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014 [Location: Caves of Kaleemah]

Jack wasn't exactly surprised when the stumbled upon the caves. It did figure with Daniel's luck. Jack had still been holding out hope it would be something less... less rife with emotional attachment. He placed a hand on the wall of the entrance. He drew in a careful breath, he had his own memories of this place. When Ra came to Abydos. When everything went to hell. When he was ready to... All right, stop that train of thought right there, said internally to himself. Times like these he was thankful for his sunglasses.

He cleared his throat, "Well, this is..." he paused as if to find the word, "...creepy." He glanced over to guage how his friend is dealing with... well, with everything. Daniel didn't seem to be looking too good, that was understandable, after all. But this felt like something else, "...Daniel?"

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Daniel really should have known better than to expect nothing from Abydos to have followed him. His luck was really really shitty sometimes. Still...seeing the Caves again, after they'd been utterly destroyed..it left him speechless.

Or was there something else wrong with him? He was feeling weak, sadly a familiar feeling because of the..bracelets..Shit. He blinked, leaning against the nearest rock. That would have kept him up, if he hadn't misjudged where it was and simply crumpled to the ground unconscious.

Jack had barely turned to face him when Daniel started to crumble. Of course, things couldn't go smoothly, of course it couldn't. He crossed the distance between them in a quick stride. Whatever the hell is going on...

He tried to slow his collapse to the ground, or at least cushion it, "Daniel?" At least he didn't hit his head on the way down. "Daniel?!" as if he could just bring him out of it by voice alone.

"Dammit, Daniel," Jack grumbled to himself, he then moved Daniel carefully into a recovery position. Next his hand went to his tablet, to switch on voice, "This is O'Neill. Daniel just... collapsed."

[Vala had intended on steering clear of Daniel, until she could be sure she wouldn't seem too... well emotional. So when the voice message came through from Jack, well it was as if everything was just conspiring against her.]

Oh you can't be serious, Jack. [siiigh] Where are you?

Oh, believe me, this isn't something I would joke about. [His voice tense, just holding off any hint of panic he might have.]

Cave of... Kelma-something. A place from Abydos. Northern edge of the city, by the wall.

Cave of what? [she was already bringing up the map on her tablet, Jack's location might be cloaked thanks to her tablet fiddling, but Daniel's wasn't. They couldn't be any further away if they'd tried.]

I'll be there as soon as I can. [she wasn't quite sure how, or with whom - she momentarily considered the vacant woman that seemed to have taken up Dr. Lam's place - but decided against it - she wasn't entrusting Daniel's health to one of them]

Just get over here. [Patience is the first thing to go. Vala might have been around Jack enough at this point to hear the concern under harsh words.]

I said I was on my way. [similarly, her own snippy response is as much evidence of her own concern - she knows that tone. It hasn't occured to her *why* he might have collapsed yet, all that matters is getting there - and right now, her voice and footsteps definitely indicate running.]

[As she was leaving the Mountain - inspiration hit - and after a very brief altercation with a Taxon Extra that involved 'I don't have time for paperwork, give me the keys or I'll shoot', Vala was on her way.]

Well, hurry.

[Years in the military translates concern into impatience and general grumpiness.]

[There are sounds of him shifting Daniel's body. A soft grunt as he moved him to a better position onto some damn near ancient Abydoian bedding.]

I'm going as fast as I can, Jack. [have the sound of a horn being vigorously smashed with the heel of her hand and an engine rev, actually make that a few. Anyone would think the pedestrians were being deliberately stupid, just to make her drive more erratically to avoid them in her haste.]

[Ten minutes later, have the screech of brakes recorded and Vala's heading towards the caves.] Jack? How's he holding up? What happened?

[Jack smiled to himself at the sounds. Not that he would admit he approved of her methods sometimes.]

We found the caves then he just... keeled over. Pulse is getting stronger...

Perhaps it's something in the cave itself, we should get him outside.

[Daniel, she could really do without this stress, making her all worried, when clearly she needs to *not* care. Damn him - because obviously it's all his fault.]

"Maybe. Not sure if it's safe to move him yet," Jack said as he did another check of Daniel, he seemed to be improving. After a minute he decides it's safe enough to take a step outside to snag Vala.

He silently promises to kick Daniel's ass if decides to die while he goes to the cave opening, "In here," yelled out before he even saw her.

At Jack's call, Vala came running. There wasn't time to stop and think anything through, she just wanted to get Daniel back to the SGC so they could find out what the hell happened and fix it.

"So you've got no idea what caused it?" Vala looked from Jack to Daniel and then back at Jack again, nothing short of worried sick.

The closer Vala got, the better Daniel seemed to become. However, it wasn't until she was right next to him that he started to wake up again. He groggily blinked, hearing Vala speak. Wait..what was Vala doing there? And why did she sound..concerned..? He knew she'd been avoiding him for some reason.

Come to think of it, why was he laying down? And that was when he remembered falling and the realization that came with it.

Jack admits internally he is relieved to see Vala. Other than the new arrivals from their universe. She's the only other person he's even remotely close to.... tying him to his own bed not withstanding. He straightened to answer her question, "Not a clue. We walked in here then he--"

Oh, hey, Daniel seems to be coming around, he turned back to Daniel and crouched down next to him, he covers any concern he had with a grin, "Hey, sleepyhead! Looks like you passed out on us." ...and no, he couldn't resist a hair ruffle.

At Daniel's slow blink into consciousness, which was just as she'd bent down to check his vital signs, she couldn't even start to hide the smile of relief. It came over her in a wash of 'thank god for that', the genuine warmth in her eyes that greeted Daniel while Jack ruffled his hair was undeniable.

