Author's Note: I'm just writing one-shot stories of the show. Things that I have had on my mind for a while. Could be a continuation of an episode or just something I wished we could have seen.
AN 2: I have watched Stargate SG-1 since I was a little girl, it's always been my favorite TV show and I'm in the process of re-watching it with my niece. It was my dad's absolute favorite show and we always sat down to watch together before he passed. Now my niece is interested. I even have the gate tattooed on my shoulder around my father's portrait!
Hope you enjoy and I am completely open to ideas, might not get to them super quick but would love to see what other's think of my stories and their ideas.
Italics are a person's thoughts.
Summary: Continuation of the episode "Solitudes"
Jack and Sam had been trapped for three days in Antarctica and were now resting in the infirmary at the McMurdo base. When they were first found, all focus had been on the Colonel because of the severity of his wounds but now that focus has shifted to the Captain because despite the first glance she did suffer from pretty severe wounds and now hasn't regaineed consciousness; it's been three more days.
Janet scrubs her face because even though they both were banged up pretty good they both should be up and about and for whatever reason Captain Carter was refusing to wake up. She needed to make her rounds and check them both again before she requested the transport plane to come pick them up. She had hoped they both would have woken up and been able to communicate anything else going on before she transported them but they needed to get them back to the Cheyenne base for better observation and quicker access to local hospitals, just in case.
"Doc!" Colonel Jack O'Neill yelled from across the room.
"Yes Colonel?"
"When will I be able to blow this popsicle stand?"
"Don't even begin to start that. We still have to get back to our base and you will still need to stay in the infirmary for observation. We will be transported home tomorrow."
Janet began checking the clipboard attached to the end of his bed. Making sure with one final glance that the Colonel was stable and ready for transport.
"I thought you said we had to wait until Captain Carter woke up before we could be transported?"
"I would have preferred that but it doesn't look like she has any business waking up and I would feel better being back at our base with the closer access to the Air Force hospital near Cheyenne."
Janet had a look of concern on her face when she turned to look at the young Captain laying on the bed next to the Colonel.
"Why hasn't she woken up yet Doc?"
"I'm not sure. She had some injuries that needed to be taken care of and still a couple that will require surgery once we get home but there isn't any indication as to why she is still asleep."
Janet turned back to look at Jack. He had the same concerned look on his face. He was the one that suffered from internal bleeding, broken leg and cracked ribs. On top of the freezing conditions that they had to survive. It didn't make sense. The Captain had started off in way better condition than him but yet here she laid; still unconscious and suffering from more than what she lead on while trapped in that cave.
Little did they realize thought that the Captain was about to make her debut to consciousness. Samantha Carter could hear their conversation; it sounded like she was hearing it through cotton balls stuck in her ears but she had heard their concern.
Why did everything hurt? Why am I so cold? What happened? The last thing I remember is telling the Colonel it was an honor serving with him. This can't be what death feels like, it's not supposed to hurt like this, right?
"Ughh…" The Captain moaned.
"Carter!" Jack set up a little straighter to get a better look at his second in command.
"Captain Carter. Can you hear me?" Janet immediately to the bedside of her fellow officer and friend.
Sam tried moving and more moaning and groaning noise.
"Sam I need you to lay still. You got pretty banged up, you're going to be a little sore. Can you open your eyes for me?" Janet leaned over just a little more to get a better look.
Janet could see her eyes moving behind her eyelids but other than that it seemed the effort to open her eyes was too great.
"Carter! Open your eyes, that's an order!" Jack commanded his voice.
"Mmmmh…" Sam's faced turned to a grimace as she started to fully regain consciousness.
"That's it Sam. Open your eyes for me." Janet being the ever good doctor with good bed side manner.
"Wh-what happened?" Sam's voice croaked and she tried licking her lips from how dry her mouth was.
"Need something to drink?" Janet knew exactly what was wrong, knew her mouth would be dry and her throat felt like it had sand paper on the inside.
All Sam could do was weakly nod her head. Janet went to the end of the bed to get a cup of ice chips. Getting a spoon full and putting it to her lips she let a few chips fall into her mouth let it melt and giving the Captain the necessary moisture.
"More."
"We want to take it easy for now Sam, we don't want you getting sick by taking in too much too fast. Can you full open your eyes for me now?"
Finally, Janet got full view of the young soldiers blue eyes. Taking out her pen light she shined it into the Captains eyes, making her immediately wince and turn her head.
"Can you tell me the last thing you remember?" Janet needing to get an assessment of her patient.
"Um I guess it would be climbing to the top of the craves. I realized we were on an ice planet and there would be no way of finding help unless it came through the gate, so I went back down to where I left the Colonel." Sam was trying to think if she had left anything out but couldn't come up with anything else.
