Hello people! I know I said I'd most likely update sooner, but our powers been off for the last two days… sorry! Anyways, I made this chapter EXTRA long just because I took longer then I should have to update… well, enjoy!
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Ch 4: The Rescue
"Daniel Jackson! Teal'c!" Came a voice from the entrance.
Daniel turned and Teal'c shined his flashlight on the doors. "Felipe?" Daniel asked. "What are you doing here?"
Felipe looked out of breath, his clothes were torn and dirty. "We must go now! Before they come back! Come on! Hurry!"
"Who?" asked Daniel.
"I do not have time to explain! We must leave immediately!"
"We can't leave our friends!" Daniel cried. "We don't leave our people behind!"
"They will be dead, as will you if you do not come now! They'll be here any minute!" He looked back. Hundreds of villagers ran towards the path that led to the Stargate. "We can send you home."
"We are not going to leave our friends behind," Teal'c said firmly.
Felipe hesitated then came closer. "How can I be of assistance?"
"You're going to help us?" Daniel asked, rubbing his eyes.
Felipe nodded. "Yes, it was our fault this… situation occurred- we ought to help. Now, what can I do?"
Teal'c bowed slightly to him. "Thank you Felipe."
Felipe nodded. "What-"
"What situation?" Daniel inquired, "What does that mean, Felipe? Jack and Sam getting stuck in the elevator?"
"There's no time to explain! If we want to get your friends out, we have to do it now!" Felipe replied sounding a little irritated.
"Have you any long, strong cord that we may use?"
Felipe nodded. "Yes, may I borrow your torch to fetch it?" he looked down at Teal'c flashlight.
Daniel pulled out his and turned it on. He handed it to Felipe. "Can I come with you?"
Felipe nodded and hurried away, Daniel followed closely behind.
"Can't you tell me what's happening while we help my friends?" Daniel asked.
Felipe sighed. "We have been enemies with the Tenaha race for many years. However, we have never had anything like this happen before. They are attacking us."
"What? Why?" Daniel asked.
Felipe stopped at a door that looked like a storage closet you would find at the SGC. He quickly dashed in, a minute later; he came out with a long piece of what looked similar to rope. "We have been enemies for generations," he repeated, "But I do not know what started it. The war, I mean.-" he took off running back towards Teal'c again. "They wish to have this world to themselves… their population is growing, and they need more room. I'm not sure...we've wanted the same thing, but we did not attack their villages."
"They're starting a war?"
"Yes. Our people are fleeing through the stone ring, to a world that was once safe… and we pray it still is," As they neared the building that the elevator was in, he added. "Over three of our villages have been destroyed."
"I'm sorry," Daniel said, knowing it was inadequate,
"It is not your fault." Felipe said. He found Teal'c shouting down the elevator room. "Here!" he said as he tossed Teal'c a piece of the rope. "I'll tie it here!"
Teal'c nodded and lowered the rope to the top of the elevator shack.
Felipe tied the end of the rope to a pillar that appeared strong. "All right here!" he said.
Teal'c nodded. "Very well, I will climb down."
"Wait!" Felipe called. "There's a lot of extra rope. We can attach it to a bag so we can pull up the blocks of… concrete, you call it?"
Teal'c nodded again. "Indeed…"
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Jack laid his head against the wall. He was so tired. He looked at Sam who was sleeping on the ground. Sweating more then before, her whole body was red. And her arms were covered with rashes. And he couldn't do anything to help her.
Sam muttered something in her sleep. She slowly opened her eyes again. Her leg was getting worse. Pain shot through it. She winced quietly as she moved it slightly.
"Carter?" Jack asked moving over to her. "How do you feel?"
"Um… I'm not really… sure." She said, not being able to make eye contact. Her eyes wandered around the room. "It's so hot in here…"
Jack looked down at her shirt; it was covered in sweat. He sighed. "Yeah, it is…" he looked up, why was it so hot? They remained in silence for a moment.
Something banged on top of the roof. Jack quickly stood up. "Hello?" he shouted. "Can anyone here me?"
Sam looked up at the roof, begging silently that someone was up there, trying to help them get out.
Something shook the elevator shack and sent a large piece of concrete tumbling down.
Sam gasped. Jack pulled her away right before it hit the ground, where her head once was. "Thank you, sir," she gasped.
Jack nodded and carefully sat her against the wall. He looked back up. "HELLO!"
There was a very faint reply. "O'Neill?"
"TEAL'C?" Jack shouted as loud as he could. "Is that you?"
"Indeed."
Jack let out a sigh of relief; he turned to Sam who was smiling. "I missed you, buddy!"
"As have I. O'Neill, you will want to move to the right corner of the elevator... it will be the safest place. I am trying to clear off the top of the elevator shaft so that we may get you out."
