"Daniel?" Loosening her grip, Vala pulled back to look up at him.
Just for a second they looked into each others eyes. "I know," he said, thinking the same thing.
Both turning their upper bodies at the same time, holding onto each other, they looked towards where the device had fallen. Between them and the Furling was the entity. No longer small, it's form now filled a large part of the corridor, totally surrounding what had been the device. Daniel was not surprised to see the entity. What was surprising was the rest of the scene before him. For the device had exploded, but surrounded by the entity it was suspended above the ground, a small flash of white light within a mass of gold. One part of the entity reached out, a thin golden line that was stretched out like a tentacle. It was touching Anna, who was now no longer being held by the Furling but was standing a couple of feet in front of it.
"You must leave," the words of the entity coming from Anna.
Before either Daniel or Vala could do or say anything, the bright white light of the Asgard beam flashed behind them.
"Oh... crap!" said the voice of Cameron Mitchell.
Still holding onto to each other, the two of them turned to see Cameron and Teal'c standing just a few feet away, dressed in black BDU's, weapons at the ready.
Cameron quickly took in the situation, his eyes taking in everything all at once. His first brief thoughts were of Anna. All he wanted was to hear her voice, the sound of her laugh, to see her smile, to feel her touch, to hold her again, but he pushed those thoughts aside as years of training kicked in. Now was not the time for feelings, feelings didn't belong in situations like this. It was a time to act and to act fast.
Not wasting any time Cameron made his decision. "We need to get out of here. Right now."
"Yes. You must leave. We cannot stop the explosion, we have only slowed it down."
The entity shimmered and moved, the tentacle touching Anna pulled away, causing her unconscious form to fall to the ground. It hovered over her for a second before making its way to the Furling.
"You have made your choice."
As the entity touched it the Furling fell to its knees, a high pitch cry coming from it that rose in volume becoming a scream. Cameron was the first to act, running forward with purpose to Anna. Reaching her, he picked her up, shutting his mind from her injuries. She was at least safe in his arms now, he thought. Glancing back towards the others, he saw that Teal'c was supporting Daniel with Vala standing nearby.
"Now, Sam," said Cam speaking into his comm.
With that they disappeared.
~*~*~*~
In a flash the beam had them on the bridge of the Odyssey. Jack and Sam were there, along with a couple of other members of the crew.
Seeing that Daniel and Anna were injured Sam spoke into the comm, "We need medics on the bridge, stat."
"I'll take Anna, Sam."
Just as Cameron made to move towards the infirmary, Teal'c took two steps, blocking his path. "Colonel Mitchell, let me take Doctor Mitchell to the infirmary."
Looking at Teal'c, Cameron could read between the lines. He knew that what Teal'c was really saying was that as the commander of the Odyssey Cameron's place was here on the bridge, that his first duty was to his crew and not just Anna. Knowing that Teal'c was right Cameron handed Anna to him. Though he was torn about leaving his wife he trusted Teal'c, knowing that he would look after her.
The others looking on all noticed the care that Teal'c took with Anna. He was very gentle, treating her as if she was his own wife. Once she was secure in his arms he left, leaving the others watching on touched by the concern he showed to Anna and the respect he gave Cameron.
Cameron took the command chair, separating his need to be with Anna and filing it away for when he was no longer needed here. Now it was time for him to do his job. "Sam, everything good to go?"
"Yes."
"Pre-flight?"
"We're ready to go, sir" said Captain Harris
"Proceed to the Stargate, best possible speed."
During these exchanges Jack had gone over to Daniel who was sitting on the floor leaning on Vala. When they had arrived on the bridge, Daniel had been overcome with dizziness, the exertions of the last hour finally catching up with him.
"Danny boy, you look like crap."
"Thanks.... Jack, it's good.... to see you too." With that Daniel slumped forward in a faint.
"Daniel?" Vala looked from Daniel to Jack, unable to hide the concern and fear from her face as she watched the blood run down his face from the gash on his head.
"Where the HELL are those medics?" shouted Jack, looking up to see the medics rushing in carrying a gurney.
Getting out of the way Jack stood up, only to see the white flash of an explosion before the blast wave hit the ship.
"All hands brace yourself," spoke Cameron over the comm.
~*~*~*~