Author's note: This chapter is being updated for a Mature rating as opposed to explicit, I have the full love scenes at my other site under the same Username: Akinasky:
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Chapter Five: Kidnapping
Jack shoved Damnation and Assassin as they got the creature off Daniel, he slid down next to his lover who had fainted but Jack heard the crack in his chest while that thing was standing on him. There was a chance his rib cracked into his lung and they needed to get him some help.
"Danny, wake up. Come on Daniel!" he whispered as he touched the young man's face. Sam touched Jack's shoulder. He ignored her as he tried to wake up Daniel. He could feel Daniel's light breath against his face when he came close but there was a slight gurgle to it, like there was internal bleeding, he wouldn't know until they got some help and Daniel opened his eyes.
Damnation knelt down across from him, "Jack, there are healers back in the village but I need to take him back now! I can get him back in two seconds and you can follow behind, by the time you get there he is going to be just fine."
Jack nodded, understanding that Daniel's life may hang in the balance. He leaned down and kissed Daniel's forehead gently and Damnation picked up the archeologist and zipped away. Jack watched them go long after they were gone and Sam pulled him to his feet. Jack didn't know what he was going to do if Daniel died, they had only recently learned of each other's feelings and they needed more time to be together. Jack wanted the rest of forever and that wouldn't be long enough in Jack's opinion.
"Let us return to the camp," Assassin said. Jack glared at the man; he didn't trust the guard anymore. He blamed the man for Daniel getting hurt and that wasn't going to change for a while.
Sam touched Jack's arm once more then Assassin was taking the lead in getting them back to the village. They only made it about ten minutes when three men walked out of the woods and into their path.
"What have we here?" one of them asked. Jack gripped the short blade in his hand.
"Bounty Hunters," Assassins groaned turned to Wizard and nodded.
Wizard set one of the men on fire, burning him quickly as he cried out in pain. Jack was shocked by the severity of his actions. He had no reason, no understanding of what they were doing here. Then as the first man fell and Wizard attempted the same trick on the second man, some sort of personal shield deflected the attack and Assassin turned to Phynix. He lifted his hand and slowly made his hand into a fist, squeezing the air from the second man but before he could finish of the second of their foes, something shifted and all of a sudden their powers weren't helping anymore.
Hand to hand came next and this is where Jack and the others stepped in. No one noticed the fourth Hunter as he moved up behind Jack and knocked him out. He didn't even feel himself hitting the ground.
So far he wasn't really enjoying this world.
He didn't know how long he was out but when Jack opened his eyes he found himself in a cell. Plus his head felt like it was full of lead. He sat up and looked at the simple bars in front of him and the man standing on the other side of the bars.
"Hiya, can I get some aspirin please?"
"What's aspirin?" the man asked.
"Never mind," Jack responded. "What gives you the right to take me?"
"Zarcorp has every right to take into custody those we suspect of being witches and you were present for the killing of a Hunter, a federal crime. Get comfortable, someone will be here soon to move you."
The man walked out of the room, "Not if I get out first."
He pulled a pin out of the lining in his pants and reached around to pick the lock, thank goodness the special ops training never leaving a man. The door swung open in his hand and he snuck out through the outer door. These people were obviously pretty cocky since they believed that simple cell door was keeping anyone inside. He moved through the small building, stepping into broom closets and side doors to hide from the few people walking down hallways and slipped outside finally. He looked around the small town and wondered how he was going to get back home.
"You know," someone said and Jack turned to see Zarkina the queen leaning against the wall of the building. She was dressed in pants that were strangely like dark blue jeans and a simple blouse, again not very dressed up for a woman who held such power over people and the world. "I have only known you for a day and a half, I am already being sent like an errand boy to save you."
Jack shrugged sheepishly, "I didn't ask you to come here but can you get me back to Daniel? Is Daniel okay?"
Zarkina smiled, "Love got to you? She has a magnificent power, giving people the truth they would choose to give up."
Jack glared at her, "Is Danny ok?" he asked again, ignoring her question/statement.
She nodded, "He sent me here, bossing me around. It was amusing to me, which is good for you both."
"He was bossing you around? That doesn't sound like Daniel."
Zarkina smiled, "He wanted to be sure you were safe, I told him despite his behavior, I used the bond between the two of you and found you already escaping. I do love a man who can rescue himself."
