Jack pulled up short as Teal'c abruptly stopped as the cave system they had been exploring suddenly opened up into a large chamber. He raised an eyebrow then stepped agilely around his jaffa teammate to see what had caused him to stop.
"We must leave, O'Neill," Teal'c demanded not taking his eyes from the site before him.
"Weird looking stalactites," Jack commented as he trained his flashlight across the floor of the chamber.
"Stalagmites, sir" Carter corrected him. "Stalactites hang down from the roof. Stalagmites rise up from the floor."
"Right, stalagmites," Jack corrected himself. "Weird looking stalagmites then."
"They are not stalagmites," Teal'c informed his commander. "They are eggs, and we must leave now, O'Neill" Teal'c reiterated as he lowered his staff weapon to point at the hundreds of ovals spread throughout the chamber. "We must leave this planet immediately!" Teal'c demanded.
That got Jack's attention. Anything scary enough to push Teal'c's panic button was bound to be very, very bad. "Teal'c take point," Jack commanded snapping the safety off his P-90. "Daniel, you follow then Carter. I'll watch our sixes."
The rest of the team heard it a moment after Teal'c. A strange clicking noise reminiscent of the Replicators coming from the cavern beyond the eggs.
"Retreat!" Teal'c roared.