Disclaimer: Not mine...don't own anything...yadda...
Authors Note: I think I've accidentally made Daniel regress to about the age of five in this chapter, but at least his body's still *very* adult, plus...HE'S NAKED!!!!!
God, I love my imagination!
Danny's gratuitous nudity is for Dena; the rest is for you guys...
Procrastination
Chapter 2: Aqua
Daniel Jackson ran (as much as one can over sand) the last few metres to the Oasis. Before he even hit the water he had shed his heavy backpack, glasses and Jacket, only stopping momentarily at the water's edge to pull off the rest of his outer garments before wading quickly into the pool.
Jack barely noticed his team mate's relative nudity, having become more interested in securing the perimeter around the Oasis. But Sam stopped short at the edge of the pool and watched in surprise (and some measure of arousal) as Daniel hit the water running and dove quickly under the surface - only to rise again like a Phoenix from the ashes, droplets of water running madly down his muscular torso.
Seemingly unaware of his friend's trance-like state, he turned around in the water and swam a few laps before stopping to tread water in the centre. "You coming in?" he yelled as she blinked a few times in rapid succession.
"Uh, " Give Major / Doctor Carter a Naquada reactor and she could ramble about it for hours on end, but when confronted with a tanned and very naked male in an 'every woman's fantasy' scenario, she was rendered practically speechless.
"Be there in a minute Danny." The sound of Jack's voice next to her shook Sam out of her silent reverie, and she glanced quickly at her CO. "Carter, you okay?"
"Fine Sir." She managed to blurt out before turning her attention back to the unlikely Adonis in the water. "When did Daniel get so..."
"Beefy?" Jack grinned at his 2IC. "One of the proviso's Hammond made for his inclusion on SG1 was that Daniel got up to par. Teal'c and I have been training him for the past few years. Not just getting him fit," he added quickly, pride glowing on his face, "but weapons and basic military training too."
"Wow." Sam murmured quietly. "You did a good job."
Suddenly Jack didn't feel so pleased with himself. "Yeah, I guess." He muttered before setting his pack down on the sand and removing his jacket.
Sam grinned. "You're Jealous!" she stated in surprise.
"Why would I be jealous, Carter?" Jack pulled off his sunglasses and reached into his pack for the empty canteen. He looked back up at the Major. "I may be a little older than Danny, but I can still hold my own."
She smiled in reply. "I know." She said quietly as she looked into his eyes.
*That* look.
That look that said all he needed to hear. The look that told him he had no reasons at all to worry about Daniel. The look that in less than a second managed to reduce the green eyed monster roaring happily within him to nothing but a mushy puddle.
He smiled back.
Turning his attention back to the archaeologist frolicking happily in the water, he walked over to the edge of Oasis, bent (rather painfully) at the knees and began to fill his canteen. He then returned the now full container to the confines of his weapons belt before removing his hat and Jacket.
"You going in?" he asked Sam as she sat on the sand and removed her boots and socks. "Yeah, in a minute."
Jack grinned cheekily as he watched her peel off her vest and jacket, only to experience some measure of disappointment as she rolled her trousers up around her calves and her sleeves up to her elbows.
"You can't swim like that!" he blurted out, causing her to give her superior officer a decidedly distasteful glare.
"I'm not going swimming sir." Sam stated primly. "It's alright for you and Daniel to strip down to your boxers, but personally, I'd rather not expose myself too much." She looked at him for a moment, a glint of playfulness evident in her eyes. "In case you didn't realise, I wasn't exactly *made* the same as you two."
Jack blushed furiously.
IwillnotstareatherchestIwillnotstareatherchestIwillnotstareather..."damn!" he cursed as he forcefully removed his gaze from her person and looked determinedly over at Daniel, who was now doing backstroke whilst having simultaneously created a man made fountain using nothing but water and his mouth.
Sam giggled in response before standing up and wandering over to the water's edge. "Don't you think it would've been best if we tested the water before going in?" she called to her CO, suddenly remembering the scientist inside her.
