AN: Okay guys, here it is. Geez I didn't think it would take so long to get this out and I'm still working on that Chapter for my HP story. Oh well. Don't ask me when the next chapter will be out cause I honesty don't know. I've got to get chapter twelve of my HP story up still and then I've got a lot of homework I also need to get done. Umm, Thanks to all of you who reviewed. It was very encouraging and helpful to read those. I must warn you guys that this chapter is long and has flashbacks that are in first person. I decided to do it that way cause it just made a lot more sense to me. Daniel is reliving them in his head. Well, I hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Stargate Characters, worlds or anything that connects to Stargate. I am simply borrowing the characters for you enjoyment and I'm not making any money off of this.

STARGATE: SG-1

'UNFORSEEN'

Written by Moonlight Snitch

Spoilers from season one, two, four, and seven

Comment? Email me at serenity_endymion23@hotmail.com

CHAPTER TWO – REUNIONS

"I can't believe I agreed to this," Daniel said, watching as the chevrons slowly lit up.

   "Chevron Five…Encoded!"

   "Oh, it can't be that bad," Jack said, throwing his gun strap over his shoulder.

   "No-" He sneezed. "It's worse."

   All Jack could do was chuckle as Daniel pulled out his handkerchief. 'You'll be fine, Danny-boy' Jack thought to himself as the six chevron engaged. 'You'll see.'

   "Chevron Seven…Locked!"

   The Wormhole burst opened then settled back into the shimmering event horizon. SG-1 gazed at it a moment until Jack slapped a hand against Daniel's shoulder. "Come on. We don't want to keep who ever is on the other side waiting."

   Daniel, clad in his Abydonian robes, nodded, took a deep breath and started up the ramp towards the Stargate. Jack, Sam, and Teal'c followed closely behind. Daniel reached the edge of the ramp leading into the event horizon and hesitated for a moment before he stepped through the threshold. He felt the familiar jolt he always felt going through the Stargate before emerging on the other side to see one of the places that haunted his dreams: The Abydos Gateroom.

   He slowly descended the stairs and looked around as the rest of his team came through the gate. The room was dark, vacant. He couldn't see any sign that anyone had been here lately. It all remained him of something or some time but he couldn't put his finger on it.

   "Well, this is nice," Jack commented, taking a few cautious steps down from the gate.

   "Sir, I thought you said that they always have someone here guarding the gate," Sam said, pushing some cobwebs out of her way as she checked behind the near by pillars.

   Jack tightened his grip on his gun, keeping a close eye on Daniel as the younger man ran his hand over the front of the DHD. "They do, Major."

   Teal'c also checked behind pillars on the opposite side of the room, pushing cobwebs out of his face. "It would appear that they have not been guarding the gate for some time now, O'Neill."

   Jack whipped his head around towards Teal's. "Ya think."

   Daniel gazed around curiously wonder why no one was here. Something didn't feel right. "Jack?"

   "Ya,' Jack said, coming up beside him.

   Daniel continued to let his eyes swept over the room as though trying to see something that wasn't there. "Something doesn't feel right here."

   Sam joined them as Teal'c moved closer to the entrance to the temple. "What do you mean?"

   Daniel, with his hand still on the DHD, just shrugged. "I'm not sure. Something just... feels wrong."

   'This too.' Daniel winched, bring a hand up to his head while keeping the other on the DHD to steady himself. It was happening again.

   Jack immediately placed a hand on Daniel's shoulder to help steady him. "Daniel?"

   "It's happening again," Daniel said, rubbing his temples softly.

   Jack nodded and forced Daniel to ground in front of the DHD. He didn't want Daniel to hurt himself when he got sucked into this memory. "Okay. Just stay here 'til it passes."

   'What's this?'  "Jack, it's different." Daniel said, squinting through the pain.

   "Different?" Sam echoed, confused.

   'Drink.' "Daniel," Jack said, shaking the younger man when he realized Daniel was started to slip. He needed to know what Daniel was talking about. "What's Different?"

   'Moonshine.' Daniel held both hands to his head as the pain swept through his head. "The memory," he gasped out. "It's… different. It's not…"

     "Moon…shine?" Skaara asked uncertainly, not familiar with the work Jack had used.

     "Yeah. Moonshine, as in booze. Daniel, what are you teaching these kids?"

   I glanced up from my seat beside Sha'uri to see Jack and Samantha Carter watching me expectedly. I just give Jack my most innocent look possible.

   "Try it." Skaara promoted Jack.

   "Alright," Jack said, sniffing the concoction. "Skaara's moonshine. Give it a little shot."

   I watch with a knowing smile on my face as Jack takes a sip and after a moment spits it right back out again.

   "WHOA!"

   Everyone burst out laughing then. Even I did, though it did nothing to easy the feeling in the pit of my stomach. I knew this day would come. That some day Jack would have to tell those people back on Earth that I was still here on Abydos, Alive and well. I just wish it hadn't happened so soon.

   Jack turned to me. "Smooth. Very smooth," He said, his voice hoarse.

  "Moonshine!" Skaara said again, playfully.

   "Our little soldiers are all grown up, Colonel." Said Kawalsky, who was also laugh at Jack.

   "Yeah," Jack replied, his voice still hoarse. Maybe I shouldn't have told Skaara to get Jack to drink that. "I'm so proud. Whoa."

   "O'Neill," Skaara said, reaching into his pocket to pull out the lighter I have seen every so often since Jack and the team had gone back to Earth. "Your lighter?"

   "No, it's yours." Jack answered, waving Skaara off. "I gave that to you to keep. Remember?"

   "Thank you." He choked, before turning and leaving the crowd, probably to see if the storm had died down.

   "You know," I started, "he's never let that out of his sight the whole time you were gone."

   "Yeah?" Jack said sounding amazed.

   I sighed. Time to get down to business. "So this – this man who looked like Ra, he must have come through another Gate."

   "What other Gate?" Samantha asked sounding confused at the thought.

   "A Stargate?" Jack asked, raising his eyebrows puzzled.

   "The Stargate only goes here," Samantha said.

   I smiled, knowing again, more then they did. "I think you're wrong about that."

   Samantha frowned. "I – I was there. We ran hundreds of permutations."

   "But you didn't have what you need," I said, putting down my plate.

   "Daniel, what are you talking about?" Jack asked sounding annoyed with me for not getting straight to the point. Skaara suddenly burst forth from the crowd.

   "I'll show you," I answered, standing up. "Sha'uri. Ben ra qui Jack to see the vile tao an."

   Sha'uri stood suddenly, starting at me worrying. "Bonni wai?" She asked. I frowned slightly. I've never seen her like this before. It's like she afraid of something.

   "I won't be long," I reassured her. I kissed her lightly on the forehead, but she had other ideas. She pulled me forward and captured my lips in a long deep, passionate kiss. I can hear the group around us hooting and laughing, but I couldn't care less. All that matter at that moment was Sha'uri. Sha'uri the slowly ended the kiss leaving me slightly dazed and blushing furiously.

   "Goodbye, my Dan'yel." She said with sadness, kissing me lightly again. I could feel that there was more to her words, but I couldn't understand what.

  "Bye," I whispered slightly, before turning to the others who were staring at me with surprise and shook. Especially Jack. I bet the man didn't even know I had that in me.

   Jack, Samantha and Kawalsky get up suddenly, preparing to leave.

   "Hold the fort," Kawalsky said to Ferretti.

   "Yes, sir," he replied.

   We slowly exit the pyramid into the blinding brightness of the desert that over the year had had began to call home. I, as well as the rest of the group, slid sunglasses over our eyes to shield them from the sun as we stepped out onto the sand. I still had the same pair as I had had with me when I had first cam to Abydos and it's a wonder that they haven't broken yet. Sha'uri a long with the rest of the boys can't understand why I wear them all the time during the day, but I just tell them that they protect my eyes.

   "Boy, I can't say I missed this place." Kawalsky said, gazing off into the desert. I smile. 'You may not, but if I have to leave, I sure will,' I thought to myself glooming.

