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About ten minutes later, Daniel was peering at a small device well hidden in the bushes just beyond the base of the hill on which they had been watching from. "What do you think?" he whispered to Sam after they backed off a few paces.
Sam frowned. "I can't be sure, but I think it's rather like a force field device, except it projects a screen that probably sets off an alarm when broken."
"I thought it would probably be something like that." Daniel said, and frowned as he began to think. "So there would be no way around it, right?"
"No." Sam replied. "I don't think so." She paused. "I think it also has a basic force field around it, to prevent damage, but I can't be sure."
"So we can't destroy it, huh?" Daniel asked.
"Not unless we can get something past the field." Sam confirmed.
"Damn." Daniel said. "I was hoping for a way to damage it or something."
"Me too." Sam said sadly.
"Well, there's only one thing for it, then." Daniel said after a moment. "We'll have to run." He turned to Sam. "Do you think we can get Teal'c out of there in less than ten minutes?"
"Ten minutes?" Sam asked. "Why ten minutes?"
"Because that's how long it took the guards to respond." He said.
Sam nodded. "Let's go."
Sam and Daniel began to run through the trees and reached Teal'c within about a minute. Sam knelt and checked his pulse. "He's alive." She said shortly.
Daniel nodded as he checked the wound on his chest. "We should be able to move him, but Janet's going to have to work her magic when he gets back." He said.
"That bad?" Sam asked.
"Not good." Daniel replied.
Carefully, Sam picked up one of Teal'c's arms and slung it around her shoulders as Daniel did the same on the other side. "Ready?" she called softly.
"Ready." Daniel echoed.
As quickly as they could, Sam and Daniel began walking through the trees and back toward the road that they had come from. "Five minutes left." Daniel said softly as they reached the sensor again. Sam nodded.
Five minutes later they reached the road, just as a white van screeched up. The back doors flew open and Janet stuck her head out. "Get him in here!" she ordered.
Daniel and Sam helped put the still unconscious Teal'c into the van. Janet immediately began checking his wounds and issuing orders. Just before the doors were shut she lent towards Sam and said. "The General's sending SG-3 to help. They'll meet you down the road at 0930."
As the van roared off, taking Teal'c back to the SGC, Sam looked at her watch. "0915." She shook her head. "Come on Daniel. Let's go."
Daniel nodded and began following her up the road.
* * *
Jack came suddenly awake as a bucket of cold water was poured over his head. Or, at least, he hoped it was water. He winced as his head began to throb and squeezed his eyes shut against the bright light in the room. Jack tried to move his hand and realised that they had been bound. His shoulders were also throbbing.
Jack tried to move them as he opened his eyes and found himself hanging from the roof of a bare room, his knees just hovering above the floor. He tried to stand, but found his feet were chained to the wall behind him, so he could not. 'This is going to get painful.' He thought wryly.
As he watched, the large barred door in front of him opened and a large man wearing a white robe entered. "You are awake." He said, his voice surprisingly human.
"What, no snake head to come a visit me?" Jack said. "And you call this a welcome."
The visitor looked surprised. "Who is this 'snake head'?" he asked.
"Your Goa'uld master." Jack said.
"I have no master, but my God." He said.
"Yeah," Jack answered. "Him."
The man reached back a hand and slapped Jack across the face. Jack blinked back a few tears at the pain, and tried to stop the room from spinning. "You will not insult my God!" the man roared.
"It does not matter." Said a familiar inhuman voice said. "He will never have honour or freedom now. But he will help us gain ours."
The large man stepped aside, and revealed a tall, lithe man with golden hair and blue eyes, that flashed white. "Leave us." He snapped.
"Yes, my God." The large man said reverently and bowed, before leaving the room.
"I see you've got the slave thing all worked out." Jack said.
"I am a God." Said the Goa'uld. "And they serve me."
Jack rolled his eyes. "It's all the same with you guys, isn't it?" He said. "You're not Gods you know. Just a whole bunch of bastards who I take great pleasure in trying to kill every day."
The Goa'uld just smiled at him. "Your opinion matters not, human. You are merely a means to an end. Tell me, who is the woman? Why did you come here?"
"The woman?" Jack echoed, hoping he was not talking about Sam - and hoping that Sam had followed orders and held her position.
The Goa'uld whirled, angry, his eyes flashing. "Yes!" he snarled. "The woman!"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Jack said.
The Goa'uld reached back a hand and hit Jack across the face. Pain made him dizzy and the world began to spin again. He winced. He could already feel his face swelling. The Goa'uld turned and banged on the door. "Bring her in here!" he commanded.
The door swung open on creaking hinges again, and two white robbed men came in dragging a limp female figure. It took Jack a moment to work out who it was because her auburn hair covered her face and blood caked her wrists and arms. When he did, he tired to keep the surprise from his face. Croft!
The Goa'uld jerked up Lara's face so Jack could see. Lara looked blearily at Jack. She looked awful. Her hair had come out of the neat braid she wore it in, and hung in a tangled mess down her back. One side of her face was beginning to bruise and her arms were covered in several long cuts that still oozed blood.
"Who is she!" the Goa'uld demanded.
"Beats me." Jack said. "Never seen her before."
The Goa'uld dropped her to the floor and Lara hit it with a grunt of pain. "Why are humans so difficult?" The Goa'uld snarled.
Jack realised at that moment, that Lara had not told him anything either. Or if she had, it wasn't what the Goa'uld wanted. But Jack guessed from her injuries, Lara hadn't talked. The Goa'uld turned to the guards. "String her up next to him." He ordered, and they efficiently complied.
Without another word, the Goa'uld stalked out of the room, his guards following obediently behind him. The door slammed back into place with an echoing click.
