(AN: Here is chapter 7. Hope you enjoy.)
Nathan glanced over at Jack who was fiddling with his hands. "Shouldn't you call Zoe to see if she landed yet?" Jack shook his head.
"I'll give it another hour." Jack winced in pain as he felt his head throb. Nathan caught the twitch of his mouth.
"Does your head still hurt?"
"It's on and off." Nathan was concerned but he wasn't sure what was causing the headaches. Nathan pulled Jack to him and started to rub his temples. Jack started to relax against him.
"When did your headaches start?"
"They started last night. The aspirin helped last night but now they come and go."
"Is there anything else wrong?" Jack shook his head. He relaxed even more and his headache started to go away.
"I feel better, thank you."
"You're welcome. Tell me when you have another one." Jack felt Nathan's hand slid into his.
"Do we have to stay here?"
"No, we could go out. I need to get some things from Global. I was going to leave you here but you can come." Jack nodded his head.
"If it means getting out of here, then let's go." Nathan smiled as Jack moved away from him.
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Jack held onto Nathan as he guided him through GD's hallways. People stared at him. He could feel the pity and sympathy they gave off.
Nathan pulled Jack into his lab so he could feel comfortable again. His lab was private and had no cameras. Nathan sat Jack on a stool.
"You okay?" Nathan asked.
"I'm fine," Jack said, smiling. He ignored the dull pain that started in his head.
Nathan sat down at his table and started to gather and go through his data. He started to place some of the entries into his flash drive.
"How long are we going to stay?" Jack asked. "Not too long. We can go to Café Diem for lunch after this."
"Okay."
Jack sat there quietly listening to Nathan typing. His head began to throb again and he was starting to feel dizzy again.
He took a deep breath and tried to not focus on the pain. He didn't know why but his eyes were starting to hurt and burn.
"Nathan," Jack whimpered as the pain became unbearable.
"Jack? What's wrong?"
"My eyes," Jack yelled and then passed out. Nathan moved off his stool knocking it over and on to his knees, catching Jack.
"Jack!" Nathan quickly got off the floor holding Jack and carrying him out of the lab.
"Get me help!" Nathan yelled as he ran down the hall.
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"What's wrong with him?" Nathan asked. "Somehow the chemical found its way back into Jack's body. We are flushing his system right now. His eyes weren't damaged anymore though," Allison said, looking at an unconscious Jack.
"We flushed his system the first time. There is no reason for him to still have it in his body."
"We don't know why it's still there but this should clean it out for good." Nathan nodded.
"Are you going to stay here?"
"Yeah, Carter needs someone down here to explain to him what happened. I'm the best candidate," Nathan said with an innocent smile. Allison frowned.
"No harassing him when he wakes up."
"I wouldn't dream of doing such a thing." Allison shook her head and left.
Nathan pulled his chair towards the bed and grabbed Jack's hand. He felt a squeeze.
"Jack?"
"Hi," Jack said.
"How long have you been awake?"
"Well, long enough to hear the conversation. Am I going to be okay?"
"You should be. We're not sure what is going to happen to your system but you won't die."
"I bet you were hoping though," Jack said, trying to lighten the tension in the room.
"No I'm glad because if you're going to die, it will be me who kills you first."
"The same here," Jack said, smiling. "Allison wanted me to call Zoe but I didn't."
"Good because I'm fine. The compound of chemicals shouldn't mess with my system." Nathan stared at Jack in surprise.
"Jack, how did you know it was a compound?"
"You told me," Jack said, slightly confused.
"No I never told you that."
"Then why do I know that?"
