Looking for the antidote.
At exactly 1930 the three teams were assembled in the gate room where they got one last look over their mission. Their objective was getting a sample of the drug with whatever means necessary, and if that meant killing a few inhabitants so it would be. Jack wouldn't have mercy on the people that could hurt others like they had done to the Doc and to Jones. The Stargate burst to live and General Hammond wished his people a save journey and with that they moved out.
They were thrown out on the other side, just like they had when first arriving on the planet. The weather, however, had changed a little. When they had first been to P4X-732 the sun had been shining brightly and not a single cloud had ruined that wonderful weather. But now clouds had gathered and it looked like it could start raining any moment. SG-4 immediately secured the area around the Gate while SG-1 and 3 moved in the direction of the village. They weren't, however, halfway up the grassy plane just in front of the tree line, when dozens of arrows came flying out of the forest.
"Take cover!" Jack immediately ducked in between the higher grass but knew they had to find a more secure place because without some kind of roof they were never going to be safe from the arrows.
"Colonel, we should return! This is not good! They keep shooting at us!" Colonel Ferretti was yelling through his radio, hoping O'Neill would make a wise choice and retreat.
"I know!" Jack looked up to see if more arrows came flying their way and when met with nothing he ordered his kids and SG-3 to retreat. "Major Anderson, dial us out of here!" They ran back under a cloud of arrows, landing in front of them, next to them but miraculously never on top of them. As soon as the Stargate came to live Jack ordered everybody to hop through, while they would keep the enemy off. "Carter! Go!!" He looked at his 2IC who was emptying her P-90 on an invisible enemy. He saw her acknowledge his order but when she got up he just saw something was wrong. She swayed a little, trying to steady herself, gazed at him and then dropped back down. "CARTER!!!" Jack got to his feet and as fast as they could carry him he ran to her side. "Daniel! Go! Colonel Ferretti, leave the area! Teal'c ... Evans, help me with Carter!" As soon as the orders were given people started to move and soon Sam was safely in Teal'c's arms with Evans checking her pulse every so often. Although he still didn't feel all to well from his first time through the Gate he would do everything to make sure Carter was going to be okay.
From the moment his teams had stepped through the Gate General Hammond had been pacing the control room, seriously getting on Sergeant Davis' nerves. The man could be cool at any other time but now there was more at stake than just the safety of three teams on a hostile planet. So it was that as soon as the Gate started to turn he was standing behind Davis faster than the man could say there was an unauthorized gate-activation.
"It's SG-4, Sir!" Davis looked up and knew they were in trouble. They shouldn't be back so soon.
"Open the iris!" Hammond hurriedly left the control room and almost sprinted into the gate room. The three teams came tumbling through the Gate the moment he set foot in the room. Jack stepped on the ramp still emptying his P-90 in the wormhole, although everybody knew it was only one way.
"Close the iris! Close it, damnit!" Sergeant Davis did as he was ordered and before they could hear the gate shut down a few thuds were heard. "Just what they deserve, the bastards!"
"Sir, Major Carter needs medical care immediately. I'm afraid she was shot down with this." Evans held up a small arrow, which he had found sticking out of her side. "I'm afraid it's the same thing as Dr. Fraiser. She's already developing a slight fever." Jack and Daniel looked at the young Doctor, not believing what he had just said. "Sir?"
"Go!" Evans and Teal'c left the gate room. "We'll have a debrief later. Go get yourselves checked out!" Hammond knew Jack and Daniel would soon be sitting at their team member's bedside.
