This chapter takes place around 'Sights Unseen'.
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Sam was stretched out on the couch. Daniel was away at a village council meeting again. He had been reluctant to leave because he was afraid Sam had an off world version of the flu. Sam hadn't told him what she thought the real reason was.
Lately, she had been extremely tired and nauseated. Most importantly, she was now two months late. All signs pointed to her finally being pregnant. She hadn't told Daniel yet because she didn't want to get his hopes up if she really was just sick. At the moment, she was working up the energy to go and see Tayan to tell her the good news.
She didn't need to. There was a knock on the door and Tayan walked in. Her eyes widened in concern upon seeing Sam on the couch. "Are you alright, Samantha?" she asked, hurrying over to Sam's side.
Sam sat up. "I was just working the energy to go and see you. I have good news. I think I'm pr-with child."
Tayan grinned. "I told you all you had to do was pray to Chiconahui and she would bless you with a child. Have you told Dahnyel yet?"
Sam shook her head. "I wasn't sure. Daniel just thought I had something we call the flu and he didn't want to leave for the three days the council meetings take."
"He will be home by midday, will he not?" asked Tayan. Sam nodded. "Tell him when he arrives."
"I intended to, but--"
"He will be thrilled. This is something you both have wanted," argued Tayan. "Come." Tayan helped Sam up and they both went outside. "Wait for him and--"
"Wait for who?" 'Speak of the devil.'
"You," answered Sam, turning to see her husband.
"Oh." His brow furrowed in confusion. "Why?"
Sam looked at Tayan, who nodded. "I have something to tell--" but she was interrupted by a wild shouting from one of the younger men.
"Kaluck has caught intruders!" he cried. "Four of them! Clad in strange clothes. They are defenseless, come and see!" It was one of the tactics of the villages. Taunt and jeer those that have beencaptured so that they know the village has no love for them and will do anything to make them miserable. Any kindness shown will be punished.
Curiously, the three of them walked toward the center of the village where the prisoners were. When they finally got a view, Sam and Daniel had to prevent themselves from rushing over, for the four intruders were SG-1.
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"The planet appears to be quite safe. The atmosphere is almost identical to Earth's and can full support human life, so we may find signs of civilization within the first day," said Sue. "The area surrounding the gate seemes to be like what one would expect to find in or near an rainforest, though not so...wet."
"Anything else we should know before you go?" asked Hammond.
"No, sir. That's all we really need to know," she replied.
"Alright. Be in the embarkation room in forty-five minutes," Hammond ordered.
SG-1 arrived in the gateroom just as forty-five minutes ended. The gate began to whir to life as Harriman announced the chevrons locking into place.
"Chevron seven locked," he finally announced and the wormhole shot out and stablized.
"Good luck SG-1," said Hammond from the control room.
Colonel O'Neill gave a mini salute and SG-1 walked through the horizon, materializing seconds later. O'Neill looked around. "Which way?" he asked Sue.
"Um, I'd guess to the left of the gate," she replied.
He nodded. "Alright. Teal'c take pont, I'll watch your six."
They hadn't gone twenty yards when Teal'c stopped, his hand raised in a fist. Suddenly, about a doen natives jumped out from behind random things they had found in the forest and surrounded the team. One of them said, "Drop your weapons. Translate my words if necessary. Any resistance will be met with death."
Sue noticed he was speaking a Goa'uld/Spanish dialect depite his fair appearance. "Sir," she said, "he said to drop our weapons or he'd kill us,"
O'Neill grumbled something angrily but complied. Teal'c Jonas, and Sue followed suit. The man motioned for them to follow him.
Two miles and a half and hour later, a small village came into view. "Go and tell the villagers that we have captured four intruders," he ordered one of the younger people of the group. He nodded and raced off.
As they approached the village, a crowd had begun to gather, threatening or jeering the four teammates. The man had them roughly thrown into one of the huts and locked it from the outside. "We will constantly be keeping you under guard," the man warned. "Do not even consider escape."
Great,' thought Sue, 'just great.'
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Sam and Daniel watched helplessly as their former were led away and locked in one of the huts reserved for such incidences. Already though, a plan began forming in Sam's mind that would both free their teammates and get them back home to Earth.
"Come on," she whispered to Daniel, pulling him away. Tayan wordlessly followed. Once out of earshot of the crowd and Sam stopped. Motioning Tayan to come closer, she asked, "Do you trust me?"
