Blood of My Heart, Beloved of My Soul
Chapter 5
Dreams and Desires
It was at times like these that Major Samantha Carter wished the armbands that Anise had used on SG1 in an experiment not long ago, had turned out to be something that would work. She could use some superhuman strength, energy, night vision, and speed right now. It would have made their whole situation easier to deal with. Unfortunately, she didn’t have one, and they only worked once anyway, so wishing was pointless. She would have to get them out of here without them.
Here being at least two hours from the Stargate on a nice day,
with no
For the moment, they were taking a
short break. While she took stock of
their situation, Sam fashioned a makeshift bandage around her leg.
They had spotted the
Colonel O’Neill and Teal’c had seen a
small party of
After making sure no one could tell
they’d been at the ruins, Sam and Daniel were to do the same. They would use the radio only when
necessary. The
Unfortunately, Sam and Daniel had run
into a group of natives just after they left the temple. Since they immediately started brandishing
weapons, Sam had decided that it might be in their best interests to
retreat. Luckily, only one of the arrows
had found its mark, and it hadn’t done a lot of damage.
So here they were, hiding from two
hostile enemies, injured and getting wet.
They needed to find a cave soon.
“I don’t think the natives are truly
hostile, Sam,” Daniel whispered.
Sam looked pointedly down at her
leg. “Really? You couldn’t prove it by me, Daniel,” She
whispered back. “Look, we need to find
some shelter for the rest of the night.
How much farther to that cave you remember seeing?”
“Not far. If we can skirt around the bottom of the
cliff over there, I think it was just beyond that point jutting out.”
She looked in the direction Daniel
indicated; She could just make out the cliff.
She remembered passing it that morning on their way to the temple
ruins.
Squinting at the night sky, she saw
that there was very little moonlight.
One of the two moons of this planet hadn’t risen yet, the other was in
its quarter phase, and the weather was cloudy and misty. Once in a while, a break in the clouds would
allow the one moon to peek through, but it threw very little light. They were less likely to be spotted in the
dim light; on the other hand, it was going to be harder for them to find the
cave.
Sam indicated to Daniel that they
should move cautiously toward their goal.
They moved quietly through the underbrush, which grew right up to the
bottom of the cliff. A few straggly
bushes were clinging to the cliff face.
It would afford them some cover.
“It’s up about twenty-five feet and to
your left, Sam,” Daniel breathed into her ear.
“Up?”
She groaned in response.
“Yeah.
There are some old foot and handholds in the rock face. From what I noticed this morning, they’ve
probably been abandoned for a very long time.
You should be able to see them if you look closely.”
Sam studied the rock face. “I think I can make them out.”
“Good.”
“Okay.
I’ll go up first.”
“Are you sure you can do this with that
leg, Sam?” Daniel asked, his tone tinged
with concern.
“Yeah, it’s really not bad,
Daniel. I’ve had a whole lot worse,” she
reminded him mildly.
“Yeah, I guess we both have,” came the
laconic reply.
“All right. Here we go.”
Sam slowly started the climb, searching carefully for hand and
footholds. Falling was not an option, as
not only would one of them end up hurt, but also, the sound of falling rocks
could be heard for a long way.
She finally reached the ledge that led
to the cave entrance. It wasn’t a very
large opening, so she would have to bend over to go in. She decided to crawl. She brought her zat up in case she needed a
defensive weapon. It wouldn’t make much
noise. The cave appeared deserted. She couldn’t hear anything, but she couldn’t
see very far inside either. Daniel
joined her on the ledge and peered into its blackness.
“Stay here and watch our backs, Sam,
and I’ll go in, follow the wall around, and see how big it is. Hopefully, it will have some little areas off
to the side like the ones the temple was built into,” He spoke so softly she
barely heard him. “I’ll be okay; it’s
just like a creepy tomb, and I’m used to them.”
He was gone before she could disagree with him.
It didn’t take long for him to get
back. “It’s empty and fairly small. There are two side caves far enough back to
shield our light from the outside.”
