Teal'c and Daniel crept stealthily down the corridor, zats in hand. "Someone spent some time in Cheyenne Mountain…" Daniel observed.
"Indeed."
They continued to creep past guards before they saw 'Daniel Jackson' and 'General Hammond' talking. "It's perfect. I never dreamed it would work this perfectly."
"What happened?" 'Hammond' asked.
"She's afraid of him. Petrified. I mean, I should bring you the footage. He went to see if she was all right, and she wouldn't even let him near enough to breathe on her, let alone touch her. So, even if he is the MacGyver that everyone is making him out to be, she won't go with him."
"And if he manages to regain her trust? What then?"
"Sir, with all due respect, there is NO way for them to get out of the cell that they're in. I mean…it is completely sealed off. And there are guards around any corner. No, in her shape, they wouldn't even make it past the first group before she collapsed."
The real Daniel's fists clenched. So this was how they had tortured her. They had given her familiar atmosphere and faces, and turned it against her. Suddenly, he felt Teal'c's hand on his arm. "We must go." He whispered.
"We have to get whatever files they have on her. It'll help Janet figure out how they messed with her."
Teal'c nodded.
They hurried to a large room, looking much like the infirmary. There was an office where Janet's would have sat, and Daniel crept over. "I know what to look for. Let me try to get it."
Teal'c nodded. "I will stand guard."
"Good."
He stood and walked into the office. There was a moment of looking before he found what he was searching for…open on the desk. He reached for it.
"What are you doing?" The other Daniel asked, walking into the room.
"I'm…just…here to free Sam and Jack." He said as Teal'c came and clobbered the man. They dragged him over and left him under the desk. Daniel opened the buttons on his shirt and grabbed the mimic device. Sure enough the body morphed into one of the scientists that worked with the rogue faction of the NID.
"Teal'c. Tie him up, then get the van running. I'm going to get Sam and Jack." Daniel said, placing the device onto himself so as to look exactly like the impersonation the man now unconscious had done of him.
"What if you should need some assistance?"
"I won't."
"Are you entirely sure, Daniel Jackson?"
"No. But if they see you, we're dead." He admitted.
The Jaffa realized the advantage of the plan and bowed his head in submission.
He walked through the halls before 'Janet Fraiser' stopped him. "It's time to administer another drug to the patient. And this time, we'll also get to see its reaction on the Ancient gene. Apparently, Colonel O'Neill tried to save Major Carter."
"Excellent." Daniel said, trying to portray an evil smirk.
Three scientists crowded into the padded room: 'Daniel Jackson,' 'Janet Fraiser' and 'Paul Davis.'
Jack sat quietly in one corner, refusing to show the intruders anything except a stony face. Meanwhile, Sam cowered in fear in the other corner. She saw the syringes. "Please…" She begged. "Please…don't."
"Sam, it's just a sedative," Daniel said, trying to stay calm.
The door was now closed with only one guard outside. He knew that he and Jack could take the other two scientists, and with his zat, he could take the guard outside and probably a good number on their way back to meet Teal'c. But Sam was another story. He would normally have counted her as an benefit, but right now…she was a setback. However, either way, he had to get Jack's attention.
As one of the scientists bent to inject the contents of the syringe in Sam, Daniel knocked her over. She accidentally injected herself with the hallucinogen. When the other scientist turned to examine the damage, Daniel elbowed him in the face, and he fell onto Jack, dropping the syringe on the floor. Jack stood up. "Daniel?"
"Yes?"
"Is that really you?"
Daniel took off the mimic device for a moment. He morphed back into his original self. "Nice."
The guard looked in the tiny mirror as Daniel placed the mimic device back into its place. "HEY!" He said, as he opened the door.
Jack caught him by the arm and managed to knock him out. He threw the unconscious body over to where the other two lay.
"Sam. It's time to go." Daniel said.
Sam looked at him with bloodshot eyes. "No." She said, eyeing Jack to the corner.
He extended his hand. "Come on, Sam…I don't want to have to zat you and carry you back to the SGC."
"Daniel, they made it so that she doesn't trust us. She thinks this is all another form of torture. To be released into the hands of friends who will then destroy her."
"How could any human being do that to another?" Daniel asked.
"Daniel, it happens everyday. To the innocent and the guilty alike." Jack said, a tone of deep understanding covering everything that he said. "Sam…we need to go. We'd like you to come with us."
She whimpered. "I don't want to go."
Jack bent down next to her and she flinched. He touched her, softly, gently, and she looked over, trying to ascertain whether or not this was real. "You're free. You can choose to come with us or you can choose to leave yourself."
She looked at his hand, lying softly on her forearm. In her mind, she realized that there was no way she would be able to get out of the compound alive on her own. She was too weak.
"Okay." She said, allowing herself to talk away only one of her inhibitions. "But I get the zat."