SG-1 stepped through the stargate onto the alien planet. Jack immediately put on his sunglasses to block the bright light. "Whoa, that's a bright sun."

"Ummm, that's 'suns,' sir," Sam said, pointing to the sky.

The guys all turned their attention skyward to see two suns shining brightly in the brilliant blue sky.

"Cool," Daniel and Jack said in unison.

"So how far is it to this village Carter?"

"It should be just over this hill, Sir."

"Alright, let's get going. Teal'c, you take the lead."

Teal'c nodded, and started off on the barely visible path.

"It doesn't look like this path gets much use," Daniel said, observing all the overgrowth.

"That could be a good sign that the goa'uld don't come here much anymore."

"I agree Daniel Jackson."

The village came into view just as they came to the top of the small hill. It wasn't very

large, but appeared to be bustling with activity.

"I'll give you 3-to-1 odds on 'flee in terror,' Daniel," Jack said as they headed towards the village.

"No way. This one has a definite 'worship' feel to it."

"Ok, you're on."

Sam laughed, listening to the two men banter. They were so entertaining.
As the team entered the village square, all activity ceased around them. Everyone paused in their actions as soon as they saw the strangers, and stood still in their tracks.

"Better get your money ready, Jack. Doesn't look like they're gonna do
much fleeing."

"Nope, they still got time. Maybe they're still in shock," he replied, not ready to admit defeat.
Before Daniel could reply, an official looking man appeared, and headed straight for them. He stopped in front of SG-1, and knelt down. All the other villagers followed his lead, and knelt before the strangers.

"Oh, man!"

"Pay up, jack."

"You know I'm good for it." He turned his attention to the bowing villagers before them.

"You want to do something about this," he said, indicating to the kneeling villagers.

Daniel turned his attention to the first man to kneel. "You can get up; you don't have to do that."
The man continued to kneel.
"C'mon, you don't have to kneel. We're not gods. I swear."

The man seemed unsure, but slowly rose. "But...you come through the ring of the gods..."

"That doesn't make us gods." He addressed everyone next. "We aren't gods; you don't have to do that. Everyone please get up."

"I am sorry; we thought you came for the festival."

"Festival?" Daniel asked.

"Oh, yes. Every season, we have a great festival to honor our Goddess. We thought she sent you to observe us," the man said, still unsure of what Daniel said.

"No, we are just explorers. Daniel was telling the truth," Sam said, stepping forward.

"Well, in that case, you are welcome to stay for the celebration."

This time it was Jack who spoke. "I don't know bout that. We don't have much luck with alien parties..."

"But you must, it is a great feast to honor our goddess."

"Ok, we'll stay for a bit. It's getting dark anyways."

Some of the people cheered in celebration. Some of the girls came and took Sam's arm, and tried to pull her away. Others came up with drinks and offered them to the men.

"No, no drinks please," said Jack. "That never ends well."

"Very well." The man shooed away the girls.

The girls continued to pull at Sam's arm.
"May as well just go, Carter. No sense fighting it."

Sam sighed and gave in to the girls. They led her away to a small house. The men were told to follow some of the others to a meeting area where food was ready while they waited for the women to prepare. They sat on logs around a large fire, and just looked around. There were tables full of food and big barrels of drinks as well. Daniel sat and talked with the gentleman who first appeared to them.

"I'm Daniel Jackson; this is Colonel O'Neill, and Teal'c. Our other companion is Major Samantha Carter."

"Welcome. I am Enlos, Chief of the people of Ban-or."
After a few minutes, the women started to appear, dressed in small cloths, carrying flowers, and wearing some in their hair as well. After a moment, Sam appeared again, wearing her BDU's, but wearing flowers in her hair as well.

"What, no new outfit, Carter?" Jack asked, laughing.

"No, sir," she said as she joined them on the log.

Drums suddenly sounded, and the women began to dance around the fire. The men began to pass drinks around, and kept trying to give them to the visitors.

"No, thank you. None for us, really," they kept insisting."

SG-1 sat around the fire with all the villagers, observing the festival. Daniel continued to talk to Enlos, trying to learn about the celebration. Teal'c just sat back quietly observing everything, while Jack tried his best to ignore all the drinks being passed around. Sam, like Teal'c, sat there observing, trying to ignore all the women trying to get her to join in the festivities.

