When Malek awoke, she could hear loud beeping and quiet muttering from nearby people. She could also sense a number of symbiotes around her. Before moving, she immediately took stock of the injuries she and her host had sustained. The neck injury seemed to be mostly healed, just some bruising where it had hurt before, one of her fellow Tok'ra must have used a healing device on that injury and the staff weapon injury, for it was gone. She immediately focused on healing the bruises of the neck injury, as well as the bruises upon Tami's face, which seemed to be in a certain grated pattern that matched the ramp leading to/from the Tau'ri Stargate. As she did so, she could feel a large hand place itself upon the forehead.
"Malek's energy signature is stronger than it was before." It was Selmak. "She must be awake or mostly awake. Malek?"
Malek allowed her eyes to open, and then she immediately looked to the source of the voice: Jacob, who immediately smiled.
"Hello Jacob." Malek said, forcing a smile.
"How's Tami?" That was, of course, Colonel Jack O'Neill, the father of her host. The man who didn't give a crap about Malek herself.
"Tami is unconscious. I am just going to allow her to sleep until I get the rest of her injuries healed. How long were we asleep?" Malek responded, choosing to ignore Colonel O'Neill's rudeness.
"About 3 days. We were getting pretty concerned." Jacob told her, his face mirrored his obvious concern.
...
After almost a half an hour of talking with her fellow Tok'ra and Tami's friends and father, Dr. Fraiser shooed them out, informing them that Tami and Malek needed to rest, not gossip. So Malek was just quietly sitting there, wondering if she could quietly just sneak away without Dr. Fraiser noticing.
Malek?
Tami! You're awake!
Yeah, what happened?
We hit the ramp all wrong and were seriously injured. A neck injury. Don't be concerned, I healed it with the help of a healing device, but we were apparently asleep for three days.
Three days!?
Indeed.
...
Malek quietly slipped out of her hospital bed and past Dr. Fraiser, who was in her office doing some type of paperwork. As soon as she was out of earshot of the kindly doctor, she smiled and quickened her pace. While the female Tau'ri doctor meant well with her insistence that Malek and her host rest, the Tok'ra didn't quite need as much rest as the Tau'ri did. So, Malek being Malek, took the first opportunity to "escape" from the bed that Dr. Fraiser insisted that she stay in.
Dr. Fraiser is going to be mad at us.
Well she will have to get over it. I am not staying in that bed any more. We are fine, in perfect health now.
Well YOU will be the one to answer to her, not me.
Very well.
Malek then glanced around. She just needed to find one of her fellow Tok'ra or a member of SG-1. She quietly walked down the hall, suddenly sensing a symbiote nearby. Immediately smiling, she quickly followed her senses until she reached a room, she peeked inside, finding Teal'c practicing kelno'reem within. She entered, creeping around the lit candles towards a chair in the corner. She sat down, and watched the Jaffa meditate until her eyes closed and she went into a very light sleep.
"Tami?"
Malek's eyes flew open and she quickly lifted her head to find Teal'c staring at her curiously.
"Teal'c." Malek responded, allowing her voice to demonstrate that she, not Tami, was in control.
"Malek." Teal'c corrected, nodding at her. "Did you need some assistance?" He then asked.
"No. I merely was bored and I assumed that you could show me where the rest of SG-1 and, possibly, my fellow Tok'ra went. Plus, Dr. Fraiser wouldn't think to look for us in here." Malek responded evenly. Teal'c immediately nodded stoically, and then went to the door and gestured for the Tok'ra to go first. Malek quickly got up and proceeded out the door before the rebel Jaffa.
Teal'c immediately was beside her, and both Tok'ra and Jaffa walked together silently. Malek internally checking on her sleeping host, who was currently having a peaceful dream about some type of Earth animal with long ears and a habit of licking people, something called a puppy. Malek fought the urge to roll her eyes at the Tau'ri's names of both creatures and items.
Malek followed Teal'c as he turned down a hallway, Malek checking the path against Tami's memories. Ah, the cafeteria of the SGC. That would be a good place to search. Teal'c pushed open the doors and Malek followed him through, curiously looking back and forth, as she had only seen this part of the SGC through Tami's memories.
She could immediately sense a group of symbiotes nearby, glancing in that direction she noted the rest of the Tok'ra sitting closely together, looking incredibly obvious in their tan uniforms in the midst of the odd green of the Tau'ri, many of whom were giving the Tok'ra a wide berth. Malek quickly made her way towards the small group of her Tok'ra brethren, only pausing to grab a small red fruit, an apple according to Tami's memories, on the way. As she approached, Jacob looked up and he smiled.
"Malek!" Jacob said, he was obviously pleased. The other Tok'ra looked up as well and gave similar greetings.
"Hello." Malek said, causing multiple Tau'ri nearby to immediately look around at the sound of the symbiote intonation.
"When were you released? I was under the impression that Dr. Fraiser was going to keep you for another day or two." Sam asked.
"I, er, wasn't actually released, per say. I just... left." Malek said. Jacob laughed, but Sam frowned.
"Dr. Fraiser will not be happy with that. You realize that she will come to find you, right?" She said, putting her spoon down and staring Malek down.
"That is what Tami said, but I couldn't fathom staying in that infirmary longer. So I left. Dr. Fraiser will just have to understand that Tok'ra heal faster than the Tau'ri." Malek responded evenly, taking a large bite out of the apple she had grabbed. Delicious, Malek thought. When no response from her host occurred, Malek again checked on Tami. Still asleep.
"So how are you both?" Martouf said, looking at her with concern.
"We are fine, perfect health minus the remaining bruises. Tami is sleeping again. I will wake her if needed." Malek answered, taking another bite of the apple. "This is delicious." She commented with her mouth full. Sam laughed.
"Tami loves apples, so I'm not surprised that you like them also." She said, smiling largely. Malek smiled, and opened her mouth to respond, but before she could a loud feminine voice sounded over the cafeteria over the loudspeaker.
"Malek! Tami! This is Dr. Fraiser. Please return to the infirmary IMMEDIATELY. You have not been released from my care. If you do not return IMMEDIATELY, I will be forced to sedate you and make you remain inside the infirmary." A loud clanging signified the ending of the announcement. Malek winced.
"You'd better go, Malek. Dr. Fraiser can get quite... unpleasant if you do not follow her directions." Sam said, throwing the younger Tok'ra a look.
"What exactly could she do to us? Tie us to the bed?" Malek responded, taking another bite of the apple while seeming unconcerned about the idea of Dr. Fraiser's wrath.
