Jack woke up groggy. He was on his side, and there were two object both in front of him. The heat gave it away that it was people. Opening his eye, he immediately closed them. There was so much light!
He started opening his eyes once again, but this time more slowly. He could make out a blonde head in front of him. It had to be Sam. Which meant the person behind him was Daniel.
Jack sat up, attempting to remember what had happened the night before. The last thing he remembered was a flash of light. Technology these days. Stupid stuff. It was either Asgard or Ancient, but if it was Asgard, then he more than likely would have sent he little gray guy, Thor, by now.
Looking around, Jack got worried. There was no lake, no beach and no mountains. Something made him think that they may not be in Kansas anymore...
Jack turned to his right. Daniel was there, with a content smile on his face. Jack shook him. Daniel started grumbling, rolling over to face the other way. Jack turned to his left. He shook Sam, and she attempted to roll over like Daniel. Oh well...Desperate times call for desperate measures right?
"Move it, airman!" Jack hollered in his best drill sergeant voice. Sam's eyes shot open, and when she was about to get up, she saw Jack, who had both a smirk and guilty expression on his face.
"'Bout time you came back to the world of the conscious, Carter. Now help wake up Daniel." Jack turned to face Daniel. Sam wasn't coming. She was looking around.
"Sir...Where are we?"
"I'm not sure. I'm hoping Daniel will shed some light on that. Does it look like anywhere that you know of?"
"Afraid not, sir."
OOOOOOO
After they managed to get Daniel awake, they started looking around. They had woken up in a field, but a quarter-mile off there was a forest. There was no traces of mountains anywhere, just one large forest.
Judging by the position of the sun, Jack guessed that it was almost 4pm here, where ever they were. His own watch told him that it was 8pm of the next day. Hopefully General Hammond had noticed that they hadn't reported in yet, and would figure that something was wrong.
He would call Janet, who would tell him that Sg-1 had disappeared the night before. Wait! Jack thought with a glimpse of hope. Since they had been missing since the night before, Janet would have called him notifying him of their absence.
But then again, there was that whole Ancient gene thing. Since there had been no horror stories of kids going missing from this camp, Jack could only assume that it was because he had the gene. But then again, it was the Ancients. Who knew if they were even in their own solar system anymore?
Jack sighed, knowing what must be done.
"Ok, Campers! It's time for us to set up camp. We should probably get some shelter, incase our stay at 'The middle of no where ranch' becomes an extended stay. What all do you guys have with you?"
From Daniel came forth a power bar, some Kleenex, a pocketknife, and an instant coffee package.
Sam had a small roll of twine, a small lighter, and a pocketknife.
Jack had his first aid kit, a pocketknife, some instant soup mix, a package of hair ties, and a chocolate bar.
"Carter, I have no idea why you keep twine in your pockets, but at the moment I'm glad. It can help us set up a camp in the forest.
OOOOOOOOOOOO
They walked for hours, until they found the perfect spot to set up camp. It was a small clearing, surrounded by, oddly enough, pine trees and maple trees. They had collected some fallen pine tree limbs along the way.
Using a mix of fallen branches and twine, Sam and Jack managed to construct a lean-too, big enough to hold 3 people wit a bit of room for comfort; meanwhile Daniel was making a fire pit, gathering firewood, and attempting to make something resembling chairs. He put two sticks coming up from the base of two trees that were close together. The ends of the sticks overlapped, and were held in place by some of the hair ties that Sam had been holding on to for Cassie. He then covered that with some pine branches.
When darkness came, they took their usual shifts: Jack, Daniel then Sam. Once Jack's shift was done, he sank into a blissful sleep. He figured that since he was unconscious before, it didn't count as sleep.
He would catch up on that now...
