Disclaimer: SG1 is not mine. :(
Although, I've heard the original creators are looking to do a reboot. What do I have to do to get in on THAT project!?

A/N: Sorry for the extended delay. I was extremely busy this summer and time just ran away from me. Before I knew, several months had passed! Wow, oh wow! I spent the summer volunteering at my community theater. I was in Children of Eden and ran the lighting board for Jesus Christ Superstar, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Phantom of the Opera. I had a blast but it kept me super busy. So without any further ramblings, here is the next installment!

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"Ma'am! Colonel, we have activity in the 'Gate room!" Becker shouted into her radio. "Defensive positions now!"

"Becker! Major Carter is on her way. She said - control room - hit the blue button!" Emmet ordered her. Becker frowned, but turned and dashed up for the control room. Her squad automatically filled in the empty space she left behind. Becker dashed up the stairs and heard a phenomenal Whooosh! from the 'Gate room. Becker reached the control room proper again and gazed out in wide-eyed amazement and shock at the shimmering blue puddle now within the confines of the 'Gate. She hurriedly shook off her astonishment and dashed forward to the control panel and spotted the big blue button immediately. But it was too late. Two men strode through the open 'Gate.

Sam ran as fast as she could for the 'Gate Room, glad to have at least this excuse to get away from the teams currently occupying the infirmary. The nurses had all disappeared in the spread of the virus and Janet was, of course, topside with the general. Sam had felt so useless, and she hated to feel useless. SG7 most certainly had whatever the rest of SG1 had.

"Out of the way!" Sam shouted at a group of women occupying defensive positions just outside the control room. They scattered. Sam saw the issue immediately, but then sighed in relief at the sight of the two men on the ramp. "Defensive teams, stand down!" Sam said through the local PA system. She could sense the defensive team fill into the room behind her, no doubt they had their weapons trained on her.

"Belay that!" Colonel Emmett snapped through the microphone to her women. "Just what the hell do you think you're doing?" she turned angrily to Sam, tranquilizer gun trained on the blonde woman. Sam put her hands up in surrender.

"I am Major Samantha Carter, and I know those two men down there," Sam explained hurriedly. "They are allies."

"Those two?" Emmett asked in disbelief.

"Yes, in fact I think- I know they should be able to help us with our current situation," explained Sam quickly. "Neither one of them can contract this virus."

"General Hammond said it affects men," Emmett said slowly. The defensive women shifted slightly down in the 'Gate Room, waiting for the order to let the men go, or to shoot them.

"It's difficult to explain and we are running low on time. But one of them is my father," Sam told the colonel, noting the stars on the other woman's shoulders. Emmett's eyes grew wide in shock. "Escort them under guard, but we need them. And I need to contact General Hammond to send Doctor Frasier down. She has the most experience dealing with this. Is the rest of the base secure?"

"Yes, major, it is," Emmett replied, lowering her tranq gun. She looked Sam over while she held her breath. Emmett turned and grabbed the microphone. "Defensive teams, escort those men to the infirmary." Down below, four women split from the individual squads and took the two men away.

"Good, now I need to call Hammond," Sam explained, lowering her hands at last. Emmett gestured for her to go ahead. Sam hurried to the phone, worried about the rate at which the men seemed to be deteriorating. Colonel O'Neill had been in particularly bad shape when she had left him. Would it stop at a fever? Or would it degrade and the men die from this virus? Shaking slightly with exhaustion, Sam picked up the phone and dialed the general.

"Hammond," came the Texan drawl. Sam could have cried in relief; except she was an Air Force major and Air Force majors did not cry.

"Sir, it's Carter," Sam said quickly, not paying any attention to Emmett and the others in the room. "Sir, Emmett has secured the base. My father and Master Bray'Tac have just arrived. I request you send down Janet as fast as you can. Some of the men are extremely unwell, sir."

"Acknowledged," the general replied. "I"ll have Doctor Frasier and a team of nurses down to you in just a few minutes."

"Thank you, sir," Sam answered. "We will start rounding up the sickest then for treatment in the infirmary."

"Acknowledged, Hammond out," General Hammond told her.

"Colonel Emmett," Sam said, hanging up the phone. "Request permission to take a team and go to the higher levels and begin collecting the sickest men. I'm afraid I abandoned my CO on one of the top levels. He was one of the first to become infected. I am concerned based on the rate of deterioration in SG7 that he-"

"Good Lord, are you a scientist?" Emmett interrupted. Sam felt her lips twitch, almost into a smile.

"Yes, ma'am," replied Sam. "Doctor of astrophysics."

"All right, take a junior squad, no chain of command issues that way and those young women need to get some energy out," Emmett said with a crooked grin. "Yuni is down below in the 'Gate Room. Take her and her squad and go save your men."

"Thank you, ma'am," Sam said with her own grin and hurried off.

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Daniel started awake with a painful jerk. He gazed blearily around. Where were his glasses? What was... Sam. Janet. Oh, no. His body ached and every movement required focused effort and concentration. Even blinking hurt. He tried to move his hands but found he had been zip tied to a handrail in a stairwell. What the hell...?

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Teal'c heard the base alarms sound to signal the Stargate's activation. He stood and strode to his door. Much to his surprise, the corridor was empty. Where had his guards gone? He cocked his head, raising an eyebrow in consternation. Seconds later, the gate alarms shut down. He frowned, glancing up and down the corridor. No one remained anywhere in sight. He had to find Samantha Carter and find out the situation. Or perhaps the control room would be best. Teal'c surmised a virus similar to that from the Land of the Touched had invaded the base and currently controlled his human friends. From what little he had seen, it seemed to mainly be affecting the men. His mind made up to head to the control room, Teal'c secured his quarters and hurried off.

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Jack's head pounded. He heard the alarms. Was the base under attack? Where was he? He tried to move his hands, but couldn't. Everything ached and he shook uncontrollably from the chills wracking his body. All he knew was that he needed Carter more than he had ever needed anyone else in his life.

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