"Probably." Jack agreed as he came to stand by her. "But I don't think a battalion of Jaffa could have stopped Danny going in. Besides," he added as an afterthought, "He seems okay."
Sam nodded absently, desperately trying to ignore the fact that O'Neill was now, also, semi-naked.
"C'mon Jack!" Daniel yelled from the water as the Colonel took a tentative step into the inviting pool. Sam sat down heavily at the water's edge and submerged her feet in the cool water. "Give me strength." She muttered to herself, grimacing at the cruel humour of the Gods. "I'm only a woman! Jeez..."
A cold shower would be great right now she mused as she splashed her face and arms. Unfortunately for her, the water in the Oasis was more like a lukewarm bath, and did absolutely *nothing* to ease her libido, which was currently behaving entirely unprofessionally.
Suddenly, as if out of nowhere, the humidity in the air dissipated and was replaced by mild breeze, which quickly changed to a high wind.
Sam jumped quickly to her feet. "Sand Storm!" She yelled at her companions. Jack stopped trying to drown Daniel and instead grabbed him and started pulling him towards the edge of the water.
The team dressed quickly, Jack and Daniel's clothes sticking uncomfortably to their damp bodies. "We need to find shelter." The Colonel called over the noise of the now storm force winds.
"Where?" Daniel looked frantically at the horizon. Aside from the pool, all he could see for miles around him was sand.
"I don't know!" Sam yelled back, hauling her vest over her Jacket. "But if we don't get out of this soon we're gonna be in serious trouble!"
"The tents. Get the tents out!" The Colonel ordered, unclipping his own from the base of his pack.
"There's no time to put them up!" Daniel replied, looking decidedly concerned.
"We don't need to. Just open them out and get under them!"
Sam helped Daniel open his tent out just as the first wave of sand assaulted them from the north. Quickly as they could, the team managed to tie the two tents together using the guy ropes and crawled underneath, each sitting on a section of the material in a desperate attempt to stop it blowing away.
"What now?" Carter asked, wincing as the sand battered against her back.
"Now we sit it out." Jack replied, his confidence only wavering internally. "Anyone bring a pack of cards?"
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Authors Note: I think I've accidentally made Daniel regress to about the age of five in this chapter, but at least his body's still *very* adult, plus...HE'S NAKED!!!!!
God, I love my imagination!
Danny's gratuitous nudity is for Dena; the rest is for you guys...
Procrastination
Chapter 2: Aqua
Daniel Jackson ran (as much as one can over sand) the last few metres to the Oasis. Before he even hit the water he had shed his heavy backpack, glasses and Jacket, only stopping momentarily at the water's edge to pull off the rest of his outer garments before wading quickly into the pool.
Jack barely noticed his team mate's relative nudity, having become more interested in securing the perimeter around the Oasis. But Sam stopped short at the edge of the pool and watched in surprise (and some measure of arousal) as Daniel hit the water running and dove quickly under the surface - only to rise again like a Phoenix from the ashes, droplets of water running madly down his muscular torso.
Seemingly unaware of his friend's trance-like state, he turned around in the water and swam a few laps before stopping to tread water in the centre. "You coming in?" he yelled as she blinked a few times in rapid succession.
"Uh, " Give Major / Doctor Carter a Naquada reactor and she could ramble about it for hours on end, but when confronted with a tanned and very naked male in an 'every woman's fantasy' scenario, she was rendered practically speechless.
"Be there in a minute Danny." The sound of Jack's voice next to her shook Sam out of her silent reverie, and she glanced quickly at her CO. "Carter, you okay?"
"Fine Sir." She managed to blurt out before turning her attention back to the unlikely Adonis in the water. "When did Daniel get so..."
"Beefy?" Jack grinned at his 2IC. "One of the proviso's Hammond made for his inclusion on SG1 was that Daniel got up to par. Teal'c and I have been training him for the past few years. Not just getting him fit," he added quickly, pride glowing on his face, "but weapons and basic military training too."
"Wow." Sam murmured quietly. "You did a good job."
Suddenly Jack didn't feel so pleased with himself. "Yeah, I guess." He muttered before setting his pack down on the sand and removing his jacket.