CJ had been quietly reading a book while keeping an eye on Janet, soundly asleep with a teddy bear squished under her arm. She had asked Damien to join her just in case Janet wanted to wonder off again. The young airman was sitting at the table, playing a game of solitaire. He had once in a while glanced at CJ noticing she was trying hard not to fall asleep but as he noticed a few minutes later she was loosing the fight from sandman. He got up, first checked on the Doc and then draped a blanket over the youngster. He really hoped SG-1 would find something because he could see how much it hurt to see Janet in her current state. When he had first met CJ she had been on a mission with his team. It had been a regular meet and greet, and they had had their fun with the locals. He remembered she had tried to explain them the concept of baseball and had dragged the entire team into her explanation. Unfortunately the locals didn't really grasp the idea of the game and it had all turned out in one big misunderstanding in which one of the youngsters of the village had swung the makeshift ball in CJ's direction, hitting her square in the face. She had been walking around with a nice shiner the rest of the week.
At exactly 2000 hours the alarm of an incoming wormhole woke both CJ and Janet. CJ jumped out of her chair, the book in her lap falling on the floor. Janet was sitting straight up and stared at CJ, fear clearly visible in her eyes.
"What the hell?" CJ got up and checked the hour, noticing the time she suddenly felt bad. "If that's SG-1..." CJ knew she had to find out what was going on but taking one glance on her aunt she also knew she couldn't leave her.
"I'll stay here! Go!" Damien ushered CJ out and really hoped it was just another team coming back and not SG-1.
CJ had run straight to the infirmary, occasionally bumping into someone when rounding a corner or changing hallways. She just knew as soon as she had been ushered out of the VIP-room that something was wrong by the way the other people looked at her. She found SG-1 in the infirmary standing around one bed, making CJ's bad feeling increase, as she didn't notice Carter standing there.
"Colonel?" CJ breathed heavily from all the running and at first Jack hadn't heard her. "Colonel, what's wrong?" The man turned around hearing CJ behind them and as he did so she saw Sam lying in the bed, clearly feverish. "Oh no!" The youngster shook her head, not wanting to believe what she saw. "No, this can't be true. What happened?"
"The moment we stepped through the Gate we were under heavy enemy fire. In all the chaos they managed to drug Carter with a small arrow. She's having the same symptoms as Janet." Daniel had turned around as well and explained what had occurred on their trip. "Michael is still doing some tests but she'll probably go the same way as Janet."
"Oh God! Why?" CJ buried her head in her hands, cursing all the bad guys in the universe. She slumped down at the nearest wall and started crying. Daniel wanted to offer her some comfort but at that moment a low groan came from the woman in the bed, at once attracting all attention even CJ's.
"Oi..." Sam's eyes slowly opened but closed rather quickly when met with too much light. "...Oh, too bright!"
"Eureka!!" As if timed Michael entered the infirmary almost throwing the file, he was holding in his hands, in the air. "I've got it!" Noticing Sam was conscious he grinned widely. "Major Carter, already awake I see!"
"Evans!!" CJ looked at the man, waiting for the answer to the problem.
"Oh ... yeah ... sorry. Major Carter, you'll be fine. The drug has been neutralized and there's nothing left in your system." Evans still smiled widely. He liked bringing good news, who didn't?
"But how?"
"Well, it seems that..."
"CJ!!!" They all turned to the door as they heard Janet's loud voice. She came running into the infirmary, stopping in front of CJ and hugging her tightly.
"I couldn't stop her. She wanted to be with you." Damien just smiled seeing the happy reunion. They turned back to Evans who immediately continued his explanation.
"As I was saying ... it seems that the Naquadah in your system has neutralized the drug's mutation which means you won't suffer the effects Dr. Fraiser is having. So, that's the good news. The bad news, on the other hand, we can't inject Naquadah into her bloodstream." They could hear another sniff coming from CJ. She was having a really hard time and they knew that they had to continue the search.
"Unless..." Daniel looked from Evans to Sam and back. "Unless we ask the Tok'ra if they are willing to help us. If the Naquadah neutralizes the drug's mutation then a Tok'ra should have no problem healing Janet."
"I highly doubt the Doc wants to be blended with a Tok'ra." Jack looked at Daniel, realizing they would need a really strong argument to get the Tok'ra to cooperate in the first place. "And she's in no position to decide on her own here."