Jack looked at her in confusion and then she turned away from him and started walking down the street. Jack followed after her quickly, "Are you taking me back to Daniel?"
"After my meeting with the locals," she responded then turned, looked up and winked at something. Jack looked up and saw the camera and hurried after her as well. They walked to the far side of the town and she knocked on the door of a very small cabin. A man opened the door and invited her in. There was another man waiting as well, one with a slim build, brown hair and eyes while the other was more muscular with white blonde hair and blue eyes.
"Jack O'Neill, this Orsen and Pagan. They are leaders of this Zarcorp run military installation."
"Shouldn't we be not here then?" Jack asked her.
"No it is fine, they work for me. Well with me anyway. They are the product of a town that sells its women into prostitution to make babies for Zarranth's war machine. A couple of months ago, they contacted me to help to free the women and the town from that curse. I was able to move them to a safer location but Orsen and Pagan's men as well as several camps are still answering to Zarcorp. I am here to get an update on their situation."
Jack nodded and let her get on with her meeting while he thought about Daniel. He desperately wanted to get back to his lover and make sure that he was okay. He didn't think that Zarkina was lying about Daniel's condition but he needed to know the other man was alive and well.
"Jack, shall we go?" Zarkina asked finally. He nodded to Orsen and Pagan before she touched his shoulder and in a snap of air, looked around to find them back in the village. Damnation was looking at him.
"Where is Daniel?" he asked immediately.
Damnation grinned at him before he leaned forward and kissed Zarkina on the cheek, "Welcome back sweet lady."
"May I take him?" Zarkina asked Damnation but Jack had a feeling she would just do it anyway. Damnation nodded of course and pointed towards the only house in the village. Jack assumed it was where Damnation himself lived since he was the leader of the town.
"Anyone who is injured always stays in my guest quarters to heal because the Infidels loathe weakness and have used injuries as excuses to hurt other people in the past. It has become tradition now that they don't fight as much anymore."
Zarkina motioned for Jack to stay behind him and out of sight as she walked into the room. Daniel responded immediately. "Where is he? Please tell me you found him!"
Jack wanted to step forward but Damnation held him back, and then just to freak him out, spoke straight into Jack's mind. She wants to show you how much he loves you.
Daniel's voice was biting when it spoke again, "Get back out there and find him now!"
"What are you going to do to me if I refuse?" Zarkina asked him.
Daniel's voice broke in a sob, "I can't do anything to you but I just want him back, please?"
Jack couldn't handle it anymore; he pushed Damnation away from him and rushed into the room and took Daniel in a tight hug. He could hear Daniel's surprise intake of air then a sigh of relief and happiness as the younger man hugged him back. "Colonel Jack, you're here. Thank God."
"Well, I forgive you both for your mouths. I love it when people can treat me like a person instead of a queen but I am not your lackey."
Jack pulled away for a second to nod at the young woman, "We understand, thank you for getting me back to him. Thank you for giving us a new cause as well."
She nodded and smiled at them before she took Damnation and left the room. Jack pulled back to take Daniel's face in his palms and kissed him gently. He pulled back and looked him over, "Are you okay?"
Daniel nodded, "A healer fixed my rib, everything is a little sore but I'm okay. I love you O'Neill, I am so happy you are here with me again."
Jack leaned forward, their foreheads touching gently, "I love you too Jackson."
Daniel reached for Jack as he leaned down in the bed; Jack pushed down over him and took his lips in another searing kiss. Daniel sat up long enough to get his shirt over his head and Jack did the same. Daniel took the lead, slipping his tongue back into Jack's mouth and he groaned happily. Jack settled on top of his lover and just made out with each other like they were teenagers. He enjoyed the give and take of their lips, tongues and teeth.
Daniel pulled away after a while, "Jack stop teasing me."
"You tease me just by breathing," Jack said with a smile. He reached down and pulled the boxers off of Daniel and then grappled to take his boots, pants and underwear off. When their naked skin touched, both men moaned, it was the first time they'd touched each other like this. Jack started a path down Daniel's body with his lips, "You are so beautiful Danny."
"My Colonel," Daniel murmured as Jack gently pleasured the scientist with his hands, lips and tongue. Daniel scrambled to the side of the bed to grab something from the bedside table. Jack looked up in annoyance since Daniel had pulled him away from his worship of Daniel's body.