Sam grinned. "You're Jealous!" she stated in surprise.
"Why would I be jealous, Carter?" Jack pulled off his sunglasses and reached into his pack for the empty canteen. He looked back up at the Major. "I may be a little older than Danny, but I can still hold my own."
She smiled in reply. "I know." She said quietly as she looked into his eyes.
*That* look.
That look that said all he needed to hear. The look that told him he had no reasons at all to worry about Daniel. The look that in less than a second managed to reduce the green eyed monster roaring happily within him to nothing but a mushy puddle.
He smiled back.
Turning his attention back to the archaeologist frolicking happily in the water, he walked over to the edge of Oasis, bent (rather painfully) at the knees and began to fill his canteen. He then returned the now full container to the confines of his weapons belt before removing his hat and Jacket.
"You going in?" he asked Sam as she sat on the sand and removed her boots and socks. "Yeah, in a minute."
Jack grinned cheekily as he watched her peel off her vest and jacket, only to experience some measure of disappointment as she rolled her trousers up around her calves and her sleeves up to her elbows.
"You can't swim like that!" he blurted out, causing her to give her superior officer a decidedly distasteful glare.
"I'm not going swimming sir." Sam stated primly. "It's alright for you and Daniel to strip down to your boxers, but personally, I'd rather not expose myself too much." She looked at him for a moment, a glint of playfulness evident in her eyes. "In case you didn't realise, I wasn't exactly *made* the same as you two."
Jack blushed furiously.
IwillnotstareatherchestIwillnotstareatherchestIwillnotstareather..."damn!" he cursed as he forcefully removed his gaze from her person and looked determinedly over at Daniel, who was now doing backstroke whilst having simultaneously created a man made fountain using nothing but water and his mouth.
Sam giggled in response before standing up and wandering over to the water's edge. "Don't you think it would've been best if we tested the water before going in?" she called to her CO, suddenly remembering the scientist inside her.
"Probably." Jack agreed as he came to stand by her. "But I don't think a battalion of Jaffa could have stopped Danny going in. Besides," he added as an afterthought, "He seems okay."
Sam nodded absently, desperately trying to ignore the fact that O'Neill was now, also, semi-naked.
"C'mon Jack!" Daniel yelled from the water as the Colonel took a tentative step into the inviting pool. Sam sat down heavily at the water's edge and submerged her feet in the cool water. "Give me strength." She muttered to herself, grimacing at the cruel humour of the Gods. "I'm only a woman! Jeez..."
A cold shower would be great right now she mused as she splashed her face and arms. Unfortunately for her, the water in the Oasis was more like a lukewarm bath, and did absolutely *nothing* to ease her libido, which was currently behaving entirely unprofessionally.
Suddenly, as if out of nowhere, the humidity in the air dissipated and was replaced by mild breeze, which quickly changed to a high wind.
Sam jumped quickly to her feet. "Sand Storm!" She yelled at her companions. Jack stopped trying to drown Daniel and instead grabbed him and started pulling him towards the edge of the water.
The team dressed quickly, Jack and Daniel's clothes sticking uncomfortably to their damp bodies. "We need to find shelter." The Colonel called over the noise of the now storm force winds.
"Where?" Daniel looked frantically at the horizon. Aside from the pool, all he could see for miles around him was sand.
"I don't know!" Sam yelled back, hauling her vest over her Jacket. "But if we don't get out of this soon we're gonna be in serious trouble!"
"The tents. Get the tents out!" The Colonel ordered, unclipping his own from the base of his pack.
"There's no time to put them up!" Daniel replied, looking decidedly concerned.
"We don't need to. Just open them out and get under them!"
Sam helped Daniel open his tent out just as the first wave of sand assaulted them from the north. Quickly as they could, the team managed to tie the two tents together using the guy ropes and crawled underneath, each sitting on a section of the material in a desperate attempt to stop it blowing away.
"What now?" Carter asked, wincing as the sand battered against her back.
"Now we sit it out." Jack replied, his confidence only wavering internally. "Anyone bring a pack of cards?"
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