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Previously…
Carter quickly adjusted her backpack, giving Daniel a quick glance. She knew he wanted to save Jack, but worried about minor little details like... getting shot.
"Chevron seven... LOCKED!"
"SG-1, you have a go."
Carter gave him a small smile and led her team through the gate...
Now…
They immerged into the familiar forest. To Carter's surprise, no one was there.
"There's no one here," Daniel commented.
"Ya think?" she mumbled.
Daniel ignored her and looked to Teal'c.
"It does not appear the Stargate has been activated in several days," Teal'c observed.
Carter nodded. "Let's move out."
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"Master Drake! The Chapp'ai has been activated!"
"Who comes forth?" the elderly man demanded.
"We are unsure. The guards had returned to the city for their meals and the replacements had not yet arrived."
Drake scowled. "Bring out the prisoner!"
The man hesitated. "Master Drake, perhaps you would send another? The man is most impertinent and he tries patience sorely."
"Justin! Obey me!"
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"Well, it's about time!"
Drake surveyed his prisoner thoughtfully. "I'm sorry," he said courteously. "I have been... busy."
"Like hell you have."
Drake acknowledged the truth with a slight nod. "You can not say you have been treated cruelly."
Jack looked down. "I'm wearing a maroon colored dress!"
Irritation flashed across the man's face. "Most prisoners I torture then kill. I would say you've been extraordinarily lucky."
"Or... you want me for something," Jack said thoughtfully.
Justin kicked Jack's knees, making him groan and fall to his knees.
"Justin!" Drake reprimanded, "We need him alive and well."
"For what?" Jack asked suspiciously.
Drake slowly moved closer. "Another word and I torture you so badly your own mother would not recognize you."
Jack, for once, closed his mouth.
"Take him away."
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"Colonel Carter, look."
Carter hurried back. "Teal'c?" she whispered.
"This appears to be a secret way into the city," he said quietly.
Carter shook her head. "We can't risk it Teal'c-"
Footsteps were heard coming closer.
"Of for cryin' out loud!" she muttered. "Daniel!" she hissed. "We're trying to get in this way."
Daniel was down the narrow hatch a moment later followed by the Carter and Teal'c. Teal'c slammed it closed.
Carter gave inward sigh of relief. "Ok, we'll follow the passage until we reach the end."
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"Master! Patrols have spotted several individuals heading towards Petrosha."
"Who?"
"We are unsure. They disappeared from sight."
"Fools," Drake muttered. "Seal all entrances to the city."
"Yes Master."
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Carter slowed down as they approached a door. Once there, Teal'c began examining the door.
"Can you break it down?" she asked.
Teal'c lifted his staff weapon and fired three shots off rapidly. After the dust cleared away, there was a sizeable hole in the door.
"We must hurry!" he said urgently. "The noise will soon draw the attentions of any near by personnel-"
As he spoke a young man appeared. "Who are you?" he demanded.
Carter opened her zat. "Who are you?" she shot back.
The boy trembled, "M-Mahan."
"Mahan?"
He nodded. "Please, do not hurt me. I have done noth-"
"Where is the prisoner?" she demanded.
Light dawned on him. "You are from Earth!"
She gave him a curt nod.
He gave her a calculating glance. "PATRO-"
A second later, he fell to the ground, still writhing in pain.
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Jack was ushered back to his 'room'. The door slammed closed and he could hear the guards locking him in.
"THANKS!" he called. With a sigh, he turned to face his room. A bed, a pail, and a basin of water being all the small room contained.
"Ay, yi, yi," he mumbled as he sat on the bed. Looking up the ceiling, he sighed. 62 days since he last saw Sam.
He shrugged and began to sing in a loud voice. "ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT…"
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"Wait a minute Sam, do you hear that?" Daniel asked suddenly.
Carter strained to hear. She could faintly hear the strains of… Row, Row, Row, your boat…
Teal'c stared at the hallways. "I believe to locate O'Neill, we should go down this corridor," he said gesturing to the third one.
Carter nodded. Jack is here, Jack is here, Jack is here… her heart sang.
"Sam, you ok?" Daniel asked
She looked up and gave him a reassuring smile. "Yes, I'm fine. Let's go."
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Jack started at the sound of someone working on his door. He didn't have a watch but he KNEW it wasn't dinner time.
"HEY," he shouted. "What's going on?"
Silence greeted him then a tentative, "Sir?"
Jack froze. "Carter?" he managed to ask.
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Daniel watched as a small smile crept across his friends face.
"Yes sir!" she called. "We've come to rescue you."
Silence… "Well it's about time!"
She gave a little laugh. "Yes sir, it is." She turned to Teal'c., "Can you open it?"
He showed her. He had broken all the locks but a small panel revealed 26 little buttons. Daniel leaned closer, "Sam, it's the Goa'uld alphabet!"
"Sir, do you know the password?"
"NOPE! BUT IT'S SEVEN LETTERS!"
Carter thought for a moment. "Daniel, is this like the Englishalphabet?"
"Kind of."
She studied it for a moment. She slowly hit one and tensed.
"Continue Colonel Carter."
Carter nodded, and pressed the second one. After pausing a second, she rapidly pressed the remaining five. The door hissed open.
"What was it?" Daniel hissed.
She paused in the doorway. "Samantha," she said finally.
"I had not expected you to figure it out so soon." A voice said behind them.
Jack immerged as SG-1 turned around slowly. "Oh crap."
The figure stepped closer, "I'm glad to see the Tok'ra passed on my message."
"Monroe," Carter whispered.
'looks around'
Oh woe is me... I am troubled! alas forsooth...
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