Title: Not in This Lifetime Part 5
Archive: FITR-site, fanfiction.net
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Previously...
"If each team would please follow their guide to their quarters, you have 2 hours to complete final preparations. Your guides will then take you to the starting line, and the race will begin."
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The sun was high in the sky as spectators gathered at the base of a large hill, which sloped gently for several hundred meters, then climbed steeply to a flat peak. On the plain below them was a large spiral hedge maze, about two meters high, with two small gaps breaking the outer wall on the side closest to the hill. In the centre of the maze was a large area where a large banner had been strung between two tall poles, marking the start line, and underneath it stood a man dressed in a bright shiny shirt and pants, with a large smiling face, and talking rapidly in front of a camera. The inner circle of the maze was broken by six gaps, each one with an enveloped pinned to either side of the entrance to the maze.
Jack paced the inside of the teltak as it flew slowly to the starting line. All of their equipment had been removed when they left the staging area, and all they had left were the uniforms they had arrived in.
"Jack would you sit down, you're giving me a headache." complained Daniel.
"Oh come on Daniel, are you really that relaxed?" Jack muttered, as he turned and paced back to where Daniel was sitting. "Look at us, we're stuck in this tiny little heap of junk, with *them*," here both men cast sidelong glances at the two system lords who were sitting stiffly as far away from the other teams as possible, "and we don't even know what we're supposed to be doing!" Jack threw his arms up in the air in frustration, and then plonked himself down next to Daniel.
Daniel bent his head onto his folded arms and groaned. "C'mon Jack, give it a chance will you? From what I've seen of The Amazing Race on tele, it's supposed to fun... challenging but fun."
Jack's reply was cut off by the announcement that they had arrived at the starting line, and the teams were ringed down to the centre of the maze, where the other 6 teams were already waiting.
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The teams gathered in the centre of the maze, as a man with a confused look on his face finished talking into a camera.
"Hi there, and welcome to our Race!" he nervously smiled as he turned to face the gathered teams. "I'm Phil and I'm the host of the...er... race..." As he spoke he kept looking around nervously, as if unsure what he was doing here, and even less sure about where 'here' actually was. "I'll be waiting for you at the Pit Stop at the end of each leg of the race, and will be keeping a close eye on you all for the duration of the race."
"Hey Daniel," Jack nudged, "Does this guy look familiar to you?."
Daniel peered at Phil intently, "You know, he does look familiar..."
"Well whoever he is, if he keeps acting like that he's gonna get real annoying when I'm tired."
"Jack..." Daniel's voice carried a note of 'Would you just shut up for 5 minutes, and let me concentrate.'
Phil took a deep breath, seemed to recover himself, and pasted an 'I know what's happening and I'm cool with it' look on his face. "As soon as the siren signals the start of the race, grab an envelope from one of the maze entrances, and follow the instructions. I'd like to wish you all good luck, and may the best team win!"
"Ready.... Set.... GO!!!!"
The teams waited expectantly, and as soon as the loud siren began to wail, each team raced to an entrance, grabbed their envelope, and tore it open.
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Jack and Daniel both grabbed the envelope at the same time, almost tearing it in half in their haste to open it. The envelope on the other side of their entrance was already gone, the team that claimed it gone already.
Daniel managed to gain control of the envelope, and quickly had it open so he could read their first task.
"Find your way out of the maze to where your bags are located, then climb to the top of the hill where you will find your next clue." He read aloud.
"Oh well, that doesn't sound to difficult." Jack shrugged, and with a quick look around to see how everyone else was going, he and Daniel entered the maze. Immediately behind them on the opposite side of the centre of the maze, Sam and Teal'c were also entering the maze, followed rapidly by one of the Qantasian teams. In less than a minute, the only people left in the centre of the maze were Phil and his camera crew.
Daniel twisted and turned through the maze as he and Jack tried to find their way out. After several minutes of random turns, and several arguments about which way to go, they ran straight into Rak'nor and Nev'ak.
"Woah, hey guys, having any luck?" Jack queried.
