Indiana Daniel
by
Layton Colt
Daniel goes on a dig in Egypt as a favor to an old friend and his team members tag along.
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Part One: The Twins and the Sarcophagus
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David Rich looked up anxiously from his clipboard and was relieved to see a small jeep approaching.
His brow furrowed as it grew closer however, as he took notice of the four figures. He'd been told Daniel was coming alone. Mira had been adamant about involving as few people as possible.
"Daniel," he called as the young man jumped down from the driver's seat.
"David!" he smiled. "I'd like you to meet--"
"No time," David said quickly. "We think Mira and James might be in trouble…"
"Why? What happened?"
The stout man cast a suspicious glance at Daniel's three companions, "I think we should discuss this alone, Doctor." David pulled Daniel away from his friends and into a nearby tent.
Daniel shot an apologetic look to his teammates, but one more insistent tug from David and he disappeared from view.
"Alright," Daniel said once they were alone. "What's this all about? Where are James and Mira?"
"They went to the temple, hours ago… Mira was going to wait for your arrival but you know she has no patience. She had promised she'd be gone for two hours at the most. It's been over seven."
Daniel nodded, "I'll go to the temple and look for them, probably Mira just saw something that caught her attention, probably they're fine."
David didn't look at all convinced. "There's something else you should know Daniel, Mira, she believed she found evidence to support your claims…"
Daniel's head shot up, "What? What kind of evidence?"
David shrugged, "I don't know, she didn't say… you know how closed mouthed her and her brother can become on a dig."
Daniel nodded, Mira and James never gave anything away, not even to him. Usually, this time however it looked like Mira had found something that she believed to be alien and had called him for help.
What if she had found a sarcophagus? What if it hadn't been empty?
He needed to find them.
"You shouldn't have brought your friends, Daniel… Mira doesn't want anyone else to know."
"Don't worry, this falls right into their field… they'll be able to help and I'll need backup if I'm to find Mira and James."
David nodded reluctantly, "Fine, take them along if you must but when you do find Mira, you'll have a lot to answer for. She wants the glory for herself."
Daniel smiled, "Don't worry, I'm not here to take over her dig, she called me for help and it looks like it was a good idea too, she could be in trouble."
David nodded, "I'll get Niven to lead you to the temple, it's just over that sand dune but if it gets dark you may need help getting back."
Daniel nodded and headed back to his friends as David went off to find Niven. "Uh, guys… we might have a problem."
"See, I knew it!" Jack proclaimed. "Not five minutes and you've already gotten into trouble."
Daniel gave Jack a steely glare, "This involves all of us, Jack. Mira might have found some Goa'uld technology, perhaps even a Goa'uld."
The smirk quickly vanished from Jack's face, "What, haven't you talked to her?"
Daniel shook his head, "She and her brother, James went to the temple hours ago and they're long overdue to have returned. I've been asked to go look for them."
Jack nodded and pulled a small pistol out from an ankle holder and handed it to Carter. Then he pulled one out from his waist band and handed it to Teal'c.
Daniel stared at him incredulously as he pulled yet another hand gun from his other ankle, "You brought guns!"
"Yes, you never know what you might find. And looks like a good thing I was prepared. You don't want to face a Goa'uld unarmed do you?"
"I'm still unarmed," Daniel pointed out.
"Oh, right," Jack reached into his shirt and handed Daniel another gun, Daniel's eyes widened. "Let's go kids,"
Daniel grabbed Jack's arm, "And do you even know where to go?" he asked as he pointed in the opposite direction. "It's that way, Jack. And we need to find our guide before we leave."
Jack sighed and motioned for Daniel to take the lead, Daniel smiled smugly and stored the pistol in the small of his back. He went over to David and spoke briefly with Navin before the five set out.
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"Wow," Daniel breathed as he took in the temple.
It was a towering pyramid, that seemed to sparkle as though it was gold. "Jack, this is amazing! Doesn't this look like…"
"Yes," Jack answered shortly. They both knew what it looked like. It looked like Ra's ship.
"What?" Sam asked.
"He speak English?" Jack asked nodding towards Navin.
Daniel shook his head, "No, he speaks Egyptian, quite a rare dialect, actually, it was derived from--"
"Right," Jack interrupted. "Thank you, Daniel. It looks like Ra's ship, Captain but that's kind of a hard comparison to make since all these pyramids look like Ra's ship."