Confused, Tayan said, "Yes, of course I do. Why?"
"We know those poeple. Thy're our people," replied Sam. "I'm asking you if you trust me because I need you to trust them."
Understanding flashed through Tayan's eyes, "And you want me to help you free them."
Sam nodded. "I have a plan, but it's risky. Kaluck would suspect us if they were to disappear, so we;d have to return home with them."
"I have one condition," said Tayan. "I will only help you if you promise to let me go to your homeland with you."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," said Daniel. "No one has asked me what I thought about all of this."
"Daniel, we've done riskier things. Besides, you haven't heard my plan yet," Sam pointed out.
"Sam, I'm with you no matter what, it's just that I haven't been asked my opinion yet."
"Okay, what do you think?" asked Sam.
"We free the team and go back to Earth," said Daniel.
Sam rolled her eyes. "Okay, here's what I had in mind..."
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Later that night, Tayan, Sam, and Daniel approached the hut that contained SG-1. There were two guards standing on each side of the door. As the three-some came forward, both guards moved to completely stand in front of it.
"Halt," one of them commanded.
"I am a Healer. I request to be let in to make sure the prisoners do not carry any ailments that might harm our people," said Tayan.
The guard stood there, angrily grinding his teeth. "Why are they here?" he asked smugly, motioning to Sam and Daniel.
"They were the only people I could find willing to help me," Tayan replied smoothly.
Finding nothing else to really harrass her about, the guard reluctantly let them in. Sam was first to enter. Not even two steps in and she was caught and restrained; it was Teal'c judging by the constricting grip. Despite that, it took all of Sam's will power not to yelp in surprise. Judging by other movements, she could tell that Tayan and Daniel were restrained similarly.
"Teal'c," she half croaked, half whispered.
"How do you know my name?" he growled.
"It's me," she stuttered. "Sam." It felt odd to be speaking English again.
She felt his grip instantly relax. "Major Carter?"
"Carter?" Jack's voice. "How? Where's Daniel?"
"Here Jack," moaned Daniel. "You elbowed me rather hard in the nose."
"What?!" hissed another voice, female. "You're telling me that right here in front of me right now are the two people--"
"Not now Kelly," warned Jack.
"Look," whispered Sam. "We have a plan to help you escape."
"Wait one second," said Jack. There were a couple muffled protests from Daniel and the sound of someone shuffling nearer. "That's better," said Jack, sounding a lot closer. He found her arm and gripped it tightly as if to confirm her being real. "Anyway, who's your friend?"
"Huh? Oh, Tayan," answered Sam. "Anyway, I figured that if Tayan called the guards in for assistance, they couldn't say no or give her a hard time so they'd have to come it."
"Carter," growled Jack.
"I'm getting there, sir," said Sam impatiently. "When they come in, preferably Teal'c and someone else are going to knock them unconcious. Then we're going to try and sneak out and head to the gate."
"That simple?" Jack asked sarcastically.
"Pretty much, sir," Sam replied. "Is everyone ready?"
"Hold on," said Jack. He let go of her arm and she heard him shuffling over to the door. She assumed Teal'c was at the door already. She found Tayan's arm and tapped it. "Now," she whispered.
"Guard," Tayan caleed, "we need a little bit of help. Can you and your friend come and help us?"
They heard an angry grumbling outside and the two guards entered. Jack and Teal'c took them out quickly and quietly.
"Sir, you're going to have to take us to the gate," Sam said.
"Right," replied Jack. "T, remember how to get there?"
"Indeed."
It wasn't hard to sneak out of the camp because all of the people were alseep thinking the guards were guarding the prisoners. Only Sam, Daniel, and Tayan were constantly on the alert as they raced through the forest; they knew things were in the forest that would gladly devour a person or two. Luckily, they made it to the gate without a problem, except that it took a lot longer because of the dark. Sue dialed the gate. while the man, Jonas Quinn stood by, ready to enter the IDC.
Sam swore. "We were so close. So close and we just gave up."
"Yeah, uh, Sam?" asked Daniel. "What did you want to tell me earlier?"
"Nothing," replied Sam. " Right now, getting home is more important." The gate activated and the wormhole stablized. Tayan stared at it in awe.
