Chapter XIV
All through the rest of the journey, Sg-1 didn't talk much to the girl Echo. O'Neill pretended to be busy with flying the craft, but he was really trying to avoid thinking too much about Skaara, who was sitting there, after all this time, so close to him yet so far. Teal'c still distrusted the girl, and Carter didn't quite know what to make of it all. Daniel had tried to talk to her, but since her out burst, she seemed withdrawn into some world of her own. Not to mention the literal world of that storage closet. She had spent every second of the past year or so trying to think of and plan for her escape. She felt she was in control somehow. And now…what was she going to do? Where was she going to go? She had far too much time to think.
Carter had told everyone that they were much too far from home to plan on flying the whole way in such a small ship. As soon as they could, they were going to find a planet and gate back to earth. Once they landed Echo followed the team towards the Stargate. It wasn't far, and there were relatively few inhabitants on the planet that they chosen to gate from. She considered many things, running, hiding, escape, but in the end she just followed. She watched as Sg-1 walked through the gate leading Klorel, and hesitated only slightly before stepping through. And then they were home.