"No, thank you. I don't want to dance right now," she kept insisting.
After a short while, the girls must have given up, because they returned to the others in the dance. Thank goodness. I didn't think they were ever gonna give up
Jack saw the look of relief on her face, and laughed. "What's a matter, Carter? Didn't wanna go up there and make some new friends?"

"No, sir. Maybe I'll catch the next festival," she replied sarcastically.
He just laughed again and went back to watching the dancing girls.

Why are they always so enthralled by these girls? She thought as she watched Jack, Daniel, and Teal'c continue to intently watch the party.

Just then, a girl came by with a platter with four cups on it, and stopped in front of the group.

"Drinks? You must be thirsty by now," she offered.

"No, thanks, we're fine," Daniel responded. He had finished talking with Enlos, and returned to his teammates.

She noticed the hesitation in his voice, and on their faces. "Its ok, its only water."

"Well, if it is only water," Jack said, picking up a cup. Daniel followed his lead, and did the same, taking a big gulp. Sam hesitated, but then picked up a cup, peered into for a moment, then slowly took a sip. Teal'c refused the drink.

"Hey, this doesn't taste like water."

"It has special flavors in it," she said, then quickly disappeared into the crowd.

"Great, I wonder what that was about."

"Oh, relax Carter. Enjoy the party; it was only water," Jack said, returning his focus to the fire.

"Yes, sir," she said, sitting down again. A few minutes later, she started to notice that she felt more relaxed. What was in that water?

A little while later, the girl returned with more drinks. "Thirsty?"
Daniel and Jack immediately grabbed more, and gulped it down. Teal'c still refused, as did Sam.

"I've had enough, thank you."

"Oh, come on Sam. Its only water. Here, you can have some of mine," Daniel offered once the girl had left.

Sam stared at Daniel for a moment, observing his posture and attitude. He stood very relaxed, and talked slowly, like he was concentrating carefully on his words. Almost like he was... drunk! Oh, boy. This cant be good.

"Daniel, I think you've had enough," she said, trying to take his drink.

"C'mon, Carter, its only water," Jack said, coming over to them, drink in hand. "Have some, really. It's good."

He sounds just as bad as Daniel. We better get them out of here "Teal'c, I think its time to go."

Teal'c stood and came to where the others were standing. "Is there a problem, Major Carter?"
"Oh, yeah. I'd say so. I don't think that was water they drank. They're both drunk."

"Did you not consume some as well?"

"I did, but I feel fine. We need to get them back to the SGC."

"Very well. I will get their gear." Teal'c returned to the log where they were sitting, and got Daniel and Jack's packs and vests. When he returned to Sam, she was trying to get the cups away from Daniel and Jack.

"You guys have had enough, time to go home." Ya, like that's gonna work. They're trashed.

She saw Teal'c returning. Good, maybe he can talk some sense into them.
He saw the problem Sam was having, and quickly came to help. "I believe you have had enough O'Neill. You as well Daniel Jackson." With that, he took the cups from them.

"Damn it Teal'c. It was just water, we're fine."

"I don't believe you are, O'Neill. I think we should return to the stargate now."

"Fine. I'm tired anyways. Let's move out," Jack said, nearly tipping over. Teal'c came up next to him to catch him if he fell.
Sam saw that Daniel was just as wobbly on his feet, so she moved to his side, and put his arm over her shoulder to help him along.

As SG-1 walked away, they didn't notice the drink girl standing with some others, smiling strangely as the strangers walked away.

"Incoming wormhole."
The voice could be heard throughout the base. Upon hearing it, General Hammond left his office and headed for the control room.

"Any IDC yet, sergeant?"

"No, sir, not yet. Wait, incoming signal. It's SG-1."

"Open the iris."

The sergeant opened the iris, and Jack stumbled out, being half carried, half dragged by Teal'c. Sam came through next, supporting
Daniel on her shoulder. The men both looked barely conscious, and completely out of it.

When General Hammond saw their condition, he immediately went to the phone and dialed the infirmary. "Dr. Frasier? You better get your team to the gateroom. SG-1 doesn't look so good." After hanging up the phone, he headed down to the gateroom.

"Major Carter, what happened?"

Sam had just started explaining about the festival when Janet and her team came in with some stretchers. The aids started putting Daniel and Jack on them and Janet came to find out what was going on.

