"Daniel, why can't we leave yet? You have been studying that thing for two hours!" Colonel Jack O'Neill called as he started to walk towards the Stargate. "Jack, please. We really need to find out what this tablet says. It could be important!" Daniel Jackson called back to his commanding officer. "Sir, it could be important. After all, these people have kept the Goa'uld away from their planet. The tablet may tell us how they can do this." Samantha Carter told the colonel. "Fine, we can stay one more night. Then we are leaving and let another team come study it. Understood?" Daniel nodded and went back to translating the alien text. The colonel sighed and called to Teal'c. "Lets get the tents set up before it gets dark."

Daniel had not moved from the spot where the tablet lay. He had not eaten or drank anything at all ether. "Daniel get over here and eat something!" the colonel called, starling Daniel. "Just a few more minutes!" Daniel replied. "No, now. You said a few more minutes a few hours ago!"

"Fine, I'm coming!" Daniel grumbled, getting up. His legs were numb from sitting so he stumbled towards camp like a drunken man, his legs shaking. "What happened to you?" the colonel asked, staring at Daniel. "Nothing, I just have been sitting for too long."

"I wonder why." The colonel grumbled. The four of them sat around the fire, eating in silence. They all cleaned up the camp then got ready for bed. "Teal'c, you get first watch, you get second Daniel, Carter, you get third. I'll take last. Okay?"

"Yes that's fine with me." Carter replied. "I think I'll go to bed now. Goodnight."

"Goodnight Sam." Daniel said, yawning.

"You better go to bed Daniel." Colonel O'Neill said, smiling. "Goodnight Teal'c. See you, well I don't know when." The colonel went into his tent and in a few minutes snores could be heard. Carter stuck her head out of her tent. "Daniel. Could you throw something at him to make him stop?" Daniel laughed. "Sure, but we'd all have to run after!" Carter smiled. "I'll take that chance!" Daniel stuck his head inside the colonel's tent and threw a boot at his head. Daniel pulled his head out and jumped into his own tent. He heard Carter giggle as a roar came from the colonel's tent. "What the hell was THAT?" Teal'c sat by the fire, still awake, but he said nothing. When the colonel got no answer, he grumbled to himself for a while, before falling asleep again. At least he wasn't snoring anymore, Daniel thought, getting into his sleeping bag.

It felt like only a few minutes had past when Teal'c came to get him up for his shift. Daniel groaned and got up, pulling on his coat. He sat down beside the fire. It was still very dark, and Daniel could hear the sounds of creatures. He was dozing off when a blood curdling howl erupted from the woods. And it was close. Daniel reached for his gun, and stood up, moving towards the colonel's tent. "Jack, can you come out here. Something's in the woods, not far from here." The colonel was up in an instant, pulling on his jacket and boots. He pushed Daniel aside and stepped out of the tent. "Where?" he asked, scanning the woods, looking for this "something". "I'm not sure. I just heard it."

"Go get Carter and Te....What the hell!" Daniel saw the thing that surprised the colonel, but he couldn't tell what it was. It was very tall and shaggy looking. It was making snarling noises and had a large pink tongue. "Go get Carter and Teal'c, Daniel." The colonel said calmly. Daniel ran to Carter's tent and called her. She was awake in a second, and like the colonel, she was out of her tent in a flash. Teal'c was already awake and out of his tent, when Daniel got there. The three of them ran to the edge of the woods where Colonel O'Neill stood. The creature had not come any closer, but now there were six of them. They paced back and forth, their snarls extremely loud. "What do you think these are major?" the colonel asked, his eyes never leaving the beasts. "I don't know sir, but they look sort of half human, half wolf sir." Teal'c studied the creature intently. "On your world, do you not call these, werewolves?"

"Yes Teal'c, we do, but werewolves are mythical creatures." Daniel glanced around nervously. Jack and Sam had their guns in hand, and stood at the edge of the woods, watching, waiting. "Sir, one of the...creatures has the same tattoo as Armorq, the village leader!"

"Wow Daniel that is really helpful information!" the colonel snapped, glaring at the grey wolf thing that Daniel had identified as Armorq. "Then that white one over there must be...Ailha. Armorq's wife."

