The group from Earth was busy. They were trying to change how the camp was set up. Instead of giving the largest building to the supplies, they were working frantically to reverse it. They combined five of the largest tents to make one giant tent that would hold the supplies, giving the SGC personnel the more secure building to use as their home. SG-8 and SG-15 were busy trying to secure the area more completely, adding secondary and even a third line of defenses. The guards at the gate told everyone what they saw coming through. They had a great deal of variety with their exotic species. Everything from an animal as benign as a unicorn to something as terrifying as the alien monster in their favorite movie. What's worse, they already had their first casualty. An airman was bitten in the leg by a snake. After several hours of observation, Dr. Fraiser concluded that the snake was not poisonous and let the airman out of her sight. The whole SGC camp was preparing for a wild, and possibly violent, showdown with nature.

In the infirmary, Janet was preparing too. She had recruited a couple of volunteers to help her move the more dangerous supplies and instruments into the third building. While she wanted to be prepared to help any possible casualties, she did not want to endanger the lives of the people here by having a potentially dangerous object in the middle of a war zone, who wants to be next to the tank of pure oxygen that can explode if something hits it. She had therefore commandeered the third building to hold her supplies in, that way they would be close enough if she needed them, but if anything did happen to them they would be far enough away to cause any severe injuries.

After issuing her orders to the airmen, she stopped to look back at her infirmary. It was full, a thought that was not nearly as troublesome as it should have been. SG-1 was asleep, or meditating, in her infirmary. They had wanted to run out and help prepare the camp when they learned what the festival was, but she had insisted that they get some sleep first. So they had all crashed in her infirmary, unwilling to leave Sam's side. The thought made her want to smile and frown. SG-1 was closer than many families were, and they never showed that more then when someone was hurt. That someone in this case was Sam, and that thought made Janet frown. Sam wasn't getting better. She still hadn't woken up, and her fever was still increasing. But what had Janet extremely worried was her blood pressure. It was falling. Not by much, just like her fever, but enough. That meant she was bleeding again and since she couldn't see any fresh blood on her bandages, the bleeding must be internal. She could only hope that it sorted itself out or at least didn't become too much of a problem. She had never felt quite as helpless as she did now. Deciding she needed a breath of fresh air, she went over and checked Sam's vitals before telling the nurse where she would be and stepping out into the camp.

Jack awoke quickly, disoriented for a moment until events caught up with him. They had finally managed to get off that stupid planet and had come to this stupid planet. At least no one else got hurt in those blasted caves. He stood up and stretched the kinks out of his body before going over to Sam's bed. She was still unconscious. He looked around for Fraiser before the nurse told him she was outside. Teal'c and even Daniel were awakened by his quiet questions and quickly joined him as he went of to find Fraiser. "Doc, how's she doing?"

"Colonel, Daniel, Teal'c. I thought you were still asleep."

"We just woke up Janet. How's Sam?"

"She's hanging in there. Her fever and BP are a little worse, but she's still fighting. There's nothing more I can do for her until she wakes up."

"Look Doc, as much as I would love to sit by her bedside until she wakes up, we need to get this camp ready."

"Say no more Colonel. Go, take Teal'c with you. Help the camp get ready. I will let you know the second anything changes."

"Thanks Doc." Jack smiled and Teal'c bowed his head before they went to join SG-8.

"Janet?"

"Yes Daniel."

"Since I really wouldn't be much help in the defensive side of things, do you mind if I stay with Sam and keep her company?"

"Daniel I think that would be great. You can keep me company as well." Daniel smiled as they headed back towards Sam. Daniel took a seat by her bed while Janet checked her vitals again. Cursing under her breath, she told the nurse to get some O neg blood.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing Daniel. Her BP is just too low for my liking. We're giving her some blood to try to bring it back up." Janet explained as she hooked up the blood to the IV pole. Daniel stayed by her bed for hours, talking to her and using a damp cloth to reduce her fever, until he was called to the gate. Something was happening. As soon as he got there, he knew what it was.

In an almost reverent and terrified voice he announced "The Scattering is complete. In three days the Gathering will begin."



Sam was dreaming. She was in a tunnel that went on forever. Suddenly the tunnel began to fill up with water. She couldn't breathe. She started thrashing about when she heard a voice. "Shh Sam. It's okay, just relax." Janet? What was she doing here? She opened her eyes and caught sight of her friend. Glancing around the room, she realized she was in the infirmary. Only it wasn't the infirmary. Confused she turned back to Janet. "Welcome back Sam. I was starting to get worried about you." She started to ask a question, but the words wouldn't come past her throat. Janet quickly brought a glass of water over and helped Sam take a couple sips before she removed it.

"What happened?" she asked, happy that she could at least talk.

"There was a cave-in. The guys were able to get you out and come here."

"The guys?"

"There okay. I sent someone to grab them. They should be here any minute."

"Where's here."

"It's a long story Sam, but were not at the SGC. We're on another planet. I'll tell you about it when you're stronger. But first I need your help for a second, okay."

"Okay."

Janet smiled sympathetically at her friend before continuing. "Since we're not home I don't have any of the equipment I need right now. I need you to answer some questions before the guys get here okay."

"Shoot."

"First of all, do you have any headache, dizziness, or nausea?"

"Headache yes but the other two no."

"Any trouble breathing?"

"A little, like I can't catch my breath."

"Alright Sam. I'm going to give you some Oxygen. That should help with your breathing. Then I'll start you on some painkillers which should knock out the worse of the pain. Now I need you to try and sleep. You still have an infection and you'll need all the strength you can get okay."

"Okay." she said just as the other members of SG-1 came running into the infirmary. "Hey guys. Did ya miss me?" Janet stepped back to give the team some alone time. She went and told the nurse her new instructions. She came back a few minutes later when she saw Sam was struggling to stay awake.

"Okay guys, that's enough for now. Major Carter needs to rest." Janet watched as the guys said their good-byes and went back to what they were doing. Turning back to Sam, she smiled. "Now I need you to get some sleep. Just holler if you need anything." Sam nodded as she once again fell into a restless sleep.