I don't own Stargate SG-1. I actually don't know who does. This is based in Season 9. I've missed some episodes in other seasons so if some detail is off, as in some person is dead and I include him/her, tell me. Thanks. On to the story.
Pain. It started in her head, moving down her spine, spreading on her back. It felt as if something was trying to tear through her skin. It erupted. The pain was unbearable. Then as suddenly as it had begun, it stopped. Looking over a bloody shoulder, hazel eyes looked upon blood spattered, wet wings.
"So why are we here again?" Mitchell was really confused on why SG-1, minus Teal'c, had been sent to Connecticut.
"Supposedly the SGC sent out messages to hospitals all over the country after the Auri plague that if any strange and unknown diseases or mutations come up, they need to be notified. Well, we have a strange mutation," Daniel explained. He looked to Sam for the file that had been given to the team.
Sam opened the manila folder and read aloud, "Subject Ashley Ross was admitted to Hartford Hospital nine days ago after having splitting headaches, her eyesight suddenly improving, and back pains. Two days later she could see incredibly well, and her back and headaches were getting worse. The report says her condition went from bad to worse, but it doesn't say exactly what happened." That was strange. The report just said she was in bad shape.
They were walking down the hall of a military hospital run by the SGC. The girl had been moved there after 'her condition had worsened'. They reached the isolation room that they had been directed to by the doctors. They entered the viewing room to see what was going on. They immediately stopped in shock. There were two doctors in the viewing room, but it was the girl that stopped them cold. Golden brown curls cascaded over hazel eyes. The eyes were unseeing, but the girl had looked up as they had entered as if she could see them through the glass.
Doctor Lam was one of the doctors. "Come on in SG-1. Don't be alarmed. Somehow she seems to watch everything that goes on around her even though her eyes don't work. Let me fill you in." The team entered the room, still watching the girl. She gave them one last look before lying down on the bed in the room, shifting from her back to her stomach as if she couldn't lie on her back. The doctor continued, "That is Ashley. She started having some symptoms nine days, as you already know. You can't even see her strangest symptoms now. She isn't dangerous and doesn't have any contagious diseases. Want to go talk to her?"
Sam nodded accent for the team. Lam led them to the door into the room then knocked. She opened the door, then spoke, "Ashley, this is Colonel Mitchell, Colonel Carter, and Dr. Jackson. They want to talk to you for a bit. Okay, honey?"
The girl sat and said, "That's fine Doctor. On one condition."
Lam looked puzzled. "What's that, Ashley?"
The voice, previously cheery, turned sharp. "Stop calling me honey. I'm not that young."
Lam smiled before nodding and leaving.
Jackson was the first to speak, "Hi Ms. Ross. We came here to talk to you about-"
The girl held up a hand. "-To talk to me about my back pains, and," she paused for a moment, "and other ailments. Please, sit down. And please, call me Ashley. I've never been called Miss in my life." There were two chairs in the room. Mitchell and Daniel took the chairs as Sam sank onto the bed a comfortable distance from Ashley. From Sam's seat she could see two slits in the back of the T-shirt the girl wore over her jeans. Ashley looked to each of them before saying, "Ask away."
Sam was the first to speak. "Dr. Lam told us about your headaches, backaches, and sight problems. She mentioned that… that we couldn't see the strangest of your symptoms. Do you know what she's talking about or is it internal?"
Ashley smiled. Suddenly, Sam felt something brush her shoulder. Instinctively she reached out to see what had hit her. Her hand brushed –feathers? She looked and saw nothing. She stared into eyes that were focused on her.
Mitchell looked from one girl to the other before saying, "Um, Sam?"
Both heads swiveled to look at him. Sam, shocked, stuttered, "Cameron, s-she has wings." Mitchell's jaw dropped, Daniel sat and stared, and Ashley smiled at their reactions. Sprouting from her back, large, white wings spread out as if they had been there all along. They were easily ten feet from tip to tip. They folded and lay flat against her back. Tactless as ever, Mitchell said, "What are you?"
Sam glared before saying, "That was polite, Cameron."
Ashley smiled. "I'm not even sure, not yet. I have two sets of memories, you see. One says I'm human and normal. The other says that I'm some sort of non-human. I'm still sorting that out. No I am not skitzo. Well, if I am, the other persona doesn't have a voice, its just memories."
Daniel said, "You said not yet. Do you think that you know what you are but your conscious mind does not?"
"Its something like that. Now that you know of my strangeness, I have a slight question for all of you. Why you? Why are you the ones asking me questions instead of some scientists examining me like a new species?"
Sg-1 looked at each other, trying to determine what to tell the girl. Just then, Dr. Lam walked in with some Aleve. "How's your headache, Ashley. The medicine you took earlier should have worn off by now."
"Its been getting worse for the last, oh, twenty minutes." Lam began to hand the medicine to her when, suddenly, the pills flew from the doctor's hand to Ashley's. The girl took it as something new but unimpressive. Everyone else stared at her. After a second of getting stared at she said, "What? I grew wings overnight. Nothing surprises me anymore."
After exchanging a few pleasantries, SG-1 left the room to let the girl eat the lunch brought to her. They talked to Dr. Lam. Daniel questioned, "Has she even been out since things started happening to her?"
Dr. Lam shook her head. "We couldn't let her outside because she might attempt to fly and escape. There is an indoor pool on sight that she's been in a few times to stay fit. It has a clear ceiling so she's not been totally enclosed. Well what do you think we should do now?"
Sam answered her, "We know from your tests that she's not goa'uld or any of the other beings we've faced. Lets keep her here, safe, till we see if any of our allies have seen or heard of any of her kind."
A/N: Here is my first chapter. Please review.