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Stargate SG-1
"A Walk with Dinosaurs"
Chapter 3 - Surviving
Early the next morning Sam awoke to see that Jack had fallen asleep, too. "Colonel," Sam said quietly.
"Carter?" Jack asked tiredly.
"They've stopped."
"For how long?"
"I don't know. Maybe they left."
"Or maybe they're waiting for us?"
"Well, what do we do? If we open the door and they're out there then we're dead, but if we wait."
"We might be dead anyway?"
"Exactly, sir."
"Carter, see how long the rations are suppose to last and then figure out how long we can stretch them."
"Yes, sir," she said and then opened the closet and took out a pad of paper and a pen. Jack watched her, she was shaking as she wrote. Jack looked around the fallout shelter, he had remembered that it had gotten pretty cold the night before, and if they hadn't been so close together it would have been colder.
"Carter, you said there were blankets, didn't you?"
"Yes, sir," Carter said and then pulled out a stack of blankets out amd handed them to him. "There's eight here, plus the four that are already on the bunks."
"Good," he said as he took the blankets.
Carter went back to her inventory, and then turned to O'Neill," there's enough for one month, but we could stretch it out to one and a half maybe two months."
"Okay, good."
Sam walked over to the door and pressed her ear to see if she could hear anything. Suddenlly the door was hit and Sam jumped back and fell to the floor. The thumping began again, "they're still out there."
Jack helped Sam up, "you okay?"
"Yes, sir."
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Later That Day...
It started to get cold and the thumping had stopped. Jack looked over to Sam, she still looked scared, and tired. Jack got up onto the top bunk and shoved the blanket over the side next to the wall. He jumped down and pulled it down and tucked it in. He pulled the two blankets off of the other bunks and covered the front and back of the bunk. "Get in Sam," Jack said but turned to see that she had fallen asleep sitting up. Jack pulled off her boots and her jacket and laid her in the lower bunk and then threw in seven of eight blankets. Jack put up one of the blankets over the side opening and then got in, and covered Sam. Jack laid down next to her and fell asleep.
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Two Weeks Later...
Sam and Jack had not been rescued or heard from the SGC. They had stretched out the rations to last them two to three months. They had moved the other set of bunks in front of the door, so in case they broke through there would be more in their way. Sam had begun to get sick, Jack didn't know why, but she had. He was worried for her. Jack looked over at her sleeping form, she was pale...at least she was having a peaceful sleep, the raptors hadn't interrupted yet with their thudding against the door. He went over and laid next to Sam watching her as he carefully traced her face. She opened her eyes to see Jack. They just laid there looking into each others' eyes for several minutes until it was broken by the raptors beginning to run into the door. The thuds seemed louder than usual somehow...perhaps because of how silent it had become in the fallout shelter. Sam's eyes began to tear up, "when are they coming?"
"Soon, they're coming soon," Jack told her pulling her into his arms. "It's just too dangerous now."
"I wish they'd just go away!"
"I know, I know. But it's going to be okay..."
"How can you be so sure?"
"We'll be fine."
"But I'm sick and we don't know why...for all we know you could get sick too."
"We'll be fine. You're gonna get better and we're going home soon." Jack felt her forehead, she was burning up. Jack sat up and went to retrieve a med kit. He pulled out a packet and then mixed it with water. Jack took it over to the bed to Sam. He helped her sit up and made sure that she drank the liquid mixture. "This should help your fever."
"Thanks," she told him after drinking it down. "We sure there's not another way to the gate?" Sam asked eying the door.
"That door's the only way out," Jack told her. "We're going to be fine Sam."
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Sam opened her eyes, she had fallen asleep again. She had been sleeping more and more since she had started to feel sick. She turned over to see that Jack wasn't next to her. Sam sat up and looked around the shelter...no Jack? Where was he? The other bunk beds had been moved away from the door, had he left her? Sam got up and walked over to the door and listened...there was no sound, so she opened the door and peeked out...no dinosaurs. Sam opened the door and walked out of the shelter, she closed the door behind her. She started off towards the gate. It was quiet and she hadn't seen any dinosaurs. Finally, Sam could see the stargate and realized that she hadn't seen Jack, she didn't bring a GDO, and she hadn't brought a radio so the stargate was really no use to her. Sam was suddenly pulled into a bush. It was Jack! "What the HELL do you think you're doing?" he asked her angrily.
"I thought you left me," she told him softly.
"I wouldn't leave you...you shouldn't be out of the shelter let alone bed!"
"I'm sorry."
"Let's get back to the shelter," Jack told her.
"But the gate..."
"I've already sent a message, the general will be sending help tomorrow." Sam smiled at Jack's news.
