Author's note: I loved camp! I went every year, and went back when I was
old enough to counsel. (Even played lifeguard one year)
~*~
Screaming woke Teal'c. The big Jaffa sat up quickly in his bed, instantly alert. Another shriek, and he was out of his bunk, barely managing to avoid tossing Andrew to the floor, and only at the last moment managing to catch him in strong arms and drop him onto O'Neill's empty bunk. A quick glance told him Daniel and Jack were both gone, but that the other campers were all asleep in their beds. Except Andrew, who was awake now, and looking at Teal'c in confusion.
"What's wrong, Murray?" He asked.
"Hush." Teal'c was intently listening, and he reached over and opened the door.
Another scream sounded from the distance, and Andrew heard it as well.
"What was that?"
"Someone is in distress."
Teal'c left the cabin and ran towards France's cabin, where he'd decided the screaming was coming from. With Andrew following as well as he could, barefooted and shivering in the cool morning air.
The door to France was open, so Teal'c rushed over, wondering what could have happened to cause them all to be screaming, and instantly worried about Carter. He stopped at the doorway, and stood there, looking. All the girls were standing on their bunks, and Sam and Jean were sprawled on the floor, Sam halfway under a bunk in the back of the room, and Jean partly under Sam's.
"It's under here, I think," Sam called, her voice muffled.
Sally was trying to get the girls to stop screaming, but Teal'c's arrival at the doorway did that for her.
"What is the matter?" Teal'c asked, as Andrew came up behind him, trying to see around his large body.
"There's something in here!" Danin called. "It was sitting on my bed when I came out of the bathroom!" She pointed to the bunk Sam was under.
"I think it's probably just a mouse, or something, Murray," Jean said, her voice a little clearer, since she was under the bed right next to the door.
"A mouse is hardly a reason to become so upset," Teal'c said calmly.
"It's not a mouse!" Danin said, standing on Gina's bunk with a hairbrush in her hand to defend herself with. "It's huge."
"Murray? Hand me that broom." Sam called. A hand came out from under the bed, and pointed towards the corner, where Teal'c saw there was a broom. The Jaffa crossed the room and picked up the item in question, then knelt down next to Carter's leg and slid it under the bed.
"Thanks."
Andrew took Teal'c's place at the door, and watched as Carter started jabbing the broom at something. Then he jumped when a creature came tearing out from under the bed and ran right at him.
"Gah!"
He jumped up on Sam's bed, and the creature took off out the door, obviously just as frightened as the girls it'd disturbed.
"It was not a mouse," Teal'c observed, calmly, as he took the broom from Carter so she could slide out from under the bed.
"I told you it wasn't!" Danin said, looking out the window as though she expected it to come back with friends.
"It was a muskrat," Andrew said, jumping down off the bunk. "Kind of like a great big rat."
"A rat!"
"It was on my bed!"
"Eeeeewwwww!"
"It's not a real rat," Andrew said. "Just kind of like one. They're harmless."
Sam and Jean both dusted themselves off, and the girls started coming down off their beds, chattering and laughing nervously.
"We shall return to our cabin, MajorCarter," Teal'c said, smiling slightly. "Feel free to...call... if you require any more assistance."
"Yeah," Andrew said, grinning. He couldn't wait to get back to China and tell the boys what had happened.
"Thanks, Murray," Sam said, smiling as well. "How are Jack and Daniel?"
"I am not certain. They are not in their beds."
"Probably down getting coffee," Sam said, nodding. If Jack wasn't in bed, he was almost definitely getting coffee. And Daniel was most likely with him.
"Indeed. I must return to my cabin."
The girls shut the door behind Andrew and Teal'c, and then had Sam and Jean do another quick look under the beds before they'd relax enough to start getting ready for their day.
~*~
Screaming woke Teal'c. The big Jaffa sat up quickly in his bed, instantly alert. Another shriek, and he was out of his bunk, barely managing to avoid tossing Andrew to the floor, and only at the last moment managing to catch him in strong arms and drop him onto O'Neill's empty bunk. A quick glance told him Daniel and Jack were both gone, but that the other campers were all asleep in their beds. Except Andrew, who was awake now, and looking at Teal'c in confusion.
"What's wrong, Murray?" He asked.
"Hush." Teal'c was intently listening, and he reached over and opened the door.
Another scream sounded from the distance, and Andrew heard it as well.
"What was that?"
"Someone is in distress."
Teal'c left the cabin and ran towards France's cabin, where he'd decided the screaming was coming from. With Andrew following as well as he could, barefooted and shivering in the cool morning air.
The door to France was open, so Teal'c rushed over, wondering what could have happened to cause them all to be screaming, and instantly worried about Carter. He stopped at the doorway, and stood there, looking. All the girls were standing on their bunks, and Sam and Jean were sprawled on the floor, Sam halfway under a bunk in the back of the room, and Jean partly under Sam's.
"It's under here, I think," Sam called, her voice muffled.
Sally was trying to get the girls to stop screaming, but Teal'c's arrival at the doorway did that for her.
"What is the matter?" Teal'c asked, as Andrew came up behind him, trying to see around his large body.
"There's something in here!" Danin called. "It was sitting on my bed when I came out of the bathroom!" She pointed to the bunk Sam was under.
"I think it's probably just a mouse, or something, Murray," Jean said, her voice a little clearer, since she was under the bed right next to the door.
"A mouse is hardly a reason to become so upset," Teal'c said calmly.
"It's not a mouse!" Danin said, standing on Gina's bunk with a hairbrush in her hand to defend herself with. "It's huge."
"Murray? Hand me that broom." Sam called. A hand came out from under the bed, and pointed towards the corner, where Teal'c saw there was a broom. The Jaffa crossed the room and picked up the item in question, then knelt down next to Carter's leg and slid it under the bed.
"Thanks."
Andrew took Teal'c's place at the door, and watched as Carter started jabbing the broom at something. Then he jumped when a creature came tearing out from under the bed and ran right at him.
"Gah!"
He jumped up on Sam's bed, and the creature took off out the door, obviously just as frightened as the girls it'd disturbed.
"It was not a mouse," Teal'c observed, calmly, as he took the broom from Carter so she could slide out from under the bed.
"I told you it wasn't!" Danin said, looking out the window as though she expected it to come back with friends.
"It was a muskrat," Andrew said, jumping down off the bunk. "Kind of like a great big rat."
"A rat!"
"It was on my bed!"
"Eeeeewwwww!"
"It's not a real rat," Andrew said. "Just kind of like one. They're harmless."
Sam and Jean both dusted themselves off, and the girls started coming down off their beds, chattering and laughing nervously.
"We shall return to our cabin, MajorCarter," Teal'c said, smiling slightly. "Feel free to...call... if you require any more assistance."
"Yeah," Andrew said, grinning. He couldn't wait to get back to China and tell the boys what had happened.
"Thanks, Murray," Sam said, smiling as well. "How are Jack and Daniel?"
"I am not certain. They are not in their beds."
"Probably down getting coffee," Sam said, nodding. If Jack wasn't in bed, he was almost definitely getting coffee. And Daniel was most likely with him.
"Indeed. I must return to my cabin."
The girls shut the door behind Andrew and Teal'c, and then had Sam and Jean do another quick look under the beds before they'd relax enough to start getting ready for their day.