Jack watched the white robed men through a small pair of binoculars. The
men were armed, but not very well, he noticed. Two of them had rifles and
the other was only armed with two automatics. "There don't seem to be many
people." He said as he passed Sam the binoculars.
SG-1 was lying on a grassy hill above the small instillation below them. It was surrounded by a small wood and appeared to be almost deserted. "Perhaps the Goa'uld has not amassed many followers." Teal'c suggested from Jack's other side.
"He has a point, sir." Sam said as she passed the binoculars to Daniel. "The Goa'uld might be trying to hide on Earth and gathering a lot of followers would raise too much attention."
"So what are we going to do?" Daniel asked.
Jack looked at him. "We need a closer look." He said.
"I agree." Teal'c added.
"Alright." Jack said. "Carter, Daniel, stay here. Teal'c with me."
Jack wiggled backwards and down the slope until he was hidden from view. Then he stood up as Teal'c joined him. "We'll go around the back." Jack said softly.
Teal'c nodded. The pair made their way around the hill and began creeping toward the squat white building. When they reached the edge of the trees surrounding the building, Jack motioned Teal'c to sit down. Teal'c nodded once and lent back against a nearby tree.
Jack peered around the tree he was hiding behind, and frowned. He could see no guards at all around the back of the building. "Where are the guards?" he whispered to Teal'c.
"I do not know." Teal'c replied.
"Then let's take a closer look." Jack said after a moment's careful debate.
The pair checked the coast was clear, before running in a half crouch over the few meters of open grass to the building. Jack flattened himself against the wall and edged cautiously towards the nearby window. When he peered inside, he couldn't see anyone in the sparsely furnished room beyond the glass.
Jack ducked back quickly when someone entered. He watched the white robbed man wander through the room and noticed he was also armed with an automatic. Jack slipped back from the window when the guard left the room, and crept over to where Teal'c was standing. "Let's go." He said softly.
The pair made their way back into the trees and Jack pulled out a two-way radio from his back pocket. "Carter?" he asked into it.
"Yes, sir?" Sam's rather distant sounding voice replied.
"We're heading back." Jack said. "It seems the back door is the way in. There are a few guards inside the building, but most seem to be guarding the front."
"Yes, sir." Sam replied. "The guards out the front haven't moved."
"Good. We'll be there in a few minutes." Jack said and signed off.
Jack and Teal'c began walking quietly to the small hill where Sam and Daniel were waiting. But when they reached the other side of the small wood, five figures suddenly appeared before them, brandishing staff weapons. Jack cursed in surprise and jerked backwards behind a tree. Beside him, Teal'c did the same.
When he was covered, he spun, gun in hand, just in case someone was sneaking up on them. He saw no one. Jack grabbed his radio, just as the men behind him began firing at him with their staff weapons. "Carter . . . " he began as splinters of went flying.
Jack crouched behind the broad tree and peered around the trunk at the robbed figures beyond. "We see you sir." Sam said.
Beside him, Teal'c had drawn his zat gun and was firing at the enemy. Jack joined in. Three of the men were down, and the other two were hiding behind trees of their own. "Hold your position!" Jack barked into the radio.
Jack swore again when his clip ran out. But before he could do anything, he felt an intense pain at the back of his head. He turned and saw the somewhat blurry figure of another white robbed man. "O'Neill!" he heard Teal'c yell, which was quickly followed by a grunt of pain. The white robbed man reached back again and hit Jack across the face, and everything went black.
* * *
Sam watched in horror as five men appeared and began firing on her team mates as the came out of the trees behind the building below them. "What . . ?" she heard Daniel mutter beside her.
"Sir!" she barked into her radio.
"Carter . . . " she heard Jack say. "Hold your position!"
Sam turned and watched helplessly as the five white figures converged on Jack and Teal'c. She heard Jack fire at them with his gun, and saw several bursts from Teal'c's zat gun. Three fell. But then Sam saw three more move out of the trees behind the pair. "Sir!" she called. "Behind you!"
