Okay, so I have a good excuse for making you wait so long, you see my muse thought running away would be good idea and ended up going through the stargate to earth instead of staying on Fleasia where I told her to stay so she got held up by this evil entity called Real Life. Well I had to wait to the weekend to banish it so I grabbed the chance and here we go! Hope you enjoy it,

Please remember that i don not own the recognizible characters just the one from Fleasia and Gump'ta.

General Hammond stared at the remaining members of SG-1 as their commanding officer was wheeled out of the gate room with Doc Fraiser on top trying to get O'Neill breathing again. The team was looking at their CO and friend with the strangest expressions on their faces. He cleared his throat and waited until they looked at him. When they did he spoke in a soft voice.

"Welcome home SG-1. Go get yourselves checked out. We'll debrief in two hours." He turned to the Jaffa that came through the gate with his flagship team.

"Thank you. For helping my team. You need to go to the infirmary as well and then meet us in the debriefing room."

"I will show him the way, GeneralHammond." Even Teal'cs voice was evident of the inner turmoil SG-1 was suffering. Hammond nodded his head, agreeing with Teal'c. As they left to follow the others he turned to Master Bra'tac.

"Let's go to my office. We could wait there." Master Bra'tac nodded absentmindedly. He liked O'Neill contrary to popular belief and he really hoped that he will survive. His eyes fell on the pool of blood lying on the ramp just before the Chappa'ai. He really hoped he will survive.

Hammond turned to see Master Bra'tac looking at something and following his gaze he saw the same pool of blood and cringed. The scene from a couple of minutes ago played in his mind's eye, Jack standing at the top of the ramp, his team looking him but he was staring into space. He was barefoot without a jacket, a weird thing on his head and something in his mouth. Just standing there and as far as Hammond knew he was carried through the gate. Then the gate shut off and Jack fell, connecting hard with the ramp. Next came the blood and his clothing ripped revealing wounds all over his face and limbs and body. Someone had shouted that he stopped breathing and then everything went into slow motion. Doctor Frasier sprang into action and raced up with her medics to see to Jack with his team just staring at their fallen commander. Was that guilt in their eyes?

"Hammond of Texas?" the soft voice of Master Bra'tac and the rough hand on his shoulder brought him back to the present.

"Hammond, it is never easy to lose good men to injuries beyond our understanding. But we have to be strong for him. And for his team too, they will need strength to get through this." Hammond looked at Bra'tac and nodded. The two men walked out of the gate room passing the cleaners as they moved in to clean up the blood like countless times before.

SG-1

Sam and Daniel walked into the infirmary like zombies still carrying their packs, their weapons taken by the guards in the gate room. SG-2 met them just inside the familiar room.

"Major Carter, let us take those for you." Sam looked into Ferretti's eyes and wordlessly gave her pack over. He took it from her grasp and someone else took Daniels, who was still to say a word.

"Thank you." Sam said softly, Daniel just nodded. Ferretti passed the pack to other member of his team and they left, heading to the locker room to put the packs by the lockers of the owners. The CO of SG-2 took Sam and Daniel by the shoulder and walked them to separate beds standing next to each other. First he helped Sam on and then Daniel. He heard a noise by the door and saw Teal'c walk in with another Jaffa. His tattoo showed that he was in Yu's service. He was weary of the Jaffa but Teal'c inclined his head. He moved to in front of Ferretti and spoke in a voice which only held a tenth of his usual bass,

"Major Ferretti, this is Gump'ta. He is the Jaffa that assisted our escape." Gump'ta inclined his head a la Teal'c fashion and a random thought passed through Ferretti's mind, 'maybe it's a Jaffa thing?'

Ferretti extended his hand and shook Gump'ta hand, "Thank you, for saving a good team and a great man." If Gump'ta was surprised he didn't show it. Ferretti turned around and looked at Sam and Daniel just staring at each other, they still had the things around their necks as did Teal'c. He walked to a nurse and spoke softly to her making sure she got help to give the team their post mission checks. Just then Dr Warner came in and pushed Ferretti out the door. He sent a prayer up for his old friend and made his way to Hammond's office.

SG-1

Sam watched as Ferretti left and turned her attention to the nurse in front of her as she started the checks. She lifted her hand as the nurse moved to take Daniel's blood pressure and took the collar off slowly. Nothing happened, her neck just felt lighter. Dr Warner came closer to inspect her neck after he saw what she was doing.

"I think we should check if anything happened to Colonel O'Neill when you removed it, judging by what Doctor Fraiser told me, you were connected somehow."

"Yes, we were. That seems like a good idea, doc."

"Teal'c, Dr Jackson please keep them on until we are sure it did nothing." They nodded and he left to call the OR. It took a little over five minutes and he was back.

"You can take them off, nothing happened." The other two members of SG-1 quickly removed the collars and threw them on the bed next to them.

"Doc, do you know if they removed the thing on the Colonel yet?" Daniel just had to know even though he wasn't sure he wanted to know.

"Yes, they did and he is doing as well as can be expected. Doctor Fraiser will come and see you as soon as she is done. You guys all check out though. I would recommend getting something to eat, a nice hot shower and some much needed rest after your debriefing with General Hammond." They all nodded, he knew that the first two things will happen but whether they will get the rest was doubtful. SG-1 had a reputation that if one of them was injured, the rest would take up places in the infirmary until they are recovered enough to get released and even then they would still look out for each other. They were more than a team; they were more like a family. He looked at the retreating backs and couldn't help but admire them. They really and truly carried the world on their shoulders.

