Daniel
He fell through the gate and rolled down the steps. He took a breath and collected himself. Daniel was uninjured, but what about Catherine, before he could ask, the others came through. They rushed to his side asking if he was okay? Assuring them that he was fine, they stood and started hiking out to the ruins which were half a day's hike away from the gate. The plan was to check out the place and see if it was even worth studying in depth. It felt great to be back in the field, part of SG1. They arrived at the half demolished town. Teal'c went with him, while Jack and Sam went off in the opposite direction to secure the town. They met back up an hour later, with the location secure Sam went to look at some interesting plant life, Jack set up camp, Teal'c patrolled and Daniel went to the temple. The writing looked Greek but different with a slightly Gaelic slant.
"Looks like Macedonian to me"
"Catherine are you okay"
"I'm fine, just a bit shaken, going through the gate was unsettling it was like a vacuum trying to suck me away"
" Humans are deconstructed and put together on the other side, maybe that's what happened to you?"
" I don't know we should ask Sam what happens to the Goual'd who travel through the gate"
Daniel was surprised by her use of we, he knew she was stuck inside him, but still having them be together. He returned to the ruined temple its appearance was similar to the ruins in Greece and the writing did look like the Pella Curse tablet and other bits of Macedonian writing he had seen. unurprised by any of Catherine's linguistic knowledge he decided to work with her, as usual her input cut the time in half. For hours they worked making notes, arguing over words and by night had almost the entire temple translated. Jack came over and told I'm to knock it off, it was time to eat.
Catherine
After our conversation on Friday and his attempted suicide I thought he would ignore me but here on a strange planet he reached out and asked how I was, reassuring me, comforting me. Than asking for my help on the temple. Catherine knew she should have remained silent and waited for him, but it was too tempting after I saw the writing and recognized it. Going through the gate had been scary and while still lacking physical sensations did seem like a vacuum still she had made it and looked forward to more trips. Then Jack O Neill had to come over and ruin our mood. The second he came over I felt Daniel tense, his eyes darted around in panic. He calmed down when merely told him to come to dinner.
We walked over to the campsite, Daniel accepted a plate of food from Sam Carter and sits down. The tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife. No one knew what to say, from watching this team for years I knew their closeness, but it was like they were strangers. Jack broke the silence
"So Daniel what does the temple have anything interesting to say?
"The Goul'd brought people here hundreds of years ago probably from Macedonia, a plague wiped out most of the population, the Goul'd took the survivors and abandoned the planet."
" Did he leave behind anything useful?
"Unlikely he stayed in his ship when he visited and the people were not here long enough to advance."
" Alright, Sam did you find anything"
"No, the plant life is very similar to earth's, no scientific reasons to linger"
"Alright tomorrow at 0'900 well head back, Daniel you've got first watch."
Daniel nodded and after helping to clean up the other three turned in Daniel walked a ways from the camp and sat on a wall.
"Daniel how are you doing?"
" Unsure, they abandoned me in hell without looking for an outside cause, ignored for me for two weeks and now..."
" If you would like I can keep silent would that help?"
"No , too be honest its nice having someone to talk too, someone who loves languages as much as me"
"I don't love languages I'm just old"
He laughed at that and we sat in compatible silence watching the stars. Daniel did not wake any one when his shift was over and just sat there all night. In the morning he made coffee and woke everyone up. They were all surprised he had kept watch all night. He told them he had not been tired. They refused to take his word and thought something was wrong, The camp was hurriedly taken down and they went at a fast pace to the Star gate. I had kept silence but my irritation get growing I snapped
"Daniel this is ridicules why do you take this, letting them pull you around like puppet on a string?"
Daniel who had been striding along tension and anger in every line gave a jerk and stopped abruptly at the sound of her voice . Teal'c you had been keeping an eye on him came over.
"Daniel Jackson are you well?"
Without answering Daniel started striding almost running, he made it to the gate barely waited for the rest of the party before dialing and stepping through.
A/N Please review, I would to know what you think of the characters and if I should speed up the plot?
