"Now remember Jack, if Ritchik and Parphanely answer you do not shoot them!" said Daniel. O'Neill looked at him. Teal'c was standing next to them with his Goa'uld staff weapon in his hand. Bob had left them in town, he was now in fact going to his family and telling them of the new comers. There was going to be an attack soon! Bob had said that his people didn't like foreigners.
"Have we figured out why you knew where the traps were O'Neill?" asked Teal'c, still waiting for the big heavy castle doors to open.
"Well, Parphanely is telepathic. That could be it. She could have transmitted her thoughts to Jack," explained Daniel.
"I told you Daniel that's not it! I'm sure Parphanely, did I get her name right?" asked O'Neill. Daniel nodded, so O'Neill plunged on, "I'm sure Parphaneler is not even a telepather! That's just some mumbo jumbo crap!" said O'Neill.
"I believe the word is telepath O'Neill," said Teal'c, "And I believe her name is Parphanely."
"Whatever! Anyway, all I'm sayin' is I don't know how the images got there but sure as hell wasn't her! Got it?" said O'Neill more than a little pissed off.
"Hello?" said a small voice from inside the door.
"It's us. Dr. Jackson, Colonel O'Neill and Teal'c," said Daniel.
"What of Samantha?" asked the voice.
"She's ill. She, umm, she thinks you might in a bit of danger," said Daniel.
"Ok, you may come in," stated the voice after a while. The doors to the castle creaked open slowly. Daniel, O'Neill and Teal'c walked in slowly. It was warm inside, and very well lit. there were candles all along the gargantuan passage that lay ahead of them. They turned slowly trying to take in the view of the castle, and they saw behind them the hunchbacked form of Ritchik slowly bolting the doors.
"Nice place you got here!" said O'Neill in awe.
"Thank you Colonel. Parphanely is in the next room," squeaked Richik. He was small, with white frazzled hair. He had grey eyes and a big nose. He was, as mentioned before, hunchbacked. All of this was very sad as the man was only thirty-three Earth years old. Actually he was twenty-seven in his own years. He led them down the passage until they came to a small door.
"Mind your head!" said Ritchik. The group did so as they walked through. Sitting in the centre of the room was a beautiful woman with long blonde hair. She looked up as they came in.
"Ritchik! Dr. Jackson, Colonel, Teal'c? What are you doing here?" the woman asked.
"It is all right Parphanely!" said Ritchik, "They have come to check up on us!" Parphanely looked up. She then smiled wildly.
"I'll show you to a bedroom!"
"Answer me Major!" shouted Hammond.
"I'm not sure sir," admitted Carter. She was now beginning to feel very uneasy, like everyone was staring at her. She felt very hot, she was starting to sweat.
"Major, is something wrong?" asked Hammond suddenly worried.
Carter saw images in her head. She was standing next to O'Neill, Daniel and Teal'c. They were all following Parphanely up some stairs. Then an explosion rocked the ground. Carter fell backwards and awoke inside another image. O'Neill was bending over her, he was very close. He lent over and his lips touched hers...
What was going on in real life was very different.
"Clear!" shouted the Doctor as she put the electric pads on Carter's chest...
"Thank you, we'll see you in the morning," said Daniel to Parphanely. He looked around the room. "Did she say this was the only spare room they had?"
"I believe so Daniel Jackson," said Teal'c. He looked at the double bed and the single bed next to it. "I also believe I should get the double bed."
"Ok Teal'c but you'll have to share," said O'Neill looking at the big Jaffa.
"I do not have to share, O'Neill, if I do not want to share," said Teal'c looking at O'Neill and Daniel.
"You have to share if you want the double Teal'c!" said Daniel.
It was about the middle of the night. The single bed was a little squashed seeing as Daniel and O'Neill had to sleep on it.
"Move over Daniel!" said O'Neill.
"I can't! You have all the space!" whispered Daniel.
"I can't believe Teal'c got the whole double bed to himself!" said O'Neill. With that he turned onto his stomach, kicking Daniel as he did so. Daniel fell off the bed.
"Jack... Jack?" Daniel whispered. He then gave a huge sigh and tried to get to sleep.
"Daniel Jackson? Daniel Jackson? It is time to wake up!" said a voice, "How did you enjoy your sleep?"
"Well, once you get used to it the floor is actually quite comfy!" said Daniel. He looked up into the face of Teal'c. O'Neill was standing next to him. There was a scream from somewhere downstairs. Daniel jumped up as O'Neill got his gun. O'Neill then rushed downstairs. Teal'c grabbed his staff and quickly followed. Daniel got his gun and jogged down the long winding steps.
"Major? Major? What is wrong with her?" asked Hammond once again sitting next to Carter's bed. The Doctor had explained to him about Carter having disturbing dreams. Hammond had wanted to know why. The Doctor had gone on to say that the trauma of recent events and the fact that the rest of SG-1 were gone might have had something to do with it.
Carter still lay motionless. Well, no entirely motionless, her eyes were moving underneath her eyelids, which indicated that she was dreaming. She was in fact dreaming of a world covered in snow. O'Neill and Daniel were next to her in big woolly coats and hats. Teal'c was ahead of them. They had been searching for SG-13 who had been lost for two days on this planet. They hadn't found them yet.
"Carter! Let's get under some shelter!" shouted O'Neill.
"Yes sir! There is a cave over there!" Carter shouted back.
"I'll radio SG-3 and 4 to tell them!" shouted O'Neill again. Then they went over to the cave. Teal'c came in slightly later.
"Colonel O'Neill? Is it you?" asked a voice.
"Wha... Major? There you are! Where is the rest of your team?" asked O'Neill to the man lying behind them. He was the officer in charge of SG-13.
"There... all... gone..." said the man, he fell back onto the cave floor. Carter rushed over to him.
"He needs medical attention sir! We need to get him through the Stargate immediately!" shouted Carter, but then there was a noise from deeper inside the cave.
"Who's there?" asked O'Neill raising his weapon.
"Please, we mean you no harm! I am Ritchik," said a man emerging from the gloom, "We have been treating this man for two rising and settings of the sun. This is my wife," said the hunched man indicating a pretty woman next to him, "Parphanely."
Daniel looked at them and then said, "Is there anyone else? With you I mean?"
"No, we are the only survivors of our race! Sixteen rising and settings of the sun ago two creatures came to our planet! They seemed nice at first but then, they made more of themselves! They were all slimy! And they killed everyone! Including this man's friends!" said Ritchik.
"We'd better get you off this planet!" said Daniel. Ritchik shook his head.
"It is no use, they will just kill us! We cannot escape them!" said Ritchik.
"Sure we can! We'll just go through the Stargate!" said O'Neill. Ritchik shuddered.
"We are the Plonkitumnias people!" said Ritchik.
"The what?" asked O'Neill.
"The Plonkitumnias people? The Goa'uld would not enslave them because they had a disease which meant they could not travel through the Stargate with out dieing!" said Teal'c.
"Yes, that is true!" said Ritchik. Daniel looked at Teal'c.
"Well, how are we going to get them out of here?" asked O'Neill.
"My Dad has a ship! If we give him the co-ordinates he could get here in about thirty days!" said Carter.
Carter woke up. It was dark. No-one was in her room. She knew what was going on.
