ANOTHER WORLD – II. Daniel's World by Betty Bokor
Sam/Daniel. Daniel wakes up in the wrong place.
Spoilers: All seasons, including 9 and 10.
Disclaimer: The Stargate original characters belong to MGM/Showtime, Double Secret Productions, and Gekko Film Corp. This was written strictly for the purpose of entertainment. No attempt at copyright infringement has been made.

Daniel's World

Chapter 5

"What are we doing?" Sam asked as she entered the gateroom and saw Walter Harriman with an instant camera taking pictures of Dan in front of the gate. Teal'c, Cam, and Landry patiently waited for him to finish.

"Dr. Jackson here requested some pictures of people around the base to take to his home in case you're successful in sending him back there," General Landry explained, "and we thought we should take some pictures of our own, for the records, of course. I'm sure our Dr. Jackson would be happy that we thought of that."

As she walked by Harriman to join the rest of her team, he gave her one of the pictures. "Here you go; you can keep one of these. I think we have enough."

A few minutes later the three SG-1 members and Dan were back on the planet where they had found him. They carefully started clearing a bigger path toward the corner where he had been lying on the floor. It was difficult and it took time. They all worked steadily with their hands, afraid of using any machinery that could hurt Daniel if he was somewhere in there.

After hours of hard work, Sam saw something shine slightly when she directed her flashlight toward it.

"It looks like there's something here," she said.

Cameron moved to where she was and asked her to let him move near the object. "There's little space to work here; go get your first aid stuff in case we find him and he's hurt. Sam left hurriedly and Cam started passing rocks to Teal'c.

"It is indeed a mirror," Teal'c said as Sam came back.

"Yep. We'll move the rocks away from it," Cam said. "It doesn't look damaged."

Roughly an hour later an image started appearing in front of them. On the other side of the mirror a group of people seemed to be waiting for them to finish. Dr. Lee, Vala, a very pregnant Sam, and Daniel, their own Daniel, were there. Both sides showed surprise. Mitchell kept moving rocks around and soon they cleared the space immediately in front of the mirror.

Sam looked at Dan, paralyzed with emotion, standing right behind her with the rocks Teal'c had just given him still in his hands. "Those are your people, right? They're expecting you." Dan simply nodded and threw the rocks to the pile behind him. Then he hugged Sam. "Thank you," he whispered. He was ready to cross.

Cam moved backwards to give Daniel space to cross. He was hugging Sam on the other side. Then he moved to face Vala and after a little hesitation, he hugged her, too. She took the opportunity to kiss him and he just responded to her. His friends on this side of the mirror stopped moving rocks for a few seconds, stunned by the sight.

Finally, Daniel approached Dr. Lee and shook his hand as the scientist nodded with a smile.

Daniel then looked at the mirror and smiled at his friends. He turned around once more and said something to the small group in front of him. One second later he was home. Cam patted his arm, Teal'c gave him his 'arm shake' and Sam hugged him vigorously. As she let him go, he saw the other Daniel right behind her.

They shook hands and smiled as if both were thinking in unison. Then Dan walked toward the mirror and right before touching it, he turned around.

"Tell her," Daniel said.

"It's a promise," Dan answered and he was gone.