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Chapter 12: Unknown

"God damn it! Payson gave us a fucking faulty healing device!" Cam yelled, slamming his hand on a nearby tray that was sitting on a table, catapulting its contents across the room. Sam looked frantically over at Dr. Lam, her eyes pleading at her to stop Daniel's pain. Dr. Lam quickly ran over to Daniel's side an administered the sedative, not bothering to ask Daniel if he wanted to refuse it again. She knew he wouldn't. He was in pain before, but not like this.

Dr. Lam stared at Daniel till his body became completely limp. She turned, expecting to face Vala. Instead she saw the tops of everyone's heads as they leaned over to comfort and hug Vala, who had collapsed on the floor, her face buried deep in her hands.

"No, no, no!!!!" She could hear Vala screaming through her hands.

"Vala…" She felt like her words would just drift past her ears, not able to penetrate the guilt and pain she was feeling. "Vala, listen to me…please." Her pleading words did nothing but remove the mournful silence in the room.

Dr. Lam walked over to Daniel and began looking him over. She stared blankly at his legs.

"Carolyn? What's wrong?" Cam whispered as he walked over to Daniel's bed.

"He should not have been in that much pain. He wasn't able to feel anything below his hips before. I just…I don't get it. Unless the device healed him enough to repair his nervous system in his legs and some of his back…I don't know if the device can heal specific parts of the body like that. I thought it healed all or nothing. I…I just…" She shook her head in confusion, trying to grasp why Daniel had suddenly gained such a greater sensation in his legs.

"You think he's healed?" A look of shock and slight happiness flew across Cam's pale and drawn face.

"I want to say yes, but for all I know the device could have just been causing him pain, period, end of story, not actually helping him."

"Ignore the fact that we just used it. If this was a regular case, what would you say?"

"I would say his back was healing and that the nerves in his legs were repairing themselves. The nerves in his lower back to his legs were completely destroyed and in theory, if he's feeling pain then the nerves within the lower half of the sciatic nerve are to some extent healed and able to send synapses again, but with all the damage that was done it's not poss-" She was cut off by Cam placing his hand on her shoulder.

"Carolyn, look at where you are. Last time I checked there was no such thing as the "impossible." So maybe the device did do that. We don't know. For now, treat him like you would any other patient. And tell Vala that she helped him. She's so stuck on the fact that she caused him pain. Help her."

Teal'c silently walked out of the room and towards General Landry's office. He stiffly knocked on the closed office door and waited to be given entrance.

"Come in." The General's voice answered shortly after the knock.

"General Landry. I would like to go have a word with Payson."

"About the device?" He knew he really didn't have to ask, but he might as well. With Teal'c you never know.

"Indeed. I believe he needs to be aware of the situation at hand." Teal'c stated matter-of-factly.

"About what exactly? Actually, I think the better question is; will he be breathing afterwards?" He asked jokingly, but some part of him was honestly slightly concerned that Payson might not be walking after Teal'c's conversation with him. Not that he particularly cared about the scum-bag's feelings.

"He is well aware that the device which he gave to us was not functioning properly. I feel that the Naquada we gave him should be retrieved."

"Teal'c…" Landry sighed, not knowing whether to be revengeful as he wanted to be and send Teal'c off or be the 'serious' General he's supposed to be and tell Teal'c it would simply be a waste of time. He had to admit that though Daniel's pig-headedness and determination got under his skin at moments, he did care for him, as his boss and as a friend. "Be back in two hours." He said as he went back to the papers he was filling out, not really paying much attention to what he was writing.

For those of you who are wondering, my favorite part is writing about Teal'c going after Payson. I don't know why, I just find an angry Teal'c so entertaining…

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