"Oh, admit it, Danny," Jack continued when everyone else had
arrived on the heavily forested planet, "You ARE accident prone."
"I believe that would be considered an understatement," Teal'c announced.
"I am not accident prone!" Daniel protested.
"Fercryinoutloud, Daniel, even Teal'c agrees. Do you know there are people placing bets on when you'll be in the infirmary again?"
Daniel glanced up at him suspiciously. "You don't happen to BE one of those people, are you Jack?"
"Me? Heck no," Jack said casually, placing his sunglasses securely over his eyes- never mind the fact that there was no sunlight trickling through the thick canopy. "I was just stating the fact."
Sam sent him a reproachful look and Teal'c raised an eyebrow as he issued a sideways glance. "What?" Jack asked innocently.
Daniel decided (wisely) to let it drop. "Well, anyway, THIS time will be different. I swear that I won't so much as-" And he tripped and fell down.
Sam couldn't help but to dissolve into fits of laughter as Jack and Teal'c hauled Daniel to his feet.
"Smooth, Spacemonkey," Jack said coolly.
"Are you injured, Daniel Jackson?" Teal'c asked in his level tone.
"Just my pride, I think," Daniel said ruefully as he regained his footing, and he waited for the sarcastic comment that he knew would come.
"You were saying, Danny?" Jack prompted teasingly.
Daniel gave him a hard 'ha ha, not funny,' look before walking forward briskly.
Jack leaned over to Sam and Teal'c. "You think it's safe for him to be going ahead on his own like that?"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Wonderful." Jack removed his sunglasses, finally realizing how useless they were, and looked up as the first smatterings of what promised to be a solid rain dropped from the sky. "It's raining. Can things possibly get any worse?"
"I am sure that would be quite possible, Colonel O'Neil," Teal'c responded.
"Yeah," Daniel added. "For example, it could start raining harder."
"Thanks Daniel," Jack said dryly as it immediately began to do so.
"We haven't seen a soul," Sam commented, peering around into the thick foliage. "Do you suppose it's uninhabited?"
"It does seem to take longer when there's little change in scenery, but it's only been two hours or so," Daniel said reasonably.
"And you've only fallen once the whole time!" Jack cried with false enthusiasm. "We're all so proud of you, Danny Boy."
"Thanks, Jack."
"I believe things have once again gotten worse," Teal'c
announced.
He was right. Spread out before him was a large swamp that appeared to have no end. And not an inch of it appeared to be solid ground. Joy.
"Aw, Fercryinoutloud. You kids see any way around it?"
"Afraid not, Sir," Sam said, looking left and right. "It stretches out in both directions; we'd have to go through it eventually. It seems that the only dry path is the way we came."
"Perhaps natives used this marsh as a sort of deterrent to enemies- one would need to go through the swamp to get to and from the Stargate," Daniel suggested in excitement.
"Let's follow the Yellow- Brick Road, then," Jack said cheerfully, though he made no movement.
Daniel added to the pile of clichés. "Sometimes the straightest path is through the mud."
Teal'c cocked an eyebrow. "Then perhaps it would be more wise to take a less straight path," he reasoned.
"It's one of those clichés that we like to use, T," Jack said as he picked his way after Daniel. But suddenly, Daniel was gone- there was simply no geek to follow.
he rest of SG-1 staggered across the squishy terrain to find Daniel sprawled on the ground, red welts popping up on his skin.
"Well, falling twice in an hour isn't bad either," Jack said as he reached Daniel.
"Two hours!" Daniel shot back defensively. "Ow! Not that hand, not that hand!" He quickly pulled away from Teal'c's assisting grasp. Jack couldn't repress an eye roll as he pulled Daniel to his feet with his other arm.
"What's the matter?" Sam asked.
"Nothing!" Daniel tried to brush it off. "Just an- ow- broken finger, and I fell into some type of hornets nest or something. Nothing serious."
"I believe that General Hammond said that a broken finger was enough to place you in a desk job, Daniel Jackson," Teal'c reminded.
"No," Daniel retorted. "HE said anything WORSE than a broken finger was serious. Emphasis on 'worse than.' Meaning that a broken finger alone is NOT serious.
"Well, yeah," Sam reasoned, "but wouldn't the combination of the broken finger AND the allergic reaction to the insect stings ass up to-"
"Come on, guys!" Jack burst, "Are you TRYING to get Daniel barred in at Base? The allergic reactions will clear up before we get back, and Hammond will never know. Daniel, can you cope?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Happens all the time." He had already placed a brace on his broken middle finger with Sam's help, and was now smearing lotion on the numerous red welts on all exposed skin.
"Then it's settled," Jack said in a final tone. "Let's move."
"Daniel?" Sam stopped him as he moved forward. "Maybe you should walk in back."
Daniel considered this, and after a moment shrugged and moved behind Teal'c.
"Good thinking, Carter," Jack said to Sam. "Everything does seem to happen to the guy in front."
"Well, at least this way we can find the booby traps before Daniel walks right into them."
Teal'c voice caused the two to stop and look back. "Where is Daniel Jackson?"
"Oh, Fercryinoutloud! You mean he's gone? AGAIN? Where?"
"I do not know. I have seen no trace of him."
