Hiya! Thanx for all your reviews! Here's chapter three. Only one more chapter to go! Remember; visit my site or my yahoo group to read the finished story. My site: www. whumpingfic. and my group: http/ groups. yahoo. com/ group/ whumpingfic/

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In the last chapter:

He limped up to me, yelling at me to keep running, pulling me along until I snapped out of my shock. We burst free of the forest, and saw Sam, Daniel and Teal'c running towards us. The Colonel flipped the switch on his radio, yelling at them to get to the gate.

Then it struck.


Lightning struck the ground in front of us with an ear-shattering crash. I was thrown backwards, into the Colonel, and we flew several metres before coming back down to Earth.

I rolled off the Colonel as quickly as possible, my first instinct being to check that he was unhurt. He scrambled to his feet, brushing me off, and gave me a hand up. As the dust in front of us cleared, the damage caused by the lightning strike was revealed.

A gaping chasm, at least six metres across, now lay between us and the others.

The Colonel grabbed his radio, barking out "Carter? You three okay?" A reply came back immediately, "Yes Sir, a little bruised, but we're fine. What about you and Janet?" He glanced quickly at me, silently assessing. I nodded. "Yeah, we're fine. Major, I want you, Daniel and Teal'c to get back to the gate, ASAP. Get the General to send a honkin' big ladder through as soon as this storm clears up." "Sir..." "That's an order, Major. Non-negotiable. Get going." The Colonel had anticipated her protest, it seemed. "Yes Sir. Good luck Sir, Janet." And then there was silence.

The Colonel turned to me. I was about to check him over for injuries – he obviously had them – when he spoke. "Okay, Doc, looks like it's just you and me for a while," he said, flashing a weary grin. "Let's get back to the trees, shall we? They'll provide better cover." Turning, he started back in the direction we'd come from.

It took less than two minutes to get back to the trees, but by that time it was dark. "D'ya think 'gradual' is a word on this planet, Doc?" the Colonel's voice floated out of the darkness. "They don't seem to do things slowly, do they…?" he continued, chuckling. Suddenly, his breath caught, and he broke into a fit of hacking coughs, gasping in pain. "Sir?" I was at his side in an instant, rubbing calming circles on his back. Taking his pulse, I found it to be racing, and his breathing definitely didn't sound too good. "I'm...fine...Doc" he ground out through gritted teeth. Just…a…bit…sore."

"I'll be the judge of that, Colonel," I answered, gently feeling along his rib cage. Several times I felt bone give under my fingers. Definitely broken.

"Colonel, does it hurt anywhere else? I need you to be honest with me, sir, this is important…" I heard him sigh in pain and frustration. "Sir? I really need…"

"Head…back…wrist…knee…and…shoulder." He grunted "just…bruises…though…" he tried to convince me. It didn't work, as he slumped against me, unconscious.

I lowered his head carefully onto my lap, unable to move him to treat his wounds because of the awkward way he had fallen on me. I would have to wait until he woke up, and pray that it was soon. I was now basically alone, in the dark, on a different planet, in the middle of a howling storm. I didn't think it could get any worse.

That's when the rain froze.


Okay, that's it for now! I'll post the next chapter as soon as I get four reviews! Or sometime next week, if I don't get enough…

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