Jack nodded. "Okay!" he hurried over to Sam and sat down, putting an arm around her shoulders. "It's going to be okay. Teal'c's here."
Sam nodded ever so slightly. "Yes… sir." She swallowed and closed her eyes again.
"Carter?" he asked, knowing she most likely wouldn't wake up. He didn't bother to ask her again. He looked up at the roof. Dust shifted through the room…
Nearly twenty minutes later.
Teal'c removed the last piece of rock; he placed it on the side where the piles of larger cement rocks were. He poked his head into the elevator. "O'Neill, Major Carter, are you all right?" his eyes fell upon Sam who appeared to be asleep, her head was resting on Jack's shoulder.
"Carter's sick." Jack said. He turned to Sam and shook her. "Come on, Carter, it's time to wake up," She moaned but didn't move. Jack sighed and lifted her limp body into his arms, he walked over to where the opening was. "I never thought I'd be so happy to see you again." He smiled. "Here!" he lifted Sam up carefully. "Careful for her arms! They have a rash on them, and her- her leg's bleeding."
Teal'c picked Sam up, and sat her down on the rocks; he wrapped the rope around her waist. "All right Daniel Jackson!"
Slowly Sam began to rise up the elevator 'room'. Jack climbed out of the shack. He hugged Teal'c. "Thank you!"
"We would have not left you, O'Neill." Teal'c said, sounding almost hurt that Jack would think such a thing.
Jack smiled. "I know that, we never leave anyone behind."
A few minutes later, Sam, Jack and Teal'c were all out of the elevator. Jack hurried over to Sam. Daniel was feeling Sam's forehead. "Jack, she's-"
"She has a fever, I know!" Jack said. "We have to go home, now!" he barked.
"What about her leg-"
Felipe stared at all of them sorrowfully. "I do not know if we can get her back though the stone ring."
Jack's head snapped up. "What?" he asked. "Why can't we?"
Daniel looked down. "Jack, this wasn't an accident… what happened. They're at war now."
"At war?" Jack shouted. "What do you mean at war? We have to get Carter help now!"
"Jack-" Daniel began to explain the situation as quickly as he could, and for him, that was really quick.
Jack only caught a word here and there, but he got the idea of what was going on. "Okay, okay!" Jack said holding his hands up as if surrendering. "How do we get home?" They all turned to Felipe.
"I-" He didn't have time to finish before the sounds of angry people running into the building were heard. "This way!"
Teal'c and Jack carefully lifted Sam up and ran to catch up with Felipe.
"In here!" he ordered, he opened a small door that blended in with the wall so much that Jack hadn't spotted.
Jack and Teal'c carefully shoved Sam into the small room, she groaned.
"Sorry Carter," Jack said, he waited for Daniel to come into the room, and then shut the door. It sounded as if a dozens people were firing staff weapons all over the building. Jack looked down at Carter. She was shaking horribly again. "Carter… don't do this to me again." He muttered under his breath.
"What's wrong with her Jack?" Daniel asked, staring at his friend.
"I don't know, Daniel!" Jack snapped. He knew there wasn't any reason to get mad at Daniel, but he was mad. Period. He was mad at himself, since he couldn't help Carter. Jack kneeled next to her. "Come on, Carter, wake up!"
"Help him! Sir! We have to get to the water!" Sam screamed. "WE-"
"Keep her quiet!" Felipe warned. "We must all be very quiet!"
Jack nodded; he hesitated before putting his hand over her mouth. Her words came out as a mumbled, they could barley hear them. "Daniel," Jack whispered. "Do you have any water left?"
Daniel nodded and quickly pulled out his water bottle. He handed it to Jack who quickly unscrewed the cap. He splashed it on Sam's face.
Sam's eyes opened, and Jack moved his hand. She coughed a few times and looked at her new surrounding. "Daniel?" she squeaked.
"Hey Sam, it's okay, we're going to get you home."
There was more staff blasting sounds.
"What's going o-on?"
"Shh, Sam, you're going to have to be quiet, we'll explain everything later, okay?"
Sam nodded slowly. "O-kay…"
Jack patted her shoulder. "We're going to get you out of here."
"Thank you, sir," she whispered before falling asleep once more.
Jack sighed and looked up at Felipe. "What are we going to do?"
Felipe swallowed. "I do not know." He said quietly. "I am very sorry we got you into this, O'Neill."
Jack normally would have told him it wasn't his fault, but he couldn't help but feel that is was his fault. "We just-"
"Need to get her out of here. I know," Felipe said. "They will most likely be out of the building soon."
"Yeah, 'bout that, what are they doing in here?"
"They are trying to see if there is any survivors, and if they find us, they will torture us until they find out where my race has went."
"Why?" Jack snapped. "Never mind, I don't want to know!"
