Days of Chaos
I own nothing. I simply borrow the characters to write with because it's something more
interesting to do then talk to my family.
This is one of my favorite parts of the story so far.
Reviews make me happy and inspire me to type faster and write more. Hint hint wink wink. :)
Revision of above comment: I have only gotten three reviews for this story, two of which are from
my townie friend who'd read anything I wrote no matter how much it sucked (thanks jen). I have
therefore revised my opinions of reviews for this story. I will write whether I get reviews or not
because I like this story. So don't expect me or this story to disappear into the nether land. (End of
rant). Thank you.
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Morning found her once again in Daniel's office. He was searching for a folder in the piles
on his desk while she was sitting curled up on the small couch against one wall, a cup of hot
chocolate in her hands.
Daniel found the file he was looking for and looked confused, trying to remember where the
conversation had left off.
"So how did you get so many degrees so quickly?"
Kara shrugged, sipping her hot chocolate. "Well, it's actually not too hard when you have
nothing to do all day but study," she paused, "For a while they had me on this drug that...well one
of the side effects turned out to be insomnia. There were weeks when I literally didn't sleep at all.
Also, they found that there were some things that I already knew."
"Like what?"
"Well, everything about ancient Egypt. Though for a while they thought I was just making
things up since I knew things that they couldn't verify. Plus I knew all kinds of stuff about the
Vikings. They were kind of confused by my hatred of them. I don't know why, but I hated the mere
concept of their existence. Luckily I got over that eventually. With all that knowledge it really
wasn't hard to get a degree in ancient cultures." Daniel was looking at her fascinated so she
continued.
"When I was finally allowed around technology I just found it to be pretty primitive. It was
all so simple. Once I had fixed the glitches in every computer on base they had me go for a degree
in computer technology. It was so easy that I took like ten classes a semester and was done in a
year."
"What are your other degrees in?"
"One is history, modern history. It was like I always wanted to know what had happened in
this world since Egypt. I never wanted to stop studying. Then I have a degree in art. Art is so easy
if you have a lot of time to practice and new and interesting scenes to create. I drove my tutors
crazy by drawing 'alien landscapes that looked just like earth.' My last one is in English. At that
point I just wanted something to pass the time. I figured that an English degree would require lots
of reading and would fill time."
"That's impressive."
"Not really. You have degrees because you learned things that you loved. I have degrees
because I already knew everything there was to know or was bored and just trying to fill time."
Daniel looked over at the clock. "It's eight. Doc should be here now."
Kara nodded and unfolded herself, downing the rest of her cup and setting it down next to
Daniel's long empty coffee cup.
They headed for the infirmary, Kara skipping and singing.
"What is that?"
"What is what?"
"The song?"
"Oh," Kara blushed, "It's Celtic."
Daniel smiled. "I like it."
"Hey!" Jack jogged to meet them. "Off to the infirmary are we?"
Kara smiled. "Yep."
"Good. 'Cause I'm feeling the need for some real, non-military food."
Kara grinned and was hustled through the infirmary doors.
"So Doc, can we go?" Jack asked happily, that feeling disappearing when he saw Fraiser's
face.
Kara backed up into Daniel who put his hands on her shoulders. "What is it?" she
whispered.
Dr. Fraiser sighed and walked over to a computer, the three now very worried people
following her.
She flipped on the monitor and brought up a file.
Sam and Teal'c came up behind them. "What's going on?" Sam asked.
Fraiser answered. "This is a sample of Sam's blood." She gestured at the screen then pulled
up another file, putting the two side by side. "And the other is Kara's. Kara's blood has many more
of the protein markers in her system."
It was Jack that finally spoke up. "Is it dangerous?"
She shook her head. "All the other tests are normal. The proteins are just circulating as a
natural part of the blood, there are just more of them."
Now Daniel cut in. "What could cause that?"
Janet really didn't want to reveal her theory but she did nonetheless. "I believe that her body
has absorbed more than one symbiote."
