They were all in the gate room, some in better shape than others. "Well, I got the map." Jack raised it triumphantly, noticing that one of its' corners had almost caught fire from the inferno he quickly pinched the small sparks out. He then noticed the shape his team was in. Daniel had severe burns, exposure to the lava for even a fraction of a second had taken its' toll on him.

"Nothing Dr Fraser and a little time won't cure." Daniel felt some of his skin peeling off as he spoke. It looked like he shouldn't try to speak much. He directed Jack's attention to Sam with a nod.

"Holy smokes, Carter, what did you do to your leg?" Jack asked her.

"Ran into some of the locals." She told him.

"Oh. Nice guys?" O'Neill asked.

Carter pointed to her leg.

"No then I guess." Jack said. "Teal'c carry Carter. Daniel, you'll have to lead and tell us where to go. I hope you can walk without too much trouble. I'll bring up the rear and try to cover you guys if we run into trouble. We'd better get a move on, we only have twenty minutes."

Even though she was slumped over Teal'c's shoulder, Sam insisted on carrying a Zat gun to help defend the group should the need arise. They set out at a brisk pace, and every step caused Sam and Daniel pain, but it had to be done.

Daniel led them left, right, straight, straight, second fork from the left and on and on. There was no chance they would ever take this route randomly if given any amount of time, they could only hope they could follow it to its' end in under twenty minutes. Jack looked at his watch. Make that sixteen minutes.

Just then he saw the Unas make his second appearance, coming out some distance behind them. When the Unas spotted them in gave a primal roar and started running at them at an incredible speed.

"Faster people, let's move!" Jack yelled at the group, but they were already going faster than they could. Sam and Jack tried blasting it, but its' shield protected it well. It had traversed almost half the distance towards them, and was gaining quick.

"I have an idea sir!" Sam hoped it would work, "These time-travel devices must require an enormous amount of energy. A blast from a Zat gun could be enough to send it into overload, and the subsequent explosion just might do the trick." She tossed her Zat gun to O'Neill, who took out his time device as they continued to run as fast as they could.

Jack gave the device one shot, and it began to hum loudly. The humming rose in pitch, and it began to emit light. The Unas was going to reach them in another few strides. "Now sir!" Sam yelled, and Jack threw the thing at the Unas. It bounced off his shield, and he stopped to look at the now incandescent object on the ground before him. Just before it blew, SG-1 rounded a corner which shielded them from the blast. The Unas however, was not so lucky. It was destroyed in a devastating blue explosion.

SG-1 had no time to look back, however, because time was still their enemy. They pressed ever forwards. Arrows now flew from the walls as they tripped switches on the floor. Pits of spikes opened before them, and they had to be leapt across without slowing. Scything blades swished from left to right, and they darted in-between them whenever they could. And still they ran for their lives. They had seven minutes left.

"Now all we need is a boulder to start chasing us and we're set!" Jack exclaimed sarcastically. He regretted it instantly, for at that precise moment a gargantuan rock crashed from the ceiling behind them and rolled towards them with deadly intent. It chased them for sometime, but they finally took a left turn and heard it smash into the wall behind them with massive force. The walls shuddered at its' impact.

Right. Left. Straight. Left. Left. Across the atrium. Straight. Left. Daniel wasn't looking at his surroundings, but was focused on the instructions before him. He still heard the others right behind him, though. "We're almost there!" he said with hope in his voice as he nearly the last instruction to the exit.

They were in a massive hall lined with towering pillars on each side. They saw a broad gate just ahead of them. "Thirty seconds, come on people move it!" Jack told them. They saw the gates closing, and felt the temperature rising. The inferno was coming soon. The gate was open only a crack as Daniel leaped through it, and Teal'c close behind with Carter. Jack, the last one, twisted sideways in the air, and landed with a thud on the other side. A few flames spewed out just before the gate closed, and blocked the inferno in.

They were all panting, and Carter fought off a grimace as she sat up. "We made it sir!" she exclaimed resoundingly "We're safe."

"Yeah, but we have just a little problem." Jack pointed out. "The Gate was in there, remember? How the heck are we going home?"

Sam's heart fell. She had not thought of that. As smart as she was, she just didn't have the head for the practical that O'Neill did. They didn't have long to ponder their misfortune though, for a familiar voice hailed them from behind.

"Hello once again, O'Neill" Thor said, and Jack and the others all turned with awe at the speaker. How had he shown up just now?

"Hey there, buddy!" Jack gave a deep laugh as he caught sight of his new best friend. Jack had been stranded on alien worlds before, and anyone who could take him off was definitely someone worth their weight in gold. Quite a bargain in Thor's case, since he didn't weight very much.

"I sent my ship here when I detected a time-space explosion. You are to blame, I presume?" Thor stated.

"Err, I guess so, what's the problem with a time-space explosion?" O'Neill asked Thor. You really had to like this guy, he probably cut the techno-babble out just for Jack's sake. Carter was scandalized every time he asked her not to speak in tongues.

"The Asgard and the Goa'uld long ago signed a treaty prohibiting devices causing time-space explosions. The blasts they cause are unpredictable, and in theory capable of destroying the entire universe." He looked at them with his solid black eyes.

"All we did was take out a scrawny little Unas with one." Jack told him, not seeing the problem.

"Yes, well it was far more likely that the explosion would've destroyed this entire planet, or also several neighbouring solar systems." Thor informed the group.

"Whoops." Carter said. She hypothesized that it could be big, but...

"Whoops indeed Major Carter." Thor lectured her. It was most unusual receiving a reprimanding tone from an Asgard. "It is not important. I presume it was necessary. I have detected that the Stargate that was once on this planet has been destroyed. Would you..." He paused briefly, "...like a lift?"

"You know what? It just so happens that we would." Jack replied, and they were all sent to Thor's ship in orbit.