"Jack…"
"Yes, Daniel?"
Daniel shook his head. "Nothing."
Jack sighed and rubbed his head, he was about to lose it, go crazy… bonzo, no longer in one's po- (A/N: Sorry! Had to put it in there!)
"Are you alright O'Neill?" Teal'c asked, standing as stiff as ever.
"I'm fine."
Felipe put his finger on his lip. "Shh…" They heard a lot of people running and shouting in another language, and then suddenly everything went silent. Felipe kept his finger on his lips. After another moment of silence he removed it. "Let's go."
Jack let out a breath he didn't remember holding. "We can go…?"
Felipe nodded. "Yes, but we must be careful." He looked at them all. "This could be very dangerous."
Jack nodded. "Yeah, we know."
"Wait- how are we going to get through the Stargate?" Daniel asked, slipping back on his backpack, his zat gun in his hand.
"I don't know." Felipe mumbled.
"Could we not take them down?" Teal'c asked.
"I don't think so- most likely it will be well guarded. If we don't come up with something else." He slowly reached for the door handle and opened it. "Come on, let's go."
Jack nodded. He looked at Sam. "Teal'c put her on my-"
"O'Neill, let me carry Major Carter." Teal'c interrupted.
Jack hesitated before nodding, he was right. Teal'c was in better shape then him anyways. "Yeah, okay, just be careful- her arms!" he winced as Teal'c picked her up. "So, got weapons?"
"No. They would have already invaded the armory. We must leave soon," Felipe began to jog towards the exit of the building; he slowly and carefully opened the door. Sticking his head out to make sure the coast was clear. He signaled to Jack and the others that it was safe.
Jack nodded. "Let's go!" he whispered loudly. "Daniel! Give me your zat!"
Daniel quickly ripped open his backpack and pulled out his other zat gun out, he tossed it to Jack. He threw the backpack on the ground and followed Jack and Teal'c to the doors.
Jack had the zat in one hand and a 9mm in the other, ready to fire if he had to.
Felipe ran off the path and into a forest of bushes, he quickly ducked behind one, Jack, Teal'c and Daniel did the same. Sam moaned at the sudden movement.
"Careful!" Jack whispered, although he knew Teal'c was being as careful as he possibly could.
Teal'c inclined his head.
Felipe poked his head up above the bush and looked around. "Stay down!" he ordered. "I will return in a moment."
Jack turned to Daniel who had a better view then him. "Where's he going?"
Daniel shrugged.
Jack muttered something under his breath. "We're just supposed to wait here?"
Daniel shrugged again.
After two minutes of hiding, Jack was beginning to worry what had happened to Felipe. Should they go ahead and try to make it to the Stargate without him? Or wait and possibly get caught.
Daniel seemed to read Jack's mind. "I'm sure he won't be much longer, Jack, just give him a chance."
Jack turned to Daniel. "I can easily give him a chance, I just don't if I can let Carter give him one."
Daniel sighed and looked towards the village. "He's coming!" he whispered loudly. "He has something in his hands, I can't quite make it out… it looks like some kind of weapon."
Jack sat crouched down, on the dirt, behind a bush so he would not be seen. Jack slowly lifted up his head and peeked over the bush. "Alright!" he cheered under his breath. He looked over at Sam, who didn't look so good, of course, why would she? She was sick! "Teal'c? You ready to go?"
Teal'c nodded. He carefully once again gathered Sam into his arms, she moaned again.
Jack bit his lip so he wouldn't tell Teal'c to be careful.
Felipe dashed behind the bush Jack was hiding at. "They did not see me." He said, a little out of breath. He handed Jack a weird looking object. "I did not think I could get them. They are called 'Zenracks', they are a very popular weapons. I have managed to bring four of them."
"All right!" Jack said. He tossed Daniel his zat gun, and picked up the stick looking objects. "Okay, how do you work these things?"
Felipe picked one up. "Watch." He pointed it at a tree about twenty feet away from their position. He pressed a small button Jack hadn't spotted on it. Two tiny dart looking things shot from it, they hit the tree right in the middle. "You will be asleep for many hours if you get hit by one."
Jack nodded. "Works for me. Teal'c!" he crawled on his belly with two of the weapons in his hands. "Here." He handed him one. "Did-"
"Yes, O'Neill." Teal'c interrupted.
"Are you ready to go?" Felipe asked.
Jack turned to him. "You bet we are."
Felipe nodded. "Let's go."
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Dum de da dum… okay! Another chapter over, a few more to go! Thanks y'all for reading this…
SG-Fan (who rocks) edited this because she's a VERY awesome sister… (Come on, I have to pretend I like her don't I?) Anyways, thanks Morgann!
Well, it's my fifteenth birthday tomorrow! Yay! Anyways, hoped ya'll like this chapter!
