Woo hoo, another chapter :0 of course it only got written due to the combined efforts of Stormyronin, surgery and quite a bit of stress :-) so take it or leave it but reviews are always good :-)
Chapter 4
A few days passed, Daniel seemed to be improving dramatically. Although he would break down when reminded of the family he once had. Even though Daniel now knew that he was not, nor had he ever been Daniel Jackson, the name he held over twenty years, he still responded to it as if it was a shield against some untold memory. Jack put it to coping with having seen his family die.
Samuel stayed in the small cabin with the team. His easy going humor lightened the mood considerably. Jack was getting the nagging suspicion that there was something that Daniel and Samuel were keeping from him. With a mental shrug he put it to the past. Daniel would open up to him eventually.
The team was preparing to return to Colorado. Daniel had recovered enough to consent to returning. As the team dropped of Samuel at the small caf that they had met the man, Daniel started to tear up.
"Boy, remember what I said." He grinned and ruffled Daniel's hair, "you can't keep blaming yourself forever."
"I know," the two words and half grin expressed much more than could be said in any words. Samuel gave the team a sad smile.
"So, will I be seeing you folks again?"
Jack looked at Daniel's figure, still bowed from the weight of his rediscovered memories.
"When we get a chance."
Samuel smiled and vanished into the caf . Jack grinned slightly and turned his attention to getting the group to the airport.
The flight went by quickly and when they departed from the plane, they were surprised to see General Hammond waiting at the gate for them. He smiled when he saw the team.
"Good evening folks, I trust your trip was calm." He smirked remembering that this particular team seemed to attract more trouble than any other team.
"It was sir," Jack spoke for the group.
"Very good," he turned to Daniel making sure to get eye contact and smiled, "I hope everything works out for you son. You've got a date with Dr. Fraiser tomorrow morning."
Daniel looked at the older general and nodded. His eyes were still clouded in sorrow, but there was a hint of recovery in them.
The next several weeks passed and soon Daniel was back to his old self again, with a few moodier moments. It was then that a sarcophagus appeared, sent to Dr. Jackson from an archeological team exploring Mayan pyramids.
*Author's note: Time flys by sticking with the series until just after Prisoners.*
"Looks like we're on" Jack grinned as his voice startled Daniel's hunched over form. It was always nice to remind the anthropologist that his work wasn't the only thing in the world.
"Jack" Daniel's voice was exasperated.
"Come on, we're gating in an hour, just wanted to give you enough warning. You know, put your rocks away."
"They're not rock, they're artifacts." Daniel's voice lowered, "although I don't know why I bother with you." Jack grinned.
"Because you love me, now I've got orders to feed you."
Daniel snorted "yeah right," but followed Jack to the cafeteria. There they met Sam and Teal'c for a quick meal before send off. Daniel loudly complained about the MRE's and was eating with gusto now so he wouldn't have to eat as many of those tasteless things later.
The conversation quickly turned to the planet which they were about to explore, P2X-353 or something like that. Jack wasn't too sure.
The trip through the stargate was as normal, cold and nauseating, but it was getting easier, so much easier Jack noted. He looked around, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed movement, but when he turned to look, nothing was there. He had the feeling that there had been a lookout. He glanced around the area, noting the DHD and all the lush trees. Boy was he getting tired of trees. At least these had some variety, the humidity of this place was perfect for rainforest like growth. The trees were dense with layer upon layer of canopy. Even where he stood he couldn't see the sky the trees had grown so close to the stargate.
"Doesn't look like the Goa'uld visit very often." Jack threw the comment to the general vicinity not expecting a response.
Daniel and Sam immediately went to the DHD and made sure they could dial home again. Noting that they could they turned to the present situation. Figuring out where to go.
They chose a random direction and started off, marking their way periodically so they could find their way back. Sam continually took samples of the soil with the help of Daniel. They seemed to be discussing something or other. Jack ignored the two scientists on his team. Soon their path was blocked. A large wall seemed to have materialized out of no where in front of them. Carvings spanned the face of the structure that they could see.