With that thought Warner turned around and called an airman closer.

"Airman, please take Mr Gump'ta to the debriefing room." And with a "yes, sir" the man left with the Jaffa and the infirmary was once again quiet. Warner stood deep in thought for a couple of minutes and then proceeded to get a bed ready for when Colonel O'Neill got out of surgery.

SG-1

General Hammond made his way into the briefing room followed by Gump'ta and Master Bra'tac. He heard what happened from when the Jaffa had joined with SG-1 but he needed to hear it from them. He needed to know what they know. He sat at his usual spot as the three people walked in one by one, first taking a cup of coffee and then sitting down. Major Carter didn't even come to attention like she normally did but he couldn't blame her, SG-1 has been through hell the last couple of days.

"Well, SG-1, I need to know what happened from the beginning. As soon as we are done here I order all of you to get some rest."

"As soon as we know how Jack is doing, General." Daniel looked him in the eyes and the General only saw determination in those deep blue eyes.

"Of course, Dr Jackson." He took a deep breath and looked at the 2IC of SG-1. "Major would you like to start."

"Yes, sir." Sam took a deep breath, getting her thoughts in order, lifted her head and looked at the base commander. "The natives seemed to be primitive when we got there, General. They spoke English which wasn't surprising. They showed us around their village which were primitive. After walking around a bit we were surrounded and captured."

Daniel took over the narrative here, "We were put into a prison of some sort. Our hands were tied to a pole above our heads and our feet to the floor. They but restraints around our waists as well, making sure we were not going anywhere. That's when they put the collars around our necks."

"During this time, did they seem hostile in any way?"

"They did not, GeneralHammond. They did, however seem very interested in Jack who as usual introduced him as the leader of our group and his duties as such." Teal'c spoke up but he continued to look at his hands.

Sam spoke again, "after a couple of hours they came for the Colonel. He tried to put up a fight but they pushed a button on a remote they had and he stilled and started staring almost as if he was forced to. They left with him, leaving us behind. We don't know what happened to him but we didn't see him after that, only when they took us to a hall of some kind."

"Yes, at first they took us together, but then they started taking us one by one."

"When did you realise something was happening to Colonel O'Neill?"

"We didn't, sir. When they took us to the hall the first time we saw him in a chamber suspended in water. He was tied down by chains and had the breathing apparatus in his mouth. His eyes were open but unblinking."

"Like he was here when you came through the gate?"

"Yes, sir."

"So where did the injuries come from?" No one answered and Hammond looked at all of them, they were looking everywhere but at him. Sam was finding her coffee cup extremely interesting, while Teal'c continued to stare at his hands in his lap and Daniel drew pictures on the notepad in front of him.

"People you need to tell me." His voice was soft, trying to get them to open up would be difficult but he had to try at least.

"When they took us to the hall the first time, we realised that they would hit us but nothing happened."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, nothing sir. No blood, no marks, no pain, nothing. At first we thought they were too primitive to do any real damage. So we kept on pissing them off."

"Indeed." Teal'c agreed.

"It was after the leader took me alone to the hall that I realised something was wrong. It was something he said." Sam kept quiet, a frown on her forehead.

"What did he say Major?"

"Something like, 'you are the ones hurting your leader not me' then as I looked at the Colonel I saw something in his eyes. I can't explain it sir, but I have seen that look every time he gets injured."

"So you drew your own conclusions?"

"Yes, sir."

"How did you escape?"

"Yu attacked and the beam that held our hands fell off its mounting."

"We untied our hands and feet and went to find the Colonel. Teal'c shot at the chamber and the water fell out bringing the Colonel out as well. We unchained him and decided to leave the things as they were till we got home."

"Why?"

"Well sir, I wasn't sure what damages there was so it made sense to leave it as it were. He didn't show any injuries at the time."

"I see. What happened next?"

"We proceeded to cautiously leave the compound and continued to leave the village. We went along unnoticed. The natives were occupied with their fight against Lord Yu. We came to the forest on our path to the Stargate until we reached Gump'ta and he informed us that you are awaiting our return."

"How was Jack?"

"Unresponsive sir, Daniel led him along and he just went. We didn't have time to search for his clothes but we found our packs and guns, we took them and ran."

"Good choice Major."

"Well even though we were not that far from the gate, we needed to be careful so the moving was slow. Teal'c and I went to make sure that there were no traps or unwanted surprises, but found none."

"After a while, Sam told me to high tail it for the gate and dial it up which I did. The Fleasians have found out we escaped and came looking for us. We barely made it through. Gump'ta had picked up the Colonel and we went straight to the gate with Sam and Teal'c laying down cover fire."

"And the rest is history. That will be enough for now people. I want you to rest a while…." He didn't finish his sentence as Doctor Fraiser had walked in at that time.

"Doctor how is he?"

"Holding his own sir but it is going to be a long recovery. He sustained some serious injuries but he will survive. Of that I am absolutely sure." With that statement SG-1 visibly relaxed along with the visiting Jaffa and General Hammond.

However before anyone could respond, Klaxons went off and Walter's voice came over the mike,

"Unauthorized off-world activation!"

Thoughts? please let me hear them. if you are interested please go read and review some of my other stories as well. Especially if you are a whump junky like me. I promise not all of the people from Fleasia are evil...till next time, CSIflea.