The Arrival:
Abydos:
Jack stumbled out of the Stargate. He had forgotten how unpleasant an experience wormhole travel was. He stood up, wiped the frost off his face, and quickly scanned his surroundings. Everything was exactly as he remembered, except, of course, the group of men pointing a variety of weapons at him.
One of the men stepped forward; Jack couldn't make out many details of the man's appearance, as he seemed to be wearing a robe two sizes too large, with a hood covering most of his face, but the muffled sneezes coming from under the hood sounded suspiciously familiar.
"Dr. Jackson, I presume?" Jack said nonchalantly.
The hood of man's robe slipped back to reveal sandy brown hair. "Colonel O'Neill" he said hesitantly.
"Hi, honey, I'm home," Jack said, grinning.
Kasuf entered the gateroom. "O'Neill," he said, his face lighting up with pleasure. "Welcome back." Turning to Skaara, he said "Son, inform the women that O'Neill has returned. Tonight we will feast !"
"Oh joy, more roast lizard," Jack thought.
After ordering Kowalsky and Ferretti to stand guard, Jack followed Daniel out of the gateroom.
"I was kinda surprised to see you here. I wasn't sure if you were still alive," Jack said.
"Of course I'm alive, why would you think otherwise" Daniel said, puzzled.
"Oh, no reason" Jack said. "Just that someone or something tried to visit earth about a year after our little adventure here. They couldn't get through because the USAF, in its infinite wisdom, put the Stargate in a large crate. I'll spare you the technobabble explanation, but apparently the wormhole thingie couldn't form right. Anyway, they thought it was you, trying to come back home. I hoped it wasn't. I've spent the last five years wondering how you were doing. I'm glad you're okay."
Daniel smiled shyly, "I didn't know anyone missed me" he said. They walked out into the harsh Abydonian sunlight. Jack removed his baseball cap to wipe his brow.
Daniel glanced at Jack, startled by the sight of silver hair. 'My god, he's completely gray. How long has it been? It can't have been more than five years since I've seen him, it can't be,' Daniel thought, rattled. Jack replaced the cap.
Abydos:
Jack stumbled out of the Stargate. He had forgotten how unpleasant an experience wormhole travel was. He stood up, wiped the frost off his face, and quickly scanned his surroundings. Everything was exactly as he remembered, except, of course, the group of men pointing a variety of weapons at him.
One of the men stepped forward; Jack couldn't make out many details of the man's appearance, as he seemed to be wearing a robe two sizes too large, with a hood covering most of his face, but the muffled sneezes coming from under the hood sounded suspiciously familiar.
"Dr. Jackson, I presume?" Jack said nonchalantly.
The hood of man's robe slipped back to reveal sandy brown hair. "Colonel O'Neill" he said hesitantly.
"Hi, honey, I'm home," Jack said, grinning.
Kasuf entered the gateroom. "O'Neill," he said, his face lighting up with pleasure. "Welcome back." Turning to Skaara, he said "Son, inform the women that O'Neill has returned. Tonight we will feast !"
"Oh joy, more roast lizard," Jack thought.
After ordering Kowalsky and Ferretti to stand guard, Jack followed Daniel out of the gateroom.
"I was kinda surprised to see you here. I wasn't sure if you were still alive," Jack said.
"Of course I'm alive, why would you think otherwise" Daniel said, puzzled.
"Oh, no reason" Jack said. "Just that someone or something tried to visit earth about a year after our little adventure here. They couldn't get through because the USAF, in its infinite wisdom, put the Stargate in a large crate. I'll spare you the technobabble explanation, but apparently the wormhole thingie couldn't form right. Anyway, they thought it was you, trying to come back home. I hoped it wasn't. I've spent the last five years wondering how you were doing. I'm glad you're okay."
Daniel smiled shyly, "I didn't know anyone missed me" he said. They walked out into the harsh Abydonian sunlight. Jack removed his baseball cap to wipe his brow.
Daniel glanced at Jack, startled by the sight of silver hair. 'My god, he's completely gray. How long has it been? It can't have been more than five years since I've seen him, it can't be,' Daniel thought, rattled. Jack replaced the cap.