   "Come on," I say after a moment, leading the way towards the cave that I need to show them. Jack and Kawalsky follow me closely, but I notice that Samantha Carter hangs back a bit, gazing at her surroundings in wonder.

   "This is incredible."

  

   "Dan'yel? Dan'yel?" Daniel blinked a moment, trying to ordinate himself to his surroundings after coming out of the flashback that had seemed so real. He looked up not to see Jack, but to see a young boy with long coarse, charcoal hair staring down at him worryingly.

   "Dan'yel, are you alright?" The boy asked.

   "Skaara?" Daniel asked confused. When did he get here? And Daniel had thought that the people of Abydos thought him to be dead. Did General Hammond send someone ahead to left everyone know that he was alive and returning?

   Skaara smiled. "It is I, Dan'yel. Welcome home."

   Jack suddenly entered Daniel's line of vision and bent down to help the fallen Egyptologist get to his feet. One Daniel was stable, he glance around the room to see a whole group of kids, many of which he had seen in that vision that he had just had, though if asked, he would not be able to say who they were. They were all gazing at him excitingly and worryingly.

  Daniel frowned. "Umm, Jack?"

  "Don't worry, kiddo," Jack said. "They came while you were have that flashy-thing. We told them everything while we waited."  Daniel nodded, closing his eyes. God, he felt drained. "You alright?" Jack asked.

   Daniel glanced at Jack to see the look of worry that was on every single face present. He sighed and nodded. "Ya, I'll be fine."

   "May we inquire as to what happened?" Teal'c asked, stepping closer to the younger man, forcing some of the boys to step away in fear.

   "It was just a flashback," Daniel answered, rubbing a hand over his eyes. "But…"

   They waited, but Daniel never finished. He just kept his eyes shut.

   "But?" Jack prompted.

   Daniel sighed and looked up. " It was different. It wasn't one of the three memories I normally relive."

   "What happened?" Jack asked.

   Daniel sighed, trying to organize his thoughts enough to form them into words. "It's hard to explain. I don't remember all that happened, just a bit. We were here, or at least, you Sam, me and a few other men in military uniform. I can't remember their names, though I seemed to know two of them. Skaara was offering you a drink," Daniel said, looking up at Jack. "Moonshine, I believe is what you called it. You uh… said it was smooth."

   Sam couldn't help but laugh and Skaara joined her. Jack shrugged. "Well, it was." He said, defensively.

   Daniel smiled and then continued. "We ended up talking about a man that looked like Ra and I said he must have come from another gate. You and Sam both seemed puzzled upon hearing that so I said I would show you what I mean. And then… We left." He cut short, noting wanting to got into detail over his 'little' kiss with Sha'uri or how he had felt that there was more behind her words then he could understand.

   Sam smiled, not noticing that Daniel had left something out, though Jack did. "Well, I guess we made the right choice." Jack gave her a puzzled look. "Bringing him to Abydos, sir." She elaborated. "He's only been here less then five minutes and he's already regained another memory."

   "Thank you for stating the obvious, Captain," Jack said sarcastically.

   Skaara watched his older brother carefully, sensing something wrong. His face was pulled into that expression he always got when he thought very deeply about something. "Are you all better now, Dan'yel?" he asked.

   Daniel snapped out of his daze and looked down at Skaara. He nodded. "For now," he said simply. He then turned his gaze back to the small group of boys surrounding them. "Where were you all?" He asked. "Why were you not guarding the Chappa'ai?"

   'Chappa'ai?' Daniel thought to himself curiously. 'That means 'Stargate'. But where did I pick that up from?' 

   Skaara immediately frowned, making Daniel worry a little. He had a bad feeling about this. "Skaara, what is wrong? Has something happened?"

   There was a silence for a moment as Skaara gazed suddenly around the room. He did not wish to disappoint Daniel, but he had to tell him the truth. "Yes," he finally answered. "The Elders of the surrounding cities have ruled that there is no longer a need to guard the Chappa'ai."

   "What?" Jack and Sam yell. Daniel is too shocked to answer.

   "You are placing yourselves at get risk to leave the Gate unprotected," Teal'c replied.

   Daniel felt anger course through him. "Why are the Elders placing everyone at risk? They know the danger or leaving the Chappa'ai unprotected." 'There's that word again,' He thought.

   Skaara sighed. "There was a change of leadership in many of the surrounding cities. Menes was the opposing house leader in our city, but Father won again. The new leaders though, believe that we are no longer at risk from the System Lords and that there is no longer a need to waste recourses guarding the Chappa'ai."

   "Oh, for crying out loud," Jack yelled in frustration, but Sam ignored he and asked, "Why do they believe that?"

   There was silence as Skaara gazed sadly back at Daniel. "Because Dan'yel was dead."

   Daniel could feel the anger inside of him growing stronger. "So, just because I was dead, they believe that they were no longer at risk!"

   "They think that the only reason the System Lords bothered us al all was because we were so close to you. But then, after your death, they felt that the system Lords would no longer have any reason to attack us," he paused a moment, gazing down at his feet. "Father tired to make them see reason, but they would not listen to him. They believe him weak and that he only disagreed with them because he was so full with grief over your death. We have been forbidden to enter here."

   The team was silent for a moment, all far too steamed that the new Elders couldn't or wouldn't see the danger that keeping the Stargate unguarded posed.

   "Why did you enter, if you have been forbidden to do so?" Teal'c asked.

   Skaara smiled sheepishly. "We were on our way to…" he glanced at Daniel, "We were passing by when we felt the ground rumble like it does when someone activates the Chappa'ai. We came to see who had come only to find O'Neill and you two," he pointed at Sam and Teal'c, "standing over a very alive Dan'yel."

   Jack glanced at Daniel only to see a distant look in his eyes. The look he always wore when thinking of Sha'uri. "Daniel?" Jack said forcing the archaeologist to look at him. "Are you okay?"

   "I'm fine," Daniel said quickly. A little too quickly and Jack noticed.

   "Come, Dan'yel," Skaara said, tugging on his brother's arm like a little two-year-old. "Father will be pleased to know that you are well."

   Daniel nodded and allowed Skaara to slowly guide him towards the entrance to the Pyramid. The rest of SG-1 and the boys followed closely behind. Then suddenly, Daniel stopped.

   "Dan'yel, what is wrong?" Skaara asked, turning around to face him when he felt resistance against his tug. Daniel didn't reply.

   "Daniel?" Sam asked, not receiving an answer from him either. Daniel was standing perfectly still, his eyes unfocused but staring straight ahead. Sam glanced back at he C.O who stepped closer to Daniel worryingly.

   "Daniel?" Jack said, shaking him slightly.

   Daniel's eyes suddenly went back into focus and he blinked a few times before meeting Jack's gaze. There was so much pain with those blue depths that Jack almost looked away but didn't. Daniel needed to know that he was here. "Daniel, what's up?" Jack asked quietly.

   For a moment, Daniel didn't say anything, but then he quietly said. "I need to go to Sha'uri's grave."

   Skaara visually paled at hearing this. He mentally slapped himself for being so careless around his brother. It was clear that Daniel was not himself and that any mention of his wife stung deeply. He had almost slipped and said that they had been headed to his sister's grave, but changed it at the last second. Unfortunately, Daniel caught the slip and recognized what Skaara had meant to say.

   "Oh, for crying out loud! Daniel, you-"

   "Jack, I need to go," Daniel said just as softly as before, not moving his eyes away from Jack's. He couldn't understand why he felt that he needed to go to Sha'uri's grave now, but he felt like something was trying to draw him there. The feeling had started as soon as he had stepped out of the Stargate and he had only realized what it was that he was feeling when Skaara had almost mentioned Sha'uri's grave.

   Jack sighed, trying hard not to look to deeply into Daniel's eyes. There was a pain there that Jack really didn't feel like exploring and he wasn't sure that he wanted too. He had hoped that he would never have to see that pain in Daniel's eyes again. It was the same pain that had dominated Daniel's eyes when Sha'uri died the first time. There had been pain after that, but not like the first time. Not until now.

   "Okay, Daniel," Jack said after a moment. "We'll go."

