Okay, one more small addition for today before I'm off to study and rehearse and do a bunch of other stuff that I don't really want to do... but oh well, you know what will make me feel better?-- Reviews:)

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Wow, nice. Jack said sarcastically as the gate behind him closed. For as far as the eye could see there was nothing but sand. No buildings of any kind, no people, no wildlife of any sorts, hell Jack couldn't even see a rock, and god was it hot! Jack put on his sunglasses and turned his cap backwards, turning completely serious.

I don't like this.Nor do I, said Teal'c.

All right, let's secure the area around the gate, look beyond a couple of those sand dunes there. Teal'c you're with Daniel, Carter you're with me. Stay sharp, ordered Jack.

He knew it was pretty obvious that he had paired himself up with Sam. Usually, he had her paired off with Teal'c, to even out between military and civilian, but also to offer her a better sense of protection, not that she truly needed it, but it made him feel better. But lately he had begun to change that, especially now, he had the strong sensation that he just had to have her near him.

uhm.. Sir? Sam interrupted Jack's train of thought.

There's something wrong with the DHD. Jack and Daniel said in unison.

What exactly do you mean? Jack elaborated on their question as they all gathered around the Dial Home Device.

I'm not sure, Sir. It almost looks eroded or sand down somehow, Sam said.

The DHD did indeed look worn out; the face panel and symbols were deteriorating. The buttons on the panel looked as if they had been worn down by something that caused most of the symbols imprinted on them to be almost non- existent, non- visible. Some of the buttons toward the bottom of the DHD where so worn down that they were almost no more, making it impossible for them to be pressed down.

The sand did this? asked Jack, trying to push down symbols to no avail.

It's possible, but highly unlikely, Sam answered

Suddenly Daniel spoke up, Hey guys, look at this. He was walking towards the stargate, it too looked deteriorated, though not as much as the DHD.

You know, you'd think that we'd learn to look for things like these before we head out, Jack sighed. Carter, any ideas, do any of those buttons work?No, Sir. Teal'c have you ever seen anything like this? Sam asked.

I have not.Okay, kids, let's try not to panic here, we have 24 hours before we are due to check back in with General Hammond, when we don't, he'll dial in and we can explain the situation and get some help. Now, we were going to camp out here anyways, so in the mean time, we'll continue our recon. Only let's try to focus on finding civilization or some sort of power source to see if we can open the gate manually, Jack said.
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TBC...tun, tun, tun...how will they get home?
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