Daniel thrust his arm straight at Jack's neck and held on tight. As Daniel lifted Jack up off the floor and slammed him against the wall, Jack cried out, grabbed Daniel's arm and fought for breath. He kicked out with his left leg, hoping to hit something. He caught Daniel's knee, but not hard enough to stop him. Daniel threw Jack across the kitchen, into the cabinet. Jack hit the glass hard enough for it to smash. His vision was blurred and he was as dizzy as hell. He tried to think. He had to call Carter; he had to warn her. As he tried to get up, he felt the impact of Daniel's fists on his back, and lost consciousness.

The following morning, Sam knocked on the open door of General Hammond's office. He looked up. "Ah, Major Carter, come in please, have a seat."

"Is everything alright, sir? Your call sounded urgent."

"It was. Last night, about half an hour after you left, Doctor Fraiser discovered that Doctor Jackson had left his bed in the infirmary. She thought nothing of it… until this morning. He still hasn't come back and we can't find him anywhere on the base. He isn't answering his home phone or his cell phone, neither is Colonel O'Neill. I've called Teal'c back from visiting his family. He doesn't know about the situation yet but I don't want to waste time but explaining it twice. I want you and him to go over to the colonel's house and see if you can find out what's going on."

Sam stood up, "Yes sir." She turned and walked out of the office. She met Teal'c just outside and explained what was going on as they left the mountain and got into her car.

The ride to Jack's house was a very silent one. Teal'c obviously isn't one for Smalltalk, Sam figured. She pulled the car up by the side of Jack's house. The two friends stepped out of the car, and made their way through the garden up to the front door. Sam knocked and waited. No answer. After a few seconds, she tried again. Still no answer. "This is indeed strange, Major Carter," Teal'c suggested, "O'Neill's vehicle is here." Great, Sam thought. Teal'c's stating the obvious as usual. Sam made her way around to the side of the house. Something strange was definitely going on and she didn't like it. She put her face up to the window and tried to look in. It didn't work. There wasn't enough light on the inside of the house. Teal'c wandered around the back of the house. "Major Carter!" he shouted. Sam ran to see what Teal'c had found. The back door was ajar. Sam stepped cautiously forward and pushed the door open slowly. The house was eerily silent. There were no lights on and a cold breeze blew around the room due to the open door. Sam waved her hand over at Teal'c, instructing him to keep a watch outside while she explored the house. Teal'c left by the back door and Sam stepped cautiously forward, and turned on the light, stopping suddenly as she took in the state of the living room.

The floor was a mass of shattered glass, covered in dark red blood. The chessboard and pieces were scattered across the room, and there were several broken beer bottles dotted around. Sam took one step into the room, immediately seeing the source of the blood. Jack was led face down by the side of the sofa, a small puddle of blood by his head. Sam ran into the room towards him, and began looking for a cut or gash, but was stopped by the sound of a gun shot outside. Teal'c must have found something, she thought. She left Jack reluctantly and ran towards the backdoor, quickly but silently to join her friend.

Sam grabbed the doorframe to steady herself and swing out of the back of the house. She was stopped abruptly, as she found herself staring straight down the barrel of Daniel's gun. Behind him she could see Teal'c lying face down in the garden, blood over his right shoulder from a shot wound. Sam looked Daniel straight in the eye. "Daniel?" He stared back at her, his eyes cold. He made no answer, but walked straight towards Sam, so that she had no choice but to walk backwards into the house. "Daniel, what are you doing?" Still Daniel made no answer. Sam walked back through to the living room, always watching Daniel, looking for a reason, some explanation for what he was doing.

She was interrupted by a glimpse of Teal'c in the corner of her eye. She averted her eyes back to Daniel. As Teal'c raised his zat, ready to shoot, the pain of his wound registered on his face and he fired the zat at Daniel, before he fell to the floor, clutching his injured shoulder.