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.


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Wednesday 21 January 2004 - Exact Time Unknown

The rain was still pouring down, falling right through Orlin, splashing on the ground where his feet should be. Sam lay in the mud staring up at him not believing he was really present.

What are you doing here? How are you here? She asked him, her voice a little shaky. Orlin smiled and crouched down next to Sam, running his fingers through the air just millimetres above her forehead. He looked at her hair covered in mud, wishing he could wipe it off.

I'm here to help you, to warn you. I came without the other's knowledge, when they gave me my second chance I was no longer confined to Velona. The other's felt my self-sacrifice was an evidence of emotional growth. Carter's head felt fuzzy, but she knew what he'd said. He used the word warn'.

Warn me? She asked. Why? What is there to warn me about? Orlin paused a moment.

Do you remember what I told you of Velona? How the others stopped the inhabitants from using the weapon for there own purposes? Sam nodded slowly, it was easier to think while he was talking to her.

They...They manipulated the planets weather patterns. That was what destroyed the planet. Orlin nodded.

And the people. Sam frowned.

I don't understand. How does that relate to me now... She trailed off as realisation hit. It happening again isn't it? It's happening now. Orlin nodded. Sam asked as he watched her.

There are things here that you and your people must not know about. Things that would be dangerous.

What things? Carter pressed, she was trying to focus but the pain in her leg was making her cloudy. Orlin shook his head.

I can't tell you what is on the planet. As they say on your world. What you don't know can't hurt you. Sam smiled in spite her situation. I need you to do something for me. Orlin asked her quietly.

Sam said slowly and cautiously, she remembered what had happened last time Orlin asked her to do something for him. Orlin crouched down closer to Sam and spread his arms.

Just trust me. He replied with a smile as blue light engulfed Major Carter. Orlin transferred back to his ascended state and took Sam with him.

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Wednesday 21 January 2004 - 0929 hours

Daniel, Teal'c and SG-3 lined up in front of the the Stargate waiting for the technicians to dial the planet. Daniel kept fidgeting adjusting straps, fiddling with zips, and it was getting on Teal'c's nerves.

Daniel Jackson. He intoned, grasping Daniel's forearm before he could readjust the contents of yet another pocket. Do not worry. We will locate Major Carter and I am confident she will not have come to harm. She is most capable as a warrior and scientist as well as most resourceful. Daniel nodded and sighed, he really hoped Teal'c was right.

The Stargate hummed to life and started to spin, the first chevron lit up and locked in easily.

Muttered one of the members of SG-3, Major Carter was well liked on base and everyone was eager to have her back, especially with the pressure the President had placed on the mission.

Clear the embarkation room! The voice came over the loudspeaker. UNSCHEDULED OFFWORLD ACTIVATION! The group standing in front of the gate scattered, Teal'c and Daniel dashing up to the control room.

General Hammond was already there standing over Technician Davis demanding to know what was going on.

Who's offworld at the moment? Daniel asked.

Only SG-2 and... A technician answered.

Daniel said suddenly and stepped closer to the glass.

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Carter didn't know how she got there but one minute she was lying in the mud with a sizeable branch pinning her leg then she was at the gate. Everything in between was very hazy, but she remembered a lot of bright blue light.

Orlin wouldn't tell her exactly what he'd done, something about using the naquadah in her blood like the naquadah in the reactor he'd carried in non-corporeal form on Velona, to enable him to move her. He'd left her not far from DHD before moving over to stand in front of the the Stargate. Through the haze of the pain from her almost certainly broken leg Sam thought she saw Orlin dialling the gate, without using the DHD.

The first two chevrons engaged without any obvious problem, but before the third could a bolt of lightening struck the gate. Orlin's human shape wavered and he looked to Sam.

The others know! It was the first time Sam had heard any sort of panic in his voice. I'm sorry Sam, I tried. Orlin's face shimmered and he drifted into a spiral of blue wisps that was pulled back up into the rolling clouds. Without him powering the Stargate the chevrons disengaged and fell silent.

