Title: Complications
Summary: Of course it was never going to be that easy. (Part 6 of 'Cause and Effect'. Sequel to 'Chase'.)
Author: jacksrubberduckie
E-mail: jacksrubberduckie@yahoo.co.uk
Rating: PG-13 cos I'm erring on the side of caution.
Category: Drama, suspense
Season/Spoilers: None
Warnings: Implications of death.
Archive: The Bath Tub (www.jacksrubberduckie.tk).
Disclaimer: Any character or plot device you recognise isn't mine. I borrowed them shamelessly and promise to return them in the condition I found them in. More or less... :)
Author's Notes: It's taken me a while and for a scary couple of days there I'd lost my 'groove' and was unable to write. But thankfully I found it again and here's the proof! Thanks to Annie, Claire and Erin, my test audience. Also to Tric, G, Jack and assorted Jackficcers for the encouragement that eventually helped me get back in the zone. If you like feedback is really nice and after all the effort this little part has taken I would very much appreciate it.
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We freeze, not much point ducking for cover. If our 'host' kept his word all anybody has out here are knives.
We were already automatically and subconsciously positioned so we're covered from all directions.
I can hear my blood pounding in my ear as the adrenaline kicks in.
Nothing happens.
No further sounds.
Which is odd and somehow more worrying than if we'd heard something else. It hits me there and then that we really are running for our lives out here. We get caught and it's game over. Literally.
By mutual assent we run again. My chest hurts and Selmak is exhausted, we both badly need to rest but we can't afford to. So I keep going relying on the adrenaline to keep me upright. All my concentration is going into preventing me from tripping or falling behind.
Dusk is falling and the light is dimming rapidly. It will make it harder for the Jaffa to see us but at the same time harder for us to see them.
A sudden sharp pain in my chest halts me. Oh god it hurts. I'm vaguely aware of tripping on a solid object on the ground just before I wind up face down in the dirt.
I can hear Sam trying to talk to me softly. She must be trying not to make too much noise.
Right now all I want is to get home.
From somewhere I manage to find the strength and will power to shake the fuzziness off and pull myself back up.
The voices around me still sound a little distant though.
"Jacob?" Jack sounds worried time to start paying a little more attention.
I shrug off his concern. "I'll be okay." He raises his eyebrow in a near perfect Teal'c imitation. "Really Jack I can manage."
He seems to take my reply as adequate for now.
"Right kids change of plan. Teal'c you and I will take off in separate directions. Lets try and confuse our pursuers. Daniel, Carter, Jacob get back to the gate we'll meet you there."
Teal'c takes off heading deeper into the forest back the way we've just come whilst Jack follows an animal trail leading off to our right.
Daniel insists he needs a minute to catch his breath before we set off. His intention is nice but it's fairly obvious he means I need a minute.
Then for the second time today we're startled by an ominous sound.
A thump.
Summary: Of course it was never going to be that easy. (Part 6 of 'Cause and Effect'. Sequel to 'Chase'.)
Author: jacksrubberduckie
E-mail: jacksrubberduckie@yahoo.co.uk
Rating: PG-13 cos I'm erring on the side of caution.
Category: Drama, suspense
Season/Spoilers: None
Warnings: Implications of death.
Archive: The Bath Tub (www.jacksrubberduckie.tk).
Disclaimer: Any character or plot device you recognise isn't mine. I borrowed them shamelessly and promise to return them in the condition I found them in. More or less... :)
Author's Notes: It's taken me a while and for a scary couple of days there I'd lost my 'groove' and was unable to write. But thankfully I found it again and here's the proof! Thanks to Annie, Claire and Erin, my test audience. Also to Tric, G, Jack and assorted Jackficcers for the encouragement that eventually helped me get back in the zone. If you like feedback is really nice and after all the effort this little part has taken I would very much appreciate it.
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We freeze, not much point ducking for cover. If our 'host' kept his word all anybody has out here are knives.
We were already automatically and subconsciously positioned so we're covered from all directions.
I can hear my blood pounding in my ear as the adrenaline kicks in.
Nothing happens.
No further sounds.
Which is odd and somehow more worrying than if we'd heard something else. It hits me there and then that we really are running for our lives out here. We get caught and it's game over. Literally.
By mutual assent we run again. My chest hurts and Selmak is exhausted, we both badly need to rest but we can't afford to. So I keep going relying on the adrenaline to keep me upright. All my concentration is going into preventing me from tripping or falling behind.
Dusk is falling and the light is dimming rapidly. It will make it harder for the Jaffa to see us but at the same time harder for us to see them.
A sudden sharp pain in my chest halts me. Oh god it hurts. I'm vaguely aware of tripping on a solid object on the ground just before I wind up face down in the dirt.
I can hear Sam trying to talk to me softly. She must be trying not to make too much noise.
Right now all I want is to get home.
From somewhere I manage to find the strength and will power to shake the fuzziness off and pull myself back up.
The voices around me still sound a little distant though.
"Jacob?" Jack sounds worried time to start paying a little more attention.
I shrug off his concern. "I'll be okay." He raises his eyebrow in a near perfect Teal'c imitation. "Really Jack I can manage."
He seems to take my reply as adequate for now.
"Right kids change of plan. Teal'c you and I will take off in separate directions. Lets try and confuse our pursuers. Daniel, Carter, Jacob get back to the gate we'll meet you there."
Teal'c takes off heading deeper into the forest back the way we've just come whilst Jack follows an animal trail leading off to our right.
Daniel insists he needs a minute to catch his breath before we set off. His intention is nice but it's fairly obvious he means I need a minute.
Then for the second time today we're startled by an ominous sound.
A thump.