The sun was bright but Teal'c could see little. He could hear the
crashing of waves and the call of birds. He could feel deep sand underfoot
and he sunk in it and he blindly made his way across a stream, only waist
high, but the silent water sent a chill playing down his back. It
reverberated into his skull and as he stepped out of the ice-water a warm
wind blew up, drying him completely. The birds were calling to him,
pushing him closer to the sea. The birds were invisible to him, there were
no trees, only sand and streams. Teal'c had his head down, away from the
glare of the sun but slowly as he lifted his head the sun turned to a
crescent moon, and the sky dimmed. A man's face appeared in a cluster of
stars but the wizened lines were not unfamiliar. The stars began to
revolve around the man's head in a rough circle, each layer turning
alternatively to the one before, like the ripples of the now still ocean
Teal'c had stopped before.
O'Neill was working on a report that was, oh, only three months late. Carter had just left his office to go work on her fabulous naquadria-sumo- something. Daniel, however, remained. He sat perched on a desk behind O'Neill, deep in thought, listening only to the tapping of O'Neill's keyboard. After about five minutes Jack turned to his friend with a quizzical look on his face.
"What? Jack, what is it?" Asked Daniel.
"Funny, I was about to ask YOU the same thing!"
"Wha...?"
"What are you doing? You're just sitting there, staring off into space, or subspace, or inter-space, or-"
"Jack! I was thinking!"
"About...?"
"...Teal'c."
"Oh."
"Yeah... You know, I just keep getting this feeling that he's not coming back this time."
At this point O'Neill began banging his head on his desk. He looked up.
"Yeah I know..."
Thump.
"I dunno Jack. Where could he be? Jack? Jack! Wakey-wakey!"
The Colonel's head remained on his desk.
"Oh crap."
Once again O'Neill was suspended in his subconscious limbo. Once again he was seeing his friend walk amongst his surroundings blindly. Once again O'Neill felt he should help his friend but he had no way of doing so. O'Neill surveyed the scene and simply waited for it to end. He shut his eyes and relaxed his mind and when he opened his eyes again Teal'c was looking up at him and the day was turning to night. O'Neill was facing the moon, not the sun and Teal'c was staring up at him. Jack managed a feeble wave although he knew Teal'c couldn't see him. Jack suddenly felt uplifted as though his head was detached from his body and was floating away in a no- gravity zone. He sensed movement around him but he couldn't tear his vision away from the Jaffa. Teal'c's eyes widened and he muttered a single soft word. Jack yelled out and a huge grin appeared on his face.
"I do not understand why it is you are smiling O'Neill."
"TEAL'C!!! Why shouldn't I be? You can see me!"
"But I do not understand why O'Neill."
"Neither do I but I've been having these weird visions of you walking around and tripping over stuff and this is one of them and I keep waking up with massive headaches coz I fall over and I hope I didn't this time and every time you couldn't see me and I couldn't talk and-"
"O'Neill! Please speak in a language of which I can understand."
"...Oh. Well..."
The picture began to fade and a slightly muted throbbing jammed O'Neill's head back on his body.
"O'Neill? What is happening?"
"I'll talk to ya next time!" Shouted the Colonel as the sky swallowed him and once again all was black.
O'Neill awoke to Doc Fraiser's face incredibly close to his and he yelled out. She backed away and he sighed.
"Not again..."
A/N: Like it? I wish I coulda been more interesting but at least this time something actually HAPPENED! RnR plz and lemme no watcha reckon. LOL, very Aussie. PS Sorry there's no squiggly things around the Teal'c part but fanfic.net won't save em, even using the quickedit! Does anyone else get the shits with that thingy?!
O'Neill was working on a report that was, oh, only three months late. Carter had just left his office to go work on her fabulous naquadria-sumo- something. Daniel, however, remained. He sat perched on a desk behind O'Neill, deep in thought, listening only to the tapping of O'Neill's keyboard. After about five minutes Jack turned to his friend with a quizzical look on his face.
"What? Jack, what is it?" Asked Daniel.
"Funny, I was about to ask YOU the same thing!"
"Wha...?"
"What are you doing? You're just sitting there, staring off into space, or subspace, or inter-space, or-"
"Jack! I was thinking!"
"About...?"
"...Teal'c."
"Oh."
"Yeah... You know, I just keep getting this feeling that he's not coming back this time."
At this point O'Neill began banging his head on his desk. He looked up.
"Yeah I know..."
Thump.
"I dunno Jack. Where could he be? Jack? Jack! Wakey-wakey!"
The Colonel's head remained on his desk.
"Oh crap."
Once again O'Neill was suspended in his subconscious limbo. Once again he was seeing his friend walk amongst his surroundings blindly. Once again O'Neill felt he should help his friend but he had no way of doing so. O'Neill surveyed the scene and simply waited for it to end. He shut his eyes and relaxed his mind and when he opened his eyes again Teal'c was looking up at him and the day was turning to night. O'Neill was facing the moon, not the sun and Teal'c was staring up at him. Jack managed a feeble wave although he knew Teal'c couldn't see him. Jack suddenly felt uplifted as though his head was detached from his body and was floating away in a no- gravity zone. He sensed movement around him but he couldn't tear his vision away from the Jaffa. Teal'c's eyes widened and he muttered a single soft word. Jack yelled out and a huge grin appeared on his face.
"I do not understand why it is you are smiling O'Neill."
"TEAL'C!!! Why shouldn't I be? You can see me!"
"But I do not understand why O'Neill."
"Neither do I but I've been having these weird visions of you walking around and tripping over stuff and this is one of them and I keep waking up with massive headaches coz I fall over and I hope I didn't this time and every time you couldn't see me and I couldn't talk and-"
"O'Neill! Please speak in a language of which I can understand."
"...Oh. Well..."
The picture began to fade and a slightly muted throbbing jammed O'Neill's head back on his body.
"O'Neill? What is happening?"
"I'll talk to ya next time!" Shouted the Colonel as the sky swallowed him and once again all was black.
O'Neill awoke to Doc Fraiser's face incredibly close to his and he yelled out. She backed away and he sighed.
"Not again..."
A/N: Like it? I wish I coulda been more interesting but at least this time something actually HAPPENED! RnR plz and lemme no watcha reckon. LOL, very Aussie. PS Sorry there's no squiggly things around the Teal'c part but fanfic.net won't save em, even using the quickedit! Does anyone else get the shits with that thingy?!
