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You all probably thought I was dead. I haven't updated in forever, and I'm really sorry! I promise to update more on a regular basis. So, as always, I don't own anything. Enjoy the story! It starts in Sam's POV.

"How the hell did you get here?"

My statement rang through the small room clearly, the scratching and hissing at the door already receding. I stepped further into the room, staring at the group of people scattered throughout the room expectantly.

Colonel Zhukov stepped forward a faint smile present on his face, "Major Carter, Teal'c. It is good to see you again. And as for you question, we came through the stargate."

My eyebrows jumped higher at the statement, "The stargate?"

A woman stepped forward, "Yes. We were briefed by Colonel O'Neill, and decided to contact the Tok'ra." She paused, and I broke into her recollection of events.

"I take it Colonel O'Neill informed you that the Tok'ra had felt with these aliens before?"

She nodded, "Yes. After they were informed, we took two teams, connected the DHD, and traveled to an uninhabited planet. The DHD was then detached, and we dialed earth."

My eyes had lit up as she spoke, and I finished her story with relish, "And since your stargate didn't have precedence without the DHD rerouting incoming travelers, you were sent here. That's incredible!" I paused, processing her story again, "Wait, you said two teams." I did a quick head count. Four of them. That's only one team, so obviously something wasn't adding up, "Where's your other team?"

"We split up. They're securing the other half of the base."

I nodded, tilting my head toward the door. By then, all of the noises had ceased. Meaning either they had run away, or they had died from lack of an incubator. Either one was fine with me. But the former meant we needed to find Dani and Colonel O'Neill even more urgently. The offspring had hatched, and everyone who was captured was in danger. Which was, well, everyone except for us. And maybe my father (I hoped) and Anise (I didn't really care). But, even if they did escape, we only had 11 people free. We were in deep, deep shit. I sighed. Great, now I was picking up on the colonel's way of speaking. One more thing to add to the list of issues with the universe.

"…everyone got that? Alright, let's move out."

Crap. As the door was open and he hallway cleared, I leaned over to Teal'c, "So, uh, what's the plan?"

I got a weird look for that question, but he responded to my inquiry anyways, "We have decided to split up to locate and rescue as many prisoners as possible."

And while he said this without any discernible emotion, I noticed a crease in between his eyebrows, "You don't agree?"

Hesitating, he shifted his weight slightly between his feet, "I… am unsure. I understand that this plan is indeed formulated upon an intelligent goal, but I believe that our group will weaken as we divide."

I could understand his hesitation, but as I had no other plan, I couldn't exactly rebuke the current one, "Teal'c, I don't think their's anything else we can do. This is the quickest way to free everyone."

He nodded, saying nothing.

I heaved a sigh and gripped my gun and knife (the stupid force-shields had negated the gun I had worked on so hard, so I had to carry the knife), "Okay, let's go."

We ran out of the room, clearing hallways and room methodically. It was extremely strange. We found nothing. At all. We just went from room to room, hallway to hallway, and waved our weapons around uselessly. I was actually bored, during an alien invasion! That was pathetic. Actually, that wasn't pathetic. The fact that Teal'c was bored was pathetic. He actually told me it, straight up. Well, sort of.

"This search has debilitated my concentration level greatly."

I froze, turned around, and blinked at him a few seconds, flipping back to 8th grade english class. I almost laughed out loud.

"Teal'c, are you saying that you're bored?"

He gave one of those almost-smiles of his, and turned away, "I said nothing of the sort."

I grinned and began walking alongside him. I opened my mouth to ask him something, but I hesitated. How would he react if I asked him about that? Okay, stupid question. I knew how he would react, but would he give me the answer I wanted? And how was I supposed to approach him about it? Hey Teal'c, what do you think about your only family crumbling apart and bickering like children 24-7 and completely ignoring our feelings on the matter because they're too stubborn? Ya, that would go over well. Sarcastic internal comments aside, the only logical answer was to just come out with it. Teal'c didn't sugar coat anything, so why should I?

