Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory
by The Kat Goddess
Summary: Anthropologist and Linguist Jade Andros is transferred to SG-1 to help Daniel translate a tablet with gate coordinates to a new planet. When Jade and SG-1 go to investigate, they accidentally unleash an imprisoned Goa'uld.
Category: Action/Adventure, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Series
Episode Related: 717 Heroes, 721 Lost City
Season: Season 7
Pairing: Daniel/other, Jack/Sam
Rating: 13+
Warnings: language
Disclaimer: Stargate SG-1 and its characters are the property of Showtime/Viacom, MGM/UA, Double Secret Productions, and Gekko Productions. I have written this story for entertainment purposes only and no money whatsoever has exchanged hands. No copyright infringement is intended. The original characters, situations, and story are the property of the author(s).
Archived on: 2004-08-06
"Daniel..."
Dr. Daniel Jackson looked up from the large stone slabs on his table in his lab, running a hand through his short, light brown hair and trying to shake himself from his work.
Colonel Jack O'Neill, back on duty after his short hiatus following his injury on P3X-666, stood in his tight, black T-shirt and green uniform pants. "So..." Jack began, his arms crossed over his chest as he leaned on the doorframe. "What are they?"
Daniel put down hsi pencil and tape recorder and he gave Jack one of his typical "I've got something to say, but I'll be damned if I know how to say it" looks. As he stood, Major Samantha Carter was entering, walking over to the other side of his doorframe, her short, blonde hair slightly erratic like always.
"Well, ah," Daniel paused for a moment and subconsciously scratched the back of his arm. "They're definitely gate coordinates." He finished, acting as if he had just announced some great revelation to the two.
There was a pause between them as both Sam and Jack turned to look at each other, both somewhat confused. After exchanging a few more glances, Sam was the one to turn to Daniel, her brow furrowed as she cocked her head slightly.
"Daniel... what else does it say?" Sam asked, trying to get more out of them. This could have been amusing, if it had not been only weeks after Dr. Frasier's death- Daniel shuddered and pushed the thought away.
"Daniel."Jack urged, looking at the scientist as he drifted off.
"Well, um, ah -" Daniel took off his glasses, rubbing his eyes. "That's the problem. They're in Chinese."
"Japanese, actually." A cool voice piped in.
The three humans of SG-1 turned to the door, Daniel putting back on his glasses as they all looked at the figure in the doorway. The new voice was held by a young woman, probably about Sam's age, her long, chestnut hair framing her face, piercing blue eyes locked on the slabs near Daniel.
"Woah, wait, what - " Jack tried to protest at the woman in fatigues before them, but he was blown off as she walked right by him and eagerly looked to the slab.
"Katakana, now that I'm looking at it." She assessed, reaching her hand into her pocket, pulling out a black tape recorder similar to Daniel's. "Definitely katakana. Looks about... Sixth century - "
"Seventh century," Daniel piped up, his hand on his chin as his scientific curiosity got the better of him, warranting a glare from Jack.
"Oh, now, I see. Dr. Jackson's right. The calligraphy in this phrase would suggest Seventh century." The woman continued to talk into the recorder as Jack continued watching, steadily growing more impatient. "Tsurana- Gake? Who uses gake anymore?"
"All right! That's it! Who the *Hell* are you?"
"Gyo mokuroku zen sai - " The woman stopped in her musing, and she stood up straight, tucking a lock of hair behind her ear as she turned to face them. "You... you don't know who I am?"
Jack looked at her expectantly, giving a quick shake of his head. "No. No, we don't."
"I guess General Hammond didn't tell you yet." Jack simply rose an eyebrow, and the woman winced, shutting off her recorder with a click. "Dr. Jade Andros, Eastern Linguist and Anthropologist, SG-11. Er," The newly identified Jade faltered and bit her lip. "Iwason SG-11, but now I'm on SG-1, as you can tell."
"Wait, you're on SG-1?" Sam struggled to understand what the woman was telling them.
"Andwhythe Hell did Hammond put you with us?" Jack demanded, annoyed at the fact that he had not been informed first.
"Hang on. You said you were a linguist?" Daniel inquired as he tapped Jade on the shoulder for attention. "What languages have you studied?"
"I can fluently read and write Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Mongolian, Korean, Russian, Indonesian and Polynesian dialects, as well as some Aboriginal."
If it had been possible, Jack's eyes probably would have fallen out right there. Sam certainly looked fascinated, but also a little shocked at the new addition to their team. And Daniel? Daniel was simply astounded.
"O'Neill."
The simple, deep voice of Teal'C interrupted the silence of the shocked SG-1.
Jack finally turned to Teal'C, his eyebrow still raised. "Yeah?"
"General Hammond wishes to see us."
Jack nodded and motioned for Sam to follow Teal'C. "You - " Jack said as he turned and pointed to Jade. "Stay here." Jack began to walk out, but he stopped and turned back to her. "And... don't touch anything."
Jack finally left and Daniel watched for a moment before beginning to walk out. He turned to Jade slyly.
"Youcouldtranslate those, though."
"Daniel!" Jack snapped from the hall.
"I'm coming!" Daniel replied, turning and leaving.
Jade was alone in the room now, and she sighed, walking back to the slabs. Her eyes rested on the small camcorder on the desk, and she felt a pang of guilt well up in her.
"Sir! I thought SG-1 said there were six J'affa!" Jade screamed as she fired on another nearing one.
"I know! Obviously, something's wrong, Doctor!"
"Help!! Doctor Frasier's been hit!! I need a medic!!"
Jade whirled as she heard the panicked voice, and she managed to make out the well-known figure of Dr. Jackson in the woods.
"Sir! Dr. Jackson - "
"Andros, hold the line while I help Jackson!"
"Are you crazy? I'm a linguist, I don't know how to -"
"Just do it!"
Jade snapped her hand up, and she shook her head, turning to focus on the slabs.
~~
"Have a seat." Hammond simply said as the Colonel and the others entered the briefing room, taking their respective seats.
"You wanted to see us?" Jack inquired as he looked to Hammond, his mind still on the nut who was in Daniel's lab.
"Yes. How's the work on those tablets Dr. Jackson found coming?"
"Well, ah-" Daniel started hopefully.
"Fine, sir." Jack said simply, cutting Daniel off. "Just fine."
"Really?" Hammond said, his thick Southern drawl making him sound as disbelieving as he looked.
"Um, no, General." Daniel said, wincing and leaning forward. "It's Eastern... Japanese," Daniel cast a glance to Sam, seeing a faint smile play upon her lips. "I - I can't read it. I don't remember it."
"Mmhm. I see. Well, you're in luck. I'm transferring a new linguist to SG-1 for the remainder of this mission. Her name is Dr. Jade Andros, she was on SG-11." Hammond looked over to Jack to see that he was trying desperately not to look disturbed. "Something wrong, Colonel?"
