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
Cultural Note: In Australia (where I live) we have these freakish storms that whip up in under an hour and cause lot's of damage, hail the size of golf balls and wind gusts strong enough to knock out power lines. In the wet season they appear very quickly and without warning, often with only minimal notice for those in their path.
Disclaimer: If I owned them the series would be different, just borrowing, I'll clean up when I'm done.


Lazlow: Glad to here you're enjoying it, read the new chapter but it's a little small I'll admit.


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Sam rested her head on the trunk of the sparse tree as wind and rain howled around her. Hopefully the storm would dissipate as quickly as it had formed. The tree offered little protection from the rain but it was better than the zero protection the cat was currently enjoying. As it sat out in the field watching her, droplets splashed off it's nose just as droplets trickled down Carter's, right into her shirt.

Sam shivered and pulled her collar close around her as a particularly large rain drop ran down her back. She was okay generally speaking, other than that though she was cold, tired and her ribs had moved on to a dull aching pain.

Yes. Carter thought to herself. Second worst mission ever.

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Colonel O'Neill was good at a lot of things. He wouldn't have gotten to his position without being somewhat multi talented. But by and large one of the things he was best at was pacing. And that was what he was doing now.

Daniel was still out cold, though the infirmary nurses seemed to think he'd be fine, and wouldn't have lost any particularly important information out of his skull in the process. Teal'c had gone off somewhere, Jack thought he may have mentioned something about lunch but that was a half hour ago. And Jack himself had been banned from the control room by the General because he'd apparently been irritating the scientists and Siler too much.

So he was pacing.

UNSCHEDULED OFFWORLD ACTIVATION! The alarms sounded and the Colonel stopped his pacing to dash towards the control centre. He met Teal'c at the base of the stairs and the pair of them dashed up the steps hoping the incoming traveller was Major Carter.

Instead a lone male SGC officer tumbled through the wormhole, followed by a series of electrical weapons fire bursts. The wormhole held, and shimmered for a moment before disengaging. Jack tore himself away from the window in the control room to run down to embarkation room.

The man who'd come through the gate had pulled himself up by now and the Colonel could see it was Captain Collins from SG-13. He was dirty, mud and what looked like blood streaked across his face. He panted as he looked to the Colonel.

Sir, the rest of SG-13 is pinned down not far from the gate they're cut off and can't get back through. Colonel Mason's injured and Major Casey has assumed command, she sent me back through Sir, for back up and a medical team. The General had arrived on the scene by now and caught the Captain's story.

Who are the attackers son? Jaffa? Captain Collins shook his head.

Negative, they're an unknown enemy sir, started firing without provocation. Highly advanced Sir, possibly tapping the radio signal. The General nodded considering this for a moment.

Colonel O'Neill, get yourself and Teal'c suited up. Take SG-3 with you and a medical contingent. You ship out in 15 minutes. The General turned to leave but stopped at Jack's voice.

What about Carter?

Colonel, we're dialling up every 15 minutes to monitor the storm activity, we've found her suspected flight path and as soon as it clears we'll send a team through. The Colonel looked as though he was going to say something more but thought better of it.



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Nym - 30/03/2004 Here it is. Took a muchly long time, but here it is. Enjoy.