Well this is just a little fic I wrote late one night so it might not make a lot of sense………oh and soz that has gaps between the lines. I stuffed up my computer!
Spoilers: Meridian
POV: Sam's
I walked into the gate room, barely aware of what was going on. I felt like I was an outsider; like everything was happening to someone else. Suddenly I realised I had stopped. I was vaguely aware of Jonas talking excitedly in the background. Everything was slightly misty, as though my eyes weren't adjusting to the light properly. I heard a far off voice calling me. I tried to respond, but suddenly the mist "took over" my brain. It felt like there was a wall around me, excluding me from the rest of the world. Someone grabbed my shoulder. The touch seemed to dispel the mist and drag me out of my reverie.
"Carter?" Colonel O'Neill asked.
"Sir?"
"Are you ok? You haven't said a single thing since you walked in."
"And you're complaining?" I joked. He didn't smile. Instead his eyes, full of concern, anxiously searched my face.
"What's wrong?" he asked. The feeling of uneasiness returned. I felt insecure. I longed for him to just wrap his arms around me, hold me close, tell me everything would be ok…………
Sure honey. Like that's ever going to happen, my brain laughed bitterly. It snapped my back to reality.
"Really sir, I'm fine." I forced myself to smile. "Come on, we're going to be late."
I stepped out through the gate. The wormhole closed behind me. Jonas, his nose in a book, started walking. Straight into a tree. I giggled. Teal'c raised an eyebrow. Colonel O'Neill groaned and raised his eyes to the sky as if to say "Why me?" An embarrassed Jonas turned around, consulted his notes for a moment, then bounced off in the supposed direction of "his" ruins.
"Doesn't he remind you of a puppy?" Colonel O'Neill asked, walking up behind me. I fell into step beside him.
"Come on sir. He's not THAT bad. And besides, Daniel did some pretty stupid things……….."
"Daniel never EVER walked into a tree."
"He walked into a wall once though." I smiled at the memory. As we walked off, I was aware of a slight pounding in my head.
The ground below me began to spin. I closed my eyes, willing the dizziness to go away. The pounding in my head had increased. It currently felt like someone was trying to squish my head with a truck. My legs were jelly. I was convinced they were going to collapse under me. Any second now…….
Damn! I thought. Why do Jonas' stupid ruins have to be so far away?!
We stopped to rest for a moment. I collapsed beside Teal'c, thankful we were finally stopping. I took a long gulp of my water; the cool liquid soothing my parched throat. I felt a sudden wave of nausea and struggled to keep the water down.
"Are you alright Major Carter?"
"I'm fine Teal'c." I managed weakly. I glanced up at him.
Uh oh. I'm pretty sure Teal'c's face isn't supposed to be purple…….. Then everything went black.