"No, sir."
"Good. Anyway, she's to be an addition to SG-1 when you've translated the slabs. Dismissed."
~~
Daniel took a deep breath as he turned into his lab, his vision immediately focused on a firm backside facing him. He blinked, and cocked his head slightly as he didn't even realize that he was staring.
"I think I'm getting closer...." Jade said, and it snapped Daniel out of his reverie. He looked up and cleared his throat, adjusting his glasses.
"Really?"
Jade looked up and she turned to face Daniel, smiling. "Oh, Dr. Jackson. Sorry, I was, um," She held her recorder up, blushing and smiling shyly. "Talking to myself."
"I-It's okay. I do the same thing."
"Yeah..." She sighed simply, a few moments of silence passing over them. Eventually, it seemed that both of them got sick of their silence, and they both looked up at the same time.
"So..." They both said, Jade quickly putting her hand to her forehead, sighing.
"Oh, God. I really don't want to do this kind of thing. You first..." She chuckled.
"No, after you." Daniel said, motioning for her to speak.
"Okay... I just wanted to know how the meeting with General Hammond went."
"Oh, it was short. He just told us a bit about you." With that short explanation, Daniel tucked his hands into his pockets and leaned over some, looking at the slabs. "How's the translating going?"
"Oh! Well, I've managed to figure out the dialect and get it into modern. Now, I just have to finish translating it into English."
"Wow... good job." Daniel assessed, unable to really think of what else he could say.
Jade chuckled, and she turned back to the slabs, grabbing a pencil and paper. "Thank you for that stunning and detailed analysis, Dr. Jackson." She coolly commented without missing a beat, beginning to rewind her tape to go back to her fluent Japanese.
After listening to her recorded voice coolly recite Japanese for a few minutes, Daniel looked around absently, and he sighed, reluctantly, and began to back out of the room.
"Dr. Jackson?"
Daniel stopped as Jade stood to look at him, and he rose his eyebrows, curious. "Yeah?'
"Um... I just wanted to say..." Jade bit her lip, and looked to the floor. "Um... thanks for letting me work on this. I've wanted to be on SG-1 for a while... I know it's not permanent, but... thanks for not being uncooperative."
Not quite sure of the meaning, Daniel smiled and shrugged, backing away.
"No... problem."
~~
A few hours later, Sam had gone to Daniel's lab, expecting to see him possibly chatting with the new linguist. This Dr. Andros concerned her actually...she knew nothing about her, other than the fact that she had been on SG-7, one of the few archeological teams. Her expertise was valued... but did it merit a full transfer to SG-1? Sam sighed, shaking her head, and she turned into the lab, stopping long enough to knock on the door.
"Hey, Daniel, how-" She stopped when she looked over to Daniel's desk, finding that Dr. Andros was nearly asleep on Daniel's desk, her hand still moving.
"The... last... coordinate..." She murmured to herself as her Japanese tape continued to roll.
"Doctor?" Sam said firmly, walking into the room and watching as Dr. Andros jumped, dropping her pencil.
"Major Carter!" She gasped as she looked up, standing. "Sorry, I was-"
"About to fall asleep?" Sam countered, folding her arms over her chest.
"I'm afraid so..." Dr. Andros replied with a faint smirk, shrugging and looking over to her tablets. "I'm at the last coordinate... in fact... I wrote it..." Jade looked down to her notes, and she held them up for Sam to see. "See, Major Carter? I've got the coordinates."
Sam paused a moment, and then finally took the notes from Jade, looking them over. "You... you do." She nodded to herself, and then took a step closer to Jade, patting her on the shoulder. "Good job, Andros. I'll take this to General Hammond."
~~
"Chevron 7, locked."
The team of SG-1, including their new addition, stood in the control room, all of them watching as with a rush of light, the Stargate created its signature and elusive sideways fountain of water, finally resting as a pool contained in the ring.
"Receiving MALP telemetry." Someone said from the controls, causing Jade to look up from her pondering. Within moments, the computer screens showed static, and she turned a stray gaze to Colonel O'Neill and the others to see their reactions. Seeing that O'Neill was stony and attentive and that Daniel seemed fascinated, she turned to look at the screen, her eyes widening.
The MALP was showing a formation of what looked like an old Shinto temple, and Jade nearly took a step closer, stopping only when she realized how informal it would be.
"Oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen. The planet is habitable." Carter said as she looked at the display before her.
"Good." General Hammond said, nodding and turning to look to SG-1. "Report to the Briefing Room at 1400."
~~
Jack turned to look over to Dr. Andros, trying to make sure that she was still there and not off wandering around the Stargate. Sure enough, she stood there in the Gate room, silently checking her palm pilot and adjusting the camouflage cap on her head. Sam was checking her P-7, probably also running mission objectives in her head, and Teal'C was standing there, well... being Teal'C. Upon further investigation, Jack realized that he couldn't immediately see where Daniel was, and he turned, furrowing his brow.
Daniel was leaning on the wall, looking over some of Jade's notes, his expression exceptionally curious. After having realized that there was a repository of knowledge on an Ancient world that they would be visiting once this mission was over, Jack didn't think that Daniel would ever be curious again.
The sounds of the Stargate locking onto the symbols made everyone look up, and Daniel rushed over towards Jack and Teal'C, folding the notes up and putting them in his big, black journal. As the last symbols locked, Jack slipped on his shades as the Stargate "flushed sideways," and Dr. Andros involuntarily flinched.
"Good luck, SG-1." General Hammond's voice echoed throughout the room as Jack, Sam and Teal'C all readied their weapons, and they began to march towards the Stargate. The orders of investigation of the temples and retrieval of data echoed in Jade's ears as she followed Daniel, and they were through.
~~
Jade could never get over the rush of wind and sound that accompanied one after exiting the Stargate's dizzying journey, and she finally exhaled, being last to come through as the Stargate shut off behind her.
"Okay, Andros... let's go."
She turned at Colonel O'Neill's order, and she nodded, hustling over towards SG-1.
They were in the middle of a large, wooded clearing, three suns in the process of setting. Jade cursed silently, and she reached a hand in her pocket ot pull out her palm pilot, putting on its internal light. Once it was dar, she'd be working by flashlight and PDA.
Jack waited until the whole group was together, and he signaled them to walk, the team traversing to the same temple structure that had been seen through the MALP. Once they had reached the structure, Jack signalled again, this time for Teal'C and Sam to stay on guard, and Jade shot him a glance, wondering if she could investigate. For moment, Jack didn't notice her, and then he looked over to her.
"Well, get going! Investigate! What are you waiting for, an engraved invitation?"