   "Sir?" Sam asked, not sure if the Colonel was making the right decision.

   "If Daniel wants to go," he said. "Then I'm not going to stop him." He gave Daniel a reassuring look.

   Skaara watched the exchange and sighed. They'd better hurry if they wanted to get back to Nagada before dark. "Come, Dan'yel," Skaara said pulling Daniel towards the entrance again. "We must be quick. Father wants us home before dark."

   They all exited the pyramid to be met with the familiar hot desert of Abydos. The Sun was just starting to set make the air fair off looking like an African safari. The sand dunes rose before them like a stilled sea and the second moon was just beginning to rise into the sky.

   Daniel gazed around himself in awe. It felt so comforting a natural to be out here in the desert, but besides that new memory he had gained, he couldn't remember ever being in a desert before. The part of Earth he had seen was dominated by forest as was the planet SG-1 had found him on.

   He glanced back at the rest of his team to see them struggling through the sand, particularly Jack. It seemed that for every step the older man took, he would slide two steps back. It was rather amusing to watch and Daniel couldn't help but laugh, as he wasn't having any trouble at all.

   Jack glared up angrily at Daniel when he heard the younger man laugh at him. "What's so funny?"

   Daniel shook his head, smiling. "Nothing,' he said, not sinking at all into the sand.

   Jack shook his head in disbelief. "This is not fair. Even with his memory gone, he can still move through this stuff a hell of a lot easier then I can."

   "It is an automatic reflex, O'Neill," Teal'c answered, also struggling through the sand, but not nearly as much as Sam or Jack.

   "A what?" Jack asked.

   Sam sighed. "In simpler terms, sir, Daniel's use to it."

   "I knew that, Major." Jack scoffed.

    Sam rolled he eyes. "He spent most of his life on digs in Egypt and then he spent a full year here. Even with his memory loss, he body still knows how to move and survive out here."

   "Ah," Jack said.

   Daniel shook his, bemused. "You still don't get it, do you?" he asked.

   "Not a clue," Jack answered.

   Their little conversation was interrupted. "It's just over the next ridge," Skaara shouted, panting just ahead of them.

   Daniel swallowed hard, preparing himself for the sight that lay beyond that ridge. He wasn't quite sure what types of feelings were going to surface once he laid eyes on Sha'uri's grave. He was afraid that maybe he'd be sucked into the memory of her funeral. That was defiantly something he didn't want to happen any time soon.

   As they drew closer, that feeling that something was wrong came back upon Daniel full force. Something was terrible wrong. 'Dan'yel! Dan'yel!' He could hear her in his head, but he couldn't understand it. Just like he couldn't understand it before. The feeling was getting stronger as the approached until finally Daniel stopped, gasping with the realization of what he was feeling.

   "Daniel?" Sam stepped closer as Jack placed a hand on Daniel's shoulder. "What's wrong?"

   Daniel's breathing was starting to come in quick short gasps as his eyes widened with a kind of pain none of them had ever seen before. "Oh God," Daniel whispered horrified before he broke into a run up the ridge.

   "Daniel!" He heard Jack call out from behind him, but he didn't listen. He needed to make sure. He hoped to God that he was wrong. That he was only having this feeling because he was nervous about being near Sha'uri, in a sense. But that didn't feel right. Nothing did. Only that something was wrong with Sha'uri.

   He couldn't explain it, but he could feel that she wasn't there. It felt like she wasn't there. But that was impossible; she had to be there. Where else would she be? She was… dead. She couldn't have just gotten up and walked away.

   He reached the top of the ridge and his eyes widen with the horrify reality that lay before him. There was not grave, just a huge gapping hold where one used to be. Sha'uri's body was nowhere to be seen. All there was to see was a huge hole that was filled with scorched sand and white-hot glass.

   "NO!!!" He screamed out before collapsing to his knees. Oh God, she's gone. She's gone. How could she be gone?' Tears filled Daniel's eyes as he tried to shut out the site before him but he couldn't. His eyes wouldn't close. 'Dan'yel! Dan'yel!' He had heard her. He had heard her and he hadn't been able to get there in time to save her. "God, Sha'uri, no." he whispered, his mind drifting again…

   I entered the pyramid at a dead run, not caring if I left my friends behind. I just had to find her. Royane had told them Serpent like Jaffa had appeared through the Chappa'ai, that they were firing on them, killing them. I had to find Sha'uri.

   "Sha'uri! Sha'uri!" I yelled. I received no reply. I checked our makeshift sleeping tent and found it vacant. I ran back out and knelt down by a boy lying nearby.

   "Bolah!" I yelled trying to get the boys attention. He had a huge gapping wound on his chest. There was so much blood.

   "There were so many…so many of them." Bolah chocked out as Samantha and Jack knelt down beside Ferretti who was also injured, lying nearby.

   "It's alright," I soothed in the same tone I always used when one of the boys were upset of scared. "Just tell me what happened."

   "It was Ra." He said, starting to cough.

   Jack came up by me and knelt. "What's going on?" He asked.

   I ignored him. "Ra is dead. Tau'pa Ra!"

   Bolah shook his head, insistently. "No… Ra… I saw… He took Sha'uri. He took Skaara into the chappa'ai."

   I was horrified at this. Sha'uri was gone. Skaara was gone. It was my entire fault. Jack jumped up beside me. I remain with Bolah. I will not leave the scared boy. "Did you see?" I asked. "Did you see?"

   Bolah's eyes roll back in his head, his eyelids closing as his head lolls limply backwards. I knell there, studded. Cradling the poor boy that died because of my stupidity. It was all my fault.

   "What's going on, Daniel?" Jack asks me. "Could there be another Ra?"

   "How the hell should I know?" I yell angrily, getting to my feet. "Should have let the barricade up. This is all my fault."

   Jack had knelt down beside one of the soldiers and was checking his pulse. I didn't care. It was all my fault. "Come on. Come on." I heard Jack say, trying to rouse up the fallen man.

   "Colonel, Ferretti needs medical attention now!" Samantha yelled, as I knelt down beside another fallen boy.

   "Go!" I yelled to Jack. "Help him! I can send you back!"

   "You're coming with use this time, Daniel. I've got orders." Jack said coming closer to me.

   I stood and faced Jack, anger coursing through ever bit of my being as well as loss and sadness. "I don't care about your orders, Colonel! My wife is out there. So is Skaara!"

Flash

   At that moment, a man with a horn stepped forward and blew some more notes. Hearing this, all the guests around us immediately bowed forward, their foreheads touching the ground. I move to follow only to find Samantha and Jack staring at me.

   "When in Rome…" I said. Samantha slowly follows my example and intimidates the other guests. Jack sat there for a moment before reluctantly bending forward, but instead of bowing down completely, he keeps his head up to see what is going on as do I – and we immediately see the same type of guards that attacked on Abydos.

   The Serpent guards filtered into the room, lining up on either side of the archway to permit that I am guessing to be the God in power and a veiled women between them.  The woman is wearing a jewelled headdress with a veil to conceal her face from us. The couple stand at the head of the table and as I raise my head a bit more, the God turns to unveil the woman.

   "Behold!" The god said in a voice that unmistaken Goa'uld. He unveils her face and steps back. "Your Queen."

   It's Sha'uri. My eyes widen. This can't be. "Sha'uri." I whisper.

   Jack stares at me, confused, but I could care less. All that matter was Sha'uri. I leaped to me feet and run towards her, but I stop midway to her. Something is terribly wrong. She does not recognize me.

   "Kneel before your queen!" The God said angrily.

   I ignore him and step towards my wife slowly. "Sha'uri, it-it's me."

   She lifts her head slightly, before her eyes flare white. I felt my insides crumble apart. That is not my wife. That is not my beautiful Sha'uri. That is a demon… a Goa'uld that has stolen her from me.

   The God raised his hand to reveal a ribbon device and he actives it.  It glows orange and the air around it ripples like water, before I am thrown back violently…

Flash

   "Dan'yel!" Sha'uri screams in pain. I am at her feet trying to help her through this labour. But we both know what will happen once the child is born.

