Chapter 5
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"That was so unfair." Jack complained.
"No it wasn't! Not after all the goding you gave me over Teyla."
"Aha! That's her name is it? Teyla?" John glared at him "Pretty name – now don't go getting jealous again" Jack warned.
"I wasn-" John began.
"Yeah yeah, whatever"
"I don't think I like you knowing my feelings." John whined.
"Yeah well I don't like you knowing mine." Jack answered.
"Flashy thing's cool though." John admitted.
"Flashy thing?" Jack questioned.
"It was cool."
"Not with a name like that." Jack replied.
John made a face "Shouldn't we be listening to them?"
"I suppose. I don't really normally."
"That boring?" John asked.
"That boring." Jack answered.
"So what does the device say?" Sam asked Daniel.
"Well there are four sides, obviously, but on each side there is a poem – hence me telling you there are four sides. At least I think thy're poems, each line ends in a rhyme, well it rhymes with the next line, like usual poems."
"Is he normally like this?" John asked at the same time that Teal'c spoke.
"Colonel Carter?"
"Yes Teal'c?"
"Is Daniel Jackson in his right state of mind?"
"Yes Teal'c," Sam replied as Jack struggled to control his laughing, then remembered nobody could hear him and let it out, causing Sheppard to give him a very weird look "He's just had too much coffee."
"Good ol' Danny boy." Jack said, still chuckling.
"Carry on Daniel." Sam said resignedly.
"O-o-ok then! Well I've read all the poems and they're really quite sweet, except for one, but anyways the first one is about love and loyalty, the second is about eternity and being with someone, the third is about a day of happiness, and the fourth and final one – which is the nasty one – is a sort of curse and warning in one. It says what will happen if the wrong person touches the device."
"Hey I just thought of something." John said suddenly.
"Sssh. I want to hear what Daniel's saying." Jack answered.
"I'm not exactly stopping you."
"Sheppard!"
"It says that if the wrong person touches or tries to use the device, then, unless they have 'an eternal partner to whom they share their heart and soul' they will be trapped. Forced to live a half-life somewhere between living and ascension," Daniel said, sobering slightly "That's not good."
"It is not." Teal'c said gravely as the members of sg-1 sat in silence, Daniel reading the rest of the texts, Teal'c with his head bowed and Sam looking glazed at her feet.
"Ok what were you saying?" Jack said to John after a moment of looking anywhere but at his old 2IC.
"The device in Atlantis," John began "It didn't have any writing on it, did it?"
"No." Jack replied watching Sheppard closely.
"And this one doesn't seem to be able to open up, like the one on Atlantis can."
"Right," Jack said slowly "Thy've each got something the other device hasn't."
"They're half of each other," John said excitedly "Each one has half the information that the other one has. Half the information to make them work!"
"And that's what Ska'ara meant by letting us help ourselves!" Jack responded "We can rely the information needed to each team. That way they can have all the information they need to fix the devices and put us back to normal."
"Yes!" John said "Ah-"
"Ah what?" Jack asked "Sheppard, what is it?"
"I see a flaw to our plan." He said gently.
"Just the one?" Jack asked "There's usually more."
"Well for this to work, we have to be able to interact with our teams…"
"And we can't do that yet." Jack finished.
"Right." John confirmed.
"Well we're just going to have to find a way." Jack said determinedly and walked over to stand behind Daniel. "Daniel!"
The three members of sg-1 continued to sit there as though nothing had happened.
"Damn." Jack said softly to himself "C'mon Daniel."
Still no esponse.
"Hello! Teal'c, Daniel, Carter! Wake and hear my voice!" Jack shouted.
"Wake up and listen to my voice?" John asked skeptically.
"You never know," Jack shrugged, then turned back to Daniel "Daniel!" he shouted and poked him hard in the back.
"Ow!" Daniel yelled as he jumped to his feet, paper scattering all over the floor.
"What is it?" Sam asked, alarmed.
"Something just jabbed my back! It really hurt." Daniel replied rubbing his back.
"Daniel nothing touched you." Sam said, her voice worried.
"Yes it did!"
"Oops." Jack said softly as he watch his friend hop around in pain.
"You enjoyed that." John accused.
"Well if you've have had to sit through all his boring archaeology talk for eight years you would enjoy it too," Jack answered defensively "Beside it didn't hurt that much."
John gave Jack an unconvinced look.
"It felt just like that time Jack poked me on P43-X99, just 'cos I wouldn't shut up about the ruins." Daniel said to himself, still rubbing his back.
Sam started "Daniel…" she began.
"What?"
"Maybe he did it to you again." Sam said softly.
"See? She is definitely the brains around here." Jack said proudly.
"I could say something to that," John began " But I don't think I'm brave enough to face the consequences."
"Sheppard…"
"Colonel Carter, do you think it is possible that O'Neill is here?" Teal'c asked.
"Yeah I think it is," Sam said confidently "General?" She called.
"Er I'd answer Carter but you can't hear me, so…"
"I don't think he's here Sam." Daniel said, disappointed.
"General? If you're here could you poke Daniel in the back again?" Sam called out.
"Sam! Hey- OW!" Daniel yelled "Jack that hurt!"
"Whoops. Sorry Danny." Jack answered.
"General?" Sam whispered at the same time as Teal'c said "O'Neill."
"Wait you guys can hear me?" Jack asked.
"Yes sir we can," Sam responded "Where are you?"
"I'm right here Carter." Jack said as he moved forward to touch her shoulder.
As his fingers brushed her shoulder Jack felt a slight tingling feeling.
Sam felt something touch her shoulder lightly and she turned round, only to look up into Jack O'Neill's dark brown eyes.
"Hi Carter." Jack said softly, looking into her shocked eyes.
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