Jade simply jumped and nodded, turning and beginning to make her way to the large temple, a set of characters on the front of the door. She looked down to her palm pilot, and began to tap it as she mentally translated the Hiiragana before her. Jade could hear footsteps behind her, and she quickly flicked her eyes over to see Daniel looking up at the temple.
"Dr. Jackson..." Jade said quietly, still concentrating on recording all the text in front of her, which so far had simply equated to a warning. "You've studied over twenty languages... you even read Mandarin on a planet where you encountered an Ancient." She stopped recording, and she stepped up to the door, pressing indicated characters on a small keypad for the door. "Why was I transferred if you should know all this?"
"Well, um... that's the thing." Daniel took a step closer, shrugging as he watched her work. "That was much closer to modern, and even then I was having a hard time with it. I'm much better with Egyptian or something closer to the Cradle."
"No interest in the Far East?" Jade asked, turning and arching her eyebrow before opening the large door before her. She shrugged and smiled, turning back to the dark room and pulling out a flashlight. "To each his own." She took astep in, and Daniel, in his insatiable curiosity, follow as she swung the beam of the flashlight across the room, alighting on a seemingly archive of written tomes on the circular walls. "Jackpot..."
~~
"Wow..." Jade whispered as she searched the top of the wall, reading downward. "This is amazing... the dialect is ancient... but it's so old... it actually translates easily from modern." She swung the flashlight again, slowly arching it down the darkened walls, and she finally flashed it towards Daniel, who shirked away from the light and put his hands to his eyes.
"Hey!"
"Ha! Got you!" Jade chuckled, happy as a schoolgirl, and she walked back to the entrance, poking her head out to look at Jack. "Colonel O'Neill! There is *a lot* here. This might take a while."
"Great..." Jack said, smiling insincerely and feigning enthusiasm. Once Jade had popped back into the temple, he shifted his P-7 in his hands, and he turned to look at Carter. "Great..." He sighed, completely unthrilled.
Jade turned back to the walls, and once again, she took out her internally-lit PDA, beginning to record on it as she held the small flashlight in her mouth.
"Do- um... do you want help?" Daniel asked, gently plucking the flashlight out of Jade's mouth and holding up for her.
"Sorry, Dr. Jackson... you could ask anyone else I've worked with... I get very..."'
"Absorbed in your work." Daniel finished as Jade continued to jot things down. "I know. I'm the same way."
Jade smiled and looked at her notes again, her smiling slowly fading as she continued to work. Daniel, who was now standing at her shoulder and holding the flashlight, looked over to her, seeing her concerned look.
"What is it?"
"What I've translated... it talks about this place being the "land where dead legends walk and living myths die..." and it's also talking about- this is odd." Jade looked up from her notes, and she took the flashlight from Daniel, darting the light from spot to spot, character to character on different walls. "Dr. Jackson, these are all talking about Suzano-oo, the Shinto god of Chaos. It's thought that Shinto was developed through cult worship-"
"That the gods themselves were no more than tribal leaders. Yeah, I've heard it."
"Well, apparently, it seems that everyone's wrong, Doctor." Jade said, turning to look at him. "It seems that these ruins... are Suzano-oo's tomb."
Daniel stared at Jade, his mind putting the pieces together. That could mean a lot... the tomb of a dead god... that almost definitely meant the Asgard knew about this... or that the System Lords did.
Suddenly, just as Daniel was about to reply, Jade turned and began to walk back towards the entrance.
"Colonel O'Neill!" She cried, almost to the entrance. "We've found somethi-"
Several things happened at once.
The sounds of energy staff blasts filled the sizzling air from outside, the sound of O'Neill yelling for Daniel and Jade to stay in the temple, and a scream from Carter all seemed to fill Jade's senses. But, that wasn't all. The door to the temple seemed to slam shut in Jade's face, and she yelped, jumping back as she and Daniel were encased in near darkness, save for the flashlight and PDA in Jade's hand.
"Dr. Jackson..." Jade whispered after a moment's near silence, save for the shouting and firing outside. "What's just happened?"
~~
About twenty seconds before Jade had yelled to the Colonel, Jack had noticed something in the distance before him. He rose his P-90, sighting the small speck in the woods, and his eyes widened as he watched a small golden glow nearing him.
"J'affa!"Jack shouted, jumping out of the way and firing at the J'affa as the energy staff's blast went whizzing by Jack's head.
He heard Carter scream, and he rolled onto the ground, turning to watch as Carter took an energy blast in her side.
"No!Carter!" Jack shouted again, letting a round of bullets riddle the J'affa's body. He heard the sound of more blasts, and he watched as Teal'C's staff launched blast upon blast towards the J'affa.
"O'Neill!" Teal'C shouted as he rushed to the fallen Carter, checking her pulse. "Major Carter is injured! We must abandon our position!"
"I'm not leaving Daniel and the Doctor!" Jack shouted back as he took cover behind a tree.
"O'Neill, we will be of no use to Doctor Jackson and Doctor Andros if we are dead!" Teal'C hoisted Carter up with one arm, and he held her in both arms, looking over to a series of caves near the ruins. "O'Neill!" He called again, Jack turning to look at where Teal'C was watching.
Jack nodded, and he turned, firing another round at the now six J'affa nearing them. "Go!Get her in there!"
Teal'C nodded, and he glanced behind him, then beginning to run to the caves. As energy blasts impacted into the ground near him, Teal'C finally reached across the length of wet grass to the caves. Once inside, Teal'C laid Carter down on the stony cave floor, checking her pulse again. Erratic. He turned to look at Jack, and watched as Jack sprinted as fast as he could to the caves.
Eventually, he dove inside, just as a blast impacted the roof of the cave, and Jack rolled into the cave near Teal'C, covering his head as rubble pounded into the ground just behind him.
~~
"Can you see anything?" Daniel asked as he continued to run his fingers along the walls, trying to find some sort of crack to help them escape.
"No... well, yes, maybe..." Jade sighed, her finger running down the characters as she read it. "I'm sure there's got to be some way to open the doors... but, I can't find it."
"Maybe there isn't a way to open it from the inside." Daniel crouched down, searching the floor, one finger pushing up his glasses. "A booby trap, perhaps? It might only be able to be opened from the outside."
"We'd better hope not..." Jade sighed, turning to face Daniel. "Besides, why would anyone go through so much trouble to booby trap for some dead guy?"
Daniel, through the dark, paused and slanted his gaze to glance at her, mulling over what she said, stopping in his examining of the floor to think. She had a valid point... what purpose would be served by trapping someone in the ruins of a tomb? He opened his mouth to offer explanation, but as he turned, he watched as Jade's lips parted, and a small "Oh" escaped them.
"What is it?" Daniel asked, standing and inching his way over to her.
"If that makes sense... than... I think the way out is..." Jade turned and walked back to where Daniel had been standing, her hand sliding to a piece of the scroll. With a wince that was seasoned of a scientist forced to do the unthinkable, she grabbed the scroll and ripped it off, revealing a second keypad, covered in katakana.
