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Title: Statements Unspoken
Category: Missing Scene; Teal'c and Daniel friendship (references Daniel/Sha're)
Warnings/Spoilers: Secrets and previous
Word Count ~1500
Summary: Daniel confronts Teal'c on leaving Amaunet in the cave.
I'm unusually proud of this title. Because I think/hope at least as much was said with looks and thoughts, as was said in statements. The summary however, while accurate, is a little dull. Sigh. Titles and summaries. The banes of my writerly existence.
They rushed out–the dark coolness of the cave opening to acrid heat so intense, the waves of air visibly bisecting the desert. Daniel Jackson cradled the infant as Teal'c led the way. I tried to be a bit flowery in descriptive language here because writing setting description is a weakness for me. I like the imagery of "bisecting" the desert, but I may have been too complicated here.
"Teal'c, wait!"
Teal'c continued his descent from the rocky caves to the desert sand. He lowered the helmet to be able to better scout the area. "Heru'ur's forces patrol everywhere. We must move quickly."
Daniel Jackson did not follow, instead resting against a stone half-way up the path. "But we can't just–we could bring her with us. Escape through the Stargate."
Teal'c could barely turn back to his friend. He had expected this resistance, grateful Daniel Jackson had merely followed in shock after Teal'c had fired on Apophis's queen, but now his friend was processing events, and resisting. It's not like Daniel not to ask questions first before this point, but he's been through a lot of emotional trauma today. It definitely made sense for him to balk at leaving Shau'ri at some point for the reasons I relate below. I think when Teal'c first met SG-1, Daniel's bleak hope that something of the host survives hit Teal'c as much as Jack's watch. This was the man who had begged to become a host merely to stay with Sha're, the man who had insisted upon remaining while she gave birth to a false god's child.
Teal'c could not look at Daniel Jackson because if he did, he would relent. He had sworn an oath to reunite Sha're and Daniel Jackson. Not quite onscreen, but extrapolated from canon. Before, his guilt regarding Sha're had been abstract–knowing he had chosen an innocent woman to be Amaunet's host, the beloved of a man he was now honored to call friend. But now, he had met Sha're, spoken with her. Rewatching Secrets, it always strikes me how complicated that scene is with Sha're and Teal'c, how she forgives him, and is proud of him resisting Apophis, being a thorn in the Goa'uld's side. They really seemed to connect in those few minutes. And yet, he had seen the Horus guards surrounding Nagada, the ha'tak over the Stargate. Since this fic was for fignewton's birthday, I specifically referenced "Nagada" because it's a thing for her. A tiny homage. If Teal'c did not act, they would all perish. Emotion choked his throat as he fought to speak. "You know we cannot."
"I know no such thing. Sha're can fight. We can find a way to get around the guards...we can go to Cimmeria!" The sharpness in his voice caused the infant to start crying. Daniel Jackson barely noticed, merely shifting his hold on the child. "Why didn't I think of it before?! Thor's Hammer must be erected by now – and you're safe from it. Or if not, maybe the Asgard would still be there and could remove the Goa'uld. It's so obvious." Obvious to everyone but the writers of "Secrets", sigh. This is why we have fanfic. ;-)
"I had not forgotten." Teal'c wished he had kept on his helmet. He had learned in Apophis's court how much could be hidden behind the masks of the gods. It just struck me as I was writing how much Bra'tac and Teal'c could hide of their disgust of the Goa'uld by keeping those serpent's helmets on. Probably why Bra'tac kept it on through most of Serpent's Lair.
"What? You-you knew?" Daniel stared at Teal'c in shock." And you never said?"
"It was not an option." Teal'c kept his head bowed and started forward again, this time with a slower, measured pace.
Shock was quickly transforming into fury. If I had been more clever, maybe I would've compared the desert weather to Daniel's stormy emotions here, but...instead keeping straight to the emotional action. And from Teal'c's POV, he was expecting Daniel's reaction. I wanted to keep the description predictable. Daniel Jackson stormed after Teal'c. "Why? Because then Sha're wouldn't be able to be a lab rat for Maybourne and the guys at Area 51? Wouldn't be the source of 'vital strategic intelligence' for the military? She's my wife, Teal'c."
