Chapter 12

Daniel, Sara, Scully, and Jacob all fanned out among the remaining five Tok'ra, Teal'c, and Mulder. As soon as everyone was in position Sam boldly led Grissom and Greg out to the center of the room. Weapons fire was everywhere and Greg and Grissom felt that they were much too close to where the warriors were popping up for comfort.

The theory had been that the three working with the bomb wouldn't have to worry about the warriors because everyone else would be bringing the warriors down before they would have a chance to fire upon the workers. Of course, it was soon to be discovered that the plan was not going to go as smoothly as hoped. Both Grissom and Greg were forced to defend themselves as the warriors came through.

The others were firing upon the Kull as they came through the gate, but the warriors were aiming what fire they could on the bomb team since they were the first people that were seen as the warriors emerged from the gate. The cross fire was becoming very dangerous and Grissom was beginning to wonder how they were possibly going to set up a bomb with any precision without being shot in the process.

"Samantha, we can't set the bomb up like this!" Grissom yelled over the weapons fire.

"I know this is going to be a long shot, but it is our only chance!" She yelled back. "Now Greg, let's see the bomb." Greg pulled his eyes from the gate for a moment as he brought the small devise out of his pocket. "Alright, the blast is going to be deflected this way, correct?"

"Yeah," he confirmed.

"Ok, we need to center it directly in front of the gate. I think that this is going to be the best location that we can get."

"Grissom, can you find something to prop this thing up against so that we can angle it directly at the gate?" Greg yelled.

Grissom glanced around him as he continued to fire upon the incoming enemies. Spying a pile of fallen rubble nearby, he stopped for a moment and reached down to lift a large rock to hand to Greg. As he did so, a new warrior stepped through, took aim, and fired.

Luckily for Grissom, Teal'c managed to take the warrior down before it got off more than one shot, even with its rapid fire weapon. Unfortunately, the one shot that did release managed to hit Grissom hard in the back of the leg, causing him to collapse upon the pile of rocks that he had been leaning over.

"Gil!" Sara shouted as she started to run out, but a nearby Tok'ra reached out and grabbed her, preventing her from running right into the blast from the next warrior who came through.

"Grissom!" Greg also yelled as he watched his boss fall to the ground. Greg quickly moved to Grissom's side with the bomb still in hand. Upon reaching his side, Greg found that Grissom was not too badly off, but was not going to be using that leg anytime soon.

Grissom pulled the rock out from under him and handed it off to Greg as he got there. "Here," he grunted in pain. "Blow this thing Greg!"

Greg could see that Grissom was in a lot of pain and he quickly took the rock from his hands and set it on the ground beside him. Reaching down, Greg helped Grissom to turn over so that he had is back leaning up against the rest of the stones that were piled on the floor.

Grissom was trying to wave Greg off to finish the job as Sara was finally able to make it to his side. Sam too had come back the few paces to where they were.

"Greg! We have to blow this now. We aren't going to last much longer here!" Sam yelled.

"I got him Greg," Sara yelled back as she put an arm behind his shoulders and pulled his arm around hers to help him to cover. "Go take care of this. I know you can!"

Greg looked at her, scared and nervous, but nodded once confidently and turned back to Sam. He picked up the rock that Grissom had gotten for him and signaled Sam to lead him back to where they needed to set up the bomb.

Crouching low to avoid the weapons fire, they made their way back to the center of the room. Carefully Greg set the rock up right where Sam had directed him then moved around to the other side of the rock so that he was facing the gate and placed the bomb in front of it. He took a few moments to line it up to his satisfaction. As soon as he had gotten where both he and Sam agreed would be best, Sam bent down and, despite her limited maneuverability and pain, held the bomb in place. She and Greg looked at each other as he took the power source in hand and prepared to remove it.

Sam largely mouthed "One… Two… Three" and at three, Greg pulled the power source and they both ran for the cover of the tunnels. As they began running, everyone who had been along the perimeter covering them also pulled back taking cover from the blast.

