Sam was hot. That was the first thing she noticed as she struggled back into the land of the conscious. She tried to remember what happened, but it all was one big blur. She vaguely remembered something about water, but that was about it. She could feel herself being moved, but it was too much effort to try and open her eyes and find out. She started to fade out. When she came back to reality, she realized that she had stopped moving. She could no longer feel the wet clothes on her body, but she was still so hot.

When she tried to get up, she came to another realization. She hurt. Strong, gentle hands were there immediately, trying to ease her suffering and get her comfortable. She felt a canteen at her lips at took a sip of water before the world faded out again. When she came back, she could feel a wet rag on her forehead. She knew better than to try and move, and just laid there enjoying the cool touch. Sam continued to lay there, fading in and out of consciousness, while the storm raged outside.

Jack was never happier to see the Stargate. It had taken them an hour to reach the caves, by that time they were all soaked. Teal'c was right. It was the caves that started this whole mess. He was relieved to find their packs were still there. They quickly brought them inside the cave, happy to find some semi-dry clothing inside. He and Daniel quickly changed Sam into the relatively dry clothing while Teal'c made a fire. Then they waited for the storm to break. Sam seemed to be fading in and out. She never quite made it to full awareness, which both worried and relieved Jack. He knew the longer she was unconscious the worse her condition became. But on the other hand, if she did wake up she would be in a lot of pain. Unfortunately, they had lost the medkit during their run in with the water. Jack knew that she wouldn't feel as much pain in the sort of semi-consciousness she was in now. They took turns taking care of her. They tried to give her water to keep her hydrated, and they had used a damp cloth to try and keep her fever down. Three hours later the storm finally broke, and they had rushed off to the Stargate. He and Daniel were helping Sam while Teal'c quickly dialed the address Hammond gave them. Jack just wished they would be able to find Sam some help at the other planet. Whatever was going on at the SGC better be good.







The SGC camp was getting a little worried. Hdeon's people had been bringing animals through the gate for two days now. And they had been getting more exotic, and more dangerous, every time. They had several attacks on the camp from hungry animals, but the most interesting of all had to be the stampede that went through at 03:00 hours. Despite Hdeon's protest against caging the animals up, it seemed quite clear that the food they left out was meant to keep the animals in this general area. And the worst thing is they hadn't all arrived. The Stargate kept running day and night. It got to the point that the SGC personnel started making bets as to what type of animal would come next. The group of men who were standing guard at the gate looked down into the clearing. Hdeon was welcoming a bunch of snakes to the planet. What was the world coming to. When the Stargate began to spin again, they started talking about what they would see this time. They immediately raced toward the gate when they saw what, or who in this case, stepped through.

SG-1 stepped out of the gate and saw themselves surrounded by snakes and funky looking monks. "Teal'c, are you sure this is the right address?"

"I am."

"Greetings. Welcome to The Festival."

Jack looked around the clearing the Stargate was in. Snakes could be seen slithering away into the woods. Further out he could see all sorts of animals. They were everywhere. "Umm, hi. What's with the zoo?"

"They are here for The Festival. Are you not also hear for The Festival?"

"Uh no. We are actually looking for our friends?"

"The others like you?"

"Yes. You wouldn't by any chance happen to know where they are, would you?"

"Yes. They are on the other side of the clearing." He pointed in the direction away from the Stargate.

"Thank you. I think we should go and find out what the crap is going on here." Jack quickly headed in the direction the funky monk had pointed. He was carefully trying not to disturb all the creatures in front of him that he never heard the guards call. He jumped when he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Calm down O'Neill. It's about time you guys joined the party."

"Webber, you scared me half to death. What's going on here."

"The Festival, and that's all we know." Webber stopped when he noticed they were carrying Sam, who was still unconscious. "Let's finish this after we get the Major taken care of. Vasquez, run ahead and tell Hammond and Fraiser that SG-1 is here, and that they have wounded. You two," he said pointing to the other members of his team, "stay and watch the gate. I'm going to show O'Neill the way back to camp." The two teammates nodded and returned to their position. Webber quickly led SG-1 back towards camp, following the retreating form of Vasquez.

"What do you mean, General Hammond and Doctor Fraiser are here? What happened?"

"It's a long story."



General Hammond and Doctor Fraiser were just finishing up their conversation when Major Vasquez burst through the door. "Major, calm down. What happened?"

