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"For the love of god, Jack. Stop humming!"

Sam stifled a laugh as Daniel, for possibly the tenth time in the last hour, yelled at Jack for humming 'We're Off to See the Wizard.'

"Danny, I don't think you understand the irony in all this. We are off to see the Wizard," Jack said, taking in a breath to continue his musical jaunt.

"Really? I never would have guessed," said Daniel under his breath.

"Come on Daniel, how often do you get to see a planet that came straight out of a movie? A musical movie, for that matter. Could it get any better?" Jack asked, strolling so joyously that it could almost have been mistaken for skipping.

"Jack, these people have been lied to! They've been taken from their homes, forced to stand out in fields while birds pecked them to death, and there's still that mystery of the dead woman in the gate," Daniel replied, disgustedly.

"Daniel Jackson is correct," Teal'c said. "We still do not know how this land came to be Oz, or what the Wizard knows about the Tau'ri. I believe we must take precautions. This planet may indeed be dangerous."

"Ah, not you too, T?" Jack groaned. "It's the Wizard of freakin' Oz, for crying out loud. How dangerous could it be?"

"Teal'c has a point sir," Sam pointed out. "We have no idea who the Wizard is or what he's capable of." Jack huffed. "I'm not trying to suck the fun out of it sir," Sam continued, knowing exactly what Jack was thinking, "but I do think we have to be careful."

Jack nodded. "Yeah, I know," he sulked. Sam shot Daniel an amused look.

"Sulking, are we?" Daniel asked, cheekily, glad to get back at Jack.

"Shut up, coward," Jack taunted, and Daniel's grin dropped.

As they made their way across the countryside, SG-1 encountered several clues indicating they were going the right way. At one fork in the road they found an axe and several tree stumps. Assuming that they were meant to represent the Tinman, the group chose that path. Again, at another intersection, they saw a dark forest to their right, and knowing that the Lion himself lived in such a forest, took that turn, hoping that these clues were not left to mislead them.

"Ooooh," Jack warbled behind Daniel.

"Jack," said Daniel, "I know that's you."

"Oooooh!!!" he continued.

"Jack. You're not a ghost, you're not even scary and I'm not a coward so I won't be falling for it!" Daniel practically yelled. Jack only smirked in return, causing Daniel to scoff and trade places with Sam. "I'm not standing in front of him if he's going to warble at me the whole way," he moped, casting Jack a scornful glare.

"Why I agreed to bring you on this mission, I'll never know," sighed Sam, shaking her head at her C.O.

"Because I'm the boss and I wanted you to," Jack replied cheerfully.

"Well, I'm the leader of SG-1 sir, and seeing as you're tagging along with my team, you can play by my rules," she said, with authority. Jack looked at her warily, but smiled when he caught her eye, knowing that she was kidding…he hoped.

Barely noticing where they were going, Sam and Jack almost ran into Daniel and Teal'c. Looking up in front of them, they realised that the forest was quite a few metres behind them now, leaving a clear view of…

"Poppies," Sam said.

"No way," said Jack. "You saw what happened to Dorothy."

"Well," said Daniel, "we agreed to go the same way she did. Maybe we should…"

"Uh," Jack interrupted, "I don't think so, Daniel."

"Sorry Daniel, I'm with the General. I don't want to risk it," Sam said, with authority.

"Does the yellow brick road not wind around the poppy field?" Teal'c asked with a gesture to the pathway to their left.

"It'll take a while longer to get there, but it'll have to do. I'm not going through that poppy field," said Sam, decidedly. Daniel shrugged and followed her back to the road with the others.

SG-1 were fairly quiet as they walked down the stretch of road. This part of the path was an unknown quantity, and they wanted no surprises. The sun was beginning to set and the team knew that if they didn't make it to the Emerald City soon, they would have to make camp.

"Maybe we should have gone through the poppies," Carter mused, stifling a yawn. They had spent most of the day traipsing down this path that she was heartily sick of yellow.

"Yeah, and been knocked unconscious the moment we set foot there," said Jack, though he too, was biting back a large yawn.

"You don't think we could stop for a rest, do you?" asked Daniel, taking off his glasses and giving his eyes a good rub.

"I believe that would be best," Teal'c agreed. "I feel uncharacteristically fatigued."

"Wait a minute," slurred Carter, "This doesn't…"

"Feel right," Daniel finished.

"Not just the poppies?" Jack asked, almost incoherently.

"No sir."

"Damn."

"Perhaps we should set up camp before we are overcome," said Teal'c.

"Yeah," agreed Sam. Jack could only grunt.

Daniel was already out cold on the road. Jack tried to laugh, but only a wheeze came out.

"General O'Neill, are you unwell?" Teal'c asked.

"Tired," Jack yawned back. "We should get Danny of the road," he said.

Sam attempted to set up camp while Teal'c and Jack moved Daniel off the path and into his swag. When they had finally put him down to rest, they realised Carter had fallen asleep on top of her own half-pitched swag and was drooling slightly. Jack smiled and rolled her off it. Teal'c set up his and O'Neill's swags while Jack properly assembled Carter's. He scooped her up in his arms and put her safely into bed. She moaned lightly as he moved her and he had to stop himself from grinning too wildly. Carter was cute when she drooled.

Barely able to stand up again after putting Carter into her swag, Jack staggered over to the one Teal'c had set up for him. He collapsed into it, checking on Teal'c for a moment before finally succumbing to the sweetness of sleep.