"Amazing" Daniel said as he closed in on the writings, nudging his glasses up the bridge of his nose. Jack gave off an exasperated sigh, "Come on space monkey," he enjoyed popping that nickname in every once in a while to annoy the younger man. "You can look at your rocks later,"
"But Jack this is the first evidence of Mayan culture we've come across, there could be something here." Jack sighed. Daniel was his friend, but sometimes the man's disregard for military structure really exasperated the long time military man.
"You can come back later, we've got two days," Jack said as he grabbed Daniel's pack and started to drag him along the wall of the structure.
It turned out that the structure was big, the base seemed to be larger than the pyramid landing sights that were so common among Goa'uld inhabited worlds. After walking nearly clear around the base, they found a clearing which according to Murphy's law was ten feet from where they first had run into the structure. The stairs of the structure had been beaten down by the wind and the rain and now were only faint ripples on a incline to a platform at the top.
"This seems to be a larger replica of the Mayan pyramids." Daniel started to spout all of that uninteresting archeological babble and Jack tuned the rest of it out.
The team set up camp at the small clearing at the base of the pyramid and Jack let Daniel loose to take his video and recordings of the temple. Jack then sat down to take in the relaxing atmosphere of a mission going just as planned, very boringly. Sam was with Daniel helping to record everything for further study back at SGC, while Teal'c stood between them and the camp. Jack was suddenly reminded of a nanny watching her charges. He smirked but didn't say anything.
Soon enough one of the two had managed to open up a door somehow. The ancient stone ground against other stone making a loud noise. Jack stood and followed the group. The inside of the temple was just still, a thick layer of dust coated the ground and the walls. Daniel eagerly went to the walls and with a quick wipe of the hand revealed more carvings. He turned to Carter with a gleam in his eye that screamed get out now or have your brain dribble out your ears to Jack started talking animatedly, the video camera was soon up with flashlight and the two were off. Jack just looked around long enough to see that there wasn't any danger and went to the doorway to keep watch.
All in all, that day ended up being one of the rare boring days Jack was aloud to experience in his time with the SGC. Unfortunately he did one of the worst things possible in that position. He wished for some sort of excitement.
Chapter 4
A few days passed, Daniel seemed to be improving dramatically. Although he would break down when reminded of the family he once had. Even though Daniel now knew that he was not, nor had he ever been Daniel Jackson, the name he held over twenty years, he still responded to it as if it was a shield against some untold memory. Jack put it to coping with having seen his family die.
Samuel stayed in the small cabin with the team. His easy going humor lightened the mood considerably. Jack was getting the nagging suspicion that there was something that Daniel and Samuel were keeping from him. With a mental shrug he put it to the past. Daniel would open up to him eventually.
The team was preparing to return to Colorado. Daniel had recovered enough to consent to returning. As the team dropped of Samuel at the small caf that they had met the man, Daniel started to tear up.
"Boy, remember what I said." He grinned and ruffled Daniel's hair, "you can't keep blaming yourself forever."
"I know," the two words and half grin expressed much more than could be said in any words. Samuel gave the team a sad smile.
"So, will I be seeing you folks again?"
Jack looked at Daniel's figure, still bowed from the weight of his rediscovered memories.
"When we get a chance."
Samuel smiled and vanished into the caf . Jack grinned slightly and turned his attention to getting the group to the airport.
The flight went by quickly and when they departed from the plane, they were surprised to see General Hammond waiting at the gate for them. He smiled when he saw the team.
"Good evening folks, I trust your trip was calm." He smirked remembering that this particular team seemed to attract more trouble than any other team.
"It was sir," Jack spoke for the group.
"Very good," he turned to Daniel making sure to get eye contact and smiled, "I hope everything works out for you son. You've got a date with Dr. Fraiser tomorrow morning."
Daniel looked at the older general and nodded. His eyes were still clouded in sorrow, but there was a hint of recovery in them.
The next several weeks passed and soon Daniel was back to his old self again, with a few moodier moments. It was then that a sarcophagus appeared, sent to Dr. Jackson from an archeological team exploring Mayan pyramids.
