Daniel has been awake for two hours now watching the news as the anchorman announced the morning news
"Within the group of 40 new 'employees' about to be transported onto Anubis' ship in orbit around Earth, 3 men managed to escape and armed themselves with Zat'n'katal's and with a shock grenade, the remaining family members of the three where taken aboard the ship and executed in front of the other 'employees' and broadcasted around the world as a warning to everyone who is thinking to rebel, the three that escaped have so far eluded capture and are said to be hiding in the lost city of New-York, Jaffa warriors are still looking for them"
"In other news R&S Technology's have lost 10 more plants around the country, and have reported the lose of valuable technology in the billions of dollars, they have been down 70% in the last year alone and are declaring themselves closed, all technology has been rounded up and destroyed, anyone found with any sort of higher technology will be put to death by order of Anubis"
Daniel shut off the TV with anger, his fingers tightly clenching onto the remote control until his knuckles turned white this can't be true he thought to himself, it was then that he decided to try and leave his bed, the wheelchair was by the bed so he easily pushed himself with his hands; he misjudged the distance and found himself on the floor with one hand hanging onto the bed rail and the other hanging onto the wheelchair. Something appeared strange to him as he crashed into the floor; he felt the hard jolt and was amazed to sense the hurt he felt in his rear. He was glad no one came rushing in though and several minutes after catching his breath he was able to pull himself into the chair.
He wheeled into the bathroom and pulled up to a standing position using the sink, he looked in the mirror at his reflection as his face stared back. He had a day old beard meaning that nurse probably shaved him the day before, his dark brown eyes staring at him. He thought to himself how in hell can anybody be fooled like this today? And what the hell is going on? It's not possible that they don't know who I am but I'll guess I'll play along until I figure out what's going on or until Carter wakes up and we make a run for it He figured maybe both his and Sam's dog tags where lost in the crash but how can they not know who they where especially with all the technology they had. Finger prints, DNA testing, photos, missing persons reports, and he was absolutely sure that General Hammond will never rest until he found them so how could 11 years go by? He wasn't buying it, not for a second, besides these 'doctors' missed some more things that gave him irrefutable clues they where lying but for now he just went along with what they told him. Until Sam wakes he said to himself as he lowered back into the chair and turned on the water to wash his face.
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"Col. Makepeace? Teal'c? Have you finished the search?"
"Yes General, their apartments where empty but we did fine something Sir, A burnt up car, crashed out side the Chelsea highway, about 20 miles from the Einkorn Exit, we found the burnt wreckage and we can't be sure but we think it was Major Carter's assigned vehicle and Sir we did recover this" Makepeace handed the General the small slightly dented and blackened dog tags, the General turned them in his hand, his fingers slightly shaking as he read the names off the tag's while scratching the black away from the letters he read them out loud.
"O'Neill, J 2483769"
"Carter, S 5894038"
"And you didn't find anything else?" he asked not wanting to say the word bodies
"No Sir, we think they where taken before it exploded, we did recover the wreckage to inspect it further, Major Castleman thinks it was an incinerate device, he's looking into that right now"
"Then where are they?"
"We searched all the hospitals, no one matching their description was brought in"
"Thank you Col. Please continue your search, I have another lead to look into, dismissed" the Col saluted and left the office with a quick stride.
"I'm thinking of something" the General said mostly to himself but Teal'c who had remained silent for the duration of the conversation heard him and looked at him with an intriguing look.
"Are you thinking foul play General Hammond?" George looked at the man standing in front of him and nodded saying in a whispered voice
"With everything that the SGC and especially SG-1 has been through with the NID, it has crossed my mind" Teal'c bowed to the man in the chair
"I will continue the search as well General Hammond"
"I'll call you Teal'c, if this link will pan out I will need your help" Teal'c bowed again and left the office.
The General opened his laptop and logged onto the internet, finding the bulletin board he was looking for he typed in the message 'Agent Mulder – urgent please contact Texas man regarding Scally's problem' he closed the laptop keeping it still logged on as he leaned into his chair his hand covering his eyes and moving to the top of his head as he pondered if what he had just done was a smart thing to do, he thought about Col. O'Neill and Major Carter, Well at least it's a possibility that they are together, that's a good thing, I hope, but what about Daniel, where the hell is he? He couldn't stop worrying about a man he was responsible for, a man who had become part of the team even if he wasn't Air Force, the people of the SGC have long ago stopped thinking of Daniel Jackson as non military, civilian or even a geek, he was now for all attempts and purposes one of them, a member of the family, and George was worried.
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Okay, it's been maybe a day? Day and a half he thought to himself as he tried to free his hands. They were still tied behind his back as he was lying on the wooden floor of a dirty room, he pulled his left hand a bit knowing his right one was broken, in several places he though, the pain going through them was becoming a constant and he hardly noticed it anymore, he lifted his head to look around the room, there was nothing there except the wooden chair he was placed in when they interrogated him, otherwise the room was completely barren, even the only window was now barred with wood, the sun was infiltrating through the wooden boards and giving the cabin a strange glow, something reflected the sun's rays and it made him squint, he turned his head away and then forced himself to look at the disturbance again, something in the corner was reflecting the sun and it took him a second to recall, the first time they brought him to this place, they threw his glasses away, now they were lying in the corner smashed to peaces.
He used his shoulder and his heels to push himself toward the object, it took a while but finally his back was leaning against the corner wall and his fingers where franticly trying to drab a peace of the shredded glass.
Slowly he began sawing at the ropes binding his hands together. As the last movement caused the rope to rupture it made his hand jerk forward and caused a searing pain to run through his broken one, he bit down on his teeth and managed to stop the scream threatening to leave his throat, he still had no idea if the people that had him where still around and it would be in his best interest to remain quiet.
He cut his legs free and then stood shakily to his feet, he looked through the cracks in the wooden walls and saw nothing, he picked up the chair and swung it at the door with all the strength he could master using just one arm, the rotten wood gave in at the first throw and using one of the chairs legs as the only weapon he currently had he silently left the cabin, looking over his shoulder as he went, there was no one around to his amazement.
Okay how do you like how things are going so far? Next chapter is going to have much more action I promise, Please review and let me know what you think.