"Um..." Daniel pursed his lips, shrugging and crossing his muscled arms over his chest.
"Huzzah..." Jade said under her breath, grabbing her PDA and checking it.
"What is it with you and that thing?" Daniel asked before he could stop himself. "Isn't it harder to record?"
"Not necessarily." She replied smoothly as she ventured to access her translation of the walls. "Recording is a little slow, but I'm used to the mini-keyboard. Besides, it's much easier than carrying around a big, black book." Jade seemed to realize what she had said, and she turned to look at Daniel, and he almost thought she blushed, the darkness making confirmation impossible. "Not that there's anything wrong with that, Dr. Jackson. I mean, whatever you want."
Daniel wasn't sure if she had meant it as an insult or not, so he simply shrugged.
A few seconds of uncomfortable silence passed, and slowly, Jade turned back to her work, beginning to press her finger down on the ancient keys, slowly one by one.
"Y'know..." Daniel said softly as Jade worked, his gaze on her curiously. "I know you don't know me very well, but..." Daniel's gaze fell to the floor, and he shrugged, leaning against the wall. "You don't have to call me Dr. Jackson. Daniel works..."
Jade turned, smiling as a slight rumble resounded and the wall where the keypad had been begun to slide up.
"In that case... I insist that you call me Jade. I, unlike you, am a nobody. You, unlike me, are a huge somebody. I only call you Dr. Jackson out of respect." With that, Jade turned to look at the new passage hopefully leading back out. "Let's go." She said, putting away her PDA and beginning to climb through the new doorway.
~~
"O'Neill, are you injured?" Teal'C asked as he helped Jack up, the cave blanketed in near darkness.
"I'm fine." Jack replied tersely, picking himself up off the ground and brushing himself off. "Carter?"
"She is still unconscious." Teal'C responded, his staff on the ground near him as he checked Sam's condition.
Jack switched on a flashlight, placing it near the rock-covered mouth of the cave and then turning to look at Sam. "Shit..." He whispered as he looked over to Sam. He scrambled over, and he ran his hand down her fatigues to the blast. He ripped open her uniform to look at her side, and he winced as he saw a wound in her skin. But... it wasn't fatal. At least, it wouldn't be if they could get back to SGC soon.
"Her injury does not seem fatal." Teal'C assessed, speaking Jack's thoughts. "In that case, I suggest you and I try to find a way out."
Jack sighed, taking off his cap and then nodding. "Right. Let's look around."
~~
Jade slipped out of the crawlspace she and Daniel had traveled through, and she heard a resounding "fwump" as her boots hit dust-coated concrete. Daniel exiting behind her, Jade looked around the room they had just entered and she stared in awe as lights dimly began to flicker on and off above them.
"Woah..." Jade whispered, looking up and down the room, realizing that they seemed to be in a huge hall.
"Catacombs..." Daniel murmured, looking over to the walls. "Roman catacombs..."
"Is it just me..." Jade began as she walked down the hall a few yards, looking around. "Or did we just get into something else we weren't ready for?"
No sooner than Daniel had turned to look at her, a manacle-like arm shot out, grabbing Jade by the wrist and yanking her to the far wall. "Jade!!"
She cried out, feeling braces lock her to the wall, and Jade felt her other wrist be pinned to it as well.
"Dr. Jackson!" She yelped, her eyes wide with fear as Daniel tried to run to her, drawing a simple .9-millimeter. "Dani-" Jade suddenly stopped, feeling something sharp jab into the back of her neck. For a moment, she wasn't sure what had happened, and she still tried to talk. But, it seemed that she'd gone numb, and her bright blue eyes slowly started to fade as her entire body began to relax. She could slowly feel her eyelids falling, but she could still see Daniel shouting her name, shooting his gun at the braces and watching the bullets ricochet...
~~
"The structure appears to be approximately 500 yards deep." Teal'C said as he rejoined Jack and the fallen Sam at the mouth of the cave. "I do not believe that there is another exit. We are trapped."
"No..." Jack sighed, shaking his head and standing. "No, we'll get out. We can blast the cave."
"But, not without alerting the J'affa."
"J'affa we can take." Jack said simply, standing and taking his P-90 off, dropping it to the ground. "We just have to wait..."
~~
It was dark. Except for one, faint pinprick of light.
Jade didn't remember what had happened; only going numb.
Like a sick clich, she was floating in darkness, the lack of sound making her feel uneasy. There was then a flash, and she was staring out... into nothing. Suddenly, she felt a weight upon her shoulders, and she looked down, her naked body clothed in a necklace of glowing jewels.
"My daughter, you shall be the guard of Takamagahara, where your mother Izanami is waiting." The voice was distinctly that of a Goa'uld, and she felt the ground suddenly before her. She fell to the ground onto her knees, seeing that she was now clothed in a kimono-like bodysuit, the typical Goa'uld hand weapon on her left hand. She was now in a field, and the rings typical of a transport flew up back into the sky. She turned, confused, and she watched as a samurai, complete with mask, walked up towards her from the hill.
"Amaterasu, how do you like this primitive culture? They are..." The samurai turned to meet her, putting his hands on her shoulders. "Impressionable."
She turned, not by her own free will, and she grabbed the mask of the samurai, pulling it off of his face.
~~
Daniel winced, and he finally put down the empty gun in his hands. For ten minutes, he had been trying to free Jade, who was still prostrate on the wall, her face contorted in pain.
"C'mon, Doctor Andros, snap out of it." Daniel whispered, and then cursed silently, running his hands through hair. "No, talking to her won't stop it. You're the one who can do something."
Daniel looked back at the wall, and he noticed the tentacle that had grabbed Jade ran up the wall and to the ceiling.
"Oh... now why didn't I notice that earlier?" Daniel murmured, backing up as he followed the tentacle along the ceiling. On and on he walked, across the catacomb, following the string of ancient characters that he knew should have been native to him but wasn't, until he bumped into the wall, and he stopped, his gaze still upward.
That was when he felt it, a sharp prick on his neck that made him go numb. "Uh-oh..." He whispered, slumping to his knees and then nearly passing out. He felt his body go cold, and then warm again, and the fogginess in his mind began to leave again. "Woah..."
~~
Daniel?
"Susano-oo," Her voice said, even though inside she knew the face as Daniel's and she knew that her voice was that of a Goa'uld. "Your common fascination with the mortals disgusts me."
"But, dear sister," Daniel/Susano-oo ran his hands down her shoulders, taking the fabric covering them with him. He dragged his lips down her neck and shoulder, and she was powerless and unwilling to make him stop. "We have responsibilities to them... before we leave, Ra wants to hold a meeting with us and the rest of our... brethren."