"What about her?" Jack asked, motioning to Tayan.
"If she stayed here, she'd be shamed and possibly killed for treason against her people," said Sam. "I thought she could come with us and be offered asylum. Besides, she hates life here. These people can be worse than the Shavadi."
"Ah. Say no more," said Jack. "Let's go."
The seven of them, Sam leading a fightened Tayan, walked through the gate and rematerialized seconds later on the other side.
"Colonel O'Neill, what is going on?" demanded Hammond, walking into the embarkation room. "You are twelve hours late."
"That's because the people there took them prisoner," explained Sam, stepping out from behind Teal'c. Daniel and Tayan followed, Tayan gripping Sam's shoulders.
"Major Carter? Doctor Jackson? How--Who's your friend?" Hammond stuttered.
"Yes, sir, it's us, and this is Tayan," replied Sam. Switching to Spanish, Sam told Tayan who everybody was. Tayan released her deathgrip and smiled shyly. Back in English, Sam explained, "Tayan was the only woman besides me who hated the fact that men were completely dominant. And especially now, when she'd be considered a traitor, I thought we could repay her by offering her asylum."
"I'll think about it," replied Hammond. "Go on to the infirmary."
"We're going to see the Healer here," Sam explained to Tayan, who perked up slightly.
Janet had to do a double-take when the seven people entered the infirmary. She walked over, as if in a daze, and pulled Sam and Daniel into a tight hug. "How?" was all she could ask.
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An hour later, everyone except Sue and Jonas was trying to get Sam and Daniel to tell them what had happened. Sam and Daniel kept refusing because it was a very long story and they only wanted to tell it once. It also didn't help that Sam was unusually irriated and fairly tired. Finally, a nurse called Janet to her office to look at the results.
"So, how were they worse than the Shavadi?" asked Jack.
Daniel answered, "Because the Shavadi at least listened to reason. The more Sam refused to be submissive, the angrier they got. Most of their laws conflicted anyway. One of my favorites was that it was okay for a man to rape a woman, but the woman would be beaten, either for betraying her husband or not being married to the man."
"Fun," Jack commented.
Daniel noticed the odd expressions Sue and Jonas were giving Jack. "What?" he asked.
"Nothing," said Sue. "It's just that...everything is different now that you're back. Everyone is less tense and angry. No one's glaring at me anymore either," she commented dryly.
"Why would people be glaring at you?" asked Daniel. "You seem nice enough."
"Because when you disappeared, me and a friend became the new members of SG-1. No one would talk to us. They always gave us the cold shoulder, but still expected us to try and talk with them. And, with all due respect, sir, but even you did the same thing," Sue replied, looking pointedly at the colonel.
"Yeah, I realied that too late for your friend," Jack admitted quietly.
"Why?" asked Sam. She had a reassuring arm around Tayan's shoulders. Earlier, just before they had walked in to the infirmary, Sam had told Tayan that if Janet wanted to talk to Sam about the baby, then Tayan would tell Daniel. That was preferable because Sam wanted Daniel to be told, just not by Janet. It wasn't that Sam was angry or anything at Janet, but since Janet was more than likely to pull Sam away to talk about the baby, Sam thought it just be better that someone tell him if she didn't have enough time to before she and Janet had "the talk." Luckily, Tayan happily agreed.
"I was an ass," said Jack bluntly.
Sam glared at him and turned to Sue. "Ter, died," Sue said. "Ascended actually," she added as an after thought.
Daniel was about to ask whether or not "ascended" had anything to do with the Ancients, but Jonas interrupted. "It was my fault. Captain Roland saved my planet from being completely destroyed by a bomb made of naquadria."
"Naquadah?" interjected Sam.
"No, the word 'naquadah' already in it was there, too. It is definitely 'naquadria,'" said Jonas.
Any more conversation was cut off as Janet walked over, looking at the results in concern. "Well, you are in fact Samantha Carter and Daniel Jackson. There's just one thing. Could I speak with Sam in my office?" she asked, glancing up.
Sam nodded and stood up, exchanging a silent message with Tayan before following Janet.
Janet closed her office door and sat down behind her desk, motioning that Sam take a seat as well.
"Sam," Janet began, almost uneasily, "while on the planet, were you sexually active with any of the natives? I can understand how you might have, considering it probably looked like you wouldn't be coming back here."
