Jack

Teal'c and I were on our way back to the room where we were to meet up. As we rounded the corner, we saw a flash of light and heard two screams. We ran to the room to find out what happened. As we arrived, we noticed to Jaffa guards heading to where Yugi and Ryou lay. Teal'c shot them with his Zat, while I looked around to see if anyone else was here. It was then that I caught sight of her. "Nerrti," I stated, staring at the retreating figure. I hit her with the Zat, causing her to drop something and knocking her onto the ring platform. She vanished, but we got whatever it was that was dropped.

"O'Neil," Teal'c said, "Yugi and Ryou are waking up."

I went over to the boys after claiming the object from the ground. Yugi was the first to come to. "You alright," I asked in concern.

"Yeah, I think so," he replied. "Does my voice sound weird to you, Jack?"

"A little, but it could be that you were screaming a few minutes ago," I answered.

Yami and Bakura appeared before Yugi could say anything. Yami looked concerned, "There are several armored figures in the hall not far from here. I have reason to believe that they are on their way to this room. Bakura, go and warn the others."

"You two well enough to hightail it out of here," I asked. They both nodded. They had just got up when we were spotted by the Jaffa that Yami had just warned us about. "Run!"

Yugi and Ryou took off, only to trip when their shoes came off suddenly. I didn't have time to wait for them to get up, "Teal'c, grab Ryou."

I hoisted Yugi up, surprised at how light he'd become, and took off. We met the others under the cover of the treeline not far from the Stargate. "Is it just me or did you guys get taller," Yugi asked.

That's when I noticed that the reason the boys tripped was that they were smaller than earlier. "Sir, what happened," Sam asked, confused.

"Nerrti," was all I could say, handing her the device that I had picked up.

"Huh," was all Ryou could say, since Bakura was having a staring contest with him.

"Nerrti is a Goa'uld who for some sick reason likes to use unwilling victims for experiments," I said. "I think she used you two for test subjects."

"I don't want the others to see me like this," Yugi said, paling. "Joey and the others will follow me around non-stop if they saw me now." He turned and started pacing.

"Hey, Runt," Bakura called out, "Watch out for that tree. Never mind."

Yugi had walked into a tree and sat where he had fallen, dazed. Yami ran over, "Aibou? Are you injured?"

"Where'd that tree come from," he asked, squinting. "I don't remember seeing it there before."

"Did you by any chance need glasses when you were younger," Daniel asked.

Yugi nodded, "I had a slight problem with my eyes and Grandpa had me checked after I walked into the wall for the tenth time in one day. My eyes got better after a few months."

"Sir, I don't thing that Nerrti shrunk them. I think she reversed their ages," Sam said.

Great. They get to be younger, while I had aged almost two or three years ago. "Let's get you boys home to see the doc," I said.

Yugi paled. I understood what was going through his mind, as he'd voiced his concerns moments ago, "I'll be sure to have your friends and Grandpa kept out of the area between the gate room and the infirmary."

Hammond

I had Solomon and the others detained in the cafeteria while Jack and the others too the boys to the infirmary. After they had been checked out, Yugi and Ryou decided to tell their friends what had happened to them. I smiled and nodded before leaving to get their friends.

Yami

Before Yugi and Ryou could figure out what they were going to say, we heard the others coming. They both yelped and hid, Ryou behind the curtain closest to Bakura and Yugi under the bed nearest to me.

"Yugi, don't you want to speak to the others?"

"I don't know how to explain this to them without them going overboard trying to protect me from everything."

Tea

We had been told that Yugi and Ryou had been sent to the infirmary to get checked out and that we could go see them. As we entered the room, we heard something and I saw the curtain behind Bakura move. I wrote it off as a slight breeze from the ventilation vent. "Hiya, Yami," Joey greeted, "are you and Bakura letting Ryou and Yugi rest."

Bakura was about to say something but a glace from Atem shut him up. "Something like that," he replied, sounding upset that Atem's glance told him not to say anything stupid.

But then I noticed a pair of amethyst eyes under the bed near Yami. I knelt down, and the eyes blinked, startled. I blinked and they blinked twice. Just as I was about to get a closer look, they vanished with a familiar sounding cry of surprise. "Let me go, Bakura. I demand that you put me down. Yami! HELP!"

"Quit struggling, shrimp," Bakura told the small boy, "You're only making it worse for yourself."

"Ryou, please tell your yami to unhand me before Yami makes him."

As this was said, a small figure darted from behind the curtain and latched itself to Bakura's sweatpants, "Either release him or everyone finds out whether you wear boxers of briefs, and you can say goodbye to your dignity."

"Looks like my hikari has some guts after all. Too bad you had to be a pipsqueak just to find the courage to stand up to me."

The small boy grabbed a handful of the sweatpants, "Put Yugi down now, 'Kura, or it's the pants and your dignity that suffers."

Bukura paled and handed the boy that he was holding upside-down to Atem. "There, are you happy now, Ryou," he huffed.

The small boy shook his head, "You should be apologizing to Yugi and the pharaoh for what you were just doing."

"I'm not going to," he started to say, but changed his mind as the small boy prepared to pull, "alright, I'm sorry."

"Better," the boy said getting up.

"Yugi? Ryou," I asked in confusion. Both small boys nodded "What happened?"

Ryou shrugged, "We were hit by some strange light and knocked out for a few minutes. That's all we know."

"Can someone get something for my headache," Yugi asked holding his head and leaning against Atem. I nodded and went to find Dr. Frasier.

Joey

My best bud looked like a little kid, and I wasn't there to protect him when it happened. "Are ya gonna be alright, pal," I asked Yugi.

"I think so. Aside from my headache and sore leg, I'm ok," Yugi said. "Sorry for making you guys worry."

"It's alright, Yug. We're used to strange stuff happening around us," I said.

"No wonder you kids fit in so perfectly with us," Jack said walking over to the bed. "What's the matter Yugi?"

"I've got a headache and a sore leg," Yugi replied.

"I don't recall you hitting your head or anything hurting your leg," Jack pointed out.

Ryou looked at Bakura, "That's because Bakura held Yugi upside-down for a few minutes until I had to threaten his dignity."

Jack looked surprised at Ryou's response and noted Yugi looking pale, "Well, let's all go find something to eat. Yugi, take it easy until the doctor can look at you."

I wanted to stay with Yugi, but he said that he wanted to stay there until his headache was gone. Atem stayed with him despite his pleas to go and be with us. "You win pal," I said. "Just take it easy."

Yugi nodded, and we left.

Yami

"Yugi, what are you trying to hide from the others," I asked him.

He opened an eye, "I don't want them to worry about me. Besides Tea has that look in her eyes that reminds me about what I went through when I was seven or eight."

"Does it have something to do with your eyesight," I questioned.

He shook his head, wincing as he did so, "Not really, well, a little. I guess. It's just really hazy. Almost like I just drifted through life without remembering most of my seventh year."

I didn't know what to say. An aide came over and handed Yugi a children's Tylenol and left after he took it. "I think I'll let you rest," I said to Yugi. He nodded as I entered the Puzzle to be close by in case he needed me.