Author's notes: Halos! This is my first attempt at Stargate SG-1 fan fic. Hopefully, as I give it a whirl, it'll turn out to be a pretty good story. All comments (good and bad) help me a lot in my writing.
Disclaimer: I don't own Stargate SG-1. I wish I owned Jonas Quinn though…
Summary: (Set sometime in season 6) Jonas has an out of body experience and gets some guidance from Daniel Jackson.
Finding Truth Within and Without
By CJSpooks
Chapter One: Seizure
Jonas Quinn's lab
1700 hours
Open on the desk in front of the young Kelownan were several books ranging in topics from human anatomy, astrophysics, football and baseball, philosophy, archeology, meteorology and poetry. Jonas scribbled quickly in his marble notebook to get it all down. He was fascinated by the many topics authors on earth researched and based books on. Scanning pages from one book to the next, he twirled his pencil between two fingers of his right hand. He had pickled up this particular habit from one of the people he encountered at the base library. A sudden knock on the door stole Jonas's attention away from his information gathering. Jonas dropped his pencil on the floor and swiveled his chair to see who it was. He smiled widely as Major Carter walked in.
She smiled in return and greeted him warmly, "Hey, Jonas."
"Hello, Sam. What brings you here?"
"Well, nothing important in particular really. I was just walking by and wanted to see what you were up to. So, what are you doing?"
Before he answered, he gestured toward the other chair in the room. "Please." She sat down and he swiveled again, facing the desk.
Jonas gestured towards his desk piled with books. "Um…some reading. Earth literature is completely captivating. It pulls the reader right in and teaches them so many things about any topic you want!"
Carter gave Jonas an odd look that he did not understand. "What's wrong, Sam?"
She shook her head. "Nothing. It's great that you're learning so much…at one time. I came here to ask you something."
Jonas thought for a moment. What could she possibly want to ask me? Before he could respond, a sharp pain swept over his body. Jonas gasped loudly.
Carter rushed over to him. "Jonas, are you all right? What's wrong?"
Jonas didn't answer. His face contorted in pain as he fell out of the chair onto the floor. He then looked as if he were fading into unconsciousness fast. Carter positioned Jonas onto the floor so he was lying on his back. She checked his pulse and found that it felt weak. She then pulled open one eyelid to check his pupils. They were quite dilated. Carter did not like the signs she was getting.
She ran to the door and screamed, "I need some help! Somebody go get Doctor Fraiser!" Carter checked Jonas again. It seemed like an eternity before Fraiser and a few other came to lift Jonas up onto a gurney. He then started to jerk and spasm violently. The medical assistant helped restrain his seizuring form. Fraiser yelled commands as they ran past Carter to the infirmary.
Carter let out a breath. She walked down the hallway, alone. She stopped and whispered to herself, What the hell just happened here?
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Jonas awoke what seemed to be many hours later. The incessant beeping and bright lights that surrounded the bed was a cue that he was in the infirmary. He swung his legs around the bed and sat there a moment. He ran a hand through his short hair and frowned slightly. He could not remember what had happened in his lab. He last remembered Carter walking in and talking to him. Then everything else seemed to be cloudy. Assessing the situation is going to be harder than I thought…I need to ask someone what happened. Jonas put his feet on the ground and was surprised to find that he didn't feel anything. The floor did not feel cold, nor his legs numb and wobbly. I guess it must have been the drugs that the doctor gave me…they hadn't worn off yet. Then he wondered why no one had come to tell him to lie back down. Maybe they are occupied at the moment…
Soon voices from the hallway seemed to float to his ears. It was Carter, Fraiser, O'Neill, and Teal'c discussing his condition. He couldn't follow the conversation well on account the world seemed to be spinning wildly. Though, he did pick up a few key words here and there: "odd", "seizure", "unexpected", "unresponsive", and "coma". Jonas shook his head. It didn't seem right at all. I'm not in a coma. How could they think I am?
His face went pale as he turned around and looked at the still form on the bed. It was him…his body was connected to many machines. He was unconscious and unresponsive. They were right. He was fighting for his life. He grabbed his head and wished this was some sort of horrible dream. One that someone would come to help him…to wake him up. But he knew it wasn't on those times. Jonas heard a loud scream then. He thought it might have been someone else far way. The truth was, it was himself.
To be Continued…
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