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Jack took a deep breath of the fresh mountain air, sighing in relief. We made it in one piece and completely- Jack glanced at Daniel. His friend still looked a little pale and was very quiet. Well, almost completely unharmed. Whatever Daniel had seen, the details still seemed hazy, it had really disturbed him. Maybe being away from people for a while would do Daniel some good. Come on Mother Nature, do your thing.

…..

Jack got everyone to spend the first day fishing. Whether his team knew it or not, fishing was a very relaxing act and had nothing to do with catching fish. Just as Jack knew it would, the relaxation was already doing wonders for his team. Daniel relaxed and seemed to come out of his quiet contemplative mood, laughing along with the rest of the team as Teal'c tried to find a Jaffa joke that they could understand. Carter finally loosened up around Daniel, which made the archaeologist all the more comfortable.

By far the funniest event of the day was when Daniel and Carter decided to play I,Spy. Carter tried to be as sneaky as possible, choosing things that Daniel couldn't possibly see, even with his glasses, but as soon as Daniel realized what she was doing, he countered by simply reading her mind as she decided what object to "spy". She was mostly decidedly put out when she realized what he was doing.

"That's cheating, Daniel."

"Oh, and choosing objects I can't actually see isn't?"

"No, it's strategy."

Jack had to laugh at that.

"You sound like Jack."

Hey, I resent that, what's wrong with thinking like me?

"So?"

Thank you, Carter. You get to take point next mission. Take THAT Daniel!

"Shut up, Jack."

"I didn't say anything!"

"No, but you were thinking something."

"How am I supposed to help that?"

"You're a smart man, you figure it out."

"Daniel, don't change the subject, you cheated."

"What are you going to do about it, Sam?"

"I'm…..that's a good question."

"I have a few suggestions."

"Not asking you, Jack."

"Be nice, Daniel."

"Make me, Jack."

"When did you become such a snot?"

"When I met you."

"Oh, that's low."

"Behave children or I will be forced to put you all in 'time out.'"

Jack burst out laughing at that. "Teal'c, my friend, I do believe you're actually developing a sense of humor."

….

"Jack."

Jack frowned at the barely restrained panic in Daniel's voice. "Daniel?"

"I can't hear anyone's thoughts."

Teal'c and Carter both froze, watching Daniel cautiously.

Oh what now? I mean, can't we have ONE day? Just one?

"Jack, the last time this happened was right before…..the, um, the fire and the, uh, healing…"

Daniel was panicking. His tone was barely under control. He was frightened.

And that really ticked Jack off. I hate the ancients. I really hate them. What did Daniel do to deserve this? But Jack kept calm, because that's what his team needed. "It's alright, Daniel. It'll be fine."

"Jack, we have no idea what it's going to be!"

"I'm sure it's not that bad, I mean, after mind-reading, telekinesis, and healing, what else could there possibly-"

"I don't want to know. I really, really don't want to know. It could be anything, Jack."

"Maybe you'll suddenly learn how to tango!"

Daniel stopped at that, staring at his friend. "What? I….somehow, I really don't think the Ancients would consider that an important ability, Jack." Daniel's voice was sarcastic, but a small smile was perking at the corners of his mouth, so Jack considered his job done.

"Those light-bulbs have to do something up there in their cloudy heaven, don't they? They're certainly not helping anyone, so maybe they're all learning how to tango."

"Yeah. Yeah, that must be it. I'm going to suddenly know how to tango."

….

"Sam, I'm not going to explode." The quit looking at me like that was clear in his tone.

Carter blushed, immediately turning away.

Jack sighed, knowing the hour of waiting they had been doing was wearing on his friend's already frayed nerves.

"I'm sorry, Sam. I shouldn't have snapped at you. I'm just….."

"It's okay, Daniel. I understand. You're just a little overwhelmed." Sam smiled at him, clearly showing that there was no hurt feelings there. She more than understood how tired Daniel must be feeling.

"I might call it a night early, guys. If the cabin goes up in flames, it's probably my fault."

With that, Daniel nodded at his friends and walked towards the bedroom he had claimed for their vacation.

The three remaining members of SG-1 sat in silence for a while, sipping on their beers, all trying to avoid thinking about their friend and what could be happening to him now.

Jack sighed again, wondering if perhaps he had drunk more than he had originally planned when a sudden bout of nausea hit him. Then Jack's vision went dark. Oh crap.