As soon as Sam stepped through the wormhole, the knot of worry in her exploded into a sense of... deja vu once she stepped through the wormhole into the thick mist. She looked around in a panic, trying to see what it was that was so familiar about a place she KNEW she couldn't have been to before.
It wasn't until she heard the other's banter that she remembered with a gasp the dream. The details were still fuzzy though and how could she have dreamed about a new location anyway?
Sam carried on down the dais when she hit a hard object with her leg. Swearing mentally she started to answer the Colonels concerned query, trailing off when she suddenly remembered her dream in complete detail. Every detail. Pressing down her emotions she kept one hand on the DHD as she walked round the stone pedestal. From memory, desperately hoping that she was punching the right symbols, Sam began to dial what she thought was Earth. Trying to block the memory of Daniel's blood on her hands from her mind.
'Carter, what the hell is going on?' The Colonel's query rang out, both baffled and reprimanding. Sam ignored him as she ran her fingers over each of the symbols, trying to picture them in her mind while she looked for the unfamiliar point of origin. Just as she punched down on what she thought it was, an audible click sounded from close by.
At the same moment the wormhole bloomed into action.
'Sir, please, we have to go NOW!' she shrieked, a note of desperation in her voice. She would not let that happen again. Daniel's blood on her hands...
In the slight gap in the fog caused by the gate's vortex, Sam noticed the others start to run up the steps. Hurriedly she punched in the GDO code and then raced up after them, just as the first staff blasts began to pepper the ground around her. She felt the back lashed loose earth and rocks on the backs of her calves and the staff blasts were so close the heat seemed to burn her.
Hopeful that the rest of her team had already left she threw herself into the event horizon, tucking into an untidy roll as she left the wormhole into the Gate Room.
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Although he showed no outward sign of it, Teal'c inwardly breathed a sigh of relief as Major Carter rolled down the ramp. He was puzzled as to how she had known to dial out before he had first heard what had almost certainly been Jaffa. Even with his sharpened senses he had heard no sign of an enemy lying in ambush.
Wordlessly he offered a white Sam his hand to help her off of the floor, slightly inclining his head at her word of thanks. He offered his hand in again in support as she stumbled, the backs of her BDU's shredded, with cuts and bruises obviously visible beneath.
'Thanks Sam. How did you know there were Jaffa there?' Daniel's inquiring tone rang through the gateroom, while Teal'c felt her stiffen, almost imperceptibly.
'Jaffa? SG1 why are you back so soon?' The General commanded over the loudspeakers, puzzlement clear in his expression from up in the control room. Teal'c watched out of the corner of his eye Sam, who blanched slightly when Daniel told the General exuberantly about what had occurred on the planet. Once he had finished the General turned an expectant eye to the Major, who seemed to pale even more.
'Oh, well I heard one of them with his... his... staffweapon, so I thought it best to dial out immediately' she stuttered. Teal'c noticed how she avoided eye contact while she gave her reply, and was averting her gaze from Colonel O'Neill, who although, for once, was unusually quiet, was regarding her with a bizarre look on his face, while he handed his weapons over to the sergeant.
'SG1 we'll debrief in 30 minutes.'
'Major Carter, I do believe it would be beneficial for Doctor Fraiser to administer your wounds' intoned Teal'c, the worried undertone of his words clear only to the few who knew him well.
'Yeah, Carter go get those checked out. We'll meet you after post-gate' At the Colonels words, Sam simply nodded and practically ran from the room, to leave the rest of the team watching with anxious looks on their faces for the second time in less than 24 hours.
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Daniel nervously cleaned his glasses, unable to keep still even for a few minutes in the elevator as he, Jack and Teal'c headed towards the infirmary. The debriefing had been pretty short, given that they had hardly spent any time on the planet. The person Hammond had really wanted to speak to was Sam, but she had been conspicuous by her absence, so the meeting had been cut short.
Truth be told, Daniel was puzzled by her behaviour. As she had exited the wormhole, the look she had given him had seemed to be one of relief, like she had known something he didn't. Also it wasn't like her to evade questions; usually she loved to answer them, and would animatedly babble on for hours. A lot like him in that respect.
'Hey Doc. Where's Carter?' Jack called out when they entered the infirmary to submit to the ritual poking and prodding that was one of the downsides of gatetravel. Daniel almost jumped when Janet's head popped out from behind a curtain.
'I sent her home already. She's got a few days of med leave for those wounds to heal.'
'Is it bad?' Only an idiot could have missed the hint of angst in Jacks query, although he tried to hide it.
'No, but the down time will do her good anyway. It's already been cleared with the General and he's not expecting her mission report till Tuesday.' Like Jack, Janet could not keep the trace of anxiety for Sam out of her face. Promptly she motioned for the men to go into the cubicles while she went to get the post gate examination equipment. She snapped her gloves on and pulled the curtain out around Daniel's bed. 'So, what happened today? You were back early.' she asked in a deceptively casual tone.
Daniel felt even more bewildered by that. Hadn't Sam even told her best friend? She had been acting really freaked and he alone had several questions about P4X 735, let alone the Generals, Jacks and Teal'cs. 'You know what? I'm really not sure'.
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