"How many more?"
She sighed. "At least four."
Jack swore, and Daniel and Sam turned white.
Kara looked confused. "Four what?"
Teal'c was the one who finally responded. "Four Goa'uld symbiotes."
Kara continued to stare at him. He pulled up his shirt and the symbiote emerged.
Kara screamed and jumped back, hiding behind Daniel.
Teal'c pulled his back down as the symbiote retreated.
"Sorry." Kara moved out from behind Daniel. "I think they let me watch one too many alien
movies. So, you're saying that I had one, um four, of those things in me? What were they doing?
Having a party?"
"Only one symbiote can inhabit a person's body at a time. I see no way that four sybiotes
would be allowed to die in a host. The host is not supposed to outlive the symbiote." Teal'c
finished and everyone else was silent, lost in their own thoughts.
"A ploy." They all turned to look at Kara, her eyes looking glazed. "Send a small child to
your enemy as a slave. If and when they discover the treachery they will kill the host and destroy the symboite
completely and send the child's body back to the sender as a warning. The child can be resurrected and will contain the
knowledge gained by the symbiote."
Everyone just stared at her in shock.
She looked up at Dr. Fraiser. "That stuff in my blood. Will it kill me?"
"No."
"Good. So, can I leave?"
"Yes. I suppose you-"
"Come on colonel. Let's go." She grabbed his arm and dragged him out of the infirmary.
Everyone else was so shocked that they didn't immediately follow.
Halfway down the hall Jack grabbed her arm, stopping her. "Are you ok?"
She looked down at the ground, playing with the edge of her shirt. "Flashbacks," she
whispered, "I remember things."
"Like what?"
"Dying. A lot."
Jack made a decision in that instant. Her threw an arm around her shoulders and gestured to
the rest of his team that had finally followed. "Let's blow this joint and have some fun."
Kara giggled and they headed towards the surface and her first breath of truly free air.
Review, Review, Review. Reviews will make my fingers less sore and enable me to type more. Or not. Whatever.
I own nothing. I simply borrow the characters to write with because it's something more
interesting to do then talk to my family.
This is one of my favorite parts of the story so far.
Reviews make me happy and inspire me to type faster and write more. Hint hint wink wink. :)
Revision of above comment: I have only gotten three reviews for this story, two of which are from
my townie friend who'd read anything I wrote no matter how much it sucked (thanks jen). I have
therefore revised my opinions of reviews for this story. I will write whether I get reviews or not
because I like this story. So don't expect me or this story to disappear into the nether land. (End of
rant). Thank you.
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
Morning found her once again in Daniel's office. He was searching for a folder in the piles
on his desk while she was sitting curled up on the small couch against one wall, a cup of hot
chocolate in her hands.
Daniel found the file he was looking for and looked confused, trying to remember where the
conversation had left off.
"So how did you get so many degrees so quickly?"
Kara shrugged, sipping her hot chocolate. "Well, it's actually not too hard when you have
nothing to do all day but study," she paused, "For a while they had me on this drug that...well one
of the side effects turned out to be insomnia. There were weeks when I literally didn't sleep at all.
Also, they found that there were some things that I already knew."
"Like what?"
"Well, everything about ancient Egypt. Though for a while they thought I was just making
things up since I knew things that they couldn't verify. Plus I knew all kinds of stuff about the
Vikings. They were kind of confused by my hatred of them. I don't know why, but I hated the mere
concept of their existence. Luckily I got over that eventually. With all that knowledge it really
wasn't hard to get a degree in ancient cultures." Daniel was looking at her fascinated so she
continued.
"When I was finally allowed around technology I just found it to be pretty primitive. It was
all so simple. Once I had fixed the glitches in every computer on base they had me go for a degree
in computer technology. It was so easy that I took like ten classes a semester and was done in a
year."
"What are your other degrees in?"
