Where'd you go Sam? part 4
Sam flinched when the Colonel spoke. She feared him and loathed him. She watched as he sat at the table drinking fi. He had spoken to Teal'c when he came in, asking something about the Daniel. She had not seen the Daniel since their last trip to the Stargate.
She had gotten to see the 'gate room for herself and was in awe of the set up. A few times before had she got to see coordinates carefully displayed and masterfully rendered. She would love to study this room in great detail along with the Daniel. But the Daniel was back with the guard along with Teal'c. This caused her to frown and hold Machine tighter. Something was not right, there was nothing for the Daniel to process in there.
Her commander ordered her to translate the writing and open the DHD from the case it was entombed. Sam had never seen the like. The writing was clearly not of this planet, plus the mathematical equations were so sophisticated she would need days if not weeks to decipher. Having only a couple of hours, she set to work.
Sam needed Machine and the Daniel. The mathematics she could deal with, Machine took it all in and gave her what she wanted, it was the words and phrases mixed in that were giving her grief. Machine did not like the words. When she told the Colonel what she needed he hit her.
"Don't tell me what I don't want to hear. You take that damn machine of yours and break in that damn case or I will use your head to do it," he ordered backhanding her to the ground. He was mean and she cowered from him.
When there time was nearly up her commander demanded to know why she failed him.
"Sir, I can't translate the words. I know some of them but-" she faltered then stood up, "I need the Daniel to translate."
He struck her knocking her to the ground again. "Well you can't have Daniel because he is being fucked by the guard right now. Shit, why does this always happen to me?" Her commander threw his hands in the air and stormed off toward the door.
Sam wiped the blood from her lip and carefully inspected Machine. Try as she might she could not get Machine to translate those words, no matter how many adjustments she made. She was baffled. I need the Daniel to talk to Machine and it can talk to the case, she thought to herself, yes, Machine then can open the case.
The next day she tried to get Machine to find the Daniel but she did not have enough parameters. She prowled around and was barred from the back room by Teal'c.
"Carter you got that fixed yet?" the Colonel yelled at Sam. She flinched then answered.
"No, I need the Daniel. Machine needs to talk to the Daniel," she was afraid he would hit her again but she held his gaze. I could take that knife over there and slit his throat from ear to ear, she blinked and smiled secretly.
"Damn it," he turned to Teal'c, "Is he ready to come out?"
"Indeed," Teal'c answered and elaborated, "DanielJackson is eating and drinking. His wounds were not serious. If he were of proper calibre he would not have sustained such injuries."
"Whatever, bring him out for Carter," the Colonel ordered and added, "don't let him out of your sight, I am afraid the bastard will try to mutiny."
The Daniel was brought to her and she was disgusted at the sight. Whoever is maintaining this unit should be shot, she thought to herself, the hardware is in a terrible condition, multi colours of misshapen dents and bulges and many cracks in the façade.
"Hi S-samm," the Daniel vocalised, the output was difficult to understand. Plus it was weak like it needed a new power cell.
"Translate the words, Machine cannot extrapolate. I have the words here, scan now," Sam handed the Daniel a stack of paper like material that she wrote all the words from Machine. She had carefully copied all the equations exactly as she saw them.
The Daniel held the papers in it's extensions up to it's input and focused. While the Daniel processed she watched for signs. She was not going to be caught unaware of a potential breakdown and she was afraid she may have to work on this unit as well. She noticed the extensions shaking. That could hinder stability and processing if it were to crash. The discolourations extended from the top all down the sides. Some were hidden by the drape across the midsection. She frowned. If the hardware is not well maintained then the software may be corrupted as well, she sighed.
Sam got her a cup of fionith and roamed around the room watching the Daniel function. She was also aware of Teal'c sitting by the entryway. What she was most glad for was that the Colonel had left. She walked up to Teal'c and spoke.
"The Daniel needs maintenance," she tone was professional and emotionless. "If the software is corrupted I don't think it can be fixed without an entire breakdown and rebuild." Sam sipped her fi and watched the big man. She knew he was the Colonel's spy and was just waiting for the moment she screwed up. Well she was not going to give him the satisfaction.
"DanielJackson is healing and his mind has not been harmed," the Jaffa replied. "Return to work."
Sam frowned and replied, "You have to take better care of the Daniel, if the casing is compromised then the software will suffer in the degrading housing. You could have a cascade effect that could be catastrophic." She could take over the Daniel and merge it with Machine and then she will be in control, she would hold the knowledge to set them free.
Teal'c stood, towering over her causing Sam to step back, he reached for her and gripped her arm hard. When he spoke it was not friendly, "You will go back and finish you work MajorCarter." He then shoved her toward her work station.
Sam stumbled a bit but never lost her footing nor dropped Machine. She looked back to the big man and stared daggers at him. He had better watch out or she would take a rock and bash his brains in.
Back with the Daniel she noticed the output. A page had been translated, thankfully the software had not been damaged. She was pleased and watched as it continued to process.