Here's chapter 11! I tried to make this one a little longer too, as requested! Now that the weekend's here, I should hopefully have enough time to write a couple of longer chapters. Anyway, please review and I hope you enjoy! :)

"You are officially on medical leave for the next two weeks. Enjoy your time off, Dr. Jackson." Hammond gave him a pointed look, then nodded his head and turned back towards his office.

"Thank you, sir." Daniel sighed heavily, turning towards the stairs.

Jack was waiting for him there, dressed in civilian clothing, looking both pleased and annoyed at the same time.

Only Jack….. Daniel restrained a chuckle and settled for taking a leaf from Teal'c's book and raising a questioning eyebrow in his friend's direction. "Problem, Jack?"

"You're slow, Daniel. Two week vacation right after a three day vacation? This ROCKS and I want to head up to the cabin before it's over."

Daniel chuckled, following Jack up the stairs and towards the nearby elevator that would take them aboveground. "I'm glad my, um, medical leave has you so excited, Jack."

Jack paused for a second, throwing Daniel a look that he didn't quite know how to interpret. Then he threw an almost casual glance at Daniel's forehead and suddenly Daniel realized what he wanted.

Dropping the mental shields that he had been developing, Daniel was immediately open to Jack's thoughts.

It doesn't bother you that all three of us are going with you, does it, Daniel? We just want to make sure that nothing too serious happens to you while you're developing a new power. I mean, if you're going to go from mighty Superman to a lowly human again all of a sudden, we want to be there. Besides, Carter is really interested in your powers, you know. Some science mumbo jumbo…. Jack grinned at him, but the concern was there underneath and Daniel was grateful for it.

He rolled his eyes, but gave Jack a hearty pat on the back. "I'm glad you'll be keeping me company, Jack. Carter and Teal'c were coming too right? They're both overdue for some time off." Daniel knew his friend would get the message. Wish I could project my thoughts. It'd be so much easier than these coded messages.

….

Sam was looking at him again.

Daniel had realized at first how much his injury and following healing had thrown her off, but it hadn't taken him long to realize that she had been frightened by the whole thing. He didn't think she was frightened of him, more of what was happening to him. The burns had been horrible and Daniel fuzzy memories of being able to see Sam's shocked and dismayed expression while she was handing Jack the first aid kit when they had first got him out of the fire. Daniel fought back a sigh. He didn't want to scare her. If he was honest, this whole thing scared him way more than it was scaring her.

Reaching over, he patted her shoulder, throwing her a small smile. "I'm fine, Sam." He reassured her.

She looked abashed for a second, then nodded seeming relieved and turned to look out the window again.

Satisfied, Daniel closed his eyes and leaned his head back against the back window of Jack's four-door truck. He and Sam had taken the back, with Jack driving and Teal'c in the passenger's seat. Teal'c looked like he was in the middle of a Kel-nor-reem, Sam was watching the passing scenery, Jack was bobbing his head to the music from the radio. Daniel froze as he felt that all-too-familiar, ominous niggling in the back of his mind, the strange unease that had risen back on the planet as well. Opening his eyes, Daniel immediately saw the landscape was shadowy again, flickering and strange, but recognizable. Still in the truck, then. Daniel watched, concerned, as Jack turned a sharp corner, trees to their right, the mountain side to their left. Jack swore as he saw a car coming straight at him, swerving and unsteady. Drunk driver. Daniel realized. Jack jerked the wheel and the car moved over to the left, but too late, they all saw the big rig heading straight at them. The world was rolling, sparking, and twisting then and Daniel knew instantly that though he felt no pain personally, that he and his friends were all already dead. The brakes of the semi squealed in his ears and as if from a distance he saw the whole thing fall over and heard the sounds of other cars on either side smashing into it. Something nearby exploded and what felt like forever later, Daniel saw people climbing from the cars, heard screams. Blood, burns, injuries, death, it all swam through his mind, overwhelmingly vivid, despite the shadowy, flickering landscape in the background.

Then a voice broke through it all, familiar and clear, free of pain, though full of concern. "Daniel? Daniel, are you okay? Sir! Something's wrong!"

Abruptly, the scenery shifted and Daniel was back in the car. "Jack." He croaked. "Pull over."

A second later, Daniel was throwing the door open, dropping to his knees in the dirt on the side of the road, his stomach heaving. After a few painful moments, Daniel felt his body relax and knew that, at least for now, he was done. He was suddenly aware of a comforting hand on his back, a concerned voice calling his name.

"Hey, Danny, you okay? What happened?"

Two strong hands grabbed him and helped him unsteadily to his feet and as soon as Daniel felt like he wasn't going to fall over, he turned to face his three friends who were watching him in concern. "I had another vision."

Before he could say any more, they all looked up as brakes sounded and the car that had been a ways behind them ground to a halt to avoid the drunk driver that suddenly swerved into the next lane, narrowly avoiding the semi in the left lane and the stopped car in the right.

"That stupid moron was in the wrong lane!" Jack exclaimed, surprised and angry. That could have been- Oh.

Jack grabbed Daniel's arm again as his friend's face went white and he swayed a bit. "Daniel?" he prompted. "That driver hit us didn't he." It wasn't a question.

"You swerved to avoid hitting him. Didn't see the semi coming around the corner till it was too late. We all died, crushed. The semi tried to stop, but tipped over. There must have been at least seven other cars involved. Something exploded. A lot of people were dead." Daniel shuddered. "There was so much blood everywhere."

Teal'c and Jack were staring at him in concern, Sam was looking a little sick. After a second, Jack found his voice. "It's alright, Daniel. Nothing happened. We survived, no one died." He comforted. "Let's get in the car and keep going. Unless you're gonna be sick again….?"

Daniel shook his head and they all got back in the car, each feeling unnerved.

"At least you saw it. Before it was too late, I mean." Jack said, quietly.

Daniel sighed, nodding. "Yeah."

Leaning his head back against the window again, Daniel shut his eyes and willed himself to go to sleep. He had a feeling he wasn't going to be sleeping much for a while.