She turned to Sam who was waiting with baited breath for the results, Janet didn't look happy with the results, Sam closed her eyes waiting for the bad news
"Sam your not pregnant" She said, Sam grinned breathing a big sigh of relief, she had so not wanted things to get more complicated by her becoming pregnant then have the issue of working out who the father was.
"But" Janet said, Sam's smile disappearing as quick as it had come at the but
"Your hormone levels are elevated particularly your FSH which releases your eggs basically instead of releasing one eggs your will probably release several resulting in a really heavy painful period combined with your shoulder injury you will be tired possibly anaemic but you should be ok. I will monitor it anyway." Janet promised, Sam nodded the big but not being as bad as she thought it was going to be.
"Now I want you to get some rest and I'll get you some painkillers" Janet said, Sam nodded her stomach contracting again
"Oh yeh this is going to be painful" Sam groaned as Janet grabbed the tablets. She palmed them off fooling Janet into believing she had taken them, lying back down on the bed. She deserved this pain for what she had put her friends through.
"Where is Sg1" she asked guessing they didn't want to see her. Janet went silent for a minute wondering how to explain their absence but Sam interrupted
"Its okay if I was them I probably wouldn't want to see me either." She admitted rolling onto one side clutching her stomach clearly saying leave me alone. Janet left knowing she would get nowhere now Sam had decided to close herself off.
Instead she went to see Teal'c planning on then visiting General Hammond to see what they could do to fix this rift in the team.
Teal'c was sitting up quietly kel'nor'reeming with Bray'tac who was guiding him through a Jaffa ritual. Deciding not to interrupt she went to see Hammond who saw her immediately.
"Doctor Frasier please come in sit down" he said inviting her in, Janet did taking a moment to mentally review what she was going to say.
"Both Sam and Teal'c are awake. Teal'c and Bray'tac are undertaking what appears to be Kel'noor'reem. Sam has revealed that part of her time on the planet the woman was performing some kind of experiment on her." She watched as him looked alarmed
"She isn't pregnant but she is ovulating rather heavily and will be in some pain for a while, it is my view if they had been their longer she would have been impregnated I will keep her in for another 24 hours to ensure it is nothing more serious" Janet told him keeping it professional. Hammond nodded
"So how is Sg1 as a whole doing?" He asked. Janet winced slightly
"Daniel and Jack have both avoided Sam. Jack has avoided Teal'c and both Teal'c and Sam seemed very self incriminating it is my view if they can't overcome these differences then I won't be able to recommend them back on duty as an SGC team." She finished. Hammond nodded
"5 hours and I want a full debriefing all of Sg1, Bray'tac and yourself understood" he ordered Janet nodded.
"Dismissed" he ordered. Janet left going to the gym where she knew she would find O'Neill
"Sir" she said entering watching as he beat the punch bag
"Hey Doc" Jack greeted still pummelling the bag
"General Hammond has called a briefing at 2100" she told him
"Figured he would" Jack answered
"Both Sam and Teal'c are awake" she said awkwardly hoping he would open up
"I know I should go and see them it's just every time I do I see them trying to kill me" Jack admitted. Janet chose her words carefully
"I know this must be hard for you" she said, Jack nodded feeling a lot better now he had beaten the punch bag up,
"I should go and find Daniel tell him about the briefing" he decided, Janet nodded knowing she had pushed him as much as she dared to.
Jack wondered down the corridor, he remembered Teal'c hitting him at one point looking him right in the eye yet continuing, Sam's creativity in torturing him, he couldn't help but wonder if that was her idea or the woman's. All he knew was he had trusted them but now almost feared them.
Arriving at Daniel's office it was no surprise to see him arms deep in books scribbling frantically.
"Hey" he said simply sitting down. Daniel looked up
"Hey" he replied putting down his pen
"Hammond has called a meeting he wants everyone to attend" Jack told him fiddling with one of the many statues in Daniel's lab.
"I saw Teal'c" Daniel admitted, Jack looked up
"Yeah?" he asked sounding curious
"He apologised and said he would undertake any punishment I saw fit I said we were ok" Daniel admitted. Jack remained silent
"I haven't seen Sam yet" Daniel admitted.
"Its just so hard I mean with Teal'c I see him beating you up, with Sam all I remember is her cold eyes as she hit me over and over. I even got through to her once I could see….." he paused coming to a massive realisation
"I saw her fight it" he jumped up remembering Sha're and how forgiving he could be if it were her. How it wasn't their fault remembering how they had both questioned their orders and fought.
"She was possessed it wasn't her, she was fighting they both were. It's not their fault" He went to the door intent on seeing Sam. Jack followed not ready to forgive either of them to caught up in his memories still he would wait outside listen to what was being said make sure Daniel was ok.
Nervously Daniel entered Sam's room where she was lying down on her side.
"Hey Sam" he said nervously, Sam turned round still lying on the bed he could see she had been crying making him fell guilty yet at the same time he could see the bruises on her knuckles from where she had repeatedly hit him.
"Daniel" she said sitting up hurriedly
"Are you ok?" she asked then before he could reply she continued
"I am so sorry I tried to fight, I really did and I didn't want to hurt you I understand if you hate me I'll do whatever you want to fix it" Sam babbled nervously. She knew she couldn't expect him to forgive her, but she could at least try and make things right between them. Daniel scratched the back on his neck and pushed his glasses up while trying to decide what to say the speech melting the resentment
"I know, I don't blame you and I'm not angry" at her sceptical look he amended that
"Ok a little angry, but I know you fought, I saw you fight it and to me that speaks volumes. I think I just need time and coffee" he joked trying to lighten the mood. Sam smiled glad that he was willing to forgive her or at least try.
Jack watched from outside he didn't know why he was finding this so hard. Every time he thought about going to see either of him he found himself nervous out of control he knew if he saw them like that he would regret it.
Going to back the gym he decided to punch the hell out of the bag in the vague hope it would help as it had before. After a while he realised he wasn't alone Bray'tac was watching him. He stopped turning to him a pointed look clearly telling him to get on with it. After being Aphosis first prime for years he wasn't intimidated so took his time.
"You are finding it hard to forgive" he stated, it wasn't a question but a fact one that Jack knew it was pointless to deny it so nodded.
"You've been tortured before?" Jack stated at Bray'tac's nod he continued
"And the faces haunted you afterwards but you push it back and move on" Jack said, not waiting for him to reply he continued.
"I know it wasn't them, I know they didn't choose to do this but I still can't get over the fact it was them" He admitted rubbing a hand on his forehead trying to relieve the headache. Bray'tac was silent for about a minute until he was confident Jack wasn't going to say anything before offering his observations
"I do not believe that is where your problem lies" Bray'tac admitted
"I believe you are feeling guilty at being captured, at not helping them, at not recognising Samantha was not herself and you are projecting it onto them. You do not want to visit them as you are not able to face them." He offered. Jack remained silent wondering if he was right he did have a point Jack did feel guilty.
"Do you blame Ry'ac for obeying Aphosis blindly almost dooming us all" Bray'tac demanded. Jack sighed knowing he couldn't blame them or himself and he would have to face them, in fact he thought with a growing smile they needed to bond to get together as a team and he knew just the place a little cabin in Minnesota where the fish grew this big he just needed to clear it with Hammond.
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