Title: "Mens Mentis" (previously "Aculeus")
Author: SGAngeL
Sumary: During a mission, Sam and Daniel are injured. When he wakes, Daniel find he has an interesting new ability, but what about Sam?
Season: Season 7:Takes place after "Death Knell" but before "Heroes"
Pairing: Sam/Jack, and Dan/Sam friendship
Disclaimer: Stargate and its characters aren't mine, you're crazy if you think they are.
A/N: Ok, I finally got this up! I started writing this longbefore "Realities Apart" even started, so it feels like forever for me.I was waiting for my friend to read this one before posting, but I sent it to her 2 weeks ago,and I guess she's busy. But it's finally here, and I'm really excited for this story! So, enjoy!
"Mens Mentis"
-Chapter 1-
P5X-420 was another one of those planets with trees and green grass. Colonel O'Neill, as always, was less than pleased.
Their mission was also something for Jack to frown upon. SG-7 had discovered some ruins, and Daniel had insisted that they check them out, sprouting off about the meaning of life, and what have you. Jack had pleaded with Hammond to let Daniel go along with another team, but much to Jack's liking, all of SG-1 had been ordered to go.
On the way to the ruins, they'd come a cross a building, and found a bunch of gizmos (as Jack had called them). So Sam and Daniel were checking them out, while Jack and Teal'c had gone to check out the area. Jack's attention had only been held long enough for Sam to tell him that no; there weren't any 'big honkin' space guns'.
"Any theory on who the people were that once lived here?" Sam asked Daniel. She picked up a spherical device which was flattened on one side. It looked suspiciously like a paper weight, and she placed it back on the table before moving further along to look at all the various devices strewn across the surface.
"I'm not sure yet, but it looks like all of these are from various different planets. It looks like a collection of some sort." Daniel looked curiously at small box which had its lid off, and colourful wires were tangled up inside of it. "It's also strange that this building is so far away from the ruins. That is if the ruins are from a city. So why would this building be all alone?"
"Maybe whoever lived here was a bit of a loner." Sam said as she spotted a small bed in the corner of the room.
"Well, I should be able to tell more once we get to the ruins. It's too bad SG-7 didn't get any pictures. I should be able to learn more from the writing. Whoever they were, they look pretty advanced. The architecture of this building alone is magnificent." Daniel was completely enthralled as his eyes looked around the room hungrily. He spotted an object that was shaped like a pyramid. As soon as his fingers touched it, the apex split open and the device opened up. It was covered in intricate little carvings, and at the base was a red dome.
"Sam! Come look at this!" He could barely hold in his excitement as he studied the strange device.
Sam reached Daniel and looked down at the device. "What do you think it is?"
"I have no idea." He reached his hand towards the small dome in the middle.
Sam placed a warning hand on his arm. "The Colonel said not to play with anything."
Daniel sighed, "I won't tell him if you won't." He continued, his hand reaching the smooth, red surface, and he tried pressing it lightly. Instantly, the red done began to glow, and a small humming emanated from the device.
"Do you think that's a good thing?" Daniel cast a worried glance in Sam's direction.
Before Sam could reply, he felt a tingling sensation run up his arm and throughout his body. The room began to spin around him, and everything went black.
"Unscheduled offworld activation! I repeat, Unscheduled offworld activation!" the klaxons blared as SF's rushed into the 'Gate Room. General Hammond made his way into the Control Room.
"Who is it Sergeant?" Although, he would bet his money that it was SG-1. They seemed to be magnets for trouble. How on earth could they run into trouble looking at ruins?
"It's SG-1, Sir." Sergeant Harriman reported, confirming Hammond's thoughts. "And we're receiving a radio transmission."
"We need a medic! Carter and Daniel are unconscious." Colonel O'Neill's panicked voice echoed throughout the control room.
Hammond nodded to Harriman, who proceeded to open the iris, and call for a med team.
"Ok, Colonel, you're clear to come through." Hammond left the 'Gate technician's side, and hurried to the 'Gate Room.
Teal'c stepped through the shimmering blue of the event horizon. In his arms he held the unconscious form of Daniel Jackson. Closely following behind, Colonel O'Neill stepped up beside him, carrying Major Carter.