As they ran, Greg and Sam came upon Grissom and Sara as they were still moving slowly away form the center of the room. Greg reached out his arm as he came up behind them on the other side of Grissom and wrapped it around his back to help them move out of the way faster.

Just as they reached the bend in the tunnel, Greg, who was closest to the wall, pulled the other two down in towards the wall and down to the floor right as the bomb went off. A huge explosion rocked the room and sent more debris and rubble pouring from the ceiling down upon all of their heads.

After a few moments the concussion of the explosion finished reverberating through the tunnels, slowly dust covered bodies began to shift out of the rubble that had fallen and looked back into the gate room. Sam had collapsed nearly right on top of Jack as she had leapt around the corner. Greg and Sara were just in front of them, with Grissom under them. Scully came out from another tunnel to the left of where they were with Mulder and then Teal'c just behind them. Two more Tok'ra and Jacob came out of a tunnel to the right. Now, besides the shoulder wound that had almost healed, Jacob carried a deep bloody gash on his forehead.

As they all rose up to look into or make their way into the gate room, they were all able to see that the gate had shut down and other than a massive pile of rubble in front on it, everything still seemed to be intact.

Pressing his hand to his forehead, Jacob looked around at everyone. "Sam?" He asked.

"Right here Dad," she answered as she stood up and took a step around the corner. She too looked around, slowly taking in who she saw. Realizing that someone was missing, she looked up to Teal'c and asked, "Where's Daniel?"

"I saw him last over there with two other Tok'ra. One Tok'ra in our section was killed in the collapse so they would be the only ones missing I believe," Teal'c answered as he made his way over to the corner of the gate room where he had seen Daniel before. Sam, Greg, Jacob, and the other two Tok'ra with him quickly made their way over to location.

"Daniel!" Sam called as she reached the corner. The whole area was completely covered in mounds of fallen debris. Teal'c began to shift through the massive rocks, also calling for Daniel. The two Tok'ra were scrambling over the rocks, calling out for their lost comrades while Jacob came over to Sam and placed his arm around her while they watched.

Greg walked around to the back of rubble pile and began his own search for the missing people. Suddenly, all of them jumped as the sound of the gate activating was heard. They all looked over to the DHD to find Mulder standing there after entering in an address. "I dialed out to our evac planet," Anise spoke though him. "I had to connect with another gate before whoever sent those warriors realized what happened and connected again."

"Good thinking," Jacob said.

"I would suggest getting out of here as fast as possible. I believe that the only reason that the surface bombing stopped was to allow the ground troops coming through the gate easier passage through the tunnels. If it is realized that they are no longer coming through, then they will soon start their bombing again." Anise continued to say.

"Also correct," Jacob agreed.

"Well as soon as we find Daniel and your other two Tok'ra, we can get out of here," Jack said as another Tok'ra was helping him to his feet.

"Rynar," Selmak addressed the Tok'ra helping Jack. "Take General O'Neill and the rest through the gate. We'll stay here and search for our lost comrades."

"Like hell," Jack protested.

"Jack, you're not going to be much help in this. You, Grissom, Sara, Scully, and Greg should leave here in case the bombing starts again. The rest of us will continue to look for Daniel, alright?" Jacob explained.

"I'm not going anywhere until I know you have Daniel," Jack told him.

"Sir, Dad's right. We are only going to slow them down if we stay here and they are going to need to find him quickly," Sam said as she walked over to where Jack was leaning upon Rynar.

"Then I should stay and help search too," Greg shouted to them. "I am perfectly fine and will make the search faster."

"Me too," Scully volunteered.

"No Scully," Mulder said. "You should go now, with Jacob, and see to his head. It doesn't look so good."

"Mulder, I am fine," Jacob protested.

"No you're not, and Anise agrees with me. You both should go through along with Colonel Carter, General O'Neill, Grissom and Sara."

The two stared at each other for a moment before Jacob gave in. "Alright, you all heard him. "Everyone who was listed, including Rynar with O'Neill, let's get out of here. The rest will continue the search until they are either found or the bombing forces you to leave, got that?"