"You misunderstand me." Teal'c forced himself to look at his friend. "Sha're's knowledge of Amaunet was important information, yes. But it was not for this reason I did not speak of Cimmeria. You have not experienced the might of the Hammer, Daniel Jackson. I have. It was pain unlike any I have felt before. It causes...damage. Temporary perhaps for most hosts, but with the Goa'uld asleep and Sha're's pregnancy, the injuries would prove grave." Teal'c was a bit more talkative here than usual, but when he's not as completely terse as fanon perceives, and in this case he knows nothing less than a fuller explanation will stop Daniel's tirade. Yeah, I'm kinda making a few excuses after the fact. While I can see Teal'c would see the strategic advantage to having Amaunet at the SGC, I'm not sure he'd be willing to make that decision (again) to imprison another innocent, as he would perceive Sha're.
"But we have medical equipment and ways to..." Daniel countered, shaking his head and furrowing his forehead in confusion. "You can't know what would happen."
Teal'c shook his head. There was no way for him to describe the pain he had suffered in the Asgard's tunnel – how his body felt riven and bereft. Nor could he share the deaths from childbirth he had witnessed by Jaffa women whose primtas had reacted to the pregnancies. In doing missing scene fic it's often a journey for me as well to answer these questions left by canon. This explanation made a logical sense to me, and also strengthened the emotional connection between Teal'c and Sha're, and the larger fight of the Goa'uld, and alien priorities and cultures as well (in noting the alienness of Tau'ri medicine. Plus I love to give at least minor shout outs to Janet in most of my fics). It also (I hope) strengthened the reader's connection to Teal'c, by recalling canon history of "CotG", "Thor's Hammer", "Crossroads", and this episode. Teal'c had much to learn about Tau'ri medicine, this was true. But even Doctor Fraiser did not understand the ways of the Goa'uld – the primal interaction that symbiote held with its Jaffa or host. It did not matter; no explanation would assuage his friend's grief.
He looked back, meeting Daniel Jackson's accusing gaze. "I know." All these explanations are for *our* benefit as audience, in that we can't see into Teal'c's head. But at this point, Teal'c knows words cannot convey what Daniel Jackson needs. He can only answer Daniel's protest of "you can't know".
Something unintended must have shown in Teal'c's expression. Because the fury in Daniel's eyes died, replaced with a mixed expression that pained Teal'c more than the previous righteous anger. "Okay." Harkening back to the fact that Teal'c doesn't have his serpent mask on, and he's been through a lot of trauma today as well, so his natural "stoic" mask may not be set on his face as well as he liked–at least not to his teammates, and Daniel could see some of the pain he was remembering (and relaying to "us" as audience a couple paragraphs above.)
Teal'c blinked, watching Daniel calmly shift his hold on the infant, whose cries had suddenly ceased – as if the babe somehow sensed and copied Daniel Jackson's own mood. Aw, baby Shifu! He was good at emphasizing the switches in Daniel's volatile moods. Teal'c wished to question what caused Daniel to accept his explanation; he dared not question for fear of learning the answer. Hi, I'm Aurora. And I'm a parallelism writing addict.
Daniel Jackson was not pausing while Teal'c worked through his confusion. The human Hey, if poor Teal'c gets relegated to being called "the Jaffa" in a lot of fic, I imagine he'll think of the others as the humans. And writing Daniel Jackson almost all the time gets old (I figure Teal'c "thinks" Daniel sometimes, but more often thinks the full name). stepped forward, heading towards the settlement. "You told Amaunet that Heru'ur was taking the child."
Teal'c kept pace, accepting the shift in conversation gratefully. "It seemed wise. Heru'ur already searched for the harcesis, and had traced her to Kasuf."
Daniel spun sharply as you may have noticed by this point, I also have a penchant for using adverbs...and I probably should've gone with Daniel Jackson in this sentence. Whoops. I was a bit sloppy with the duo names sometimes, wasn't I?, but Teal'c continued speaking, still walking towards the village.
