Title: Into the Fire - Missing Scene
Author: PapayaK
Category: Missing Scene
Spoilers: Out of Mind - Into the Fire
Summary: Just a short fill-in for what was going on while Sam was rescuing Jack was rescuing Sam...
Thanks to Gatenoise for the transcripts! words in italics are mine...
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Into the Fire - missing scene
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INT - HATHOR'S PYRAMID, CRYOGENICS ROOM
CARTER discovers the injured Tok'ra, RALEIGH.
RALEIGH: Forgive me, there was no other way.
CARTER: You're the Tok'ra.
RALEIGH points to the control panel.
RALEIGH: Those controls are set. Activate them.
When CARTER does so, the cryogenic tank containing O'NEILL is lifted out of the pit.
RALEIGH (cont'd): The Goa'uld within is gone. The cryogenic process destroyed it, before it had a chance to meld with the host. He will revive automatically.
CARTER opens the cryogenic tank, revealing O'NEILL. She begins to release the straps holding him.
CARTER: Colonel? I don't feel its presence. You're gonna be alright.
As she turns round, HATHOR is waiting, armed with a glowing ribbon device.
Confused.
Disoriented.
Headache to beat the band!
Cold. Cold. Cold.
Mind numbing, awful cold.
Augh. My head hurts.
My neck hurts…
O'Neill pauses his miserable inventory, searches his thoughts, his mind...
"It's gone. It's gone. It's gone."
Repeats his mantra, relief flooding, sweet relief, sweet, sweet relief.
He'd never admit to the terror… pushes that memory away,
away with all those others too terrible to consider.
But the relief is short lived. There's another thought,
another idea demands attention.
Carter.
Carter was here. Wonderful, Beautiful Carter releasing him from his icy prison, telling him he was okay. Carter. Where's Carter?
He has to move.
Instinct demands he get up.
Can't! Too cold.
Hurts...
Carter.
HATHOR is using her ribbon device on Carter, who is forced to her knees.
HATHOR: We had hopes for you.
Becoming aware of the noises in the room, he knows now why he has to move: Carter's voice, in pain.
Can't have that.
Have to stop it.
Doesn't matter what's causing it. Have to stop her pain.
He twists in his 'coffin' scanning the room, takes in everything at once. His trained military mind instinctively, unconsciously weighing the threats. Good thing, too, because his conscious mind was only registering one thing: Carter suffering, dying.
He fills his mind with the image of Hathor suffering, dying instead of Carter.
And he moves.
She is suddenly grabbed from behind by O'NEILL.
HATHOR: We will destroy you for this!
O'NEILL: We would just like you to go away!
He throws her into the cryogenic pit and, with a scream, she disappears.
He grabs for the railing, struggles to stay upright in the spinning, twisting room. His eyes search the mist for any movement, any sign that Hathor still lived. He could just barely make out her still form, slowly freezing, turning white. The pain and cold threaten once again to overwhelm him, but there is a need that out weighs them: Carter.
Had he been in time?
He turns and sees her still form on the ground.
NO!
He had to have been in time.
He stumbles to her,
wills her to respond…
O'NEILL: CARTER!
He pulls her upright and hugs her.
Holds her,
needs her.
He just needs to hold her, feel her breathe.
He holds her tight enough to feel her heart beat.
CARTER (recovering): What happened?
O'NEILL: Hathor's…gone.
CARTER: What about you?
O'NEILL: Cold, a little chilly, but…I'm me. I'm me.
Holding Carter helps. Puts the walls and floor back where they belong, eases the pain.
There's so much he wants her to hear: "Sorry I didn't move faster, sorry you suffered to save me. Thanks for getting me out of there, thanks for coming back for me, most of all thanks for being okay."
Instead, he listens to her report, content to hear her voice, her beautiful, alive voice…
CARTER: Colonel MAKEPEACE came through with half a dozen SG teams to rescue us. But TROFSKY'S got us cut off from the STARGATE. He's using an energy barrier. It originates from somewhere in this facility. The plan is to blow it before General HAMMOND sends reinforcements.
Have to let go.
Have to move on the information.
Trofsky… Hammond…
He pulls back, but hangs on to her, reluctant to let go, feels the warmth of her hands on his arms.
Warmth.
Gotta blow the barrier.
Action.
Okay, Carter, you're the brains…
O'NEILL: And how do we plan to do that?
Behind them, RALEIGH raises her head.
RALEIGH: What you seek is hidden within the mock-up of your STARGATE facility.
CARTER: What about you?
RALEIGH: My symbiote may yet heal me. You must hurry. Go.
Their eyes meet, acknowledge the feelings, care for each other.
They both know neither one of them is physically up to moving, much less fighting.
They don't have a choice. But at least they're both gonna be okay. They'll do it together.
They help each other up and go to find the generator…