"Yes, but this one is different," Daniel said with certainty. "I don't think the Egyptians made this place."
"I agree DanielJackson… there is a-- I believe 'eerie' is the correct word-- feel to this place."
Teal'c's three team mates nodded their agreement and then continued to follow Navin as he deftly lead them to the entrance of the pyramid.
The small group was now close enough to see the pyramid's entrance and Navin stopped abruptly and said something to Daniel in a language that Sam, Jack and Teal'c could never hope to understand.
Daniel nodded and turned to his team, "He says he won't go any further. He'll wait here for us."
"Why won't he go any further?" Sam asked.
"Good question," Jack nodded.
Daniel looked down, "Apparently he believes the pyramid is haunted."
Jack's eyebrows rose, "Haunted? Or being used as a home for a want-to-be God?"
Daniel shrugged, "Only one way to find out." Daniel gave his team a tentative smile and began to lead them closer to the temple.
"Mira!" Daniel called quietly as the four entered. "James?"
Getting no response he moved deeper into the entrance hall, Carter and Jack had taken their guns out and we're holding them at ready as they followed close behind.
Daniel walked over to the wall and pulled a lifted a torch from dais, taking a match from his backpack he used it to set the torch aflame and used it to light the dark hallways looming in front of them.
Daniel used the torch using it see the floors, he noticed footprints in the dust heading down the first hallway, "This way," Daniel said as he started down the passageway.
Teal'c had taken out his gun now as well, holding the pistol slightly awkwardly as he followed the three humans into the corridor.
Daniel knelt down in front of a wall as they reached a dead end, "There must be some secret wall," he murmured as he felt along the smooth barrier.
"Or, they saw it was a dead end and turned back around…" Jack said sardonically.
He immediately shut up when the wall clicked and began to lift up into the ceiling.
Daniel stepped into the room, the torch held out in front of him, supplying the massive room with a ghostly radiance.
"Mira?" Daniel didn't wait for his friends to enter the room as he took off to a shrine at the far wall.
As he approached he felt a chill dance down his spin, up on the platform was your standard, gold Goa'uld sarcophagus. "Uh, Jack… I think I found what Mira was talking about…"
Daniel reached out to touch the coffin but a voice stopped him. "I wouldn't do that if I were you."
The reminder of SG-1 had entered and aimed their weapons at the unexpected voice.
"Mira!" Daniel exclaimed.
A woman about Daniel's age exited from the shadows, she had shoulder length curly brown hair and green eyes that seemed to glow from the darkness, thankfully, however, they weren't actually *glowing*.
Another figure appeared at the woman's side, he had short brown hair and the same startling green eyes.
"Who are you friends?" Mira asked. "I told you to come alone."
"Don't worry," Daniel assured her. "They'll be discreet, they've got no stake in this, they're soldiers."
Mira's eyes raised, "Since when do you keep company with soldiers?"
Daniel quickly changed the subject, "Why haven't you returned to the camp site? David was worried."
Carter watched the two archeologists wearily as they approached Daniel. They looked a lot alike, even when they walked it seemed to be in tune.
"You haven't changed much Daniel, still the same…" Mira began.
"Pain in the ass…" James finished his sister's sentence.
"And what about you? You're still finishing each other's sentences, I see."
Mira gave him a smile, "We're twins, it comes with the territory."
Daniel turned to his teammates, "Jack, Sam, Teal'c, meet James and Mira."
Daniel's five friends nodded to each other.
"So what do you think we've got here, Daniel?" Mira asked.
"I'm… not sure…" Daniel lied. "I've never seen this dialect before," he said as he ran his hands over the hieroglyphs.
"You've never encountered a dialect you couldn't translate, Daniel. That's why you're here, don't disappoint us," Mira told him coldly.
Daniel turned on her, "I'm sorry, Mira. I've never seen it before."
"I don't believe you," she challenged. "You're a terrible liar, Daniel. You always run your hands through your hair when you aren't telling the truth."
"What have you been doing here for seven hours?" Daniel asked, again trying to divert her attention.
Mira shared a look with James, fully aware of what Daniel was doing but answered his question anyway. "We were exploring, we found what appeared to be some kind of control area, controlling what, we aren't sure but it looks advanced. Daniel, this could be the evidence you need to prove your theories!" she told him excitedly.
James nodded, "Some of things we found here are defiantly not Egyptian Daniel, you were right all along."
