Hey people I'm so sorry I haven't updated recently but my computer started
acting up and well my mom took it in without telling me and when we got it
back well lets just say they fixed one problem but created another one. I
wasn't able to get on to the Internet so we called the place that had
created the problem and told them what was going on. You know the funny
thing. They didn't know how to fix the problem that they had created. So we
had to take it in to someplace else and they managed to fix it. So sorry
for the inconvenience while I was without a computer for two weeks and was
unable to do a single thing. I am back now and here is the next chapter.
Yay!
Jack stood there shocked not knowing what to say or do. He suddenly regretted not picking up the phone or talking to Sam. He missed her so badly. Why did he have to ignore her? He was now mentally kicking himself. The only thing he wanted right now is to have her standing here right next to him and her office to be intact and none of this to have happened. But it had and there was nothing more he could do about it he just had to face the facts she was gone.
"Colonel? Colonel O'Neil? Can you hear me?" Hammond was saying but Jack didn't hear him. "Ugh what I have to put up with." He muttered to himself. He grabbed the piece of paper Jack was holding and led him down the hall to the infirmary and handed him over to one of the three remaining nurses. He told the nurse that he had been looking at the missing list and had probably gone into shock probably because of the fact that Sam was missing. As he started to turn around to walk out Daniel ran into the room.
"Sir what's going on and what happened to Jack?" Daniel asked seeing Jack just sitting there and staring at nothing in particular.
"There was a blast in Sam's office destroyed everything that was within 30 feet of her office. Around the same time most of our staff disappeared. We don't know what caused it and what happened. As for him well he read the list of those who are missing." Hammond replied handing Daniel the list.
"Oh and I am assuming that it has to do with Sam." Daniel said after he finished reading it.
"Yes I believe you assume correctly." He replied. "Look we better get to the briefing so we can figure out what happened."
During the briefing they didn't figure out much except the whole thing probably had to do something with the thing that Sam was working on. That was all they could figure out. They still didn't know how so many people could have disappeared.
Daniel was trying to figure that out. Sam had emailed him a picture of some of the writing she had found on it. So far he had no idea what it was supposed to mean. All he knew is that it blew up and caused a lot of damage and a lot of people are missing. He didn't see a single connection between them. The fact that they never figured out what in the world that machine was for and did still bothered him. It didn't make any sense. So now he had to try and figure out what it did what all this writing is for.
Three hours later Jack finally recovered from his shock and was allowed to leave. He decided to go and visit Daniel to see how he was doing.
"Hey Daniel how is it going?" he asked as he walked in.
Daniel threw the book he had on the floor and turned around to face Jack.
"Not good. As far as I can tell this is Goa'uld writing but it makes no sense. It just seems to be a bunch of letters. I mean it just seems as if it's a trap of some sort or well I don't know." Daniel finally gave up on trying to speak.
"A trap? Like how?" Jack asked.
"Well you know it was found on a planet that is known to be inhabited by the Goa'uld and that explains the writing but the fact that SG-3 didn't encounter any Goa'uld makes it strange. There wasn't any sign of any one all they found was this thing. You know when you go on to enemy territory you usually expect to be fired at but there was no weapons fire or anything. It just makes it seem like it was a trap waiting to happen. Like we were meant to go to this planet find this thing and take it back and without a single incident. Doesn't that just seem the littlest bit weird to you?" Daniel asked as he finally got to his point.
"You know that actually makes sense. Have you tried rearranging the letters? Then again it could have just been pointless letters thrown together to make it seem like it meant something." Jack suggested.
"That's a good idea. Hey do you have some time?" Daniel asked
"Ya why?"
"Well I have the translation written down in English I could make a copy and we could both sit here and play around with the letters and see if they make any sense." Daniel suggested.
"I guess since it might have something to do with what's going on around here." Jack sat down next to Daniel and grabbed a scratch piece of paper and started playing around.
An hour later Jack and Daniel had finally given up. They had tried every possible sequence they could think of and they had had no results. This was so frustrating. Knowing that there were people probably being held captive on some planet and them not being able to figure out what one little thing meant. Having no success they finally decided to take a break and go eat something. As they were walking down the hallway Daniel noticed something just around the corner. As they walked towards it it floated out in front of them.