"How did you get back down? It took the rescuers rock climbing gear to get to you." Janet had some concern about what was about to be reported next.
"Well I tried making it down safely but my footing slipped and I slid the whole way down." Sam finally gained the strength to look around her surroundings. Not exactly knowing where she was she had a confused look on her face.
"Where are we? Why aren't we in the infirmary?"
"Well Carter we weren't exactly on an ice planet." The Colonel finally getting the attention of his subordinate.
"Sam there is an explanation but we need to get a better look as to what's going on with you and someone who is more qualified will be able to explain what happened to you and the Colonel."
This only confused her more. Janet could tell she was trying to take a mental stock of everything that was wrong.
"First, can you tell me exactly what hurts and how you did it?" Janet had her clip board ready to take notes.
"Well my back and side is hurting, I don't remember how it happened because when we came through the gate we were thrown but it wasn't nothing to truly hurt this bad. It hurts to breathe. My right knee is hurting pretty bad too. But other than that I'm okay. How long have I been out?"
Janet and Jack both look at each other. Sam knew something was going on.
"Carter you have been asleep for three days."
"THREE! There's no way, I'm fine. You were the one seriously hurt."
Sam tried sitting up more but instantly felt a sharp pain shoot through her ribcage. Janet put a gentle hand on her shoulder and lowered her down back to the bed.
"Easy, easy. You got some pretty serious injuries Captain. And from what the Colonel said you were pretty much fine the whole time taking care of him and trying to figure out what was wrong with the gate. That's why I was wondering how all this happened."
"What is exactly wrong with me?" Sam had a shiver run through her body so big it was noticeable.
"Cold?" Sam nodded her head once again and looked over at her commanding officer.
Janet walked over and got another heated blanket to lay over her.
"Well to start you required some stitches on your cheek. You have a concussion which explains why you were unconscious from being thrown through the gate. Those were injuries you had from impact so says the Colonel. Now onto more serious matters. You have a few cracked ribs and your spine and tail bone are bruised from falling down the craves. Which I'm assuming is how you also tore your ACL in your right knee, which is going to require surgery to repair once we get home. Now none of these injuries are life threatening but the fact that you stayed up for almost three days straight and the cold is why you have been asleep for this amount of time. Your body needed time to heal itself the best it could. We have also detected what looks to be the start of pneumonia in your lungs, so we need to monitor that more closely when we get home as well." Janet sighed at the end of her report. Even though they were both safe now they still had a way to go before being able to be fit for duty.
"Home? Where are we?" Sam was extremely confused.
"Captain we were in Antarctica the whole time. There is a second Stargate on Earth." The look on her face was to be expected.
"How? When? What?" Captain Carter's mind was going a thousand miles per hour trying to figure out how this was possible.
"Sam I know you want to immediately try and figure all this out. But you just woke up and I need you to rest. Tomorrow we are going back to Cheyenne and you will be having knee surgery the following day to repair the damage. You will have plenty of time to figure this out once you're on the road to recovery. Both of you will have some serious down time to recover." Janet made a few final marks and stepped away to the office that was designated as hers.
The look on Sam's face was one of confusion and exhaustion. She knew that the Colonel would have down time for recovery but she never dreamed she would have any serious injuries that would require down time.
"Don't worry Carter, we will be alright. You know Danny and Teal'c will keep us company while we are on base." Jack trying to make light of situation, as always.
"It will be alright sir. I just can't believe I didn't think of dialing a different address other than our own." Guilt was now replacing any other feeling the Captain had.
"Hey no one would have figured that out. I'm just glad we both made it out alive, plus we will get at least the next 6 months off to figure out why there is two Stargate's."
"SIX MONTHS?!" Carter's voice went up 3 octives.
"Yea that's how long it's going to take for that knee of yours to heal once you have surgery, my leg won't be too much further behind you."
Jack lets out a laugh while looking at the shocked expression of the woman in the bed next to his.
"Sir I don't know if you heard me or not but before I decided to come back down I told you that it had been an honor for me as well. I'm just sorry we couldn't get out sooner."
"Hey think nothing of it, we made it, we are going to be okay and we get a 6-month vacation." Sam smiles thinking of the Colonel was going to truly enjoy himself where as she was going to be miserable.
"Alright you two. Time for rest. We will be leaving bright and early tomorrow." Janet had cut down the lights and stepped back into her office.
The two officers laid further down in their beds and sighed in sync. It had been one hell of a trip through the gate. They had gotten banged up but will eventually be okay and back at it as a team.
Author's Note: This has always been one of my favorite episodes. I just think that the tumble that Sam took resulted in more injuries than they showed. I'm just writing these one-shots, some might go a couple of chapters but nothing too extensive. Leave me your thoughts and reviews! If you have any ideas that you would like to see, just let me know!
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