"I wasn't right, I was stupid, whatever you found I'm sure it can be explained…"
"What's happened to you?" Mira asked. "I was wrong, you have changed. The Daniel I remember didn't hide things, he didn't skirt around issues and change the subject at every turn!"
"Hey, hey," Jack said, deciding it was time to intervene. "No one's hiding anything.
"I wasn't talking to you, soldier!" Mira snapped. "And could you put that gun away, you're making me nervous."
Jack looked at the woman curiously, she looked anything but nervous. Her eyes sparkling dangerously as she stared him down.
Jack looked at Daniel, the question 'is she always like this?' clearly written on his face.
Daniel nodded slightly. 'always.'
"What is that sarcophagus doing here, Daniel? This isn't a tomb and we both now it. It's made of pure god, obviously paying tribute to some one of power, they would never place it in the entrance to a temple! They wouldn't have put it in this temple at all!"
"Maybe there's no one in it," Carter spoke up, seeing Daniel squirm under Mira's intense scrutiny. "Maybe it was just placed her in anticipation of being placed in a tomb and something happened."
"And who the hell are you?" Mira snapped.
Carter looked a little taken aback.
"Hey, sis, leave her alone will ya?" James asked as he leered at the young Captain.
Carter glared at him, "Take a picture, it will last longer."
Jack shot Carter an amused glance at the well placed quip.
James didn't look at all embarrassed as he shot Carter a dazzling smile and turned back to Daniel. "Enough of the small talk, you know what this is Daniel, why won't you tell *us*, this is are find."
"I don't know what it is!" Daniel objected. "I've been out of the loop for a long time…"
"Yes," Mira agreed. "You seemed to have disappeared off the face of the Earth, where have you been keeping yourself, Daniel? And what's with the escorts?"
"They're my friends,"
"Since when do you have friends?" Mira asked.
"We should be getting back to the camp site," Daniel said icily. "We're certainly not accomplishing anything here."
Mira looked at him carefully, "No,"
"Excuse me?"
"I don't know what's happened to you, Daniel. But I'm no fool. You're in cahoots with the military, now? Fine. But if you think I'm going to let you just walk out of here and shut us down…"
Jack looked at Mira with admiration, she certainly was no fool. That was exactly what he had planned to do.
Mira walked up to Jack and leaned a little too far into his personal space, he was about to protest when the young woman reached into his shirt, she pulled out his dog tags, "A flyboy, huh?"
Carter glared at the woman, "Air force, yes," she snapped. She wasn't particularly liking Daniel's old friends.
"Well, go ahead, go call your superiors and tell them to shut us down. But don't think I don't know what this is about. Daniel was right after all, wasn't he? And you don't want anyone to know."
Jack tried not to show any reaction as Mira was staring right at him, she should have been watching Daniel, if she'd seen his mouth drop open she might have realized she was right. Fortunately, he had it closed again by the time she turned around.
"Fine, don't tell me anything, come along James. Let's find the answers ourselves before they're locked away forever."
"Mira, wait, lets talk about this…" Daniel said in his 'reasonable' voice.
Mira moved to one of the side walls, placing her palm on the hieroglyph of a lion the wall clicked and opened, her and James had gone through and shut the secret door again before any of the SG-1 members had made it across the room to stop them.
"Open that door," Jack ordered.
Daniel nodded and brought his hand out to touch the hieroglyph, it froze poised over it however as Daniel realized it's significance, shooting a wild eyed glance over his shoulder he looked back to the sarcophagus he saw the same glyph inscribed on it's golden surface.
The fierce lion.
"The Goddess Sakhmet…" he murmured. "We're in big trouble if that sarcophagus isn't empty, Jack…" he whispered.
"They're going to get away, Daniel," Jack reminded.
"I don't think we should leave the sarcophagus unguarded," Daniel told him as he looked at it uneasily.
Jack nodded, "Carter, Teal'c stand guard, Danny and I will go get the decorous twins."
Carter watched as Daniel and O'Neill sprinted into the darkness and took another torch from the walls, lighting it with a match in her pack. As the light relit the cavern Carter gasped.
The sarcophagus was no longer closed…
To be continued…
Finally! I've written the second part! And it's pretty long too, ten pages in word, of course, that's at a font of 13 but let's not be picky.