"Janet, I already know I'm pregnant," said Sam irritably.
"You still didn't answer my question," retorted Janet.
"No. The father is Daniel," Sam said.
"Daniel?" asked Janet in shock.
"Yes, but please don't...Tayan's going to tell him--"
"Daniel?"
"Yes, Janet," said Sam impatiently. "We--"
"Daniel." Janet still had to get her mind around the fact that Sam and Daniel--
"Yes. We alreadly established the fact that Daniel is the father," said Sam, fighting the urge to slap Janet out of it.
"Yeah, but--"
"I swear, Janet. If you say 'Daniel' one more time..." threatened Sam.
"Was it forced?" asked Janet weakly.
"No. We've been married--I guess you could call it--for over a year. We've been trying but I never got pregnant, so we thought that one of us might be sterile. I think that Daniel has almost given up on being a father," said Sam.
"This is the last thing I expected," said Janet.
"You knew I liked him," Sam pointed out. Then something occured to her. "Have you saved Sha're yet?"
Janet hardly heard the question. "She-she's saved. She tried to kill Jack so Teal'c shot her."
"Oh no," gasped Sam. "Poor Daniel."
"I'm just surprised that he...remarried, even though he thought Sha're was still alive," said Janet.
Sam shook her head. "He told me that he still cared for her but she wasn't me."
Janet smiled. "That''s pretty Daniel-like."
They began discussing how they could tell Daniel about Sha're, if he hadn't asked anyone else yet.
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Tayan waited a few minutes after Sam left to tell Daniel. She was feeling very uncomfortable at the moment because she couldn't understand a word anyone was saying, Well, not true, she had picked a few words up from having things translated by Sam.
Finally, she tapped Daniel's arm to get his attention.
"What?" he asked gently. Tayan never wanted to talk to him unless it was important, so he figured this time was no different and he might want to listen.
"Samantha wished me to tell you what 'nothing' means," she whispered.
Daniel was intent now. "What does it mean?" he asked, though not as quietly.
Tayan glanced at the others nervously before replying. "She wanted you to know that she is with child."
"W-what?" he stuttered, unintentionally switching to English. Everyone was looking at him curiously. "Sh-sh-what?" he said again weakly.
"What's wrong?" Jack asked in concern.
"Not nothing," replied Daniel.
"Huh?"
Daniel shook his head. "Depends on Sam."
"Oookay," said Jack, stretching the word. Daniel was making no sense. Maybe he'd talk comprehensibly about a different subject. "So...did you live up to 'Spacemonkey' on your little trip to the planet after our friend, Camel, sent you off?"
It worked. "Ja-ack," whined Daniel. "That was supposed to be just for after we blew up Apophis's ship."
"Well, you're not talking nonsense anymore," said Jack smugly.
"You'll be doing it too," Daniel warned.
"Right." Just then, Sam and Janet exited the office.
Daniel vaulted off of the bed, startling Tayan, who was sitting next to him, and raced over to Sam.
"Why didn't you say anything?" he demanded. "I take that back. How could you say it was 'nothing'?"
"B-because, getting saving the team and getting home was top priority at the time." said Sam.
Daniel pulled her into a tight hug. "Ugh, Daniel, I still need to breathe," she gasped.
"Sorry."
They walked back, everyone except Tayan looking at them in unconcealed curiousity.
"What was nothing? You two are almost acting like a married couple," Jack commented.
Janet made a coughing noise from her office door. Jack glared at her.
"You really want to know what 'nothing' is?" Sam asked in mock innocence.
"Yes!" replied Jack, throwing his hands up impatiently.
"I'm pregnant with Daniel's baby," said Sam.
"What?!" shouted Jack. "How...I mean I know how but...Daniel?"
"I wouldn't start, sir," called Janet. "I almost got my head bitten off for doing it."
Jack moved his mouth wordlessly, looking like a fish.
No one spoke for a moment then: "Congratulations," rumbled Teal'c.
Sam instantly relaxed. "Thank you."
"Yeah, but now we've got to go and debrief and this'll have to be mentioned," Jack pointed out, regaining his power of speech.
"I know," said Sam. They were going to have a very long debriefing.
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I ended it at this particular spot for two reason: 1) It was getting a wee bit long for one of the chapters of this story and 2) it adds another chapter for me to write.
Please R&R.