   "It's alright, Sha'uri. Push."

   "No!" She shouts desperately. "The demon will come back!"

   "You have to push!" I tell her, but she shakes her head, crying through the pain.

   "But I will lose you, Dan'yel!! Please!!"

   "Look at me." I tell her forcefully, but she doesn't listen.

   "Please!!!" She screams in pain.

   "Look at me!!" I yell more sternly, ripping off my glasses and placing my hand over top of hers in an effort to calm her down. God why did this have to be? "I love you! I will always love you. You understand?" my voice is chocked with emotion because I know that I'm about to lose her as well. "The Goa'uld will never be able to take that away from us. Do you understand me? Never." I tell her and she seems calmed by my words until a new round of pain swept through her.

   "Oh Dan'yel, The pain comes again!"

   I look at her helplessly, trying to push through this for her sake. "I'm here." I tell her soothingly.

   She cries out and I know I am losing her. "Dan'yel!! Dan'yel!!!"

   "Daniel?" Said a voice from beside him. Daniel's eyes were unfocused staring at the hole in front of him. It couldn't be. It wasn't possible.

   "Dammit Daniel, answer me?!" Jack said forcing Daniel to look at him.

   Realization of where he was and what was happening slowly began to dawn on Daniel and his eyes opened widened. "Oh God, Jack," he whispered so softly Jack almost never caught it. "They took her. They took her again."

   Jack stared at Daniel regretfully, not knowing what to say to him. He had learned long ago that where Daniel was concerned, you had to tread lightly. Otherwise everything would just fall apart in your lap. "I know, Danny," he said softly, rubbing a hand up and down Daniel's back. "I know."

   Skaara stepped forward, his eyes taking in the sight that lay before them. Sha'uri's grave was gone. Daniel was trembling violently by the scorched sand. It was not how he had hoped this little reunion with his brother was going to go. "Sha'uri," he whispered sadly, staring down into the hole. Who could have done this? Why had they done it?

   Sam tried her best to keep the boys away from Daniel, her own eyes filling with tears and Teal'c analysed the surrounding sand. He bent down and gently ran his fingers over the scorched edges of the pit. The blackened sand was still giving off a lot of heat.

   "This was caused by staff weapons," Teal'c replied, quickly scanning the surrounding area with his eyes in search of any Jaffa.

   "What?" Jack asked, turning towards Teal'c, but keeping his hand firmly placed on Daniel's shoulder.

   "I don't get it," Sam said, brushing back her tears. "Why would a Goa'uld dig up Sha'uri?"

   There was a pause before Daniel answered in an almost inaudible voice. "For punishment," he said, trying to regain control over himself. They needed to figure this out. "The Goa'uld that did this may have had some score to settle with Ammo'net."

   "But Sha'uri has been buried here for many seasons," Skaara replied. "Why take her now and not before?"

   "Perhaps they did not know where she was located and only recently discovered where." Teal'c said, rising from his position.

   "Skaara," Jack started, turning towards the young Abydonian. "When was the last time someone had come here?" He asked.

   "Few days," Skaara shrugged, trying to force himself to pay attention to what was happening around him. "Father comes here often," he answered.

   Sam nodded. "Then this must have happened very recently," she said.

   "The surrounding sand is still very warm," Teal'c replied. "Whom ever did this may still be here. We can not remain."

   "It is getting late," Skaara said, gazing up at the sky. "We must return to Nagada and inform Father."

   Jack grabbed Daniel by the arm and helped the younger man to his feet. "Come on, Danny," he said, guided him in the direction of Nagada.

   They walked in silence towards the city, all the funny comments gone. The team was too busy watching for Jaffa and keeping an eye on Daniel to think of anything to say. Even Skaara was keeping a close eye on his brother. He felt terrible about what had happened to Sha'uri and knew that if it weren't for the Elders, nothing would have happened to his sister. She would still be at peace because they could have stopped these… demons from coming through the Chappa'ai. But he knew that what he was feeling was ten times worst for Daniel.

   "Daniel?" Jack said softly, just as Nagada came into view. The city still looked as pretty as ever with it's touch lights flickering to life in the rising darkness and it's tall walls of sand. "You okay?"

   Instead of answering out loud, Daniel just shook his head and stared out all the rising buildings that seemed so familiar, yet… so foreign to him. He couldn't explain to Jack how he felt at the moment because he didn't even know himself. Everything was just so confusing to him at the moment and it frustrated him that he couldn't make sense of it.

   "Hasn't she been through enough, Jack?" Daniel finally asked quietly, still staring straight ahead. " She was finally at peace and now…" He trailed off, his voice filling with too much emotion for him to speak properly. He could feel his eye begin to fill with more tears and he blinked them back angrily. He needed to be strong, had to be strong. If not for himself then for Sha'uri. She was out there somewhere and he had to find her.

   "I know, Daniel," Jack said, pulling Daniel's hood up over his face as the approached the walls of the city. He didn't want people to panic when they saw Daniel until they could explain what had happened. "But don't you worry. We'll find her." Jack knew that the chances of finding Sha'uri were very slim if not impossible, but he was going to help Daniel. He had too. He own Daniel that much. Beside, Sha'uri didn't deserve this. Daniel didn't deserve this.

   Daniel merrily nodded, not trusting his voice.

   They slowly entered the city. It was almost vacant save the night watch as most people were in their homes having dinner. The few people that were out, stopped and waved at them happily, realizing that the Tau'ri had returned.

   They slowly made their way through the winding street of the city to a little dwelling that resided near the heart of the city. Daniel didn't recognize it, but Jack sure did. It was hard to forget. It was Daniel and Sha'uri's home.

   Skaara turned round to face them and noticed the look Jack got on his face when he laid his eyes on the home. "Father refuses to have the place emptied and giving to someone else. He feels that this is one of the few places where he could still feel Dan'yel and Sha'uri." He said as way of an explanation.

   Daniel winched slightly at hearing his wife's name and Jack tightened his grip on Daniel's arm. "And why is he here now?" He asked.

   Skaara sighed sadly. "It had been his ritual every night since we were told that Dan'yel was dead. He just goes in there to be alone and to think." Jack nodded understandingly. Hell, when he had thought Daniel was dead, he had done almost the same thing. He would sit in Daniel's office or the spare room at his house that had been dubbed Daniel's room and just remember, or forget.

   The quietly entered the house to see Kasuf sitting cross-legged on a rug in the middle of the room, flipping through what looked like one of Daniel's old makeshift Journals. The man looked a hell of a lot older then when he had last seen him, more tired. His robes hung loosely around him and his skin was a pale as a ghost.

   Jack gazed around the room as Skaara knelt down beside his father and started speaking in Abydonian. He could still see touched of Daniel and Sha'uri in the small dwelling. Some things were quintessentially Daniel. Little useless trinkets that had some archaeological value were still kept lovingly on a small shelf, scrolls of notes, and some sketches of a beautiful Abydonian woman that had opened the heart of one lonely, stubborn Tau'ri.

   Daniel had been happy here and then Apophis had come and ripped that all away from him, starting with his wife: Sha'uri.

   Jack gazed back at Daniel, wondering how the archaeologist was taking everything. The younger man stood near the entrance of the little dwelling, his hood still covering his face, but Jack could still see some of his face. From what he could see, Daniel was gazing curiously around the room, but his gaze seemed distant, lost.

   "O'Neill," Jack turned back around to see that Kasuf and Skaara had risen from their place on the floor and now stood in front of him.

   Daniel got his first clear view of Kasuf in that moment. He didn't look like what he had remembered. He looked older and wearier. His eyes seemed dulled by years of sadness and pain.

   "It is good to see you again," Kasuf said, gazing over the small group that stood at the doorway. He recognized Teal'c and Sam easily, but there was a robed figure in the back he was sure he hadn't seen before, though he couldn't be sure. The man had his hood up.

   "You too, Kasuf," Jack replied smiling.

   Kasuf gazed around the small room for a moment and sighed. "What brings you back to Abydos, O'Neill? As you no doubt have heard, our world is not facing the best of times."