"He is safe. His interrogator...was not so fortunate." Teal'c gave a pointed look at his stolen armor. "With Heru'ur and Apophis fighting each other for the child, they will not seek the boy amongst the humans."
"Yeah, they still haven't figured out how much of a threat we 'simple humans' can be, have they?" Daniel's lips curved up in a slight smile, but his expression looked thunderous. "Abydos is where the people who fought Ra and won. The Goa'uld come here at their peril. I love the superstitious/mythic aspect Abydos would seem to have amongst the Goa'uld. Ra, the greatest among them, disappeared from the planet and no ever really tried hard to come back. Poffy thought it was a good idea, and as I was writing started realizing the chick who got her people to rebel against their god may have influenced Amaunet and Apophis decision making in the hopes Daniel would find her. Which is what Daniel suddenly realizes a couple sentences below, and realizes he failed her. Aw. No wonder Apophis hid Sha're here without guards. She probably..."
His voice trailed off as renewed pain flashed over his eyes. He glanced back towards the caves, now almost hidden amongst the dunes they'd already traversed. "You did the right thing, Teal'c. Yes, I purposefully echoed the line he would say from FiaD. Hopefully, Amaunet bought that you were a Horus guard. You'd even had me fooled for half a second."
Teal'c stiffened that his ruse was so transparent. No one, not even Teal'c, likes to think his inspired plan is that obvious. His friend did not appear to notice Teal'c's disquiet. He was continuing to muse aloud–a habit Teal'c had found common for both Daniel Jackson and Captain Carter. Teal'c diplomatically finding Tau'ri scientists babble too much.
"If Apophis and Heru'ur fight amongst themselves, they won't look twice at the Abydonians or the SGC." Daniel's eyes widened and he quickened his steps toward the city. "Jack and Sam...if the medal ceremony went as scheduled they're probably flying back to Colorado now. They could already have arrived. They'll come through the 'gate and walk right into an ambush." Because why *does* Daniel make a foolhardy plan to leave the baby with dadinlaw and walk right into Goa'uld/Abydos version of Grand Central Station? Oh yeah, Jack and Sam. Good enough reason.
Teal'c cursed himself for not realizing the danger to his friends. Tau'ri's determination of time and distance was still foreign to him. Teal'c would be mad at himself for not realizing the danger to the others, but really, how often is *he* figuring out air distance to DC? Plus the time difference from Abydos to Colorado and then to Washington. Carry the one, subtract the two.... He looked to the pyramid, now a dock for Heru'ur's ship. It was well guarded, with limited options for infiltration.
Meanwhile, Daniel had stopped at the last set of dunes before they'd be visible to the city. He was studying Teal'c with an appraising look. "You said the guards have already gone after Kasuf?"
Teal'c nodded.
"Then he'll have to go into hiding anyway. The baby should be safe with him." Daniel bit his lip, unconsciously caressing the child's face with a finger. "There are more hiding places, but they're some distance from the Stargate. Kasuf can take him there. Apophis had the right idea. It's the last place the Goa'uld will think to look, and they definitely won't think we'll continue that plan. Then we'll be free to take action. I have an idea."
As Daniel Jackson outlined his plans, Teal'c voiced his objections, but followed the man to Kasuf's. They hid the child with his grandfather, explaining what Kasuf would need on the journey. Perhaps I should've gone into more detail here, but these are the scenes already on screen and it's pretty self explanatory, except for the motivations. And I wanted to only go through the arguments between Daniel and Teal'c once. It was only as they made their way to the pyramid housing the Stargate that Teal'c repeated his concerns about the rest of Daniel Jackson's "plan."
Daniel shrugged, his response holding that reasonable tone Teal'c had learned to become wary of. "You were the one that got Amaunet thinking that Heru'ur was to blame. This is just...fanning the flames of your plan. We've got to be on watch for Sam and Jack. Do you have a better idea?"
