Status: Complete
Pairings: N/A
Category: Werewolf!Daniel,
Genre: Action, Adventure, Supernatural,
Rating: Teen
Summary: After a run-in with Ceridwen, Daniel becomes the Lycan Guardsman of Earth. But is there something else behind all this?
Size: 9,735 words
Warnings: Some mild violence
Notes: Set between season 2 and 3.
Series/Sequels: N/A
Updated: October 15, 2013
Chapter Two: Return to the Fold
"How many times have I told Daniel not to touch anything without knowing what it is?" Jack grumbled as SG-1 made its way back to the altar. Poking it with his toe, Jack continued. "Remind me to next time place a leash on his neck."
"I don't think that would work, sir."
Turning around, Jack opened his mouth to argue with her when another flash lit up the ruins. Jack spun, bringing up his gun to check what was behind him. He immediately rushed over to the altar when he saw the crumpled form of his friend lying on the stone.
"Daniel!" He reached out to check Daniel's pulse and sighed when he found one. "Carter, check him over." Sam swung her gun over her shoulder and began to check for any injuries that might be hidden from view. "Teal'c did you see anything?"
"I did not, O'Neill." Kneeling, the Jaffa picked up something from the ground. Brushing the dirt off with hiss thumb, he brought the small object close to his face.
"What is it Teal'c?" Jack asked, leaning over his shoulder.
"I believe it to be a pendant." The small object was barely an inch high.
"Colonel, Daniel's fine as far as I can tell. But I think we should take him back to the SGC to see if anything happened to him that we can't see." Sam piped up.
"Okay. Teal'c, would you do the honors?"
Placing the pendant in his pocket, Teal'c went over and draped the unconscious scholar over his shoulders in a fireman's carry.
"I think the Doc is going to be pissed." Jack muttered as they made their way back to the Stargate.
"Why?" Sam asked.
"I told her that we wouldn't be back in her infirmary after we saved the planet a month ago." Jack told his second in command.
"Ouch."
The beeping sound was the first thing Daniel heard as he slowly drifted back to conscious. I must be back in the infirmary. He thought. Cracking open his eyes, he looked around. Daniel could see a group of people off to the side, talking in low voices so as not to bother him.
"Hello?" He croaked out. One of the figures turned to look at him; it was Jack.
"Hey, Daniel, How are you feeling?" He asked as the group came over.
"Uhh, my head hurts along with my body." He said. It was true. His body felt like it was on fire. A painful sensation filled his senses. Trying to sit up, the pain increased. "What happened?" He flinched when Doctor Fraiser passed the penlight over his eyes. "Can you stop?"
"Sorry. Normal medical procedure as you should know by now." The petite doctor replied, continuing checking her patient. He growled at her. Finishing the doctor left to phone the general.
"We don't know, Daniel. One second, you're with us, the next, you're gone after the bright flash of light." Sam told him.
"Do you remember anything after you disappeared on us?" Jack asked him.
Thinking, Daniel closed his eyes. There were brief flashes but nothing that he could really grasp. "I remember images and some things but I don't really remember."
"Perhaps you would understand better if you saw this, Daniel Jackson." Teal'c held out his hand and gently placed the object on the bed. Daniel picked it up. It was a small pendant.
It was a black and red Phoenix, its wings unfurling as it rose from the platinum fire that encircled the Phoenix. Eight symbols decorated the edges with a small white stone held within the wings of the legendary bird.
""Do you know what it means." Sam asked.
"I think I have seen these symbols before," Daniel said pointing at the outer ones and the one in the middle. "The Phoenix of course was believed to be a symbol of rebirth, one of life after death. Others believed it to be a spiritual rebirth; a changing in one's view and beliefs after a life-changing event."
"Well, I think Daniel needs to rest." SG-1 faced the doctor as she walked out from her office, clearly done with talking Hammond. "The general wants to see you in the briefing room in ten minutes."
Daniel smiled as Janet ushered his friends out the door. He pulled the cloth over his face when she gave him a pointed look. She walked away, her heels clicking along the floor. Closing his eyes, he drifted off to sleep.