[Disclaimer: Oh for Cryin' out loud I'm sure you all know to look at the first chapter by now.]
A/n: 'Kay people I'm SO sorry about the Delay but my muse was being evil. Every time I tried to write some more it just stood there, pointing and laughing at me, trying to make me write a Buffy/Harry crossover (…?). Eventually inspiration came in the form of a TV program on the SAS (…?) and watching the Lowdown thing…yay season seven starts on Monday! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!
As a consolation prize I wrote loads so there should be another chapter up soon, computer access permitting (I've still gotta type it up).
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A group of Jaffa were jogging along the road, just past the last houses in the settlement. They were relying on their tracking skills to follow the group of escapees and rescuers, who had gained sufficient lead on them to be out of visual range.
She waited with her newly gained Zat ready but slightly hidden behind her camouflaged body, ready to stop them. She was so engrossed in her task that she didn't see the man who had raised the alarm earlier as stood in his garden, near her.
As soon as the Jaffa were in range she dealt out four quick, accurate blasts, dropping them quickly. Hearing a snap behind her she turned abruptly, forked tongue flicking out to taste the air as she did so. She found herself face-to-face with the business end of a deadly looking crossbow.
"Drop the weapon." The man snarled his eyes trying to search out her face. He must have seen the Zat blasts, she silently chastised herself.
Giving a hiss of resignation she reverted back to her natural, pale green colouring, startling the man in front of her into almost pulling the trigger. "Drop it!" He demanded again, barely controlling an immense rage. She flicked her tongue out again; there was something about him that tasted familiar.
"I am not your enemy here." She told him, outwardly calm.
"I know what you are." He replied, positively seething. "I know what you've done." She felt her anger rise, a heated wave of emotion within her.
"You know nothing about me, I've done nothing wrong." She bit back venomously. The man looked slightly taken aback for a second before his eyes hardened.
"I saw, what you did to my daughter, she still hasn't woken from that and the healers say she may never wake up. That's all I need to know." The Lizard girl shook her head sadly.
"I am sorry, but I had nothing to do with that."
"Just like you had nothing to do with Alderman Jones' death!?" He answered sarcastically.
"The things he was doing to her were…unspeakable. He deserved it."
"Don't pretend that you are so, good, and, and…right. We all know what you did. The Voice told us how you murdered an innocent man." He spluttered. The girl shook her head, resigned to the fact that he wasn't going to change his mind any time soon. Looking at him once more, sorrow in her lidless, yellow orbs she whispered.
"I'm sorry." A look of understanding flashed across his face as she swiftly pushed the crossbow aside - the bolt whizzing harmlessly into a tree - and dealt him a solid blow to the head, dropping him solidly to the floor.
Darting back into the trees she ran off after the others, stopping only to muddle the tracks and throw off any Jaffa.
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"Hey, Where did, uh, She go?" Daniel suddenly asked, calling out to his companions worriedly. Janet looked back, faintly surprised but ushered him onwards.
"Daniel, we don't have the time for this." She exclaimed and dragged him along; assuring him that she would most probably turn up. Conceding that there probably wasn't much he'd be able to do right now anyway he followed after the others, silently hoping she'd be okay.
About ten minutes later they reached the area that they had been directed to and they set Jack and Sam down gently, taking the brief reprieve as a chance for Janet to tend them.
Taking a delicate look at their injuries she quickly triaged them, deciding that the only imminent danger they were in was the result of several days with little food or water, infection and a fever.
Pulling out the field dressings both she and Daniel started work on binding the wounds while Teal'c and Jacob kept a watch out for signs of any incoming Jaffa.
Daniel looked up and glanced around at them as he finished binding the dressings on Jack.
"Still no sign of…uh…?" Daniel queried as he stretched his back out.
"If you can think of an appropriate name it would make life much easier." Rasped a voice from beside his ear, causing him to jump in the air with an almost girlish gasp of surprise.
"Gees, now I know how you managed to avoid the Jaffa for so long." Commented Jacob as he and Teal'c lowered their weapons. The girl chuckled her raspy laugh and then turned her face to the sky with a frown. Daniels un-asked question was replied when a large, fat raindrop fell on his forehead, shortly followed by another, and another.