“Great, let’s go then because I’m
starving.”
Sam led the way and knew that Daniel
was right. The cave was small, but
perfect for their needs. No one could
enter without them knowing it, and their lights couldn’t be seen from outside.
They quickly set about making a
meal. “Mmm. Chicken.
My favorite.” Sam looked at
Daniel and grinned. “You always say
that. It came about from the meal you
guys had that first trip to
“Yeah, but for that matter, on one of
our first missions, I discovered that all the MRE’s really taste like chicken,
even the macaroni and cheese. The first
Abydos mission though, they brought out this cooked animal-lizard-like-thing,
and Kawalski more or less dared me to try it.
It really did taste just like
chicken, too.” He laughed softly,
thinking back to that first trip through the wormhole. It seemed so long ago.
Then he noticed that Sam was trying to
take care of the wound to her leg.
“Here, Sam, let me do that,” Daniel
said, as he made his way over to her. It
was just like Sam not to ask for help. Looking at her, he realized again, how
difficult it must be for a woman to be in the military. Men had to prove themselves, women had to
prove themselves over and over until the men around them finally realized they
were viable capable ‘people’, in
every respect. To do that, they had to
be tougher on themselves, because anything less and they took the chance of
being considered ‘weak’.
“No, that’s okay, Daniel. I can do it.”
“I know you can, Sam. But, it would be easier if you just held the
light, and let me do it. Besides, you’ve
patched me up often enough; I’d like to return the favor,” He returned quietly,
admiring her as he so often found himself doing.
She chuckled softly, “Oh, well, okay,
since you put it so nicely, how could I refuse?” She relaxed, trusting him, as she always did.
“There don’t seem to be any broken
pieces in the wound. I’ll just clean it
out. This’ll hurt,” he warned her.
Sam hissed, and then gasped, “Yes. It will,” she said through gritted
teeth. “Damn, that smarts!”
“There should be antibiotic cream and
some oral antibiotics in the med kit.
You should put some gauze over the wound after you put the cream in and
then wrap it. It might start to bleed
again tomorrow, but not bad, nothing vital was hit. There should be Ibuprofen, too,” Sam
instructed through clenched teeth.
“Okay.
All done. Daniel listened to
Sam’s instructions while he worked. “I’m
finished, Sam, so you can relax now.
Here are the antibiotics and the Ibuprofen. Sure you don’t want something stronger?”
“Thanks, Daniel. No, it would probably make me mellow and
goofy. I need to be alert. I’ll take first watch. My leg’s still throbbing enough I wouldn’t be
able to sleep, anyway, and if I’m going to be awake, I might as well be doing
something useful,” She answered, practical as always.
“Right.
Wake me in a couple of hours, then.”
She could hear him sliding into his sleeping bag, and then all was
quiet, except for the sounds of the night creatures that drifted in from the
outside.
Daniel rolled over onto his left
side. Several minutes later, he rolled
over onto his back. He rolled over onto
his right side for a few minutes before sitting up. “It’s no use, Sam. I can’t sleep.” She could hear him dragging his sleeping bag
her way. Then she felt him settle in
beside her and lean back against the wall of the cave. They’d had a very small fire. The few embers that were left allowed her to
see his silhouette, nothing more.
Sam looked at her friend and it was
obvious, even in the dim glow, that something was bothering him. “We’ve been up since early this morning, and
it’s very late now. We spent hours
hiking and then climbing all over a temple and its ruins. We’ve been dodging natives and
“Hmm?” he queried, lost in thoughts of
his own. As his brain finally registered
what Sam had said, he responded, “Oh, it’s nothing, really.”
She tilted her head and looked at him
quizzically. “Since when does nothing
really keep you awake on a mission?”
She asked.
She could sense his grin in the
darkness. She felt him duck his head in
that little boy gesture he used when he had been caught in saying, or doing,
something he wasn’t supposed to be doing.