But she got no reply. As she watched, Teal'c stood up and ran towards a now dazed looking Jack, before taking a hit to the chest from a staff weapon. He let out a strangled gasp of pain and fell to the ground. The remaining figures gathered around Jack, and them began to carry him off.
Sam began wriggling backwards, but Daniel reached out and caught her arm. "What are you doing?" he asked.
"I'm going down there." Sam snapped. "Colonel O'Neill's in trouble and Teal'c could be seriously wounded."
"Wait." He said. "You heard Jack. He wouldn't want us to be captured too."
Sam wriggled back so she was once more lying beside Daniel. She glanced through the binoculars as the white figures carried an unconscious Jack back to the building. She glanced back at Teal'c and found him right where he had fallen. She frowned and reached for her mobile phone.
"Here." She said to Daniel and passed him the binoculars.
Daniel took them without a word and began to watch the building below. Sam dialled a number and soon heard a familiar voice. "Hammond."
"Sir, we have a problem." Sam got straight to the point.
"What's wrong, Major?" Hammond asked.
"Colonel O'Neill and Teal'c went closer to the building for a closer look and were discovered, sir." She explained. "Teal'c looks like he has been wounded, and Colonel O'Neill has been captured."
"Very well." Hammond said after a moment's pause. "Try and get Teal'c out of there. I'll have a medical team meet you there as soon as possible."
"Yes, sir." Sam answered and hung up.
"Well?" Daniel turned to her and asked.
"General Hammond is sending a medical team." She said. "But we have to get Teal'c out of there first."
Daniel nodded. "It's not going to be easy. They probably have some sort of sensor system set up. It would explain how they knew Jack and Teal'c were there."
"Maybe they were seen." Sam suggested.
Daniel turned and looked at her. "Jack? And Teal'c?" he asked.
Sam nodded, a half smile ghosting on her lips. "Point taken."
After a moment, she turned to Daniel. "Got any ideas?"
"I just might." Daniel grinned briefly at her, before wriggling backwards. "Come on."
SG-1 was lying on a grassy hill above the small instillation below them. It was surrounded by a small wood and appeared to be almost deserted. "Perhaps the Goa'uld has not amassed many followers." Teal'c suggested from Jack's other side.
"He has a point, sir." Sam said as she passed the binoculars to Daniel. "The Goa'uld might be trying to hide on Earth and gathering a lot of followers would raise too much attention."
"So what are we going to do?" Daniel asked.
Jack looked at him. "We need a closer look." He said.
"I agree." Teal'c added.
"Alright." Jack said. "Carter, Daniel, stay here. Teal'c with me."
Jack wiggled backwards and down the slope until he was hidden from view. Then he stood up as Teal'c joined him. "We'll go around the back." Jack said softly.
Teal'c nodded. The pair made their way around the hill and began creeping toward the squat white building. When they reached the edge of the trees surrounding the building, Jack motioned Teal'c to sit down. Teal'c nodded once and lent back against a nearby tree.
Jack peered around the tree he was hiding behind, and frowned. He could see no guards at all around the back of the building. "Where are the guards?" he whispered to Teal'c.
"I do not know." Teal'c replied.
"Then let's take a closer look." Jack said after a moment's careful debate.
The pair checked the coast was clear, before running in a half crouch over the few meters of open grass to the building. Jack flattened himself against the wall and edged cautiously towards the nearby window. When he peered inside, he couldn't see anyone in the sparsely furnished room beyond the glass.
Jack ducked back quickly when someone entered. He watched the white robbed man wander through the room and noticed he was also armed with an automatic. Jack slipped back from the window when the guard left the room, and crept over to where Teal'c was standing. "Let's go." He said softly.
The pair made their way back into the trees and Jack pulled out a two-way radio from his back pocket. "Carter?" he asked into it.
"Yes, sir?" Sam's rather distant sounding voice replied.
