Dr Fraiser had forced SG1 out of the infirmary ten minutes after Sam awoke. Which according to the nurses was a record, as normally one of them would insist on staying. Fraiser sighed a sigh of relief and turned her attention back to Sam, who looked like hell, to say the least.

With Sam stable and, more importantly, awake, SG1 finally had to face General Hammond for their debrief meeting. The walk up to the briefing room was a long one. Longer than usual. All the personnel they passed gave them 'that look'. The look said: 'We are sorry to hear what happened?' Upon arriving at the briefing room, the General was already sat at the table alongside several Tok'ra council members.

"Thank you for finally joining us SG1" announced General Hammond, who looked less than happy.

"We were sorry to hear about what happened on your mission, Colonel. And we hope Major Carter makes a full recovery and is able to return to duty soon." The Tok'ra who spoke was Anise, and not exactly SG1's favourite member of the Tok'ra.

"Course you want Sam back in action, so we can all go off world and nearly get blown to pieces again instead of your people. If we didn't have Sam on our team, we'd all be dead. FACT!" The outburst shocked General Hammond, he had expected a comment like this from O'Neill but not from Dr Jackson.

"Danny, calm. Calm." Jack rested his hand on Daniel's shoulder. Daniel had no one in the world, they were all dead. The only people he cared about worked on that base, and Jack knew how hard losing one of them would be for Daniel. Daniel was guided by Jack's hand into the nearest chair at the table, flanked by Jack and Teal'c he had no option but to stay calm. For now.

Teal'c broke the silence.

"I do believe General Hammond, that Daniel Jackson is in shock from recent events." He turned to the Tok'ra representatives. "I'm sure nothing was meant by this outburst." Daniel sat with his head in his hands, Jack wishing he could do the same.

"So what went wrong then gentlemen, and why is Major Carter in the infirmary?" General Hammond had many questions and he knew he wouldn't get answers for all of them, at least not in front of their guests.

Jack, Daniel and Teal'c looked at each other nervously, and then looked at the Tok'ra representatives.

"Are you sure you don't want to ask them why they are here first? Why the mission went wrong? Why the intel we got was false? Who fed us the intel? Who convinced us to go to that god forsaken place? Huh? No answers for that Anise?" General Hammond could see how rattled O'Neill was and that he needed answers. But, could they risk jeopardising their relationship with the Tok'ra?

"Colonel, I think we should postpone this briefing. I think you should all take the rest of the week off, recover. Major Carter is going to need some support." The General stood, and SG1 took the hint that they were no longer required in the briefing room. "Oh, and Jack. Don't you worry. I intend on finding out exactly what happened, and someone will take responsibility for what has happened."

"Thank you, sir."

The three team members marched down the stairs into the control room where Walter and Syler were waiting for them.

"Walter?" Jack asked curiously, whilst looking both men up and down

"The General requested we contacted other contacts to see what they knew about the planet you visited. SG's 2,7 and 12 have all been off world investigating." Walter whispered as though he was about to share an intergalactic secret. "Of all the people we contacted, there was only one group of people who didn't know of the planet, sir. Those that did know it reported that they would never knowingly send anyone there as it was a specialist base operated by a Goa'uld system lord that we haven't met yet."

"It would appear that the Tok'ra knew this and sent you in blind." Sylar's news made no sense even though they knew it was coming. Why would the Tok'ra send anyone, let alone an ally into a Goa'uld base? What were they hoping to achieve?

"Thanks Walter, we'll, um chat later." Replied Jack who turned to face Daniel and Teal'c. "Lunch?"

"Yeah might as well. In fact I am starving. Can't remember the last time I ate. Can't stay long I have to go back to my lab and date some relics SG9 found on their last mission, oh and I have a few translations to do for SG5, and..."

"Right OK Daniel, we get the picture. Sam is still in the infirmary, she should be our priority right now." Shouted Jack, and interrupting Daniel.

"Sam? Since when do you two refer to each other by first names?"

"Cut it out Daniel, and don't give me that look."

"We know you like her, I saw it when you brought her to Abydos. But, hey, what do I know? Right, lunch time." Jack was stunned and taken back by what Daniel had just announced. Teal'c didn't object which meant he agreed with Daniel. He watched them walk off down the hallway, Daniel babbling on about something to Teal'c who probably couldn't care less. Jack smiled to himself, some things never change, he thought.

"SG1 to the infirmary!"