"So Jack, how long do you think we'll be in here?" Daniel asked, from his seated position, on the dirt floor of the cell. After Jack and Daniel had been captured, they were lead roughly to a small building, which held two small cells. The cells had dirt floors, one wooden bench, (which Jack was currently occupying), solid metal bars in the front, and a small barred window at the back. The walls were made of wood, but it was a strong and very thick wooden material.
"I don't know Danny, why don't you try and take a running jump, maybe you can knock down that wall." Jack said pointing at the back wall. He was angry at the situation and getting a 'little' impatient'.
"No Jack, what I meant was, what do you think S…"
"Stop whining Daniel!" Jack quickly cut Daniel off, before he could say anything. "You know Danny the walls have ears…and eyes." Jack said pointing to the two guards seated outside of their cell.
"Oh yea, sorry Jack." Daniel said, dropping his head in his hands. He looked towards the guards, they were pretty big and bulky, and they could probably give Teal'c a run for the money. They were currently preoccupied, playing some sort of native game; Daniel would have loved to have the opportunity to learn the game, and their culture, but he knew that was impossible given the situation. He leaned closer to Jack and started to whisper this time. "What do you think Sam and Teal'c are doing?"
"I'm not sure, I know Carter has military training, but I don't know how much combat experience she has. As for Teal'c, I'm not sure what the Jaffa tactics are that he's used too."
"Ah, didn't you read Sam's file, wouldn't that give you some indication of knowing what she'd do?"
Jack was getting tired of Daniel's questioning, he just wished he would be quiet for a while, and just let him think. "No Daniel, I haven't read her file, it hadn't come to the SGC before we left. I know she was in the Gulf War, from the first briefing, we had, but that's about all. Oh and did you know she was a scientist?" The last part Jack whispered very sarcastically.
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At the far end of the village, Sam and Teal'c were slowly making their way to the building holding Daniel and Colonel O'Neill. They watched to make sure there was no one around the outside guards. They made their way to the side of the building well out of view. They saw the guards talking with their backs to them. Sam nodded to Teal'c and they each snuck up on one of the guards, hitting them on the back of their heads, knocking them out. Teal'c looked at Carter and nodded. She positioned herself to the side of the door with her back against the wall, while Teal'c stood in front of the door and knocked twice.
Inside the building, the two guards heard knocking at the door, they looked at each other puzzled, wondering why the others would be knocking; after all it wasn't time to relieve them. They both got up to see why their cohorts were knocking. As soon as the first guard opened the door, he was greeted by a fierce blow to the face, causing him to stumble backwards as Teal'c followed him inside, and started fighting with him. The second guard was surprised and took a small step back at the sight of his friend fighting with the large man. He started to walk towards them to assist his friend when he was caught off guard by a large gun hitting him in the chin causing his head to snap up, and the world to go dark, as he lost consciousness.
O'Neill and Daniel heard the commotion and were immediately on their feet. They saw Teal'c assault the first guy, while continuing to fight; then they saw Carter knock out the second guy. They watched as she went to assist Teal'c, she kicked him in the back of the knee, causing him to lose his balance, but before he did, he managed to lash out hitting Sam in the ribs. She lost her breath for a moment but quickly recovered. Seeing Teal'c matching the guard blow for blow, she launched herself at them helping Teal'c to move him towards the cell bars. As soon as he encountered the bars, O'Neill quickly managed to get an arm around his neck pinning him to the bars, while Teal'c threw the final blow knocking him into oblivion.
"The keys are in the other guy's pocket." Jack said finally letting the guard go and seeing him drop to the ground. He watched Carter get the key and open the door. "Well nice of you to finally show up"
"Sorry it took so long, Colonel," Sam said while trying to catch her breath. "Are you two okay?"
"We're not the ones who were just in a brawl. How are the two of you?" Jack asked clearly concerned for the two members of his team.
"I am fine O'Neill." Teal'c answered showing no ill effects from the fight. He wasn't even breathing hard.
"Fine Sir." Sam said finally catching her breath, but holding a hand on her side. Jack eyed her suspiciously. "We need to get out of here quick Sir, one of the villagers used a Goa'uld device, and may have contacted them."