"Um… hey." Oh, great way to sound confident, Sam.

He glanced over at me, confirming he had heard me with his patent raised eyebrow.

"How do you…" I sighed and rephrased my question, "Do you think Dani and the colonel will work it out? I mean, I know they have in the past, like when Colonel O'Neill went undercover, and when we had the Enkaren incident, but this is different. It's not a difference of opinion between them, it's a symbiote! I don't know if the four of us will have the same relationship after this. Everything is changing, and way too fast for my liking."

He stopped scanning the hallway and turned his full attention to me, "Major Carter, Danielle Jackson and O'Neill have always had differing opinions, and we have stayed the same. This will always be true, however 'bull headed' our team members may be." He placed his hand on my forearm comfortingly. It helped ground me to the situation. I was military! I couldn't get distracted from my duty by worrying. It would be against everything I had ever trained for. I needed to get my butt into gear.

"Alright." I said steadily, "Thank you, Teal'c."

"You are most welcome, Major Carter."

I gave a flicker of a smile and opened the next available door. I gasped as I entered, "Dani? Colonel?"

Okay, so in retrospect, maybe that wasn't the best conclusion. I was still a little bit stressed out (alright, a lot), and I drew on the two people I knew most. But I think Dani would be offended that I had assumed it was her from the back of Siler and Anise's heads (frankly, I think that assuming Anise was Danielle was worse than assuming Siler was her). I shook my head swiftly to escape my strange thoughts and stepped further into the room, studying the scene in front of me. By the looks of their lovely hairdos, they had just woken up. Anise gave no emotional response to our appearance, as usual, just tilted her head.

"Hello. Have you found any other person or Tok'ra, or are you the only ones who are awake?" She said it like we were useless pains in her mikta. Truth be told, we usually were, but still. A little rude.

"Indeed we have. Major Ferreti, Eytan, Martouf, and four members of the country Russia's SG team."

Her eyebrows raised, "Where are they?"

Teal'c gave no verbal response. He merely reached into his pocket and pulled out a radio. I looked at the very small pocket on his shirt. How on Earth did he fit the radio in there? It was almost reminiscent of the old movie Mary Poppins, with her magical purse. And with the image of Teal'c holding a lacy umbrella and a puffy dress imbedded in my head, I shook that thought away, scolding myself for letting my thought run away again.

When I surfaced from the disturbing thoughts, Teal'c was speaking into the radio, "Colonel Zhukov, do you read?"

"Yes Teal'c. Go ahead."

"We have found two people. One Tok'ra and a sergeant " Speaking of which, the latter had gone from sitting with his head between his knees to looking on at the conversation inquisitively. A good sign, we could probably get moving soon.

"Should we meet you at the rendezvous point?"

"Indeed. Teal'c out."

He put the radio back into his pocket and turned back to the rest of us, "Colonel Zhukov will alert the other's in our group of this development. We have to go to the commissary."

I nodded, "Alright. Siler, you up for this?"

He gave a short nod, and accepted a hand up from Teal'c, "Ya. I'm just REALLY glad you guys got here when you did."

Translation: Thank God you guys got here soon because I was going to punch Anise after being stuck in a dream world with only her for a few hours.

I almost laughed at that, but settled for an amused smile, "Me too. Ready?"

With nods of consent all around, I gestured for Teal'c to lead the way. Well, we had two more people to add to the list of allies. I guess that's a start.

NOTE 2:

Hello! Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed it. I already have the plot for the rest of the story ready, I just have to write it. I am estimating 3 more chapters, and that includes the epilogue. So, please review, criticize, suggest, or correct any of my mistakes! Thanks! Oh, and to the person who suggested I go onto Gate forum to discuss story lines, I'm not sure how, so you may just have to post on my story or please tell me how. I'm really sorry! Oh, and I should probably thank everyone who reviewed, which includes EvilTheLast, Roeskva, HathorGirl, and all anonymous reviewers. Thank you guys! So, until next time.