Title: X-313
Author: Nym Washi
Summary: Sometimes life throws challenges, it's how we react that counts
Season: Future-I've seen up to Space Race
Spoilers: Anything up to mid Season Seven
Rating: PG-So far
Pairings: Nothing other than show scripted canon
Archive: Please ask me first
Disclaimer: If I owned them the series would be different, just borrowing, I'll clean up when I'm done.

Should have done this before but here goes:

lazlow: Thanks, I too a bit long yes, but hopefully I'll be faster now.

BizzyLizzy: Thank you as well, don't worry I have a really good idea where I want to take this one!

Lynn: Yes! There is lots more, many many more chapters which I want to get done soon!

Now on to the story!!

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Monday 19 January 2004 - 1430 hours

The alarms sounded loud and blunt, alerting the entire base to arrivals through the Stargate. A decidedly soggy research team trudged through the gate and onto the ramp. General Hammond surveyed the group as they shrugged out of wet rain gear and tracked water across the gate room floor.

Colonel O'Neill? He enquired through the loudspeaker. Where is Major Carter? When Dr. Jackson had dialled up the gate 10 minutes before and informed the technicians that they were making an emergency evacuation the General had expected all team members to be returning home, hell with SG-1's record he'd even expected injuries which was why the medical team were standing looking somewhat superfluous in the midst of the wet, and definitely uninjured, science research team.

Still on the planet, Sir. Jack O'Neill replied a slight edge to his voice Hammond couldn't pin point.

Where? More importantly why? The General demanded, there had better have been one hell of a good reason.

Not sure Sir and appears the prototype ship which Major Carter was piloting was engulfed in an electrical storm and to the best of my knowledge crash landed. Teal'c moved up to stand next to his commanding officer.

There was little we could do General Hammond. It was necessary for us to vacate the planet in order to survive ourselves. We may return to the planet as soon as the electrical storm has ceased to locate Major Carter. The General nodded.

Colonel, I want a full debrief, one hour.

The Colonel gave a sloppy salute and headed out to be cleared by medical.

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Monday 19 January 2004 - Exact Time Unknown

Carter cracked her eyes open and tried to shield them from the sunlight. That's one plus I supposed if it's still day I can't have been out for long. Then she realised the sunlight' was the emergency light for inside the cockpit, outside it was pitch dark. Straightening herself she realised she was lying against the windshield, the safety harnesses would have to be reassessed as they'd obviously failed during the crash.

Doing a quick inventory she tried to ascertain her injuries. Her arms and legs and basically most of her torso ached but Major Carter was able to determine most of that was bumping and bruising. Her head hurt and from the feel of it she had one unattractively large bang on her forehead but nothing sticky and blood like so the Major figured everything was pretty good considering.

Using her hands she searched about in the dark for her torch, flicking it on when she finally located it. Carter leaned forward and tried to shine the torch out the plexi-glass to view the exterior, sighing she knew she was going to have to open the cockpit to get any view of the ground below. The reflective quality of the plexi proving too much for her little field torch.

Holding the small torch in her mouth she grasped the emergency release on each end of the windscreen and pulled down while pushing out. After a few gasps and grunts the glass popped out and tumbled away from the craft. Sam didn't hear it hit the ground but the thought left her mind as soon as it entered as she leaned forward to gaze outside.

Carter lurched back almost as suddenly, causing the glider to swing wildly. She'd come to rest ship and all in the top of a very thick copse of trees, so thick she couldn't see the ground. She grasped the sides to try and steady the craft but it was too late. The little movement she'd caused leaning forward and back had dislodged whatever had been holding the ship in place and the whole lot creaked and branches snapped and it tumbled downwards.

Sam had flown before, as a passenger and pilot she knew the brace position and tried her best to contort her body into some form of protective shape in the confines of the ship. But Carter hadn't been able to see the ground before, and she knew the landing would be rough.

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Monday 19 January 2004 - 2100 hours

General Hammond stood watching as they sent the second MALP through the Stargate. They'd sent the first shortly after he'd debriefed the remaining three members of SG-1, and spoken with Roche and Lancaster about their discoveries on the planet. He hoped this MALP would bring more promising news.

The first they sent through had only been on the planet a few moments before it was struck by lightening, obviously long enough for the SGC to determine that a rescue mission could not be launched at that moment. Hopefully the storm had now passed and with any luck they would be able to raise Major Carter on the radio.

Receiving telemetry. The tech seated at the console reported to the General. Video feed coming through now. The screen in front of the General and SG-1 lit up a display of the planet, though night had well and truly fallen the nigh vision equipped MALP could give them a fair idea of what to expect. Branches lay haphazardly, whole trees had been uprooted and more than one place showed signs of being burnt. The camera panned around giving the viewers a full look at the landscape.

Well there's the first MALP. Daniel indicated on the screen. The machine was in a mess, charred on one side with parts melted and congealed. We should probably bring it back, I'm sure Sam could.... He trailed of uncomfortably.

I am positive we will find Major Carter well Daniel Jackson. She is most resourceful. Teal'c said with far more confidence in his voice than Daniel thought he could muster from his entire being.

Oh, I really hope so Teal'c. Daniel replied not once removing his eyes from the mayhem being displayed in front of them.

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Tuesday 20 January 2004 - Exact Time Unknown

Sam groaned and rolled over, only to find her arm wedged between the seat and the side of the prototype. Wriggling her fingers she figured there wasn't anything broken just a hell of a lot of bruising. She pulled several time before yanking it successfully out and falling back to lie panting slightly on the ground.

Her head was pounding something ferocious and Carter guessed this time she'd probably hit it again and harder. When she touched her forehead and it came away sticky she figured that seeing as she could diagnose her own concussion she'd probably had too many.

Rolling on to her side she shuddered and gasped and pain stabbed at her side. Broken ribs she guessed and clutched at her stomach as she hauled herself up. It was still dark, though the sky was starting to get a faint grey tinge to it. Probably not dawn yet, but it was definitely he next day. Easing herself into the seat which had thankfully landed right way up she felt the ooze beneath her hand and pulled at her shirt to get a better look. Something must have caught her as the ship fell because of the slice up her side, not deep enough for stitches but deep enough to hurt as much as her ribs.

Shrugging out of her jacket she stripped off her outer shirt and shredded it for bandages, wrapping them firmly about her middle to try and brace her ribs and stop the cut bleeding anymore. Carter looked at the sky again, it was definitely getting lighter but it wasn't light enough to move yet. Sam settled back into the chair to wait it out and maybe sleep off some of the grogginess.

With her eyes closed she slipped quickly into sleep, so fast she didn't here the low growl from dense foliage about her.

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TA-DA! It's taken me forever but here we are. I figured that seeing as since I started this we've had the craziest weather I should probably finish it. But what with three blackouts in two weeks and 42C temperatures that fried my computer it just hasn't happened!! Anyway, I will honestly TRY to update more regularly but my life in unpredictable....

Nym 11/03/2004