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Stargate SG-1
"Missing Angel"
Chapter 8



Jacob Carter approached his son's family's house door, but looked back at Jack O'Neill before knocking twice. Mark opened the door. "Hi Mark," he said before hugging his son.

"Dad? What are you doing here?"

"Who's home?"

"Just me. Why? Dad, what's wrong?"

"Can we come inside?"

"Yeah, of course."

"Come on Jack," Jacob called for O'Neill to follow them inside.

"Who's your friend?"

"This is Colonel Jack O'Neill with the Air Force. He works with Sam."

"Where IS Sam?" Jacob just looked over at Jack. "Where is SHE, Dad?"

"Major Carter was injured in the line of duty," Jack told him.

"How could she--I mean there's no war going on! I thought she works with satelites or something?!"

"If you come with us you can see Sam."

"Did she ask for me?"

"She hasn't been conscious."

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Hours later, Jacob and Mark Carter arrived at the Cheyanne Mountain Complex with Colonel O'Neill. At level one, General Hammond met the trio along with Doctor Jackson. "Jacob."

"George? The phone was out of area or something."

"What's wrong General?"

"Sam went into convulsions, and she stopped breathing. Doctor Frasier had to put her on the respirator," Daniel told them.

"It's the only thing keeping her alive, Jacob," General Hammond told his old friend.

"Can we show him?" Jacob asked.

"He's been cleared,"

"For what?" Mark asked.

"To see what Sam does," Jacob answered.

"This way," Colonel O'Neill said showing him to the elevator with the others following. The doors closed, "we have to change elevators."

"Why? How far are we going?"

"We have to go down twenty-eight floors," Daniel told Mark. "By the way I'm Doctor Daniel Jackson," Daniel said shaking Mark's hand.

"He's a doctor of anthropology," O'Neill told Mark. "And this is General George Hammond, he's in charge of this complex."

"So, WHAT does Sam do?" Mark asked as they changed elevators.

"Well, it's hard to explain..." Daniel said.

"We need to show you or you won't believe us."

"I promise I will."

"I'll tell him," O'Neill volunteered. "I command a unit called SG-1, we travel to other planets using this alien ring device called a stargate."

"He's telling the truth, Mark," Jacob said seeing his son's expression. "It's not some cover-up. We're going to show you."

They exited the secon elevator and soon entered the command center above the embarkation room. "This is the command or control center, and that room is called the gate room or well it's really called the embarkation room. That huge ring is called the stargate," O'Neill told him.

"So you built some plastic ring, put a ramp leading up to it and you want me to believe that you can travel to other planets through that?" Mark said pointing at the large ring.

"We said we were going to SHOW you," Daniel reminded. "Just watch."

SG-3 entered the gate room below fully equipt and ready to go. "SG-3 you have a go. Safe trip," George Hammond said over the microphone in the command room.

"Chevron one encoded, chevron two encoded, chevron three encoded, chevron four encoded, chevron five encoded, chevron six encoded, chevron seven...locked," the operator said as a big burst of water-looking event horizon shot out toward SG-3 and then back and settled in the middle of the ring. Like a shimmering pool suspended. SG-3 proceeded up the ramp and through the shimmering pool. Soon the stargate disengaged and the shimmering pool was gone.

"This is what Sam does. She travels through the stargate to other planets."

"WOW!" Mark said astonished.

"Let's go see Sam, Mark," Jacob said.

"Okay Dad." Jacob and Mark Carter followed Doctor Jackson and George Hammond to the elevator. The doors closed, "where's Colonel O'Neill?"

"He'll meet up with us later," Jacob said. Daniel Jackson entered the infirmary first followed by Hammond, and both Carters. Doctor Frasier met them before they could find Sam Carter. "Hello Doctor Frasier, this is my son, Mark."

"Hello."

"Hello," Mark greeted.

"Before I can let you in I should tell you that she is doing slightly better. She's still on the respriator, but I put in a central line in because I was losing her veins. A central line is hooked up to her heart that has a dual function, I can draw blood and inject it with medications. It seems to be helping. If we took her off the respirator now she would be able to breathe on her own, but note enough to keep her alive for more than an hour. So, I've changed the settings, so that she's keeping herself alive in conjuction with the respirator."

"So, she's better?" Jacob asked.

"Alittle."

"Alittle is still better."

"Yes it is."

"Can we see her now?" Mark asked.

"Yes."

Mark and Jacob went into the area where they were keeping Sam. Daniel stayed behind with Janet while they went in. "Aren't you going with them?" Janet asked.

"No, I'm going to give them some time alone with Sam."

"Okay, well I'm going to go check on the tests I ran earlier."

"Okay, I'll be here."

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