She turned back to face him, all the while knowing that she was simply reliving something that she had no control over now. "Ra is a fool, and while his discovery of this planet is advantageous, he only seeks to dominate the other Goa'uld."
"You worry far too much, sister." He said, and Jade finally felt herself taking control, the scenario fading.
~~
Daniel stood, rubbing the back of his neck as he walked back over towards Jade.
"Now, I really sympathize..." As he reached Jade again, he adjusted his glasses and then sighed, looking down.
Suddenly, he heard a sigh, and the metallic unlatching as Jade was released. She fell towards him, and Daniel looked up, gasping and grabbing Jade as she fell into his arms. He knelt down, putting his hands to her face as he felt for warmth, and then to her neck to feel for a pulse.
"Dr. Andros... Jade, c'mon, wake up." He said as the two sat in the catacombs.
~~
Jack stared at the fallen rocks blocking the entrance, his mind strategically racing to find a solution to this problem. His Zatgun was next to the still-unconscious Carter, and Teal'C stood some meters in the back of the caves, pacing and allowing O'Neill time to think.
But, that time was up.
Doing some quick figuring in his head, Jack glanced at his watch, thinking as to how many hours until dusk had been left when they had arrived on the planet. Jack abruptly stood, Teal'C ceasing to pace and walking towards Jack.
"O'Neill?" The question was half-inquiry, half-statement, and Jack turned to face the J'affa, motioning to the cave-in.
"It should be dark now. Blast it and we'll see if we can get back to the Gate."
"What of Doctor Jackson and Doctor Andros?"
Jack sighed, and he nodded to himself, backing away from the rocks.
"We'll make sure to find them after we contact Hammond. They're probably better off than we are."
~~
Jade felt consciousness slowly reacquaint itself with her senses, and she slowly opened her blue eyes, glancing around. She managed to focus on Daniel, who sat next to her, his back against the wall as he seemed to be sleeping.
"Dr. Jackson?" Jade whispered, finding her voice hoarse.
"Daniel..." Daniel sighed back to her as he slept, as if correcting a friend casually, without knowing what he was saying.
"Doctor - Daniel, wake up." Jade tried again, this time reaching over and gently shaking him.
Daniel jumped slightly, turning and looking over to Jade. "Oh, Jade..." Daniel whispered, still groggy. "Dr. Andros, you're awake..." He rubbed his eyes, crawling over to her to touch his hand to her arm. "Are you all right?"
"Um... aside from being groggy and sorting through memories that I know are not mine..." Jade shook her head as Daniel stood, his hand offered to help her up. "I think I'm okay." Jade took Daniel's hand, and he hoisted her up, Jade slightly unsteady as she bumped into him.
"Easy."
"I'm okay." Jade quickly defended, feeling her reflexes and nerves balance to alertness again.
"You sure?" Daniel asked, trying to make sure his companion was all right.
"Yeah, it's okay. I'm fine." Jade finally pulled away from Daniel, a faint blush coloring her cheeks. How long had she been out?
And those memories...
"Dr. Andros?" Daniel asked as she wandered a few feet away from him, Jade ignoring him as she tried to sort out the images in her mind. "Jade." He called again, his concern vanishing as intense frustration took over. "Jade!"
Jade whirled, the harshness of Daniel's voice making her jump. Except, Daniel still held that questioning look as if he hadn't said a word.
"Everything all right?" Daniel asked calmly, unknowing of the anger that for a split second had overtaken him.
Jade glanced at him, worried for a moment, and she nodded slowly.
~~
"All right, now!" Jack yelled, covering Carter's body with his own as Teal'C launched an energy blast at the closed mouth of the cave. The ground shook as rocks were blown out of the way, and the way was opened. After a second energy blast, everything settled, and Jack looked up, seeing that Teal'C was already to the new entrance, energy blasts resounding again as the large man obviously attacked J'affa outside.
"O'Neill. I appears the J'affa have fallen back. We must hurry."
O'Neill nodded, grabbing Carter and hoisting her into his arms. As he looked over to her, he realized something he had been missing before. Carter was pale and she was barely breathing. "Dammit, Carter, hang in there." He murmured, turning and running to the cave. "That's an order." He reached the mouth of the prison, and he crawled out with her in his arms. "C'mon, Teal'C!" He shouted, not wanting to dawdle.
"O'Neill, stop!" Teal'C cried from the entrance, but not before Jack hit some sort of force field.
Jack flew back onto the ground, Sam rolling away limply.
"Dammit!" Jack hoarsely shouted, taking his cap and slinging it to the ground.
~~
"Dr. Jackson," Jade called as she continued to read the characters along one of the small catacombs. "Come here."
Daniel emerged from another hall, a hand to his head as he looked up at the intricate murals on the ceiling.
"You see those murals, right?" Jade asked without turning around.
"Yeah..." Daniel murmured, confused as he looked up and focused on one figure, distinctly male.
"The man on the left... these characters label him as 'Master of Thunder, God of Rain.' That makes him Suzano-oo."
"Okay..."
"This wall tells the story of the god's downfall... the murals illustrate." Jade finally tuned to face him, her hands still spread on the wall. "Look at the last murals, Doctor."
Daniel's gaze followed the murals, which pictured a meeting with Ra, some sort of trial, and...
"Holy shit." Daniel exclaimed simply, his eyes focused on the final mural, which showed Suzano-oo being forced by two men, his body struggling into a sarcophagus. "Oh my God," Daniel looked down to Jade, who had crossed her green-fatigued arms in front of her. "They put Suzano-oo in a sarcophagus. They must've sealed him inside and buried him here. The small temple must've intentionally been to keep the public unaware."
"Suzano-oo is still alive. In the catacombs."
~~
"Dr. Jackson!" Jade cried as she slid down a tunnel from the main catacomb. "Dr. Jackson! C'mon!" She had been dumped into a dark cavern, only a single panel illuminating a small circle of the room. She couldn't see anything else.
"Andros, what could possibly make you think something was down here??" Daniel shouted down to her, his voice harsh. Jade suppressed a shudder, and she bit her lip, crossing her arms over her chest. Something was seriously wrong with Daniel, but she couldn't take the time to figure it out now.
"Dr. Jackson! Please, just get down here!"
"Don't you tell me what do to!!" Daniel shouted as soon as he tumbled into the small opening near her.
Jade reached down to help him up, but Daniel pulled away from her, suddenly enraged.
"Don't touch me!!! What the Hell are you thinking?? You've done nothing but lead us in circles this entire time!!" Daniel stood finally, and he turned to the wall near the small cavern, slamming his fist into the panel, hearing it spark and hiss as it died. "I am sick of being trapped here!!"
As the only bit of light from the panel faded, Daniel's yelling became sobs. "I want... I want to be let out... It - It's so dark..." Jade heard the sound of a body sliding down against a wall and she heard Daniel sob again, her heart wrenching as she longed to understand what was happening to him. She couldn't help but think that it was partially her fault...