   Jack glanced back at Daniel, giving him a look that said 'You better be ready.' "We come with good news from Earth, and some not so good news." He paused for a moment, motioning to Daniel. "First the good news. Let me introduce to you someone you have missed."

   Daniel slowly stepped forward so that he was directly in front of Kasuf, before raising his hands and lowering his hood. Kasuf took a step back in shock and fear at the face he saw. Daniel raised a hand reassuringly.

   "Do not be afraid, Good Father," He said, hoping Kasuf would not reject him. "It is I."

   "Dan'yel," Kasuf breathed, hardly able to believe his eyes or contain the joy that was now building up inside of him. "You have returned?"

   Daniel smiled. "Yes."

   Kasuf immediately stepped forward and embrace his lost son. Daniel embrace him back, feeling for once content that he had found a part of his family. Everyone else in the room stood back to let Daniel and Kasuf have a little room. It was good to see Daniel and Kasuf so happy. Skaara hadn't seen his father this happy in such a long time and the rest of SG-1 felt the same way about Daniel.

   After a few moments, Daniel and Kasuf broke apart, but Kasuf refused to let go of his good son, in fear that this was all some how a dream and that if he let go, Daniel would disappear. He griped Daniel's arms tightly, and Daniel griped his in return, smiling slightly trying to be happy for a moment before they had to tell Kasuf the bad news about what had happened to Sha'uri.

   "How can this be?" Kasuf asked in amazement.

   "Were not really sure," Daniel replied. "But we will tell you what we know."

   Kasuf nodded while Daniel chanced a glance at his team, wondering if maybe they wanted to start the story. Jack motioned for Daniel to start and the young man sighed, trying to decided how he could start this.

   "A few months ago," he began. "I woke up on an alien world with no memory of who I was or what I was. A few travellers from a nearby tribe found me and took me in. They called me Arrom, as they didn't know my name and neither did I. I stayed with them for two of their moons before SG-3 found me."

   "They brought me back to the village where I met up with Jack, Sam, Teal'c and another man named Jonas. They all knew me and called me Daniel, but I didn't recognize them." He paused, staring down at the floor. "There was something familiar about all of them, but I didn't know what. They asked me to returned to their home with them and after some serious thought, I agreed."

   "And what of your memories?" Kasuf asked.

   "Well, I don't remember much, but I am starting to remember some things now," Daniel said smiling a little. The he motioned to his team. "They thought it may help me if we came back here, see if anything triggered my memories. Unfortunately," He added sighing. It was now or never. "We got more then we bargained for."

   Kasuf seemed confused and seeing this Jack wet to elaborate but he stayed silent at the look Daniel gave him. Daniel needed to do this. It was his duty as Sha'uri's husband to inform their father about what had happened.

   "What do you mean?" Kasuf asked.

   Daniel sighed sadly. "We bring bad news, Good Father. After exiting the Chappa'ai and meeting up with Skaara, we traveled to your daughter's grave." He paused; swallowing the lump of emotion that was trying to creep it's way into his voice. He could feel his eyes filling with tears again, but he refused to let them fall. He needed to be strong.

   "What has happened?" Kasuf asked, seeing how hard this was for his son to get out. What was wrong?

   "Sha'uri has been taken, Good Father. Her grave has been violently dug open and her body stolen." Daniel's voice chocked at the end.

   Kasuf's eyes widened and he looked around the room, hoping what Daniel said wasn't true, but from the looks the others wore, it was the reality. "How has this happened?" He asked turning back to Daniel.

   Daniel shook his head. "We don't know. Someone must have come through the Chappa'ai recently and took her during the night when no one would have noticed."

   Kasuf stared at Daniel in disbelief. This was all his fault. He should have fought harder against the Elders to make them see the danger. He should have gone behind their backs and had the Chappa'ai guard regardless of what the Elders had ruled. He was the Chief Elder; they should have listened.

   "This is all my entire fault," Kasuf whispered, looking down ashamed.

   "No," Daniel said sternly, forcing Kasuf to look up at him. "It was not your fault, Good Father. You could not have known. You did all you could to make the Elders see that the Chappa'ai needed to be guarded and they did not listen. There was nothing more you could have done."

   "I should have forced them to see," Kasuf said angrily. "I should have had Skaara guard the Chappa'ai behind their backs-"

   "And they would have punished you greatly for doing so had they found out," Daniel interrupted. "Father, do not blame yourself. You did all you could." He reassured.

   Kasuf nodded, taking in Daniel's words. The man was fair wiser and smarter then he would ever be and he was proud to have Daniel as a son, even if he had not sired him. Daniel was right, it was not his fault, but it would be some time before he could finally believe that.

   There was a moment of Silence before Skaara spoke. "My shift in the night watch is approaching. I must leave," he said heading for the door. He paused just at the entrance and glanced back at Daniel. "I am glad that you are back, Dan'yel." He said before disappearing into the night.

   They stayed silent for a moment longer, before Kasuf started to move again. "You must all be hunger after your travels," He said, trying to get his mind off of his daughter for the time being. Now was a time for making Daniel feel as much at home as possible and to try and take his mind off of his wife. "I will go and get some food. Stay here," he told Daniel in particularly and quickly left the dwelling in search of some food.

   The group stayed silent as Daniel watched Kasuf go. He was confused about many things and his feelings about what had happened to Sha'uri we're weighing down on him more heavily now then they had been before. He rubbed his eyes gently, trying to get rid of the tears that still lay unshed within them before moving to sit on the bed in the corner.

   Jack moved to sit beside Daniel and placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "You did good, Daniel. You held it together."

   "But for how long?" Daniel asked raising his head slightly to look at Jack. "I wasn't expecting this, Jack. I didn't expect to return here just to have my life crumble down even more on me."

   Jack sighed. "I know, and I'm sorry." He said, not quite knowing what else to say. What could he say? Fate, it seemed, had a grudge against Daniel and wanted to keep causing him misery.

   "Daniel," Sam said, kneeling down in front of him. "We didn't expect this to happen either. But a least now we know that someone has taken Sha'uri and we can do something about it."

   "Captain Carter is correct," Teal'c added. "Now that we know Sha'uri has been taken, we will be able to search for her. She still may be close by. I don not believe that whom ever has taken her has had a chance to leave."

   "What makes you say that?" Jack asked.

   Teal'c raised and eyebrow, his arms crossed behind his back. "The Gate room appeared to have been vacant for some time, O'Neill. That is reason enough to believe that they are still present here on Abydos."

   "So how do we find them?" Daniel asked, looking up at the Jaffa.

   Teal'c remained silent for a moment. "I don not know."

   Daniel gazed down at his hands upon hearing that and Jack scowled. "Well that just great, Teal'c." He said angrily. Teal'c should know better then to get Daniel's hopes up like that only to have them crushed again.

   There was silence again, a very uncomfortable silence. No one knew what to say to Daniel and Daniel didn't know what he could say to them. He felt so lost and alone right now even though his friends surrounded him.

   He raised his head slightly room his lap and gazed around the room again, trying to take everything in. He could see imprints of Sha'uri all around him and it comforted him somewhat. He needed to be able to feel her right now; to know that no matter what, everything would work out okay. He needed to know that coming back to Abydos had a purpose and that he hadn't just come back to feel the pain of losing her all over again.

   Kasuf suddenly entered the dwelling again followed by a few women who were carrying trays of food. They did not seem startled to see Daniel there so he guessed they either weren't paying attention or Kasuf had informed them before they entered. The food smelt good as the trays were laid down on the ground in front of them and the women quickly left them alone to enjoy their meal.

   The group slowly moved down to the floor and started to help themselves to some of Abydos's finest. Daniel found that he liked a lot of the food even though most of it he had never seen before. He had seen some of it, though, in his vision of their dinner in the temple by the Stargate.

   They talked about various things over dinner. Daniel asked many questions about Abydos and what had happened since he had 'died'. Kasuf told him all about how many of the Elders had reached the end of their time in control and he told them all about the change in leadership. It seemed that Menes, the opposing leader in Nagada, had tried to over throw Kasuf as leader by using blackmail. He had tried to make the council see that the attack by Anubis was all his fault and that if he had acted sooner, many lives could have been saved. Luckily the council did not share Menes point of view and they ruled in favour of Kasuf.

