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Sorry for the long update, I am attempting to finish this story today and tomorrow, and the other stories will be finished within the next week or two.

Thank you for all of the reviews, the next chapters are all being run through a spell check and edited more thoroughly. Let me know if there are any more problems with them!

Jack had been scouting the area around the gate for the last couple of hours, he had at first intended to hang out with Carter, but after about 10 minutes she had begged him to find something else to do, and he being a good Samaritan and all obeyed her request.

Looking for what felt like the millionth time at his black wristwatch, he sighed boredly. Their last radio contact had been an hour ago; the planet seemed uninhabited so there seemed no need for more frequent contact.

In his wandering he had entered the treeless meadow, there were plenty of rabbits and waddling brown creatures that resembled ground hogs. It was because he was watching and chuckling at a particularly large ground hog that was attempting to crawl down a hole that was much to narrow for its overfed body. Perhaps if he had been paying more attention to where he was going he might not had stepped right into one of those holes.

"Dammit!"

Jack tried to pull his foot free from the long dark hole with little success. A sense of panic began to creep up his spine, there was no way he was going to call Carter to come help him get his foot out of a ground hog hole, he would never hear the end of it.

"Okay... think...I can get out of this"

Knife! He could use his knife to widen the hole and thus free his foot. Grinning he pulled his knife from his boot, knelt down and began cutting away the sides of the hole, careful not to cut himself.

After successfully hacking the round hole into a large square he tried to pull his foot free, his left hand pulling away any dirt in his way. As his foot slid out of the hole, a high pitch squeal filled the air and four sharp claws slid across his hand. Jack pulled his hand back; reflexively his uninjured hand pushed the knife into the attacking creature.

Back at the Stargate Sam was having her own problems; her previous assessment was proving accurate. She couldn't seem to find anything wrong with the DHD. In a last ditch effort she had decided to remove all of the crystals, carefully inspect them and replace them in hopes it would trigger a reboot of the DHD's system. As she replaced the last crystal an energy build up caused an electrical surge that shot through her hand sending Sam flying backwards.

Jack had a bounce to his step as he returned to the Stargate, a P90 in one hand, and a dead ground hog in the other. If Carter asked he would tell her he had found dinner, if all else failed he would order her not to ask how he had caught the creature.

Almost as soon as he could see the gate he saw Carter sprawled out on the ground, not moving. Dropping the dead animal he raced towards her, praying that she was okay. Nervously his fingers felt for a pulse; a sigh of relief escaped his lips as he felt a strong pulse beneath his fingers. Quickly his eyes scanned her, searching for any obvious sighs of injury; her left hand appeared to be burnt. Turning he looked back at the opened DHD, maybe she got a shock or something. Gently he began to shake her, his hands gripping her shoulders.

"Carter! Carter.."

A soft moan escaped Sam's lips as her eyes slowly opened, a wave of nausea rippling through her slender body. Waiting for her mind to catch up with her body, she stared blankly upwards until her mind acknowledged it was Jack who was looking back, his strong hands holding her shoulders.

"Sir?"

"Carter, what happened?"

Jack realized he was still holding her shoulders, so he quickly let go and rocked back into a crouched position.

"I was attempting to reboot the DHD, hoping it would correct whatever the problem is, it must have caused a overload." As she became more alert, her mind went back to the original problem, the DHD, as disheartening as it was she had no idea why it wasn't working.

"Sir, I have no idea what is wrong with the DHD or the Stargate, as far as I can see there is nothing wrong with either. It should be working!"

Jack could tell by the tone of her voice that she was panicking, although he was feeling some of the same feelings, he had to be calm and collected for both of them. Panicking wouldn't help anything.

"You'll figure it out Carter, and even if you can't General Hammond, along with Teal'c and Daniel are all working on getting us come. I'm sure one of out allies will be able to help, one of they has to have a ship that can come and get us."

"Sir the chances of…"

Jack didn't even give her a chance to finish.

"Ahhh, that's enough of that Carter. They will come, if we wait they will come"

Sam couldn't help but let out a small giggle.