Author's note: I'm back at uni and while I aim to update weekly it will just be less chapters but if it's universally hated :-P then I'm happy to update fortnightly with six chapters or more.. Hope you all Enjoy!
"You have to stand where they have marked x on the floor Ma'am" the sergeant told her, as they walked into the room, She had been picked up and taken to the Yokota airbase. Where she was introduced to a Dr McKay, he was a boorish man. Who seemed irritated by the fact he was yanked from wherever he was to be here.
"Shouldn't I be catching a plane?" Hannah asked, as McKay typed furiously at a computer which stood next to a device Hannah had yet to decipher as to what it's purpose was.
"We are going to Teleport you…using an adapted version of Asgard beaming Technology" McKay said as he typed, Hannah looked at the machine and suddenly didn't like this Idea of beaming her since she was expecting a plane flight home.
"I didn't know you guys had that tech" Hannah commented "Is it operational?"
"Ah relatively speaking yes" McKay answered apprehensively.
"Relatively?" Hannah asked with raised eyebrows he wasn't inspiring any confidence in her.
"You'd be the first Human test subject" McKay said hesitantly
Hannah jumped off the x taped the floor "Whoa you're kidding me right?"
"No, now stand on the spot… I'm just finishing the last few calculations" he told her
"Right and I should trust you why?" she asked
"I'm Dr Rodney McKay" McKay said, she was half expecting him to finish it with a 'duh!' when he didn't she felt a little disappointed,
"And that should mean something to me" Hannah stated, McKay ignored her "Can I go to the bathroom?" she asked, not that she needed to she just didn't want to stand around.
"What you went like two minutes ago?" McKay complained
"I over hydrated with water plus I need a coffee, and maybe by that time you will have figure out how not to vaporise me if you get the calculations wrong" Hannah said with a shrug
McKay shot her an annoyed look "I'll have you know I'm a brilliant astrophysicist…" he stopped as Hannah rolled her eyes and looked uncomfortable "Go"
"Thank you"
Few minutes later Hannah returned coffee in hand.
"Done?" Hannah asked
"Would you like to try?"
"I can barely see straight, let alone whatever you are typing" Hannah said she sipped her coffee and looked over his shoulder "Though that's wrong" she pointed
McKay looked up at her "You smell like a brewery, go stand on the 'x' I'm nearly done" he typed away until a smile spread across his face "And we are done..stand on the 'x' now"
"Hai" she said grinning with a salute.
"What?" he asked
"If you are going to stay here learn the language" Hannah told him shaking her head disapprovingly, she stood on the 'x' "Can I take my coffee?"
He looked at her as if she was being ridiculous "Sure why not? Let me just write a few more sub routines for the coffee in and we'll part ways" he said sarcastically.
"Ok, Sergeant do you mind?" Hannah asked, the sergeant stepped forward and took the coffee away from her "Thanks" she said she stood on the 'x' and looked at McKay apprehensively "Let's do it" she said with a nod she held her breath, not sure what to expect.
McKay nodded he was about to press the button but stopped "just call when you get there so I know you made it ok"
"What you'd feel bad if did end up a pile of ooze?"
"No" he snapped "I just want to know I got it right"
"Sure whatever can I go now?"
"Yes" he turned and pressed the button, Hannah closed her eyes as she was surrounded by the usual white light. when she opened them again she was standing in Sam's lab O'Neill and Sam rushed to her as she staggered back.
"Ugh" Hannah groaned she leaned on the work bench in front of her she felt the sudden urge to vomit but suppressed it.
"Hannah" Sam said "Are you ok?"
"Yeah" Hannah felt herself go green and shook her head "No, no….wait yeah I'm good" she said,
"You sure you're looking a little green" O'Neill said,
"Yeah, I think McKay needs to work on his calculations that felt weirder than normal Asgard beaming" Hannah said she moved away from the work bench and hugged Sam and O'Neill. "I've missed you two soo much!" she said,
"We missed you as well, you smell awful but you look good and the hair" O'Neill commented
"Yeah, I have consumed a lot of sake and beer, it was the hostel's anniversary for being open so crazy party!"
"the Hair?" O'Neill asked, Hannah touched her now short bob and smiled faintly.
"It's all the rage in Paris" Hannah replied.
"Paris?" Sam asked "How did you get overseas without a passport"
"Can we play catch ups on me later?" Hannah asked "What happened to Daniel, How long does he have?"
