Ten minutes later, Daniel stood behind a tree about ten feet away from one of the guards. He'd left his weapons, jacket, and glasses with the others, and had been dirtied up by Jack so that he looked like he'd been walking through the woods for at least a week. Grumbling under his breath, Daniel counted slowly to ten. As he did so, he cleared his mind of everything except the task at hand. Finally, he took a deep breath, adjusted his posture, and limped out of the woods.

[Help!] he called in Korean. [Please someone help!]

The guards looked at one another, clearly trying to decide which of them would help the disheveled man who had just appeared in front of them. Daniel continued to limp closer, clutching his arm to his side. [Please help!] he repeated. [I need a doctor!]

The guard on the right finally stepped towards him. [You are our prisoner] he stated. [Come with me.]

[Are you taking me to a doctor?] Daniel asked, standing his ground and putting a slight edge of hysteria in his voice. The man needed to step just a little closer…

[If you behave] the soldier told him. [Come!] He reached for Daniel's arm.

[Ow!] Daniel complained as the soldier grabbed him and began forcibly directing him towards the center of the camp. [Where are we going?]

[Silence!] The soldier's tone indicated that further discussion would not occur, so Daniel did as ordered. It wasn't very long before they reached the tent where Teal'c was being held. [Inside] the soldier ordered. One of the guards opened the flap and his escort pushed Daniel in, following close behind. Teal'c was seated against the central post, and Daniel could see that his feet were bound. His arms were behind his back, presumably bound as well. [Sit] the soldier told Daniel, pushing on the archaeologist's shoulder.

Daniel allowed the other man to push him down in front of Teal'c, who was watching everything silently. As he crouched over, Daniel reached under his shirt and extracted the zat that had been tucked in his waistband. In one fluid movement, he spun around, raised the zat, and fired it directly into the soldier's stomach. The man's body muffled the sound of the weapon, and Daniel caught him as he fell, easing him to the ground.

"It is good to see you, Daniel Jackson," Teal'c said. His voice was a whisper, and Daniel had to work to hear him over the pounding of his heart.

"You too, Teal'c," Daniel replied in kind. He moved around to his friend's back and began untying the rope that held his hands.

"What of O'Neill and Colonel Carter?"

"They're executing the rest of Jack's rescue plan." Daniel had moved around to undo the ropes on Teal'c's ankles, which meant he was in perfect position to witness his friend's raised eyebrow. Daniel quickly filled him in. "This is for you," he finished, passing over the zat. "Ready?" Once Teal'c nodded, Daniel let out a yell. "Help! Help me!"

The guards were fast alright, but Teal'c was faster. Two shots from the zat, and the two guards dropped like rocks on top of their comrade. Daniel let out a breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding as he moved over to tie up the soldiers. He noticed that his heartbeat was slowing down slightly, and the blood was no longer pounding in his ears quite as loudly as it had been. He could now hear the sounds out in the rest of the camp that indicated Jack and Sam were doing their part. "Come on," he told Teal'c. Picking up one of the Korean's rifles, he led the way out of the tent.


Sam waited until Daniel had been escorted away to make her move. Crouched behind a fallen tree, she watched until the two had stepped behind the nearest tent and silently counted to ten. Then she brought up her zat, aimed, and took out the other guard at the exact same moment General O'Neill took out the two guards to the west.

The next few moments were spent moving closer to the camp and zatting any North Korean soldier stupid enough to step out into the open. It didn't take long, however, for the soldiers to figure out that approaching her directly was a bad idea. Luckily, they hadn't figured out that she was just the distraction; General O'Neill swept through the camp from the far side and zatted everyone in sight. Not ten minutes later, he'd made it to her position. "Nicely done Carter," he praised her as they worked to tie up the Koreans.

"Thank you sir," she replied. "Any sign of Daniel and Teal'c?"

"Right here," Daniel spoke up as they stepped into view. He paused to look around. "Wow. It worked?"

"You had doubts?" the General asked, leading Sam and Daniel to carefully avoid one another's gaze. Teal'c merely raised an eyebrow. The General must have realized what he'd asked, and what they were thinking, because he coughed to break the sudden silence. "Did you secure the Koreans?" he asked the other men.

"Indeed," Teal'c responded.

"Carter."

"Sir?"

"Let's go get those parts you need from the gliders."


Author's Note: Sorry if this feels like a letdown; I couldn't get the battle sequence to sound right. Thanks for reading!