A/N I'm being uber slow with updates. Blame Sims 2.
Also, I know Teal'c would never have left them. But he can't get caught because it wouldn't work in my story!

And I realise that there has been no Sam/Daniel yet. It's probably going to be a couple more chapters. But as my chapters are so small, it won't be that long!

Chapter 6

Teal'c had indeed gotten help. But it wasn't in the form of another SG team, as his captive team members so fervently hoped.

He had heard Jack's struggle and had arrived back at the MALP just in time to see Carter get jumped on by two guards. Remaining hidden, he had followed the party as close as he dared to the castle walls, before turning and heading back to the forest to alert General Hammond. He felt like he had betrayed his friends by turning away from the castle walls, but he was so heavily outnumbered that it seemed fruitless to attempt a rescue.

Arriving back at the Stargate, he wasn't surprised to see a group of horsemen standing near it, having what appeared to be a heated discussion. Teal'c couldn't hear what was being said but he hadn't been trained by Master Bra'tac for nothing. He recognised fear in some of the soldiers. 'These men have been poorly trained' he thought to himself. He didn't have to wait long to discover what it was the soldiers were afraid of.
From his vantage point in the undergrowth at the edge of the clearing, Teal'c noticed movement to his left. As he attempted to focus on whatever was rustling the plants, a dozen green-clad men leapt out from various points around the clearing. The soldiers and their horses panicked and Teal'c watched with interest as the green warriors quickly and efficiently captured the horses and killed the soldiers, many of whom did not put up much of a fight. Leaving the last soldier alive, two green warriors bound him and sat him on the floor.
"Right." One of the men walked up to the soldier, his voice ringing loud and clear across the clearing. "Rumour has it you lot have captured some outlaws. This true?"
The guard nodded silently.
"And even wilder rumours say it's Robin Hood."
The guard nodded again and the green men glanced at each other in disbelief.
"You're sure? I mean, you lot are idiots; you see him yourself?"
The guard nodded miserably, knowing full well he was unlikely to make it out of the forest alive. The men glanced at each other again. The speaker moved forward and removed the soldier's gag.
"What does the sheriff plan to do with him? How many people did he capture?" he demanded.
The guard glanced around at the group of men towering above him and Teal'c could see he was deliberating whether to reveal what he knew or not. A sharp jab with an arrow reminded him he was in no place to withhold information.
"There were three of them. Robin Hood, an unknown outlaw, and Lady Marian Fitzwalter. The two outlaws are going to be hung in the market square tomorrow morning. The sheriff is going to marry Lady Marian in two days."

Before the speaker could reply, an arrow landed on the floor by his feet.
"The scout. Quick, the sheriff's men will be coming. Knock him out and bring him with us. You three; take the horses. You two keep watch here. Everyone else; back to camp."
Teal'c observed the leader issuing instructions and looked in the direction the arrow had come from. He could see nothing. These men however, appeared to be in some rebel fraction. Should he befriend them?

The question was answered for him when he heard a twig snap behind him. Cursing himself for his momentary lapse in concentration, Teal'c turned slowly round, to face a green-clad man with a dirty face, pointing a bow and arrow at his chest.
"Little John!" The dirty face broke into a grin and the weapon was lowered. "How long you been here? Come quick, the sheriff's men are heading this way." He gestured for a bewildered Teal'c to follow him, and having nothing else to do, Teal'c did just that. They set off in a jog through the undergrowth, soon being lost in the darkness of the forest.