Chapter 52

Chapter 52

Baal looked at the galaxy in the observation room. Dot were flashing some were extinguishing other changed color.

"I don't understand." He said looking carefully at the space between each dot.

"My lord?"

"We should have seen him come from one ship but their was no departure from any of his ship during the battle."

"A cloak vessel maybe." The jaffa at his side said

"It would have been able to go through the shield of our ships. We had to wait for one of the to be out of power to infiltrate our man."

"Maybe…" The jaffa said but didn't continue

"Speak, I have never killed someone for having speak an idea."

"Maybe it has something to do with that planet we saw, they had pretty advance technology, our scientists are still looking at those crystals we brought back. Their encryptions are pretty advance but…"

"He has access to those technologies, maybe he have new weapon and… You know what, that what I like about you, you always bring back the simplistic fact. I on the other hand am always trying to figure out the complicated, more precise and subtle way to do thing." Baal said smiling.

He left the room rapidly, the jaffa still unsure of what to do look at the console then when he saw that Baal wasn't returning, he left the room.

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"So they just went together?" Jack asked.

"Well Selmak promise to help her. It seems that Janice was one very curious girl and it affected Gallia." Hammond said

Silence fell on the briefing room for a moment then Daniel looked at the general.

"I was thinking about our mission to P3X-909, I think we should not wait anymore, I mean, if we wait too long Clark won't come with us."

"Wait a minute, are you actually going along with Carter staying at the base?" Jack asked annoyed by Daniel's intervention.

"No but if we want to have a chance, Jack, we have to go as soon as possible. If we wait too long, Clark will have no reason to come. And we will lose the only advantage we have over An'hur."

"We don't know he will be there and we have Kryptonite." Jack said.

Daniel knew Jack was right but Clark really wanted to go to that planet to get the device and bring it back.

"On that matter, our man forged a few bullet and knife." Hammond added

"Have they been able to protect them with lead as Clark need?" Daniel asked

"Not for the moment, but they're working on it night and day, I was told that tomorrow morning we should have something safe."

"Great, maybe we should give a clip and a knife to every team that goes off world." Jack said

"Good idea, this way if they meet An'hur, they won't be defenseless." Hammond said appreciatively.

With Teal'c and Carter missing, the briefing was rapid and when everybody was ready to leave, Jack turned toward the general.

"General, may I ask where Carter is?" Jack asked.

"She told me she had something to work with Clark and Teal'c, I agreed for them to stay in her lab."

"What is she doing in her lab?" Daniel asked curiosity picked.

"The only thing she said was that it would help her get control over what happening in her."

"Maybe she's helping Clark control his emotion. Teal'c can be very helpful in that department." Jack said with a smile.

They both walk out of the briefing room toward Carter Lab's.

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The jaffa was looking at the communication device and after the third attempts. He turned and walked toward his god fearfully. Since An'hur changed appearance, he was the fifth first prime.

"My Lord, the jaffa we left on the planet doesn't answer our call." The jaffa said head down.

"Someone must have been there. Place our ship into orbit and make sure no one leave or get to the surface from space. I'll go to the surface, prepare me a ship, and bring my special box."

"Yes my lord." The jaffa said then he looked at his console for a brief moment.

"My lord, there was ship in the vicinity. I've detected some energy left by hyperspace windows."

"Good. At least we know it is not the Tau'ri. I'll be in my room. Wake me when the ship is ready."

"Yes, my lord"

The jaffa let a sigh of relief and walks back to the console. An'hur was in a good mood today.

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Clark looked at the major and smiled, she was starting to control her empathic abilities.

"It's no use, Clark. I can't stop it like that." Carter said frustrated

"Major Carter, I think you are trying too hard, again." Teal'c said.

"But, if I shut my thought, every thing increase. I was able to get the sensation of someone who's enjoying something sweet somewhere in the base. But I can't shut it out of my head."

"The more you try, the less effective you feel it is." Clark said.

"Exactly."

Clark looked around the lab trying to think of something. Teal'c had been able to show Carter how to close her mind and focus on the sensation. But yoga was far out of reach of the major.

"Hey!" Jack said from the door.

"Sir, I didn't know you were there." Carter said startled by O'Neill appearance.

"So what are you doing?" Jack asked as he entered the room.

Clark looked at the colonel, then at Carter and a smile appear on his face.

"Major, you were startle by the colonel arrival?"

"Yes, I didn't saw him coming."

"Didn't you feel him approaching?"

Jack looked at Clark not following the conversation. Teal'c was stoically looked at Clark then slowly, en eye brow rose and he bow his head.

"We are teaching Major Carter to control her new ability." Teal'c said.

"That's good. How it's doing?" Jack asked.

"Actually sir, I think it's going pretty well. I got half of it under control, I think." Carter said.

"You think?"

"Well, I'm pretty sure I can access the ability at will. But I don't seem to be able to find the off switch."

"Colonel, would you care to join me in a meal?" Teal'c asked.

"Sure T, Carter are you coming?"

"Colonel, I think Clark and the major want to work on this a little more."

Clark looked at Teal'c unsure how the big man knew.

