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The man that stood in front of them had a burgundy colored robe on that almost touched the floor. He had a golden sash tied around his waist and a gold crown upon his head. He stood there and stared at them in silence for a good minute before Jack couldn't take it anymore. "So, now what."

The second after Jack spoke the man yelled and three of the men in the hall ran in and pointed their spear's at Jack and Daniel. While Daniel glared at him, Jack just grimaced and shrugged his shoulders. The man looked right at Daniel and spoke in a language Daniel couldn't understand. The man tried again. This time he spoke in a different tongue. One that Daniel did understand. Daniel answered him and that started up a conversation between the two.

Jack sat and watched them, wishing the three skirt men would put their spear's down now that their leader was communicating with them. But no such luck seemed to come. After a few minute's of the leader talking with Daniel he barked out an order and the four men left, one locking the door on the way. Once they could no longer hear the echo of the feet Jack turned to Daniel. "So, now what?" Daniel took a deep breath and continued to stare at the door. "Daniel? Hello? Anyone home? What did you and the head honcho guy blabber about?"

This time Daniel turned and looked at Jack. There was something in Daniel's eyes that Jack didn't have the opportunity to see very often. And he considered that a good thing, because what he saw was fear. Daniel didn't do the whole, I'm scared thing. It wasn't him, so for this guy to have put that look in his best friends eyes in less then five minutes? Oh boy were they in trouble. "Daniel, what is it?"

"He said we were trespassing on sacred ground."

"What, the meeting hall thing we were in with all the old rock's?"

"Artifact's. And yes. Though apparently it was more then a meeting hall. It was a Temple."

"And, so, therefore?" Jack had reached the end of his patience. He wanted this to be over. He wanted to be back through the Gate already. He didn't want to have to see that look in Daniel's eyes.

"And, with us being in there we violated their laws. So, we have to be held accountable for what we did." Daniel paused for a minute to take another breath while once again turning to stare at the door. Jack just waited, knowing that what Daniel said would determine what they did next. "Therefore, we're to be executed."

"What. No trial?"

"No trial."

"Didn't you tell him, 'Sorry we didn't mean to, if you let us go we'll never do it again. If you let us go, we'll never come back?"

"Yes Jack, I did. He didn't want to hear it. Seem's their laws are concrete. You know the saying, 'you break it, you buy it?"

"Yeah?"

"Well with these laws it more along the lines of, 'you break it, you pay for it, with your life. No exceptions. Only the guarantee that your life will be forfeit."

"So basically you're saying, ignorance is not an excuse for breaking the law. Right?"

"Exactly."

"Great."

"You want to know something else?"

"Oh yes please, do tell me more." Jack answered as sarcastically as he could. Daniel didn't seem to notice. He still hadn't looked away from the door either.

"Do you remember, when we were in the Temple, and you were playing with the Salepter?"

"Oh don't tell me."

"They apparently still practice that way of life." Daniel said his voice almost devoid of any emotion at all.

"I said, don't tell me." Jack on the other hand had enough emotion to last both of them a week.

"You asked, you said, 'oh yes please, do tell me more.' Besides I just thought you would like to have an idea about how we're going to be executed. Well, I guess it's technically more like sacrificed." Daniel had that awe of talking about other culture's starting to seep into his voice.

"Daniel."

"Jack."

"No more talking. Got it."

"Yes Jack."

There was silence in the cell. Jack trying not to think about being stabbed and bleeding to death, and Daniel was thinking about how many other cultures had similar practices. They sat in silence for a good minute before Jack couldn't take it anymore, "So, now what?"

Sam and Teal'c had been jogging for almost an hour. They still had a mile to go. As they stopped for a break Sam began to wonder yet again if they had done the right thing, "Teal'c, was this the right decision? Should we have stayed and tried harder to find something to indicate what may have happened, or at least a direction that they may have went in?"

"No Major Carter, we have made the right decision. Even if we did know the answer to those questions, we would most likely still need assistance in retrieving O'Neill and Daniel Jackson from those that hold them."

"Your right Teal'c. I just don't like the idea of going back to the Gate when we don't have a clue where they are."

"Do not worry Major Carter. Daniel Jackson has proven time and again that he can take care of himself, as has O'Neill. They will be fine. I am sure of it."

"Right again Teal'c. Daniel's probably already made friends with them and the Colonel, well, he's probably annoying them to no end. Okay let's get going. One more mile to go."

As they set off toward the Stargate they didn't know what faced their teammates. They couldn't have imagined if they tried.

AN: I was going to do one chapter a day but birthday parties for screaming five year old's and babysitting till after midnight does not help me write, let alone think. But I had to get something up for all of you so here it is. Thanks for those who are reading and enjoying, and I hope you like this chapter! :-)