Life's Problems – Part 6
A/N: Thanks to the two Beta Readers for taking time out to Beta read the story!
The first thing the members of SG-1 and SG-7 noticed about this planet was how quiet it was. This was a beach. There should have been some noise from birds, wildlife, or at least from the waves crashing onto the shore. Instead they were met with an eerie quiet.
The hairs on the back of Daniel's neck stood on end. Teal'c, Carter, and several members of SG-7 immediately readied their weapons for a fight.
Sam decided they need to find cover until they could get a better assessment of the situation. She motioned for SG-7 to take cover behind a few rocks to the left of the Gate, and SG-1 took cover behind a small boulder to the right of the Gate.
Sam reached their position last. She put her hand on the boulder to steady herself. Then before any of SG-1 could react a transporter ring surrounded them, and they disappeared.
Colonel Walters the leader of SG-7 screamed for them to get out of there, even though he knew there was nothing they could do.
He radioed SG-1. "Colonel Carter, Come in, over!" no response. "Teal'c, Dr. Jackson can you read me, over?" Still no response. He slammed his fist against the tree, out of helplessness.
"Captain Bennett, you and Matthews stay here. Major Douglas you and I are going to locate SG-1. Bennett if we do transport out of here, then give us 30-minutes to get back. If you don't hear from us after that, then you two go back through the gate and inform General O'Neill what's going on."
"Yes Sir."
Colonel Walters and Major Douglas ran over to the boulder and waited ... Nothing happened. Colonel Walters touched the boulder in the same place as Colonel Carter, but still nothing happened. The two tried different stances and pressed every part of the boulder hoping to engage the ring transporter. After trying everything they could think of they decided something else must have triggered the ring transporter.
30 minutes later and still no contact with SG-1, Bennett and Matthews went back to the SGC to inform General O'Neill. Walter and Douglas remained on the planet still trying to activate the transporter rings.
Meanwhile Sam, Daniel, and Teal'c were trying to figure out where they were. The room was dark and wet. There were a couple of torches illuminating the jagged walls of a cave. There were only two exits. They couldn't contact SG-7 and there was no visible way to activate the transporter rings. They could hear someone approaching them from one of the passageways. There was no where to hide in the room, so the three members had no choice but to quickly leave through the other passageway.
They remained in the dark passageway hoping to get a good look at who was there. Just then, Six Jaffa walked in the room with staff weapons and torches, not noticing SG-1.
The flickering lights from the torches gave Sam enough light to give the hand motions to move out quickly. They couldn't use any lights until it was safe, so moving was going to be difficult. She grabbed Daniel's vest and motioned for him to hold onto Teal'cs vest. If they were going to move blindly through the passageway then they needed to be able to keep up with one another. Verbal communication was also out until they were sure the Jaffa weren't following them.
Teal'c was leading the group, when they again heard noise behind them. SG-1 quickened their pace hoping they could find cover before they were discovered.
Suddenly the passageway dropped off, unfortunately, Teal'c noticed it too late to stop his forward momentum. Daniel and Sam ran into him and the three slid down rapidly hitting the sides of the cave several times on the way down.
Teal'c was trying to stop their descent, but it was useless there was nothing to hold onto. Finally the floor became larger as it leveled off, so they weren't crashing into one anther anymore. They still hit the bottom hard, but luckily they were able to roll away from each other.
Sam and Teal'c quickly reached for their guns to assess the current situation. They were alone in a large, very well lit room. They could hear voices coming and they all scrambled for cover in different locations. They were beaten up pretty good from their 'entrance', but their injuries were limited to cuts and bruises.
Ten Jaffa walked into the room to investigate all the commotion they heard. Sam could see Daniel and Teal'c from her hiding place. She motioned for them to stay put.
The Jaffa continued their search until they discovered Daniel's position. One of the Jaffa grabbed him by the arm pulled him up. He was yelling something Daniel couldn't make out, when he thrown up against the cave wall.
He yelped as his shoulder popped out of place.
"Who are you and how did you get down here?" One of the Jaffa's demanded.
