When they eventually exited hyperspace and came down towards the planet they were greeted by the angry red glow of lava that covered the surface as far as the eye could see. Large rocks and the occasional piece of floating debris were the only respite from the volatile land, just the sight of it sent chills down your spine and yet the room seemed to heat up despite the fact that you knew that the ships hull prevented any internal temperature change.

"Well, this doesn't look good. The surface is almost completely covered by lava flows." Spoke Sam turning from the display to look at the others.

"How could there have been a civilisation down there?" Asked Daniel mainly to himself, but got an answer anyway.

"The systems sun, it's a red giant now, but a million years ago it would have been very imitor ours." Sam answered, grimacing slightly when she seen Daniel's glance in her direction.

"So we're a million years late?" he asked a little shocked.

"Maybe more."

"What do we do now?" asked Daniel as if the light had just gone from the end of the tunnel and his childhood fear of darkness returned.

"Praestolor. Just for a minute."

Sam could feel an idea building, she knew it would only be a moment before she would be doing something that would make this journey worth while.

All of them watched her, their eyes filled with concern as they watch her try to think.

But she couldn't her thoughts were muddled, as if everything was in mid translation. Despite this she closed her eyes and tried to work through it all.

"Major Carter, are you well?" Asked Teal'c inclining his head in her direction; only a faint trace of worry in his voice because his eyes revealed so much more.

She opened her eyes and smiled in spite of herself and the situation; such a simple question grounding and reassuring all at once.

"Well enough for the moment. Thanks Teal'c." Then it happened as if a light bulb had just switched on. "Can I sit at the controls?"

No answer was required for her stood to give her his chair.

Silently she worked as she brought up a schematic of the planet and set the ship off a direction.

The surface passed beneath them and the terrain on the display shifted and moved to show what was in front. Eventually they slowed and Sam pointed to a perfect dome shape ahead.

"Teaonas."

"That is Teaonas?" asked Daniel, "What is it?"

"A cavern?" suggested Brae'tac.

"It's a perfectly formed half sphere of molten rock." Said Sam, using her scientific deductions to try to gauge what it was.

"Perhaps a force field meant to protect the city that was covered over?" said Ronan.

"It's to small to hold a city," Said Sam looking at a scan of the dome, it was taking a little more effort on her part to understand what it meant, "And there are no energy readings coming from it."

"Perhaps the shield has since failed." Spoke Teal'c.

"We're still going though, we've come this far."

They could tell from her tone that it wasn't an order. It was a request. And yet the resolve in their eyes was all that was required between them before they headed in to the back to find the Haz-Mat suits that Sam had packed.