Teal'c shook his head. "It is still foolhardy. You are placing yourself unarmed into the clutches of Heru'ur. You cannot negotiate with Goa'uld."
"I know. Believe me, I learned that first-hand from Ra. Heh. I think I must've recently rewatched the movie because Daniel and Ra really get into some discussions there. But all I need to do is buy some time. Just confuse Heru'ur enough to set him up against Apophis and not look for the harcesis or Sha–Amaunet. Aw. Daniel catches himself, but... And besides, I'm not totally unarmed. If things go bad, you've got my back, right?" Daniel Jackson looked at Teal'c, and his expression this time held no rancor or grief. It was an expression of determination and...trust. Teal'c's still in the guilt phase of what happened with Sha're. Guilt is the poor boy's favorite emotion. Pets Teal'c. He's honestly shocked and humbled that Daniel can put aside any rancor and continue to share his trust and friendship with Teal'c. It's bizarre, even to audiences, considering their history, but it works. And rather than trying to dissect it, at this point, looks and actions spoke more than thoughts and words.
Teal'c's jaw twitched. Daniel Jackson presumed much; Teal'c would do his best to honor that faith. "I will protect your life with my dying breath."
Daniel gave a sober nod, then quirked his mouth into a smile that did not reach his eyes. "Let's hope it doesn't come to that, all right?" Yes, yes, I did anvil a bit of FiaD foreshadowing. *sniffle* Poor guys (and Sha're).
Teal'c stared back at Daniel Jackson, trying to figure out how to express how much this faith was mutual. He was following this plan despite his misgivings because of the times he had seen the human members of SG-1 face down the gods. Daniel Jackson and O'Neill had killed Ra in these very skies. Aw, Teal'c's infected with a bit of that Tau'ri fanboying/Abydos superstition too. It's amazing how much Teal'c seems to have/keep faith after seeing so much betrayal, but I find it a big part of his character.
Teal'c merely bowed his head and answered. "Indeed." Yeah, you kind of have to use "indeed" for Teal'c at least once in a fic.
Fin.
Title: Statements Unspoken
Category: Missing Scene; Teal'c and Daniel friendship (references Daniel/Sha're)
Warnings/Spoilers: Secrets and previous
Word Count ~1500
Summary: Daniel confronts Teal'c on leaving Amaunet in the cave.
I'm unusually proud of this title. Because I think/hope at least as much was said with looks and thoughts, as was said in statements. The summary however, while accurate, is a little dull. Sigh. Titles and summaries. The banes of my writerly existence.
They rushed out–the dark coolness of the cave opening to acrid heat so intense, the waves of air visibly bisecting the desert. Daniel Jackson cradled the infant as Teal'c led the way. I tried to be a bit flowery in descriptive language here because writing setting description is a weakness for me. I like the imagery of "bisecting" the desert, but I may have been too complicated here.
"Teal'c, wait!"
Teal'c continued his descent from the rocky caves to the desert sand. He lowered the helmet to be able to better scout the area. "Heru'ur's forces patrol everywhere. We must move quickly."
Daniel Jackson did not follow, instead resting against a stone half-way up the path. "But we can't just–we could bring her with us. Escape through the Stargate."
Teal'c could barely turn back to his friend. He had expected this resistance, grateful Daniel Jackson had merely followed in shock after Teal'c had fired on Apophis's queen, but now his friend was processing events, and resisting. It's not like Daniel not to ask questions first before this point, but he's been through a lot of emotional trauma today. It definitely made sense for him to balk at leaving Shau'ri at some point for the reasons I relate below. I think when Teal'c first met SG-1, Daniel's bleak hope that something of the host survives hit Teal'c as much as Jack's watch. This was the man who had begged to become a host merely to stay with Sha're, the man who had insisted upon remaining while she gave birth to a false god's child.