"The rain will hide our tracks from the Jaffa." Teal'c intoned, sounding slightly pleased.
"Yes, but we will have to move quickly, there is a storm on the way." As she spoke the heavens opened on them.
"But I still need to-" Janet started to protest but she was cut off.
"No, Now."
"But-"
"She's right Janet, we don't want to get stuck here in a storm, with Jaffa tracking us." Jacob told her. Janet reluctantly conceded the point and gathered her supplies back up again.
Moving swiftly into action they set off again, the Girl leading the way through the pouring rain. They slogged slowly through the muddy ground, leaving no footprints in the hard, wet ground until they reached running water - a large stream - where they stepped into the water and turned to head upstream.
Working their way upstream they dragged their feet wearily against the flow of the water, ignoring their screaming thigh muscles.
Following the stream they passed form the wooded area into a rocky, craggy area. Full of caves and dark holes they worked their way deeper into it until they reached an area where a break in the tall rocks let them through.
Glad to be out of the gushing water they walked through a canyon-like slit through the rocks, only sheltered a little from the stinging rain.
Daniel looked up from his position at the rear just in time to stop himself form walking into the weary Janet.
Mumbling an apology he peered past her to see why they had stopped. Seeing Teal'c and Jacob moving into what appeared to be a large crack in the rock they followed in.
To his surprise he found himself to be in a large, crudely furnished cave that had all the signs of having been inhabited for many years.
"Put them down here." The lizard girl instructed, laying out two large furs from a pile at the back of the 'cave'.
The moment they were down Janet bustled forward, taking care of them and finishing the job she had started earlier, once again pulling out her specialised emergency kit. Thankfully the rain had cooled them off and helped to relieve their fevers.
Daniel sat and watched in shock, shivering from the cold and trying to comprehend why anyone would want to do this to his friends.
'Sure, Jack can be annoying sometimes but…'
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Jacob sat with Sam, in much the same state as Daniel was in and Teal'c had taken up post by the 'cave' entrance, determined that no more harm would come to his friends.
Daniel was startled out of his stupor by…the lizard girl telling him to strip.
"What!?" he replied surprised.
"Strip your clothes off, wrap yourself up in this and sit by the fire." She repeated slowly, with a hint of a smirk. When he continued to just sit and stare at her she pointed at his soaked clothes. "Do you really want to get ill?" She stated with a glare worthy of Janet. He finally gave in with an injured glare and shuffled off to a discreet corner eager to get to the fire that was now in the hearth, burning almost without any smoke.
Moving on she persuaded Teal'c to change out of his clothes and warm up, despite his protests that his symbiote would keep him healthy. Jacob took even more cajoling but eventually he too gave in.
"Janet-" she started but was cut off by Janet's protests.
"No, I've got to-"
"You've done all you can for the time being, they'll live now and you did that. Come on, there's nothing you can do and your hands are white." The doctor finally gave in - her hands were numb with cold and not much use, though they had soothed the sunburn when she'd applied a slave - and headed to another discrete corner.
As she headed back to the fire to check on the pot that was now boiling over it Daniel spoke to her, pointing out a normally very valid point.
"Shouldn't you come and get warm?" he asked, concerned. She gave him a small chuckle and replied simply.
"I'm not wearing wet clothes." She could see him about to comment again and added; "I'm also cold blooded."
"Oh." He said and lapsed back into silence again. No-one spoke, even when Janet retuned and sat close by Daniel, leaning against him to try and warm up a little quicker.
The next thing they knew they had bowls of a steaming, rich meaty broth thrust into their hands. Eating the hot meal they silently thanked whichever deity was listening that they didn't have to suffer the MRE's.
Once finished they decided that Jacob would take first watch as he insisted that Selmak reduced his need to sleep, though the Girl didn't look all that pleased with the idea. Daniel had taken over for the last watch and had been joined by the lizard girl. She'd asked about earth and he'd spent the time telling her about things there, relating to her a life she'd never had.
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