Hopefully the next part will be up in a more timely manor, sorry for keeping you waiting…
by
Layton Colt
Daniel goes on a dig in Egypt as a favor to an old friend and his team members tag along.
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Part One: The Twins and the Sarcophagus
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David Rich looked up anxiously from his clipboard and was relieved to see a small jeep approaching.
His brow furrowed as it grew closer however, as he took notice of the four figures. He'd been told Daniel was coming alone. Mira had been adamant about involving as few people as possible.
"Daniel," he called as the young man jumped down from the driver's seat.
"David!" he smiled. "I'd like you to meet--"
"No time," David said quickly. "We think Mira and James might be in trouble…"
"Why? What happened?"
The stout man cast a suspicious glance at Daniel's three companions, "I think we should discuss this alone, Doctor." David pulled Daniel away from his friends and into a nearby tent.
Daniel shot an apologetic look to his teammates, but one more insistent tug from David and he disappeared from view.
"Alright," Daniel said once they were alone. "What's this all about? Where are James and Mira?"
"They went to the temple, hours ago… Mira was going to wait for your arrival but you know she has no patience. She had promised she'd be gone for two hours at the most. It's been over seven."
Daniel nodded, "I'll go to the temple and look for them, probably Mira just saw something that caught her attention, probably they're fine."
David didn't look at all convinced. "There's something else you should know Daniel, Mira, she believed she found evidence to support your claims…"
Daniel's head shot up, "What? What kind of evidence?"
David shrugged, "I don't know, she didn't say… you know how closed mouthed her and her brother can become on a dig."
Daniel nodded, Mira and James never gave anything away, not even to him. Usually, this time however it looked like Mira had found something that she believed to be alien and had called him for help.
What if she had found a sarcophagus? What if it hadn't been empty?
He needed to find them.
"You shouldn't have brought your friends, Daniel… Mira doesn't want anyone else to know."
"Don't worry, this falls right into their field… they'll be able to help and I'll need backup if I'm to find Mira and James."
David nodded reluctantly, "Fine, take them along if you must but when you do find Mira, you'll have a lot to answer for. She wants the glory for herself."
Daniel smiled, "Don't worry, I'm not here to take over her dig, she called me for help and it looks like it was a good idea too, she could be in trouble."
David nodded, "I'll get Niven to lead you to the temple, it's just over that sand dune but if it gets dark you may need help getting back."
Daniel nodded and headed back to his friends as David went off to find Niven. "Uh, guys… we might have a problem."
"See, I knew it!" Jack proclaimed. "Not five minutes and you've already gotten into trouble."
Daniel gave Jack a steely glare, "This involves all of us, Jack. Mira might have found some Goa'uld technology, perhaps even a Goa'uld."
The smirk quickly vanished from Jack's face, "What, haven't you talked to her?"
Daniel shook his head, "She and her brother, James went to the temple hours ago and they're long overdue to have returned. I've been asked to go look for them."
Jack nodded and pulled a small pistol out from an ankle holder and handed it to Carter. Then he pulled one out from his waist band and handed it to Teal'c.
Daniel stared at him incredulously as he pulled yet another hand gun from his other ankle, "You brought guns!"
"Yes, you never know what you might find. And looks like a good thing I was prepared. You don't want to face a Goa'uld unarmed do you?"
"I'm still unarmed," Daniel pointed out.
"Oh, right," Jack reached into his shirt and handed Daniel another gun, Daniel's eyes widened. "Let's go kids,"
Daniel grabbed Jack's arm, "And do you even know where to go?" he asked as he pointed in the opposite direction. "It's that way, Jack. And we need to find our guide before we leave."
Jack sighed and motioned for Daniel to take the lead, Daniel smiled smugly and stored the pistol in the small of his back. He went over to David and spoke briefly with Navin before the five set out.
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"Wow," Daniel breathed as he took in the temple.
It was a towering pyramid, that seemed to sparkle as though it was gold. "Jack, this is amazing! Doesn't this look like…"
"Yes," Jack answered shortly. They both knew what it looked like. It looked like Ra's ship.
"What?" Sam asked.
"He speak English?" Jack asked nodding towards Navin.
Daniel shook his head, "No, he speaks Egyptian, quite a rare dialect, actually, it was derived from--"
"Right," Jack interrupted. "Thank you, Daniel. It looks like Ra's ship, Captain but that's kind of a hard comparison to make since all these pyramids look like Ra's ship."