At that moment, the medical team came rushing into the room with two gurneys. Jack carefully lowered his 2IC onto one, and Teal'c did the same with Daniel.
"Colonel, what happened?" Hammond frowned.
"Carter and Daniel were looking at some stuff they found in some building. Teal'c and I were checking out the area. When I radioed at the designated check in, they didn't respond. We ran back to the building and found them like that. They wouldn't wake up." Jack turned to Janet Fraiser, the CMO. "I couldn't find any physical injuries, I have no idea what happened." He frowned in consternation.
Janet nodded. "They both have a steady pulse; it's as if they're in a deep sleep. I'm going to run a few tests; see what I find."
Hammond nodded, and Fraiser followed the two gurneys out of the room.
"General?" Hammond's attention was drawn from the gurney's carrying two of his people, to the Colonel.
"Go ahead." Hammond knew that Jack wanted to be with his team mates.
Jack nodded to Hammond, and hurried out after Fraiser. Teal'c gave his trademark nod, and followed Jack.
"Honestly, I can't find anything wrong with either one of them. They're just sleeping." Janet looked helplessly at Jack, General Hammond and Teal'c.
"Well wake them up."
Teal'c looked to Jack. "If Doctor Fraiser were able to wake Major Carter and Daniel Jackson, do you not think she would have done so already?"
"Teal'c's right, we're just going to have to wait and see if they wake up themselves." Janet concluded while Jack scowled at Teal'c.
"Thank you Dr. Fraiser." Hammond nodded to her. "Inform me if their situation changes." He exited the room, leaving Jack and Teal'c standing with Fraiser in the Infirmary.
"I trust you two will be staying in here and harassing my staff?"
"Who me?" Jack gave her an innocent smile, and Janet chuckled quietly.
"I would not participate in such actions, Doctor Fraiser." Teal'c assured her.
"I'll be in my office," Janet said, with an amused smile. As soon as she reached her office, the smile was gone from her face to be replaced by a frown of helplessness. Although her job came with many pros, such as experiencing new medicines and technologies, her job also frequently included having the people whose health she was responsible for, fall into danger which she had no idea how to handle.
Shutting the door, Janet sat down at her desk to double check her results. She only hoped that she'd find something she missed the first dozen times she'd gone over them.
Jack ran a hand through his untamed hair. His eyes traveled from Sam's bed, to Daniel's, and back again. He was sitting at a vigil by Sam's side, while Teal'c did the same across the room by Daniel.
"Colonel O'Neill, do you require sustenance?" Teal'c suddenly spoke, breaking Jack from his thoughts.
"No," Jack replied curtly, only to be betrayed by his stomach when it growled.
Teal'cs' face twisted into an amused expression, and only those who knew him would've caught it. "I will return momentarily."
The large Jaffa exited the Infirmary, and Jack was left with only Daniel and Sam, who weren't much for conversationalists in their current state.
It was times like this that he would love to hear Daniel rant about ancient civilizations, or Sam prattle on about her latest experiment and sub-space wormholes.
It was definitely getting old; in fact, it had gotten old the first time one of them had ended up in the Infirmary. How many more times would they have to go through this? Jack's eyes couldn't help but land on Sam's face as he thought this. He noticed how peaceful she looked, and a small smile breached his lips. A strand of her blonde hair had fallen over her face, and with his right hand, Jack reached and wiped it away. As soon as he'd done this, he jerked his hand away, looking around guiltily. Thankfully, nobody was in the room, except for him, Sam and Daniel.
Darkness had seemed to consume him, until he heard the faintest voice. Daniel reached out with his mind, willing himself to make sense of the mumbled works, and pull himself from the darkness. Slowly, Jack's voice floated through his head. He could feel a hard mattress beneath him, and the texture of the familiar white sheets of the Infirmary.
Daniel concentrated on Jack's voice again. If he was in the Infirmary, then Jack was no doubt troubling one of the nurses again.