"Yes Jacob Carter. We shall see you soon," Teal'c answered for all of them.

As Sara was helping Grissom to the gate she stopped and called back, "Greg, are you sure you want to stay? You could come through with us now."

"Yeah, I should help find Dr. Jackson. I'll see you on the other side soon," he answered.

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"I should have never left there," Jack complained as he and the others continued to wait on the other side. They had been waiting for the rest for nearly a half hour now and they were all becoming very worried about those they left behind.

"Sir, the gate won't be able to stay open much longer, the 38 minutes is approaching," Sam informed him.

"I know. Believe me… I know," a very exasperated Jack answered.

"Teal'c! We have got to go. This tunnel will not take much more bombing before we are buried here as well!" Mulder yelled as the cave was shaken by a third blast from above. "Even if you find Daniel now, you're probably not going to like what you see."

"I am not leaving, Agent Mulder," Teal'c said with a ring of finality to his voice.

"Anise cared very much for Daniel as well, Teal'c" Mulder said. "But he can't still be alive. There is no point in risking your life to find him."

One of the other remaining Tok'ra said, "Anise is right, we have to leave."

"If you must leave, then go. I will not leave until I have located Daniel Jackson," Teal'c said to them. It was clear that there was to be no arguing further.

"Alright Teal'c" Anise said through Mulder. "Continue your search, but the gate will shut down in approximately eight minutes and I would suggest that you leave before then. Everyone else, come with me."

"I'm not leaving either," Greg said. "Dr. Jackson was with me through out my ordeal and I am not going to leave until I know for sure that he is alive or dead."

"Alright, good luck to both of you. I sincerely hope that you find Dr. Jackson alive and are able to bring him back with you."

Having said this, Mulder turned and left with the other two Tok'ra as the cave continued to be rocked by further surface bombardment.

"Do you think that we have a chance of finding him?" Greg asked Teal'c.

"I have many times witnessed Daniel Jackson appear when least expected. I am confident that we will find him."

The two continued to shift through the rubble, calling for Daniel for a few moments more. Suddenly, Greg called out, "I got something!"

Teal'c rushed over to where he was and saw that Greg had uncovered an arm. Reaching down, Teal'c quickly removed more of the rocks as Greg searched for a pulse at the wrist. Teal'c pulled back a boulder to reveal that this was not Daniel, but another Tok'ra. Greg looked to Teal'c and slowly shook his head, signaling that there was no pulse.

"Perhaps we should go," Teal'c said sadly.

Just then, a noise right next to where they were reached their ears. Both turned in time to see a hand, just barely above the rubble, flex. They fell to this new location and began rapidly removing the rocks, calling for Daniel. As they pulled back the rocks, they could hear the muffled moans of pain from beneath the rubble.

Finally, they had pulled enough back to see that this was, in fact, Daniel that they were uncovering. "Daniel Jackson," Teal'c called. "Can you hear me?"

"Uh, yeah Teal'c, I'm here," Daniel grunted as he tried to blink the dust from eyes.

"We'll have you out in a second Dr. Jackson," Greg said as he and Teal'c continued to pull the rocks back. After another few moments, the rocks were all pulled off of him and Teal'c reached down and helped lift Daniel out of rubble. Both of his legs were smashed and he kept slipping in and out of consciousness.

Quickly, Greg and Teal'c with Daniel, raced to the gate. They were barley a pace away when the gate suddenly shut down, cutting off their escape. "Damn!" Greg swore.

Teal'c hurriedly lowered Daniel to the floor and raced back to the DHD to dial out once again. This time his destination was Earth. As he was dialing, he shouted to Greg, "Move Daniel Jackson away from the gate or you both will be killed when it opens!"

Greg reached down and dragged Daniel away from the gate since he was not nearly as strong as Teal'c to carry him away.

As soon as they were clear, Teal'c pressed the large red button that opened the gate then quickly punched in the sequence on his GDO to open the iris back on Earth. Running over to where Greg and Daniel were, he reached down and lifted Daniel once again rushed through the gate with Greg close behind him.