Chapter 3 - New Mission - Familiar Place
As Jack entered the conference room everybody was already waiting. Murmuring a slight "Sorry", he took his seat next to General Hammond. Now that everybody was there the general opened the briefing.
Jonas Quinn, who had come back and joined SG-1 again after Sam's disappearance, got up and started introducing their destination to the team:
"As the primary analyses indicate P5X-481 does not appear to be populated. But however there are ruins located some miles south of the Stargate. We can't tell by now whether they are Ancient or something else... "
"So this is gonna be a very, very interesting mission once again", Jack stated with a sort of lame cynicism, compared to his usual comments. He could not hide being stricken by something.
"Yes Colonel, this is how it seems", Jonas replied.
Jack let out a long sigh. For the rest of the briefing he remained silent not trying to hang after his thoughts too much.
Later in the locker room Teal'C came up to his friend in order to find out what was wrong with him. He sat down on the bench next to Jack questioning:
"O'Neill, what is bothering you? Did you dream of Samantha again?"
Jack sighed. "Yeah T, I did, but it was different this time. I ... I didn't dream that she ran away; as she saw me in the gate room, she stayed. And hell, I dunno what this dream means."
"It might be a sign", Teal'C proposed.
"But for what? I though there could be somethin' about Sam on this mission we're going to, but as you know there can't really be..."Jack held on looking at the floor.
"Things must not be that way", his Jaffa friend tried to encourage him.
Jack shook his head and rose to pick up his jacket.
Siama'a got up early and took a walk to her favorite place, a small lake she went to when she needed to think. This morning she was not the only one there. Her best friend Tiobe sat at the sandy shore throwing little stones of gravel into the crystal clear water. She looked up as Siama'a sat down by her side.
"Couldn't sleep well again?"she inquired.
Siama'a nodded sadly. "But this time the dream was so different."
"Like what?"Tiobe gave her an astonished look.
"Jack didn't tell me to part from him, he pleaded me to stay."
"This could be a message to you", her friend pondered.
"You think? But what does it want to tell me."
"Perhaps you'll meet him again", Tiobe supposed.
Siama'a glanced at her with great curiosity, "This isn't really possible."
Her friend remained silent for a moment before she told her a news she had not known before:
"Ketiama informed me that there was incoming here when we were on our mission to the outpost..."
A pair of questioning blue eyes looked at her closely, "What was it?" Siama'a wanted to know.
"A sensor drone. According to what you've told us it could've been a MALP from the Tauri."
Siama'a gasped for air. But Tiobe calmed her: "You don't have to be afraid. The sensor scrambler we've built together is working. They don't know we're here, yet."
"But they will know soon", Siama'a got up and went back to the village.
The only way back led past the Stargate. Soon after Siama'a had crossed it she heard how it activated. The wormhole opened in a splash, it was too late to run away now. Siama'a's only option was to hide somewhere so she climbed up one of the tall trees as quick as she could.
Only seconds later four travelers came through the gate. Siama'a recognized them at once, it was her former team SG-1. She saw Teal'C, Daniel, Jonas and ... Jack, they all had not changed much. Siama'a felt her heart sink, it was not easy for her to keep from crying.
The team moved away into the direction of the village, they seemed confused about it's existence since the sensor scrambler had given them another information. All of a sudden they stopped and glanced around. Siama'a realized that she must have made any sound...
On the first sight P5X-481 looked as they had expected it. But as they looked around a little more closely they found out something strange.
On the sandy ground several footsteps could be seen. Then Jonas pointed to the North.
"There seems to exist a dwelling over there", he informed the others.
"Let's have a look at it", O'Neill decided.
So the four of them got into motion toward it. Suddenly Teal'C held up a hand to stop them. He was hearing something. Now Jack heard it as well, a rustling had just gone through the leaves of one of the trees nearby...
Siama'a hadn't been careful enough. She was so deep in her thoughts that she lost hold of the thick top branches she had clung herself to. She started to slip and then fell, catching herself short before she hit the hard ground.
Suddenly someone fell out of the tree top, a tall woman landed right in front of them. As she looked up Jack's mouth fell open, he recognized her:
It was Sam !
Okay, this has been the third chapter. In the next one it's gonna be really exciting.