The minute they were through the gate, the human and Jaffa members of SG-1 had their weapons up. Just in case. Yeah, everything they knew about the planet told them that it was deserted, but that didn't mean it was. Nothing came up to them, though, and no threat presented itself to challenge their presence.
"Carter. Teal'c. You guys check the perimeter. Daniel?" Jackson turned and looked at Jack. "Stay close."
Daniel sighed.
Jack looked down at Jaffer to see how his dog had fared through the gate, but Jaffer took the odd travel method the same way he took everything that came at him. Cheerfully and without complaint. His black fur was lightly tinged with frost, but it was already melting in the warm afternoon sun, and Jaffer simply shook himself, flinging water droplets all over Jack and Daniel, and then looked up at Jack to see what he was supposed to do now.
"Carter?"
"It's clear here, Sir."
"Teal'c?"
"I see nothing, O'Neill. The area appears to be deserted, as reported."
The two of them returned and Jack nodded.
"Let's go find Daniel's ruins, then, and get camp set up."
"They're not too far from here," Daniel assured him.
"Take point, then, Daniel."
The archeologist took the lead while the others walked behind him, Jack telling Jaffer to heel so the lab would know he didn't want him to stray just then. Jaffer picked up the slight tenseness in Jack and the others that they always felt whenever they were on a new planet, and did as he was told, his brown eyes looking around carefully, although he had no idea what the others were looking for. He'd be ready, though, when whatever it was they were waiting for came.
"It looks like a nice place to spend a few days," Sam commented, as they walked through a small clearing and then headed for a forested area. The trees were tall and lush, and the warm sunshine filtered through the leaves, stirring with the slight breeze that kept the five of them from feeling uncomfortably warm, even though the day was mild.
"It looks like a forest, Carter."
Sam grinned, because she happened to know that despite his continual complaining about trees, Jack actually liked the wooded areas far more than he liked deserts and sand. He did have a cabin in the forest, after all. If he hated them as much as he pretended to, he'd have built his vacation hideaway in Arizona, and not on a lake, in the middle of the woods.
"Yes, Sir."
He gave her a smile, but turned his attention back to the surrounding area immediately. There was a time to flirt and play, but this wasn't it, and they both knew it. Not when he wasn't completely sure that the area was safe. Although so far it was exactly what SG-6 had said it was. Beautiful, quiet and just plain nice.
"They're right over here, Jack," Daniel's voice came back to them, and a moment later, the five of them were once more in a clearing. A large one, this time, which was dominated by a massive stone area with walls and pillars – all of which looked like they'd been standing there pretty much forever.
"Wow."
"Control yourself, Daniel," Jack said, dryly, looking around and completely unimpressed by the walls and their age. "Let's check the perimeter of the clearing and make sure there's no surprises waiting for us, then we'll find a place to make our camp."
Sam and Teal'c went one direction, Jack, Daniel and Jaffer went the other direction, and they circled the clearing. Daniel's attention was on the ruins and the walls, already cataloguing the scripts he was seeing and his fingers itching to start running along the chiseled areas, but Jack and Jaffer were both looking around far more carefully. Jack using his eyes and ears to seek out anything that might be a danger to his team, and Jaffer using his nose eyes and ears as he, too, searched for anything odd. Although he knew that there was nothing that could threaten him. Nothing would dare challenge him, right?
"We didn't see anything, Colonel." Sam said as they all met on the other side of the clearing.
"Yeah, it looks clear," Jack agreed.
Daniel walked over to the nearest wall, which was only about eight feet away, and knelt down next to it, running his fingers along the symbols that were carved into it – or chiseled into it, Jack didn't know.
"This looks like Greek," the archeologist murmured.
"Looks Greek to me," Jack agreed, drawing a smile from Sam. Daniel ignored that.
"It's possible that the people who built this were precursors to the Greeks, the Romans, or even the..."
He trailed off as Jaffer ambled over with Jack, and the lab sniffed the wall nearby, obviously showing an interest as well. Then he cocked his leg and peed against the finely carved symbols that were closest to the ground.
"Jack!"
"Let's find a place to set up camp, Daniel. Then you can come back and look at this stuff as long as you want."
"He peed on the-"
"I know, Daniel." What was Jack supposed to do about it? "It'll dry."
"Keep him away from my walls, Jack."
"It's his first time off-world, Daniel. Give him a little leeway."
