Before Ba'al was even out of the room, the entire city began to shake. The movement sent all present in the control room to their knees apart from Sam and Jack, who stood frozen in place.

"The hell is going on?" Shepphard asked, attempting to rise to his feet; the colony continued to shake, preventing him from getting up.

Jack and Sam began moving, walking past their friends with distant looks in their eyes. They ignored the queries as they passed the fallen soldiers, walking out of the room.

-Where are we going?

Haven't the slightest idea, sir.

-Why are we going there?

Dunno.

-Why is everything shaking?

Don't know.

-Jeese, Sam, since when don't you know everything?

It might be shaking because the Sangraal is here.

-Good point.

See, even if I don't know everything I can come up with a good excuse.

-Well, then you can stick around for awhile.

Gee thanks.

He smiled sheepishly at her before looking around. The city had gone dark and they were amazed that they weren't running into things yet.

After a few more minutes of walking, they found themselves in total darkness in a part of the city that hadn't been explored by any teams yet. It was unfamiliar to them, not even ringing any bells from the knowledge the Ancients had left them with. They seemed to have arrived at their destination; there was no longer a weird tugging sensation in their brains telling them where to go.

-Suppose this is it then?

Guess so.

-So, any ideas yet?

Nothing besides the grail. Why don't you get it out, at least?

-Sounds good. He pulled the grail out of his pocket; the little red stone was practically glowing. Its introduction to the air of the room caused a number of things to light up. Something began whirring from under a layer of dust.

Merlin's quarters?

-Sure.

It'd be nice if Morgan were here, maybe tell us what to do.

-Yeah, that'd be good.

Morgan appeared then, smiling at them. "Thought you might want help."

"Just thinking about you, actually," Jack smiled.

"I'm sure you were."

"What're we supposed to do?" Sam asked, mind on task. Morgan pointed at the whirring contraption; it didn't stop, but it settled down significantly. Jack walked over, holding the grail in front of him, and began examining the device. Sam joined him a few seconds later.

"You going to help?" Jack asked Morgan after a few seconds had passed without any sudden revelations.

"I am not allowed to interfere."

"You're just allowed to point us in the right direction?"

"Quite literally."

-I'm hating these rules.

They are getting a bit annoying.

-Well, at least we don't have to deal with them just yet.

Just yet.

-Let's not think about that part.

Sam smiled at him in response before redirecting his attention to the device below them. Try it in that little indentation.

-What little indentation?

That one. She pointed to the little nook on the device she was talking about and he pushed the grail at it, twisting and spinning it around till it fit in place. The whirring immediately stopped, and the city stopped shaking.

The segment of the city they were in seemed to break off from the rest, sinking down beneath the waves. "What's going on?" Jack asked, turning to Morgan, but she just shrugged and disappeared with the shake of her head.

-Great, just great. Does that mean she doesn't know, or that she can't tell us?

Maybe she doesn't know and couldn't tell us if she did.

-Really not liking their little rule-book.

Agreed.

There was a single window through which they could clearly see the water as they passed through. Fish, big and small, passed by giving the sinking room wary looks. It seemed like they'd been falling forever when they finally started to see plant life, indicating that they were nearing the bottom.

-Next time we're here I'm going fishing.

How are you thinking about fishing now

-Sorry, but look at those fish!

"Ugh," Sam groaned.

After a few more minutes of slow descent, they finally hit the bottom. To their horror, the door to the compartment burst open. Jack held his hand to his head as all the possible ways they could die flashed through Sam's brain.

-You're too smart for your own good. She didn't get a chance to respond because the water had stopped a few feet in front of them, the same way the fire had stopped only this time they didn't have to hold up their hands.

Not smart enough to figure all this stuff out.

-Well, you're still better at thinking than I am.

Thank you? She wasn't sure if it should be a compliment.

The pair of them walked towards the door, their little protected bubble moving around them. Outside it was incredibly dark, the only light seemed to come from the grail that was still glowing from behind them. What they could see of the ocean floor was dark and tinted with red because their only light happened to come from a red stone. There was a path between the wet plants that were taller than either of them; it led to what could only be described as a hatch on the bottom of the sea.

-This just gets weirder and weirder.

You can say that again.

-This just- - -

Shut up, sir. He smirked at her, and they walked over to the hatch.

- - -

"What the hell was that?" Shepphard asked, finally getting to his feet. Though the city had stopped shaking a few minutes ago nobody had moved for fear of falling down again.

"Where did they go?" Daniel asked, taking a few steps down the hall Sam and Jack had walked down.

"Dr. Weir, you should see this!" One of the technicians from the control center called down to them.

"What is it?" Weir ran up the stairs and looked up at the map of the city. It looked as though a small chunk of the city, located at the far wing, had broken off and fallen into the ocean. Inside, two lights alerted them all that there were two people in the room that was sinking deeper each second.

So I went back and read some of the other chapter while trying to figure out what to put in this chapter and I managed to confuse myself about who was thinking what while Sam and Jack 'talk'. Therefore, you'll have noticed, I put dashes (-) in front of everything Jack thinks when it gets to be a long thing of thought-dialogue-stuff. If it helps, let me know, if it doesn't, let me know; we'll figure something out :)

Also should apologize for the wait, had a bit of writers block - thanks much. mak:)