Jack's lover tossed a bottle at him, lube, the older man smiled as he returned to the task at hand, preparing Daniel for their lovemaking. Jack moved into Daniel smoothly after some time and they rose to heights unknown to either of them in the past.
When it was over and the passion cooled, Jack pulled out of his lover gently and settled next to him. Daniel turned to face Jack, leaning in for the older man to kiss him gently. Daniel's tongue flitted against the seam of Jack's lips and he kissed the younger man over and over again. He wondered if they had the rest of their lives together would it ever been enough? Jack didn't think so.
"What you do to me," Daniel stated, "I love you Colonel."
Jack loved it so much when Daniel called him that, the military rank turned sexy and sweet when he said it. "I love you too, my beautiful Danny."
Daniel smiled and wrapped his arms and legs around Jack. The older man rubbed Daniel's back in comforting circles. Daniel linked his hand with Jack's, as they stayed silent there in the darkened interior of the room. "What happened to you?" Daniel finally spoke.
"I woke up in a cell, broke out and found Zarkina waiting to rescue me. Then we spoke to some of her contacts in the town we were in before we came back here."
"You escaped?" Daniel asked with a snicker.
"Yeah, the cell was easy to get out of and Zarkina met me outside."
"You don't do the damsel thing very well," Daniel stated.
Jack smiled, "That's your job love."
Daniel elbowed his lover in the gut. Jack groaned to make Daniel feel better but he was smiling about the contact. They'd been in this time for less than two days and Daniel had already been hurt.
"Danny, I am going to do everything in my power to protect you, you know that right?" Jack thought about the decision he'd made when he met Orsen and Pagan.
"Yes, what's wrong Jack?"
"I saw some of what this company, Zarcorp is capable of. I think that if we are stuck here, we should help."
Daniel turned in Jack's arms, "Love, is this something you think we should be involved in?"
Jack nodded.
"Are you going to let me stay with you no matter what?" Daniel asked.
Jack thought about it, about the fact that Daniel could get hurt. He didn't know if he could allow Daniel to put himself into danger but then the younger man probably felt the same way about Jack being in danger without him. He nodded warily.
"Then I trust your decision Jack."
Jack touched his forehead to Daniel's again, "You trust me so much, and you don't know what that does to me."
Daniel smiled, leaning forward and kissing Jack again and lingered there happily. "Jack I love you and you have been our leader for a long time. I have never had a reason to ignore what your gut is telling you, if it says we should be involved in the fight then we will be."
"I promise that I will do everything in my power to never break that trust Danny."
The younger man smiled, slipping his lips across Jack's throat and chest, "Don't make promises you cannot hope to keep. We are different people Jack and sooner or later the honeymoon phase is going to end and we are going to have some pretty spectacular fights like we've been having for years."
Jack grinned happily, "Danny, fighting with you is the best foreplay sometimes."
Daniel blushed then laughed a little, "Are you serious O'Neill? You are one sick puppy."
Jack chuckled and with a shrug, took Daniel's lips in a deep everlasting kiss. Jack loved this man's lips, having them pressed against him in any way he could have them. There was nothing hotter than Daniel Jackson.
Daniel was safe and warm in Jack's arms and he snuggled closer to the older man. He wondered what would happen next in their crazy new life here. There was no way of knowing really.
He heard a knock at the door, which woke Jack up with a groan. Daniel chuckled and laid some gentle kisses along his collarbone to make waking up a little happier. Jack mumbled happily as he spoke to the person outside the door, "What?"
"Real nice Jack," Daniel mumbled against his lover's skin.
"Guys, we are getting ready to leave this camp sight for a while. You and your team are going to help us pack up."
Damnation's words brought both men up into a sitting position. "Yeah, we'll be out in a minute," Daniel replied.
They started to grab clothes from the ground and from under the bed. Laughing as they trade shoes and shirts with each other and found themselves wrapped in a hot embrace, kissing as they dressed. Soon though they were completely dressed and they left the room. The found the village in a flurry of activity. Everything was being moved around, torn down and packed away.
Teal'c and Sam were wandering around with their guards. Wizard and Sam were talking as they dismantled a tent and Teal'c helped Phynix to move various heavy loads to wagons. Damnation came up and took Jack away from Daniel without a word. Daniel watched his lover leave as the older man shrugged. Assassin came forward and looked over Daniel.
"What?" Daniel snapped, feeling angry all of a sudden about being separated from Jack.
"You ready for some hard labor, Doc?"