Jack didn't like the sound of that, he hadn't seen any Goa'uld influences himself, or heard them talking about them, but he didn't want to wait around to find out for himself. He reached for the keys and went to the other cell, where their weapons and supplies had been stored. He and Daniel geared up as O'Neill asked, "So what's the plan Carter?"
"I've set some charges around the area, in case we need a diversion, but I think being quiet and sneaking out is our best bet. Given what I've seen of their weapons, they're not very advanced, and I'd hate to open fire on them…it would be a massacre." Sam informed O'Neill looking down to the ground at the last part.
"Yea, I wouldn't feel right about that either, after all we weren't really mistreated." O'Neill acknowledged.
"Sir, if you and Daniel would follow me, I can lead us out of the village avoiding the traps I've set, while Teal'c can watch our backs." Carter said, feeling a little nervous at suggesting a plan for the Colonel to follow.
"Sounds good Carter, I'll follow you and Daniel you follow me, lets move out quickly and quietly." O'Neill saw the rest of the team nod at him and fall into position. Sam looked out the door to make sure the coast was clear. She noticed the two guards still unconscious and pointed them out to the Colonel. He shook his head no, they didn't have time to move them, they had to hurry. Sam nodded and continued leading her team out of the area.
They hadn't noticed one of the guards regained consciousness and had started yelling that the prisoners had escaped. Before they knew it, the streets started to fill with people carrying their weapons. Sam saw that their path was blocked; she reached into her pocked and pulled out a remote control device. She pressed a button, and across the courtyard, an explosion could be seen and heard. The villagers that had been in their path immediately ran to the area of the explosion. Jack grinned at Carter, who nodded and started to lead the group again. They were coming up to the back of another building when one of the male villagers came out of a door. He was armed with a sword, and immediately spotted the group; he let out a yell, and began to swing his sword, striking the first person he saw.
Jack was surprised as the door in front of them swung open; a large armed man came out yelling and swinging his sword at the same time. He watched in horror as the sword connected with Carter's upper arm and back, as she had turned her back to him to protect herself. She was knocked down by the force of the blow and she lost her grip on the remote. Jack instinctively stepped over Carter raising his P90 to deflect the next blow that was coming; he matched the man blow for blow trying to get him away from his team. He was then surprised by the sudden burst of energy that went past him and ended up in the man chest, leaving a charred and smouldering area. He looked back and saw that Teal'c had fired his staff weapon.
"Come on we've got to get out of here!" Jack yelled as he moved towards Carter and helped her up, the wound was bleeding freely, but they didn't have time to treat it at the moment, they had to get out of there and to safety. He saw that Daniel had picked up the remote and was handing it back to him. "Which way Carter?" O'Neill felt terrible pushing her, seeing her holding on to her arm and in obvious pain.
"Push the next two buttons Sir then we can head out." Sam said, as she got ready to go.
"No Carter I'll lead this time, you just point out the correct direction." Jack watched as Sam pointed out the route they should take. He saw some of the villagers running their way; he pushed the buttons, causing two more explosions in different areas. The running crowd stopped and dove for cover; they didn't know what was going on around them. They saw the fires caused by the explosions and ran towards them to put them out. Jack took this opportunity to sling Carter's good arm over her shoulder and started to run in the direction Carter had pointed out, looking back to make sure Daniel and Teal'c were following.
Jack didn't know how long they had been running for, but they had finally made it to the safety of the forest. He was pretty sure they weren't being followed. "Ah Jack, I think we should stop and look at Sam's wound." Daniel said obviously concerned.
Jack looked at Carter, she was pale and still bleeding, and it didn't seem to let up. "Right Daniel." He said while slowly easing Carter to the ground. He searched through his pack for the first aid kit, then handed it to Daniel. Daniel took it and gave Jack a strange look. "What, you're the doctor Daniel."
"Jack you know I'm not that kind of doctor, besides I faint at the sight of blood" Daniel said squeamishly, looking a little pale himself.
Teal'c came up to O'Neill, and put his hand on his shoulder. 'Good' Jack thought, at least Teal'c should have some experience patching people up. "O'Neill, I shall keep watch while you tend to Captain Carter's injury." Teal'c then straightened his posture and went to make sure the area was secure.
Jack looked down at Carter, and realized that while he was wasting time trying to get the others to tend to Carter; she had passed out.