"A girl offered us drinks, saying it was only water, but there must have been something else in it. After a few drinks, Daniel and Colonel O'Neill started acting strangely, almost as if they were drunk. That's when Teal'c and I decided we better get back."

"Did either of you have any?" Janet asked, observing them closely.

"I had a little bit, but I feel fine. Teal'c didn't have any."
By this time, Jack and Daniel were on the stretchers and ready to go.

"Sam, you better come with us down to the infirmary just in case."

Sam was about to argue, but then reconsidered when she saw the look on Janet's face. Everyone on base knew better than to argue with Janet. She nodded, and followed along.

"Teal'c, why don't you come with me so you can debrief me on what happened out there."

"Yes, General. But I wish to go to the infirmary to check on O'Neill
and Daniel Jackson first."
Hammond nodded. "Of course, Teal'c. Go ahead."

Teal'c left the gateroom to catch up with the party headed to the infirmary.

Sam paused while walking down the hall behind Janet, and reached a hand out to grab the

wall.

"Sam? Are you ok? You don't look so well," Janet said, concerned upon seeing how pale Sam suddenly got.

"Ummm, I don't feel so hot all of a sudden. I just got really dizzy."

"Sam, let me get a stretcher for you, you look very pale."

Before Sam could reply, she collapsed to the floor. Just as she did, Teal'c came around the corner. He ran up to Sam, and picked her up to carry her the rest of the way.

"Lay her here, Teal'c."
He complied and laid her down on the bed that was next to Daniel's.

Daniel was still semi-conscious; unlike Jack; and he saw Sam being carried in by Teal'c.

"Sam? What happened? Janet, what's wrong with Sam?" he asked weakly.

Janet came over to his bed, and tried to get him to lie back down
fully. "Daniel, she'll be fine. She just passed out. You try and relax, and let me take care of it."

Daniel was adamant though, and tried to fight her. "No, I wanna see Sam. What's wrong with her?" he asked, as he tried to get out of bed again.

"Daniel, if you don't lie down, I'll have to sedate you." He continued to struggle to get out of bed, so Teal'c came over to hold him down while Janet got a sedative, and injected it into Daniel.

After a few moments, he started to slip into unconsciousness.

"Thank you Teal'c. I can take it from here. Don't you have to go see the General now?"

"Yes, doctor. Will you inform me of changes in their condition?"

"Of course."

Teal'c nodded, and then walked away towards the General's office.

That was odd. I don't think I've ever seen Daniel act like that before Janet thought to herself. She looked over the unconscious members of SG-1 for a moment, and then turned to address her staff. "Ok, let's start with full blood tests on them, and go to MRI's or CT scans if necessary after that."

The nurses nodded, and got to work, taking blood samples from Sam, Jack and Daniel.

A short while later, Janet sat in her lab, peering into a microscope. How unusual. I've never seen a chemical like this before. I better go see the General. Just as she was leaving her lab, a nurse came in to tell her that Daniel and Colonel O'Neill were both waking up. "Thank you nurse, I'm on my way." She stood and headed for the infirmary to check on them.

She was surprised to see two empty beds when she walked in. Both men
were standing at Sam's side, just staring at her very intently.

"What are you two doing out of bed?"

"What's wrong with her?" they asked in unison.

"I don't know yet, but I want you to both get back to bed, now."

"No, we want to stay here with Sam until we know what's wrong." This came from Jack.

Janet just looked at them, confused. I know they are protective of each other, but this is different. And did he just call her 'Sam'? Something is wrong here. "Colonel, I think you better lay down, or I will have to sedate you."

"I don't think so, Doc." He was starting to sound almost angry. And Daniel wasn't looking to happy either.

Uh-oh. This doesn't look good. I better find out what that chemical is. Janet thought, looking at the two men standing there.

Janet stood in the infirmary, unsure of how to react to Daniel and Jack's actions. They were being so defensive and protective of Sam.

They stood beside her bedside, unwilling to go back to their own beds to rest.

"Colonel, Daniel, you both need to rest. You consumed some kind of alien substance, and it's affecting your judgments. I need time to figure out what it is, and what its doing to all of you, and in the meantime, you need to rest."

Nothing. Not an indication of movement from either man. Janet thought for a moment before speaking. "If you are both in my way, I can't take care of Sam. I need room to work, to figure out what's wrong with her."

