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Daniel reached the doors and tried to pull them open. "What the hell?" The doors wouldn't budge.
"What's going on Daniel?" Kendral asked from his side. She had followed him, along with most of the people who were in the courtyard.
"I don't know." He looked at the people surrounding him and the temple. He spotted Fonte, a man almost as large as Teal'c, a few feet away. "Fonte!" The man looked up at Daniel and walked towards him, shoving his way through the crowd. "Try to pull the doors open."
Fonte grabbed the handles and pulled with all of his might. The door still wouldn't budge. "It won't move Daniel."
Daniel cursed again. Sam was in there, and she was probably in danger. "Keep trying." He said as he made his way through the crowd. Once he cleared all the people, he dialed the Stargate to Earth. He punched in his code quickly, then cursed as he realized he'd forgotten his radio. He looked at the temple, surrounded by people wondering what was going on. He didn't want to leave Sam, but he needed the help of his friends.
As Daniel emerged through the gate a concerned Jack O'Neill met him. "Daniel, what's wrong?"
"Sam went to the temple like normal, I went to the market. I heard her scream from inside the temple, but I couldn't get in, the doors won't budge."
Jack nodded. "We'll grab our gear and tell Hammond."
Daniel waited in the gate room. He knew there was a negotiation going on, but he also knew that Gen. Hammond would allow Teal'c and Jack to back with Daniel. Sam's life was on the line, and new technology or not, Hammond would not risk it.
Five minutes later Daniel was joined by Teal'c and Jack. They made their way up the platform and through the gate.
The crowd parted for Daniel and his friends. Decked out in their military garb, complete with guns, Jack and Teal'c looked intimidating. "Give it a try T."
"It's no use." Fonte advised.
Teal'c ignored him and pulled on the door. When it didn't move Daniel grunted. "Why don't you both try it?" He suggested.
Both men pulled on the door and they heard a creak. "It is working." Teal'c announced unnecessarily.
When the door finally opened enough for people to get through, they stopped pulling and held the people pushing to get in back. Daniel and Jack made their way through, followed by Teal'c, Fonte, and Kendral. The crowd entered behind them, soon flooding the room with people. Daniel, Teal'c, and Kendral went to the left, Jack and Fonte to the right, searching the room for a sign of trouble. Sam was nowhere around, and there was no evidence of her ever being there.
"We'll go through these doors, you go through the ones on the right." Jack ordered. "And will someone get these people out of here!"
The crowd seemed to grow thicker as the people who were not in the courtyard joined them in the temple. "They aren't going to leave Jack." Daniel said.
Jack sighed. "Then force them out." He was about to shout at them about how much danger they were in when a side door opened and Harmonia emerged, a worried expression on her face.
"Do not worry, Lady Aphrodite has everything under control." She tried to soothe the people.
"Who screamed?"
"What happened?"
"Where are Aphrodite and Eros?"
"Everything will be revealed in due time. Now please, go about your business." She smiled, making her face brighten up dramatically. She did everything but shew the crowd out of the temple. She looked at the remaining five people. "You should go as well."
"Where is Sam?" Daniel demanded.
"She was injured and is mending."
"Injured? What did you do to her?"
"I did nothing." Harmonia walked towards them. "You should go."
"Look lady, we aren't leaving until we have Sam. So either tell us where she is, or prepare for us to search for her."
"She is not in the temple."
"I didn't see her leave." Daniel objected.
"She did not leave through the doors."
Jack sighed. "Where. Is. She?" He said pointedly.
"I do not know." Harmonia hung her head. "I was told to keep the people calm."
Jack groaned his frustration and started to look around the room for secret doors that they may have missed before.
"Lady Harmonia, who injured her?" Fonte asked gently.
"I do not know."
"What do you know?" Daniel asked, not even bothering to disguise the anger in his voice.
"That she is safe."
"She is injured and her whereabouts are uncertain. I would not define that as safe." Teal'c commented.
"I cannot help you any further. If you insist on staying and searching the temple, you are permitted to." With the flick of her wrist three doors opened up, allowing entry into their rooms and hallways. "I must go calm the people." She left the temple then, leaving the five to search the building.
"Right. Daniel, you're with Teal'c and," he turned to Kendral and asked her name, when she answered he nodded, "Kendral here. Fonte, you're with me." Normally he wouldn't trust any of these people, but Daniel trusted them, and so he would give them a chance. Besides, he wouldn't let anyone go searching by themselves, so this gave them a chance to have two teams.