"Dr. Jackson?" She whispered, the blackness before her stifling. She was fumbling around for her PDA or her flashlight, but suddenly, as always happened when one needed something, she couldn't find it. She heard a quiet sob, and she took a few steps closer, her boots clacking on dust-covered ground. "Dr. Jackson - "
"I'm scared... Amaterasu..." Daniel whispered, his voice still his, but the terror in his voice too profound.
It then struck Jade. Daniel was somehow channeling Suzano-oo... at least, she hoped so.
"Someone... it's too dark... help me..."
"Daniel..." Jade whispered again, finally managing to find her flashlight. "It's all right... I'm here." Jade flipped on her flashlight, and Daniel cried out, curling up on the wall. "No! No, Daniel, it's all right... just relax, please." Jade put the flashlight down, the light streaking on the floor, and she slowly extended a hand to Daniel, touching his cheek. He flinched, and Jade put her finger to her lips, shushing quietly. "Shh... Daniel, calm down. I can't help you unless you calm down. Can you do that?"
Daniel whimpered, scared as a child, but he slowly nodded, and Jade smiled.
"Okay, good. Now, just stay here... okay? I'll be back. Let me look around. I can help you."
"No!" Daniel cried, grabbing Jade's jacket and pulling her closer. "No! Ra's bastards await you!"
"Daniel! Daniel..." Jade slowly pushed him back down to the wall. "It's okay. I'll be fine. There's no one here." Jade managed to keep him silent, and she slowly stood, backing up and picking up her flashlight.
She swung the beam around, and her gaze rested on a small chamber to her left. She slowly walked down the chamber, and she swung the light around again, gasping as she was faced with the skeletal remains of a J'affa.
"Ra's bastards..." Jade whispered, nodding to herself and then looking over to the other side of the room.
There was a large sarcophagus.
"Yes..." Jade hissed, walking to the sarcophagus and then pushing a hieroglyph. There was a whine, and then nothing. She realized that the panel must have been shut down somehow. Putting down the flashlight on the sarcophagus, Jade began to examine the panel. She only hoped she could fix it in time to help Daniel.
~~
"Anubis, hi, how's it goin'?" Jack shouted to the cloaked hologram before him, his P-7 still clutched in his hand. Of course, he, Sam and Teal'C were still completely unaware of events transpiring in the catacombs, and so much the better, because Jack would most likely have been exhausted knowing that Daniel was mentally unstable and that Sam could die within hours.
"Tau'uri," Anubis rumbled, taking a step closer to Jack. "You and your female will cooperate or die."
"Now, see, I'm afraid that's not gonna work," Jack shook his head, adjusting his cap and smiling. "We don't do that whole 'cooperate or die' thing." Jack looked to Anubis's J'affa, and then studied Anubis as if he was insane. "Where ya been for the past two millennia?"
"Silence!" Anubis snarled and a J'affa passed through the stasis field, his energy staff pointed at Jack's torso.
"Oh, hey, yeah... sure, no problem." Jack said quickly, raising his hands in the air.
"O'Neill, I do not believe this is wise - "
"Relax, Teal'C, I've got it covered." Jack shot back, even though to many, those words translated to 'Run, do not walk, to the nearest exit.'
"Indeed."
"The traitor J'affa is to be taken to a cell." Anubis ordered, looking to his J'affa. "The Tau'uri are mine. Bring them now!"
"Well, we're just one bunch of happy campers, aren't we?"
~~
"Shi... ka... no... ta... go..." Jade bit her lip as she continued to rearrange the scrambled symbols on the console before her. She nearly had the data completely rearranged. After that, it should just be a push of a button. "Dr. Jackson!" Jade called as she worked. No answer. "Daniel, can you answer me?"
"Jade!" Daniel cried. "Where are you? It's too dark!"
The frantic edge in Daniel's voice made Jade wince, and she grabbed the flashlight on the sarcophagus, jogging back to him. Daniel looked so vulnerable, the emotional tampering tearing him apart. Jade knelt down next to him, and she sighed, grabbing his hands, which were at his face.
"Daniel... I'm here... you don't have to be scared anymore." Jade held onto is hands tightly, knowing that she had to get the significantly more vital member of SG-1, if not the entire SGC, back out of these Hellish catacombs. "Daniel, walk with me... once Suzano-oo is out, you should be okay. C'mon..."
Daniel shakily stood, and he clutched onto Jade fearfully, the two slowly making their way back into the room with the sarcophagus.
"Okay, stay here." Jade said, having him lean against a small chest as she turned back to the console. After a moment, Jade had finished toying with the syllables, and she depressed the large red orb in the center of the main panel. She waited with bated breath as the panels lit up, and for a moment she was afraid that it wouldn't start. But, then, with a loud hiss, the sarcophagus began to open before the two, and Jade stepped back in awe, looking over to Daniel to see that he was also in seemingly shock.
A large, imposing figure slowly made its way out of the sarcophagus to stand upright, and it roared, the traditional Japanese samurai armor rattling on its body.
"I am the Storm-god, Suzano-oo." The Goa'uld boomed, turning to look at Jade and Daniel. "Servant of Ra, look upon your death! Tremble before my wrath!" He cried, his tongue a more ancient form of Japanese.
Jade was caught off-guard, and she couldn't seem to find the words to save them.
"No! Stop!" Daniel shouted in Japanese, causing Jade to back up towards him and look at him. "We're - we're not the ones who imprisoned you! We're not... followers of Ra! His followers are somewhere on the surface!" Jade was absolutely astounded and befuddled by Daniel's sudden aptitude of ancient Japanese. "You have no quarrel with us! We freed you! This woman - " Daniel stepped in front of Jade, pointing her out. "Freed you!"
Suzano-oo looked from Daniel to Jade, throwing his head back in laughter, his eyes flashing white through the mask. "Thisonnabroke Ra's imprisonment?" Suzano-oo smiled coldly, cruelly, and predatorily. "Why should I believe you?"
"Because Amaterasu is out there waiting for you!" Jade shouted finally, able to find her voice. "She broke free and has joined the System Lords! I know this because I have studied her!"
"My Love? With the System Lords? You lie!"
"No, she's telling the truth!" Daniel urged, afraid he was going to lose the feeble bartering. "Find out for yourself! We have people on the surface that will be exterminated by J'affa if you don't help us! We saved you, please help us!"
Suzano-oo watched them for a few moments, then his eyes flashed again. "I will spare your people."
~~
Jack yanked his arm out of the grip of the J'affa holding him, only to be whacked in the lower back by the guard's energy staff. He buckled, but didn't fall, instead taking a few steps forward as he stumbled, looking around the main bridge of Anubis's ship.
