Chapter 4
Dr. Lam didn't even wait for the ambulance to come to a stop when she bolted out the door and up the sidewalk to Daniel's house. She was just starting to bang on the door when she heard tires screeching behind her and turned to see Cam and Sam running up.
"Carolyn, what is going on?" Sam shrieked when she was within hearing distance. "What is wrong with Daniel?"
Cam bypassed both women and was pulling the keys out of his pocket to open the door as he kept an ear on the conversation.
"I am not sure, Col. Carter, but from a report I was given, Daniel may be experiencing some kind of cascade event." Carolyn said with a desperate air to her voice.
"What? How?" Sam cried out looking from Lam to her lover who was unlocking Daniel's door.
Just as Cameron managed to get the last lock unlocked, Sam bolted through the barely open door causing it to fling wide open. Hot on her heals were Lam, Mitchell, and the orderly; everyone headed for Daniel's bedroom. They all came to a skidding halt when they reached the Daniel's bedside. Sam letting out a cry of despair.
Laying sprawled out across the bed was Daniel, face down and not moving. Pushing past Sam and moving to Daniel's side, Carolyn felt for a pulse and could just barely make on out. Issuing orders for the orderly to fetch a gurney, Lam motioned for Cameron to help her roll Daniel over so she could check him out better. One second Cam had a hold of Daniel's arm to move him and in the next, his hands passed straight through him.
Looking up from his hands to Dr. Lam for confirmation of what just happened; Mitchell could see that Lam was crying. "It is getting worse." was all he could make out between sobs as she continued to try and turn Daniel over. Trying once more to grab his arms, Cameron found them to be solid again and flipped him as quickly as he could. Below where Daniel's face had been, the bed was covered with blood that was leaking from his closed eyes.
"Holy crap!" Cameron yelled jumping back. "What is going on Dr?"
Before Carolyn answered, the orderly had returned with a gurney and was pushing past Samantha and Cameron to get the gurney close to the bed. Moving quickly, the orderly grabbed Daniel up and placed him on the gurney as Lam shifted over and started buckling the straps to hold Daniel in place. Jumping up from the bed, Lam and the orderly rushed from the room and off to the ambulance.
Turning from looking at the bed where Daniel had just been towards Sam, Cam could see that she was white as a ghost and as rigid as a statue. He was about to approach her when she seemed to snap out of her shock and bolted out the door in the wake of the sounds of the fast retreating sirens. Running after her he could see that she was already through the front door and almost to his car. Taking a second to stop and lock the door, Cameron spotted a red folder on the entryway table and grabbed it up on his way. After locking the door, Cameron just made into the passenger seat of his car when Sam was slamming it in gear and spinning the car around to chase after the ambulance.
Carolyn was working furiously in the back of the Ambulance to try and get Daniel's pulse up, but nothing was working. It seemed that every time she attempted to inject him using a needle, that portion of his body would cascade. The process was so fast and random that she had no idea what to do. She could only hope that they managed to get to the SGC quickly enough and have a chance to inject him with something that could get his pulse up…maybe that would slow the cascading down. If nothing else, they did have a stasis chamber left by the Asgard.