"Yes, but this one is different," Daniel said with certainty. "I don't think the Egyptians made this place."
"I agree DanielJackson… there is a-- I believe 'eerie' is the correct word-- feel to this place."
Teal'c's three team mates nodded their agreement and then continued to follow Navin as he deftly lead them to the entrance of the pyramid.
The small group was now close enough to see the pyramid's entrance and Navin stopped abruptly and said something to Daniel in a language that Sam, Jack and Teal'c could never hope to understand.
Daniel nodded and turned to his team, "He says he won't go any further. He'll wait here for us."
"Why won't he go any further?" Sam asked.
"Good question," Jack nodded.
Daniel looked down, "Apparently he believes the pyramid is haunted."
Jack's eyebrows rose, "Haunted? Or being used as a home for a want-to-be God?"
Daniel shrugged, "Only one way to find out." Daniel gave his team a tentative smile and began to lead them closer to the temple.
"Mira!" Daniel called quietly as the four entered. "James?"
Getting no response he moved deeper into the entrance hall, Carter and Jack had taken their guns out and we're holding them at ready as they followed close behind.
Daniel walked over to the wall and pulled a lifted a torch from dais, taking a match from his backpack he used it to set the torch aflame and used it to light the dark hallways looming in front of them.
Daniel used the torch using it see the floors, he noticed footprints in the dust heading down the first hallway, "This way," Daniel said as he started down the passageway.
Teal'c had taken out his gun now as well, holding the pistol slightly awkwardly as he followed the three humans into the corridor.
Daniel knelt down in front of a wall as they reached a dead end, "There must be some secret wall," he murmured as he felt along the smooth barrier.
"Or, they saw it was a dead end and turned back around…" Jack said sardonically.
He immediately shut up when the wall clicked and began to lift up into the ceiling.
Daniel stepped into the room, the torch held out in front of him, supplying the massive room with a ghostly radiance.
"Mira?" Daniel didn't wait for his friends to enter the room as he took off to a shrine at the far wall.
As he approached he felt a chill dance down his spin, up on the platform was your standard, gold Goa'uld sarcophagus. "Uh, Jack… I think I found what Mira was talking about…"
Daniel reached out to touch the coffin but a voice stopped him. "I wouldn't do that if I were you."
The reminder of SG-1 had entered and aimed their weapons at the unexpected voice.
"Mira!" Daniel exclaimed.
A woman about Daniel's age exited from the shadows, she had shoulder length curly brown hair and green eyes that seemed to glow from the darkness, thankfully, however, they weren't actually *glowing*.
Another figure appeared at the woman's side, he had short brown hair and the same startling green eyes.
"Who are you friends?" Mira asked. "I told you to come alone."
"Don't worry," Daniel assured her. "They'll be discreet, they've got no stake in this, they're soldiers."
Mira's eyes raised, "Since when do you keep company with soldiers?"
Daniel quickly changed the subject, "Why haven't you returned to the camp site? David was worried."
Carter watched the two archeologists wearily as they approached Daniel. They looked a lot alike, even when they walked it seemed to be in tune.
"You haven't changed much Daniel, still the same…" Mira began.
"Pain in the ass…" James finished his sister's sentence.
"And what about you? You're still finishing each other's sentences, I see."
Mira gave him a smile, "We're twins, it comes with the territory."
Daniel turned to his teammates, "Jack, Sam, Teal'c, meet James and Mira."
Daniel's five friends nodded to each other.
"So what do you think we've got here, Daniel?" Mira asked.
"I'm… not sure…" Daniel lied. "I've never seen this dialect before," he said as he ran his hands over the hieroglyphs.
"You've never encountered a dialect you couldn't translate, Daniel. That's why you're here, don't disappoint us," Mira told him coldly.
Daniel turned on her, "I'm sorry, Mira. I've never seen it before."
"I don't believe you," she challenged. "You're a terrible liar, Daniel. You always run your hands through your hair when you aren't telling the truth."
"What have you been doing here for seven hours?" Daniel asked, again trying to divert her attention.
Mira shared a look with James, fully aware of what Daniel was doing but answered his question anyway. "We were exploring, we found what appeared to be some kind of control area, controlling what, we aren't sure but it looks advanced. Daniel, this could be the evidence you need to prove your theories!" she told him excitedly.
James nodded, "Some of things we found here are defiantly not Egyptian Daniel, you were right all along."