Teal'c could not look at Daniel Jackson because if he did, he would relent. He had sworn an oath to reunite Sha're and Daniel Jackson. Not quite onscreen, but extrapolated from canon. Before, his guilt regarding Sha're had been abstract–knowing he had chosen an innocent woman to be Amaunet's host, the beloved of a man he was now honored to call friend. But now, he had met Sha're, spoken with her. Rewatching Secrets, it always strikes me how complicated that scene is with Sha're and Teal'c, how she forgives him, and is proud of him resisting Apophis, being a thorn in the Goa'uld's side. They really seemed to connect in those few minutes. And yet, he had seen the Horus guards surrounding Nagada, the ha'tak over the Stargate. Since this fic was for fignewton's birthday, I specifically referenced "Nagada" because it's a thing for her. A tiny homage. If Teal'c did not act, they would all perish. Emotion choked his throat as he fought to speak. "You know we cannot."
"I know no such thing. Sha're can fight. We can find a way to get around the guards...we can go to Cimmeria!" The sharpness in his voice caused the infant to start crying. Daniel Jackson barely noticed, merely shifting his hold on the child. "Why didn't I think of it before?! Thor's Hammer must be erected by now – and you're safe from it. Or if not, maybe the Asgard would still be there and could remove the Goa'uld. It's so obvious." Obvious to everyone but the writers of "Secrets", sigh. This is why we have fanfic. ;-)
"I had not forgotten." Teal'c wished he had kept on his helmet. He had learned in Apophis's court how much could be hidden behind the masks of the gods. It just struck me as I was writing how much Bra'tac and Teal'c could hide of their disgust of the Goa'uld by keeping those serpent's helmets on. Probably why Bra'tac kept it on through most of Serpent's Lair.
"What? You-you knew?" Daniel stared at Teal'c in shock." And you never said?"
"It was not an option." Teal'c kept his head bowed and started forward again, this time with a slower, measured pace.
Shock was quickly transforming into fury. If I had been more clever, maybe I would've compared the desert weather to Daniel's stormy emotions here, but...instead keeping straight to the emotional action. And from Teal'c's POV, he was expecting Daniel's reaction. I wanted to keep the description predictable. Daniel Jackson stormed after Teal'c. "Why? Because then Sha're wouldn't be able to be a lab rat for Maybourne and the guys at Area 51? Wouldn't be the source of 'vital strategic intelligence' for the military? She's my wife, Teal'c."
"You misunderstand me." Teal'c forced himself to look at his friend. "Sha're's knowledge of Amaunet was important information, yes. But it was not for this reason I did not speak of Cimmeria. You have not experienced the might of the Hammer, Daniel Jackson. I have. It was pain unlike any I have felt before. It causes...damage. Temporary perhaps for most hosts, but with the Goa'uld asleep and Sha're's pregnancy, the injuries would prove grave." Teal'c was a bit more talkative here than usual, but when he's not as completely terse as fanon perceives, and in this case he knows nothing less than a fuller explanation will stop Daniel's tirade. Yeah, I'm kinda making a few excuses after the fact. While I can see Teal'c would see the strategic advantage to having Amaunet at the SGC, I'm not sure he'd be willing to make that decision (again) to imprison another innocent, as he would perceive Sha're.
"But we have medical equipment and ways to..." Daniel countered, shaking his head and furrowing his forehead in confusion. "You can't know what would happen."
Teal'c shook his head. There was no way for him to describe the pain he had suffered in the Asgard's tunnel – how his body felt riven and bereft. Nor could he share the deaths from childbirth he had witnessed by Jaffa women whose primtas had reacted to the pregnancies. In doing missing scene fic it's often a journey for me as well to answer these questions left by canon. This explanation made a logical sense to me, and also strengthened the emotional connection between Teal'c and Sha're, and the larger fight of the Goa'uld, and alien priorities and cultures as well (in noting the alienness of Tau'ri medicine. Plus I love to give at least minor shout outs to Janet in most of my fics). It also (I hope) strengthened the reader's connection to Teal'c, by recalling canon history of "CotG", "Thor's Hammer", "Crossroads", and this episode. Teal'c had much to learn about Tau'ri medicine, this was true. But even Doctor Fraiser did not understand the ways of the Goa'uld – the primal interaction that symbiote held with its Jaffa or host. It did not matter; no explanation would assuage his friend's grief.
