dropped and broken.

"If it hadn't been for your stupid friend, I would have control over all four of you by now." He continued. "When my sister arrives, however, we will have the ability to control all the humanoids that have dared to step foot on this planet." He eyed her and she felt herself stand. "But I don't believe you and your friends will live to see that." Sam began to walk to the entrance. She tried to make her feet stop, but they wouldn't listen any better than her vocal chords had. "They will reveal themselves when they see you, and when they do…" the centaur trailed off, but it was apparent by the smile on the creature's face what he had in mind.