Part 3
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The tracks Sam and Jack were following indicated a member of SG-8 had more than likely been over powered by the natives and dragged off to wherever their home was. Jack had almost sent Sam with Teal'c but decided that he would worry more if she wasn't with him. Halting for a moment he took notice that the number of tracks seemed to increase from three to five.
"It looks whoever was dragging the member SG-8 met up with some of their friends"
"Yeah" he replied before grabbing his radio "Teal'c come in"
"Here O'Neill"
"What's you status?"
"Daniel Jackson and I have been following the tracks yet have found nothing as of yet"
"Carter and I found a spot where they may have met up with some of their buddies before moving on so be on the look out extra hostiles"
"Affirmative O'Neill" Teal'c replied over the radio
"Sir, I'm sure how much daylight we have left. We should probably try and get as far as we can before the sun goes down"
"Alright we'll continue on for as long as we can before making camp"
"Yes sir"
They walked for another hour before it became evident that the sun on the planet set much faster than the sun earth. Using the remaining sun they found a secure area and began to set up camp for the night when a rustling in the bushes caught Sam's attention.
Signaling to Jack she raised her gun and they both slowly moved towards the noise when suddenly Jack was struck in the side by an energy blast and fell to the ground unconscious
"Sir" Sam yelled but as she tried to make her way over to her fallen CO she too was struck by an energy blast and fell to the ground in an unconscious heap. Their attackers made their over to the fallen officers carefully examining them.
"They are dressed like the others"
"This one is a woman" the other replied as he removed Sam's cap to reveal her face
"They must have come in search of the others. Quickly restrain them before they wake"
After restraining them the three men dragged the two unconscious officers off into the dark night.
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The first Jack thing was aware of, other than the immense pounding in his head, was that all his gear was gone. Rolling over onto his side he slowly opened his eyes trying to get a better sense of his surroundings. Unfortunately the only thing he got a huge pain in his side where the energy blast had hit him.
"Carter" he called out sitting up and fighting against the wave of nausea that hit him when he did. Letting his eyes adjust to light he saw her unconscious form lying on the floor in the corner of the room. Fighting against the pain in his side and the rolling of his stomach he crawled over to her. "Carter" he whispered stroking her cheek as he did so many times when he wanted to rouse her from one of her nightmares
"Jack" she whispered attempting to sit up. Just then a wave of nausea hit her and she quickly fell back to the floor
"Take it easy. Whatever they hit us with wreaks havoc on your stomach but it will pass"
"Where are we?" she asked trying to get her eyes to focus in on their surroundings
"Don't know"
Then the door to their cell opened revealing three guards who were followed by one of the men who had attacked them in forest.
"You're friend was very unforthcoming with the information we desired"
"Where is he and who are you?" Jack asked
"He is dead. You may call me Ziffel, now she will come with me" the man said pointing to Sam
"No you'll take me"
The man nodded to one of the guards to take Sam. The man roughly grabbed her by the arm and lifted her off the floor. Jack attempted to push the man away but he was quickly overpowered by the other two guards who dragged him to other side of the room
"Leave her alone" he screamed as they dragged Sam out of the room. The guards then threw him to floor and exited the cell. Kicking the door in frustration he yelled and threatened them to bring her back and take him instead but no one came back.
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Sam struggled as the men dragged her along the corridor but she was still too weak from the after effects of the energy weapon to break free of their hold.
"Stop struggling woman"
One of the guards yelled as he threw her into another room. Landing roughly on the floor Sam quickly stood up and prepared to take the guards head on when she noticed the body of Colonel Mowery on the floor. Her own fear momentarily forgotten she rushed over to the man and felt for a pulse. Discouraged when she found none she turned and waited for Ziffel to enter the room, her head held high
Looking to the dead man on the floor and then to her, Ziffle spoke with no remorse in voice "I told he wasn't very forthcoming"
"What do you want?"
Walking up to her, he slapped her hard across the face "I ask the questions" he yelled in her face "Now, why are you here?"
"We're explorers. We use the stargate to go to different worlds to seek out allies against the Goa'uld"
"He said the same thing" he replied pointing to Mowery's body "and I did not believe him either. Now tell me the truth"
At the sound of his choice of words Sam was thrust back to Brazil and the torture she had endured there. "No" she whispered. She wasn't whispering in response to Ziffel's question she was fighting against the images and feelings of her previous torture. The feel of the whip across her back, the electrical shocks and the sound of her own screams all came flooding back to her in technicolor at that one moment
Ziffel then violently punched her in her stomach. Falling to floor Sam tried hard not to cry out from the pain his punch had caused "Tell me!"
"NO!" she screamed back
"Take her back and bring me the other one"
Once again Sam roughly dragged back to her and Jack's cell
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Jack paced the small cell over and over trying hard not to flip out and lose it at the thought of what those men were doing to Sam. She had just managed to get over some of the nightmares she'd been suffering from only to have this happen. He stopped pacing when he heard the latch on the door before it opened and Sam was violently thrown in.
"Carter" he rushed over to check her for injuries
"No, please" was all she whispered before the guards grabbed him and pulled out of the cell. Sam crawled into the corner of the room, pulling herself into the fetal position and rocked back and forth repeating the same thing over and over to the empty cell.
To be continued….