CHAPTER TWO

Jack dodged back round into the gateroom, breathing a sigh of relief as he seemed to have lost Daniel. That boy had a good arm when he wanted to, he frowned as the gate glyphs engaged and the sirens sounded.

** UNAUTHORISED GATE ACTIVATION **

" What the hell?"

He looked to the control room and found the people in there looked as confused as he did,

" What's going on? Shut that gate down!" demanded Jack.

" We're tying sir, but something has overridden the system."

Jack muttered something but as he looked up, his eyes widened as Sam lay unconscious in the air, he shook his head sure he was seeing things. As he walked towards, he cried out as something flung him back against the wall and pressed down on his chest, preventing him from getting to her.

" Sam!!"

He struggled vallantly to get to his feet but each time, he was knocked back and forced down by an incredible force. He breathed heavilly forcing himself to his hands and knees, crawling towards the ramp trying to get to Sam. He gasped as a sudden force on his back forced him down unable to move. He was barely able to raise his head but as he did, he watched as Sam was taken through the gate, he reached out his hand and gasped,

" Sam..."

Daniel and Teal'c came running around the corner, Daniel watched as the gate shut down and he silently cursed while Teal'c knelt by Jack.

" O'Neill? Are you okay?"

Jack nodded slowly and with the help of Teal'c he got to his feet,

" Can anyone please tell me what the hell is going on?"

Daniel and Teal'c looked at one another blankly, Jack simply sighed before he asked," What planet did that gate open to?"

" P4J-765, Sir."

The remaining three members of SG-1 exchanged confused looks, all thinking the same thing. What did this whole mess have to do with P4J-765? Jack snapped into commanding role as he ordered,

" Daniel, find out as much as you can about this P4J-765, Teal'c ready the weapons and I'll go get us the authority to rescue Major Carter!"

He then marched off leaving Daniel and Teal'c to go their seperate ways.

DANIEL'S OFFICE...

Daniel scattered various scrolls all over his floor as he rummaged through for his mission notes, from now on he vowed to be more organised!

" Come on, come on. Where are you? You can't have gone far, not like you have legs or anything." He rambled on to himself.

He grunted in frustration, resting his hands on the table, clicking his tongue attempting to think where he could have left them. His head was spinning with so many thoughts, mixed emotions all confusing him and making it hard for him to think. Slowly he removed his glasses rubbing at his eyes but as he slipped them back on he gasped as a young woman's reflection flashed across the lenses.

" Who's there?"

Daniel shook his head and muttered to himself about going insane but his whole body froze to the spot as he could feel an imprint of lips tracing along the back of his neck. Suddenly his whole body shook as he could feel goosebumps raising all over his skin, his breathing quickened as a slight fear set in.

He took a deep breath, swallowing slowly before demanding," Who's there?!?"

He was sure he could hear someone whispering quietly to themselves but as he swung round, there was no-one there," Okay Danny boy, I think you've had a bit too much coffee today." He laughed slightly at his own joke before he slowly walked to the door, trying to overcome the feeling of being held in place.

As he rounded the corner, he let out a cry of shock as he was tripped up and as his back hit the ground he could feel something pressing down on his chest. He tilted his head back, eyes looking for anyone who might be able to help him but strangely the corridor was empty and dark. He gasped sharply as he was pulled violently by his legs, he kicked struggling against the hold on his legs.

Suddenly his legs dropped and it felt like he was free but as he sat up, something grappled him from behind forcing his head back and pushed him along.


** UNAUTHORISED GATE ACTIVATION **

Jack looked up sharply at the sound before he began to sprint towards the gateroom with Teal'c not far behind him. As he skidded to a halt, he shook his head at the sight of Daniel being pushed up the ramp to the gate, struggling against an invisible foe.

" Jack!" shouted Daniel out of sheer desperation.

Jack ran forward and grabbed hold of Daniel's outstretched arm, he began to pull against the force holding Daniel but it was too strong and he could feel himself sliding closer to the gate.

" Teal'c!"

Teal'c hurried forward taking Jack's waist pulling on him, Daniel looked pleadingly at Jack and whispered,

" Don't let go."

Jack nodded gritting his teeth and putting his whole strength into pulling trying to brace himself with his feet.

IN THE GATEROOM CONTROL ROOM...

General Hammond watched on as three of SG-1 struggled against something unseen pulling Daniel towards the gate, just as he was going to call for more backup. He gasped as the whole of SG-1 was pulled through the gate, leaving small ripples across the event horizon before it disipated into nothingness.

" What the..." uttered Hammond.

END OF CHAPTER TWO!