Previously: There were dark painful looking, hand shaped, purple bruises around her wrists. She pushed up her sleeves to reveal similar looking bruises on her upper arms.
"Tell me you wouldn't have hurt him." She said quietly. He looked away and stared at his boots, his silence all the answer they needed. "Don't blame Daniel, if you have to blame someone blame me. But I was only trying to protect you." She said. He looked up at her and met her emerald green eyes with his.
"And who was protecting you?"
He looked at her steadily, watched as her eyes glistened with tears.
"I-" she started but a painfully familiar sound from outside stopped her. Jack's hands immediately reached for his P-90.
"Tell me that isn't what I think it is." He said gruffly.
"If you think it is a death glider than I'm afraid I cannot O'Neill." Teal'c said.
"Thanks for that." Jack muttered. He darted forward to the door and glimpsed around it. No ground troops. Yet. His eyes followed the glider as it made another swoop over the abandoned temple. "Just the glider at the moment." He informed them. "Pack it up anyway." He ordered, and was met with an indignant 'sir' and two pleading 'Jack's. "You've got five minutes."
Carter quickly made her way back into the chamber, and Daniel started frantically scribbling notes in his journal. Tal took the initiative and took out a camera and started taking shots of the writings on the walls. He watched her from where he stood by the door, eyes lingering on the bruising on her arms. He tore his eyes away as he felt his anger grow, he couldn't get distracted now with the imminent threat of Jaffa troops. He returned his gaze outside and began scouring the landscape, Teal'c doing the same at his side.
He didn't turn round as he heard footsteps approaching.
"All done Carter?" he asked.
"Yes sir, I managed to find the control crystal and the memory crystal. So we have all the data that was stored on it, and whoever is outside can't make whatever this is work." she said quickly in one breath.
"Good work." he nodded, glancing round at her and over her shoulder where Daniel was still scribbling away with Tal pulling at his arm to get him to get moving. "Daniel!" he barked. "Let's go!"
"Coming, coming." He responded, shoving his journal in his pack and slinging it over his shoulder.
"Sir?" Carter questioned as she watched him study the landscape outside. He shrugged. There were only two options really.
"Stay, or run?" he asked them.
"If we stay we will be captured." Teal'c said.
"And if we run, it's likely they'll shoot at us and we'll get blown to pieces." Daniel said.
"Likely, but not definite. I prefer the sound of those odds." Jack said. "Me and Teal'c will watch your six and provide cover fire." He said, glancing out again, the glider had disappeared. "It's gone for now." He told them. "Let's go. Whoever gets there first, dial the gate." He said as he ushered them out of the building.
They all sprinted across the dry sandy ground towards the stargate. Reaching the DHD first, Daniel quickly began to dial.
"Hurry up Daniel." Tal breathed as her eyes tracked the glider that was rapidly approaching.
"Teal'c!" Jack shouted as he pointed his P-90 at the advancing aircraft. Teal'c took up position aiming his staff weapon at the glider also. There eyes remained focused on it, not even turning away when the gate engaged and the wormhole opened.
Almost immediately the glider began firing at them, explosions setting off all around them.
"GO!" Jack called as he and Teal'c backed up towards the gate, still shooting at the glider. The other didn't need telling twice, Daniel and Sam sped towards the gate, Tal close behind. Teal'c managed to get a last shot in at the glider before they too jumped through the gate.
I'm afraid Drifting has been drifting . . . haven't updated in a long time! I'm really sorry, I got writesr block and couldn't get anywhere with it! I thnk we'll just have a few more deep dark secrets about Jack's past let out and then I'll wrap it up. REVIEW and let me know what you think.