"I wasn't right, I was stupid, whatever you found I'm sure it can be explained…"
"What's happened to you?" Mira asked. "I was wrong, you have changed. The Daniel I remember didn't hide things, he didn't skirt around issues and change the subject at every turn!"
"Hey, hey," Jack said, deciding it was time to intervene. "No one's hiding anything.
"I wasn't talking to you, soldier!" Mira snapped. "And could you put that gun away, you're making me nervous."
Jack looked at the woman curiously, she looked anything but nervous. Her eyes sparkling dangerously as she stared him down.
Jack looked at Daniel, the question 'is she always like this?' clearly written on his face.
Daniel nodded slightly. 'always.'
"What is that sarcophagus doing here, Daniel? This isn't a tomb and we both now it. It's made of pure god, obviously paying tribute to some one of power, they would never place it in the entrance to a temple! They wouldn't have put it in this temple at all!"
"Maybe there's no one in it," Carter spoke up, seeing Daniel squirm under Mira's intense scrutiny. "Maybe it was just placed her in anticipation of being placed in a tomb and something happened."
"And who the hell are you?" Mira snapped.
Carter looked a little taken aback.
"Hey, sis, leave her alone will ya?" James asked as he leered at the young Captain.
Carter glared at him, "Take a picture, it will last longer."
Jack shot Carter an amused glance at the well placed quip.
James didn't look at all embarrassed as he shot Carter a dazzling smile and turned back to Daniel. "Enough of the small talk, you know what this is Daniel, why won't you tell *us*, this is are find."
"I don't know what it is!" Daniel objected. "I've been out of the loop for a long time…"
"Yes," Mira agreed. "You seemed to have disappeared off the face of the Earth, where have you been keeping yourself, Daniel? And what's with the escorts?"
"They're my friends,"
"Since when do you have friends?" Mira asked.
"We should be getting back to the camp site," Daniel said icily. "We're certainly not accomplishing anything here."
Mira looked at him carefully, "No,"
"Excuse me?"
"I don't know what's happened to you, Daniel. But I'm no fool. You're in cahoots with the military, now? Fine. But if you think I'm going to let you just walk out of here and shut us down…"
Jack looked at Mira with admiration, she certainly was no fool. That was exactly what he had planned to do.
Mira walked up to Jack and leaned a little too far into his personal space, he was about to protest when the young woman reached into his shirt, she pulled out his dog tags, "A flyboy, huh?"
Carter glared at the woman, "Air force, yes," she snapped. She wasn't particularly liking Daniel's old friends.
"Well, go ahead, go call your superiors and tell them to shut us down. But don't think I don't know what this is about. Daniel was right after all, wasn't he? And you don't want anyone to know."
Jack tried not to show any reaction as Mira was staring right at him, she should have been watching Daniel, if she'd seen his mouth drop open she might have realized she was right. Fortunately, he had it closed again by the time she turned around.
"Fine, don't tell me anything, come along James. Let's find the answers ourselves before they're locked away forever."
"Mira, wait, lets talk about this…" Daniel said in his 'reasonable' voice.
Mira moved to one of the side walls, placing her palm on the hieroglyph of a lion the wall clicked and opened, her and James had gone through and shut the secret door again before any of the SG-1 members had made it across the room to stop them.
"Open that door," Jack ordered.
Daniel nodded and brought his hand out to touch the hieroglyph, it froze poised over it however as Daniel realized it's significance, shooting a wild eyed glance over his shoulder he looked back to the sarcophagus he saw the same glyph inscribed on it's golden surface.
The fierce lion.
"The Goddess Sakhmet…" he murmured. "We're in big trouble if that sarcophagus isn't empty, Jack…" he whispered.
"They're going to get away, Daniel," Jack reminded.
"I don't think we should leave the sarcophagus unguarded," Daniel told him as he looked at it uneasily.
Jack nodded, "Carter, Teal'c stand guard, Danny and I will go get the decorous twins."
Carter watched as Daniel and O'Neill sprinted into the darkness and took another torch from the walls, lighting it with a match in her pack. As the light relit the cavern Carter gasped.
The sarcophagus was no longer closed…
To be continued…
Finally! I've written the second part! And it's pretty long too, ten pages in word, of course, that's at a font of 13 but let's not be picky.
Hopefully the next part will be up in a more timely manor, sorry for keeping you waiting…