Carter rolled over and started to pull herself over to the DHD, she grasped anything she could on the ground to use her arms to pull herself towards what she saw as her only chance, the DHD to dial home.

She had almost reached the DHD when her leg snagged on fallen debris, jagged pain shot leg and Sam curled in on her side gasping as it began to rain again.

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Hammond barked.

The technician responded.

What the hell happened?

I uh, I don't know Sir. One minute we were receiving a wormhole, the next..just nothing. It could have been a random anomaly.

How could you tell Davis?

We'd have to run a diagnostic Sir. Daniel listened to the exchange becoming more and more agitated.

Look, I know you're just trying to do your job, but while we're talking about this or running diagnostics Sam is still out there. For all you know that could have been her! He pulled his glasses off and pinched the bridge of his nose. General, she may not even have a GDO that still works. Hammond seemed to consider this for a moment.

Davis, is there any indication that this was anything other than an address the did not complete it's dialling sequence? The General asked Walter Davis.

Not from what I can see here Sir. He said with a shrug. The gate appears to be functioning normally.

Then dial it up, son. The six members of the rescue team reassembled back in the gate room in time to see the seventh chevron lock and the wormhole engage. SG's 1 and 3 you have a go.

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Teal'c, Daniel and SG-3 exited the wormhole and were immediately battered by the wind and rain lashing in all directions. The weather on the planet had escalated from that of severe electrical storms to cyclonic conditions. The immense pressure the wind was exerting on each of the bodies present on the planet was to such an extent that movement was even hindered.

We have to go back! Colonel Jacob yelled over the wind.

What about Sam!? Daniel yelled back, the archaeologist had removed his glasses which the wind had whipped off his face and clutched at his head to keep his hat in place.

You heard the General! Colonel Jacob screamed back. This mission is now officially dangerous and we're risking casualties! Captain! He called back to Captain East . Dial it up! She nodded stiffly in the wind and moved as quickly as she could to the DHD.

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Sam could hear voices, snatches of voices above the howling of the storm. She couldn't think straight, she was cold and her leg ached and ached. Maybe it was Orlin, maybe he'd been able to get away from the others and come back.

I'm here! She called. I'm over here! Her voice was barely strong enough, being pulled and twisted by the wind into a mish-mash of sound. She heard the gate activate but it didn't register in her tired mind.

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Let's go! Move, move, move! Colonel Jacob ordered. Captain East transmitted the GDO code and SG-3 charged up the stairs. Come on! He called to Teal'c and Daniel. The two members of SG-1 stood at the base of the stairs, Daniel watching Colonel Jacob while Teal'c was staring at something in the distance. What's he doing?! Jacob shouted at them. Daniel shrugged.

I don't know! Jackson shouted back. Teal'c suddenly pulled away from the archaeologist and charged off past the DHD. Daniel yelled into the wind. Hold the door! He called to Colonel Jacob before running after the jaffa.

Not far from the DHD he found what Teal'c had run after. Sam was lying there on the ground, she was lying right there and they had almost missed her. Teal'c had crouched down over her and had grasped one of her arms. Daniel could see Sam's lips moving but he was fairly sure her eyes were closed. Teal'c looked up directly at him.

Daniel Jackson! Help me! Daniel closed the paces between them and crouched down on Sam's other side. The sky had darkened from the storm activity and they were pressed for time. Each of the two men grasped one of her arms and swung it up around their shoulders, carrying her between them back towards the Stargate

She muttered sagging against the two men. We have to warn them. Daniel looked at Teal'c to see if he'd heard what Sam had said. He had and looked as confused as Daniel. The archaeologist shrugged, causing him to lose his grip on Sam and her leg to catch on the ground. Carter groaned and slumped against Teal'c. Daniel hurriedly grasped her arm again and the pair pulled her through the the wormhole.

