A/N: Hey everybody sorry it took me bit to get this chapter out but my muse
decided to go on vacation with out telling me, but I'm back for now that is
'till the next time my muse decides runs out on me again. Also I made a
slight change to ch. 7 by giving Macein one more power, so you might want
to look back really quick and see what it is.
Oh and the Hathor story in this chapter is an actual story it was taken off the walls of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
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(Day 2)
Beep....beep...beep.
'What the.....' Macein thought to himself as a beeping sound invaded his sleep filled brain. Attempting to find out where the noise was coming from Macein discovered the sound coming from Jack's watch that was lying near his head. What really got Macein was the time on the watch: 6:30 a.m.
"Geeze Jack can't you ever just once take a vacation and sleep in?" Macein asked as he threw the watch at Jack, who was starting to wake up.
"Uh....wa.....oh sorry guess I forgot to turn off the alarm." Jack apologized, "I might as well get up and start getting things together for breakfast. So just go back to sleep I'm sure Teal'c is bound to be up by now and can keep me company."
All Jack got in respones was some not nice words mumbled at him. "Ok I know you don't use that kind of language when Janet wakes you up, cause if you did I know she would find away to blame it on me and she hasn't." This time Macein threw a pillow at him. "All right...all right I'm leaving."
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Leaving the tent Jack spotted Teal'c sitting on a near by log watching the first rays of the sun start to rise. Not wanting to disturb the peacful scene Jack got some coffee, that Teal'c must have made, and took a seat next to Teal'c to watch the sun rise. They were soon joined by Daniel, also carrying a cup of coffee.
"Do you think that we should wake the boys up now? I mean it is almost 8:00 and the foods just about ready." Daniel asked.
"Yeah...you're right we probably should get them up. But be careful and watch yourself when waking Macein up. He's almost as cranky as you are in the moring before your first cup of coffee." Jack Warned.
"Ha...ha....ha very funny Jack."
With the help of Teal'c, they managed to get all the boys up except Macein. Since neither Daniel or Jack could get him up they decided to send Teal'c in after him. Moments later Teal'c came back out without Macein.
"You are indeed correct O'Neill, Macein is very much like DanielJackson in the morning before his first cup of coffee."
"......Hey" Daniel protested.
"Ok...ok stand aside and let the pros show you how it's done." Phoenix interupted, "Guys Wake up call?"
"Wake up call." The others agreed with huge grins on their faces.
They then went in to the Maecin's tent, after a moment of struggling they came out carrying Macein, wearing black pajama bottoms and a red tanktop, and headed towards the near by stream, where they proceeded to dump Macein.
"HOLY.....HELL... THATS COLD!!!!!!!!" Macein yelled as he jump out of the ice cold water. "WHAT the hell was that for?" But nobody could answer him because they were all to busy laughing at him.
"That'll teach you to get up when your supposed to." Trent finally managed to answer.
"Yeah what he said." Carver added.
"Oh thats it you guys are going to get it now." Macein lunged for the nearest person, who happened to be Marcis, and started to throw him into the stream. Relizing what was happening he grabbed on to Phoenix, who grabbed Carver, who grabbed Trent, who grabbed Daniel, who grabbed Jack, who tried to grab Teal'c but found himself with nothing to grab since Teal'c was smart enough to move out of grabbing range. In the end Teal'c was the only one that returned to camp completly dry.
Back at camp Teal'c put more wood on the fire to build it up, while the others got changed into dry clothes. By the time the guys were all changed and out of their tents Teal'c had breakfast ready to eat. Once breakfast was finshed and cleaned up the guys decided to go for a hike, so after putting away all the stuff in their tents, getting the needed supplies together, and putting out their camp fire, they headed out.
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The hike started out with out any problems. Teal'c and Daniel took point while Jack brought up the rear with Macein. About half an hour into the hike Jack started to notice that Macein would from time to time close his eyes and slightly tilt his head to the side, as if he was listening for something. Sometimes he would even smell the air.
"Hey everything all right?" Jack whispered to Macein.
"What...um I don't know yet. It's just......I don't know.... something just feels different...... I don't know it's probably nothing. I mean this place is kind of different from the type of wilderness that I'm used to if you know what I mean." Macein replied also keeping his voice low so the others couldn't hear.
"Still keep your eyes open you never know what might be around."
"I all ways do."
"I see I have taught you well little grasshopper."
"Oh shut up."