"Sir?" The weak voice caught Jack's attention, and he looked past the steps in front of him up to a large sarcophagus before him, a group of J'affa in the process of lifting a familiar uniform-clad figure into it.
"Carter-"
A growl from a J'affa in front of him and the sound of its staff arming forced Jack not to try helping Carter. Despite the fact that he'd seen the sarcophagus work wonders, he still refused to trust Goa'uld technology.
"Stand down, Tau'uri. I am here to give you and your female a rare opportunity." Anubis's voice was every bit the cold, harsh Goa'uld, but even as he walked out from the shadows, Anubis seemed amused at something. This fact did not comfort Jack in the slightest.
"Sorry, but I don't remember getting a raffle ticket, so why don't you just let us go and-"
Another staff smacked Jack in the back and he fell to his knees, holding back a shout and turning it into a hiss. "God... that's so annoying..."
"Tau'uri, I am giving you the rare chance to save yourself and your female before I annihilate your entire race."
Jack looked up at Anubis and shook his head, sighing. "Somehow, I don't think I'll be interested." No sooner than the words had left his mouth, Jack was grabbed and hauled to his feet, Anubis sending a hand signal to one of his guards.
"It is not a question of interest." Anubis chuckled deeply, a rumble that seemed to reverberate throughout the chamber of the ship. "It is a matter of necessity." Anubis turned to a J'affa, and he walked towards Jack as the J'affa followed with a black shroud-covered item in his hand.
"Uh, no. No, no, no, I don't think so." Jack tried to struggle away from the guards; memories of Hathor among others that had tried to implant snakes in him all too real. He felt a hand tightly clasp onto his abdomen, ripping away the clothing. "Dammit, I said no!" Slowly, Anubis removed the shroud, revealing a small transparent tank, a symbiote floating in fluid. "Oh, no. No! Dammit, don't you listen?" Jack finally shut his eyes, still struggling fearfully.
Thankfully, just as Anubis was preparing to take the symbiote from the tank, some sort of warning claxon sounded, and Anubis jerked his head to one of the J'affa.
"Status!"
"Seismic activity on the surface, my Lord!"
Jack slowly opened one eye, watching as Anubis threw the shroud back over the tank, his robes sweeping behind him as he turned to his J'affa.
"How severe?"
"My Lord, there is a fissure opening in front of the ship."
"Show me!"
Jack finally opened his other eyes and he was pulled by the J'affa towards the view port, watching in shock as J'affa tumbled below them into a seeming crack in the earth. As they watched, the weather seemed to turn dark, and lightning streaked down from the sky, thunder rumbling. Then, there was another mighty clash, and a flash of light so blinding, it must have been a lightning bolt near or hitting the ship. Using that as a distraction, Jack elbowed the guard on his right, wrenching his energy staff from his hands. Jack turned and fired at the J'affa surrounding him, then turned to the sarcophagus, seeing that it was already closed.
"Dammit. Carter!" He shouted, knowing she couldn't hear him, so he fired at the few guards around the sarcophagus. Having taken them out, Jack sprinted up to it and looked for controls. Not able to see any, Jack blasted it open, pushing off one of the doors and seeing Carter, her side nearly completely healed. "Carter?"
Carter winced and sat up, feeling Jack's hand on her back as she tried to figure out what was going on. She looked around, vaguely hearing Jack ask her if she was all right, but her focus was on what was happening in front of them.
"Sir..." She said, pointing to the view port.
~~
Jade and Daniel watched as Suzano-oo held his hands up above him, the red gems on his hands glowing in the dark as he took a deep breath, growling as rumbling echoed in the chamber.
"Oh... back up," Jade whispered, slowly grabbing Daniel and pulling him to her. "Back up!"
As she pushed him to the wall, a line of light split the dark ceiling, and rocks tumbled before them as Suzano-oo seemed to create the fissure above them. Rain seemed to coat the floor in front of them, and Daniel grabbed Jade's arm, slowly pulling her with him as he inched his way around Suzano-oo, hugging the wall as the Goa'uld dropped a hand only to spread his fingers and raise his hand again, a platform carrying him up to the surface.
"Okay, let's go!" Daniel hissed, hopping onto a rung on the platform, some feet below Suzano-oo.
"Wait! My PDA!" Jade turned and grabbed her PDA and other items from the edge of the open sarcophagus, stuffing them into her bigger pocket on her vest, then turning and also grabbing a rung. The two traveled behind Suzano-oo long enough to reach the surface, and then hopped off, the two rolling onto opposite sides of the fissure.
"Jade!" Daniel shouted as soon as he looked up, seeing that some of the remaining J'affa were heading for her. Daniel had been caught on the unoccupied side.
Jade looked up, and she gasped, grabbing her handgun. Rolling, she fired at the J'affa, who - since they'd been caught off-guard, was lacking a helmet. The J'affa took the bullet in the head, and Jade shut her eyes, rolling away again. She felt the ground disappear beneath her, and she opened her eyes, grabbing onto the slipping dirt, crying out as the wind was knocked out of her.
"Hang on, Jade!" Daniel shouted, looking for a way across, unable to find one.
"Daniel, I'm slipping!" Jade shouted as she clutched blindly for something other than soil. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to hold on, and she felt herself plunge into darkness.
Then, a hand managed to clutch onto her wrist, and Jade came to an abrupt halt. Gasping, she looked up as a familiar deep voice boomed out, "Daniel Jackson, I have Doctor Andros!"
"Teal'C..." Jade breathed, relieved as he practically threw her back up onto the ground. She fell to the ground on her knees, but she was soon back up on her feet. Looking back at Teal'C, she noticed that he was worse for wear, his face slightly nicked up and his clothes also tattered a bit. "Thanks..." Jade gasped, and Teal'C bowed his head before taking his staff and disposing of the last J'affa. He then trained his weapon on the rising Suzano-oo, Jade putting her hand on his arm. "Hang on. Don't shoot yet."
"Who is he?" Teal'C asked, looking to Jade.
"Suzano-oo. We kinda let him out. But," Jade sent a roguish smile to him, one of hope. "I think he's gonna help us."
Teal'C rose and eyebrow and turned back to Suzano-oo. "Indeed."
~~
"Who the Hell..." Jack began, stopping. The more he watched the samurai-clad Goa'uld, the less he wanted to know who it was.
"Bastard of Ra," The Goa'uld boomed, Anubis watching attentively. "You have trespassed onto the Sacred Realm of the Kami. You imprisoned us, and took my love from me, but now, you and your kind will suffer!"
"It can't be..." Anubis said quietly, and Jack took that as a cue to help Carter up and get off the ship. "Carter, can you stand?"
"I think so, sir." Sam said, favoring her side but standing and running with Jack anyway. Anubis was too preoccupied with the Goa'uld outside to care about Jack and Sam, so the two managed to find a set of rings.