About ten minutes later, Daniel was peering at a small device well hidden in the bushes just beyond the base of the hill on which they had been watching from. "What do you think?" he whispered to Sam after they backed off a few paces.
Sam frowned. "I can't be sure, but I think it's rather like a force field device, except it projects a screen that probably sets off an alarm when broken."
"I thought it would probably be something like that." Daniel said, and frowned as he began to think. "So there would be no way around it, right?"
"No." Sam replied. "I don't think so." She paused. "I think it also has a basic force field around it, to prevent damage, but I can't be sure."
"So we can't destroy it, huh?" Daniel asked.
"Not unless we can get something past the field." Sam confirmed.
"Damn." Daniel said. "I was hoping for a way to damage it or something."
"Me too." Sam said sadly.
"Well, there's only one thing for it, then." Daniel said after a moment. "We'll have to run." He turned to Sam. "Do you think we can get Teal'c out of there in less than ten minutes?"
"Ten minutes?" Sam asked. "Why ten minutes?"
"Because that's how long it took the guards to respond." He said.
Sam nodded. "Let's go."
Sam and Daniel began to run through the trees and reached Teal'c within about a minute. Sam knelt and checked his pulse. "He's alive." She said shortly.
Daniel nodded as he checked the wound on his chest. "We should be able to move him, but Janet's going to have to work her magic when he gets back." He said.
"That bad?" Sam asked.
"Not good." Daniel replied.
Carefully, Sam picked up one of Teal'c's arms and slung it around her shoulders as Daniel did the same on the other side. "Ready?" she called softly.
"Ready." Daniel echoed.
As quickly as they could, Sam and Daniel began walking through the trees and back toward the road that they had come from. "Five minutes left." Daniel said softly as they reached the sensor again. Sam nodded.
Five minutes later they reached the road, just as a white van screeched up. The back doors flew open and Janet stuck her head out. "Get him in here!" she ordered.
Daniel and Sam helped put the still unconscious Teal'c into the van. Janet immediately began checking his wounds and issuing orders. Just before the doors were shut she lent towards Sam and said. "The General's sending SG-3 to help. They'll meet you down the road at 0930."
As the van roared off, taking Teal'c back to the SGC, Sam looked at her watch. "0915." She shook her head. "Come on Daniel. Let's go."
Daniel nodded and began following her up the road.
* * *
Jack came suddenly awake as a bucket of cold water was poured over his head. Or, at least, he hoped it was water. He winced as his head began to throb and squeezed his eyes shut against the bright light in the room. Jack tried to move his hand and realised that they had been bound. His shoulders were also throbbing.
Jack tried to move them as he opened his eyes and found himself hanging from the roof of a bare room, his knees just hovering above the floor. He tried to stand, but found his feet were chained to the wall behind him, so he could not. 'This is going to get painful.' He thought wryly.
As he watched, the large barred door in front of him opened and a large man wearing a white robe entered. "You are awake." He said, his voice surprisingly human.
"What, no snake head to come a visit me?" Jack said. "And you call this a welcome."
The visitor looked surprised. "Who is this 'snake head'?" he asked.
"Your Goa'uld master." Jack said.
"I have no master, but my God." He said.
"Yeah," Jack answered. "Him."
The man reached back a hand and slapped Jack across the face. Jack blinked back a few tears at the pain, and tried to stop the room from spinning. "You will not insult my God!" the man roared.
"It does not matter." Said a familiar inhuman voice said. "He will never have honour or freedom now. But he will help us gain ours."
The large man stepped aside, and revealed a tall, lithe man with golden hair and blue eyes, that flashed white. "Leave us." He snapped.
"Yes, my God." The large man said reverently and bowed, before leaving the room.
"I see you've got the slave thing all worked out." Jack said.
"I am a God." Said the Goa'uld. "And they serve me."
Jack rolled his eyes. "It's all the same with you guys, isn't it?" He said. "You're not Gods you know. Just a whole bunch of bastards who I take great pleasure in trying to kill every day."
The Goa'uld just smiled at him. "Your opinion matters not, human. You are merely a means to an end. Tell me, who is the woman? Why did you come here?"
"The woman?" Jack echoed, hoping he was not talking about Sam - and hoping that Sam had followed orders and held her position.
The Goa'uld whirled, angry, his eyes flashing. "Yes!" he snarled. "The woman!"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Jack said.
The Goa'uld reached back a hand and hit Jack across the face. Pain made him dizzy and the world began to spin again. He winced. He could already feel his face swelling. The Goa'uld turned and banged on the door. "Bring her in here!" he commanded.
The door swung open on creaking hinges again, and two white robbed men came in dragging a limp female figure. It took Jack a moment to work out who it was because her auburn hair covered her face and blood caked her wrists and arms. When he did, he tired to keep the surprise from his face. Croft!
The Goa'uld jerked up Lara's face so Jack could see. Lara looked blearily at Jack. She looked awful. Her hair had come out of the neat braid she wore it in, and hung in a tangled mess down her back. One side of her face was beginning to bruise and her arms were covered in several long cuts that still oozed blood.
"Who is she!" the Goa'uld demanded.
"Beats me." Jack said. "Never seen her before."
The Goa'uld dropped her to the floor and Lara hit it with a grunt of pain. "Why are humans so difficult?" The Goa'uld snarled.
Jack realised at that moment, that Lara had not told him anything either. Or if she had, it wasn't what the Goa'uld wanted. But Jack guessed from her injuries, Lara hadn't talked. The Goa'uld turned to the guards. "String her up next to him." He ordered, and they efficiently complied.
Without another word, the Goa'uld stalked out of the room, his guards following obediently behind him. The door slammed back into place with an echoing click.