"I think it's worth to try, Sir!" Sam had sat herself a little straighter although her head didn't agree with that all too much. She looked from CJ to her CO and back and knew they had to try something because the kid wasn't going to last much longer. She was loosing grip, she could no longer handle the situation and the sudden outburst from a few minutes ago was a perfect example of that.
"I'll inform the General!" Jack sighed and left the infirmary, closely followed by Daniel and Teal'c.
"CJ, you okay?" Carter looked at the youngster, who was trying to hold back the tears that had been forming a few minutes ago. CJ planted herself on a bed next to Sam's, allowing Janet to sit next to her.
"I..." The youngster sighed heavily and at once all tears she had wanted to let go weeks before suddenly appeared. She buried her head in her hands once again.
"CJ sad?" Janet looked from the crying youngster next to her to Sam, frowning slightly.
"Yes, CJ's sad." Sam really didn't know what else to say then the truth.
"Why?"
"She's worried about you." Seeing her best friend didn't really seem to understand why, she tried something else. "Why don't you give her a hug?" To Sam's surprise Janet didn't question her good advice and took CJ in a fierce hug.
"Love you, CJ!" Sam could still hear sniffing coming from the youngster when she finally looked up and acknowledged what Janet had just said to her. "CJ happy?" All CJ could do was smile and give her aunt another hug, holding her tightly as if preventing bad things happen to her.
"Love you too, Janet! You're a good girl." CJ brushed her tears away and looked at Sam. "Thank you!"
"You're welcome!" Sam just smiled. If the Tok'ra would help them everything was going to be fine and she knew that they would because she had once heard that Freya, her own father and CJ were really close friends. It was difficult to believe CJ liked Anise but apparently they had found some common grounds. Her father had confided in her that he saw CJ almost as his own daughter and that he wished she would grow up and be just like her 'big sister'. She just hoped that could come to their advantage, if not then her best friend would be doomed to die.
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At exactly 1930 the three teams were assembled in the gate room where they got one last look over their mission. Their objective was getting a sample of the drug with whatever means necessary, and if that meant killing a few inhabitants so it would be. Jack wouldn't have mercy on the people that could hurt others like they had done to the Doc and to Jones. The Stargate burst to live and General Hammond wished his people a save journey and with that they moved out.
They were thrown out on the other side, just like they had when first arriving on the planet. The weather, however, had changed a little. When they had first been to P4X-732 the sun had been shining brightly and not a single cloud had ruined that wonderful weather. But now clouds had gathered and it looked like it could start raining any moment. SG-4 immediately secured the area around the Gate while SG-1 and 3 moved in the direction of the village. They weren't, however, halfway up the grassy plane just in front of the tree line, when dozens of arrows came flying out of the forest.
"Take cover!" Jack immediately ducked in between the higher grass but knew they had to find a more secure place because without some kind of roof they were never going to be safe from the arrows.
"Colonel, we should return! This is not good! They keep shooting at us!" Colonel Ferretti was yelling through his radio, hoping O'Neill would make a wise choice and retreat.
"I know!" Jack looked up to see if more arrows came flying their way and when met with nothing he ordered his kids and SG-3 to retreat. "Major Anderson, dial us out of here!" They ran back under a cloud of arrows, landing in front of them, next to them but miraculously never on top of them. As soon as the Stargate came to live Jack ordered everybody to hop through, while they would keep the enemy off. "Carter! Go!!" He looked at his 2IC who was emptying her P-90 on an invisible enemy. He saw her acknowledge his order but when she got up he just saw something was wrong. She swayed a little, trying to steady herself, gazed at him and then dropped back down. "CARTER!!!" Jack got to his feet and as fast as they could carry him he ran to her side. "Daniel! Go! Colonel Ferretti, leave the area! Teal'c ... Evans, help me with Carter!" As soon as the orders were given people started to move and soon Sam was safely in Teal'c's arms with Evans checking her pulse every so often. Although he still didn't feel all to well from his first time through the Gate he would do everything to make sure Carter was going to be okay.
