Author's Note: organized-chaos, to answer your question. when I write I usually use a combination of the movie and game versions. Sort of mixing the two, but I like to use Lara's history from the movies - so Hilary and Bryce can join in!

MEANWHILE, 1100 HOURS BEFORE AT STARGATE COMMAND:

"Major, is your team assembled?" Colonel Forrest barked.

"Yes, sir."

"Good." He replied. "And I want you to include Major Blake and Lieutenant Peters. I've heard their stories, and I think they'll be able to help you."

"Their stories, sir?" Major Carter asked. Colonel Forrest looked at her. "They came back through the gate an hour ago. Apparently the Colonel and a female ambushed them in the change rooms, and then forced them to take them through the gate."

"Forced them how, sir?" Carter asked.

"He showed his true colours, this time, Major. He drew guns on his fellow soldiers." The Colonel said.

Sam looked slightly surprised, and then her expression hardened. "We'll bring him back sir." She said. "But what should I do about the woman?"

"I don't care." The Colonel said. "But if she's a civilian - leave her there."

Sam's expression hardened even more. "Yes sir." She said.

"Dismissed."

Sam turned and left the office. As soon as she was out of sight of the Colonel, her face turned to a mask of anger. She quickly made her way to Janet's office, where she found her friend. "That man is a complete bastard!" she snarled when she shut the door.

"Colonel Forrest?" Janet asked.

"Who else?" Sam replied. "I just got my orders, Janet."

Sam fixed her friend with a hard stare. "He wants to bring the Colonel back by any means, and when I found out he had a partner - the Colonel order me to leave her off-planet!"

"What?" Janet asked. "Sam, I don't understand."

"Well, apparently Jack had help when he went through the gate." Sam explained, trying to calm her voice, but not succeeding. "And Colonel Forrest told me to leave her off-planet if she was a civilian!"

Janet tried to hide her look of shock, but didn't succeed very well. When she saw Sam looking suspiciously at her, she said. "You're right. He is a bastard."

Sam continued to look suspiciously at her. "Janet, do you know something about this?" Sam asked.

"About Jack?" Janet asked. "No. I have absolutely no idea what he's doing right now - or where he is."

Sam seemed satisfied with her answer and Janet breathed an inward sigh of relief. "What can I do, Janet?" Sam asked.

"Maybe you need to give Jack time." Janet said. "He wouldn't have gone through the gate like that, if he didn't have a good reason."

Sam nodded thoughtfully. "You're right." She said. "I'll delay as long as I can, and hope Jack finds what ever he was looking for."

As Sam left, Janet took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "Jack, you'd better have found him." She muttered before she left for the infirmary.

* * *

AN HOUR LATER IN THE GATE ROOM:

"Major Carter!" an angry sounding Colonel Forrest barked. "Are you finally ready to depart?"

"Yes, sir." Sam said. "As soon as everyone gets here."

"Major!" he snapped. "Get your team assembled, now!"

"Ignore that order, Major Carter." Said a voice over the speakers.

Everyone whirled to look up at the windows of the control room, but no one could see who ad made the order. "Who the hell are you?" Colonel Forrest yelled. "And under what authority do you have to dismiss my orders?!"

"The only authority I need." The voice said coolly. "I outrank you."

"Who are you?" Sam asked.

"You, of all people, shouldn't have to ask that Major." The voice said.

Sam's eyes widened and a look of relief washed over her face. "No, sir. I shouldn't have to ask that question."

* * *

BACK IN THE PRESENT, P9X-861:

Jack ran across the rough ground, dodging trees as he followed Lara's graceful form through the forest. His already sore legs were beginning to burn and ache. He put on another burst of speed when an arrow thudded into a tree near him. Lara leapt forward, over the edge of an embankment and she landed and rolled, before leaping to her feet once more.

When she didn't hear Jack's footsteps behind her, she turned and found him snagged on a tree branch just above the embankment. He was struggling to get free as the arrows got closer and closer. "Jack!" Lara yelled. "Come on!"

Jack struggled some more, before realising he was not going to get free without taking off his jacket and vest. He began to struggle with the zipper, and it slid almost to the end before it got stuck. Growling with frustration, Jack grabbed his knife out of its sheath and cut the fabric. He slid out of the jacket and tumbled down the embankment, leaving his jacket behind.

