Disclaimer: Oh so not mine.
AN: I know I normally put this stuff on the bottom, but I wanted to apologize first for not getting this up sooner. Having the flu sucks. All I've done this week is sleep. And I wanted you to know you have all been great with review's and I have tried to apply what you have said. This chapter is short, because my head is not quite back to normal yet. But I had to give you all something. Though I'm not sure if I like the way this turned out. Oh well, hopefully over the weekend I can get more written. (If my headache will cooperate.)
Thank you so much for sticking with me. If you like, let me know. Hope you enjoy :-)
As he sat and stared at the wall's around him he thought about all the other times he and his friends had been in these kinds of situations. About all the times the Goa'uld had held them captive. All the times they had snuck onto a Goa'uld ship, been caught, and then been held captive. About every time they had escaped. All the times they had been hurt in the process of trying to escape. The thought of being captured didn't bother him so much as the getting hurt part. He himself didn't mind getting hurt as long as he could keep his friends safe. It didn't seem like that was going to happen this time.
His friend was stretched out next to him sleeping. When they had been captured both had been hit over the head pretty good. Maybe sleeping with a head injury wasn't the smartest thing in the world, but hey, they were first on the list to be executed in the morning. They had come to the conclusion that they really didn't have much to lose. 'Though losing this headache would be a start'. He thought as he closed his eyes for a minute.
Thinking back to the moment they stepped through the Gate, to the moment they had been trapped by the natives, he tried to remember if there was anything he had missed. Any sign that would have told him they shouldn't be here. But there was nothing. He couldn't think of a single thing that would have indicated they had gone where they weren't aloud to be. For cryin' out loud, it wasn't like there were any No Trespassing signs posted.
Not being able to do anything to get out of a bad situation was one thing. Something he had come to realize happens from time to time. He didn't like it but he could live with it. But the knowledge that there was nothing that could be done to get out of a bad situation was something else entirely. How do you even begin to process that you can't do anything to save yourself. Worse yet, your best friend.
He stared at the door when he heard the sound of men marching towards their cell. Not for the first time he wished that there was something he could do. He looked down at his friend and before he shook his shoulder to wake him, he thought to himself,
'I'm so sorry Jack'.
The way back to the structure where their teammates had vanished seemed to take forever. Sam had thought getting to the Gate was hard, but retuning was worse. She felt like it was taking too long, that they wouldn't get where they needed to be in time. Whether you have Marine, Army, or Air Force behind you, it didn't matter. With that many people you're going to move a little slower. They had moved at a fast pace for close to an hour before they stopped for a water break. Sam and Teal'c moved off to the side to be able to talk with each other without anyone else interrupting.
"We need to hurry Teal'c. I don't know why but I have this feeling that we're on a time table. If we don't get there before it runs out," She stopped and looked at Teal'c to see if he understood what she didn't want to say. Teal'c didn't reply with words. All he did was nod his head. He then turned and told everyone to get up. And with that they were moving again.
It took another hour and fifteen minutes to get to the structure. Sam quickly explained what they thought had happened and where they had searched before. All the teams split up and started a grid pattern search like Sam and Teal'c had previously. Hoping that they would find some clue as to where the missing men had gone. It didn't take long for the morning to start lighting the sky. The SG Teams were pleased that wouldn't need their flashlight's soon. Nobody knew what was in store for their missing friends when that sun rose, or else they would have been glad to keep using their flashlights.