(Note: This is kinda short, but then again, all the chapters will be. 1-7)
Yes, I see the spaces. Do I care anymore? No. lol :)
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~*~Chapter 5~*~
Daniel walked into the very familiar infirmary, only to see Jack in one of the hard infirmary chairs, head lying sound asleep next to Daniel's own body on the bed. It was strange seeing himself lying there, but he was also touched to see that Jack cared so much. Even everywhere they'd passed by, people were in a down mood.
'Could I have made such and impact on all of them?' he wondered.
The Keeper motioned for Daniel to follow her around the bed to the side opposite Jack and she placed her hands around a small cube she carried in a silver pouch attached to her dress.
"Lay down on top of your body Daniel," she said softly.
He hesitated a moment and hoped he wouldn't fall through the bed and his own body lying there. Even with a strange image of him falling straight though himself, he decided to do as she's asked. As Daniel lie, he was both surprised and shocked to not fall. He could still feel the strangeness of being on another plane of existence and could also feel something pulling him towards his own body.
The Keeper then held up the cube and it began to glow a faint yellowish color. Daniel gasped and felt as if he were paper being stuck down by glue, but knew it was his own body grabbing for his spirit. Whatever was happening though, was not as simple procedure.
Daniel closed his eyes, and suddenly felt the urge to throw up. He held it down, and everything seemed to go black for a moment.
The next time he awoke, he could feel the bed under him, and the blankets on top of him.
The Keeper was nowhere in site, but Jack was jerking awake and leaning back in his chair. He looked distressed, and Daniel tried to say something, or move for that matter. It was as if he was paralyzed. Jack pushed back the chair after looking at his watch, and paused slightly, but moved on.
A tingly feeling seemed to start in Daniel's feet, and suddenly, he could feel them. The feeling spread to his chest and he flexed his right hand. It traveled up his arms to his neck and finally his head. He could faintly hear a machine next to him make a strange sound and he moved his dry lips slowly. At first it was only a whisper, but it got a tad louder as he worked to get his vocal cords to work properly.
"Ja'k."
Finally, he'd worked up enough energy to call out one last time before the Colonel left the room.
"Jack!"
O'Neill suddenly turned and for a moment, his face was sheet white, but just as quick, Daniel heard him say, "Daniel?" What was happening seemed to almost hit him, and he exclaimed, "Danny!"
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Jack felt like his heart had jumped totally out of his chest when he heard someone call his name. It was only a bit louder then a whisper, but it was enough for him to turn suddenly and be shocked to see Daniel's eyes open and his mouth finishing saying his name. He said Daniel's name the first time as more of a question, but saw those blue eyes actually looking right at him and something clicked. These weren't the same dull and lifeless eyes as before, but the real ones calling out to him.
"Danny!" he practically yelled, and finally got his feet to working.
As he ran to the younger man's side, Daniel was attempting to sit up with his back against some pillows, but Jack grabbed him and hugged him.
"How?!" Jack asked, eyeing his friend to see if this was really true and not some trick or dream.
Before Daniel could say anything, Dr. Janet Fraiser skidded to stop in front of the hall right in the doorway but managed to not fall in her rather high shoes. Janet ran into the room asking, "Colonel, I heard you yell from down the hall! What's wrong, Sir?"
That was when she saw Daniel sitting up, just leaning back from his and Jack embrace and she couldn't hold back a yelp.
"Daniel!" she exclaimed, more surprised then Jack. She knew what those test had shown, she 'was' a medical doctor, and she 'knew' Daniel was never supposed to awaken fully, more or less be sitting up!
"Hi," Daniel said weakly, still tired from the whole experience and slightly embarrassed by their surprise.
Within seconds she was by his side, checking his vitals and a machine next to him.
"How is the possible?!" Jack asked her, and she could only slowly shake her head with her mouth slightly open.
"I have no idea! He was never supposed to recover like this!"
Daniel felt embarrassment flush his checks, "Well, it's sort of a long story," he began. Both people eyed him and the room was silent.
"And," Jack said trying to get Daniel to spill it.
Daniel leaned back, rotating one of his stiff shoulders. "Well," he began, "it actually started with someone called the Keeper."
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