514 48 Hours

Teal'c was lost or stuck. And they were given an arbitrary time in which to save him. A ridiculously short period of time for something so complex. If they failed in the allotted 48 hours the code locked in the Stargate which was Teal'c essence would be overwritten.

Each member of SG-1 took a different route to save their brother-in-arms. Carter, of course, took the scientific route. O'Neill's path, without the ability to communicate with their allies, was by way of who on Earth might know how to reintegrate Teal'c's molecular signature. And Daniel was sent to Russia to bargain for a DHD for Sam's scheme to work.

To stymie Sam's work she was given an unreasonable amount of time to actualize her plan and an obnoxious yet brilliant man to work with. He was a hindrance. McKay and Simmons seemed to be waiting for Sam to fail. They held no hope for Teal'c's chances and had already written him off as a casualty. Considering the arrogance of Rodney McKay, Sam had recently worried she, herself, had become arrogant, taking too many chances with the lives of the men and women of the SGC. Bumping against his inflated ego she seemed modest yet was a force to reckon with.

Then, too, was the reappearance of Colonel Simmons. He attempted to extort General Hammond, holding out the vital information Carter needed in order to save Teal'c, in exchange for a Goa'uld hand device. Hammond gave him the boot instead.

Jack and his unlikely ally Harry Maybourne found the answer. They located the Goa'uld infested Adrian Conrad whom Simmons had sequestered. Jack immediately called Carter with the information hoping he wasn't too late to save his friend. With the DHD Daniel had bargained for, Teal'c re-emerged from the Stargate no worse considering the harrowing situation. In fact Teal'c was quite pleased with himself. He had exacted retribution for the death of Shau'nac by annihilating Tanith.

Jack found the information.

Daniel procured the DHD.

Sam integrated Stargate and DHD .

And Teal'c was saved.

A SG-1 team effort.

Later, as the gate room was being cleaned up and the bits and pieces of the Russian's DHD were being gathered, SG-1 met with General Hammond.

O'Neill told them of finding Adrian Conrad who was implanted with a Goa'uld symbiote. "He was in a NID safe house in Minot, North Dakota, of all places." Jack hated to admit it but Harry Maybourne was instrumental in finding the Goa'uld and the information necessary to release Teal'c from the Stargate buffer. "Harry said he didn't shoot me. It was Simmons all along while he was helping the Goa'uld to escape."

"What did he want with Adrian Conrad's Goa'uld?" Daniel asked.

"Couldn't have been just information. Simmons was after a hand device."

"Why would he give a weapon to a Goa'uld?" The very thought was incomprehensible to all of them.

All of this brought up unpleasant memories for Samantha Carter: Simmons and his NID goons invading her privacy and tearing up her house,

Simmons putting the Colonel's life in jeopardy off world,

her imprisonment and near death at Conrad's lackeys hands,

Simmons shooting Colonel O'Neill

and today's near loss of Teal'c.

General Hammond finished the meeting informing them "We have both Conrad and Simmons under lock and key. Although the NID agents were nowhere to be found, the tapes of the interrogation of the Goa'uld have been secured. It seems our friend, the former Colonel Simmons, has delusions of grandeur."

After the debrief Sam felt vindicated about her assessment of Simmons.

"You never liked him." Jack said.

"You did?" Sam asked.

"No, he's definitely an arrogant, manipulative slime ball, but he didn't say I was crazy and then destroyed my house."

"If he had had his way you'd be dead beside that Reole Tyler. And I thought it was you who thought I was losing my mind." Sam came back.

"Burning out, I was afraid you'd burn out. I still think you could use a vacation. Hell all of us could. Let's get Daniel and Teal'c and go out to dinner. Whatcha say?"

"Celebrate Teal'c's revenge?" Sam quipped to see the Colonel wince. "And those two locked up for good."

"That's worth celebrating." Jack said.

"Yes sir."