His evasive answer didn’t really surprise her, and she knew he’d tell
her soon if she was patient.
Daniel seemed to be trying to get his
thoughts in order. “You know, Sam, I
really loved Sha’uri. I told her I did,
too. In every way I could think of. It’s the one thing I don’t feel I have to
regret. I know she knew how much I loved her,” he said earnestly. “I made sure of that.”
Suddenly, Sam found herself asking, “Do
you think you’ll ever fall in love again?”
She gasped, appalled at herself.
“Oh, God, Daniel, I’m sorry. I
have no business asking you that.”
“Hey, Sam, it,s okay. We’re the best of friends, aren’t we? I’ve felt for a long time that we can discuss
absolutely anything. Anything,
Sam. Sometimes, I feel like we’ve known
each other for a very long time. It’s as
if I feel connected to you in some way.”
He dipped his head again, feeling a little embarrassed at the emotion he
had allowed to show.”
“I’m glad, Daniel. You know I’ve felt the same way about you,
too. Like I could confess or tell you
anything, and you wouldn’t stand in judgment of me; you would continue to care
about me just the same.” Clearing her
throat she added, “It’s odd that you should mention feeling like you’ve known
me for a long time because sometimes I feel as if we have some kind of
connection, bond, I don’t know exactly what to call it, but I know it’s there,
too,” Sam replied, also feeling the tug of unwanted, and she realized,
unwarranted, embarrassment. “I’m glad
we’re good friends, Daniel, and I hope we never lose that feeling, or that
trust.”
“I am, too, and to prove it, I’ll
answer your question. Do I think I’ll
ever fall in love again? Yes, I think
so. I don’t think Sha’uri would want me
to be alone forever. In fact, I’m pretty
sure of that.” He paused, and Sam could
tell he was debating with himself. He
cleared his throat, “I, um, I keep having this recurring dream lately. Well, actually, I’ve been having it on and
off since Sha’uri died, but it’s becoming more frequent.”
“What’s it about?”
Daniel took a deep breath, and then
spoke softly, “We’re in the control room at the SGC. A wormhole has been activated off world, and
we can’t shut it down. Sha’uri is in the
dream, and she’s dressed in the type of robes we wore on
“The last one through the Stargate is a
woman, and after she comes through the wormhole shuts down. I think she’s wearing some kind of blue robe
or dress, but I can’t make out anything else about it, and I can’t see her
face. There are two men and a woman
standing in front of her, and I don’t know them. There is another man standing off to one side
of the gate room, and although I can’t see his face, I get the feeling I know
him well. It’s a very strange tableau,
almost as if, although all of the elements belong, they’re not necessarily in
the correct order.”
Daniel shook his head saying, “I know that
doesn’t describe it very well, but it’s the only way I can think to say
it. Anyway, Sha’uri turns from looking
at the group of people, and she touches my face, very lovingly, saying, “The
time has come to release me, my Dan’yel.
‘She’ is here. She has come to
you once again. You must not be
afraid. You must go to her.”
“I turn to look down at Sha’uri, and I
ask, Who is coming? Who is ‘she’? And she answers with the most beautiful smile
on her face. It is the Woman. The other half. You must accept that which is meant to be.”
Daniel paused again, then continued, “I
tell her, “I don’t understand, I love you, Sha’uri.” As soon as I tell her that she says, “Yes,
and you will always love me, for I am a part of your heart, but you must
release me into your memories, my Dan’yel.
It is time for you to go to the Woman.
The mate.” Daniel sighed,
“then I wake up.”
“Is that all of it? I mean, are you leaving anything out? Sha’uri didn’t say anything else?”
“Well, yeah, that’s pretty much all of it,” Daniel cleared his throat, and Sam could tell that he was hedging.
“Come on, Daniel. I need to know it all if I’m going try to help you figure it out, although I think its meaning is obvious anyway. But, you really need to tell it all to me.”