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Monday 26 January 2004 -0900

The debriefing was held several days after Major Carter had arrived back at the SGC. After her eventful arrival where she, Teal'c and Daniel all tumbled through the gate, General Hammond decided to hold off on the debrief until Sam had a chance to rest.

She had spent the first 24 hours asleep, which Janet said had been a blessing considering the severity of her broken leg and the stitches required in the cut on her side. Waking up in the infirmary had been a challenge in itself, half due to the fact that Jack was still on ordered bed rest in the cubicle next to hers and he had become very bored.

O'Neill had managed to escape the infirmary the day before Sam's debrief, for this she was grateful, she didn't want any comments from him on how she handled herself on the crutches Dr. Fraiser had given her to use. She was almost to the conference room but had hit her leg at least four times on various walls.

Finally reaching the room she smiled gratefully at the airman who opened the conference room door as she struggled through to sink into her seat. General Hammond had yet to arrive but the rest of SG-1 was already there. Just as Daniel, sitting across from Sam, opened his mouth to ask how she was General Hammond strode into the room.

At ease. He ordered just as Sam braced herself to stand. SG-1, I have just spoken with the President, and while the main objective for this debriefing is to review Major Carter's report I feel that there should be no question left as to how this facility will proceed with the retrieval of the X-313. He turned to face Sam. I'm sorry to inform you that the address for the testing planet will be locked out of the dialling system. Both myself and the President feel the weather and planet are too unpredictable. We will not retrieve the prototype. Sam opened the folder she had brought with her and slid it across the table to the General.

My recommendations exactly Sir. Though it's unlikely the wormhole will even establish.

What information do you have to make that sort of assumption, Major?

Sir, I detail it all in my report. However, while I was on the planet I made contact with the alien Orlin.

The entity from the planet Velona? The General asked. Sam nodded.

Yes. He told me that he had been released from his banishment, but that the planet he now resides on had something that he couldn't let me, or anyone else, discover. He said it was too dangerous. He also indicated it was the other's of his kind that were causing the weather patterns and ultimately destroying the planet. Sam summed it up as succinctly as she could, aware of how they reacted last time Orlin was involved.

And this is all in your report, Major? Hammond asked.

Yes sir.

Ah, if I might just interrupt. Daniel drew attention to himself as he readjusted his glasses. If they were destroying the planet, why did the uh, others' allow Orlin to contact you? He asked cautiously.

They didn't. Allow it that is. He came without their knowledge. He tried to dial out to send me back but they found him before he could finish.

Our random gate anomaly. Daniel surmised.

Major I'll review your report privately, it sounds as though you've been most thorough.

Yes sir. She said with a nod.

The General stood and left the room taking the folder with him. Jack stood from his own seat and moved to help Sam.

So Carter. He said pulling out her crutches to hand to her. Sound like it was a pretty interesting mission, all things considered. Carter took the crutches from him and swung towards the door.

Not really sir, it was pretty bad. Annoying weather, large cats and disappearing aliens. Not to mention I lost the prototype. Daniel and Teal'c fell in behind the pair.

So pretty bad, huh? Daniel piped up. Worst mission yet? Sam shook her head.

No, I'd say second worst.

Second worst? Jack asked in surprise. What was worse?

Oh I dunno. Sam said with a smile. P3X 445 comes to mind.

Was that not the planet with the extremely large insectoids? Teal'c asked.

445? You think 445 was worse? The group came to a halt in front of the lift. Jack hit the button to open the doors. I'd say P3X 676. The doors opened and the four of members of SG-1 filed in.

Daniel said. But what about P3X 329. Y'know, mass food poisoning. Sam smiled.

Now that was bad! Jack exclaimed as the doors closed.

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Nym - 15/04/2004

I know this ones big but that's it.

The End. Finished, at last! Thanks for all the encouragement, reviews and page views. Thinking about another soon, or maybe I'll finish up some old stuff.

Many thanks to My Family who put up with me no end and my writers block.