Daniel glared at him in annoyance, "I grew up moving heavy artifacts all over Egypt and do the same now, of course I am ready for it."
"Why are you so upset?" Assassin asked.
"I don't know," Daniel snapped, "Lets just work, okay?"
Assassin nodded and they went on their way, Daniel watching Jack as his lover talked and laughed with Damnation. They seemed to be getting along really well as they worked, though Jack loved manual labor so this action was fulfilling him in a way that peaceful talking could never accomplish. Despite his simple joys in life, Jack O'Neill was a warrior and a military man to a fault. Daniel worked hard and talked with Assassin as well and every once in a while Jack would look over with a glare.
Daniel didn't know what to make of his lover's sudden annoyance as he talked with Assassin. Then it seemed as Daniel was watching, Damnation got more flirty with Jack and the older man just kept on smiling. Daniel couldn't figure out why Jack was acting this way and his anger was starting to rise to volcanic proportions.
"What are you feeling Daniel?" Assassin asked.
"What business is it of yours?" Daniel questioned as he helped to pack up another container onto a cart to be moved.
Assassin placed a hand on Daniel's arm, "Your angry with your lover?"
Daniel shrugged, turning to watch as Damnation placed an arm over Jack's shoulder. Jack laughed and slowly pushed Damnation off of him.
"You were manipulated by Love and her posse right?" Assassin asked.
Daniel nodded, kept working and spying all at once.
"Love and her lackeys are gone, they went on ahead to Silver Wolf's camp, and I think you may be suffering from withdrawals."
"That's not possible, Damnation told us he would keep a lid on their powers. They haven't been messing with us since that first night."
Assassin shook his head, "You don't understand why we are kept here but the point is that some of us don't have the ability to put our powers on hold which is why we are separated from other people. Lust and Desire don't have the ability to shut it off, you have been feeling the effects since you got here and it has not ended up until the moment they left here this afternoon."
Daniel thought about the timing of the anger that had surfaced. It couldn't be a coincidence but then he thought about all those 'I love yous' and they all happened while they were being messed with. Daniel knew he loved Jack but did Jack really love him or was it all just the girls messing with him? Daniel didn't know for sure and he didn't want to hear from Jack so soon after them being together the night before that it wasn't something Jack had truly wanted. He never offered his body to Daniel; the archeologist was the only one doing the offering. Jack didn't like the idea that he liked a man and this was going to give him every excuse to end things with Daniel.
"Wow, so the love of my life was a trick from the beginning?" he asked Assassin.
The young man gripped Daniel's shoulder, "Love cannot make anyone feel something that isn't already there. Damnation and Love both told you that."
Daniel shook Assassin off of him, "It doesn't matter. Lets just get this done."
He went back to work and tried to ignore Jack who was still working with Damnation.
"Your lover is worried and you are both angry. Why?" Damnation asked Jack.
"Can't you see he is very close to your lieutenant? I am old and have dodgy knees and a bad attitude. Why would anyone choose me over him?"
Damnation touched Jack's shoulder, "You have nothing to worry about, and Daniel loves you, only you."
Jack pulled away, "You can't really know that."
"Yes I can, I have the ability to see into the hearts of people. It helps to keep my people and me alive to know their intentions. His only intentions is to protect and love you for the rest of your life whether you live here in this time or get back to your own."
Damnation stared at Jack, "You are feeling unsure about your love for each other?"
Jack nodded; he honestly had no idea all of a sudden why Daniel could ever love him. There was no logic to it at all, he knew he loved Daniel but he didn't truly believe anymore that the younger man felt it in return.
"Jack, its not because you do not love each other, its because Lust and Desire are no longer here. You are suffering withdrawal from their presence. Don't let the symptoms make you believe that you do not belong together."
Jack nodded but had a hard time believing anything Damnation was saying. He continued working and felt depression and anger settle into his heart and mind. This was over and he had nothing to offer to Daniel to make him stay.
When Damnation called a stop to the day to eat dinner, they were exhausted from tearing down the village and eager to eat their meal. Jack watched Daniel eat his meal with Assassin, while Jack just ate his standing against a nearby tree. When he was done he decided they needed to talk about this now. He didn't really notice when Teal'c dragged Sam away from other people as well as he walked up to Daniel and took his hand. Daniel frowned at him but followed when Jack kept tugging on him. They walked far enough away from the crowd and Daniel pulled away from Jack and wrapped his arms around himself in a self-hug. It was always an indication that Daniel was upset.