"Yes sir, that looks like her alright."

"How could yah tell?!"

"The white wolf has the same jewellery and tattoos as Ailha, O'Neill."

"Teal'c! Stop sneaking up on me like that!"

"I am sorry O'Neill."

"Thank you!"

"Um, Jack."

"What Daniel?"

"They're coming closer!"

"I can see that Daniel!" The colonel raised his weapon and yelled at the creatures. "I'll shoot if you come any closer!" The creatures did not stop. They moved closer, their eyes glowing red, their tongues hanging out of their mouths. The fire cast eerie shadows on the ground. The creature that Daniel guessed was Armorq, stepped forward and began to speak. "Travelers from Takaiya's portal, we welcome you to the Great Mother festival. We are pleased that you could come. Please join us."

"Oh, you only want us to come to your little party! I am sorry, we'd love to join you, but I have to put the kids to bed. Daniel gets cranky without sleep and Carter; you don't even want to know how bad she can be. Teal'c, well I don't know if he even sleeps!"

Armorq smiled, his pearly white teeth showing. "I'm sorry but you must come with us. You wouldn't want to anger Takaiya, would you?" The other wolves chuckled. "I am sorry, but we can't. Goodbye." The colonel started to fire at Armorq. The great grey wolf screamed in pain, and immediately his fellow wolves came to his aid. Some leapt in front of their fallen leader and others ran to attack the colonel. Carter and Teal'c helped their leader. The sound of guns and howling echoed through the woods, attracting more wolves to the camp.

The wolves seemed not to notice Daniel as he stood by the fire. A large greyish brown wolf leapt at Teal'c, its teeth bared. The Jaffa saw it coming and hit the creature on the top of its head with his staff weapon. The creature howled in pain and ran off. The full moon cast its eerie, pale light onto the grass. Daniel gasped as he saw the colour of the grass. It was blood red, and wet. Daniel didn't want to find out if it was blood. An old battle marked wolf ran out into the middle of the camp and howled. Daniel took aim at the creature and fired. The blast from his gun didn't even phase the wolf. It continued to howl and soon its howls were answered. Oh boy. Daniel thought to himself. We're in for a long night tonight!

Carter couldn't believe these things. They just kept coming and coming, an endless wave of teeth, claws and fur. She was almost out of bullets. "Sir, I need to reload!" Carter had to yell to be heard by the Colonel. "Me too!" he yelled back. "Teal'c, cover our backs!" The huge Jaffa was firing his staff constantly, never seeming to stop. The two of them ran to the centre of the camp, where the ammo was kept. O'Neill threw Carter a couple rounds of bullets and took a couple for himself. "Have you seen Daniel?!"

"No sir, I haven't!" In the excitement of the fight, Carter had lost track of Daniel. "Damn!" O'Neill growled. "I'll have to find him!" He turned and ran off towards the middle of the camp. Carter hoped Daniel was okay. He was known for getting injured on missions, hell even on base! She didn't have much time to think because, just then, another wave of creatures charged. She shot anything that came from the woods. She heard the screams of pain. The sound gave her a chill. The screams were human, but not human. Animal, but not animal. They were like a scream of rage and pain and fear. Suddenly, a human cry of pain rang through the air. "Teal'c, we have to help Daniel!" Carter was already running in the direction of the scream, Teal'c right behind her. A large circle of creatures was formed around the middle of the camp. And the screams were coming from inside of the circle.

Daniel was out of bullets. That was a very bad thing. He tried to make his way towards the spot in the middle of camp where the ammo was stored, but his way was blocked by a circle of creatures. They seemed oblivious to his presence. He looked at them up close. They were built like a wolf, with long teeth and claws. There was no one colour; all of the wolves were different. They had braids in their hair, and feather and beads. The wolves had earrings and scant pieces of clothing. Many had large tattoos all over their arms and face. Others had small ones all over their body. But the strangest thing that he could see was the wolves' hand like front paws. They could actually pick up objects. That was not good. Not good at all. He had no ammo left and a large circle of wolves between it and him. Definitely not good.

