The door to Teal'c's room was closed, but was not locked. After
knocking on the door twice, Jack had allowed himself entry, entering the
fragrant candle-lit atmosphere of the Jaffa's personal quarters.
"How ya' doin' there, buddy?" he chimed as he entered, seeing Teal'c perusing a book in the corner on his bed, sitting upright, back straight, posture perfect. The tall man never was one for slouching.
Presentation over comfort, Jack surmised with a secret smile.
"I am well, O'Neill," Teal'c informed him and Jonas as they closed the door.
"Good." Jack cocked his head then, and added quickly, and straight to the point, "Not tired at all, are you?"
Teal'c's eyes travelled up from the pages of his old book then, and he replied stoically, "No, I am not."
Jonas stood to the side of O'Neill, looking down at a very close candle that he did not wish to set him alight. He took a step away from it cautiously. Afterwards, his eyes looked back to Teal'c, interested in the exchange between human and Jaffa.
"Why do you ask, O'Neill?" Teal'c inquired, closing the cover on his book, and setting it aside.
Jack rocked back and forth on his heels, hands in pockets casually as he replied, "Well, Jonas here has come up with a theory." With that, he fell silent, giving the Kelownan a look.
Jonas' eyes went wide, and he understood the hint that he was to take over the explanation from there.
Taking a breath, he began, "I've come to the conclusion that our recent dramatic experiences are somehow brought on by the dreams we're having beforehand. Take my dream for example; I had a dream that spiders followed us back through the wormhole, and the room became filled with them. And then it happened."
At that point, Jonas' voice trailed off rather abruptly, and he stared for a moment at the far wall.
"What's wrong? I thought you had this all figured out on the way down here," Jack said, a little disappointed the intelligent alien had lost his way during explaining.
"No, no, it's not that," Jonas told him immediately, shaking his head.
"Well what then?"
Jonas looked the Colonel in the eye, and then decided to turn his eye to Teal'c as he explained, the Jaffa having a much more open mind than Jack.
"When I was in the Gate-room, and we sent the UAV through, that was when the spiders appeared, right?"
Teal'c nodded once, his sign of agreement.
Jonas waited for it to hit the Jaffa, and when it didn't, he finally announced, "It was an outgoing wormhole."
Jack turned to him then, and seemed to be piecing it all together.
"Matter can't pass through an outgoing wormhole from the receiving end," Jonas said, adopting a look of sheer bewilderment. He looked a little like a child who had just heard that Santa Claus didn't exist, and was asking himself where all the presents came from.
"So, what then?" Jack pondered, looking between his two alien companions.
"Holograms," Jonas finalised. "I'd always thought that the spiders were real, whereas just the image of Hathor had been a hologram. Granted, a very advanced hologram, to be able to blast me across the room like she did, not to mention destroy the door to the mess hall."
Jack looked on the verge of exploding at all the confusing jargon.
"Think about it, there has to be someone here to control it all." Jonas sighed. "And it all has something to do with that planet... Alosha." He had had to search his mind thoroughly to recall the name of the planet in question, considering everyone in the vicinity insisted on referring to them as numbers and letters. It didn't make sense to the young alien.
"So what do you propose we do, Jonas Quinn?" Teal'c asked of him, rising from the bed.
Jonas shifted his weight on his feet slightly, and seemed to think about this for a little while before saying, "Well, when Carter wakes up, we're gonna have to piece together all that we have, and see where it leads us. There has to be something that can give us an answer. Surveillance cameras or something."
Jack turned his full body to the alien. "I'll go up to security, see if they've got anything."
Jonas nodded, and looked to Teal'c, seemingly waiting for his plan.
"I will lead a search of the base, and try to determine if there are any signs of sabotage or intrusion."
"And I'll go see Siler," Jonas finalised. "I wanna know if he has a theory on what happened to the Stargate."
With that, the three headed out of the door, and turned in their separate directions, off on their own individual tasks.
"How ya' doin' there, buddy?" he chimed as he entered, seeing Teal'c perusing a book in the corner on his bed, sitting upright, back straight, posture perfect. The tall man never was one for slouching.
Presentation over comfort, Jack surmised with a secret smile.
"I am well, O'Neill," Teal'c informed him and Jonas as they closed the door.
"Good." Jack cocked his head then, and added quickly, and straight to the point, "Not tired at all, are you?"
Teal'c's eyes travelled up from the pages of his old book then, and he replied stoically, "No, I am not."
Jonas stood to the side of O'Neill, looking down at a very close candle that he did not wish to set him alight. He took a step away from it cautiously. Afterwards, his eyes looked back to Teal'c, interested in the exchange between human and Jaffa.
"Why do you ask, O'Neill?" Teal'c inquired, closing the cover on his book, and setting it aside.
Jack rocked back and forth on his heels, hands in pockets casually as he replied, "Well, Jonas here has come up with a theory." With that, he fell silent, giving the Kelownan a look.
Jonas' eyes went wide, and he understood the hint that he was to take over the explanation from there.
Taking a breath, he began, "I've come to the conclusion that our recent dramatic experiences are somehow brought on by the dreams we're having beforehand. Take my dream for example; I had a dream that spiders followed us back through the wormhole, and the room became filled with them. And then it happened."
At that point, Jonas' voice trailed off rather abruptly, and he stared for a moment at the far wall.
"What's wrong? I thought you had this all figured out on the way down here," Jack said, a little disappointed the intelligent alien had lost his way during explaining.
"No, no, it's not that," Jonas told him immediately, shaking his head.
"Well what then?"
Jonas looked the Colonel in the eye, and then decided to turn his eye to Teal'c as he explained, the Jaffa having a much more open mind than Jack.
"When I was in the Gate-room, and we sent the UAV through, that was when the spiders appeared, right?"
Teal'c nodded once, his sign of agreement.
Jonas waited for it to hit the Jaffa, and when it didn't, he finally announced, "It was an outgoing wormhole."
Jack turned to him then, and seemed to be piecing it all together.
"Matter can't pass through an outgoing wormhole from the receiving end," Jonas said, adopting a look of sheer bewilderment. He looked a little like a child who had just heard that Santa Claus didn't exist, and was asking himself where all the presents came from.
"So, what then?" Jack pondered, looking between his two alien companions.
"Holograms," Jonas finalised. "I'd always thought that the spiders were real, whereas just the image of Hathor had been a hologram. Granted, a very advanced hologram, to be able to blast me across the room like she did, not to mention destroy the door to the mess hall."
Jack looked on the verge of exploding at all the confusing jargon.
"Think about it, there has to be someone here to control it all." Jonas sighed. "And it all has something to do with that planet... Alosha." He had had to search his mind thoroughly to recall the name of the planet in question, considering everyone in the vicinity insisted on referring to them as numbers and letters. It didn't make sense to the young alien.
"So what do you propose we do, Jonas Quinn?" Teal'c asked of him, rising from the bed.
Jonas shifted his weight on his feet slightly, and seemed to think about this for a little while before saying, "Well, when Carter wakes up, we're gonna have to piece together all that we have, and see where it leads us. There has to be something that can give us an answer. Surveillance cameras or something."
Jack turned his full body to the alien. "I'll go up to security, see if they've got anything."
Jonas nodded, and looked to Teal'c, seemingly waiting for his plan.
"I will lead a search of the base, and try to determine if there are any signs of sabotage or intrusion."
"And I'll go see Siler," Jonas finalised. "I wanna know if he has a theory on what happened to the Stargate."
With that, the three headed out of the door, and turned in their separate directions, off on their own individual tasks.