"Are you a member of the Tok'ra?"
"Uh ... no I'm not." Daniel said trying to sit up without moving his arm.
"How many have you brought with you!"
Daniel didn't respond. He finally managed to sit up and look around. He arm was throbbing and he was trying to fight through the pain to concentrate on what the Jaffa was saying.
The Jaffa stepped toward Daniel to strike him again for his silences.
Sam knew Teal'c wouldn't be discovered until last. If she could convince the Jaffa that it was just she and Daniel then they may still have a way out of this. She couldn't sit here and watch them attack Daniel.
Sam stood up from her hiding place. "It just the two of us." She walked over and knelt beside Daniel.
The Jaffa was caught by surprise by Sam's sudden appearance. "Who are you? Are you with the Tok'ra?" He asked again.
"No we're not!" Sam said
"You lie! If you two are not Tok'ra then, the ones you came with are. Where are they?"
"What are you talking about? He and I are the only two that are here."
"Then one of you must be Tok'ra or else you would not have been able to activate the transporter rings."
Sam finally realized what had happened and if she didn't do something quick then they were going to keep searching until they found Teal'c.
"I was blended with a symbiote several years ago. I still carry the protein marker in my system. I'm the one that activated the rings."
The Jaffa seemed satisfied with this for now. They stopped searching. "Put them with the others until our lord can decide what to do with them." Sam was helping Daniel stand when the Jaffa began pushing them out of the room.
Teal'c watched the entire scene. He knew he was their only hope of escaping, so he could not get caught. He followed the group quietly without being detected until they reached their destination.
Daniel and Sam were thrown into a room with the other prisoners. A force field of some kind was activated to keep them in.
"Daniel I need to pop your shoulder back in place."
"I know ... just hurry up." His face was drenched in sweat.
Sam recalled her training and quickly popped Daniel's shoulder back in place. Daniel yelled out in pain.
"Are you O.K.?" Sam was worried she may have made it worse.
"Yeah." He said quietly. His head and shoulder were still throbbing, although, not as intense.
She made a splint for his arm. When she was finished he gave a weak smile. "Thanks. Sam."
"No problem. Are you sure you're going to be O.K.?"
"Yeah. The pain is letting up some."
Sam helped him to lean against the wall. Daniel closed his eyes and tried to slow his breathing and regain his composure.
Sam began to study the room and its occupants. There were about 15 other people in the room and none of them seemed to be bothered by their presences. She continued to scan the room when she saw him.
She walked over slowly to a lone figure lying against the wall. She wasn't sure it was him. "Dad?" she choked on the word. The man didn't move.
She knelt down beside him to get a better look at his face. "Dad!" she quickly checked for a pulse with fear and dread.
She sighed when she found a faint pulse. "Dad!" she yelled trying to wake him up. His only response was a low moan. "Come on Dad wake up for me."
She began to check for his injuries. He was having difficulties breathing. She thought some of his ribs were broken. She checked for a fever and discovered he was cold. She began to worry about hypothermia. She had used her jacket as a make-shift sling for Daniel, and the Jaffa took their packs.
Daniel heard Sam yelling and made his way over to see if he could help.
Meanwhile at the SGC Captain Bennett and Matthews had explained the situation to General O'Neill. After hearing all the details and SG-7's belief that Colonel Carter had some how inadvertently activated the rings. He began to come up with possible scenarios as to how she could have done that. 'What if it was Carter herself who activated the rings? SG-7 said they touched everything Carter touched and stood†Teal'c doesn't have junior anymore †so the one thins that separates her from the rest of SGC was the protein marker in her system!' He hit his fist against the table, as he figured out why SG-1 were the only ones able to activate the rings.
He sent a message to the Tok'ra indicating the SGC required their assistance.
Jack explained to SG-6 and SG-11 his theory, and gave them orders to return to the planet with the rest of SG-7 and guard the area. If SG-1 was discovered it wouldn't be long before a group of Jaffa transported to the surface to scope out the area for more intruders.