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Sam and Jack were almost back to the shelter when a pack of raptors started after them. Jack held onto Sam as they ran, but he tripped on a rock bringing both himself AND Sam down hard on the ground. Jack got up quickly dragging Sam with him and quickly made it into the shelter. Just as Jack locked the door the raptors ran into it. Jack looked around to see that Sam ad retreated into the bunk beds he had made into a tent of sorts. Jack pushed back the other beds against the door. He climbed into the tent and then closed the flap, Sam was sitting in the back left corner with her knees to her chest, her arms wrapped around her knees, and her chin resting on her knees as she looked at Jack. Jack sat next to Sam and pulled her into his arms. "It's going to be okay Sam."
"I know. General Hammond is sending a rescue team tomorrow."
"Exactly."
"So, we just need to wait a few hours more..."
"Why don't you close your eyes and try to get some rest?" Jack suggested.
"I can't..." she told him. She hated it when the raptors thumped the door, it made her feel like they were going to break through at any moment.
"Just close your eyes..."
"Is that an order?" she asked playing.
Jack smiled, "yes." So, Sam closed her eyes while Jack held her. "Now think about some place else..."
"Where?" she asked with her eyes still shut.
"Okay, picture this. We're sitting together on a dock. It's nice and sunny. Not too hot, it's perfect. We've got food, beer, and absolutely no way for anyone to take us away. No phone. No computer. Nothing."
"How primitive!" Sam said laughing.
"And we're fishing...and best of all there's no pesky fish to bother us..." Jack finished and Sam laughed and wrapped her arms around Jack. Sam fell asleep in his arms, and soon Jack fell asleep, too.
Hours later, Jack awoke. Something had woken him, but he didn't remember what it had been. He listened for a minute...no thumping. He looked down at Sam's pale face. She looked even paler than before, he felt her forehead...she felt hotter than before. She was soaked with sweat. Jack started to panic, he shook her, but she wouldn't wake up. "Sam? Sam? Come on!" Jack stopped. He set her down on the bed and got out of the tent. It was freezing in the shelter, but Sam was too hot, so Jack began to pull down the blankets. He stripped off the blanket off of the bed careful not to hurt Sam. Jack then began to pull her jacket off. He knew he would need to get more than her jacket off to get her cooled down. Jack pulled back the top sheet on the bed. He then undid Sam's belt, unbuttoned the top, zipped the zipper down, he lifted Sam a bit and slid off her pants. Jack slid her onto the bottom sheet and then pulled off her shirt. Sam was left only wearing panties and a bra. Jack covered her with the sheet and then laid down next to her hoping she would be alright. That she would wake up the next morning. Jack closed his eyes and tried to think about fishing...fishing with Sam.
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TBC...
Stargate SG-1
"A Walk with Dinosaurs"
Chapter 3 - Surviving
Early the next morning Sam awoke to see that Jack had fallen asleep, too. "Colonel," Sam said quietly.
"Carter?" Jack asked tiredly.
"They've stopped."
"For how long?"
"I don't know. Maybe they left."
"Or maybe they're waiting for us?"
"Well, what do we do? If we open the door and they're out there then we're dead, but if we wait."
"We might be dead anyway?"
"Exactly, sir."
"Carter, see how long the rations are suppose to last and then figure out how long we can stretch them."
"Yes, sir," she said and then opened the closet and took out a pad of paper and a pen. Jack watched her, she was shaking as she wrote. Jack looked around the fallout shelter, he had remembered that it had gotten pretty cold the night before, and if they hadn't been so close together it would have been colder.
"Carter, you said there were blankets, didn't you?"
"Yes, sir," Carter said and then pulled out a stack of blankets out amd handed them to him. "There's eight here, plus the four that are already on the bunks."
"Good," he said as he took the blankets.
Carter went back to her inventory, and then turned to O'Neill," there's enough for one month, but we could stretch it out to one and a half maybe two months."
"Okay, good."
Sam walked over to the door and pressed her ear to see if she could hear anything. Suddenlly the door was hit and Sam jumped back and fell to the floor. The thumping began again, "they're still out there."
Jack helped Sam up, "you okay?"
"Yes, sir."
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Later That Day...
It started to get cold and the thumping had stopped. Jack looked over to Sam, she still looked scared, and tired. Jack got up onto the top bunk and shoved the blanket over the side next to the wall. He jumped down and pulled it down and tucked it in. He pulled the two blankets off of the other bunks and covered the front and back of the bunk. "Get in Sam," Jack said but turned to see that she had fallen asleep sitting up. Jack pulled off her boots and her jacket and laid her in the lower bunk and then threw in seven of eight blankets. Jack put up one of the blankets over the side opening and then got in, and covered Sam. Jack laid down next to her and fell asleep.
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Two Weeks Later...
Sam and Jack had not been rescued or heard from the SGC. They had stretched out the rations to last them two to three months. They had moved the other set of bunks in front of the door, so in case they broke through there would be more in their way. Sam had begun to get sick, Jack didn't know why, but she had. He was worried for her. Jack looked over at her sleeping form, she was pale...at least she was having a peaceful sleep, the raptors hadn't interrupted yet with their thudding against the door. He went over and laid next to Sam watching her as he carefully traced her face. She opened her eyes to see Jack. They just laid there looking into each others' eyes for several minutes until it was broken by the raptors beginning to run into the door. The thuds seemed louder than usual somehow...perhaps because of how silent it had become in the fallout shelter. Sam's eyes began to tear up, "when are they coming?"