"Yes, we got thing to finish here." Clark said.

Carter wasn't sure she understood but let it go since she fell that Clark was very happy by the situation.

"If you finish before we're back, you know where we are." Jack said then left with Teal'c.

"What was that about Clark?"

"Major, you were startle by the colonel. You didn't sense him coming, even though seconds before you were feeling someone eating somewhere."

"So we have a starting point... We were talking, I was..."

"You stopped trying to shut it off."

"Yes… Unconsciously, I know how to do it, or I wouldn't be able to sleep."

Two hours later Carter and Clark were looking at each other intensely when Jack entered the lab followed by Teal'c and Daniel. They stopped and looked at them.

"That's…" Jack commented.

"Are we disturbing?" Daniel asked suddenly.

Sam and Clark seemed to get out of their trance and looked at the three of them smiling. Clark blushed a little at the implication, but didn't say anything.

"I've been able to shut it up." Carter said

Teal'c bowed his head.

"You are a very proficient teacher Clark Kent."

"So that means you'll be coming with us?" Jack asked

Daniel looked dumbfounded for a moment then he puzzled out everything in his head.

"Oh! You've been able to control the emotional overflow." He said.

Carter smiled to Daniel in acknowledgment

"Sir' I've only been able to control it for the last 30 minutes. Who know if under stress I'll be able to control it?"

Jack smiled to the major.

"So you'll be coming with us."

"I'll continue to work on it."

"Ok, do that, I'll tell the general both goods news."

"Both" Sam asked

"That you control your superpower and that you'll be coming with us." Jack answered leaving quickly the lab.

"Sir, I never said…"

"I don't think the colonel heard you." Teal'c said a small smile on his face as he left the lab following the colonel.

"Super-Power?" Daniel asked to Carter.

"Ask to the colonel." Carter answered almost angrily

Daniel smiled and left the lab leaving Carter and Clark together once more.

"I must agree with the colonel, you must come with us to the planet. Your good, give it a few day and everything will be under control." Clark said.

"I know, it just that… I have a bad feeling about this planet, I had it last time and we lost very good people to get us out of there. We were lucky."

"Yes but as I understood it last time you were three against a full colony of arrogant people so sure of their superiority that they treat you like vermin."

"I wouldn't say vermin."

"Well, smart monkey." Clark said giving Carter his Charming smile.

Sam laughed and after a few minutes of talk about their experience, they practice again Sam empathic ability.

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"I was so sure you were playing with Clark that Lana and I were ready to play you a little trick." Chloe told to Cassie smiling.

"What?" Cassie asked

"Well, I was kind of jealous of the way Clark was looking at you." Chloe added blushing

Cassie smiled at the girl.

"Strange, how event can change our perception of people." She said with Sam intonation.

They both laugh.

"I should go, mom doesn't want me to be here more than necessary and since she will let you out of the infirmary tomorrow, we will have plenty of time to talk."

"Are you sure, time is pretty long here alone." Chloe said smiling

Cassie stood and smiled to Chloe.

"I'll come back for lunch." She said and left the infirmary.

Dr Frasier arrived a few minute later. She was looking at her note with a frown.

"Chloe, tell me, did you by any chance ever got in contact with meteor rock for long period of time?"

"Well, I leave in Smallville, doctor. I came in contact far too often to my taste."

"Chloe my latest blood analysis wasn't what I expected, I won't lie to you it worry me a lot. I knew that people in Smallville suffer from meteor intoxication too a more or less acute degree but you are of the chart." Janet said

"What does it mean doctor?"

"Frankly, in any other situation I would be wondering why you're still alive. I mean, the green cell growth is almost ten time those of the other blood sample I had from Samllville. But at the same time all those green cells, they went directly to the portion of your hearth that was injured and somehow healed it."

"In other word, I'm a meteor freak." Chloe said tears forming in her eyes.

"I wouldn't have put it that way, but yes, you've been infected by the meteor to a high degree."

Unable to contain herself, Chloe started to cry.

"It's not so bad, I mean it's not like you will die of it. In fact it keeps you alive." Janet said not understanding Chloe's reaction.

"Well, you don't have my experience with meteor freak." Chloe said between two sobs.

"I don't understand."

"Back home, I got a wall full of weird thing and 80 percent of those are bad thing happening because of mutation cause by the meteor rock. Every one I've met with those mutation went terribly bad."

"Don't worry Chloe, you have good friend and people looking after you. If you're afraid that you'll go bad because of it then listen to this. I've calculated that if the cell growth is exponential and continue like I've saw, you should have been dead a long time ago, but your first blood test didn't show any sign of those green cells."

Chloe looked at the petit doctor unable to understand. The interrogations most have appeared in her face because Janet took a chair and sit, trying to find a way to explain thing.

"Chloe, the green cell are not there to stay, something must have activated them. In that case it could have been your wound."

"Is it possible that it came from an outside source?"

"You mean like Clark or Cassie…"

"Or Lana… Doctor, what if I'm not the one infected by meteor rock, what if someone else was infected…"

"That could explain why it didn't show in your first blood test." Janet said thinking quickly.