“Okay, okay.” She could tell he was smiling. “But, I only dreamed this part one time, so I don’t know how significant it is.” He paused yet again, evidently thinking how best to phrase what he was about to disclose. He sighed. “Okay. Here goes, but you have to promise not to shoot me.” He didn’t wait for a response, but hurried on. “You remember the blue dress the Shavadii gave you?”
“Yes, I remember it, Daniel, but I never wore it on the ramp to the Stargate,” Sam said, testy at the mention of a dress she’d kept only for its costume value.
“I know. Do you remember that hot blue number that Janet wore last year to the Christmas party?” He asked another seemingly irrelevant question.
“Yes, she was a knock-out in it.” Sam smiled, remembering how great her friend had looked that night, and how the men had been practically salivating every time one of them got near to her.
“Yeah, she was. Anyway, I got to thinking about those two instances one day and I, um, that is I, thought, um, wondered, if maybe the dream could mean you or Janet.” The last part came out in a rush. “That night I had this variation of the dream, and I’ve only had it that one time.”
“In the dream that time, I asked Sha’uri if it was you or Janet. She said that although loving friends could sometimes become lovers of the heart, it wasn’t meant to be in our cases, at this time. She said something about you and I and Heartmates that I didn’t quite catch, and then she said that Janet was meant for someone else and that,” he stopped suddenly, but then continued slowly, “She said that you were already bonded in your heart, but that you refused to acknowledge it.”
Sam gasped, and then managed to choke out, “Did she say who I was bonded to?”
“She didn’t have to tell me the answer to that, Sam. As soon as she said it, I knew.”
“Really? And who do you think I’m bonded with, Daniel?” Sam asked in a low tense voice.
Daniel answered softly, “Well, unlike some at the SGC, I know that while you feel a great deal of loyalty, respect, and the kind of love one friend feels for another, for Jack O’Neill, you don’t love him in that way. Nor do you love Teal’c in that way, although you do love them very much.” He stopped speaking, and she could feel him looking at her.
“So who did you decide it was then?” She asked hesitantly.
“You love Martouf and Lantash, Sam. In my dream, Sha’uri agreed with me. How much longer are you going to deny both yourself and them, Sam?” Daniel questioned her gently.
“Those are Jolinar’s feelings, Daniel,” Sam snapped.
“I don’t think so, Sam.” Daniel’s voice was soft as he refuted her words. “You have some of Jolinar’s memories and feelings, but I think that if you look deep into your heart you’ll find Martouf and Lantash there. I think maybe you’re just afraid to admit it to yourself, let alone them.”
“I don’t know, Daniel. I feel confused when I think about them. Sometimes, I’m afraid that it isn’t really me feeling those things. At other times, I think it is. I just don’t know what to do about it.”
“Just remember, Sam. The one thing I don’t have to regret is telling Sha’uri how I felt about her. Don’t let it go until something happens, and you can never say it to them.”
Sam shook her head, “We’re supposed to be talking about your dream, not my non-existent love life. I think it means that your subconscious is telling you that you’re ready to move on with your life.”
“I think you’re right.” He paused. “I think I’m right, too, Sam. Your love life doesn’t have to be non-existent, and neither does mine.”
Sam sat still, not moving and barely breathing. Then, Daniel caught the tiny catch in her breath that indicated that Sam was trying to rein in wayward emotions. A circumstance that years of practice had made her quite proficient in.
“Daniel?” She barely breathed his name loud enough for him to hear.
“Yes, Sam?” He answered her promptly.
“Daniel,” she whispered brokenly, “You’re right. I love Martouf and Lantash so much it scares me. Daniel…Daniel, what am I going to do? He’s Tok’Ra. I’m on Earth; he’s God only knows where. I worry about him all the time. I can’t wait to see him when I know the Tok’Ra are coming to Earth. I’m disappointed if he isn’t one of them. When he does come, I get all tied up inside, and I can’t even make myself let him know how I feel verbally, let alone make a move on him. I want to so badly, but I just can’t bring myself to do it. He’s not safe, Daniel. I could get so terribly hurt. I just don’t know what to do,” she repeated.