"You really need to stop sleeping on the job, Daniel." Vala's voice instantly slipped straight into her more usual sarcastic, devil may care attitude and she stood up, dusting herself down. The change was as a sudden as if she'd simply flicked a switch.

Daniel stared at Jack, more than a little bewildered by the hair ruffle. The bewilderment only escalated when he saw Vala's expression.

He couldn't, however, ignore her sarcastic words. "As if you had nothing to do with it. Or had you forgotten those bracelets you found and bond us together?"

He should probably learn better when to keep his tone neutral around Vala. She had, after all, come to make sure he was okay-despite whatever reason she'd been avoiding him.

Jack acted like everything he did was normal. Because it is normal, for Jack. In the back of his mind he noticed how both he and Vala deal with their concern the exact same way. By hiding it as soon as Daniel is awake.

He raised both eye brows when Daniel brought up bracelets, "Bracelets?" He looked between the both of them, trying figure out what was just said, "Wait... bound you together?" There might be some vague amusement on his face, mixed with annoyance, that look is sent more at Vala than Daniel.

A half beat later he muttered, hopefully under his breath, "Kinky."

"Oh please," Vala returned both Daniel's antagonistic words and Jack's look with incredulity. "That was more than two years ago, I hardly think it's fair to apportion blame on me for something that's already happened!"

The bracelets weren't affecting her, ergo it wasn't her fault. She rolled her eyes, but not without a sideways smirk of a glance at Jack's muttered comment. "I wish," she offered almost as an aside to Jack. "Unfortunately despite Daniel's exceptional vocabulary and knowledge of languages, he thinks kink is referring to a tight bend or flaw."

Daniel pushed himself up into a seated position. A hand came up to rub his eyes in frustration, and not just because of Vala claiming it wasn't fair to still blame her. "Jack, it isn't 'kinky'. You've already seen what the effect the bracelets have if there's much distance between us for a period of time."

And of course he was blatantly ignoring Vala's comments about the same.

"It's more than fair because you were the one who found and brought them to the SGC. It doesn't matter how long ago for you it was."

Jack flashed a slight smirk at Vala, he then said, in a not-so-low whisper to her, "Oh, I bet he has plenty, he just doesn't like to share." Yes, Jack is trying to embarrass Daniel, why do you ask?

He shifted flawlessly back into seriousness, "So... what? You fall over dead if you're too far apart?" He does start to look concerned, but he does recall, from the Daniel that was here before, that he didn't have this problem, "I take it it's not... permanent?" Jack only imagines the awkwardness of having to go to the bathroom.

Vala can't help herself, an amused quirk of her eyebrow at Jack that dripped with innuendo, she turned her attention back to Daniel. Seemingly lost in the possibilities that that presented, and don't even ask what might go through Vala's mind regarding 'kink', she smirked at Daniel.

She was going to defend herself vehemently, but Jack served as a catalyst in her more pleasant reaction, which can only be a good thing.

"At this stage?", she said off-handedly, "I don't think so. I mean we were separated by the Supergate and residing in different galaxies the last time this happened and we both recovered."

Which in Vala language means, he'll be fine and she's not needed thank you very much.

Just as Daniel didn't bother hiding a glare aimed at both of them, hand dropping down to join the other, crossing against his chest.

"Try a repeat of what just happened if Vala continues to avoid me." Oh he just knew he would regret that, more because of how many headaches he knew she'd give him.

Then again, if what she said was true-and it seemed to be-all that needed to be done was for her to continue to avoid him and he'd eventually recover. Not that he particularly wanted to be unconscious for a prolonged period of time, but if that was how he'd recover, he'd deal with it.

Jack ignores the glare. He's very used to them.

"So... what? It wears off?" Jack would like all the facts before he starts pointing fingers. Slowly, he seems to remember where he is too, his glaze seems to drift down one of the tunnels as he talks.

"Well, I'd rather not have you passing out on me again, Daniel. You're not exactly light," he somehow manages to make that sound light-hearted while he's busy glancing down the tunnel, he doesn't even seem to realize he's doing it. Finally, his eyes drift back and he nodded to Vala, "I want you to keep in proximity to Daniel. You don't have to follow him around but stay close enough to keep him conscious. I'd rather not put him on life support until this thing wears off." What he just said is worded like an order, and even though Vala isn't technically under his command, he does expect it to be followed.... more or less.

"I wasn't avoiding you, Daniel." Vala snapped irritably. "What gave you that impression? I'm just busy."

Doing what in this place is another matter entirely, but she's conveniently avoiding that minor detail.

"Well it wears off eventually, the last time it affected me, the Ori only had enough time to impregnate me, which with most men takes less than a couple of minutes."

This was all in response to Jack mainly... and his 'order' which hadn't been left unanswered -if a reluctant sigh and her trying to talk her way out of it with a ridiculously unfounded idea of how long it would last (embellished with unnecessary tales of impregnation) counted as her agreement.

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At Jack's comment about him not being exactly light, gave in and rolled his eyes at the colonel. "I'd rather remain conscious as well."

He noticed the glance down a tunnel, and a brief furrow of a frown smoothed back over when he recalled what Jack might be thinking, whether he knew it or not. He knew they'd both be doing quite a bit of exploring of these Caves, regardless of how familiar they were to them.

Vala once again denying something returned his attention to her. Probably her intent the whole time, knowing her.

"You refused to talk to me." He replied, tone rather flat.

Jack decided just to stay out of the who is avoiding who thing. He'd rather not take sides with these two, ever.

He gave Vala a look when she talked about being impregnated, he's...actually a little lost on the crack about a couple minutes.

"Look, kids. Whatever your problems are... just get them sorted out. I'd rather not have either of you keeling over or getting into to trouble," the last half so directed at Vala.

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