Chapter 21
Janet and Jack were standing beside Daniel's bed when Sam, Hammond, and Jolinar came rushing in. Janet rested her hand on the top of his head, gently stroking his hair.
"Here she is, Sir," Sam said as they walked to the bed.
Daniel was still unconscious.
"What's going on, Doctor?" Hammond asked.
"There is nothing wrong with him. I'll have to do another MRI," Janet said helplessly.
"Let me see, Janet," Jolinar said gently. She moved to Janet's side and pressed her fingertips to Daniel's forehead. She closed her eyes and tried to concentrate. "It's the nanites."
Jack groaned and rubbed his forehead. "I knew those things were nothing but trouble."
"No, it's my fault. I didn't think to reprogram them before I injected them into Daniel. They're doing things to him they were only meant to do to me."
"Such as?" Carter pressed her.
Jolinar sighed. "In an attempt to aid me in my mission the Solari used experimental nanites in me. The Solari brain functions differently than ours in how they perceive and interact with time because of how they evolved in their own dimension. In this dimension they are able to see into the past and future. The nanites they gave me basically reconfigured my brain to allow me the same ability, but I can't control it like the Solari. I only have glimpses, and I can only handle that because my mind was trained. The nanites are reconfiguring Daniel, but his mind isn't trained to process it."
"Will it kill him?" Jack asked.
"No, of course not," Jolinar replied. "But it could break his mind if he can't learn to handle it."
"Can't you just make the nanites reverse the change?" Janet asked, stroking Daniel's cheek with her fingertips and clasping his hand.
"I don't know. They're experimental. I don't know if the Solari gave them that function, but I will try."
"Maybe we should contact the Solari," Hammond suggested.
Jolinar shook her head. "No. This technology is one hundred years away for them. I can do it. I'm the only one who can do it." She closed her eyes and focused her mind on Daniel. She hadn't expected the nanites to move this rapidly.