The anguish and uncertainty in her voice shocked Daniel. He had known she cared, he just hadn’t realized how much.
“I don’t know right now, Sam, but we’ll both think about the situation. I’m sure it will work out. We’ll make it work out. Now that you’ve admitted it to yourself, you’ll figure out what to do. The most important thing though is to tell him.”
“But, what if he doesn’t love me back? Me, Daniel, not Jolinar. How will I ever know for sure?”
“I
believe he loves you for you. My God,
Sam, the man’s face lights up like a Christmas tree just at the mention of your
name. You walk in the room, and I swear
we don’t need electricity to light the SGC or power the Gate. And, Sam, it’s not just Martouf. On the rare occasions when Lantash takes
control, I’ve seen him look at you with hunger in his eyes, as if he wants to
carry you off and never let you go.” He
stopped speaking again, obviously trying to think of how he wanted to say what
was on his mind. “Sam, do you remember
when you came through the gate to
Sam was puzzled. “Yes, I remember.” Where in the world was he going with this? Sometimes, Daniel’s mind worked so far outside of the box that even Sam couldn’t follow him.
“Then do you remember that last kiss Sha’uri and I shared?”
“Well, yeah, Daniel. I mean, that kiss Sha’uri gave you seemed to put your brain in neutral. I thought we might have to send out a search party for it. I don’t think you even knew where you were,” she teased him gently.
“So I’ve been told. My point is that I have a feeling that, if you’d just kiss Lantash and Martouf the way Sha’uri kissed me that day, we’d find them wandering around the SGC in a daze. If they could even move at all. I’m serious, Sam. I really believe that man is seriously head over symbiote in love with you.” He coughed. “If you need more proof, just look at the way Jack reacts to Martouf and Lantash. He practically foams at the mouth,” Daniel pointed out.
“Daniel, the Colonel is not in love with me,” Sam said firmly, “and we both know it. We thought about it, but not only is it against regs, it just isn’t there for us, not now and not ever.”
“I know that, Sam. But, you know as well as I do that he does love you in his own way. We’re family. All of us. Jack can’t seem to separate the Tok’Ra from the Goa’uld. Intellectually, he can do it, but not emotionally. So he’s not happy at the thought that Martouf and Lantash love you in ‘that’ way.”
“I know. It’s just one more thing that I have to give thought to before I do anything,” she stopped and, startled by what she had said, she added “not, that I would let that make a difference if I thought they really loved me.”
“Sam, in the end, the only thing that really matters is if you love them, and they love you. And you do. I think this will all work out in the end. I’m not saying that just because you’ve admitted it, everything will suddenly be okay. Your situation will take a lot of work to make it last. But, I think they would work at it, I mean, look at the last relationship they were in. It lasted for almost a century, Sam, and that isn’t the sign of a man that loves lightly or will take off at the first sign of trouble. That’s the sign of a man that means his vows and takes them seriously. He’d work hard at making a long distance relationship work. If anyone can do that, too, it’s you, Sam. You’re going to have to trust Martouf and Lantash. Between you two, you can do this.”
“I don’t want anyone to know anything, Daniel. Promise me this is just between us,” Sam requested suddenly.
“You’re not going to say anything to Martouf and Lantash,” he stated flatly.
“No, no, not yet. I want time to think this through first. I mean, I’ve just now confronted myself with this and admitted it. And I’m still not sure it’s not Jolinar’s feelings and not mine. Do you understand?” Her voice pleaded with him to know what she was going through.
“Yes, I do and I think you’re right in thinking you need some time to come to terms with what you’ve admitted. But, don’t think too logically about it. And after you’ve done the requisite thinking, then feel the answer in your heart, Sam. Because in the end, that’s the only thing that really counts,” Daniel answered, giving her the reassurance she needed to tell her that he did understand, and he cared about her.
“I know. You’ve taught me that.” She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. “Thank you, Daniel.”
