Major Sam Carter wearily followed the F.R.E.D. through the gate back to Stargate Command. Even with Jonas' detailed description of the markings, it had taken a long time to find the Altar of Shu. It had finally been Col. O'Neill of all people, who had discovered the altar in question, claiming the marks on the side looked a lot like a pair of ugly oxfords he had had as a young man, hence the Altar of Shoe.

Having shaken her head at the man's whimsy, she had pushed the proper symbols, and just as Jonas had said, a compartment had opened revealing several artifacts, which were now tucked safely away in a metal crate being carried by the F.R.E.D.

Despite her exhaustion, she couldn't wait to get the artifacts to her lab. She already had a series of tests she wanted to try.

"Welcome back, SG1. I take it you were successful?" General Hammond asked, a serious look on his face.

Col. O'Neill replied, "Yes sir. Just had to find the right footwear and we were in business."

"Good," the general said distractedly. "Come to the debriefing room, people."

Sam felt her gut clench. There was something wrong. Worried, she followed behind Col. O'Neill whose tight shoulders betrayed his own concern. They barely made it to the briefing room before O'Neill blurted out, "Okay, General, what's wrong?"

Hammond heaved a sigh, shaking his head. "There was another attack on Mr. Quinn last night."

"Ah, Goddammit…"

"Sir! Is he all right?"

Hammond made calming motions with his hands. "Easy, people. Dr. Frasier tells me he will recover."

"What happened?" Teal'c asked, his voice cold and hard.

"It was one of Frasier's nurses. Tried to inject him with an overdose of potassium. The SF on duty killed the nurse but not before she injected him with about half of the syringe."

"Damn it…" Sam felt a knot of anger.

Apparently, her anger was shared by the rest of the team. O'Neill's voice was sharp as he asked, "How the hell did the nurse get near him? I thought Frasier was only allowing Rush and Ortiz to be in the room with him."

"Lt. Ortiz was apparently a mole."

Sam's eyes widened in shock. Fee Ortiz was one of Janet's most trusted nurses. Sam had been very grateful to the woman for her tender and compassionate care of Daniel when he had been dying. It was like a blow to the stomach to find she was responsible for all of the misery that Jonas had been put through in the last months.

"My God. Do we know who she was working for, sir?"

"Not yet, but I have no doubt the trail will lead back to the NID. Probably a rogue unit, like the one run by Col. Simmons."

"So the potato stuff didn't work?" O'Neill asked.

General Hammond permitted himself a small grim smile. "No. Apparently, the dose was large enough to cause cardiac arrest. Dr Frasier said if it had been just about anyone else on the base, except possibly Teal'c, it would have been a fatal dose. Mr. Quinn's metabolism is just different enough that the effects were quite different."

Sam felt her eyebrows rise at the bemused expression on the General's face. "What kind of effects, sir?"

Cocking his head with a slight frown, the general paused to consider his words. Finally he said, "Think of the Energizer Bunny on speed."