   Unfortunately, even with Kasuf as Chief Elder, the other Elders still ruled that there was no needed to guard the Gate. They had out numbered him, so it was ruled in their favour. He also told them about the local news. How everyone in Nagada was fairing now a days and what sort of mishaps had been happing within the family. It seemed that Skaara's cousin, Remerus, had recently gotten married to a woman twice his age. Sam and Jack both protested to this, but Kasuf explained that it was because of an arranged marriage.

   Skaara joined them near the end of the meal as his shift had ended and also shared his little bit of news. He told Daniel about how all the children he used to teach were fairing and how many of them could now read and write in both Egyptian and English. Daniel was pleased to hear this, but was also shocked that he had made such an impacted on these kids lives. Jack had just smiled and said, "That's our Daniel."

   It was late into the night before they went to bed. Kasuf returned to his own home with Skaara while Daniel and the others stayed in Daniel's home. It was almost three in the morning when Jack awoke to the sound of someone moaning. He rolled over in his blankets, thinking he must have heard one to the boys from outside who were on watch when he heard the sound again, but this time it said a name. "Sha'uri."

   Jack quickly sat up from his bed on the floor and turned in the Direction of where Daniel was sleeping. He could she Daniel's figure slightly in the dark room. He was rolled up into a tight ball under his covers, shivering slightly and he kept moaning Sha'uri's name.

   Jack looked around to see that Sam was still sleeping peacefully in the corner of the dwelling, not stirring at the sounds Daniel was making, and Teal'c was leaning against the fair wall near the door in a deep state of kel-no-reem. He also had not stirred at the moans coming from Daniel.

   'Great,' He thought as he shoved back the covers and crawled over towards the shiver archaeologist. As he got closer, he could hear more then just Sha'uri's name being uttered by the young man. He was mumbling many things, some of which Jack could pick out.

   "No," Daniel moaned. "No… Mom, Dad… the rope."

   "Dammit," Jack swore under his breath. Daniel was reliving his parent's deaths. Not the greatest thing in the world for him at the moment. He had too many things weighing down on him right now; he didn't need this now as well.

   Jack reached Daniel and pulled his shivering form close to him, rubbing his back gently. "Come on, Danny-boy, wake up. It's just a dream. Come on," Jack uttered quietly, trying to get him to wake so Daniel would know that it was all just a dream even though it had happened many years ago.

   "No, mom, dad, move!"

   "Daniel, wake up," Jack said more sternly, shaking the younger man slightly.

   Daniel awoke with a start, his breathing coming in quite gasps and his eyes wide with fear. Jack continued to rub Daniel's back in a soothing manner, hoping to draw Daniel away from what he had seen to the here and now.

   "Jack?" Daniel said weakly, shivering in a cold sweat.

   "I'm here, Daniel. Everything's going to be okay," Jack said.

   "Oh God, Jack," Daniel cried. "I watched them die. I watch my parents die."

   "I know, Daniel. I know." Jack said.

   Daniel began to cry then, his whole body racking with the sobs. Jack held him close, feeling that Daniel needed the physical contact right now. He needed to let Daniel know that he wasn't alone in this. That he would be here for him, no matter what.

   "I can't do this any more, Jack," Daniel sobbed into Jack's shirt. "I can't keep seeing the people I love die or get hurt."

   Jack didn't say anything to this. He just kept rubbing his hand up and down Daniel's back. Up and down, up and down. The motion not only soothed Daniel, but it soothed himself.

   "Daniel," Jack said after a moment. "I know that there are many things that have happened in your life that have been tough on you and some times I wondered how you ever pulled through them all. I know that as you remember more things, these problems and pains will come right back onto you fresh and new, but you've got to remember one thing. You are NOT alone."

   Daniel stayed silent for a moment, listening to everything Jack said. "I know that, Jack." He said quietly after a moment. He had calmed down a fair bit and now leaded back away from Jack and looked up into his face. "It's just sometimes I feel so alone."

   Jack nodded. "I know the feeling. But you're not. You'll never be alone, Daniel. Even if you're stuck on some fair off planet all by yourself, you'll never be alone. We'll always be there with you. Sam, Teal'c, your family here on Abydos and me. We all care about you, Danny, and we're going to do all we can to help you through this so you can help Sha'uri, where ever she may be."

   Daniel nodded slightly. He still felt somewhat alone and shook up over everything that had happened over the past few hours but with Jack's help, he was coping. And Jack was right. He needed to get through this so he could help Sha'uri. There was no way he could help her like this.

  "Now," Jack said, slapping Daniel against the shoulder. "You wouldn't be able to help anyone if you don't sleep."

   "Jack, I-"

   "No buts, Daniel. I know you're having nightmares, but you need sleep and so do I," Jack said, waving his finger in front of Daniel's face.

   Daniel smiled. "We're starting to make a habit of this."

   "God, I hope not," Jack said. "You may be able to survive on two hours sleep and three cups of coffee, but I sure as hell can't. I need my sleep."

  Daniel chuckled slightly, careful not to wake Sam or Teal'c though he figured trying to wake Teal'c from his kel-no-reem would be like trying to raise the dead. 'Oh, bad analogy there, Daniel,' he thought. It wasn't that hard to raise the dead. Hell, the Goa'ulds did it all the time. That's what they probably did with Sha'uri.

   "I try to sleep, Jack, and I promise to try and not make so much noise." Daniel said.

  Jack nodded and yawned. "Okay. But if you need anything don't be afraid to wake me up and ask."

   Daniel nodded. "I won't. Good-night, Jack."

   Jack yawned again, heading back over towards his makeshift bed. "Night Danny."

   In a few minutes, the whole dwelling was filled with the sounds of Jack's gently snoring. Daniel lay awake in his bed, not wanting o go back to sleep, even though he knew he should. His body needed rest, but his mind would probably just start throwing other bad memories back at him once he fell asleep.

   With a sigh, Daniel pushed back the covers and headed for the door of the dwelling, being sure to pull his hood over his head to hide his face in case someone who didn't know he was back saw him. He stepped out into the dark night to feel that the air was relatively warm, though he wasn't at all surprised. It was a desert after all.

   He then began to walk. He didn't have any destination in mind. He just left his feet wander as he thought over everything that had happened to him. He remembered thinking when he was still with Shamda and Nomad that he had wanted to know what kind of person he had been, what his life had been like. He used to wonder why he couldn't remember anything and if it was because he had done something terribly wrong.

   He used to think about all the people he must have left behind and he had wondered if anyone cared that he was gone. He now knew the answers to many of the questions he had had back then, but some of the answers he wished he didn't have. He wished he had never remembered anything from his life and that he could have just stayed with Shamda and Nomad. He had felt safe with them. Here, he felt like he was home, but he never felt safe. He always felt like something was going to jump out at him any moment and try and hurt him, just like they'd had so many times before in his life before becoming an ascended.

   Daniel sighed and stared up at the night sky. Many of the shapes he saw were different from the ones on Earth, but he seemed to recognize a few of them. One of them was the Great Cat, which only appeared during the late spring. He wondered how he knew that, but then a voice entered his mind. 'This one looks like the Great Cat.' It had been Sha'uri when they had been… where were they… He couldn't remember. It had been somewhere important. Somewhere where he had spent a lot of his time studying. Studying what, he couldn't recall.

  He sighed, looking down at his feet as they shifted through the sand. It frustrated him that he couldn't remember some things like that, but, then again, he wasn't sure he wanted to remember. Many of the things he had remembered so fair were memories full of pain and Daniel was beginning to wonder if he had ever had a happy moment in his life. But he must have, right? It just wouldn't make sense if he hadn't. Jack had said that there were times when he had been happy, like when he had seen him with Sha'uri. But that was only some times. Were there more then just a hand full of times when he was happy or was is whole life filled with misery and pain?