Daniel turned, took Sam in his arms and kissed her back gently. “You’re welcome, Sam. Anytime. I’ll always be there for you, I promise.”
“Me, too, Daniel. Anytime.” She cleared her throat and sat up straighter. “Well, I should go do a quick perimeter check. Why don’t you get bedded down and get a couple of hours sleep. I’ll wake you in two,” Sam said, as she fought to keep her emotions under control. Damn, why could Daniel and his sweet caring always get to her when almost no one else could?
“I don’t think you should go outside, Sam. I think it stopped raining, and if the other moon is up, you’d be plainly visible in the moonlight,” Daniel cautioned her.
Sam sighed, “I’m the soldier here, Daniel. I’m just going to check to see if I hear anything and take a quick look around. I need to make sure there isn’t someone prowling around. Sheesh, you’re worse than my father,” she said lightly.
“All right, but I’ll wait until you get back before I go to sleep.” He chuckled. “Just like Dad.”
She
threw him a slightly exasperated, but affectionate look, nodded, and silently
slipped away. Within minutes, she was
back. “It’s completely quiet out there
except for the normal night sounds you’d expect, which, of course, is
good. I really don’t think we’ll be
bothered tonight. It’s obvious that the
natives didn’t follow us, and the
“Probably a good idea.”
Grabbing hold of her radio, Sam keyed her mike, but didn’t say anything. She did it three times in a row and then waited. If the Colonel or Teal’c were okay, one of them should have heard it, and they would answer. If they didn’t, then something was wrong, or they knew for sure that there was a ship in orbit. Either way, it would indicate that she and Daniel needed to be, if possible, even more cautious tomorrow.
“Major Carter, is that you?” She heard Teal’c ask as quietly as possible.
“Yes,” Sam responded, in an equally soft tone. “Are you clear to talk?”
“Yes. Are you and Daniel Jackson well?” Teal’c’s calm tone came to them quite clearly.
“Sort of. We ran into some unfriendly natives, and I got a puncture wound in the thigh. It isn’t bad, but it will slow us down a little tomorrow. We’re going to have to be on watch for the natives as well as the Goa’uld. I just wanted you to know we are still probably four or five hours from the gate because of it. Other than that, we are both doing fine. Are you both all right?” Sam gave her report as concisely as possible.
“Yes. We have had no difficulties. We are within an hour of the Stargate. If it has not been discovered, we still plan to rendezvous near the FRED. If it has been, then we will be in the caves in the hills behind the Stargate.”
“Roger that, Teal’c. Carter, out.” Sam released the button on her radio, and turned to Daniel. “They’re fine, Daniel. Get some sleep.”
“Night, Sam.” She could hear him snuggling down into his sleeping bag. Morning was still a long time away. They had a long night ahead on this planet. Sam settled into her watch ‘mode’. Now if she could just keep herself from thinking, she’d be fine. Something inside her said that wasn’t going to happen. If that was the case, then she might as well indulge herself with a little bit of fantasy with Martouf and Lantash as the leading men. It was an easy dream to slip into. She’d been there hundreds of times before. The difference was that this time she could add her love to the lust that usually took center stage. She smiled and figured the next two hours would go by pretty fast…and they did.
Before she knew it, three hours had passed. Sam leaned over to Daniel and shook him awake. “It’s been three hours, Daniel. It’s time for your watch.”
“Why didn’t you wake me earlier, Sam? You must be exhausted by now,” Daniel said, as he began to wake up.
“I had some thinking I needed to do, Daniel, but I am tired. I think I can sleep now. Morning should be here in about three hours. Do you think you can last that long?” It was a rhetorical question, she knew. Once awake and with coffee in him, Daniel would be good to go.
“Yeah. Is that coffee I smell?” Daniel asked, still groping for his glasses. Finding them, he put them on and climbed out of his sleeping bag.
“I made some a while ago. If you do get sleepy, wake me in two,” Sam told him as she prepared to bed down. It was a good thing they had planned on staying the night at the temple, otherwise they wouldn’t have had all of this stuff with them.