"Soon, they're coming soon," Jack told her pulling her into his arms. "It's just too dangerous now."
"I wish they'd just go away!"
"I know, I know. But it's going to be okay..."
"How can you be so sure?"
"We'll be fine."
"But I'm sick and we don't know why...for all we know you could get sick too."
"We'll be fine. You're gonna get better and we're going home soon." Jack felt her forehead, she was burning up. Jack sat up and went to retrieve a med kit. He pulled out a packet and then mixed it with water. Jack took it over to the bed to Sam. He helped her sit up and made sure that she drank the liquid mixture. "This should help your fever."
"Thanks," she told him after drinking it down. "We sure there's not another way to the gate?" Sam asked eying the door.
"That door's the only way out," Jack told her. "We're going to be fine Sam."
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Sam opened her eyes, she had fallen asleep again. She had been sleeping more and more since she had started to feel sick. She turned over to see that Jack wasn't next to her. Sam sat up and looked around the shelter...no Jack? Where was he? The other bunk beds had been moved away from the door, had he left her? Sam got up and walked over to the door and listened...there was no sound, so she opened the door and peeked out...no dinosaurs. Sam opened the door and walked out of the shelter, she closed the door behind her. She started off towards the gate. It was quiet and she hadn't seen any dinosaurs. Finally, Sam could see the stargate and realized that she hadn't seen Jack, she didn't bring a GDO, and she hadn't brought a radio so the stargate was really no use to her. Sam was suddenly pulled into a bush. It was Jack! "What the HELL do you think you're doing?" he asked her angrily.
"I thought you left me," she told him softly.
"I wouldn't leave you...you shouldn't be out of the shelter let alone bed!"
"I'm sorry."
"Let's get back to the shelter," Jack told her.
"But the gate..."
"I've already sent a message, the general will be sending help tomorrow." Sam smiled at Jack's news.
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Sam and Jack were almost back to the shelter when a pack of raptors started after them. Jack held onto Sam as they ran, but he tripped on a rock bringing both himself AND Sam down hard on the ground. Jack got up quickly dragging Sam with him and quickly made it into the shelter. Just as Jack locked the door the raptors ran into it. Jack looked around to see that Sam ad retreated into the bunk beds he had made into a tent of sorts. Jack pushed back the other beds against the door. He climbed into the tent and then closed the flap, Sam was sitting in the back left corner with her knees to her chest, her arms wrapped around her knees, and her chin resting on her knees as she looked at Jack. Jack sat next to Sam and pulled her into his arms. "It's going to be okay Sam."
"I know. General Hammond is sending a rescue team tomorrow."
"Exactly."
"So, we just need to wait a few hours more..."
"Why don't you close your eyes and try to get some rest?" Jack suggested.
"I can't..." she told him. She hated it when the raptors thumped the door, it made her feel like they were going to break through at any moment.
"Just close your eyes..."
"Is that an order?" she asked playing.
Jack smiled, "yes." So, Sam closed her eyes while Jack held her. "Now think about some place else..."
"Where?" she asked with her eyes still shut.
"Okay, picture this. We're sitting together on a dock. It's nice and sunny. Not too hot, it's perfect. We've got food, beer, and absolutely no way for anyone to take us away. No phone. No computer. Nothing."
"How primitive!" Sam said laughing.
"And we're fishing...and best of all there's no pesky fish to bother us..." Jack finished and Sam laughed and wrapped her arms around Jack. Sam fell asleep in his arms, and soon Jack fell asleep, too.
Hours later, Jack awoke. Something had woken him, but he didn't remember what it had been. He listened for a minute...no thumping. He looked down at Sam's pale face. She looked even paler than before, he felt her forehead...she felt hotter than before. She was soaked with sweat. Jack started to panic, he shook her, but she wouldn't wake up. "Sam? Sam? Come on!" Jack stopped. He set her down on the bed and got out of the tent. It was freezing in the shelter, but Sam was too hot, so Jack began to pull down the blankets. He stripped off the blanket off of the bed careful not to hurt Sam. Jack then began to pull her jacket off. He knew he would need to get more than her jacket off to get her cooled down. Jack pulled back the top sheet on the bed. He then undid Sam's belt, unbuttoned the top, zipped the zipper down, he lifted Sam a bit and slid off her pants. Jack slid her onto the bottom sheet and then pulled off her shirt. Sam was left only wearing panties and a bra. Jack covered her with the sheet and then laid down next to her hoping she would be alright. That she would wake up the next morning. Jack closed his eyes and tried to think about fishing...fishing with Sam.
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TBC...