   Daniel's foot caught on a rock and he stumbled but he was able to regain his balance in time. He gazed around to find that he had wandered into some sort of cave without realizing it. It was much darker in here and he was having trouble seeing his way around, but he say on old discarded torch lying nearby and hastily picked it up. He then bent down onto his knees and reached a hand inside his robes to try and find that pack of matches he knew he had somewhere inside on of the pockets to his SGC pants.

   He sighed with relief as he found then and quickly lit one and held it to the torch, hoping it would catch. Luckily it did and Daniel was grained with light. With the torch in hand, Daniel stood and gazed at his surrounds.

   It was a cave, oblivious, but he could see a small opening near him that had been sealed up with many small rocks, some of which had fallen down and where lying by his feet. 'Well, now I know what I tripped over,' He thought. He could see another cavern behind the pile of rocks and his curiosity got the better of him. Slowly, he moved forward, setting the torch down between a bigger rock and the wall so it would stay upright, and began to move the rocks out of the way.

   As the rocks slowly fell away, he felt that he had done this before, except he hadn't been alone at the time. He had been with someone. He had been with… Sha'uri. He stopped for a moment. He had done this before with Sha'uri. But why? What was behind this pile of rocks that he and Sha'uri had tried to get to? Had they gotten to it at all? It didn't look like it. The rocks had all been there for quite some time.

   He sighed, not understanding and started to move the rocks again. Maybe he'd find some answers once he got to the other side. If he had been there before, something must be familiar to him. And if not, well, who knows?

   Finally, he moved enough rocks out of the way for him to fit through. He grabbed the torch again and slowly made his way through the hole, careful not to fall of trip on the rocks that were still there. He wasn't exactly sure how fair away this cave was to the others and if something happened, he may not be able to call for help.

   Once through, he straightened up and dusted himself off before gazing around the new cavern. The place was dark, except for the light his torch provided. The caravan was vacant, empty except for the long pillars that stood here. No one had entered here in a long time by the looks of it, but there were some old footprints in the sand. Daniel guessed that they had been there for so long, because this cavern didn't get any wind blowing into it, so the sand would stay in place.

   He then glanced at a nearby wall and saw something that made his heart jump. It was the Earth symbol. It was the symbol used on the Stargate to represent Earth. But what was that doing here?

   He glanced at the other walls surrounding him and found them to also be covered in symbols, many of which he couldn't remember seeing before. He recognized a few from when he had been doing so translating back on Earth, but most he didn't recall. 'Their ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs,' Daniel thought. He then paused, wondering how he knew that. He hadn't translated any hieroglyphs back on Earth since he had come back, so how did he know what they were? 

   His eyes gazed over them until they landed on a certain symbol that he was sure he had seen before. "Taperioff," he whispered, part of his mind registering the word. He knew these symbols. He had read them all before.

   He turned to the wall opposite and saw a symbol of two small men fighting, or so they appeared to be. "Ningit," he said, but then shook his head. 'No, that doesn't sound right,' He thought frowning. "Neda." He tried again and smiled when it sound right. "Tiu." He said, gazing at another part of the word.

  He looked higher, running his hands over what appeared to be a much larger word. "Nechru," he mumbled, and then shook his head when that didn't sound right. "Na-ta-turu." He said smiling. "I know these words." He said to himself.

   He wonder slightly how he knew them and why he would say what he thought they said only to shake his head and correct himself. It was as though the part of his mind that knew everything was whispering to him, correcting him on his pronunciation. It was kind of amusing and most helpful.

   He wondered a little further into the cave and came across a wall that seems to describe a story of some sorts. His eyes gazed over they hieroglyphs, trying to decipherer their meaning. "A traveler from distant stars escaped from a dying world looking for a way to extend his own life. His body, decaying and weak, he couldn't prevent his own demise, apparently his entire species was becoming extinct."

   He moved his gaze, trying to read with the little light the torch provided. "He traveled or searched the galaxies looking for a way to cheat death. He came to a world rich with life, where he encountered a primitive race… humans. A species with all his powers he could maintain indifferently. He realized that within a human body he had a chance for a new life."

   Daniel paused, adjusting his glasses as they had slide down his face. This whole story sounded so familiar. "Now he apparently found a young boy. As the frightened villagers ran, night became day. Curious and without fear, he walked towards the light." The next symbol startled Daniel somewhat. He'd seen this before. He had seen it on the ruins of Shamda's world. What did Jonas say it meant. Ra. "Ra took him and possessed his body."

   Daniel paused again. "Like some sort of parasite looking for a host." 'Like the Goa'uld,' He thought.

   "And inhabiting this human form, he appointed himself ruler." Daniel moved the torch slightly trying to read the other symbols but it was difficult. His mind was starting to fail on him. "He used the Stargate to bring … thousands of people here to this planet as workers… for the mines."

   Daniel rubbed his head gently, feeling a new headache coming on. It was hurting trying to recall what al these symbols meant, but he wanted to know what happened. "The mineral they mined was clearly the building blocks for al of his… technology. With this… he could… sustain eternal life." He moved further down the passages way. "Now, something happened… back on Earth. A rebellion or uprising and the Stargate was buried there. Fearful of a rebellion here, Ra outlawed reading and writing." Daniel stood back shocked for a moment. "He didn't want the people to remember the truth."

   Daniel just stood, staring at the walls for a moment, before he heard a voice in his head. 'Doctor Jackson, I think you'd better take a look at this.' "Take a look at what?" Daniel thought to himself, wondering where that voice had come from.

   He gazed down the passageway he had come from and slowly traveled back to it, deciding to go down a little further without getting lost. He turned and what he saw made him pause for a moment. Cover stones. There were cover stones here. Just like the ones Sam had shown him back on Earth.

  Daniel bent forward in front of them and softly dusted away the sand that had collected in the cracks. Constellations. Theses were the coordinates that took them from here back to Earth. Sam had made him memorize them before coming here in case something happened and he needed to get back to Earth on his own. But the point of origin was missing. He reached down by his feet and found the missing piece to the Cover stone, but the symbol was worn off. Not that it mattered. He knew what the symbol was: a pyramid with three connecting moons over top. Sort of looked like a Goa'uld ship landing over the pyramid.

   Daniel sighed, gazing over the symbols. It had been a long time since their first mission to Abydos. The mission that had given him a life worth living, but then that had all been taken away from him only a year later.

   'Oh well,' Daniel thought. 'I can't change the past. I can only work on trying to make the future something worth living for.'

   Thinking that, his mind wondered back to what had happened to Sha'uri. What had they done to her? Who had done it? Was she alive somewhere or was she still a corpse? Daniel rubbed the sides of his head, trying to will that thought away. He hoped that whom ever had taken her had brought her back to life. He didn't think he could handle it if they found her only to find that she was still dead.

   Rocks tumbling to the ground, forced Daniel out of his thoughts. He turned around, looking at the entrance to the cavern. No one was there. He stood; bring the torch up higher to light up the area better. He knew he hadn't imagined that sound.   

   He slowly began to walk towards the entrance checking around each corner to make sure no one was there. He didn't see anyone. He reached the entrance and bent down to glance through the hole. No one was there. He gazed down at the rocks, trying to understand where he had heard that sound come from.

   It was then that he saw them. Footprints. They went the opposite direction of where he had and they were fairly new. 'Great,' Daniel thought as he stood and cautiously made his way down there. The passageway stretched a lot further then the others had and Daniel could she that it had been traveled more recently then the one he had gone down. All the cobwebs had been dusted away as where the walls which sported more symbols, most he couldn't read as his mind seemed to have gone all mushy from reading the story about Ra.

   A light flickered at the end of the passage way and Daniel speed up his walk. He could hear people talking in hushed voices, but he couldn't understand them. They were speaking in what sounding like Abydonian. 'Possibly Ancient Egyptian,' a part of his mind whispered.

   He reached a comer and gazed slowly around the corner. The new room was lit very well; the walls seemed to be shinning gold. They where coated in symbols that looked much like the ones on the Stargate. There were thousands of them.