Carter moved towards the circle slowly, not wanting to be seen, but wanting to find Daniel. Teal'c was behind her, looking out for Daniel too. "There he is Major Carter." Teal'c said, pointing in the direction where he saw him.

Carter sat there puzzled for a moment before asking "If Daniel's out of the circle, then who is in it?!"

Daniel could hear screams coming from inside the circle. And swearing. Lots of swearing. "Jack!" Daniel started to yell. "Jack is that you?!"

"No, it's the sandman! Yes of course it's me and when I get out of this I'm going to kick your ass!" came the response.

Suddenly, the wolves all stopped what they were doing and howled at the moon. Armorq's voice could be heard over top of the howling. "Forget the rest! Dispose of them. Tonight we feast!" Shit, Daniel thought. We're in more trouble then we thought! A huge hand-paw collided with his head, and he thought no more.

Carter and Teal'c were just about to go and retrieve Daniel when they were attacked. It came so quick that they were knocked out before they even had a chance to fight back. Their attackers left as silently as they had come, leaving no evidence that they had even been there. To a passer by, it simply looked like the two prone figures in the clearing had fallen asleep.

Jack growled to himself. Daniel. It was all his fault. Daniel always got injured on every mission. Sometimes it was serious, other times minor. Now Daniel was god knows where, with god knows who. Jack tripped over a tree root and fell. Two arms grabbed him from behind and pulled him to his feet. The wolves still were in a circle around him, all their eyes on him. A loud boom echoed through the forest, followed by rain. The ground was soon a river of mud. Jack slipped constantly on the slippery ground, only to be hauled back up again. They walked for what seemed like hours. Then they stopped in the middle of four huge stones. The stones were covered in strange markings and looked stained red. The wolves spread out around the circle, all bowing their heads and making strange noises in their throats. Jack stood in the middle of the four stones, watching the wolves, waiting. Armorq walked towards the colonel, holding a long piece of rope. He was followed by two other wolves. The two other wolves moved so fast the colonel had no time to react. He was down on the ground faster then he could blink, with his arms held behind his back. Armorq took the rope and tied the colonel's arms. Then with a jerk, he pulled him to his feet. Jack dug his feet into the ground, but the wolf leader still dragged him as if he was nothing. Armorq then attached the end of the rope to a stake in the middle of the clearing. This doesn't look good, Jack thought. "Could you guys loosen the ropes? This isn't the way you treat guests." Armorq smiled. "Oh, colonel, you're not a guest, you're more of a...sacrifice!"

"Oh, this is not the way to treat a sacrifice." The colonel smiled as he saw the wolf leader's face. He looked confused. Good for him, Jack thought. Armorq turned to face his fellow "people" and began to make strange growling noises.

"Sure, when I need Daniel, he's not here!" the colonel said. "Though, I don't think he could translate this!" The rope was rubbing through the skin on his wrists, but that was probably from his squirming around so much. Suddenly the wolves came closer. They formed a circle around him and Armorq. Not the person/wolf thing he wanted to be with right now. Or ever. Armorq lept at Jack's throat. He screamed as he felt the razor sharp teeth crush through his throat. He screamed as a burning sensation tore through his body. Every nerve seemed to be on fire. He could feel the blood as it poured down the front of his jacket, down to his feet, where it formed a pool. Jack was still screaming as he watched a huge paw catch some of the blood that poured from his torn throat. Armorq then spread the blood over the four stones, and then turned back to Jack. He was curled up into a ball, the blood still pouring freely, his screams echoing throught the forest. Armorq looked down at the colonel, a smile on his face. "I thought they made you military people tougher then this." He laughed, watching the colonel. "Now, we will make you strong!" Armorq bent down and rolled the colonel over on his back. The colonel's eyes were glazed over in pain. The wolf laid his hand on Jack's forehead in a comforting gesture, then bit down on the colonel windpipe, and the screaming stopped. The colonel eyes darted around and he made wheezing noises as he tried to breathe. The pain was unbearable and now he was going to die. That was the only thing to comfort him. Not much comfort he thought as the world slowly went black. But before he blacked out, he heard Armorq whisper in his ear, "You have to die to be reborn."