"One is history, modern history. It was like I always wanted to know what had happened in
this world since Egypt. I never wanted to stop studying. Then I have a degree in art. Art is so easy
if you have a lot of time to practice and new and interesting scenes to create. I drove my tutors
crazy by drawing 'alien landscapes that looked just like earth.' My last one is in English. At that
point I just wanted something to pass the time. I figured that an English degree would require lots
of reading and would fill time."
"That's impressive."
"Not really. You have degrees because you learned things that you loved. I have degrees
because I already knew everything there was to know or was bored and just trying to fill time."
Daniel looked over at the clock. "It's eight. Doc should be here now."
Kara nodded and unfolded herself, downing the rest of her cup and setting it down next to
Daniel's long empty coffee cup.
They headed for the infirmary, Kara skipping and singing.
"What is that?"
"What is what?"
"The song?"
"Oh," Kara blushed, "It's Celtic."
Daniel smiled. "I like it."
"Hey!" Jack jogged to meet them. "Off to the infirmary are we?"
Kara smiled. "Yep."
"Good. 'Cause I'm feeling the need for some real, non-military food."
Kara grinned and was hustled through the infirmary doors.
"So Doc, can we go?" Jack asked happily, that feeling disappearing when he saw Fraiser's
face.
Kara backed up into Daniel who put his hands on her shoulders. "What is it?" she
whispered.
Dr. Fraiser sighed and walked over to a computer, the three now very worried people
following her.
She flipped on the monitor and brought up a file.
Sam and Teal'c came up behind them. "What's going on?" Sam asked.
Fraiser answered. "This is a sample of Sam's blood." She gestured at the screen then pulled
up another file, putting the two side by side. "And the other is Kara's. Kara's blood has many more
of the protein markers in her system."
It was Jack that finally spoke up. "Is it dangerous?"
She shook her head. "All the other tests are normal. The proteins are just circulating as a
natural part of the blood, there are just more of them."
Now Daniel cut in. "What could cause that?"
Janet really didn't want to reveal her theory but she did nonetheless. "I believe that her body
has absorbed more than one symbiote."
"How many more?"
She sighed. "At least four."
Jack swore, and Daniel and Sam turned white.
Kara looked confused. "Four what?"
Teal'c was the one who finally responded. "Four Goa'uld symbiotes."
Kara continued to stare at him. He pulled up his shirt and the symbiote emerged.
Kara screamed and jumped back, hiding behind Daniel.
Teal'c pulled his back down as the symbiote retreated.
"Sorry." Kara moved out from behind Daniel. "I think they let me watch one too many alien
movies. So, you're saying that I had one, um four, of those things in me? What were they doing?
Having a party?"
"Only one symbiote can inhabit a person's body at a time. I see no way that four sybiotes
would be allowed to die in a host. The host is not supposed to outlive the symbiote." Teal'c
finished and everyone else was silent, lost in their own thoughts.
"A ploy." They all turned to look at Kara, her eyes looking glazed. "Send a small child to
your enemy as a slave. If and when they discover the treachery they will kill the host and destroy the symboite
completely and send the child's body back to the sender as a warning. The child can be resurrected and will contain the
knowledge gained by the symbiote."
Everyone just stared at her in shock.
She looked up at Dr. Fraiser. "That stuff in my blood. Will it kill me?"
"No."
"Good. So, can I leave?"
"Yes. I suppose you-"
"Come on colonel. Let's go." She grabbed his arm and dragged him out of the infirmary.
Everyone else was so shocked that they didn't immediately follow.
Halfway down the hall Jack grabbed her arm, stopping her. "Are you ok?"
She looked down at the ground, playing with the edge of her shirt. "Flashbacks," she
whispered, "I remember things."
"Like what?"
"Dying. A lot."
Jack made a decision in that instant. Her threw an arm around her shoulders and gestured to
the rest of his team that had finally followed. "Let's blow this joint and have some fun."
Kara giggled and they headed towards the surface and her first breath of truly free air.
Review, Review, Review. Reviews will make my fingers less sore and enable me to type more. Or not. Whatever.