CHAPTER 6
Sam had awakened Jack after two hours and now he sat on the cold stone floor and poked the dimming fire with a stick. Jack's watch was nearly up and he looked around at his sleeping friends, but his eyes lingered on the sleeping form of Samantha Carter. He thought about Jonah and Thera and how nice it had been not to have to hide his feelings for her. Jack knew that in this place he had to show his feelings for Sam or she would be dead. He knew without a doubt that if that creepy Dra'coe doubted Sam and Jack's feelings for each other he would not wait 64, no Jack corrected himself, now it was 63 days, before he took Carter.
Jack hauled himself up off the floor and went over to Daniel's bunk. "Daniel!" He whispered as he shook the archeologist's shoulder.
"Danny"
"Huh? What?"
"It's your watch."
"Oh, Jack, yeah right." Daniel sat up on the edge of the bunk trying to wake himself.
"Here." Jack handed him the fire stirring stick. "Have fun."
Jack walked over to where Sam was sleeping. She was laying on her side, her face to the wall and her back to him. He took off his BDU shirt and folded it into a pillow and put it on the bunk. Then he crawled into the rack with Sam wearing a black t-shirt and his BDU trousers as Sam was. The bed was small so he spooned up against her back and put his right arm around her waist. Jack was aware that Daniel had watched him and he wondered what the archeologist was thinking. He decided it wasn't worth worrying about and soon drifted off to sleep.
A loud continuous ringing of a bell made all of SG1 jerk awake, except for Teal'c who had had the last watch and was already up. Lo'jess quickly rose and rolled up the privacy curtain. Although no one had asked him he announced "It is forbidden to have the curtain down except during sleeping hours."
Within five minutes a guard appeared at SG1's quarters. He looked at Sam. "What talents do you possess? Where do you want to work?"
"Ah..." She stammered "The laundry, I guess."
The guard nodded then addressed the men. "The rest of you will come with me."
"Wait!" It was Brenita, the neighbor from across the passageway. "Here." She said as she pressed a loaf of bread into Colonel O'Neill's hands. "It is not much, but it will have to sustain you until your evening meal."
"Thank you, Brenita." He said.
The guard looked at Sam "Wait here until I return." She nodded and he led Lo'jess and the rest of SG1 away.
"Sam, I forgot to tell you yesterday, that the women are allowed to use the public baths during the day and the men are allowed to use them at night. Also, the women fix meals at midday for their men and the men are allowed to come home for lunch. Since you have no tokens you cannot fix anything for your men. I hope the bread will be enough for them until the evening meal."
"Brenita, I can't tell you how much we appreciate everything you are doing for us." Sam said with complete sincerity.
"It is nothing. But I must get to work now. Goodbye, Sam." And Brenita left the compartment.