"Carter, make it work." Jack said as he heard the Goa'uld's voice boom out again.
"You are hereby exiled from this planet, and you may pass word to the other Goa'uld you see! Suzano-oo will not rest until every one of you are dead, and the Kami rule the stars!"
"Sir, c'mon!" Sam shouted as she limped to the ring circle, reaching over and pressing the button to activate it as Jack slid over to her.
~~
Daniel had to put a hand up to block the pouring rain as Suzano-oo condemned the ship and its inhabitants.
"Suffer, traitors!!" Suzano-oo cackled, and he swept his hand out, a lightning bolt striking the ship.
It took a few moments, but the ship began to take off, but not before a set of rings came down some distance away from them. Eventually, all was quiet, and the rain began to fade as Suzano-oo's platform sank back to the ground.
"Take this as a warning, Tau'uri." Suzano-oo said, his eyes glowing through the demonic mask of a samurai as he looked to Daniel and Jade. "I have spared your lives, for you saved mine. That favor will not be given again. Leave, and do not return." The wind began to pick up, and Suzano-oo turned to Daniel, speaking in the same ancient Japanese as before. "I thank you, but it is not a pardon. Leave."
"Domo arigato gozaimasu, Kami-sama." Jade said quietly, bowing. She thought it would be better to honor the handout, although she was sure that Jack and the rest of SG-1 might disagree.
Suzano-oo laughed again, and the platform sank back into the ground and beneath it, the Goa'uld gone.
"Daniel?" Jack shouted as he and Sam trudged through the saturated and muddy ground. It was hard to believe what was once a beautiful ancient city was now mud and rubble from Suzano-oo's resurrection.
"Jack?" Daniel simply replied as Jack reached them.
"What theHellwas that?"
"Who, sir." Jade corrected, seeing Jack shoot a dirty look to her, and she knew she hadn't won any brownie points with him.
"Who was it?" Jack growled to Daniel as he plopped a now sopping wet cap onto his head.
"Suzano-oo. We kinda let him out."
Jack looked from Daniel and then to Jade, who was watching him as she bit her lower lip.
"Genius... sheer genius..." He sighed, sarcastically.
"It was a good thing, though!" Jade commented, and Jack put a hand to the brim of his cap, pulling it down more.
"For cryin' out loud..." He growled, looking to the Stargate.
~~
Jade finished packing for her visit off base in the small bag she had. She had a few pairs of clothing at John's, so she only needed her PDA and some notes. Hammond said he was going to re-assign her after she got back, but in the meantime he wanted her to do more extensive research on the Shinto Goa'ulds. As she grabbed the last of her items, she picked her vest up from her desk, realizing that there was a small tablet and purple stone in one of the pockets.
"I must've picked it up by mistake..." She murmured to herself. She sighed and shrugged, also putting that in her bag. She knew she wasn't supposed to take it off base, but she didn't think it would hurt.
Grabbing a manila folder on her way out, Jade turned off her light and closed her door behind her. Turning back to the hall ahead, she ran smack dab into someone, almost dropping her things.
"Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry-" Jade finally backed away and looked up, seeing a calm but slightly perturbed Jack. "Colonel O'Neill, I'm sorry. I didn't see you there."
"S'ok." Jack shrugged, obviously trying to be civil. "So, Andros..." Jack looked at her bag, raising an eyebrow. "Goin' somewhere?"
"Oh," Jade looked at her bag and pulled it shut, realizing the snap had come undone. "Yeah. I'm going to stay with a friend of mine for a few weeks. I was on my way to see you, actually."
"How come?" Jack simply inquired, stuffing his hands into his pockets, a little surprised.
"To apologize." Jade said, looking at the floor. "I seemed to do nothing but cause trouble during the mission. I swear, it's not always like that around me."
"Uh-huh. Well, actually," Jack smiled and stuck his hand out to her. "I wanted to thank you for saving my team's collective ass. If you hadn't of freed Suzie Q -"
"Suzano-oo." Jade giggled, looking up at him.
"Oh, c'mon, I'm trying to be humble here! Take it or leave it."
"Okay, okay," Jade stifled her giggles and took his hand, shaking it. "You're welcome."
"Thanks."
Jade then sighed and shrugged, adjusting her bag. "Well, next time I see you, Colonel, I hope it won't be as death-defying."
"Let's hope not, Dr. Andros." Jack said with a smile, really hoping he wasn't going to regret his decision.
"Colonel," Jade sighed, canting her head. "Call me Jade next time." With that, Jade turned and rushed down the hall, the manila folder in one hand and the PDA in the other.
~~
Daniel looked up as he heard a knock on his door, seeing Jade standing there, now in civilian clothes.
"Oh, Dr. Andros. Come in." Daniel said, putting his pen down and standing.
"No, it's okay, Dr. Jackson. Don't get up." Jade motioned for him to sit back down, and she adjusted the shoulder strap of the bag she held. "I wanted to say thank you."
"Thank you?" Daniel asked, still a bit embarrassed by his conduct while under Suzano-oo's control. "For what?"
"For giving me the chance to work with you." Jade held up a small manila folder, and she plopped it in front of Daniel. "Your personal record. A blonde-haired birdie dropped it on my desk." Jade shrugged and crossed her arms over her chest. "You know Japanese. Almost as well as I do."
Daniel opened his mouth to speak, and then shut it. That was true. He had learned to speak Japanese, but he was still regaining his memories completely from after his return to Earth. Contrary to what he had led everyone to believe, there were still times where his memory failed him. "I couldn't decipher the dialect of the tablets. They were too old." He lied, trying to write off the situation.
"Why'd you let me go with you? You could've said that and Hammond would've taken me off."
Daniel shrugged, not actually having an answer. Why had he? "I... don't know."
"You don't?" Jade put her hands on his desk. "You sure?"
Daniel looked up at her, at a loss for words. "Not... really."
"You're just confused?" She asked, curious.
"I... just needed the second opinion." Daniel finished, shrugging and clearing his throat, leaning back. "You knew the culture better than I did." He looked down at his work, suddenly interested in the key to knowledge or something.
Jade was shocked, and it even surprised her to realize that she was a bit hurt. She had looked up to Daniel her entire time at SGC... most of the civilian culture experts did... she must have just been another fan to him. Jade blinked and looked away, trying to push away her disappointment. Just because she was interested in forming a friendship with the local celebrity didn't mean he was.
"Right..." She whispered, and she smiled. "Okay... well, I just thought I'd let you know that I'm going off-base for a week or two. I'm gonna go visit a pal of mine, John Sheppard." Jade slowly backed away as she watched him scribble notes. She reached the door, and put a hand to the doorframe. "Goodbye, Dr. Jackson." Jade drifted out the door, not noticing that Daniel looked up, as if to say something, but not having the chance to.
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