Title: Stranded - Chances Increased
Author: Lt.Kara.Thrace
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Jack/Sam
Genre: Romance/Humor
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Archive: Sure, just let me know first.
Summary: The team is split up when a lightning bolt strikes the gate while they are in the wormhole returning home.
Author's Note: I have fixed the GDO, DHD error and tried to make this chapter more realistic. The other chapters are in progress. I welcome constructive criticism it helps make my stories better so please review.
"Awww man, how long will it take for that thing to give up?" Jack had been in the tree all morning. It was almost noon as far as he could tell with his busted watch. At least his head had stopped throbbing. His chest wound was much worse and he had lost a lot of blood before the bleeding had slowed. He moved his hand to scratch his leg. He glanced down at the beast and realized that now it was far enough from the tree to get off a clean and hopefully fatal shot. Jack raised his side arm and took aim.
Jack had to fire a few rounds into its head before it died. He then climbed down the tree being extra careful not to irritate his wounds further or step in the pool of blood forming around the beast. He reached for his GDO but it was gone, "Damn my GDO is gone." He looked around on the ground for it and saw a pile of smoking material near the gate that could have possibly once been a GDO. Jack leaned against another tree for a while thinking. "That's it!" he exclaimed, "P4X192, it may be a little bit of a wait but in four days Sg-6 will be there on a routine mission."
He dialed the gate then walked up the steps but before he went through he paused and looked back to the lake that his gun was at the bottom of, sighed then stepped through.
He arrived on a hot desert world and when he looked around he saw Sam lying on the ground unconscious but not too far away, Jack ran towards her as the gate disengaged, no longer caring if he got home, just hoping she was still alive.
He bent down and felt for her pulse, it was normal but her breathing was shallow, "Carter? Sam wake up."
She moaned then opened her eyes shocked to see him standing over her, "Sir how did you find me and what happened?" Carter was staring at the wounds on his chest.
"I remembered that Sg-6 will be here in 4 days and one of the local creature on the planet I was on attacked before I dialed here, what happened to you?"
"I came through the gate here but it was very misty. I stepped forward to investigate the surrounding area and get out of the way in case the gate activated and the steps were wet. I think I slipped and hit my head. I must have fallen the rest of the way down unconscious."
"Do you think you can walk?"
"I think so sir," Carter stood up and almost fell back down again, "I'm a little woozy from the fall but I don't think I broke anything."
"Okay, stay here and let your head clear for a moment while I go see what's over that dune.
"Like I could go anywhere now anyway," she muttered under her breath as he got up and climbed over the dune vanishing from sight.
He returned in less than 10 minutes breathing hard even thought he hadn't gone far, "I found some water and trees, looks like this planet isn't all desert."
She stood up "I can walk now my head is feeling a little better."
"Are you sure."
"Positive sir."
General Hammond walked into sickbay, "Dr. Frasier when can Daniel and Teal'C be released?"
"Not too long I have to apply some ointment to their bug bites and check for any poison that may have been injected but it looks like they'll be fine. I should be able to release them in a couple of hours."
"Alright then have them report to me as soon as they are well enough."
"Yes sir." He left her to deal with her patients. Dr. Frasier walked over to Teal'C, "Okay you're first, follow me." He followed her behind a curtained off area.
After about twenty minutes they came out and Daniel couldn't contain himself and burst out laughing, causing Dr. Frasier to give him a disapproving look, "I wouldn't laugh if I were you, you're next. Come on." He gulped and meekly followed her behind the curtains.
"Sir, please sit still I can't wrap your wounds if you keep moving." Jack minus his shirt was sitting with his back to Sam as she was attempting to use his jacket and shirt as bandages.
"Sorry…wait a minute do you have a GDO with you?"
"No sir. When I got here mine was fried."
"Mine too. As long as we're stuck here you can call me Jack, it's a little tiresome hearing people call me sir or colonel all the time."
Carter faltered. She wasn't expecting this. "Okay if that's what you want." She finished bandaging and he immediately scrambled away to the shore of the lake and took a long drink. "I can't believe how hard it is to get you to sit still," she laughed.
He got a mischievous idea in his head, "Hey Carter come here, I think you'll want to see this," he called.
She walked over to him, "You know you don't have to call me Carter, if I call you Jack then you have to call me Sam. What did you want me to see?" Jack turned to her and smirked, "Wha…?" He grabbed her and tried to throw her in the water, but she had grabbed onto him and pulled him in with her.
"Hey! Why'd you do that?" he sputtered as he inhaled some water.
"You started it," Sam pointed out.
"So I did."
"You know that you never told me much about what happened one that planet" Jack obediently explained how they had somehow been separated, and how he ended up on a different planet. He then continued with how he had been attacked by a beast, and climbed a tree, "So why'd it take you so long to figure out what address to dial?"
"I was lightheaded from blood loss."
"Really you seemed fine when I woke up."
"My blood replenished."
"Not that fast it didn't."
"Well, I was in pain and traumatized."
"Traumatized. Oh please you've been through much worse, " Sam scoffed. "I suppose you'll need therapy now."
"I probably will," he countered.
"Okay, so why didn't you need therapy when you had a Goa'uld put in your head that was only killed by a Tok'ra freezing you? Or how about the time when we went to that planet and infected the SGC with that disease that made you act like an animal and you…"
"Okay, okay. So I'm overreacting a little. But if I recall correctly, you were also affected…"
"Umm…let's not talk about that."
Jack grinned. "As long as you never mention any of this ever other than to general Hammond."
"Agreed."
Jack's stomach growled loudly. "I think I need to eat something."
He went over to a tree bearing large, orange, juicy looking fruit hanging off it and was about to climb it when Sam called to him, "Not one step closer to that tree!" She was coming out of the water taking off the green jacket over her black shirt.
"Why? If I don't get any closer how do you propose I get the fruit?"
"If you climb that tree you'll just make you're injuries worse, if there's any tree climbing to be done I'll be doing it."
"But Sam what about your head?"
"I am fully recovered so don't look at me like that. I am perfectly capable of climbing a tree, women can climb trees too you know." Jack knew defeat and backed away from the tree and let Carter climb it.
There was a knock on general Hammond's office door. "Come in." Daniel and Teal'C walked in with spots of green goop all over their visible skin. And most likely all over the rest of them too, the General smirked to himself despite every effort he made not to. "I see you've been released from the infirmary." He was still staring at the green goop, "What on Earth is that goop?"
Daniel sighed, "It's to heal our bug bites and it is supposed to help with the itching too, but it seems it has no effect in that respect."
Teal'C spoke, "We request permission to return to duty and join in the search for Major Carter and Colonel O'Neill."
"That's out of the question. Permission denied."
"But we can help in the search for Carter and Jack," Daniel protested
"You can help without going out in the field."
"But sir…"
"Not another word. I think Jack is beginning to rub off on you. I want you both to report to Lieutenant Williams who's in charge of this assignment. That's an order."
"Yes sir," Daniel gave in knowing that he could do nothing else. Teal'C, ever silent, just nodded and they both left.
TBC