"It seems not." Rak'nor replied, "Although we have not seen any other teams before you."
"Well, maybe we could all stick together for now," Daniel suggested, "I think I may have worked out how to get out of here anyway. There should be another fork just back the way you came, which I think we need to investigate."
Rak'nor and Nev'ak looked at each other, and nodded in agreement. "We will come with you then."
They turned and headed back the way they had come, and within minutes Daniel had led them all out of the maze.
As they exited they could see two teams already loaded up with backpacks, and headed up the hill, and another team was quickly grabbing their bags from the row in front of the maze. They raced over to where the bags where, and grabbed their bags, and headed for the hill, as two more teams broke free of the maze and ran to get their bags.
In front of them they could see Sam and Teal'c, Jacob and Malek, Bastet and Kali, and close behind them were Jonas and Lianna, and one of the Qantasian teams.
As they ran up the slope of the hill Rak'nor and Nev'al pulled in front, quickly overtaking Bastet and Kali, then Jacob and Malek. Jack and Daniel followed, reaching the base of the steep climb shortly behind them.
Jack groaned as the climb steepened, "I knew this was a bad idea." he complained to Daniel, who was too busy climbing and puffing to answer him.
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Sam and Teal'c reached the flat top of the hill first, and took an envelope from the box that was in the centre of the platform. Sam opened it, and quietly read the instructions to Teal'c, as Rak'nor and Nev'al arrived to claim their envelope.
"Take a death glider from the row at the bottom of the hill, and fly it 1000 kilometres east to the Temple of Ra. To find the clue you will need to search for a tablet containing the co-ordinates of the first Pit Stop."
They raced round the edge of the top of the hill until they spotted the row of death gliders, and started climbing back down to their destination, followed by Rak'nor and Nev'al, then Jack and Daniel, and Jacob and Malek. The other teams had fallen behind during the long climb up the hill, and some were already struggling.
The first four teams reached the bottom of the hill almost simultaneously, and 4 death gliders took off in unison, screaming across the sky in pursuit of first place.
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TBC
Archive: FITR-site, fanfiction.net
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Previously...
"If each team would please follow their guide to their quarters, you have 2 hours to complete final preparations. Your guides will then take you to the starting line, and the race will begin."
**************************************************************************** *****
The sun was high in the sky as spectators gathered at the base of a large hill, which sloped gently for several hundred meters, then climbed steeply to a flat peak. On the plain below them was a large spiral hedge maze, about two meters high, with two small gaps breaking the outer wall on the side closest to the hill. In the centre of the maze was a large area where a large banner had been strung between two tall poles, marking the start line, and underneath it stood a man dressed in a bright shiny shirt and pants, with a large smiling face, and talking rapidly in front of a camera. The inner circle of the maze was broken by six gaps, each one with an enveloped pinned to either side of the entrance to the maze.
Jack paced the inside of the teltak as it flew slowly to the starting line. All of their equipment had been removed when they left the staging area, and all they had left were the uniforms they had arrived in.
"Jack would you sit down, you're giving me a headache." complained Daniel.
"Oh come on Daniel, are you really that relaxed?" Jack muttered, as he turned and paced back to where Daniel was sitting. "Look at us, we're stuck in this tiny little heap of junk, with *them*," here both men cast sidelong glances at the two system lords who were sitting stiffly as far away from the other teams as possible, "and we don't even know what we're supposed to be doing!" Jack threw his arms up in the air in frustration, and then plonked himself down next to Daniel.
Daniel bent his head onto his folded arms and groaned. "C'mon Jack, give it a chance will you? From what I've seen of The Amazing Race on tele, it's supposed to fun... challenging but fun."
Jack's reply was cut off by the announcement that they had arrived at the starting line, and the teams were ringed down to the centre of the maze, where the other 6 teams were already waiting.
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The teams gathered in the centre of the maze, as a man with a confused look on his face finished talking into a camera.