The two exchanged looks "You better sit down" O'Neill said "It's a long story"
An hour later, Hannah had showered, changed and eaten. She now stood outside the Isolation room where Daniel was with O'Neill.
"Look you don't have to go in there… no one would blame you it's not a pretty sight" he said
"I understand" Hannah said "But I'm still going in"
"Ok"
Hannah stepped into the room, she was hit by the smell of hospital grade antiseptics, blood and the smell of rotting flesh. Her stomach rolled at it as a wave of nausea washed over her . She swallowed and rounded the bed, and saw Daniel lying there, he was unconscious with his eyes closed but even in his sleep he looked like he was in great pain.
His arms were completely bandaged, as was his neck, his face had several welts and sores. Hannah felt her eyes start to tear up. She stood completely still and as she felt what was left of her world falter. She didn't know if she wanted to cry or vomit both urges competed with her hung over state. She looked over at O'Neill then at Daniel who opened his eyes.
"Hey" he said in a gravelly voice, he gave her a smile, Hannah swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat.
"Hey yourself" she said giving him a weak smile "How you kicking?"
"Still here, you look good Hannah"
"Thanks, I'd say the same but we both know I'm lying" Hannah said as stray tear fell down her face,
"It's ok I like the honesty, it's the one thing a dead man has left" he joked, no one found it funny, Hannah gave him a tight smile.
It cut her up inside how could he crack a smile at a time like this she thought, but on the outside she smiled in return even though she didn't feel it.
"Well if you want honesty you smell like a dead man" she said
Daniel laughed and winced "I'm sorry I shouldn't make you laugh" Hannah apologised, but he smiled and shook his head.
"It's fine, sit with me tell me everything starting with the hair"
"Yeah, you like it?" she asked she unconsciously touched her short cropped bob.
"I think I prefer it longer" he said
"Duly noted" Hannah said as she pulled a seat over to his side and sat down "So as to everything, I stayed in Boston for a couple of weeks, then New York… I picked up odd poker games here and there and I won a passport"
"Won a passport?" O'Neill asked, Hannah patted her pockets and then pulled out an British passport she handed it to O'Neill. He opened it "Anna Carter?" he questioned
"Well apparently it couldn't be my name…so I went with something easy so if I'm called I'll remember it. This really nice guy who forges Passports owed me, so he made me a passport and with the winnings from poker I left the country"
"Poker" Daniel said prompting her back to the story.
"Yeah it's so much easier after you know where the cards are than roulette…"
Daniel and O'Neill shot her looks of surprise "I mean the roulette wheel turns at 3.2 revolutions per second"
"How would you know that?" O'Neill asked
"A guess anyway let's say the ball is rolling at a velocity of 4.4 meters per second. The rest is physics. I could guess with a 90% accuracy where the ball is gonna land, but I couldn't call the bounce. Hence why Poker and Black jack so much easier especially when you know where all the cards are" she said matter factorily.
O'Neill's jaw dropped in shock "I've raised a criminal" he said, Daniel smothered a smile he was impressed.
"What? I'm not a criminal" Hannah exclaimed, forgetting that Daniel was sick and as if they were sitting at a café or just standing around as they do. It was easy to fall back into the routine she missed.
"You travelled on a forged passport and cheated people at poker tables" O'Neill said
"First off you gave me a forged birth certificate so I could get a driver's licence and a bank account"
"It's not the same"
"It so is"
"It so is not"
"I don't why you're so upset, I only went to underground casinos so technically my winnings are from cheats and crooks and I donated half of what I earned to charities"
"Can you believe this?" O'Neill said to Daniel "You are grounded" he told Hannah
"What?"
"You heard me" O'Neill said "and I'm keeping this" he said pocketing her passport.
"So where did you go?" Daniel asked, as Hannah rolled her eyes,
"Oh I went to Ireland, Scotland through London to France through a lot of Europe, Russia and China then Hong Kong and Lastly Japan for the last three weeks…" Hannah drawled, she stopped when the nurse came in and started to change his dressings, she saw the rotting flesh and the smell grew stronger "Ahh can you excuse me?" Hannah said to Daniel, she got up out of her seat and ran out of the room.
O'Neill chased after Hannah she ran into the men's bathroom on the floor, he pushed open the door she was heaving into the sink. He moved to her and placed a hand on her back and motioned for the only other occupant to leave the airman who was washing hands cleared out quickly.
