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The low-slung stone building had a roof, but it was a leaky one. The floor inside was wet, with small pools of water collecting in several places, and there wasn't enough cover proved by the trees to even slow down the torrential rain.

"Tell me again why we didn't bring umbrellas?" Jack asked – speaking to the room in general as they all took a quick break once they made it to the ruined building.

Walking in the rain wasn't fun. Walking in the rain while watching for snares was even less exciting. Walking in the rain knowing that when you reach your destination it's still going to be more or less in the rain was even worse, and everyone was just a little grumpy – although Ian was more withdrawn than the others, and Jack hoped it was because he was thinking about what he'd been told about what was expected of him at the dance that night.

"It was beautiful yesterday," Daniel said, pulling out the supplies he'd need from his pack and frowning at the rain that seemed to be coming down even harder. This was going to make it hard on him, because he didn't have anything to protect the notes that he was planning on writing.

"I'll hold a cover over you while you write, Daniel," Ian offered. The cadet had been looking around the interior of the building, but since it didn't have much to offer, it didn't take long. The only thing of interest was a pile of rocks that might once have been an alter of some sort. Of course, it was always possible it had been a kitchen table, too.

"Thanks, Ian."

"While you're doing that, we'll go see if there's anything interesting in the area," Jack said, looking out in the rain. Even that would be more interesting than watching Daniel work. And he wouldn't have to worry about the archeologist wandering off – not with Ian there to keep him in check.

Daniel nodded, and headed out into the rain with Ian, who had taken an emergency blanket out of his first aid kit and had unfolded it. It wasn't going to be a perfect solution, but it would provide protection for Daniel's notes – and Daniel, too, for that matter.

Jack and Teal'c and the dogs took off into the rain, leaving Daniel to his copying.

OOOOOOOO

It was just as well that Ian wasn't into small talk, because Daniel was so engrossed in what he was doing that for the next hour neither of them spoke a sentence to each other. The young man stood in the rain, holding the blanket up over Daniel, who was crouched against the side of the building, comparing his notes from the night before to those symbols on the wall – what few he could see clearly, and then running his hand delicately over the rest as if hoping he could learn what they said by osmosis. He muttered to himself occasionally, but Ian never answered, since he wasn't really paying all that much attention to what was being said.

Another half hour later, and Jack and Teal'c appeared, soaked to the skin and looking moody – even for Teal'c – although the dogs looked cheerfully willing to go back out into the rain.

"Take a break, guys," Jack said, frowning when he and Teal'c approached from the side. Ian was easily as wet as Jack and Teal'c. The cadet hadn't been able to figure out a way to keep himself dry while he kept Daniel dry – the blanket wasn't big enough to cover them both – so he'd simply been standing in the rain. And with his arms lifted slightly, holding that blanket, the rain had trickled down under the arms of his shirt and jacket and had soaked his t-shirt, leaving him feeling about as chilled as he'd ever been.

"Daniel."

Daniel looked up from what he was doing, surprised to see Jack and Teal'c standing there.

"What?"

"Take a break. Ian's soaked."

"What?" Daniel looked up at Ian, and put away his notes immediately, chagrined to see that the young man was actually shivering, slightly. "I'm sorry, Ian. I completely lost track of-"

"Don't worry about it, Daniel. I'll dry." Eventually.

"Have you got everything you need, Daniel?" Jack asked as they all headed into the relative shelter of the building.

"I have enough to give me something to do the rest of the day – preferably someplace dry." He told them. Meaning he was ready to go home. "Did you find any more dwellings?"

"We did not."

"But the ground around here is pretty wet right now," Jack said. "If it's dry tomorrow, we can come back and look again. I for one am ready to go home, though. Ian?"

The cadet looked over at him, and Jack noticed he was rubbing his side. Probably the cold was killing it, Jack decided, feeling a little guilty for leaving him out in the rain with Daniel for so long.

"Yeah?"

"You okay?"

Looking a littlesurprised by the question, Ian nodded.

"Fine."

"Let's go home."

OOOOOOOOOO

When the alarms went off, Sam was in her lab, finishing up a test on a reactor that she was hoping to develop for the Air Force's own fleet of deep space exploration ships. Far into the future, probably, but you never knew, right? She looked up when she heard them, and ran through the various teams that were off world and when they were due back, looking at her watch. Since none of them were due just then, she headed for the command center, concerned.

Her pace wasn't anywhere near as quick as it used to be. Instead of walking, she tended to waddle a little bit, now, and as her back started hurting more and more, her smooth pace was even more erratic. A small price to pay as far as she was concerned, although it did mean that by the time she made it to the embarkation room, the alarms were silent once more – meaning that whoever had emerged from the gate wasn't an enemy. And since she didn't see medics rushing past her on their way to the gate room, there weren't injuries, so she knew she didn't have to hurry. Which was just as well.

They came out the door just as she was entering it, and Sam couldn't help the slight smile on her face. All of them were soaked – again. Even worse than the day before, although none of them were dirty and the dogs didn't stink. Which meant they hadn't been slogging through the bogs again.

Jack scowled at her look of amusement, but not for long. Only as long as it took her to walk up and greet them – starting with Jaffer and Jack (the dog) who came rushing up to her, followed by the two-legged members of the group who walked a little slower.

"Back so soon?" She asked, innocently.

"It's raining," Jack told her – unnecessarily. Unless all of them had fallen into a river –and they hadn't mentioned any water – it had to be raining.

"Find anything interesting?"

"We didn't find anything. We'll have to see what Daniel found. Hammond told us to get dried off, and be in debriefing in fifteen minutes."

"No injuries?"

"Nope."

She looked at Ian, who shook his head. He was fine, too. Wet. But fine.

"Huh. Then I'll meet you all in the briefing room…"

Jack nodded.