They managed to carry O'Neill safely to Quinn's part of the island. When they arrived to their destination, which was a great deal away from their camp, they were immensly surprised at what they saw. It was a house...yes a house...built out of bamboo and other strong supplies that you could find around the island. It was about two stories and quite nicely furnished.
"Wow...did you build this?" Daniel questioned dumbly.
"No. My father did. Here bring him in on the sofa." Quinn suggested. The sofa was made out of bamboo, and palm tree branches. It was very good quality from what they could see. Daniel and Teal'c placed Jack on the "bed", his chlls had gotten worse since they moved him and he had started bleeding again.
"I don't know if this was such a good idea." Sam commented as she knelt down beside the couch. Quinn walked into another room on the first floor. He came back shortly with a bowl that was filled with something.
"Take this, put it on the wounds. You'll have to unbandage him though." Quinn said as he handed Sam the bowl. She eyed it curiously as did Daniel and Teal'c.
"What is it?" Teal'c asked Quinn.
"Its several different earbs from around the island." Quinn explained. "It cleans. Doesn't heal but it cleans." He added.
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Sam had done as Quinn instructed. They were simple instructions but she was more than willing to listen.
LATER THAT NIGHT
"So Quinn, what happened?" Daniel began as he took a seat beside the boy on the stairs to the front porch. "To your parents I mean." He continued.
"They...my dad he went fishing out on his boat...a storm came and when he didn't come back my mom went out to find him..." He said. He had become distant.
SIX YEARS EARLIER
"Mom wheres daddy?"
"He's out fishin Quinn,"
"But there was a storm." The boy continued. His mother franitcally got the second boat in order.
"Yeah I know baby," She walked over to her small son. "Now look, I want you to go back to the house, you here?"
"Yes momma."
"You stay there till me and your father come back." She said again.
"Yes." He replied.
"I love you!" She told him as she hugged him.
"I love you to ." He assured.
"Now do as I said." She watched as the boy ran back through the trees and in the dircetion of the house. Then, as she pushed away in the boat, she watched longingly at the stargate that sat formless in all its magnifiscence.
PRESENT
"Well in between the time that she left , and would have come back, there was another storm. A big storm. She never came back. " He informed them.
"I'm sorry." Daniel said.
"It was not untill nearly two years later that their bodies washed up on the shore by the circle. I dragged their lifeless bodies here, and barried them." He finished. Quinn stole a quick glance at two grave stones that were only a short distance from the house.
"How is it you had means to survive at such a young age?" Teal'c asked him.
"As I said, my father was a scientist. He taught me many things. My mother was also a teacher." He answered.
"I don't see how such a young child could have survived for so long without any civilization...without talking to another human being." Daniel reminesed.
"You find a way to make do. I mean I have all the natural recsources I need here on the Island.Theres fruit, meat, water, however, vegitables are scarce." Quinn continued. "Theres also my parents books." He added.
"Yes but didn't you ever think about using the stargate...trying to get it to work?" Daniel asked him further.
"Stargate?" Quinn questioned. "Is that what its called?"
"Well thats what we call it yes." Daniel said.
"No. I couldn't get it to work." Quinn answered. "You are the first people I have seen come through it sense we have." He admitted. "My fathers research was mostly on the island and animal life, and such." He explained.
"Oh." There was silence for a moment. Quinn departed from his seat on the steps and advanced towards the front entrance. He peered inside the first floor of the house.There he saw Sam had fallen asleep sitting on the floor next to the Colonel, her head was rested on the edge of the bedsofa.
"She cares for him." Quinn commented.
"Yeah." Daniel confirmed.
"Are they together?" The boy continued. "Together like my mother and father were?" He added.
"No they are not." Teal'c answered.
"Why not?" Quinn inquired.
"Well its complicated." Daniel began in an attempted to answer.
"What do you mean?"
"Their job does not permit them to have a relationship." He continued.
"Why not?"
"Our government thinks that if they have a relationship...if they get married..it might affect the way they preform their duties." He said.
"Oh it don't seem right though, if to people care about eachother they should not have to be kept apart because of their work." Quinn said
