"She's not a god you know." Daniel said to the stoic Jaffa that had him treed. "If she was don't you think she'd do something about being a dog?"
"She prefers this form." The smaller Jaffa finally growled.
"Right," Daniel chuckled "I'm sure a Goa'uld loves eating mice and picking ticks out of her fur."
"Quiet!"
Daniel opened his toothy jaw to reply but was cut off by the sound of a high pitched barking. The Jaffa stood and started to leave. The Prime turned and looked at Daniel one last time.
"You're in luck, Fox." He growled. "If I were you I'd take this opportunity to run as far as you can. That way I can enjoy hunting you down, and you can have a few more days to live."
"Thanks." Daniel replied sarcastically.
The Prime curled his muzzle to show off his impressive canine teeth and then trotted off into the forest. Daniel didn't wait long to jump down out of the tree. He knew that Qetesh was calling them to the giant tree. However after his flight from the Jaffa wolves he wasn't exactly sure where the tree was anymore.
Daniel went in the direction that the Jaffa had left in, but quickly got lost. Exhausted both physically and mentally he closed his eyes for a brief moment. Suddenly Qetesh's perfume like odour came to his attention. Closing his eyes had focused his brain on his new keener sense of smell.
Experimenting Daniel put his nose to the ground and sniffed. Not only had Qetesh left her scent, but the musky odour of the Jaffa also blazed a trail through the woods. Daniel took off along the new path at a lopping run so that he could keep his nose on the scent.
When he was almost to the clearing around the tree he heard Teal'c roar in obvious fury. Daniel rushed forward and burst into the clearing. He had expected to see Teal'c cutting the Jaffa down with his staff weapon. However he was fighting against the Prime using his staff as a blunt weapon.
"Good dog..." Jack said nervously.
Jack was completely unarmed and backed up against the tree. The Jaffa wolf was enjoying snarling and snapping at his captive.
"Jack!" Daniel cried when he saw that the Jaffa was bunching up his muscles to leap at him.
Distracted by the sudden bark the Jaffa turned his attention away from his prey. Daniel rushed into the fray, putting himself between Jack and the wolf. Trying his hardest to look threatening Daniel arched his back, and bristled his fur while exposing his sharp teeth.
The Jaffa laughed at the aggressive display. With a lightening fast motion he stepped forward and swung his heavy head at Daniel with his powerful neck. Daniel was easily knocked off his paws and into the tree by the unexpected blow.
As he got back to his feet Daniel heard Jack cry out in pain. Reorienting himself he found that the Jaffa had sunk his teeth into Jack's thigh and didn't seem to have any plans of letting go. Daniel snarled and leapt up onto the large wolf's back. He bit into the back of the Jaffa's neck. He only had a mouth full of the wolf's thick gruff, but he bit down as hard as he could and pulled up.
Enraged the Jaffa let Jack go and turned his attention to the nuisance on his back. The Jaffa managed to buck Daniel off and threw him once more to the ground. Knowing that he couldn't defeat the wolf in a fair fight Daniel laid in the dirt with his eyes closed, pretending to more injured than he was. The Jaffa stood over him and chuckled.
"My Mistress will enjoy having your hide as a rug."
The arrogant Jaffa laughed again. Daniel opened one eye a slit to see the wolf's exposed throat. With as much strength as he could muster he lashed out at the Jaffa's throat and clamped down on it. The Jaffa reared back and struggled violently to shake off his attacker.
Daniel weld his eyes shut, and bit down as hard as he could. The Jaffa fought to free himself by rolling and kicking. Eventually his efforts began to grow weaker. Daniel was so focused on not letting go that it took him a while to realize that the Jaffa was no longer struggling. He warily opened his eyes and confirmed that the creature was dead before releasing his grip.
Jack had slipped to the ground and was doing his best to stem the blood flow from his bite. Concerned Daniel stepped over the dead Jaffa to help. Teal'c suddenly towered in front of him with his bloodied staff weapon raised over his head. Daniel stared up at him like a deer caught in headlights.
"Teal'c!" Jack called out. "Stop!"
"He is coming to attack you." Teal'c growled.
"He saved my life."
Teal'c thought about this for a moment while looked down murderously at Daniel. No longer having the strength to run away Daniel simply waited for Teal'c to decide. After a moment he lowered his weapon and tilted his head to Daniel in respect.
Jack struggled to sit up straighter and looked around.
"Teal'c?" Jack said slowly. "...where's Carter?"