A/N: Okay, so much for going back to posting regularly. I apologize. Again. My life has been so crazy this year, and... Well, you're not reading this to hear my excuses. On with the story.
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Daniel took a deep breath. "Okay. We know Sam and Teal'c might have found the project... device. What was it supposed to do?
Habrin shrugged. "Lonyi never told anyone what he was working on until he finished a project. I don't know what it might have done. Do you wish to go into the village with me, and ask him yourselves? I'm sure he will help you."
O'Neill nodded emphatically, and stood from the log. "Let's go."
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"Darrow!" Yokan called. "Yin a himas!"
He turned to Carter, Teal'c, and Kowalski. "I told him I brought you with me. He's a somewhat nervous person."
Carter nodded. A few seconds later, a short – for a Yetri – man rounded a corner into the lab's foyer, dusting his hands off. He brightened when he saw Yokan. Then, his eyes landed on Carter and Teal'c.
"Yor liyo!" he exclaimed, his eyes widening.
Carter sighed expressively.
"Indeed," Teal'c said. Carter smiled.
Yokan quickly explained the situation to Darrow.
Darrow nodded briskly, and motioned to Carter. "Here, I'll show you what I've been working on. Maybe two heads will be better than one."
Carter smiled, and followed him to a small lab off the main hallway.
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"So, where is Lonyi?" O'Neill asked Habrin. He was impatient, and he wanted his people back, pronto.
"Follow me, we're almost there," Habrin replied. He seemed to be immune to O'Neill's grouchy attitude, much to Daniel's relief.
O'Neill sighed, and slouched along beside Daniel.
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"So, how far have you gotten in your research?" Carter asked Darrow.
He shook his head sadly. "Unfortunately, not very far. I wish I had better news for you."
Carter shrugged. "Well, at least we know it's possible. Now we just have to figure out how." She forced a grin.
Darrow nodded, then led the way over to a table covered with papers. He shuffled through them. "These are the original equations we used. If we're going to figure this out, we'll have to start from the beginning. Several attempts have failed, and we keep revising it. See what you think."
Carter took the equations from him and sat down in a chair by the table. She tried to focus only on the equations, for force their components into an order that might work, and that made complete, perfect, sense.
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Teal'c followed Major Carter and Darrow, while Yokan and Colonel Kowalski remained outside, discussing the latest happenings.
As they passed into Darrow's lab, Teal'c smiled slightly. It looked very much like Daniel Jackson's lab: papers lay scattered everywhere, emphasizing the odd forgotten water glass with dust floating in it.
When Darrow handed Major Carter the sheets of equations, Teal'c leaned against the wall slightly. He knew that they would probably remain in the lab for a long time, while Major Carter and Darrow scoured the papers for possible revisions to be made.
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"Colonel, what do you make of all of this? I, for one, believe them," Yokan said.
Kowalski shrugged. "They sound like they're telling the truth. They sound exactly like our Major Carter and Teal'c, and we know that reality-hopping's possible. I believe them, too."
Yokan shuffled his feet a little. "Will you have to take them back to the SGC?"
Kowalski frowned slightly. "I don't want to. The SGC likely won't believe them, and that would put a serious kink in trying to get them back home. I think it's best to leave things as they are. God know it'd be hard for people back home to see their friends again, then have them snatched away. It's hard for me."
Nodding, Yokan said, "I can offer them a place to stay until Major Carter and Darrow work out how to build the device. They can stay here. No one at the SGC has to know they were ever here."
Kowalski smiled. "Thanks, Yokan. Really. You're good people. I wish we had more people like you on Earth."
Yokan grinned broadly, his face reflecting the sunlight as it broke through the forest cover. "The secret is to harm none. They'll be safe here, with the Yetri. Perhaps Darrow will let Major Carter take some technology samples home with her, to introduce to their Earth."
"That'd be good," Kowalski replied.
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"Lonyi? Tha mur i?" Habrin called into the dark building.
"Thas! Lur i!" a voice called from a half-open door. Light spilled out as the door opened fully.
"Yin a himas," Habrin warned. "They need your help."
The other Yetri – Daniel assumed it was Lonyi – stepped forward so he could see them. His eyes widened.
"Yor liyo! Tayi!" he exclaimed.
"Uh..." O'Neill trailed off. "Daniel?"
Daniel stepped forward. "Umm. Hello? My name is Daniel Jackson. This is Colonel O'Neill. We came to ask for your help."
Habrin joined Daniel, standing near Lonyi. "Their friends are missing, and I thought perhaps the device you were working on might have something to do with it. I know it went missing. Is that possible?"
Lonyi's face fell. "Thas. I tha posha." He turned to Daniel. "It is possible. Come in. I'll try to explain as best I can."
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Glossary:
"Yin a himas." means "I have friends."
"Yor liyo!" means "My (God, heavens, goodness)
"Tha mur i?" means "Are you here?"
"Thas! Lur i!" means "Yes! Back here!"
"Thas. I tha posha." means "Yes. It is possible."