O'Neill winced as Hannah heaved he silently thanked the Powers that be she wasn't bringing up anything. After a few more heaves she stopped and was just breathing slowly in and out "Sorry, I couldn't hack it" she finally said
"Don't be, even I was feeling a little queasy" he said, she rinsed her mouth and washed her face with cold water before standing up.
"He's dying" Hannah said tears fell down her face as her tone remained calm. " and there nothing I know that can save him"
"You are here and that's enough"
"I wish that were true" Hannah said, O'Neill wrapped his arms around her.
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They were all taking turns sitting with Daniel alone, he was now completely bandaged up, and so heavily sedated he barely woke up. Time was finite he was in the last stages of life, Hannah bit her thumb knuckle to suppress her tears, She hated the acceptance she felt inside about him dying. She sighed and ran a hand through her hair.
"I hate this…" she started, Daniel didn't move he just laid there holding on by the last few threads. "We didn't have enough time, I didn't get the time to repay my debt to you. You were the first person who made me feel like I was something more… you believed in me and you supported me when I needed someone to just be with me… just be there. Your dying isn't fair" Hannah said, tears streamed down her face "It isn't fair!… I hate that I'm losing another person I love and I can't even say" Hannah choked on the word and covered a hand over her mouth as fresh tears started.
She looked away and brought back some control on her gripped the locket that hung around her neck as that control slipped with what felt like the last parts of her heart, and fresh pain started to ache inside as she knew he soon would be gone just like Jason.
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An hour later,
Sam, Hannah and Teal'c with Dr Fraiser stood in Daniel's room, they were all there to be with Daniel in his final moments. The silence was eerie and painful, they had all said their goodbyes in their own way even though it was the last thing they wanted. General Hammond came in with O'Neill and Jacob.
Sam turned to her father and the embraced "Hey Sam. I'm so sorry." Jacob said to her, he turned to Hannah and the embraced for a moment before Jacob turned back to Sam who handed him the Goa'uld healing device.
"I tried this, it didn't work." Sam said.
"We'll do our best." Jacob said
Jacob activated the healing device and scanned the injuries, Selmak took over to tell them the news.
"His condition is grave. I do not know if I can save him. Even if I can, I do not believe I can restore his full healthy state." Selmak told them he didn't want to raise anyone's hopes.
"Do what you can." Sam said
Jacob activated the Hand device and they all watched as he began to heal Daniel. Time passed slowly and they all were silently watching. Hannah stood next to O'Neill and struggled to contain her emotions, her vision fogged with tears.
"Stop" O'Neill said, it punctured the silence and they all looked at him as though he were crazy.
"What?" Hannah said not sure she had heard him
"Jacob Stop" O'Neill said ignoring her
"Are you serious?" Jacob asked
"It's what he wants" He said
Jacob looked at Dr Fraiser for confirmation then around the room as if asking for someone to speak up against O'Neill thinking there would be some objection.
" Someone else want to tell me what to do?" Jacob asked
"Just let him go." O'Neill said they were all speechless, but Jacob did as requested he stopped and placed his hands by his side.
Daniel exhaled one last breath and the machines showed his vitals flat line.
"Colonel!" Dr Fraiser exclaimed, hoping to change his mind. But O'Neill said nothing, she was about to reach for Daniel when his body glowed.
Hannah watched with everyone in awe as his body turned into pure energy and light and drifted out of the bandages. Like swirls of smoke he drifted up and through the ceiling disappearing.
"He ascended" Hannah said wiping the tears that had fallen down her face. She laughed and cried, O'Neill wrapped his arms around her. "I'm going to miss him" she said
"Me too" O'Neill whispered to her he kissed the top of her head.
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Hannah sat at the breakfast table at home with O'Neill. "you're taking this well" O'Neill said to her, he was expecting a repeat of grief stricken Hannah lying in bed for the next three weeks. She seemed to taking it rather well "I figured I'd have to push froot loops into your coma face to make sure you wouldn't die from starvation"
Hannah raised as eyebrow at him "Daniel isn't dead, Dad… granted I miss him and we won't see him for a while…but who knows" she said, she sounded hopeful as she ate a slice of toast "And you never hand feed me froot loops" she added with a faint smile.
"Ok true… so are you staying or going?"
"Huh?"
"Are you here to stay or you going to continue on your journey"
"I don't know" Hannah said "Though Hammond said I was still allowed on base, so I figured I'd hang out with Mom she's taking Daniel leaving pretty bad"
"Sounds like a good idea" O'Neill said "I want head in early and talk to Hammond"
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