"Sir SG-1 is here. Colonel Webber is showing them the way to the camp as we speak." Turning her attention to Janet, she quietly added, "It looks like Major Carter is hurt." Hearing those words, Janet rushed out to meet them, followed closely by General Hammond. It wasn't a long wait, and soon SG-1 came walking, well limping into camp. Taking one look at them she immediately ordered them into the infirmary.

"What happened?" she asked as they gently put Sam onto one of the beds.

"We had a problem with some caves."

"Are any of you guys hurt?"

"No, just some scrapes and bruises."

"I hope you don't mind if I check you out anyway."

"Sure thing Doc, just take care of Carter first." Janet barely heard him, though. She was already giving Sam her full attention. Jack turned back toward Hammond. "So sir, something going on that you want to tell us about?"

"Let's go debrief in my office." With that, the men left, leaving the Doctor to do her work.



Janet didn't hear the men leave. She barely heard O'Neill agree to a check up. She was focused on one thing. Sam. Deep down she knew something bad had to have happened for SG-1 not to be on the planet when they got here. She knew she was just kidding herself, holding on to the hope that they would simply walk into camp. Well, they did walk into camp, all but one. Sam was in bad shape, whatever happened must have been bad. Janet made a mental note to ask Colonel O'Neill about it. First thing first though. She had to help Sam. She quickly called over a nurse.

"Start an IV stat and start getting me readings on her pulse, BP, and temperature." The nurse nodded and started preparing the IV while Janet started working on Sam. She easily recognized the broken, not sprained like the Colonel thought, wrist and dislocated shoulder and decided they could wait till later. Next she checked her abdomen for signs of internal injuries. Thankfully, it didn't look like she had any. She looked down at her knee. Not much she could do about that right now. She next looked to the wounds on her leg, noticing dismally that they were infected. She cleaned them out, stitching up the two deepest ones, before applying clean bandages.

"Doctor. Her temp is at 102.4. BP at 90/50 and pulse is weak but steady."

"I don't suppose you managed to sneak a heart monitor through the gate, did you."

"No ma'am. Didn't think we'd need one."

"I know what you mean." She turned back to keep working on Sam while she continued to give instructions to the nurse. "Start some antibiotics and let's get some fluids in her. We'll need to monitor her stats closely until she wakes up, at least once every fifteen minutes. If her vitals change get me immediately. Hold off on the painkillers until she's conscious too. We'll need her help to find out exactly what's wrong." The nurse nodded in understanding. Janet finished setting her shoulder and wrist and wrapping her knee before heading off to General Hammond's office. She knew of some guys who would want a progress report.



Jack, Daniel, and Teal'c were all in Hammond's office. They were telling him what happened on the planet, while Hammond told them what happened back on Earth. "So, how long are we stuck here sir."

"We'll be here for about a month Colonel."

"General, what exactly was The Festival that Hdeon was talking about?"

"We were hoping you could tell us that Dr. Jackson."

"It definitely sounds like some sort of big event. I'm not sure if it is a religious event, maybe more of a social one like the fourth of July or Columbus Day. If I could go talk to Hdeon for a while I might know more." Hammond was about to give his approval when a new voice suddenly cut him off.

"Not until I get a look at you Daniel." Janet strode into Hammond's office, but before she could say anything else Jack asked the question that was on everyone's mind.

"How's Sam."

"She's pretty bad, but nothing that shouldn't heal with time. I set her shoulder and wrist. It was a clean break so it should heal rather quickly. She'll probably need surgery for the knee, but unless something drastic happens I would rather wait until we get home before doing anything about that. She did break three ribs, but it looks like they didn't puncture anything. We'll have to wait until she wakes up to be sure, same thing for the possible concussion. I stitched up the deepest wounds, but unfortunately they have already become infected. We've already got her started on antibiotics, hopefully they will take care of the infection. There's really not that much more I can do until she wakes up." She turned her attention to Jack "What happened out there?"

"There was an earthquake and a cave-in. She was caught in it."

"What about the rest of you?"

"Like I said before, we're fine."

"Just let me check you out for myself. Come back to the infirmary and keep Sam company. Then Daniel, if you feel up to it, you can go talk to Hdeon about the festival. Okay?"

The three men mumbled a reply as they headed toward the infirmary. Janet shared an exasperated look with the General. She should have known something like this was going to happen.