He looked back, meeting Daniel Jackson's accusing gaze. "I know." All these explanations are for *our* benefit as audience, in that we can't see into Teal'c's head. But at this point, Teal'c knows words cannot convey what Daniel Jackson needs. He can only answer Daniel's protest of "you can't know".
Something unintended must have shown in Teal'c's expression. Because the fury in Daniel's eyes died, replaced with a mixed expression that pained Teal'c more than the previous righteous anger. "Okay." Harkening back to the fact that Teal'c doesn't have his serpent mask on, and he's been through a lot of trauma today as well, so his natural "stoic" mask may not be set on his face as well as he liked–at least not to his teammates, and Daniel could see some of the pain he was remembering (and relaying to "us" as audience a couple paragraphs above.)
Teal'c blinked, watching Daniel calmly shift his hold on the infant, whose cries had suddenly ceased – as if the babe somehow sensed and copied Daniel Jackson's own mood. Aw, baby Shifu! He was good at emphasizing the switches in Daniel's volatile moods. Teal'c wished to question what caused Daniel to accept his explanation; he dared not question for fear of learning the answer. Hi, I'm Aurora. And I'm a parallelism writing addict.
Daniel Jackson was not pausing while Teal'c worked through his confusion. The human Hey, if poor Teal'c gets relegated to being called "the Jaffa" in a lot of fic, I imagine he'll think of the others as the humans. And writing Daniel Jackson almost all the time gets old (I figure Teal'c "thinks" Daniel sometimes, but more often thinks the full name). stepped forward, heading towards the settlement. "You told Amaunet that Heru'ur was taking the child."
Teal'c kept pace, accepting the shift in conversation gratefully. "It seemed wise. Heru'ur already searched for the harcesis, and had traced her to Kasuf."
Daniel spun sharply as you may have noticed by this point, I also have a penchant for using adverbs...and I probably should've gone with Daniel Jackson in this sentence. Whoops. I was a bit sloppy with the duo names sometimes, wasn't I?, but Teal'c continued speaking, still walking towards the village.
"He is safe. His interrogator...was not so fortunate." Teal'c gave a pointed look at his stolen armor. "With Heru'ur and Apophis fighting each other for the child, they will not seek the boy amongst the humans."
"Yeah, they still haven't figured out how much of a threat we 'simple humans' can be, have they?" Daniel's lips curved up in a slight smile, but his expression looked thunderous. "Abydos is where the people who fought Ra and won. The Goa'uld come here at their peril. I love the superstitious/mythic aspect Abydos would seem to have amongst the Goa'uld. Ra, the greatest among them, disappeared from the planet and no ever really tried hard to come back. Poffy thought it was a good idea, and as I was writing started realizing the chick who got her people to rebel against their god may have influenced Amaunet and Apophis decision making in the hopes Daniel would find her. Which is what Daniel suddenly realizes a couple sentences below, and realizes he failed her. Aw. No wonder Apophis hid Sha're here without guards. She probably..."
His voice trailed off as renewed pain flashed over his eyes. He glanced back towards the caves, now almost hidden amongst the dunes they'd already traversed. "You did the right thing, Teal'c. Yes, I purposefully echoed the line he would say from FiaD. Hopefully, Amaunet bought that you were a Horus guard. You'd even had me fooled for half a second."
Teal'c stiffened that his ruse was so transparent. No one, not even Teal'c, likes to think his inspired plan is that obvious. His friend did not appear to notice Teal'c's disquiet. He was continuing to muse aloud–a habit Teal'c had found common for both Daniel Jackson and Captain Carter. Teal'c diplomatically finding Tau'ri scientists babble too much.
"If Apophis and Heru'ur fight amongst themselves, they won't look twice at the Abydonians or the SGC." Daniel's eyes widened and he quickened his steps toward the city. "Jack and Sam...if the medal ceremony went as scheduled they're probably flying back to Colorado now. They could already have arrived. They'll come through the 'gate and walk right into an ambush." Because why *does* Daniel make a foolhardy plan to leave the baby with dadinlaw and walk right into Goa'uld/Abydos version of Grand Central Station? Oh yeah, Jack and Sam. Good enough reason.