Jack watched the Stargate disengage from the Control Room. This is what he hated most about his new job. He hated to sit there and wait and wonder what they were going through! He was a man of action. He wanted nothing more then to go to the planet and rescue his team ...actually they were his family. Granted Sam may never speak to him again, but he wanted another chance to try to sort out this mess. Hoping this time his mouth didn't trip him up.
On the Surface of the planet a group of Jaffa transported to the surface just as General O'Neill had predicted. The SG teams were all waiting for them. They immediately fired their zat guns knocking all 5 Jaffa unconscious, before they could react.
The SG teams remained in their positions until they were sure no more Jaffa were transporting up. They used their zat guns again when the Jaffas began to wake, killing all but one of them.
Ten of the twelve members of the SGC used the sole surviving Jaffa to transport down to the surface. When they entered the small dark cave the Jaffa yelled out and Major Douglas quickly used his zat gun again on the Jaffa.
The 10 members quickly assessed the situation and took cover in a passageway when they heard noises. A group of armed Jaffa entered the room. The members of SGC began to fire on their location.
Teal'c hearing the gun fire echoing through the cave knew the Tau'ri had come to rescue them. He quickly took advantage of the situation and knocked out the two Jaffa who were standing guard outside the prison.
Daniel looked up to see Teal'c turning off the force field. They heard the gun fire and knew help was on its way. Sam was still trying to wake her dad when Teal'c approached them.
"Colonel Carter. Can you father be moved?"
"We don't have a choice. We need to be careful though I think he has a couple of broken ribs. I need your jacket Teal'c, I need to try and warm him up."
Teal'c quickly dispensed of his jack and Sam put it around her father.
"Do you think you can carry him Teal'c?"
"Indeed." He picked Jacob up and put him over his shoulder. He knew this was not the ideal way to carry him, but he still needed to the ability to fire his staff weapon with the other hand.
Sam took one of the Staff weapons from the guards. Daniel was carrying Teal'cs zat gun. They quietly exited the prison with Sam leading the way. The other prisoners were following behind them as well.
SG-1 made their way towards the gun fire, eliminating any resistance along the way. Finally they approached the location of the Jaffa that was firing at the other SG teams. Teal'c set Jacob down against the wall out of harms way. Daniel kept watch behind them.
Sam and Teal'c took cover behind rocks and began a surprise attack on the Jaffa. The gun fight lasted only five minutes. In the end all the Jaffa's were laying on the floor and the members of the SGC were all accounted for.
They quickly used a hand device the Jaffa were carrying to activate the transport rings back to the surface. Teal'c and Sam carried Jacob through the Stargate as the others helped the prisoners make it through the gate as well.
When Jack saw SG-11's I.D. he called for medics to the gateroom. He waited with anticipation as the SG teams returned home.
Jack noticed Sam and Teal'c walking through the gate carrying someone. His heart dropped, he wasn't sure if it was Jacob, but the look on Carters face told him it was.
Daniel walked through the Stargate helping someone else through. Jack noticed the make-shift sling on his arm, and how beaten up all of SG-1 looked. Their clothes where dirty and there were cuts and bruises all over them.
Jacob was quickly taken away by medics. Carter was following them, not paying attention to anyone but her father.
Jack walked over to Teal'c and Daniel. "How are you guys doing?"
"We're fine Jack. It's Jacob I'm worried about."
"So that WAS Jacob."
"Indeed O'Neill. I am afraid Jacob is not doing well."
"His only response was a low moan, when Sam was trying to wake him up in the prison."
"The prison! Is that how you received that?" Jack said pointing to his shoulder.
"Yeah. A Jaffa threw me against a wall and knocked my shoulder out of place. Sam popped it back in, though." Jack grimaced at the thought. A couple of medics came over to check on Daniel's shoulder.
"Why don't you two get checked out and you can provide a detailed missions report in two hours along with everyone else."
"Okay Jack."
"Very well O'Neill." The two left for the infirmary, leaving Jack standing at the base of the ramp talking to the leaders of SG-11 and SG-3.
Up Next – A long night in the Infirmary.
Hint: I like Jacob ... so I don't have the heart for a character death. :)