After about another hour and a half of hiking the group stopped for lunch in a clearing next the the stream that ran near their campsite. Even with Macein sitting around the clearing talking and just goofing around with his friends, Jack could see that Macein was still a bit unsettled.
"Hey Daniel, Teal'c can I talk to you guys for a sec." Jack asked deciding to let the two in on his worries.
"Sure Jack."
"Of course O'Neill"
"I'm sure that its nothing but earlier I was talking to Macein and he seemed to be a bit unsettled about something. He just said it was probably due to the unfamilar area, but I'm not so sure. something just seems off about this whole thing."
"I to have felt some what unsettled about something, but I do not know what it is exactly." Teal'c informed the two.
"Ok we all agree that something seems off about this situation. So what do we do about it?" Daniel questioned.
"We have two options: A) keep hiking and hope we're just being paranoid from years on the job or B) start to head back to camp now."
"If we go with plan B how do we explain suddenly going back?"
"I agree we have no valid reason for going back to camp."
"Ok so we keep going just make sure you keep eyes and ears open."
With their minds made up they got the boys rounded up and contiuned their hike. After a while of hiking and nothing happening Jack was starting to think that he was just being paranoid earlier. But then he saw Macein cock his head to the left, quickly slow down his pace, and get a serious look on his face.
"Macein?" Jack asked getting a worryied feeling in his gut.
"Shhh" Macein put a finger up to his lips. A moment later, "Jack I didn't say anything before, because I wasn't sure, but now I am. We're being followed by what I'm not sure yet, but theres at least two if not more. One to the right and slightly head of us the other to the left and slightly behind."
"Ok I'm gonna go let Teal'c and Daniel know then I'll be right back. You just be careful."
Trying look casual Jack made his way up to where Daniel and Teal'c were Daniel was trying to explain some egyptian myth to Marcis.
"Ok so what you're saying is that Hathor was transformed into Sekhmet, by Ra, in order to destroy all of humanity, then Ra basiclly changed his mind and decided to save the remainder of humanity and in order to distrack Sekhmet he got her drunk and turned her back into Hathor" Marcis summomed up what Daniel had told him.
"Yup thats pretty much one of the Hathor myths." Daniel replied, then continued to go on about other egyptain myths.
Jack, who's eyes were begining to glaze over, decided that he'd better pull Teal'c aside before falling asleep.
"Teal'c, hey just thought I'd let you know to keep your head up. I was talking to Macein and he's certin that we're being followed by something, well two or more somethings actually. One to the right and slightly ahead, the other to the left and slightly behind. I'm gonna head go back and bring up the rear, be sure to let Daniel know whats up when hes done with his lecture mode."
"Of course O'Neill."
"Thanks buddy."
Jack then made his way back to the rear barely listening to any of the conversations going on around him, while trying to see if he could hear or spot anything that shouldn't be there.
"Jack the one on the right it's stopped moving I think it's hiding in that underbrush waiting." Macein urgently whispered as Jack came back. Jack casually looked in the direction Macein had indicated, where he could just barly make out the silhouette of something. It looked to Jack like it could be a person, but there was no way of knowing for sure untill he could get closer.
This time Jack decided to have Macein head up to the front so that he could let Teal'c know the general location of their stalkers, while he tried to think up a plan. But before Jack could come up with a viable plan a group of about 10 people appeared out of no where and surrounded the guys.
"Shibio diu Aray Kree" Shouted a man as he stepped forward.
"Ok I may not have a clue what that guy just said but I did reconize the word kree, which leads me to belive that hes speaking Goa'uld." Jack whispered to Daniel and Teal'c after making his way towards the front of the group.
"You're right Jack and I think he said strangers stay where you are." Daniel whispered back.
"Indeed you are correct DanielJackson."
"Ok HOW is this even possible?"
"Kegalo!" The man shouted at them. "You have tresspassed into our Cal mah." He then pointed to some men in his group, "Bring them, we shall take them back to the A'roush where the Dis'tra will decide their punishment."
The men stepped forward and tried to get the boys to move, but of course beeing teenage boys they weren't about to do as they were told especially now of all times when they had no idea what was going on. Seeing this Jack actually felt kind of proud of them for standing up for themselves, that is untill the men pulled out zats and started to point them at the boys.
"Guys don't fight 'em. Trust me it'll be better if you just do as your told." Jack ordered the others.
"Wise idea. I take it you're the one in charge of this group?" The leader asked as they all started to walk deeper into the woods.