"Hi there, and welcome to our Race!" he nervously smiled as he turned to face the gathered teams. "I'm Phil and I'm the host of the...er... race..." As he spoke he kept looking around nervously, as if unsure what he was doing here, and even less sure about where 'here' actually was. "I'll be waiting for you at the Pit Stop at the end of each leg of the race, and will be keeping a close eye on you all for the duration of the race."
"Hey Daniel," Jack nudged, "Does this guy look familiar to you?."
Daniel peered at Phil intently, "You know, he does look familiar..."
"Well whoever he is, if he keeps acting like that he's gonna get real annoying when I'm tired."
"Jack..." Daniel's voice carried a note of 'Would you just shut up for 5 minutes, and let me concentrate.'
Phil took a deep breath, seemed to recover himself, and pasted an 'I know what's happening and I'm cool with it' look on his face. "As soon as the siren signals the start of the race, grab an envelope from one of the maze entrances, and follow the instructions. I'd like to wish you all good luck, and may the best team win!"
"Ready.... Set.... GO!!!!"
The teams waited expectantly, and as soon as the loud siren began to wail, each team raced to an entrance, grabbed their envelope, and tore it open.
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Jack and Daniel both grabbed the envelope at the same time, almost tearing it in half in their haste to open it. The envelope on the other side of their entrance was already gone, the team that claimed it gone already.
Daniel managed to gain control of the envelope, and quickly had it open so he could read their first task.
"Find your way out of the maze to where your bags are located, then climb to the top of the hill where you will find your next clue." He read aloud.
"Oh well, that doesn't sound to difficult." Jack shrugged, and with a quick look around to see how everyone else was going, he and Daniel entered the maze. Immediately behind them on the opposite side of the centre of the maze, Sam and Teal'c were also entering the maze, followed rapidly by one of the Qantasian teams. In less than a minute, the only people left in the centre of the maze were Phil and his camera crew.
Daniel twisted and turned through the maze as he and Jack tried to find their way out. After several minutes of random turns, and several arguments about which way to go, they ran straight into Rak'nor and Nev'ak.
"Woah, hey guys, having any luck?" Jack queried.
"It seems not." Rak'nor replied, "Although we have not seen any other teams before you."
"Well, maybe we could all stick together for now," Daniel suggested, "I think I may have worked out how to get out of here anyway. There should be another fork just back the way you came, which I think we need to investigate."
Rak'nor and Nev'ak looked at each other, and nodded in agreement. "We will come with you then."
They turned and headed back the way they had come, and within minutes Daniel had led them all out of the maze.
As they exited they could see two teams already loaded up with backpacks, and headed up the hill, and another team was quickly grabbing their bags from the row in front of the maze. They raced over to where the bags where, and grabbed their bags, and headed for the hill, as two more teams broke free of the maze and ran to get their bags.
In front of them they could see Sam and Teal'c, Jacob and Malek, Bastet and Kali, and close behind them were Jonas and Lianna, and one of the Qantasian teams.
As they ran up the slope of the hill Rak'nor and Nev'al pulled in front, quickly overtaking Bastet and Kali, then Jacob and Malek. Jack and Daniel followed, reaching the base of the steep climb shortly behind them.
Jack groaned as the climb steepened, "I knew this was a bad idea." he complained to Daniel, who was too busy climbing and puffing to answer him.
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Sam and Teal'c reached the flat top of the hill first, and took an envelope from the box that was in the centre of the platform. Sam opened it, and quietly read the instructions to Teal'c, as Rak'nor and Nev'al arrived to claim their envelope.
"Take a death glider from the row at the bottom of the hill, and fly it 1000 kilometres east to the Temple of Ra. To find the clue you will need to search for a tablet containing the co-ordinates of the first Pit Stop."
They raced round the edge of the top of the hill until they spotted the row of death gliders, and started climbing back down to their destination, followed by Rak'nor and Nev'al, then Jack and Daniel, and Jacob and Malek. The other teams had fallen behind during the long climb up the hill, and some were already struggling.
The first four teams reached the bottom of the hill almost simultaneously, and 4 death gliders took off in unison, screaming across the sky in pursuit of first place.
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TBC