From the moment his teams had stepped through the Gate General Hammond had been pacing the control room, seriously getting on Sergeant Davis' nerves. The man could be cool at any other time but now there was more at stake than just the safety of three teams on a hostile planet. So it was that as soon as the Gate started to turn he was standing behind Davis faster than the man could say there was an unauthorized gate-activation.
"It's SG-4, Sir!" Davis looked up and knew they were in trouble. They shouldn't be back so soon.
"Open the iris!" Hammond hurriedly left the control room and almost sprinted into the gate room. The three teams came tumbling through the Gate the moment he set foot in the room. Jack stepped on the ramp still emptying his P-90 in the wormhole, although everybody knew it was only one way.
"Close the iris! Close it, damnit!" Sergeant Davis did as he was ordered and before they could hear the gate shut down a few thuds were heard. "Just what they deserve, the bastards!"
"Sir, Major Carter needs medical care immediately. I'm afraid she was shot down with this." Evans held up a small arrow, which he had found sticking out of her side. "I'm afraid it's the same thing as Dr. Fraiser. She's already developing a slight fever." Jack and Daniel looked at the young Doctor, not believing what he had just said. "Sir?"
"Go!" Evans and Teal'c left the gate room. "We'll have a debrief later. Go get yourselves checked out!" Hammond knew Jack and Daniel would soon be sitting at their team member's bedside.
CJ had been quietly reading a book while keeping an eye on Janet, soundly asleep with a teddy bear squished under her arm. She had asked Damien to join her just in case Janet wanted to wonder off again. The young airman was sitting at the table, playing a game of solitaire. He had once in a while glanced at CJ noticing she was trying hard not to fall asleep but as he noticed a few minutes later she was loosing the fight from sandman. He got up, first checked on the Doc and then draped a blanket over the youngster. He really hoped SG-1 would find something because he could see how much it hurt to see Janet in her current state. When he had first met CJ she had been on a mission with his team. It had been a regular meet and greet, and they had had their fun with the locals. He remembered she had tried to explain them the concept of baseball and had dragged the entire team into her explanation. Unfortunately the locals didn't really grasp the idea of the game and it had all turned out in one big misunderstanding in which one of the youngsters of the village had swung the makeshift ball in CJ's direction, hitting her square in the face. She had been walking around with a nice shiner the rest of the week.
At exactly 2000 hours the alarm of an incoming wormhole woke both CJ and Janet. CJ jumped out of her chair, the book in her lap falling on the floor. Janet was sitting straight up and stared at CJ, fear clearly visible in her eyes.
"What the hell?" CJ got up and checked the hour, noticing the time she suddenly felt bad. "If that's SG-1..." CJ knew she had to find out what was going on but taking one glance on her aunt she also knew she couldn't leave her.
"I'll stay here! Go!" Damien ushered CJ out and really hoped it was just another team coming back and not SG-1.
CJ had run straight to the infirmary, occasionally bumping into someone when rounding a corner or changing hallways. She just knew as soon as she had been ushered out of the VIP-room that something was wrong by the way the other people looked at her. She found SG-1 in the infirmary standing around one bed, making CJ's bad feeling increase, as she didn't notice Carter standing there.
"Colonel?" CJ breathed heavily from all the running and at first Jack hadn't heard her. "Colonel, what's wrong?" The man turned around hearing CJ behind them and as he did so she saw Sam lying in the bed, clearly feverish. "Oh no!" The youngster shook her head, not wanting to believe what she saw. "No, this can't be true. What happened?"
"The moment we stepped through the Gate we were under heavy enemy fire. In all the chaos they managed to drug Carter with a small arrow. She's having the same symptoms as Janet." Daniel had turned around as well and explained what had occurred on their trip. "Michael is still doing some tests but she'll probably go the same way as Janet."
