While Teal'c went looking for the exit, Jack and Daniel tended to Sam. They were relieved when her leg wound wasn't bleeding as bad as they thought it was. They were in the process of changing her bandages, when Daniel noticed something wrong. "Jack, I think she has a fever."

"Crap!" Jack muttered as he felt her forehead. "Some of her wounds must have become infected. Grab some antibiotics from the med kit Daniel." Jack turned back to what he was doing. After a few minutes he heard Teal'c return. "Find the exit sign Teal'c?"

"I did indeed find an exit, O'Neill, however I do not think that it will be much use to us."

"What do you mean? Wait, never mind. Daniel, can you stay with Sam while I go check it out?"

"Sure."

Jack got to his feet and, after a quick glance at Sam, followed Teal'c to the exit. His reaction to the scene was the same. To make matters worse, it had started to rain, adding to his gloomy feeling. He felt hopeless, which turned to despair before changing into anger. "Great. What do we do now Teal'c?"

Teal'c raised an eyebrow at the question, while Jack began to investigate the cliff. "Teal'c, hold on to me okay." Jack said when he began leaning over the face of the cliff to get a better look at it. "Alright, pull me up." Teal'c quickly did. "There are some handhold. Do you think you could climb it?"

"I do."

"Great. Let's get back to Danny and Sam."



Daniel looked up when he heard footsteps returning. By the expression on Jack's face, he knew it was not good. "Well?"

"Teal'c was right. The cave opens up right in the middle of a cliff. We're pretty high up, there's no way that Sam could climb with her injuries."

"Jack, I don't mean to sound pessimistic here, but I don't think Sam can wait until we find another way out." Daniel glanced up at the ceiling as a drip of water hit him on the shoulder. "What's that?"

"It's nothing, Daniel. It just started raining outside. We'll probably get a few drips, this is a cave you know." His teasing tone became serious again when he looked down at Sam. "How's she doing?"

"She started stirring while you two were out. I managed to get some antibiotics into her and gave her a shot of morphine for the pain. She just settled down again. I've been trying to bring her fever down, but it's still pretty high." Daniel looked at his friends as they made themselves comfortable. "Jack, what do we do now?"

"Teal'c thinks he can climb the cliff." Jack spoke while he changed positions, a steady stream of water began falling where he was sitting. "Once the rain has stopped, I think he should do that. Once he climbs the cliff he'll hopefully be able to see the Stargate. We won't be able to go back to the SGC, but at least we'll know which direction to go in."

"Wait a minute. Why can't we go back to the SGC?"

"Oh. Didn't I tell you Daniel? Just before the quake Hammond called. Said they were having some problems at home and told us the address of a planet we were supposed to meet at. Said he would explain when we got there. Sorry, I guess I forgot to mention it."

"That's okay Jack. I think we all have something more important on our minds." They all looked toward Sam. Jack quickly broke the moment of awkward silence.

"Anyway, Teal'c should at least be able to find our gear, and some rope that we could use to get Sam out of here. Then we high tail it out of here. Any questions?"

"I have one Jack. Does it look like we are starting to get more water in here, or is it just me." They all looked around the cave. Daniel was right. There was more water in the cave than before. And it wasn't all dripping from the ceiling either. Jack noticed a small stream beginning to form from the small tunnel they had crawled through.

"Does anyone else have a bad feeling about this?" he asked as he watched the size of the stream increase. "Oh Daniel. You remember wondering about where all the rocks went?"

"Yea Jack, I do. But I don't think this is the time to be theorizing about it. Why?"

"Oh, I just thought you would like to hear my theory on the matter." Daniel and Teal'c turned around and gave Jack a curious look until they noticed what he was looking at. The stream, which could now be safely called a small river, was carrying the smaller rocks through the tunnel, into the cave, and out through the opening.

"Oh boy! And you said it was nothing."



The group from the SGC was beside themselves, but Hammond didn't know if it was caused by excitement or fear. Hdeon's people had already brought many species of animals through the Stargate. It was a zoologists dream come true. Unfortunately, there were no zoologists with their group. To Hammond, it was a potentially dangerous situation. There were already more kinds of animals on the planet than he had ever heard of. From lions to mice and everything in between. Their camp had already had a couple of 'visitors', but thankfully they were scared away quickly. He turned at the sound of the door opening. "Report."