Jack turned and headed off into the woods once more, followed closely by Jaffer and Sam, then Teal'c, and finally Daniel, who turned and took one more look at the wet spot on the wall he had wanted to start with. Ah well, he'd start somewhere else.
"Carter. Teal'c. You guys check the perimeter. Daniel?" Jackson turned and looked at Jack. "Stay close."
Daniel sighed.
Jack looked down at Jaffer to see how his dog had fared through the gate, but Jaffer took the odd travel method the same way he took everything that came at him. Cheerfully and without complaint. His black fur was lightly tinged with frost, but it was already melting in the warm afternoon sun, and Jaffer simply shook himself, flinging water droplets all over Jack and Daniel, and then looked up at Jack to see what he was supposed to do now.
"Carter?"
"It's clear here, Sir."
"Teal'c?"
"I see nothing, O'Neill. The area appears to be deserted, as reported."
The two of them returned and Jack nodded.
"Let's go find Daniel's ruins, then, and get camp set up."
"They're not too far from here," Daniel assured him.
"Take point, then, Daniel."
The archeologist took the lead while the others walked behind him, Jack telling Jaffer to heel so the lab would know he didn't want him to stray just then. Jaffer picked up the slight tenseness in Jack and the others that they always felt whenever they were on a new planet, and did as he was told, his brown eyes looking around carefully, although he had no idea what the others were looking for. He'd be ready, though, when whatever it was they were waiting for came.
"It looks like a nice place to spend a few days," Sam commented, as they walked through a small clearing and then headed for a forested area. The trees were tall and lush, and the warm sunshine filtered through the leaves, stirring with the slight breeze that kept the five of them from feeling uncomfortably warm, even though the day was mild.
"It looks like a forest, Carter."
Sam grinned, because she happened to know that despite his continual complaining about trees, Jack actually liked the wooded areas far more than he liked deserts and sand. He did have a cabin in the forest, after all. If he hated them as much as he pretended to, he'd have built his vacation hideaway in Arizona, and not on a lake, in the middle of the woods.
"Yes, Sir."
He gave her a smile, but turned his attention back to the surrounding area immediately. There was a time to flirt and play, but this wasn't it, and they both knew it. Not when he wasn't completely sure that the area was safe. Although so far it was exactly what SG-6 had said it was. Beautiful, quiet and just plain nice.
"They're right over here, Jack," Daniel's voice came back to them, and a moment later, the five of them were once more in a clearing. A large one, this time, which was dominated by a massive stone area with walls and pillars – all of which looked like they'd been standing there pretty much forever.
"Wow."
"Control yourself, Daniel," Jack said, dryly, looking around and completely unimpressed by the walls and their age. "Let's check the perimeter of the clearing and make sure there's no surprises waiting for us, then we'll find a place to make our camp."
Sam and Teal'c went one direction, Jack, Daniel and Jaffer went the other direction, and they circled the clearing. Daniel's attention was on the ruins and the walls, already cataloguing the scripts he was seeing and his fingers itching to start running along the chiseled areas, but Jack and Jaffer were both looking around far more carefully. Jack using his eyes and ears to seek out anything that might be a danger to his team, and Jaffer using his nose eyes and ears as he, too, searched for anything odd. Although he knew that there was nothing that could threaten him. Nothing would dare challenge him, right?
"We didn't see anything, Colonel." Sam said as they all met on the other side of the clearing.
"Yeah, it looks clear," Jack agreed.
Daniel walked over to the nearest wall, which was only about eight feet away, and knelt down next to it, running his fingers along the symbols that were carved into it – or chiseled into it, Jack didn't know.
"This looks like Greek," the archeologist murmured.
"Looks Greek to me," Jack agreed, drawing a smile from Sam. Daniel ignored that.
"It's possible that the people who built this were precursors to the Greeks, the Romans, or even the..."
He trailed off as Jaffer ambled over with Jack, and the lab sniffed the wall nearby, obviously showing an interest as well. Then he cocked his leg and peed against the finely carved symbols that were closest to the ground.
"Jack!"
"Let's find a place to set up camp, Daniel. Then you can come back and look at this stuff as long as you want."
"He peed on the-"
"I know, Daniel." What was Jack supposed to do about it? "It'll dry."
"Keep him away from my walls, Jack."
"It's his first time off-world, Daniel. Give him a little leeway."
Jack turned and headed off into the woods once more, followed closely by Jaffer and Sam, then Teal'c, and finally Daniel, who turned and took one more look at the wet spot on the wall he had wanted to start with. Ah well, he'd start somewhere else.