"Oh God! Why?" CJ buried her head in her hands, cursing all the bad guys in the universe. She slumped down at the nearest wall and started crying. Daniel wanted to offer her some comfort but at that moment a low groan came from the woman in the bed, at once attracting all attention even CJ's.
"Oi..." Sam's eyes slowly opened but closed rather quickly when met with too much light. "...Oh, too bright!"
"Eureka!!" As if timed Michael entered the infirmary almost throwing the file, he was holding in his hands, in the air. "I've got it!" Noticing Sam was conscious he grinned widely. "Major Carter, already awake I see!"
"Evans!!" CJ looked at the man, waiting for the answer to the problem.
"Oh ... yeah ... sorry. Major Carter, you'll be fine. The drug has been neutralized and there's nothing left in your system." Evans still smiled widely. He liked bringing good news, who didn't?
"But how?"
"Well, it seems that..."
"CJ!!!" They all turned to the door as they heard Janet's loud voice. She came running into the infirmary, stopping in front of CJ and hugging her tightly.
"I couldn't stop her. She wanted to be with you." Damien just smiled seeing the happy reunion. They turned back to Evans who immediately continued his explanation.
"As I was saying ... it seems that the Naquadah in your system has neutralized the drug's mutation which means you won't suffer the effects Dr. Fraiser is having. So, that's the good news. The bad news, on the other hand, we can't inject Naquadah into her bloodstream." They could hear another sniff coming from CJ. She was having a really hard time and they knew that they had to continue the search.
"Unless..." Daniel looked from Evans to Sam and back. "Unless we ask the Tok'ra if they are willing to help us. If the Naquadah neutralizes the drug's mutation then a Tok'ra should have no problem healing Janet."
"I highly doubt the Doc wants to be blended with a Tok'ra." Jack looked at Daniel, realizing they would need a really strong argument to get the Tok'ra to cooperate in the first place. "And she's in no position to decide on her own here."
"I think it's worth to try, Sir!" Sam had sat herself a little straighter although her head didn't agree with that all too much. She looked from CJ to her CO and back and knew they had to try something because the kid wasn't going to last much longer. She was loosing grip, she could no longer handle the situation and the sudden outburst from a few minutes ago was a perfect example of that.
"I'll inform the General!" Jack sighed and left the infirmary, closely followed by Daniel and Teal'c.
"CJ, you okay?" Carter looked at the youngster, who was trying to hold back the tears that had been forming a few minutes ago. CJ planted herself on a bed next to Sam's, allowing Janet to sit next to her.
"I..." The youngster sighed heavily and at once all tears she had wanted to let go weeks before suddenly appeared. She buried her head in her hands once again.
"CJ sad?" Janet looked from the crying youngster next to her to Sam, frowning slightly.
"Yes, CJ's sad." Sam really didn't know what else to say then the truth.
"Why?"
"She's worried about you." Seeing her best friend didn't really seem to understand why, she tried something else. "Why don't you give her a hug?" To Sam's surprise Janet didn't question her good advice and took CJ in a fierce hug.
"Love you, CJ!" Sam could still hear sniffing coming from the youngster when she finally looked up and acknowledged what Janet had just said to her. "CJ happy?" All CJ could do was smile and give her aunt another hug, holding her tightly as if preventing bad things happen to her.
"Love you too, Janet! You're a good girl." CJ brushed her tears away and looked at Sam. "Thank you!"
"You're welcome!" Sam just smiled. If the Tok'ra would help them everything was going to be fine and she knew that they would because she had once heard that Freya, her own father and CJ were really close friends. It was difficult to believe CJ liked Anise but apparently they had found some common grounds. Her father had confided in her that he saw CJ almost as his own daughter and that he wished she would grow up and be just like her 'big sister'. She just hoped that could come to their advantage, if not then her best friend would be doomed to die.
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