Upon arrival in the infirmary Janet checked Sam's injuries and changed her bandages. Once this was done and the room was quiet, Janet approached the subject of Jack.
'So how did last night end?' Janet asked, cutting straight to the point.
'Erm, well, kind of good. But now I'm not sure'
'Tell me everything.' Janet began to push Sam for information, before being interrupted.
Major Carter, please report to the briefing room.
'It looks like I have to go, erm yeah.'
Sam got up as quickly as she could given her current physical state, and set off to the briefing room where, no doubt, SG1 and the General would be waiting for her. In the minutes it took her to get to the briefing room she began to wonder about whether or not the previous nights events would have an effect on the team.
Sam struggled up the stairs as Walter and Sylar watched, after she refused help from them. The pain was starting to take its toll on her. She knew that she wouldn't last the whole day on base like she had wanted to.
At the top of the stairs she looked up from her crutches, and felt the pain wash away and it was replaced by a wave of anger. There sat around the table were SG1 and the General just like she had expected, but also there were several representatives from the Tok'ra council. The pain she was feeling was their fault.
'Sir, what are THEY doing here?' Sam asked the General angrily.
'Major, take a seat. The Tok'ra would like to finally explain what happened on the mission, and why they omitted information from the report that they gave us.' General George Hammond looked less than impressed by the situation as well. On his right sat Jack, Daniel and Teal'c with a seat empty for her between Jack and Daniel.
Sam took her seat and breathed a heavy sigh of relief. All the walking and the standing around was taking its toll on her body.
'Major Carter we are glad that you are well again.' This came from one of the Tok'ra representatives. 'We assure you that we meant you no harm by sending you on that mission. The circumstances which occurred were highly unfortunate.'
'Unfortunate!' Jack yelled. 'Unfortunate! General are they joking? They nearly killed us, and that was within minutes of getting there, nevermind the events which followed resulting in the near death of Carter.' Jack was getting louder and louder, his stance was becoming more aggressive.
'We do apologise Colonel, however we were not to know about the occupants of the planet.'
'Not to know, we walked into an ambush. They knew someone was coming. Who the hell was your informant?'
'General, from what we saw it was obvious that the Goa'uld had been living on the planet for years. They had a fortified base.' Daniel had seen the anger in Jack's eyes, so he chose now to intervene. 'We need to know who exactly told you that the planet was free from Goa'uld.'
'We do not need to explain anything to you. We do not owe you anything. General, our coming here is a mistake. We shall leave, and we request no further contact from you.' The Tok'ra council members stood up to leave.
'What! So we fail our mission because you nearly got us killed, I need weeks, possibly months for a full recovery. And all we get is the shove.' Sam could feel her blood begin to boil. She could not understand why they had lied and why they were continuing to cover it up.
'Our sincerest apologises Major. But this alliance is over.'
The Tok'ra began to make their exit, and as they did General Hammond made a strategic decision.
'Guards, escort these people to the holding rooms. One per room. Don't let them see or hear each other.'
'General Hammond, I feel I must point out this decision is most unwise and the council will respond accordingly.' Teal'c interjected being the continuing voice of reason in the SGC.
'I know Teal'c but somehow we are going to answers as to why our allies betrayed us.'