“I will if I need to, Sam,” Daniel assured her, as he poured his coffee and inhaled the aroma. Just the fumes seemed to be waking him up.
“I just checked everything again. Not that there’s much to check. Still seems normal out there. ‘Night, Daniel,” Sam said sleepily from her bedroll.
“Goodnight, Sam,” Daniel answered softly.
She was asleep almost before her head touched her jacket that was serving as a pillow.
Colonel Jack O’Neill was pacing. It was mid-morning, and they had heard nothing from Carter and Daniel. Where the hell were they?
“Are you sure they were okay, Teal’c? He asked for what must have been the twelfth time.
“Indeed,
O’Neill,” Teal’c answered patiently.
“Major Carter said that her wound was slight, and that they were
safe. She expected it would take them
several hours to reach us today.
Particularly, since she would be traveling slower than usual and they
would have to be on the lookout for both
“If they don’t show up soon, I’m going to go look for them.”
“I
do not think that would be wise, at this time, O’Neill. We must give them time to make their way here
safely. If we go to look for them, we
are much more likely to run into the
Jack
O’Neill scowled at his
He just needed to relax, he thought, as he sat down. He would think about hockey. Or fishing. Yes, he would plan his next fishing trip. No Thor this time, and he’d take the whole team. They’d go to his cabin and just relax. He frowned as he tried to envision Carter or Daniel relaxing at his cabin. Well, anyway, they’d have a great time. Speaking of time, what time was it? Oh, ten minutes since he’d looked last time.
They hadn’t heard a thing from Thor’s surprise as he always thought of her. He figured they’d backed out and hadn’t told Thor, or Thor hadn’t told them. Just as well, because he didn’t need some alien who would try to take over his command and cause problems.
He’d bet she was some politically correct Daddy’s girl. No doubt about it. They must have pulled the wool over Thor’s eyes, and he’d bet that didn’t happen often. Probably the only thing Thor really knew about her was what her Daddy had told him. He probably trusted the old guy, and didn’t realize that parents sometimes thought their kids were better at stuff than they really were.
That mental telepathy-empy-thing would have come in handy though. However, it probably wouldn’t have outweighed the downside. They’d have to baby-sit her, and make sure nothing happened to her that would cause an intergalactic incident. Yup, he definitely hoped something had happened to stop that little plan from taking place because he was in no mood to coddle some politician’s daughter. He didn’t have time for that. And speaking of time, what time was it? A whole thirty minutes later than it was before. He’d give them a little more time. The sun was up early here. Set early too. He wished he had his yo-yo.
“I believe someone approaches, O’Neill,” Teal’c’s voice, breaking into his thoughts, was a welcome diversion.
Watching from their hiding place, they saw Carter and Daniel move unobtrusively toward the FRED. Teal’c and O’Neill stood up.
“Hey, Carter, it’s about time you two showed up. Are you and Daniel ready to blow this place?”
“Yes,
sir. Sorry it took so long. It looked like the
“How do you know that?”
“Well,
we also ran into those natives from before.
After listening for a while, Daniel figured out what language they were
speaking. He talked to them, told them
about the
“Great. Let’s get a move on, campers.” They got the FRED moving and headed towards the gate.
“How’s the leg, Carter? Thought you said the natives shot you?” Jack suddenly thought to ask.
“Yeah,
they did.” Daniel answered. “It turned out that they were just trying to
scare us away, so we wouldn’t be in the temple when the
Sam was grinning by now. “Yeah, he was really embarrassed. They were teasing him pretty bad, I guess, from what Daniel was saying. My leg’s not bad at all. Daniel cleaned it up for me last night.”
“We
managed to get the mineral samples and the video of the temple ruins, before we
saw the
They maneuvered the FRED into position. Colonel O’Neill made a wide sweeping gesture with his arm toward the gate. “There’s no place like home. Dial us up, Daniel. To Earth.”
TBC