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Chapter Three: Searching

Daniel was the first to stir. He groaned and shifted. He couldn't see much. He seemed to be free of what fell. As he regained consciousness, he became aware of a voice.

"Daniel! Daniel, do you read?" It was Jack on the radio. Daniel scrambled around for the bag where his radio was.

He grabbed it and pressed the button, "Yeah, I just woke up. I was knocked unconscious."

"I'm not surprised. A major earthquake shook the area... We've been trying to contact you for the past fifteen minutes," Sam informed him.

"Is Dani there?" Jack asked.

"Oh no...Dani. Hang on, Jack," he spoke into the radio. "It's impossible to see anything." He got his flashlight off the ground, about five feet away, and shone it through the cavern. "No..." The entrance was blocked entirely. There was no hope of being able to move the large boulders easily. He shined it to his left to see an unconscious Dani. "Dani? Dani!" She stirred softly.

"Daniel?" she mumbled.

"Yeah, it's me," he replied. He turned to his radio, "Dani's all right, guys."

"I can't move my legs, Daniel," Dani said, wincing in pain.

"Jack, we need a medical team and any team that can get us out. The entrance is completely blocked. And Dani's legs are buried under some of the rocks," Daniel said worriedly.

"Carter and I are going back to Earth. You'll be outta there in no time, I promise," Jack told them reassuringly over the radio.

"All right...we'll just be...here. Like we have any other choice," Daniel said. Dani shook her head, trying not to laugh. Daniel shuffled over to Dani. "Are you all right?" Concern was evident in his shining blue eyes.

"Yeah, considering," Dani moaned in pain. Daniel winced. There was an uncomfortable silence while Daniel tried to comfort her silently. Dani took a shuddering breath. "There's something I have to tell you." Daniel gazed at her with soft, comforting eyes, not calming her nerves at all. "I want you to know this," she took a breath, saying so little having used all she got from her shallow breaths. "If I die, and ca-"

"You won't," Daniel interrupted.

"What?" Dani asked, a little dazed.

"You're not going to die," Daniel said, his voice full of emotion.

"I know. But if I do, I want you to know how I feel." She took a calming breath. "I knew, since the moment I saw you, that I'd like you. You're intelligent, charming, caring, passionate, not to mention handsome...everything a girl could want, really." This was said in humorous nature, but deep down, she was completely serious. "At first, I thought it was just-agh!" She yelled in pain as a small tremor overtook the cavern and shifted the rock. There were, now, even more rocks covering Dani, and the pain got worse.

"Dani! God! Are you all right?" Daniel asked, worried.

"Whaddya think?" Dani said through gritted teeth. "You?"

"I'm fine."

"I really don't think I can stay conscious much longer," Dani said, her eyes unfocused. "The pain...is terrible."

Daniel headed for their bag. "There's a med kit in here, and it might have some painkillers." He found some Tylenol and gave them to Dani who graciously took them. "It might take a while to work, but it shoudl relieve the pain a little."

"I'm still..." She seemed to fade in and out of consciousness.

"M-maybe you should sleep," Daniel said, though-like her-was unsure if she would reawaken.

"I-er, I think I'll do that. But I want you to read my journal. It contains what I wanted to tell you...needed to tell you. I just..can't find the right way to tell you...and with me half-awake, it's a little impossible for me to think," Dani said, her speech slurred.

"I'll read it. I promise. Now get some rest. I'll wake you in a half-hour, or when Jack and Sam get back...whichever comes first." Dani nodded and almost instantly fell asleep.

Daniel sighed and looked at her once more, lovingly. He went over to her pack and started to look through it for her journal. He didn't find it and figured it had fallen out. He began to look around the immediate vicinity for it and finally found it under a small pile of rocks. He carefully picked it up and blew the dust and dirt off of it. He opened it and started reading.