They considered her words for a moment, and then Daniel spoke first. "Ok, we'll stay out of the way, but we aren't leaving the infirmary."

Close enough. "I want both of you to go rest, or I will move Sam to a private room," Janet warned. The threat seemed to work, and both men went towards the cots they were lying on. Good. Hope I can keep them under control long enough to find a cure for whatever they took.

Janet left the infirmary and headed to General Hammond's office, but not before making sure a guard was posted, just in case. When she got there, she informed him of the chemical found in SG-1's blood tests. Then she told him how it was affecting the men.

"Do you know what it is yet, Doctor?"

"Not yet, I'm afraid. But I think we better find out as soon as possible. Maybe we better send a team to the planet to find out what that drink really was."

"SG-7 is already prepping for the mission. They leave in 15 minutes."

"Thank you General." Janet left his office, and returned to her lab to run some more tests.

She wasn't working long when she suddenly heard yelling coming from the next room.

Is that Jack and Daniel? She got up and ran to the infirmary. What she saw shocked her. Jack and Daniel were both out of bed, and being restrained by SFs. They looked like they were ready to kill each other.

"What the hell is going on in here?"

"I don't know what happened doc. One minute they were fine, and then they both just lost it."

"Lost it?"

The other guard spoke next. "Ya, they were talking fine one second, and the next, they were acting like they were gonna kill each other."

"What were they talking about?"

The guard paused a moment before answering. "Umm, I think it was Major Carter."

"They got like this talking about Sam? What is going on here?" She asked, mostly talking to herself now. She quickly got sedatives and gave them to the men while they were still being restrained. They both fought the drugs, but couldn't resist for long, and passed out.

The guards and some aids returned them to their beds, and restrained them.

Janet went back to her lab and tried to concentrate while waiting to hear news from the planet. About a half hour later, a lieutenant came to her lab, saying the team was back and waiting in the briefing room with General Hammond. "Thank you, lieutenant," she said, quickly getting up and going to the briefing room.

"What did you find out," she asked immediately.

General Hammond simply nodded to the leader of the team indicating for him to start.

"We met with the leader of the village, and told him what was happening. He wasn't very helpful at first. He denied knowing anything about it. After talking with him a bit longer, he admitted there was something in the water that they gave SG-1."

"Did you get a sample?"

"No, they said they only make enough for the celebration, and get rid of what they don't use. But, he did tell us what it is used for."

"That's something. What is it?"

"I don't think you'll believe this, but it's some kind of 'love potion.' He said helps to reveal love in whoever takes it."

"This doesn't sound too good. Is there a cure?"

"Yes and no."

"What does that mean?"

"Well, yes there is a cure, but no, they don't have any now. Or so they say. This guy said they have to make it, and it takes a few days."

"Great. Ah, general, I think we need to keep SG-1 on base, but keep Jack and Daniel away from Sam."

General Hammond looked confused so Janet told him about the fight in the infirmary earlier. "They had to be sedated and restrained."

"I see. Move Major Carter to a private room, and do the same for O'Neill and Dr. Jackson." Put guards outside their doors so they don't get a chance to get to round two.

"Yes General." Janet returned to the infirmary and gave the orders to the guards. Then they moved SG-1 to private rooms, with Sam as far as possible from the men.

I hope this helps Janet thought as they finished the re-arranging.

After checking in on Jack and Daniel, she went to Sam's room to see how she was doing. When she walked in, Sam was just starting to wake up.

"Hey, Sam. How you feeling?"

"Tired. And confused. What happened?"

"You passed out. You were out for several hours. I still don't know for sure how the drug affected you, but it doesn't seem to be in the same way it did Jack and Daniel."

"What happened to them? Are they ok?"

Janet didn't respond at first.

"Janet? What's wrong? Are they ok?"

"Well, physically they seem to be fine now, but otherwise…"

"Janet? What is it?" Sam was getting concerned with how her friend was behaving.

"Janet, just tell me. What effect did it have on them? "Something suddenly occurred to Sam. "Uh, why am I in a private room?

"Like I said, they seem to be fine physically, but we had to sedate them."

"Sedate them? Why?"

"They got into a fight in the infirmary. That's also why we had to move you."

"A fight? Over what?" She asked in disbelief.

Janet debated with herself for a moment before answering. Better just tell her now

"You," she stated simply.

