A/N: Again, this is revised, so although it's short, it was shorter before. Meep. P Anyway, here it is. Oh, and thanks for all the feedback!


Chapter Two: First Mission Disasters

SG-1 stood in the Gateroom, awaiting the 'kawoosh' of the gate. The fourth chevron was just locking.

Jack tapped his foot impatiently. "Well...this should be...interesting."

"How so, Colonel?" Dani asked.

"Eh, it's nothing. Just used to having Teal'c with us."

Dani's eyebrows raised in understanding. "You don't trust me."

"Oh, no," the Colonel said a little too quickly. "It's not that I don't trust you..it's that I trust Teal'c...more."

Dani smiled slightly, "Of course, Colonel."

Just then, the seventh chevron locked. "C'mon, kid," Jack said, heading up the ramp, quickly followed by Sam.

Dani looked at Daniel and said incredulously, "Kid!" Dani walked through, followed by a smirking Daniel.

They emerged on a planet that was relatively Earth-like. There appeared to be some sort of ruins about a mile from the gate, but it was hard to say considering the sheets of rain pouring down. "It wasn't raining like this when the MALP went through!" Daniel yelled, voice struggling against the rain.

"Carter, you and I can secure the area. Dani and Daniel, you two can check out the rocks your archaeologists like so much," Jack ordered, resulting in a raised eyebrow from Dani and an eye-roll and a shrug from Daniel, which answered Dani's unasked question.

"Sir, I wanted to collect some mineral samples from the caves in the ruins," Sam spoke up.

"I could collect the samples while we take a look at the ruins," Dani suggested.

"Right, you do that," Jack said in reply. Daniel and Dani took their equipment and started off towards the ruins in the pouring rain.

"Is there a reason you've barely said a word to me?" Dani asked over a thundering in the distance.

"Well, there was your abrupt departure from my office last night," Daniel replied uncomfortably.

"Oh." She had figured as much. "I didn't mean to offend you."

"I kind of thought that I had offended you," he said gently.

Dani smiled brightly. "So I can assume we're back to friendly terms, yes?"

'Oh how I wish we were more,' Daniel thought. He merely nodded.

"Good," she said, walking a little slower, and closer to Daniel. After a while, Daniel and Dani decided to rest for a moment, although soaked.

Dani sat on a rock and pulled out a small leather-bound book. "What's that?" Daniel asked curiously."My journal. I'm recording my stay on Earth." At the sad look in his eyes, she added, "And that's assuming I don't stay an extra week."

"Or month," Daniel added, joking.

Dani caught on and smiled, "Year..."

"Or two."

"Maybe 10."

"How's forever?" By then, they were both shaking with laughter. Dani was laughing so hard that she started to fall off the rock. Daniel, in seeing her slip, reached out to keep her from reaching the ground. They just stood there in silence, staring at each other, Daniel's hands on her elbows. "Thanks," she whispered as Daniel slowly, and reluctantly, let go.

"Anytime," he replied. They walked on in silence.

'Wow. I never thought he was that strong. Okay, Dani, breathe. Daniel is your co-worker, and your friend. And now you are attracted to him. A lot. And now you're talking to yourself. What else could go wrong?"

They reached the ruins, and Daniel went right to working on translating the walls. Dani gathered the mineral samples quickly, and went to help Daniel. "It looks similar to an early Arabic writing from Earth," Dani noted.

Daniel looked at her in surprise. "Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking," Daniel agreed. "How did you know about that? You've only been on Earth for one day."

"Yes, but I've been studying Earth's cultures for months, via the Tok'ra."

Daniel looked at the wall for a moment before commenting, "There are distinct differences between this and Arabic. Can you read it?"

"Yes. It's very similar to a common language on my homeworld. This seems to be a written record of the people's history. Right away, I can tell that they had never been visited by the Goa'uld. There is no mentioning of a deity of any kind. Well...there is, but they refer to it as something similar to nature. But more to the point, it was probably because they were not very technologically advanced, and therefore useless to the Goa'uld. But there was a large amount of seismic activity which drove them to the caves." She paused and turned to Daniel. "I guess they didn't know too much about seismology. That's pretty much where it ends, though. It's possible that the planet is still seismically active. We should alert the others."

Daniel reached for his radio. "Jack, Sam?"

Suddenly, a loud crack eminated from above them. Boulders were falling from every direction as the cave was collapsing around them. Dani screamed and Daniel saw a large boulder heading for her, and pushed her out of harm's way. Then everything went black.