It didn't take long to get back to the gate, or, at least, to the place the gate was earlier. Now it had vanished.

"What the hell?" Sam and Daniel looked at each other. "Stargates don't just disappear, Daniel. Something very strange is going on here."

"Do you think it's an illusion, like the Nox?"

"Maybe, but that creature certainly wasn't like the Nox. We've got to figure out what's going on here, and soon. Gate travel is going to be next to impossible once the solar phenomena start up."

"It's impossible right now, we don't have a gate."

"Gee, Daniel, thanks for that. I just meant that we needed to find the gate soon, because it won't be very useful to us if we find it and can't travel through it due to the interference."

"Alright, Sam, someone has definitely been hanging around Jack too long. I was looking forward to the lack of sarcasm on this mission." 'And to spending time alone with you', but he didn't voice that thought.

"Me? What about that blonde chick remark earlier? The Daniel Jackson I know would never say that. Are you sure you haven't been stuck in any sarcophagi lately?"

"I'm sorry, Sam, I was only joking. I was trying to lighten the mood and cheer you up. It works for Xander. Doesn't appear to be working for me, though."

"It's okay. I'm sorry, too. I shouldn't have gotten snippy with you. It's just that I expected this to be a nice, peaceful mission for once and it has turned out to be the exact opposite of that. Let's head back down the path, maybe we'll find something."

Sam and Daniel headed back the way they came, staying on the lookout for any other signs of trouble. They passed the location of the attack they had witnessed earlier, and continued down the path. About a mile further down, Daniel paused.

"What is it, Daniel?" Sam had stopped next to where Daniel stood and was examining a rather large engraved stone.

"I'm not sure, these writings look very similar to the that of the Ancients we saw on P3R-272."

"Too bad the Colonel doesn't remember any of the information."

"Wait, I think this says something like 'All hope abandon, ye who enter here.'"

"Isn't that from Dante's 'Inferno'?"

"Yes, Sam, it is. Although I believe this was here long before Dante. Not exactly a welcoming statement, is it?" Daniel continued to examine the stone, running his hands along the surface.

"Daniel, are you sure you should be doing.aaahhh!" Sam was cut off as the ground where she and Daniel stood opened up, sending them into the darkness below.

Fortunately for Sam, the fall was not a long one, and she landed on something soft. Unfortunately for Daniel, he was the something soft. Sam realized that her cushion was her teammate, and quickly rolled off of him.

"Oh my God, Daniel, I'm so sorry, are you hurt?"

"Ugh. I don't think anything's broken, but my left arm hurts pretty badly. I guess that was some sort of trap door."

"Are you sure you're all right? Here, let me take a look and make sure you didn't break anything."

Sam moved to Daniel's side and began to remove his shirt, so she could get a better look at his arm to make sure it wasn't broken.

"This isn't how I imagined it." Daniel mumbled.

"Imagined what?" Sam asked, not sure if she had heard him correctly.

"What? Um, nothing, I guess I said that out loud. Never mind." Daniel was mortified. He had been thinking that this was not exactly the way he imagined Sam removing his clothes, but couldn't believe that he had said part of that out loud. 'Way to go, Daniel, real smooth.'

"Daniel are you absolutely sure you're all right?" Sam continued to check Daniel over, trying not to think about the tight muscles beneath her hands. When had she started thinking of Daniel as sexy? Sam had always thought he was handsome and brilliant, and he had become her best friend, but sexy? Those feelings were new, and she was trying hard to suppress them. Now here she was, alone with him on a mission that was supposed to be routine and had turned out to be anything but. At least his arm wasn't broken.

"Well, at least your arm's not broken. Come on Daniel, let's find a way out of here."

"This place looks like a labyrinth, and I think we landed at the entrance. See all the different tunnel openings? I noticed them while you were checking me, uh, my arm, out." In truth, Daniel had noticed them then, but only because he was desperately trying to keep his mind off of Sam's hands roaming over his skin.

"Which tunnel should we try first? I see five different ones. It looks like there are writings at the mouth of each one."

"Let me have a look at them, hopefully I can decipher the writings and there will be a clue to point us in the right direction."

Sam helped Daniel up and they made their way over to the entrance of the first tunnel.