"Daniel isn't that the thing that was in Sam's office?" Jack asked as it slowly came closer to them.
"I believe it is." Daniel replied as he backed up towards the nearest phone.
They both quickly turned around and ran towards the phone but it was to late. It had gotten close enough to zap them into thin air.
Jack stood there shocked not knowing what to say or do. He suddenly regretted not picking up the phone or talking to Sam. He missed her so badly. Why did he have to ignore her? He was now mentally kicking himself. The only thing he wanted right now is to have her standing here right next to him and her office to be intact and none of this to have happened. But it had and there was nothing more he could do about it he just had to face the facts she was gone.
"Colonel? Colonel O'Neil? Can you hear me?" Hammond was saying but Jack didn't hear him. "Ugh what I have to put up with." He muttered to himself. He grabbed the piece of paper Jack was holding and led him down the hall to the infirmary and handed him over to one of the three remaining nurses. He told the nurse that he had been looking at the missing list and had probably gone into shock probably because of the fact that Sam was missing. As he started to turn around to walk out Daniel ran into the room.
"Sir what's going on and what happened to Jack?" Daniel asked seeing Jack just sitting there and staring at nothing in particular.
"There was a blast in Sam's office destroyed everything that was within 30 feet of her office. Around the same time most of our staff disappeared. We don't know what caused it and what happened. As for him well he read the list of those who are missing." Hammond replied handing Daniel the list.
"Oh and I am assuming that it has to do with Sam." Daniel said after he finished reading it.
"Yes I believe you assume correctly." He replied. "Look we better get to the briefing so we can figure out what happened."
During the briefing they didn't figure out much except the whole thing probably had to do something with the thing that Sam was working on. That was all they could figure out. They still didn't know how so many people could have disappeared.
Daniel was trying to figure that out. Sam had emailed him a picture of some of the writing she had found on it. So far he had no idea what it was supposed to mean. All he knew is that it blew up and caused a lot of damage and a lot of people are missing. He didn't see a single connection between them. The fact that they never figured out what in the world that machine was for and did still bothered him. It didn't make any sense. So now he had to try and figure out what it did what all this writing is for.
Three hours later Jack finally recovered from his shock and was allowed to leave. He decided to go and visit Daniel to see how he was doing.
"Hey Daniel how is it going?" he asked as he walked in.
Daniel threw the book he had on the floor and turned around to face Jack.
"Not good. As far as I can tell this is Goa'uld writing but it makes no sense. It just seems to be a bunch of letters. I mean it just seems as if it's a trap of some sort or well I don't know." Daniel finally gave up on trying to speak.
"A trap? Like how?" Jack asked.
"Well you know it was found on a planet that is known to be inhabited by the Goa'uld and that explains the writing but the fact that SG-3 didn't encounter any Goa'uld makes it strange. There wasn't any sign of any one all they found was this thing. You know when you go on to enemy territory you usually expect to be fired at but there was no weapons fire or anything. It just makes it seem like it was a trap waiting to happen. Like we were meant to go to this planet find this thing and take it back and without a single incident. Doesn't that just seem the littlest bit weird to you?" Daniel asked as he finally got to his point.
"You know that actually makes sense. Have you tried rearranging the letters? Then again it could have just been pointless letters thrown together to make it seem like it meant something." Jack suggested.
"That's a good idea. Hey do you have some time?" Daniel asked
"Ya why?"
"Well I have the translation written down in English I could make a copy and we could both sit here and play around with the letters and see if they make any sense." Daniel suggested.
"I guess since it might have something to do with what's going on around here." Jack sat down next to Daniel and grabbed a scratch piece of paper and started playing around.
An hour later Jack and Daniel had finally given up. They had tried every possible sequence they could think of and they had had no results. This was so frustrating. Knowing that there were people probably being held captive on some planet and them not being able to figure out what one little thing meant. Having no success they finally decided to take a break and go eat something. As they were walking down the hallway Daniel noticed something just around the corner. As they walked towards it it floated out in front of them.
"Daniel isn't that the thing that was in Sam's office?" Jack asked as it slowly came closer to them.
"I believe it is." Daniel replied as he backed up towards the nearest phone.
They both quickly turned around and ran towards the phone but it was to late. It had gotten close enough to zap them into thin air.