"Me?" Sam asked, shocked. No, they couldn't have been fighting over me. Why would Daniel and the Colonel be fighting over-

"Sam?" Janet's voice broke into her thoughts. "are you ok?"

"What did you mean, they were fighting over me?"

"Well, it's kind of a long story, but I'll try to give you the short version."

Sam just nodded so Janet could explain everything to her.

"I took blood samples from each of you, and found an unidentifiable substance in all of you. Yours was slightly different from the Colonel and Daniel's, but it was still there. I informed General Hammond, and suggested that he send a team back to that planet to find out what they gave you. He sent SG-7, and they found out what the substance was, but were unable to obtain a sample or cure as of yet." She paused to let Sam take this in before continuing.

"What was it?" Sam asked, eager to know what was wrong with her and her teammates.

"The leader of the village wasn't very forthcoming, but he told SG-7 that it is used as some kind of 'love potion.'"

"Love potion!"

Janet nodded and continued. "Apparently the locals use it to remove inhibitions, and reveal feelings to each other."

Sam was speechless, but her mind raced with thoughts. Oh, God. This cannot be good at all. The Colonel and Daniel both infected with some kind of potion to remove their inhibitions. I don't even want to think about the problems this is going to cause.

"So how is this thing affecting me?"

"It doesn't seem to be having any lasting effects on you, Sam. In women, it must just serve the purpose of attracting the men who take it."

This is so not good. We better find the cure, quick!

"Did they mention a cure at all?"

"The villagers said there is a cure, but it takes a few days to make it. We are going to have to keep you all on base until then. And try and keep them away from you, of course."

"Great. Just what I need, the Colonel and Daniel fighting over me like a couple of crazy men." Sam's mind suddenly flashed back to the mission to P3X-797, the Land of the Light. The Colonel had fought with Daniel over her then, too. This is becoming a bad pattern for us. What are people going to say around the base if they see Daniel and the Colonel fighting over me like mad-men? I know there must already be rumors about me and Jack. This is just going to make things so much worse. Her mind continued to race with thoughts of the men fighting over her, and all the consequences that could bring until Janet snapped her out of it.

"Hello, earth to Sam."

"Oh, sorry, just thinking about all the trouble this is going to cause. Do you think you will be able to keep them contained while we wait for a cure?"

"I hope so. They already got out of hand in the infirmary, and I had to sedate them. I just hope we don't have to keep them knocked out the whole time. But we will think of something. We can't have them going at it again; one of them could get hurt next time."

"That's just what I need, one of them getting injured because of me."

"Now you know it's not your fault. You didn't make either of them drink it, you were all tricked. Now you get some rest, and I am going to go check on Daniel and Colonel O'Neill," Janet said, standing and heading for the door.

"Wait, can't I at least move around the base, go to my lab since they are both confined?"

The doctor thought a moment before answering. "I want you to rest first, Sam. I will check and make sure the guards are posted, and then you can come to the infirmary for some tests first. Then I will decide whether or not you are well enough to be getting back to work. Fair enough?"

"I guess."

"Ok, I'll see you later. Now get some rest," she ordered before closing the door, leaving Sam to her thoughts.

Rest? Yeah, right. Like I can sleep knowing that they are both locked up and guarded so they don't kill each other over me. We better get that cure fast.

Janet came back a short time later to take Sam to the infirmary. She ran another blood test, and finding nothing new, agreed to let Sam go to her lab to work.

"Thank you. Work will keep my mind off this mess, I hope."

"Good luck with that, and remember to try and take it easy, Sam."

Sam nodded and headed to her lab to get some work done. I hope some of this work will keep me occupied.

She tried unsuccessfully for several minutes to concentrate on some soil samples taken by another team offworld. Her mind kept drifting back to her situation.

What am I going to do if these people don't have a cure? It's going to mess up everything. Sam's heart was aching at the thought of her whole life being turned upside down by one stupid drink. No, there has to be a cure.

Sam was so lost in her thoughts; she never heard the approaching footsteps that stopped in front of her lab. The person paused in front of her open door, and observed her bent over the microscope for a several moments before deciding to announce their presence.

"I thought I would find you here."

The sudden noise startled Sam out of her thoughts, and she jumped at the sound of the familiar voice in her doorway.

She turned to face the person standing there, and even though she recognized his voice, was shocked to see him.

"Daniel?"