"We're heading back." Jack said. "It seems the back door is the way in. There are a few guards inside the building, but most seem to be guarding the front."
"Yes, sir." Sam replied. "The guards out the front haven't moved."
"Good. We'll be there in a few minutes." Jack said and signed off.
Jack and Teal'c began walking quietly to the small hill where Sam and Daniel were waiting. But when they reached the other side of the small wood, five figures suddenly appeared before them, brandishing staff weapons. Jack cursed in surprise and jerked backwards behind a tree. Beside him, Teal'c did the same.
When he was covered, he spun, gun in hand, just in case someone was sneaking up on them. He saw no one. Jack grabbed his radio, just as the men behind him began firing at him with their staff weapons. "Carter . . . " he began as splinters of went flying.
Jack crouched behind the broad tree and peered around the trunk at the robbed figures beyond. "We see you sir." Sam said.
Beside him, Teal'c had drawn his zat gun and was firing at the enemy. Jack joined in. Three of the men were down, and the other two were hiding behind trees of their own. "Hold your position!" Jack barked into the radio.
Jack swore again when his clip ran out. But before he could do anything, he felt an intense pain at the back of his head. He turned and saw the somewhat blurry figure of another white robbed man. "O'Neill!" he heard Teal'c yell, which was quickly followed by a grunt of pain. The white robbed man reached back again and hit Jack across the face, and everything went black.
* * *
Sam watched in horror as five men appeared and began firing on her team mates as the came out of the trees behind the building below them. "What . . ?" she heard Daniel mutter beside her.
"Sir!" she barked into her radio.
"Carter . . . " she heard Jack say. "Hold your position!"
Sam turned and watched helplessly as the five white figures converged on Jack and Teal'c. She heard Jack fire at them with his gun, and saw several bursts from Teal'c's zat gun. Three fell. But then Sam saw three more move out of the trees behind the pair. "Sir!" she called. "Behind you!"
But she got no reply. As she watched, Teal'c stood up and ran towards a now dazed looking Jack, before taking a hit to the chest from a staff weapon. He let out a strangled gasp of pain and fell to the ground. The remaining figures gathered around Jack, and them began to carry him off.
Sam began wriggling backwards, but Daniel reached out and caught her arm. "What are you doing?" he asked.
"I'm going down there." Sam snapped. "Colonel O'Neill's in trouble and Teal'c could be seriously wounded."
"Wait." He said. "You heard Jack. He wouldn't want us to be captured too."
Sam wriggled back so she was once more lying beside Daniel. She glanced through the binoculars as the white figures carried an unconscious Jack back to the building. She glanced back at Teal'c and found him right where he had fallen. She frowned and reached for her mobile phone.
"Here." She said to Daniel and passed him the binoculars.
Daniel took them without a word and began to watch the building below. Sam dialled a number and soon heard a familiar voice. "Hammond."
"Sir, we have a problem." Sam got straight to the point.
"What's wrong, Major?" Hammond asked.
"Colonel O'Neill and Teal'c went closer to the building for a closer look and were discovered, sir." She explained. "Teal'c looks like he has been wounded, and Colonel O'Neill has been captured."
"Very well." Hammond said after a moment's pause. "Try and get Teal'c out of there. I'll have a medical team meet you there as soon as possible."
"Yes, sir." Sam answered and hung up.
"Well?" Daniel turned to her and asked.
"General Hammond is sending a medical team." She said. "But we have to get Teal'c out of there first."
Daniel nodded. "It's not going to be easy. They probably have some sort of sensor system set up. It would explain how they knew Jack and Teal'c were there."
"Maybe they were seen." Sam suggested.
Daniel turned and looked at her. "Jack? And Teal'c?" he asked.
Sam nodded, a half smile ghosting on her lips. "Point taken."
After a moment, she turned to Daniel. "Got any ideas?"
"I just might." Daniel grinned briefly at her, before wriggling backwards. "Come on."