"What do you want Jack?" he asked quietly.
"Did you think that if you didn't say yes to me when I kissed you that I would mistreat you or hurt you? Is that why you're leading me on?"
Daniel frowned at him, "Why would I lead you on? I am in love with you!"
Jack scoffed at him, "Why would you love me?"
"I honestly don't know right now, you are cranky most of the time and insufferable the rest of the time. All I know is that I am not a fighter, I am ever the pain in your ass and I am always making you have to carry out rescue missions and emergency surgeries. I can't change who I am, Jack and you have yet to say if I can be inside of you. This is going to be a one way love life and I am okay with that as long as I can have you."
Jack stepped back, shocked at Daniel's words. "I don't feel comfortable being gay, Danny and you know that. I am going against everything I have ever believed about myself to be with you and you think I am not in love with you?"
"Jack, you are going against everything you believe you are then maybe we should stop while you can still reclaim what you believe you have lost."
Jack watched as Daniel walked away from him and he felt like his heart stopped beating all together. He moved to follow Daniel and grabbed the younger man's arm. Daniel turned and glared at Jack but the Colonel pulled Daniel into his arms. He felt his heart speed up but his mind settled and all he could think was that he couldn't lose Daniel. He kissed his young lover gently but Daniel wasn't responding as quickly as he had this morning. Jack pulled away and frowned, "What?"
"Are you sure you want to go against what you believe about yourself to be with me? Am I really worth the crisis of self you are going to bring down on yourself?"
Jack didn't pull back at the anger in Daniel's voice. He kept holding on, terrified that if he let Daniel go again this relationship in its entirety would be over. "Daniel Jackson, you are the most sweet, loving, compassionate, genius, pain in the ass man I have ever had the privilege of knowing. If I have to let go of me, at least I'll have you."
Daniel softened against him, "So you are really going gay for me?"
"Gay for Daniel, I think I can do that."
"You know in this time, gay doesn't really mean anything you think it means anymore."
"What you mean Danny?"
"We can make up our own rules as we go along, you can still be you but in love with a man."
"And you can be you, Danny but in love with me and only me," Jack stated.
"You're being very bossy, Colonel Jack."
"Just being me," he said with a wink.
Daniel nodded and smiled, "So we're going to work through anything that comes our way then?"
"Together, like always," Jack responded. He leaned down and kissed Daniel again, this time the younger man responded quickly and gripped at Jack's neck and back. Jack grinned against Daniel's lips and enjoyed the taste of his lover's lips and the heat that spread through his heart and into every part of his body. He was desperate to keep Daniel in his life and if that meant he had to accept some changes to his person, or the person he believed himself to be through the training of the military then he would do it gladly.
They pulled away from each other when they heard Sam shout. Jack took off in the direction of the yell and they found Sam pacing in front of Teal'c who was looking desperate to Jack.
"I don't think I can live like this, never knowing how you really feel when I am bursting to tell you every feeling that comes through my mind and heart. I cannot tell that you care more about me then any other female in this village. You are on a new planet in a new time where your masters don't worry you anymore. You could find someone you want to show your emotions to."
Jack was shocked, he'd never seen Sam so unhinged about anything. Then again Daniel and himself had been pretty unhinged as well. Teal'c moved into Sam's way and she ran into him with a soft grunt. She moved to push away from him but Teal'c grabbed her arms and held her still. He leaned down and looked into Sam's eyes even as she tried to escape his hold.
"Samantha, I am a man of few words but believe me when I say that I love you very much."
Sam broke, crying into the man's overly large chest. Jack and Daniel moved away to give them some privacy to finish making up. They slept on sleeping pallets on the ground under the stars that night; Daniel wrapped around Jack's chest and close circled by their guards. The shield was still up for the moment so they could sleep in peace but they were walking away from this campsite first thing in the morning.
"Still love me Jack, without the magic?"
Jack squeezed Daniel tightly knowing that they were both still nervous without the additive of the magic that had been keeping them on cloud nine. Jack decided this truth between each other was better than the one hundred percent in love and perfect together. They weren't perfect but they were together and it was real.
"Danny, you are the magic and I love you just as much without the girls here."
Daniel relaxed into Jack, "Thank god, because I still love you."
They both relaxed into each other and slept, happy in the knowledge that it wasn't always going to be perfect but they were together.