He got to his feet and grabbed Lara's hand. "Let's go!" he yelled.

As they ran, Jack's arms got slapped and scratched by all the low hanging branches since he was now only wearing a T-shirt. He growled, but kept running. Soon the way got clearer as the pair found the winding river again. But as they ran, Jack noticed the sky was getting increasingly dark, and it was getting harder to see where they were running amongst the trees. A few minutes later the skies opened up and began pouring with rain.

Lara gasped softly as the cool rain hit her hot skin and shivered. "Great, just great." Jack muttered beside her.

The rain was fairly heavy and soon the ground was all muddy and the pair was soaked to the skin, despite the covering of trees above them. The pair kept running, although after a while they were forced to slow to a jog because of the slippery ground and low light.

"Do you think they'll keep following us?" Jack yelled above the rain.

"I don't know." Lara replied. "It depends if they want to capture us or kill us."

Jack shot her a look. "Well, that's cheerful." He said.

Lara looked at him slightly haughtily. "I was going for truthful, not cheerful." She said.

The pair slogged on in silence for a moment, and soon began to shiver. Jack shook water out of his eyes and turned to Lara. "We've got to find some shelter. We can't keep going in this."

Lara nodded. "But where?"

Jack looked around, but all he saw were trees and bushes. Exactly the same things as he had been looking at for the past hour. "Wherever we can find it." He said.

Lara slowed to a walk to ease her burning muscles, and felt Jack do the same about one step behind her. By slicking close to the tree trunks, Lara tried to keep as much of the water off her as possible, but to no avail.

"This must be some kind of monsoon." Jack said. "For this much water to be getting through those trees."

"It seems like it." Lara agreed.

The pair searched for shelter for another half an hour without success - but it seemed that there pursuers had also taken shelter from the rain because Lara couldn't see any trace of them anymore. "If we don't find something soon, we're probably going to have to build something - or climb a tree." Jack said.

"Mmm." Lara muttered. "Hang on, what's that?"

She pointed ahead of them to a shadowy grey shape in the distance. The pair began to jog slowly to it, and then Lara's eye's widened in surprise. "It's a ruin!" she said.

The pair jogged faster and found a half standing stone building. It once must have looked like a thatched rectangle, but there was not much of it left. Lara explored the ruined building, but there wasn't enough of the roof left for shelter. "Damn!" she swore.

Jack gave her a wry smile and then crossed what had once been the floor towards her. When he was about halfway across his expression changed. "Lara . . . " he said.

"What?" she asked.

Instead of replying, Jack knelt in the mud and began to scrape it away from something. Lara walked over and then raised her eyebrows when she saw what it was. A trapdoor! If there was a basement, there might also be some shelter.

Lara knelt beside Jack and began helping him scrape away the mud. The rain was heavier here, as there were less trees, and it made it more difficult to dig. But soon Jack and Lara had revealed a small wooden trapdoor in a stone floor. Jack grinned at Lara, and she grinned back. They had shelter!

There was a large metal ring in the wood, and Jack reached for it. He pulled on it, but the door didn't move. Lara chuckled and joined in. It took a few minutes and a lot of straining and grunting, but they finally managed to open the door. "Damn!" Jack muttered.

Then Lara stumbled backwards from her crouch, her hands going for her guns. But before she could draw them, she felt the sharp edge of a spear at her throat. She looked into a pair of dark brown eyes. The man muttered something almost familiar to her, and taking a guess, Lara raised her hands from her guns.

She shot a glance at Jack, and saw he was being forced to do the same thing. Five more men came out of the hole and surrounded them. Four of them held bows and arrows. Their pursuers, Lara guessed.

The man with the spear at her throat spoke again, and two men stepped forward and disarmed Lara and Jack of their guns. But since they didn't pat her down, Lara kept at least to hidden knives, and she almost smiled at that. This would be easy.

One of men gestured for them to stand, and Lara slowly did so. Beside her, Jack did the same. Then the pair were shoved forward, and went stumbling down the stairs to the basement. And then everything went black as the trapdoor was shut.