*Author's note: Time flys by sticking with the series until just after Prisoners.*
"Looks like we're on" Jack grinned as his voice startled Daniel's hunched over form. It was always nice to remind the anthropologist that his work wasn't the only thing in the world.
"Jack" Daniel's voice was exasperated.
"Come on, we're gating in an hour, just wanted to give you enough warning. You know, put your rocks away."
"They're not rock, they're artifacts." Daniel's voice lowered, "although I don't know why I bother with you." Jack grinned.
"Because you love me, now I've got orders to feed you."
Daniel snorted "yeah right," but followed Jack to the cafeteria. There they met Sam and Teal'c for a quick meal before send off. Daniel loudly complained about the MRE's and was eating with gusto now so he wouldn't have to eat as many of those tasteless things later.
The conversation quickly turned to the planet which they were about to explore, P2X-353 or something like that. Jack wasn't too sure.
The trip through the stargate was as normal, cold and nauseating, but it was getting easier, so much easier Jack noted. He looked around, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed movement, but when he turned to look, nothing was there. He had the feeling that there had been a lookout. He glanced around the area, noting the DHD and all the lush trees. Boy was he getting tired of trees. At least these had some variety, the humidity of this place was perfect for rainforest like growth. The trees were dense with layer upon layer of canopy. Even where he stood he couldn't see the sky the trees had grown so close to the stargate.
"Doesn't look like the Goa'uld visit very often." Jack threw the comment to the general vicinity not expecting a response.
Daniel and Sam immediately went to the DHD and made sure they could dial home again. Noting that they could they turned to the present situation. Figuring out where to go.
They chose a random direction and started off, marking their way periodically so they could find their way back. Sam continually took samples of the soil with the help of Daniel. They seemed to be discussing something or other. Jack ignored the two scientists on his team. Soon their path was blocked. A large wall seemed to have materialized out of no where in front of them. Carvings spanned the face of the structure that they could see.
"Amazing" Daniel said as he closed in on the writings, nudging his glasses up the bridge of his nose. Jack gave off an exasperated sigh, "Come on space monkey," he enjoyed popping that nickname in every once in a while to annoy the younger man. "You can look at your rocks later,"
"But Jack this is the first evidence of Mayan culture we've come across, there could be something here." Jack sighed. Daniel was his friend, but sometimes the man's disregard for military structure really exasperated the long time military man.
"You can come back later, we've got two days," Jack said as he grabbed Daniel's pack and started to drag him along the wall of the structure.
It turned out that the structure was big, the base seemed to be larger than the pyramid landing sights that were so common among Goa'uld inhabited worlds. After walking nearly clear around the base, they found a clearing which according to Murphy's law was ten feet from where they first had run into the structure. The stairs of the structure had been beaten down by the wind and the rain and now were only faint ripples on a incline to a platform at the top.
"This seems to be a larger replica of the Mayan pyramids." Daniel started to spout all of that uninteresting archeological babble and Jack tuned the rest of it out.
The team set up camp at the small clearing at the base of the pyramid and Jack let Daniel loose to take his video and recordings of the temple. Jack then sat down to take in the relaxing atmosphere of a mission going just as planned, very boringly. Sam was with Daniel helping to record everything for further study back at SGC, while Teal'c stood between them and the camp. Jack was suddenly reminded of a nanny watching her charges. He smirked but didn't say anything.
Soon enough one of the two had managed to open up a door somehow. The ancient stone ground against other stone making a loud noise. Jack stood and followed the group. The inside of the temple was just still, a thick layer of dust coated the ground and the walls. Daniel eagerly went to the walls and with a quick wipe of the hand revealed more carvings. He turned to Carter with a gleam in his eye that screamed get out now or have your brain dribble out your ears to Jack started talking animatedly, the video camera was soon up with flashlight and the two were off. Jack just looked around long enough to see that there wasn't any danger and went to the doorway to keep watch.
All in all, that day ended up being one of the rare boring days Jack was aloud to experience in his time with the SGC. Unfortunately he did one of the worst things possible in that position. He wished for some sort of excitement.