Sam POV
I arrived at the land of light heading straight to the temple. There I persuaded them to tie me knowing the SGC would be more trusting if they saw me restrained. The healing device and Seroushe necklace in my pockets, where hopefully they would be safe. Then with Turplo we went to the stargate. He dialled earth and after a brief dialogue with Jack they sent a MALP to confirm we were alone. Then Sg3 and Janet came through 2 members of Sg3 instantly training their weapons on me while the others secured the area. Janet came over to me careful not to get into the line of fire.
"Sam I'm just going to scan your neck" she explained. I nodded guessing they would do something like that. She placed the ultrasound machine on my neck.
"There is nothing there" she said sounding surprised.
"Its gone" I told them quietly, what could I say I had let myself be taken by Jolinar I had threatened Cassie and now I had to let them deal with it while trying to come to terms with it myself.
"I just need a blood sample" Janet told me, I looked at my arms both tied behind my back.
"Undo them doc but one wrong move Carter" Maypeace said indicating his gun. I understood they were taking no chances that I was still a Gould pulling a fast one. In their position I would have down the same. Still it hurt slightly at the lack of caring and acknowledgement I was receiving.
Janet undid my bonds I slowly moved them to the front raising one above my head while the other remained in position so Janet could take blood.
"We are just checking for any Gould booby traps like Cassie" she explained. I nodded remembering the Naquida in her blood and in mine.
"I have Naquida in my blood it's a side effect of being blended all the Tokra and the Gould have it. It is what enables them to control the hand devices." I told them. I could see them hesitate which I understood totally after all they had been told I was the enemy one known for its deceptiveness and now I was there only proof it was ok.
"Well we will have to see." Janet said. I nodded still hurt and getting even more so.
"Doc, restrain her" Maypeace ordered chucking the handcuff over. I held my hands in front.
"Behind Carter" he ordered. Reluctantly I moved my hands behind me.
"I need to analyse these results, I'll be back soon" Janet ordered going through the gate. I nodded leaning against the tree I hated this Jolinar had taken my life and I had no idea how to get it back.
"So Carter, how does it feel to have a snake?" Maypeace asked. I glared at him deciding not even to bother answering. I found myself liking him less and less and was actually becoming rather scared of his intentions.
"Not answering a senior officer that's not nice" he said looking at his men.
"Jenkins, Parker patrol the area, Simmons talk to Turplo find out what happened exactly I will guard Carter" he ordered. They left. I was going to ask why but before I could he zattted me.
I woke up some time later my arm was sore but not from where Janet had been taking blood but on the other arm. I glancing down seeing another site where blood had been taken. Searching the clearing I only saw Maypeace and no Janet or any medical personal.
"What happened?" I asked, he glared at me making me shiver I didn't like that look. It seemed to make me feel like a lab rat of something beneath him.
"Gould if I have my way you'll be in some lab being dissected by next week" he spat. I now felt really scared I was totally at his mercy and those at home. I could only hope that my friends believed me and didn't hand me over. This was a situation I had thought of but had never believed there would be supporters of that within the SGC.
"What did you do, you aren't working for the SGC you are NID aren't you" I guessed, he hit me hard.
"You tell anyone Gould and you are dead" he warned. I shut up knowing at the moment he had the advantage, I would have to wait bide my time to gain the trust I once had carefully watching him.
The gate activated and Janet came back through. Maypeace radioed for his team to join him.
"You were right Sam there is Naquida in your blood therefore we are to take you to PY5 876 and I am to take another blood sample. If that is the same then General Hammond had given you permission to go back to earth." Janet informed us. I nodded waiting I needed help to stand with both my arms and legs restrained.
"Dial us up Doc" Maypeace ordered as his team arrived back. He came over to me hauling me to my tied feet by my wrists causing pain to shoot up both arms to shoulders. I grimaced but managed not to cry out.
"I'm going to undo your feet you try anything and you get it" he whispered in my ear. I nodded, I hated this. Feeling so powerless and being treated like dirt. He bent down cutting my leg ties before pushing me forwards to the open gate. Janet had already gone through as had 2 of Maypeace's men. As I went through I felt a push in the small of my back sending me off balance and tumbling forwards on the next planet roughly landing on my shoulder on the next planet falling down the rough stone steps falling onto the hard dried mud at the bottom. Janet was by my side in an instant, helping me to sit up. I smiled gratefully wondering why he had it in for me.
"Careful Carter lost your step" Maypeace said letting me know he had pushed me. I sat letting Janet look at my shoulder. It seemed grazed but nothing more. Janet seemed to agree.
"I need to untie her to get the blood" Janet said. Maypeace nodded pointing his P90 at my head. Before chucking the key over to her she caught it then undoing my cuffs. Slowly I brought my arms forwards rubbing where the cuffs had painfully cut into my skin. I then kept still giving Maypeace no reason to shoot me. Janet took my arm looking carefully then getting the other. I guessed she was looking at the 2 sites where blood had been taken knowing she had only taken one.
"Hurry it up Doc" Maypeace said getting worried. I sat quietly this would add weight to what I was saying when we were all safe on earth not here with him armed. It would be all too easy to concoct a story on how I lost it shot Janet and his team.
