The clouds moved a lot quicker on this planet than they did on Earth. The storm that Jack had noticed far off on the horizon was on him before he really believed it could have been possible. The slight quickening of the breeze and a rumble of distant thunder were his first warnings that the sunny day was about to come to a close, and Jack looked up from Daniel's notes and was surprised to see the clouds so close.

Gathering up Daniel's notes, and looking around to make sure there wasn't any more that might be set somewhere else – which was highly unlikely, considering how organized Daniel was – Jack headed back for their camp at a trot, with Jaffer close at hand.

Sam and Teal'c had noticed the approaching clouds as well, and the two of them were standing near the dead fire watching them when Jack came into the campsite.

"There's a storm coming," Jack told them. "I think."

"I thought I detected thunder rumbling in the distance, O'Neill."

"Me, too, Teal'c." He looked at the sleeping archeologist, and handed Sam Daniel's notes. "Go put those in Daniel's tent, Sam, will ya? Make sure they're someplace safe."

She nodded, and carried them off, and Jack went over to kneel by Daniel, grinning when he saw Daniel was drooling a little in his sleep. Jack reached out and touched his shoulder.

"Daniel."

"Hmmm?"

He didn't open his eyes.

"It's time for your lecture... do you have your notes ready?"

"Yeah..."

Jack stifled a snicker. Daniel was so much fun to mess with, and Jack so rarely had such a perfect opportunity.

"What's the lecture on?"

"Cross colonization of the..." Daniel opened his eyes, suddenly, looking up at Jack. "What the...?"

"Time to wake up."

He sat up, scowling and looking around. The sky was considerably darker than it had been the last time his eyes were open, but it wasn't because it was so much later, it was because the sun had just gone behind a group of clouds.

"What time is it?"

"It's only about an hour or so after you fell asleep, but I figured we'd better get you out of the storm before it hits."

"What storm?" Daniel was still sleep-fogged, after all. He looked up at the sky, and saw the steadily darkening sky.

"Shit! My notes!"

Before he could lunge to his feet in panic, Jack held him down.

"Relax, Daniel. I brought them in. Sam's putting them in your tent right now."

"They're safe, Daniel." Carter had rejoined Jack and Teal'c, who was watching the sky.

"Thanks."

"SG-6 didn't mention any rainstorms in their reports," Jack said, looking at the others as he stood up and helped Daniel to his feet.

"You read their reports?" Daniel asked.

"I might have skimmed them..."

Of course he'd read them, since he'd been planning on bringing Jaffer. But he hadn't meant for them to know that. Jack scowled.

"What I'm getting at is we don't know how much of a storm we're in for, so just to be on the safe side..." Jack was always on the safe side when he could be, when it came to the others of his team "...we might want to secure the tents a little better and pull out the rain coverings for them. Sam? We'll put the food supplies in your tent. Teal'c? All other supplies go to yours. We'll put the dry firewood in mine."

They knew better than to put the food supplies in Jack's. Especially with Jaffer.

"What do you want me to do, Jack?" Daniel asked.

"Head back to the ruins and make sure I got all your notes. Otherwise you'll be worrying about it if it starts to rain." The wind was already picking up, howling something fierce at times when it started gusting.

Daniel nodded.

"Take Jaffer with you."

Jack looked down at his black lab, who looked up at him, his eyes grinning cheerfully. Jaffer liked storms.

"You go with Daniel, little man." He looked at the archeologist. "Straight there and straight back, Daniel. Just take a quick look."

"I will, Jack."

Daniel was slightly annoyed by the lecture on coming straight back, but he knew it was warranted. He'd been sidetracked by things before, on other missions, and had fallen behind, or drifted away. He just wondered when Jack was going to stop reminding him about those times. Of course, Daniel was also touched that Jack was sending Jaffer to come with him, because there were very few reasons that were important enough to send his dog away from him – and Daniel had been subtly told he was one of them. It was a nice feeling to know you were so cared about. Nice enough to allow the nagging about coming there and right back.

He and Jaffer headed off into the woods towards the ruins, and Jack and the others started gathering their supplies and stowing them into their tents.

"Next time, we bring a supply tent!" Jack called to the others over the howling wind.

"Agreed!" Teal'c called back as he shoved the bags with spare ammunition and other such items into the back of his own tent, and then pulled out the huge canopy that was designed to go over the tent in the event of bad weather. This certainly qualified. Teal'c attached his fairly quickly, and then went over to help Sam with hers. Jack had his up in a flash as well – lots of practice, after all – then the three of them put Daniel's on his tent. Just in time, too. There was a loud rumble of thunder, and the sky opened up on them, bringing in the rain.

"Get inside!" Jack called to Sam and Teal'c as he drove the last peg into the ground by Daniel's tent.

The two went to Sam's tent and closed it up behind them, and Jack slipped on his cat-mangled jacket to give him some protection from the rain as he waited for Daniel and Jaffer to get back. There was no way he'd go inside until he was sure the rest of his team was safe – and of course, he'd wait for his baby.