"Daniel?"
The mare was standing about twenty feet into the woods, but Daniel wasn't on her, or near her, and Jack looked around frantically for him. A groan from the ground at his feet warned him he was close to stepping on him, and Jack lunged forward, kneeling down next to Daniel who sat up gingerly holding his right arm.
"Daniel!"
"Don't panic, Jack," Daniel said, leaning against a tree and trying to catch his breath. "I'm not dead."
Teal'c came crashing into the undergrowth just then, calling his name, and stopped when he saw that Daniel had been found.
"DanielJackson? Are you injured?"
"Yeah, I landed on my arm, and I think I heard something pop."
"We'd better get you to the nurse," Tom said, reaching down and taking hold of Daniel's belt on one side, while Jack did the same on the other. That way when they pulled him to his feet they wouldn't be putting any pressure on his arms.
"Nothing wrong with your legs?" Jack asked as they carefully pulled him to his feet.
"Nah, I don't think so." Daniel carefully put his weight on first one foot, then the other, and found both were all right. "No, just my arm, I think."
"You have a cut on your cheek, too," Jack told him as they turned Daniel around towards the trail. "Teal'c, get Daniel's horse."
In his concern for his friend, Jack forgot all about calling Teal'c Murray, but luckily Tom didn't notice the difference in his own concern for the archeologist.
Teal'c scowled and walked over to the mare, which was happily munching on some weeds. He reached out and took her reins, glaring at her when she tried to bolt.
"If we were on Chulak, I'd be eating you," he murmured to the animal, turning and pulling her along as he followed Daniel and Jack and the Wrangler.
The boys were still on their horses, but all of them were tense, watching the wooded area where Daniel had last been seen. They gave a concentrated sigh of relief when they saw Jack and Tom coming out of the woods with Daniel between them.
"Daniel!"
"Are you okay?"
"What's wrong with your arm?"
"Is it broken?"
"Where's your horse? Did you fall off?"
"He's okay, guys," Jack said, smiling up at them reassuringly. "He just hurt his arm, we think." He looked at Tom. "The question is, how do we get him back to camp?"
"We're not that far from the road, Jack," Jacob said, dismounting and walking over to look at the cut on Daniel's cheek. "It's just through that wooded area there. We'll radio the nurse, tell her what happened and she can come out in a car and get him, and take him to the clinic in town to get it x-rayed."
"Sounds like a plan."
Jack turned as Teal'c came out of the woods, leading the unrepentant looking mare and told him what they planned on doing.
"Do you wish for me to accompany him?"
"Nah," Jack said, looking over at the boys and thinking that it would be better for them if they didn't lose two counselors in one accident. "The nurse seems to be pretty competent. If she needs you, you can go; otherwise, we'd better stick with the boys. Lots of trail left this afternoon, you know?"
"Indeed." Teal'c didn't bother to hide his disappointment.
"What about her?" He asked, gesturing towards the mare.
"We'll just lead her along behind Jacob's horse," Tom said, taking the reins from Teal'c. His brother was already on the radio to the nurse.
~*~**~~
"Is Daniel going to be all right, Jack?"
Jack smiled at the boys, and nodded. "You guys heard the nurse. She said he'd be fine."
They'd just watched Daniel be loaded into the Camp's station wagon and were now remounting their horses to finish their ride, and Jack was determined they'd enjoy what was left, and not worry about Daniel.
"Don't worry, Daniel's a lot tougher than he looks. He'll probably be back at camp before we are."
"Lucky him," Teal'c muttered under his breath as he made his way back to his large sleeping horse.
The mare was standing about twenty feet into the woods, but Daniel wasn't on her, or near her, and Jack looked around frantically for him. A groan from the ground at his feet warned him he was close to stepping on him, and Jack lunged forward, kneeling down next to Daniel who sat up gingerly holding his right arm.
"Daniel!"
"Don't panic, Jack," Daniel said, leaning against a tree and trying to catch his breath. "I'm not dead."
Teal'c came crashing into the undergrowth just then, calling his name, and stopped when he saw that Daniel had been found.
"DanielJackson? Are you injured?"
"Yeah, I landed on my arm, and I think I heard something pop."
"We'd better get you to the nurse," Tom said, reaching down and taking hold of Daniel's belt on one side, while Jack did the same on the other. That way when they pulled him to his feet they wouldn't be putting any pressure on his arms.
"Nothing wrong with your legs?" Jack asked as they carefully pulled him to his feet.
"Nah, I don't think so." Daniel carefully put his weight on first one foot, then the other, and found both were all right. "No, just my arm, I think."
"You have a cut on your cheek, too," Jack told him as they turned Daniel around towards the trail. "Teal'c, get Daniel's horse."
In his concern for his friend, Jack forgot all about calling Teal'c Murray, but luckily Tom didn't notice the difference in his own concern for the archeologist.
Teal'c scowled and walked over to the mare, which was happily munching on some weeds. He reached out and took her reins, glaring at her when she tried to bolt.
"If we were on Chulak, I'd be eating you," he murmured to the animal, turning and pulling her along as he followed Daniel and Jack and the Wrangler.
The boys were still on their horses, but all of them were tense, watching the wooded area where Daniel had last been seen. They gave a concentrated sigh of relief when they saw Jack and Tom coming out of the woods with Daniel between them.
"Daniel!"
"Are you okay?"
"What's wrong with your arm?"
"Is it broken?"
"Where's your horse? Did you fall off?"
"He's okay, guys," Jack said, smiling up at them reassuringly. "He just hurt his arm, we think." He looked at Tom. "The question is, how do we get him back to camp?"
"We're not that far from the road, Jack," Jacob said, dismounting and walking over to look at the cut on Daniel's cheek. "It's just through that wooded area there. We'll radio the nurse, tell her what happened and she can come out in a car and get him, and take him to the clinic in town to get it x-rayed."
"Sounds like a plan."
Jack turned as Teal'c came out of the woods, leading the unrepentant looking mare and told him what they planned on doing.
"Do you wish for me to accompany him?"
"Nah," Jack said, looking over at the boys and thinking that it would be better for them if they didn't lose two counselors in one accident. "The nurse seems to be pretty competent. If she needs you, you can go; otherwise, we'd better stick with the boys. Lots of trail left this afternoon, you know?"
"Indeed." Teal'c didn't bother to hide his disappointment.
"What about her?" He asked, gesturing towards the mare.
"We'll just lead her along behind Jacob's horse," Tom said, taking the reins from Teal'c. His brother was already on the radio to the nurse.
~*~**~~
"Is Daniel going to be all right, Jack?"
Jack smiled at the boys, and nodded. "You guys heard the nurse. She said he'd be fine."
They'd just watched Daniel be loaded into the Camp's station wagon and were now remounting their horses to finish their ride, and Jack was determined they'd enjoy what was left, and not worry about Daniel.
"Don't worry, Daniel's a lot tougher than he looks. He'll probably be back at camp before we are."
"Lucky him," Teal'c muttered under his breath as he made his way back to his large sleeping horse.