Jack sighed. "All right, let's make a full sweep. He probably walked into a tree or something and got himself knocked out or something."
"I believe that would be considered an understatement," Teal'c announced.
"I am not accident prone!" Daniel protested.
"Fercryinoutloud, Daniel, even Teal'c agrees. Do you know there are people placing bets on when you'll be in the infirmary again?"
Daniel glanced up at him suspiciously. "You don't happen to BE one of those people, are you Jack?"
"Me? Heck no," Jack said casually, placing his sunglasses securely over his eyes- never mind the fact that there was no sunlight trickling through the thick canopy. "I was just stating the fact."
Sam sent him a reproachful look and Teal'c raised an eyebrow as he issued a sideways glance. "What?" Jack asked innocently.
Daniel decided (wisely) to let it drop. "Well, anyway, THIS time will be different. I swear that I won't so much as-" And he tripped and fell down.
Sam couldn't help but to dissolve into fits of laughter as Jack and Teal'c hauled Daniel to his feet.
"Smooth, Spacemonkey," Jack said coolly.
"Are you injured, Daniel Jackson?" Teal'c asked in his level tone.
"Just my pride, I think," Daniel said ruefully as he regained his footing, and he waited for the sarcastic comment that he knew would come.
"You were saying, Danny?" Jack prompted teasingly.
Daniel gave him a hard 'ha ha, not funny,' look before walking forward briskly.
Jack leaned over to Sam and Teal'c. "You think it's safe for him to be going ahead on his own like that?"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Wonderful." Jack removed his sunglasses, finally realizing how useless they were, and looked up as the first smatterings of what promised to be a solid rain dropped from the sky. "It's raining. Can things possibly get any worse?"
"I am sure that would be quite possible, Colonel O'Neil," Teal'c responded.
"Yeah," Daniel added. "For example, it could start raining harder."
"Thanks Daniel," Jack said dryly as it immediately began to do so.
"We haven't seen a soul," Sam commented, peering around into the thick foliage. "Do you suppose it's uninhabited?"
"It does seem to take longer when there's little change in scenery, but it's only been two hours or so," Daniel said reasonably.
"And you've only fallen once the whole time!" Jack cried with false enthusiasm. "We're all so proud of you, Danny Boy."
"Thanks, Jack."
"I believe things have once again gotten worse," Teal'c
announced.
He was right. Spread out before him was a large swamp that appeared to have no end. And not an inch of it appeared to be solid ground. Joy.
"Aw, Fercryinoutloud. You kids see any way around it?"
"Afraid not, Sir," Sam said, looking left and right. "It stretches out in both directions; we'd have to go through it eventually. It seems that the only dry path is the way we came."
"Perhaps natives used this marsh as a sort of deterrent to enemies- one would need to go through the swamp to get to and from the Stargate," Daniel suggested in excitement.
"Let's follow the Yellow- Brick Road, then," Jack said cheerfully, though he made no movement.
Daniel added to the pile of clichés. "Sometimes the straightest path is through the mud."
Teal'c cocked an eyebrow. "Then perhaps it would be more wise to take a less straight path," he reasoned.
"It's one of those clichés that we like to use, T," Jack said as he picked his way after Daniel. But suddenly, Daniel was gone- there was simply no geek to follow.
he rest of SG-1 staggered across the squishy terrain to find Daniel sprawled on the ground, red welts popping up on his skin.
"Well, falling twice in an hour isn't bad either," Jack said as he reached Daniel.
"Two hours!" Daniel shot back defensively. "Ow! Not that hand, not that hand!" He quickly pulled away from Teal'c's assisting grasp. Jack couldn't repress an eye roll as he pulled Daniel to his feet with his other arm.
"What's the matter?" Sam asked.
"Nothing!" Daniel tried to brush it off. "Just an- ow- broken finger, and I fell into some type of hornets nest or something. Nothing serious."
"I believe that General Hammond said that a broken finger was enough to place you in a desk job, Daniel Jackson," Teal'c reminded.
"No," Daniel retorted. "HE said anything WORSE than a broken finger was serious. Emphasis on 'worse than.' Meaning that a broken finger alone is NOT serious.
"Well, yeah," Sam reasoned, "but wouldn't the combination of the broken finger AND the allergic reaction to the insect stings ass up to-"
"Come on, guys!" Jack burst, "Are you TRYING to get Daniel barred in at Base? The allergic reactions will clear up before we get back, and Hammond will never know. Daniel, can you cope?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Happens all the time." He had already placed a brace on his broken middle finger with Sam's help, and was now smearing lotion on the numerous red welts on all exposed skin.
"Then it's settled," Jack said in a final tone. "Let's move."
"Daniel?" Sam stopped him as he moved forward. "Maybe you should walk in back."
Daniel considered this, and after a moment shrugged and moved behind Teal'c.
"Good thinking, Carter," Jack said to Sam. "Everything does seem to happen to the guy in front."
"Well, at least this way we can find the booby traps before Daniel walks right into them."
Teal'c voice caused the two to stop and look back. "Where is Daniel Jackson?"
"Oh, Fercryinoutloud! You mean he's gone? AGAIN? Where?"
"I do not know. I have seen no trace of him."
Jack sighed. "All right, let's make a full sweep. He probably walked into a tree or something and got himself knocked out or something."