The dimmed lights of the room stung his eyes when he opened them, and he quickly squeezed them shut again. Trying again, he squinted across the room. Jack was sitting in a chair next to another bed. A mop of short blonde hair could be seen on the pillow. Sam! She was undoubtedly unconscious.
He heard Jack's voice again, and, seeing nobody else in the room, he frowned. "Talking to yourself, Jack?" A searing pain ripped though his head, causing him to wince.
Jack turned at the sound of Daniel's voice. "Hey." He got up from his seat, and made his way over to his friend's bedside. "You're awake."
"No, I'm sleep-talking." Daniel replied sarcastically, while pinching the bridge of his nose. "So, what happened?"
"We were hoping you could tell us. T' and I found you and Carter unconscious."
"Is she ok?"
"She hasn't woken up yet." Jack spoke sullenly.
Another jolt of pain ripped through Daniel's skull, and he closed his eyes tightly, trying to shut out the pain.
"Daniel? You ok?"
Just as suddenly as it had come, the pain subsided, and he opened his eyes to Jack's worried gaze. "Headache."
"I'll go and get Fraiser." Jack hurried away to the Doctor's office. As he did, Daniel heard Jack's voice. "Hopefully Sam wakes soon." It sounded like a whisper, and had Jack just called her Sam? He shook his head as it began to throb again, and eased his head back onto the pillow.
"Well, Daniel's fine, despite a headache. I don't see why he can't be out of the Infirmary as early as tonight." Janet informed General Hammond in the Briefing Room. "I'd just like to keep a watch on him for a little longer. As for Sam, she hasn't woken up yet, but with Daniel awake, it should be anytime for her now."
"Should we be concerned that she hasn't woken yet?" Hammond asked.
"I honestly don't know, Sir. I think we should wait a few more hours before getting too worried."
General Hammond nodded, and turned to Jack. "Did Dr. Jackson say what happened?"
"All he said was that he found some device which he picked up, and he can't recall anything after that, even though I did tell them not to play with anything."
"Daniel Jackson's current condition may or may not have anything to do with the device." Teal'c added.
"Well, let's see what happens with Major Carter. Dismissed." Hammond concluded the meeting, and exited to his office.
Jack was quickly out of his chair, racing off to the Infirmary.
Sam was still unconscious when he got there, and he felt his heart sink a little lower. Every second that went by and she didn't wake up; the less likely it was that should would. Jack didn't need to be a genius to know that.
"She will wake up, Jack." Daniel's voice broke into his thoughts, and he turned to face the young archaeologist.
"How are you feeling?" Jack asked, avoiding Daniel's comment.
"Better."
"Well, Fraiser said you could probably be out of here tonight."
"Thank god!"
Jack grinned, "Singing my song now, are we?"
"The food isn't very appetizing, and I'm dieing for some coffee!"
"You'd better not be trying to get the Colonel to bring you coffee!"
Both men looked to Janet as she walked over to them.
"Of course not!" Daniel beamed innocently.
Janet shook her head, "I'm sure. How are you feeling?"
"Fine."
"I'm just going to…" Jack pointed over at Sam's bed, excusing himself.
Janet and Daniel shared a frown as he walked away.
"Well," Janet continued. "It looks like you might get out of here in a few hours. I'll just have to do a few more checks; make sure nothing has changed."
"Yes!" Daniel cried triumphantly. Janet shot him an exasperated frown. "Sorry." He mumbled.
"I swear, he's been spending way too much time with the Colonel." Janet thought to herself
"Hey! I'm not that bad!" Objected Daniel.
Janet frowned. "Did I say something?"
Daniel's eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"Just get some rest, ok?"
"You're the doctor, Doctor."
Janet once again shook her head, and left him alone to rest. "Way too much time around Jack."
Daniel heard the comment, but he wasn't sure if it had actually come from Janet. It was as if he'd heard her voice inside his head. What was going on?
Lying back down, Daniel closed his eyes to rest. When he woke, hopefully the headache would be gone, and he wouldn't be hearing voices inside his head, he been down that road before, and certainly didn't want to go there again.
A/N: So, What do you think? Please leave reviews, they're greatly appreciated! As I said before, I'm really excited with this story, I have so many ideas. Thanks for reading!