As soon as they went out the door into the hallway beyond they were faced with their first choice. To go left, or to go right? They couldn't see down either path very far, since the entire place was shrouded in darkness. But it was not quite pitch-black, so they could make out general shapes. Raising the beam of light from his P90, Jack saw that both corridors twisted away and out of sight in different directions. From what he could tell, they were at the middle of an "S" type corridor.
"Right then. Teal'c and Daniel head left. Carter come with me. Move out." Jack ordered his troops.
"Jack, I don't think it's a good idea to split up in here, we don't know what dangers may be out there." Daniel disagreed.
"For crying out loud!" Jack complained, "The whole point of having a commander is that you follow their orders. Move out!."
"Sir, I think he's right. Strength in numbers." Carter sided with Daniel.
"Fine then. Since you and Daniel are so buddy-buddy, you two can head left. Teal'c, you're with me. That's final. We'll be in radio contact at all times, and if anything disastrous happens we can always double back." Jack put the final word in and the two parties split up.
When they had gone only a few steps down the hall, both parties heard a loud noise from behind them and they whirled around guns ready. Two metal gates flew out of the wall on one side and rammed into the wall opposite, blocking the two groups from reassembling.
"Well now, we can always double back and regroup, now can't we Jack?" Daniel asked loudly of Jack, who was now seven or eight paces away with two metal grids blocking them off from each other.
"Just move out." Jack said sullenly. Having a command really wasn't all it was cracked up to be. Time and time again he'd make a hard decision under pressure, only to have Daniel or Carter or even sometimes the silent Teal'c question it. Ah, well, at least the dental plan was good.
Having continued straight for about fourteen minutes, ignoring all passages that opened to their left or to their right, Teal'c became unsettled. "Should we not pursue a different route O'Neill?" He inquired.
"I don't see why, this route has been perfectly safe so fa..." Jack did not get to finish, because a great ugly green Unas took a big step out of a doorway just ahead of them and to the left.
"Graaackkkk!" It bellowed in a fury, its' eyes glazed with a cold rage as it raised a mammoth arm to smash O'Neill. Jack and Teal'c opened fire, and P90 rounds as well as energy discharges from the staff weapon filled the air. Not for long though, when they reached the Unas they were repelled by a Goa'uld force shield. Apparently Atum found it amusing to give Unas force fields, great, just great, Jack thought. The Unas's mighty blow fell upon Jack, and he was sent flying backwards several yards.
"Little help here Teal'c!" Jack shouted at the Jaffa who was now attempting hand-to-hand combat with the Unas, and managing to hold his own. "It's no good Teal'c, he probably has regenerative powers, he's just wearing you down!"
Teal'c gave the Unas a powerful smack to the head with his fist, and it sent the beast reeling for a second. Teal'c used this time to rush back to Jack, pick him up, and dash down one of the passages. "Sir! Are you alright! I heard gunfire!" Sam demanded hectically over the radio.
"Yeah, I'm fine, but there's a not-so Jolly Green Giant who seems rather intent on having Teal'c and I for dinner chasing us." Jack told her through the radio.
"Well, where are you? Maybe we can meet up, these passages must connect somewhere." Sam pointed out.
"How the hell am I supposed to know where I am? I'm in some insane Goa'uld's labyrinth being chased by an Unas!" Jack shouted at her as Teal'c continued to run down the hallways at lightning speed, carrying his commander over his shoulder like a sack of grain. "Don't worry about us, Teal'c gave that ugly thing the old Jaffa one-two punch, I think we lost him. Just continue on yourselves." Jack got Sam to stop worrying about what she couldn't change and to try and be more productive.
"Alright sir. Carter out." She terminated the transmission.
Teal'c stopped and set Jack down. "I do not know of this one-two punch of which you speak. Is it a formidable fighting form?" Teal'c spoke to Jack, who was standing up and brushing himself off.
"Yes, Teal'c, it is most formidable." Jack informed the warrior, "Now come on, we have to see what other fun things that stinking Goa'uld put in here for us to play with. Jack sighed. He wasn't having a good day. He seldom did.