A/N: Ok, it's been a while, but I'm back. And I've finished the story, so, there'll be a stream of uploads. At least that's the idea.
Just do me a favor and review once in a while, it really raises my spirit to see someone's read my story ;-p

Disclaimer: Nothing's changed, don't own Stargate.

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Chapter 8

- P3X747

'O'Neill.'

Jack woke up when Teal'c called his name.

'What happened?'

He slowly sat up. Teal'c was already on his feet, and stood calmly with his arms behind his back, looking around.

'Where are we?' Jack also looked around. They were surrounded by grass as far as the eye could see. Nothing else.

It was very early in the morning. It was still dark, but they could see the faint glimmer at the horizon where the sun would come up.

'I do not know.' Teal'c said, as Jack got up.
'The transportation-device exploded.' He continued.
'We appear to have been sent here as a result.'
'No kidding.' Jack replied. He noticed small cuts on his left-arm. He figured the flying shards of exploded transportation-device caused them. Teal'c had them also.
'Where's Carter? And Daniel?'
'Major Carter and Daniel Jackson don't seem to have been transported with us. Nor did Colonel Evans or the villager Kyra.'
'So where did they go?' Jack asked, irritated.
'I do not know, O'Neill. Perhaps they were killed in the blast. It is, however, more likely that they were transported to another location, as were we.'
'Great.' Jack said.
'Just great. Remind me, Teal'c, the next time an alien race decides to test some weird device, we don't come within a hundred feet of it!'
'I shall, O'Neill.'

Jack sighed.

'Alright. I don't suppose you have any idea where we are…'
'I do. We are located in the eastern direction of Largos.'
'How could you possibly know that?'
'The sun, O'Neill.' Teal'c looked at one of the planet's 2 suns, which had popped up from beneath the horizon.
'We can determine our position from where the sun is rising.'
'Who needs GPS?' Jack commented.
'How shall we proceed?' Teal'c asked.
'We have no gear, no weapons besides my sidearm, no food or water…' Jack said.
'I still have a zat'nik'tel in my possession, O'Neill. And some energy-bars Daniel Jackson gave me.' Teal'c said.

Jack looked at him for a moment.

'Alright,' He said.
'Let's just start walking west. Perhaps we're closer than we think.'
'Agreed.'

Jack took his sunglasses from his pocket, en the two started walking.

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- P3X-747

Daniel pulled himself out of the pool of filthy water in which he had slid. One minute he had been lying unconscious on a bank of sand, his feet dangling in the water. The next, he had woken up when some thing had grabbed onto his boots and tried to pull him under.
Now he was half-soaked, standing in the mud, wondering where he was.
He was surrounded by marsh, and strange plants. Annoying insects had already found him, and started to buzz around his head. Mosquito-like things were trying to suck his blood.

'Great.' He said, as he slapped one dead against his cheek.
'Terrific. Where the hell am I?'

He looked around.

'Where is everybody?'

'I'm over here!' He heard someone call. It didn't take him long to realize it was Kyra.
'Where?' He asked loudly.
'Here! I'm stuck!'

He followed her voice, and eventually found her wrapped in vines.

'How did you do that?' He asked surprised.
'It's how I woke up. Help me out.'
'Alight, hang on.'

He took his knife and released Kyra by cutting the vines off her. When she was free, he noticed she was bleeding. She had a large cut in her arm.

'Did I cut you?' He asked surprised and worried.
'No, I had it already. Lend me your knife.'

He gave her his knife, and she cut off a large band of her top, revealing her flat stomach.

'Thanks.' She said as Daniel dressed the wound for her.
'Where are we?' He asked.
'Well… I'm not sure…' She said.
'But this could be the Marshes of Lantarra.'
'Really, marshes? You think?' Daniel said, his pants soaked and filthy.
'The Marshes of Lantarra. They are, I believe, a one- or two-day walk from Largos.'
'How did we get here, Kyra?' Daniel asked, crushing mosquitoes against his arm.
'Well, probably because of the transportation-device-malfunction…' Kyra said.
'But I don't know how this could have happened. I would have to go over everything. Look at the schematic's…'
'What about Sam and Jack, and Teal'c and Logan?' Daniel asked.
'What happened to them?'
'I don't know, Daniel.' Kyra said, and her face stood sad.
'But the device wasn't meant to transport large groups of people. Although we did try to boost the power a bit… But they are not here. Perhaps they are still at the village, and we are the only ones that got transported.'
'Anyway, we need to get back and out of here.' Daniel said.
'If only because these bugs are killing me.' He added, slapping a pair of them dead.
'They aren't bothering me that much.' Kyra said as she started walking
'But they are attracted to sweet, you know…' She added, as she gave him a wink.

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- P3X-747

'Look, O'Neill.'
'What is it, Teal'c?' Jack said, as the large Jaffa was pointing at something further on.

They had been walking for hours in the burning sun.

'An object.'

Jack saw it too. A tiny spot ahead, in the direction in which they were going.

'Well, we'll get to it eventually. It doesn't seem to be going anywhere.'

After they had walked for a while, it slowly began to take shape. And when they were near it, Jack saw what it was.

'Oh, for crying out loud!'
'What is it O'Neill?'
'It's that damned melon!'
'Melon?'
'Yeah. The thing Kyra transported yesterday as a test.'
'How can you be sure it is the same one?' Teal'c asked.

Jack looked at him to see if he was making a joke.

'Well, do you see any melon-trees standing around?'
'I am unaware of any melons that grow on trees.'
'Well they wouldn't, since they're related to pumpkins and grow on the ground…' Jack said casually.

Teal'c raised his eyebrow.

'Actually, melons and pumpkins belong to the cucumber-family.'
'I am surprised by the amount of knowledge you posses about melons, O'Neill…'
'What? I do know stuff, T.' Jack responded.

Teal'c didn't say anything, and Jack kneeled down and took out his knife.

'Well, at least we have something to quench our thirst on our walk...'