   In the middle of the room stood a man, dressed in robes made of material Daniel couldn't ever remember seeing before. His back was too Daniel and he was speaking to another man that had a weird looking symbol painted on his forehead.

   Daniel swallowed hard, thinking he should probably turn back and go tell the others, when the man suddenly stopped talking; his form going ridged.

   "Daniel Jackson," The man said and the voice sent a shiver down Daniel's spine. He had heard that voice before. Where, he couldn't remember.

   Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his back as he was violently shoved forward into the room. He glanced back to see one of the Serpent guards he had seen in his visions. 'Dammit, what have I gotten myself into now,' He thought. 'I shouldn't have come here. I should have stayed with Jack and the others.'

   The man in the center of the room laughed, seeming to sense Daniel's thoughts. He then slowly turned so Daniel could see his face, but Daniel did not know him. Or at least, he thought he didn't.

   "I knew you would come here," the man said smiling. His eyes flared a brilliant white, before Daniel felt something stab him hard in the back and he fell. The last thing he saw before darkness over took him was a veiled woman standing in the far corner gazing at him intensively with dark brown eyes.

***

   "Dammit Daniel," Jack swore, running up and down the streets of Nagada. They had been searching for him for three hours now and had not been able to find him. Jack cursed as he tripped over a discarded bone. He didn't need this. Dammit, why didn't Daniel just go to sleep like he had told him to?

   Jack had woken up that morning to find that Daniel's bed was empty and his robes gone. He had immediately gotten Sam and Teal'c up and, after telling Kasuf that they had lost track of his son, started searching for the wondering archaeologist. They had already checked all the places Daniel used to go when he had lived on Abydos. The had checked the council chambers, Kasuf's house, the school, even Sha'uri's grave and they had turned up with nothing. It was like Daniel had just disappeared.

   "Colonel!" Sam yelled from a little ways behind him. Jack stopped to let her catch up with him. She was panting slightly and had a grave look on her face.

   "What is it Major?"

   She took in a deep breath before answering. "We can't find Daniel anywhere sir, but we did find this.' She held up a smashed pair of glasses that could only belong to Daniel. Jack swore.

   "Where did you find this?" He asked, taking the glasses from her.

    "In that map room, sir. Looks like there had been a struggle of some kind. Teal'c also found," she paused, not wanting to say this. "He also found a small pile of blood near where we found the glasses, sir."

   Jack cursed, glaring down at the glasses. Why did Daniel leave? Why didn't he just stay where he was? "Any idea who did this and where they might be now?" Jack asked.

   Sam shook her head. "No sir. We didn't find any trace that any one had been there besides what we found in the map room. Kasuf says that it could have been anyone. There are a lot of people here from the surrounding cities that would just love a chance to harm anyone here because of what Kasuf has done."

   "Dammit," Jack said. He sighed. "What about the pyramid? Has anyone checked there yet?"

   Sam shook her head. "No. Teal'c and I decided that we should go there last because if we didn't find Daniel we'd need to contact Earth and let them know what's happened so they could send help."

   Jack nodded. "Well we'd better go there then. We've checked everywhere else and if his not there, we're going to need help finding him."

   Sam nodded. "Yes sir."

   After rounding up Teal'c, the trio headed off in the direction of the pyramid. They all wondered where the hell Daniel could be and if he was all right. Why did this have to happen? All they had wanted was to come to Abydos so that Daniel could spend some time with his family and hopefully regain some more of his memories, but they hadn't bargained for this. First they find that someone had taken Sha'uri's body and the next Daniel goes missing.

   Jack sighed, struggling through the sand. How many times has Daniel gone missing or they've had to leave him behind? 'Far too many,' He thought gloomily. Daniel's been shot and stabbed and brought back so many times. Not counting of course the time they had thought he had been dead and had left him behind. And, of course, there was the time that he did acutely die and stayed that way for a year, which had only ended about a week ago. 'Okay, so he really only ascended to a higher plane of exists, but he was considered dead as in, he wasn't with us any more,' Jack thought. He couldn't be with them.

   Jack remembered the first time Daniel had appeared to him as an ascended. He had though he was just a hallucination at first, but he wasn't. He even remembered tossing his shoe through Daniel. It was kind of freaky how it just went right through him, but he was acutely there. It had also bothered Jack that he couldn't touch Daniel. God, how he had wanted to just pull the younger man close and never let go. But he couldn't. And there was nothing Daniel could do about it. Until, of course, he got himself booted out of happy land.

   The pyramid rose before them now and they slowly made there way up the ramp to the entrance, hoping to find some good news within. As the entered, Jack got the feeling that someone was watching them. As he glanced back at Sam and Teal'c, he noticed that they felt the same thing.

   "Spread out," Jack said, swinging his gun off his shoulder. He took the right wing as Teal'c took the left and Sam went down the middle. Jack gazed around the pillars, having the strangest feeling that something was just going to jump out at him. He crept slowly down the side of the room, pushing cobwebs out of his face and keeping his gun steady.

   He turned and found Sam looking around the back of the Stargate while Teal'c gazed at the ceiling. "Anything?" He asked still not about to shake off the feeling that they were being watched.

   "My search revealed nothing," Teal'c answered.

   "Nothing back here, sir,' Sam answered coming out from behind the Stargate.

   "Okay," Jack said, gazing one last time down the way he had come. "Carter, dial home. Once we've-"

   "JACK, LOOK OUT!!!"

   Jack whirled around at the voice only to be clubbed in the face by the end of a staff weapon. He landed on the ground with a huge thud and swore. "Daniel!" Jack screamed trying to get to his feet. That had been Daniel. He was here somewhere.

   "Colonel!" Jack looked up to see that both Sam and Teal'c had been taken captive. He swore colourfully as the serpent guard behind him pulled him to his knees.

   "Great," Jack said, gazing around. "More serpent heads. You do know that your God is dead, right?" He asked but received no response.

   "Quite slave!" Said a voice from somewhere nearby. Jack couldn't see who had spoken it from where he was, but he knew from the sound of the voice that it had been Goa'uld. 

   "Who are you calling a slave?" Jack snapped back and was rewarded with a knee in the back. He dubbed over in pain.

   "Tar'ri cui!"

   "Jack, don't anger them," said a voice off somewhere to Jack right.

   "Daniel?" Jack asked, pulling himself up again.

   "I'm here, Jack," Daniel said from where he was being held by another serpent guard.

   "Where" Jack asked. "I can't see you."

   "I can see him, sir,' Sam answered. "He's hurt, but he's alive."

   "Which may not be the case very soon," said that evil Goa'uld voice that Jack still couldn't see. There was silence for a moment, before Jack heard screaming. 'Daniel!' He thought panicky. "Daniel!" He yelled.

   "Don't hurt him!" Sam yelled out, being able to see everything from where she was being held captive.

   The screams cist. There was nothing but silence. "Daniel?" Jack called out, but he didn't receive an answer. He glanced at Sam, but she wouldn't meet his gaze. Both she and Teal'c were staring somewhere off to his left, but he couldn't see what was happening. A pillar blocked his vision.

   There was movement by Jack and he looked up in time to see a zap being pointed at him. "You, Tau'ri will pay for what you have done," the voice said, and then he activated the zat. Jack felt a huge jolt of pain swept through him before he landed with another big thump onto the sandy floor. "You will die very slowly,' said the voice, but Jack wasn't paying much attention. His conciseness was drifting, but from his view on the floor he could now see Daniel. The younger man lay unconscious or maybe even dead on the ground a few feet away from him. Jack couldn't tell if he was alive. He was blanking out.

   "Remember this, Tau'ri," said the voice again. "You will never again see that man that you so cherish."

   'Daniel,' Jack thought, before his mind was over come by a blanket of darkness. 

AN: Ha, ha! Cliffhanger. I bet many of you are now screaming at me and are read to start throwing tomatoes but hey, deal with it. Life is like that. You'll find out what happens to our favourite band of space explores in the next chapter. I know you're all just dying to know what's happened to Daniel. Hehe, hehe! Please remember to review guys and if you have any ideas just send them on over. I will read them and if I like them I will use them. Bye for now!