"Sir, Hdeon still says that this is the scattering. Apparently, it goes on until all his people have come through the Stargate. He thinks that will be several more days."

"Does he have any intention of containing these animals?"

"Not that I know of sir. He said that this is according to the 'balance of life'."

"What about his people?"

"They seem peaceful enough sir. Like Hdeon said, they are all wearing some sort of environmental protection suit. They have a few weapons they say they use during the gathering. They don't look to be very advanced, mostly spears and things like that. I think we would have no problem neutralizing them if they became a threat."

"Very well. Be sure to keep round the clock guards in camp. I don't want anymore animals to come here looking for food. Let's keep a discrete watch on their camp. Also, let's keep an eye on the Stargate. I want to know what other animals they are going to bring.

"Yes sir." Hammond sighed as he turned around. This place was becoming a zoo, literally.



"Jack, how far up did you say we were?"

"Don't worry Danny. We won't let you fall." Jack and Daniel were busy tearing up the blankets to make some rope. Since they discovered their little river, they looked over every square inch of the cave for a way out. They found a couple more tunnels farther back, but these too were producing rivers of their own. All the rivers met and flowed out the other end of the cave, moving larger and larger rocks as they grew stronger.

"I know Jack. It's just, well, I never was really good at the whole rock climbing thing." They were standing in the stream of water. It was ankle deep, but rising steadily. Every so often a small rock would crash into one of them, making them stumble. They had found a relatively dry spot on the side of the cave and moved Sam so she would stay dry while they looked for a way out. By the time they had returned, the water was half-way to their knees and Jack decided it was too dangerous to stay here. They only had one option, though. That was to climb the cliff. They finished with the blankets and turned towards Teal'c, who was carrying Sam. Teal'c was the best climber of the group, so he was going to carry Sam up the cliff. They needed the rope to tie her onto him. Then they started towards the exit.

"Don't worry Daniel. You'll do fine." They were at the exit now. They decided Teal'c would go first, followed by Daniel, with Jack bringing up the rear. They had their makeshift rope tied around them. They even tied the rope around Sam's waist, just in case the rope that was used to tie her to Teal'c broke and she slipped. When they were all tied in, they started their climb. Teal'c went slowly, finding the best handholds for his friends. The cliff itself was slippery from the rain, which was still falling. The steam that came from the cold rain meeting the hot lava didn't help either, and several times they lost a handhold and slipped. But every time, they were able to reclaim their footing and climb again. After what seemed like hours they finally reached the summit, collapsing in exhaustion for a few minutes.

"Told you you'd do fine." Jack said while trying to catch his breath. "What is it?" he asked when he noticed Daniel looking over the edge of the cliff.

"It's beautiful. If the situation were different, I would love to just sit here and look at it all day." He was referring to the scene below them. The water from the cave, which by this time had completely overtaken the entrance, came rushing out causing a large waterfall. As it fell into the lava, steam erupted everywhere. Sunlight fell down upon the steam and formed thousands of tiny little rainbows. Daniel was right, it was one of the most beautiful sights he had ever seen. But he had enough of this place. He glanced around the summit, looking for the Stargate.

"Teal'c any sight of the Stargate?"

"No O'Neill. But I do believe that is the cave we entered in." Teal'c pointed to a group of caves off in the distance.

"Danny, how's Sam doing?"

"Well, she's not bleeding again, which is a good thing, but she's soaked and her fever seems higher than before."

"Teal'c you see any shelter around here?"

"No."

"Okay. Teal'c, grab Sam. We're going to head back to the caves."

"Jack, you can't seriously want to go back into those caves. Look what happened the last time. What if there's another earthquake, or a cave-in!"

"Relax Daniel. I don't want to go back there, but we need to get out of this rain. We'll just stay by the opening, just far enough so it's dry. As soon as the storm breaks, we'll hit the road. If anything happens, we'll just hop outside. Okay."

Daniel reluctantly nodded as they headed towards the cave.