Teal'c cursed himself for not realizing the danger to his friends. Tau'ri's determination of time and distance was still foreign to him. Teal'c would be mad at himself for not realizing the danger to the others, but really, how often is *he* figuring out air distance to DC? Plus the time difference from Abydos to Colorado and then to Washington. Carry the one, subtract the two.... He looked to the pyramid, now a dock for Heru'ur's ship. It was well guarded, with limited options for infiltration.
Meanwhile, Daniel had stopped at the last set of dunes before they'd be visible to the city. He was studying Teal'c with an appraising look. "You said the guards have already gone after Kasuf?"
Teal'c nodded.
"Then he'll have to go into hiding anyway. The baby should be safe with him." Daniel bit his lip, unconsciously caressing the child's face with a finger. "There are more hiding places, but they're some distance from the Stargate. Kasuf can take him there. Apophis had the right idea. It's the last place the Goa'uld will think to look, and they definitely won't think we'll continue that plan. Then we'll be free to take action. I have an idea."
As Daniel Jackson outlined his plans, Teal'c voiced his objections, but followed the man to Kasuf's. They hid the child with his grandfather, explaining what Kasuf would need on the journey. Perhaps I should've gone into more detail here, but these are the scenes already on screen and it's pretty self explanatory, except for the motivations. And I wanted to only go through the arguments between Daniel and Teal'c once. It was only as they made their way to the pyramid housing the Stargate that Teal'c repeated his concerns about the rest of Daniel Jackson's "plan."
Daniel shrugged, his response holding that reasonable tone Teal'c had learned to become wary of. "You were the one that got Amaunet thinking that Heru'ur was to blame. This is just...fanning the flames of your plan. We've got to be on watch for Sam and Jack. Do you have a better idea?"
Teal'c shook his head. "It is still foolhardy. You are placing yourself unarmed into the clutches of Heru'ur. You cannot negotiate with Goa'uld."
"I know. Believe me, I learned that first-hand from Ra. Heh. I think I must've recently rewatched the movie because Daniel and Ra really get into some discussions there. But all I need to do is buy some time. Just confuse Heru'ur enough to set him up against Apophis and not look for the harcesis or Sha–Amaunet. Aw. Daniel catches himself, but... And besides, I'm not totally unarmed. If things go bad, you've got my back, right?" Daniel Jackson looked at Teal'c, and his expression this time held no rancor or grief. It was an expression of determination and...trust. Teal'c's still in the guilt phase of what happened with Sha're. Guilt is the poor boy's favorite emotion. Pets Teal'c. He's honestly shocked and humbled that Daniel can put aside any rancor and continue to share his trust and friendship with Teal'c. It's bizarre, even to audiences, considering their history, but it works. And rather than trying to dissect it, at this point, looks and actions spoke more than thoughts and words.
Teal'c's jaw twitched. Daniel Jackson presumed much; Teal'c would do his best to honor that faith. "I will protect your life with my dying breath."
Daniel gave a sober nod, then quirked his mouth into a smile that did not reach his eyes. "Let's hope it doesn't come to that, all right?" Yes, yes, I did anvil a bit of FiaD foreshadowing. *sniffle* Poor guys (and Sha're).
Teal'c stared back at Daniel Jackson, trying to figure out how to express how much this faith was mutual. He was following this plan despite his misgivings because of the times he had seen the human members of SG-1 face down the gods. Daniel Jackson and O'Neill had killed Ra in these very skies. Aw, Teal'c's infected with a bit of that Tau'ri fanboying/Abydos superstition too. It's amazing how much Teal'c seems to have/keep faith after seeing so much betrayal, but I find it a big part of his character.
Teal'c merely bowed his head and answered. "Indeed." Yeah, you kind of have to use "indeed" for Teal'c at least once in a fic.
Fin.
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Date: 2009-06-16 09:45 pm (UTC)