This is one of my favorite chapters. It's one of the longest too. so that's a treat. You may not get a second update today, this is over 1000 words, which is about two of my short updates. So...dont expect anything. Enjoy this chapter. Oh, and to answer a question "Why did Carter get more drugs?" They gave her more drugs cause of the naquda in her body. Meaning they gave Teal'c more too, but it was easier to wear off of him because of his immune system thinger. Kinda like in the episode "Foothold"...
Chapter 10: Reasons
Last time: Sam got up and staggered over to the window, glad to get away from the awkward staring competition that was in progress between her CO and the archeologist. She clutched the window-frame in shock as she gazed at her surroundings. "My god," she whispered.
The vision greeting her eyes was not exactly unpleasant, but it wasn't what she wanted to see then and there. The land surrounding their enclosure was lush and green, whereas P36-629 was primarily, as far as the eye, and UAV could see, desert land.
"Something bad?" O'Neill snapped sarcastically.
"See for yourself, sir," Carter said, her voice filled with surprised awe.
O'Neill got up, and Daniel staggered over as well. Jack cursed silently. "I guess we're not in Kansas anymore…"
As Sam's eyes flicked back and fourth, re-living what no-one could remember, the hours dragged on.
Sam looked around her in disgust. A day or two ago, SG-1 had finally gotten the news broken to them. A kind, middle age man had come in to take them from their holding and showed them around the city. He had enjoyed quite a laugh when they asked if they were prisioners.
"No," he had said. "But you were. You see, it was but two days ago when our annual trading allies brought their wares to our planet, Hikaur. As we were browsing through the market, we found them selling you. Our first instinct, throughout the entire town, was, of course, to rescue you!"
And that was that. They had been captured from P36-629, taken by ship, to another planet, in God knows what galaxy and as far as they could tell after an extensive search of the immediate area and asking the locals…there was no such thing as a stargate.
Carter sat down
angrily on a rock overlooking the lake. The entire planet in itself
was gorgeous. Forests and lakes everywhere you looked. The villages
weren't great in technology, but it seemed as though they had great
healing powers, leaving Carter to wonder if the Goau'ld had
visited, leaving their trinkets behind.
Sam sighed and ran her hands through her hair. The village had been kind. They had given SG-1 a large home, four bedrooms, though a single bathroom, a kitchen and an entertaining room. It had a suitable back yard, a garden, a porch and a shed. It seemed like a quaint dreamhouse, but it still wasn't home. After they had found out the news about no stargate, the team had avoided talking to one another. Only recently, as of a few moments ago, had they actually discussed their situation.
Tempers were short with everyone being upset. Even Teal'c had yelled. Carter had left in a storm of tears, much to the astonished faces of her male companions. Apparently they never thought she could cry. She huffed. Of course not. None of them looked on her as a female, only another member of the team…especially O'Neill. Daniel had at least regarded her on matters concerning his wife, and taken in her advice about women. Teal'c had regarded her kindly no matter when she raised her temper, as though she were his own sister. O'Neill, though, he didn't seem to have the same respect.
A single tear dripped down her cheek and she refused to think about the men. Instead, she forced herself to think about the conversation. It had started with getting home, and had ended with O'Neill suggesting in a flurry of anger that they stay. "If we accept the bad, and the good comes, we can leave the bad behind," Daniel had said in agreement to Jack's statement. While they wouldn't give up on going home, they weren't going to go out of their way.
She herself had yelled back at them. She had asked if they were still drugged, if they were insane. That is what had caused the full out verbal fight, and ended just a few precious moments ago as she had stormed out of the house and ended up here.
The salty drops of
liquid still cascading down her cheek, Sam picked up a pebble by her
feet and heaved it across the lake, watching it skip a good 10 times
before it finally sank beneath the surface.
"Nice one," a voice said behind her.
Sam jumped and spun around, watching as O'Neill sat down a couple of feet beside her on the large rock. Though his first comment had been easy, his demeanor showed he was having a hard time coming up with what to say. It made Sam laugh inside as she realized O'Neill was afraid of her, at least…when she was crying.
"Did you get the short stick, sir?" she asked cynically, looking back out to the lake.
O'Neill looked up at her, puzzled, and then it hit him. Did they draw straws, she was asking, and did he lose. His face twisted into anger. "God, Carter," he said. "Do you thinkI'm that insensitive? I cant come check on one of my team to make sure they're okay. If you don't want me here I'll leave!"
Carter choked back a sob. Of course, she was being unfair. Why shouldn't her CO be worried about her? The tears, that had stopped suddenly upon his arrival started again. She tried to press her hands to her eyes and stifle her sobs, but it didn't work. She heard O'Neill shift awkwardly as she cried, and forced herself to calm down. After a moment, she only emitted sniffles and an occasional tear.
A gruff thumb slid across her cheek, wiping away a tear. The colonel was kneeling in front of her now, and looking deep into her eyes. "Everything is going to be alright," he told her calmly. She could tell he meant it. "You, Daniel, Teal'c and I, we're all in it together. The best of the SGC," at this Carter chuckled and he smiled. "We'll make it home."
Sam nodded, and O'Neill stood up again. "I'll leave you to your thoughts," he said over his shoulder as he walked down the path. Just before he was out of hearing range, he called. "Don't forget to come back, you already gave us a scare."
Carter laughed as she picked up another rock and chucked it across the lake, this time watching it skim the surface only five times before dropping in. Perhaps O'Neill was right…at least they had each other…
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not a clify but still, isnt it cute?
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