"So what if I am? What are you gonna do about it Jungle Boy?" All Jack got in response was a slap upside the head. After that the rest of the walk was spent in silence.
Oh and the Hathor story in this chapter is an actual story it was taken off the walls of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
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(Day 2)
Beep....beep...beep.
'What the.....' Macein thought to himself as a beeping sound invaded his sleep filled brain. Attempting to find out where the noise was coming from Macein discovered the sound coming from Jack's watch that was lying near his head. What really got Macein was the time on the watch: 6:30 a.m.
"Geeze Jack can't you ever just once take a vacation and sleep in?" Macein asked as he threw the watch at Jack, who was starting to wake up.
"Uh....wa.....oh sorry guess I forgot to turn off the alarm." Jack apologized, "I might as well get up and start getting things together for breakfast. So just go back to sleep I'm sure Teal'c is bound to be up by now and can keep me company."
All Jack got in respones was some not nice words mumbled at him. "Ok I know you don't use that kind of language when Janet wakes you up, cause if you did I know she would find away to blame it on me and she hasn't." This time Macein threw a pillow at him. "All right...all right I'm leaving."
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Leaving the tent Jack spotted Teal'c sitting on a near by log watching the first rays of the sun start to rise. Not wanting to disturb the peacful scene Jack got some coffee, that Teal'c must have made, and took a seat next to Teal'c to watch the sun rise. They were soon joined by Daniel, also carrying a cup of coffee.
"Do you think that we should wake the boys up now? I mean it is almost 8:00 and the foods just about ready." Daniel asked.
"Yeah...you're right we probably should get them up. But be careful and watch yourself when waking Macein up. He's almost as cranky as you are in the moring before your first cup of coffee." Jack Warned.
"Ha...ha....ha very funny Jack."
With the help of Teal'c, they managed to get all the boys up except Macein. Since neither Daniel or Jack could get him up they decided to send Teal'c in after him. Moments later Teal'c came back out without Macein.
"You are indeed correct O'Neill, Macein is very much like DanielJackson in the morning before his first cup of coffee."
"......Hey" Daniel protested.
"Ok...ok stand aside and let the pros show you how it's done." Phoenix interupted, "Guys Wake up call?"
"Wake up call." The others agreed with huge grins on their faces.
They then went in to the Maecin's tent, after a moment of struggling they came out carrying Macein, wearing black pajama bottoms and a red tanktop, and headed towards the near by stream, where they proceeded to dump Macein.
"HOLY.....HELL... THATS COLD!!!!!!!!" Macein yelled as he jump out of the ice cold water. "WHAT the hell was that for?" But nobody could answer him because they were all to busy laughing at him.
"That'll teach you to get up when your supposed to." Trent finally managed to answer.
"Yeah what he said." Carver added.
"Oh thats it you guys are going to get it now." Macein lunged for the nearest person, who happened to be Marcis, and started to throw him into the stream. Relizing what was happening he grabbed on to Phoenix, who grabbed Carver, who grabbed Trent, who grabbed Daniel, who grabbed Jack, who tried to grab Teal'c but found himself with nothing to grab since Teal'c was smart enough to move out of grabbing range. In the end Teal'c was the only one that returned to camp completly dry.
Back at camp Teal'c put more wood on the fire to build it up, while the others got changed into dry clothes. By the time the guys were all changed and out of their tents Teal'c had breakfast ready to eat. Once breakfast was finshed and cleaned up the guys decided to go for a hike, so after putting away all the stuff in their tents, getting the needed supplies together, and putting out their camp fire, they headed out.
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The hike started out with out any problems. Teal'c and Daniel took point while Jack brought up the rear with Macein. About half an hour into the hike Jack started to notice that Macein would from time to time close his eyes and slightly tilt his head to the side, as if he was listening for something. Sometimes he would even smell the air.
"Hey everything all right?" Jack whispered to Macein.
"What...um I don't know yet. It's just......I don't know.... something just feels different...... I don't know it's probably nothing. I mean this place is kind of different from the type of wilderness that I'm used to if you know what I mean." Macein replied also keeping his voice low so the others couldn't hear.
"Still keep your eyes open you never know what might be around."
"I all ways do."
"I see I have taught you well little grasshopper."
"Oh shut up."
After about another hour and a half of hiking the group stopped for lunch in a clearing next the the stream that ran near their campsite. Even with Macein sitting around the clearing talking and just goofing around with his friends, Jack could see that Macein was still a bit unsettled.