"The Tokra a group I was with used a similar method for taking blood" I mentioned covering for him. He looked at me not thanking me but lowering his weapon slightly. Janet seemed to buy it as she easily took more blood. I started to feel weaker with all the blood I was loosing but deciding not to say anything. Janet went through the gate with my blood as Maypeace put the handcuff back onto me tight. They were now really cutting into my hands. He glared at me daring me to say anything; I didn't say anything determined not to give him any satisfaction. He just sat opposite,
"So Gould what do you want with earth?" he asked. It was my turn to glare at him as I calmly repeated what I had told them early
"I am not a Gould it left me" I told him.
"After what happened with Kawasaki do you think anyone will believe that?" He asked. I stopped I hadn't thought of that I could only hope everyone believed me.
"I am myself, I'm no longer blended the Gould left me" I repeated getting bored of this.
"Ok but really is it the SGC or something else?" he continued. I sighed saying nothing I knew whatever I said it wasn't going to make a difference. Not to him, he had made up his mind I was always going to be a Gould. At least Janet didn't believe that, she was at least civil towards me till she knew either way.
"Come on Gould you can tell me!" he goaded, I just tuned him out bored instead focused on the rest of his team trying to work out if they were with Maypeace or just innocent people who had no idea who he was really working for. The fact he had sent them away made me think maybe he was on his own but I had to be sure. The gate activated again and Janet came through.
"The results were the same. General Hammond has authorised her return." Janet said smiling a little bit more at me. Maypeace grinned pulling to my feet again by the handcuff. My wrists were now becoming very painful as he steered me to the gate that another member of SG3 had dialled. The IDC was entered and we walked through the gate, this time I wasn't pushed and walked through.
On the other side a large marine attachment was there pointing there guns at me. I tried to hold my hands up in a surrender gesture but remember as the handcuffs caught I was restrained. I looked round at the familiar faces all shooting me horrible looks.
"Lets get her to the infirmary and run some tests. With your permission Sir" Janet asked him. I followed her gaze he was in the control room with my team. My heart caught in my chest as I saw them. They were looking at me with sadness and happiness in their eyes. I knew this had been hard on them especially Daniel but could do nothing to help them at the moment.
"Do it" Hammond ordered not looking at me, I felt invisible like a threat even though I wasn't. It was something I could understand yet still resented.
Arriving at the infirmary Sg3 were replaced by a contingent of Sf's.
"Can you lie on the trolley for me please." Janet asked I looking at its height not having the use of my hands would make it a lot more difficult. Janet must have seen it looking to the guards.
"Remove the handcuffs please" she ordered. The head SF looked at her.
"She needs to be restrained" he informed us. I glanced down feeling really depressed even though I was here on earth I still wasn't trusted.
"Its okay Janet" I said climbing onto the bed with great difficultly then lying down painfully with my wrists still behind me. Still it was one step closer to my goal being back on SG1 any pain would be worth it for that.
"We need to remove them anyway for the MRI" Janet said getting the key and taking them off. I rubbed my wrists which were now really red. Blistering and bleeding slightly from the abuse of the handcuffs and being dragged around from them especially the second time with them being tighter and my wrists already being sore.
"Have you any injuries?" Janet asked. I shook my head out of habit more than anything else even though I still had the scar on my neck that was partially open from where Jolinar had left me and my wrists were sore it was best not to tell her. Unfortunately Janet had an inbuilt lie detector giving me the 'look' that was legendary across the SGC.
"Sam" she said, I indicated the back of my neck hoping it would aid my case. She grabbed my wrist on the way
"And what happened here" she asked
"It was the handcuffs they rubbed." I informed her. Janet glared at me I found myself feeling like a naughty school child who had just gotten in trouble with a teacher or parent. Not that I had been in trouble much at school until my mum had died, yet the feeling had been there.
"Why didn't you say anything?" she asked horrified that I had been getting these injuries while under her care.
"Would it have made a difference?" I questioned upon seeing her face I felt guilty that I had said it, she would have helped she always did. "I didn't want to give Maypeace any satisfaction, and my neck hurt so I thought what is one more ache" I said. Janet's eye went straight to my neck on the back where Jolinar had left me. She went to the cupboard retrieving supplies. She came back to me still being very clinical I knew I had hurt her feelings with my last comment.
"Lean forwards please" she asked probing the wound to get some idea how deep it was. I hissed in pain. She stopped
"How did you get this?" she questioned.
"The Gould left me through the back of my neck" I informed her. I knew it was deep and had no idea how much if anything the Tokra had healed. All I knew was it hurt
"I'm going to have to stitch it I think to help close it. As it is so deep I will sedate you" she warned. I nodded knowing if I resisted then she would just call security and have me sedated anyway.
"Go ahead I bet you have tests you want to run on me anyway." I guessed her eyes going to the floor I knew I was right but didn't feel good knowing my friends were going behind my back and could do anything to me while I was out. She brought the kit over as panic struck me.
"I will wake up here, you won't let them take me" I asked, Janet must have known what I was on about as she grabbed my hand.
"I promise you Sam we won't give up" she told me at first I was reassured until it dawned on me she wasn't actually talking to me she was talking through me like I was still a host.
The medication went in causing a small amount of pain as I noticed she hadn't promised me anything.
Extra long chapter to make up for the short one prior, drop me a review let me know what you think