"I've decided to keep a record and journal of my stay on Earth," he read. "I will certainly miss some of the Tok'ra that have helped me on my way. Selmak being one of them, being very wise, and very funny. The people here at the SGC-Stargate Command-are very nice, though.

"General Hammond is the first that I met. He seems to have a very balanced amount of sternness and kindness as well. Colonel Jack O'Neill. I'm not really sure what to think of him. He really doesn't seem to trust me, but that is understandable. He really doesn't trust the Tok'ra, either, so there's another reason to distrust me." Daniel frowned. "But he does have a great sense of humor, and his heart seems to be in the right place.

"Major Sam Carter is an amazing woman. She is a scientist as well as a woman and a soldier. I never thought that a woman could be so much as such, especially on the male-dominated society of my planet. Before what happened, it was, at least. On Earth, however, there is so much more equality, and I am welcomed with open arms, instead of labelled as an outcast by my own people. Sam is beautiful, brilliant, and can put a man in his place: beside her," Daniel raised his eyebrow, smirking slightly. "And it is obvious that Sam and the Colonel have feelings for each other. Their flirtation is amusing to observe, and I do hope that they are able to do something about it.

"And finally, there is Dr. Daniel Jackson. Archaeologist and linguist, like myself. I assisted him in translations from a tablet retrieved from a planet visited by one of the other SG teams. I do not understand this planet's method for the designation of planets, so I don't remember exactly what planet it is from, but it would seem that the race called the Ancients had taken up residence there for some time. But Daniel and myself worked for about an hour and a half on the translation. He asked if I was staying on Earth. When I told him that I was unsure, and that there was the possibility that I wouldn't, he suggested other SG teams, or a job on base, and I just got up, made a flimsy excuse, and left. As much as I would have loved to spend more time with him, I really don't know if I will be staying...and I don't want him to die, which seems to happen to those that I care about." Daniel felt a pang of saddness at this statement. She didn't deserve to feel that. "And if he dies, when I get so close to him, I'm not sure if I could handle the pain. I don't think I love him yet, but it's getting close. Missions through the Stargate are dangerous. No use in denying that." Daniel's eyes went wide at her confession.

He then flipped to the page it had been open to on the ground. There were only a few lines, and they were smudged by rain. "I'm worried something will happen. Something bad. It may be just a feeling, but I'm still scared. I'm also starting to think that he feels somethign for me. Just the way he looked into my eyes after he caught me from falling. Oh god, I think I'm falling in love with Daniel. No...I know I'm falling in love with Daniel." Daniel was torn between jumping for joy at the thought that his love was requited; and crying because the woman he loved was dying.

Her half-hour was just about through, so he gently shook her to wake her up. "Dani? Dani!" Daniel's eyes began to well up with tears which he held back. He felt for her pulse which was weak, but still there. He silently thanked whatever deity existed, and nudged her more. "Dani, please, you have to wake up. Come on!" Dani opened her eyes slowly. "Oh thank god," Daniel whispered.

"Daniel?" She then woke up even more. "You read the journal?" she questioned. Daniel nodded. "And?" Daniel came a little closer, his breath mingling with Dani's shallows breaths. His eyes asked an unneeded question as his lips captured her's in a passionate, but gentle first kiss. Her arm snaked around his neck, and his around to her back. Dani played with the little hairs at the back of his neck as the kiss deepened. They pulled apart for a much needed breath. "Wow," Dani breathed.

"Yeah..." Daniel said in reply.

"Funny, I'm trapped under a pile of rocks, and I can still make out with you," she laughed, but immeadiately regretted it. She flinched in pain.

"Sorry. You all right?" Daniel said, worried.

"You don't need to apologize. I'm fine. Daniel...it's true," Dani paused and gazed into his gorgeous blue orbs. "I love you," she whispered.

Daniel saw complete sincerity in her shining green eyes. "And I love you, too," he replied. Once again, their lips met, the world meaning nothing. To them, they weren't stuck, and dying in Dani's case, in a cave. Only each other mattered to them.