"Hey Daniel, Teal'c can I talk to you guys for a sec." Jack asked deciding to let the two in on his worries.
"Sure Jack."
"Of course O'Neill"
"I'm sure that its nothing but earlier I was talking to Macein and he seemed to be a bit unsettled about something. He just said it was probably due to the unfamilar area, but I'm not so sure. something just seems off about this whole thing."
"I to have felt some what unsettled about something, but I do not know what it is exactly." Teal'c informed the two.
"Ok we all agree that something seems off about this situation. So what do we do about it?" Daniel questioned.
"We have two options: A) keep hiking and hope we're just being paranoid from years on the job or B) start to head back to camp now."
"If we go with plan B how do we explain suddenly going back?"
"I agree we have no valid reason for going back to camp."
"Ok so we keep going just make sure you keep eyes and ears open."
With their minds made up they got the boys rounded up and contiuned their hike. After a while of hiking and nothing happening Jack was starting to think that he was just being paranoid earlier. But then he saw Macein cock his head to the left, quickly slow down his pace, and get a serious look on his face.
"Macein?" Jack asked getting a worryied feeling in his gut.
"Shhh" Macein put a finger up to his lips. A moment later, "Jack I didn't say anything before, because I wasn't sure, but now I am. We're being followed by what I'm not sure yet, but theres at least two if not more. One to the right and slightly head of us the other to the left and slightly behind."
"Ok I'm gonna go let Teal'c and Daniel know then I'll be right back. You just be careful."
Trying look casual Jack made his way up to where Daniel and Teal'c were Daniel was trying to explain some egyptian myth to Marcis.
"Ok so what you're saying is that Hathor was transformed into Sekhmet, by Ra, in order to destroy all of humanity, then Ra basiclly changed his mind and decided to save the remainder of humanity and in order to distrack Sekhmet he got her drunk and turned her back into Hathor" Marcis summomed up what Daniel had told him.
"Yup thats pretty much one of the Hathor myths." Daniel replied, then continued to go on about other egyptain myths.
Jack, who's eyes were begining to glaze over, decided that he'd better pull Teal'c aside before falling asleep.
"Teal'c, hey just thought I'd let you know to keep your head up. I was talking to Macein and he's certin that we're being followed by something, well two or more somethings actually. One to the right and slightly ahead, the other to the left and slightly behind. I'm gonna head go back and bring up the rear, be sure to let Daniel know whats up when hes done with his lecture mode."
"Of course O'Neill."
"Thanks buddy."
Jack then made his way back to the rear barely listening to any of the conversations going on around him, while trying to see if he could hear or spot anything that shouldn't be there.
"Jack the one on the right it's stopped moving I think it's hiding in that underbrush waiting." Macein urgently whispered as Jack came back. Jack casually looked in the direction Macein had indicated, where he could just barly make out the silhouette of something. It looked to Jack like it could be a person, but there was no way of knowing for sure untill he could get closer.
This time Jack decided to have Macein head up to the front so that he could let Teal'c know the general location of their stalkers, while he tried to think up a plan. But before Jack could come up with a viable plan a group of about 10 people appeared out of no where and surrounded the guys.
"Shibio diu Aray Kree" Shouted a man as he stepped forward.
"Ok I may not have a clue what that guy just said but I did reconize the word kree, which leads me to belive that hes speaking Goa'uld." Jack whispered to Daniel and Teal'c after making his way towards the front of the group.
"You're right Jack and I think he said strangers stay where you are." Daniel whispered back.
"Indeed you are correct DanielJackson."
"Ok HOW is this even possible?"
"Kegalo!" The man shouted at them. "You have tresspassed into our Cal mah." He then pointed to some men in his group, "Bring them, we shall take them back to the A'roush where the Dis'tra will decide their punishment."
The men stepped forward and tried to get the boys to move, but of course beeing teenage boys they weren't about to do as they were told especially now of all times when they had no idea what was going on. Seeing this Jack actually felt kind of proud of them for standing up for themselves, that is untill the men pulled out zats and started to point them at the boys.
"Guys don't fight 'em. Trust me it'll be better if you just do as your told." Jack ordered the others.
"Wise idea. I take it you're the one in charge of this group?" The leader asked as they all started to walk deeper into the woods.
"So what if I am? What are you gonna do about it Jungle Boy?" All Jack got in response was a slap upside the head. After that the rest of the walk was spent in silence.