Nightmares now reality.
As soon as the klaxons sounded and the words 'unauthorized off world activation' floated through the base she knew something had happened. Quickly handing over the patient she was examining to Dr Warner she ran to the embarkation room.
"Doctor?" General Hammond asked the red-faced physician as she joined him at his side.
"It's SG-1 isn't it Sir?" she asked.
The General looked at the floor.
"Isn't it!" she practically shouted, the others in the room all going quiet.
"Yes doctor I'm afraid it is." he replied calmly as figures began to emerge through the Stargate.
"Oh my god Daniel?" she shouted running to the team, Teal'c carrying the limp figure of Daniel in his arms.
"What happened?" Janet demanded loudly.
"What the hell happened?" she asked as the General joined her.
"Sam, what happened?" the doctor asked her best friend who was looking at the floor.
"I'd like to know that too Major." Hammond stated.
"Sam?" Janet pleaded.
"We don't know. One minute he was fine, and then he doubled over in pain. His skin's tinged yellow and we haven't been able to rouse him." Sam told her friend as a med team ran in with a gurney ready to take him to the infirmary. "I'm so sorry Janet, we really don't know." she finished.
Janet looked at her friends sadly.
"Get him to the infirmary stat." she ordered her team who immediately left with the sick Daniel.
"Doctor you knew it was SG-1. How?" the General asked.
"An old friend warned me." she replied rubbing her stomach tenderly. "Look I have to go examine Daniel." she told them pointing towards the door.
"Of course doctor. Ring me when you have any news." the General replied as Janet gave him a weak smile and left.
"She looks like hell." Jack commented quietly, worrying about his friend.
"Yeah, I bet she feels like it too. I know I would if you were..." she looked at the General.
"Look why don't the three of you go and get showered then have something to eat. We'll brief at 1400 hours." the General replied, sensing that the Colonel and his 2IC needed to talk.
"Yes Sir. Thank you." Sam replied.
The General left the embarkation room somberly.
Jack took Sam's hand in his own and squeezed it.
"If I were in Janet's shoes... Jack I don't know what I'd do. It was hell when we weren't together and I knew I could lose you but now we've been together a year... I think it'd break my heart."
"The feeling's mutual baby. You think it'd be any easier for me to deal with the possibility of losing you? I had a hard enough time before we were together too."
"What if he dies Jack? Janet loves him so much."
"He loves her too, I guess we just have to wait. It's the only thing we can do." he told her sweetly leading her to the locker room, an arm around her shoulder.
Sam, Jack and Teal'c sat outside the infirmary waiting for news on Daniel. They had been waiting since the briefing had finished but had yet to hear any news.
The infirmary door opened and a tearful Janet stepped out. Sam got up and hugged her friend.
"Janet what's wrong with him?" Sam asked as her friend cried in her arms.
Janet stepped away and wiped her eyes.
"It was some sort of virus. It has stopped his kidney's from functioning properly that's why his skin has taken on a yellowish appearance. We've tried him on dialysis but it doesn't work, the damage is too severe. What he needs is a kidney transplant." she told them.
"Why did it attack Daniel and not any of us?" Jack asked looking at the remainder of his team who had been given a clear bill of health.
"I can't say." Janet told him.
"Surely there's a match on the base somewhere. There's gotta be." Jack told the doctor, worried for his friend, and the friend who was standing in front of him at that very moment.
"You would think that huh, but there's not. Two matches are too sick themselves after being injured on an away mission. The mostly likely donors would be family members of Daniel's but all he has is Nick and Nick's not here, Summer's way too little..." she began to cry again.
"Damn it what the hell is the matter with me?" she asked no one in particular.
"The guy you love is sick Janet, it's only natural that you're upset." Sam replied.
"Can we see DanielJackson, Dr Fraiser?" Teal'c asked.
"Yeah, of course." she told the Jaffa taking a deep breath.
Janet led the group into the infirmary and over to Daniel's bed. It shocked them to see the friend who just a few hours earlier had been his usual chatty and excitable self on the planet they had been on now lying weakly on the infirmary bed, his skin pale and of a slight yellowish appearance and his eyes closed.
"It's always you huh Space monkey." Jack commented taking Sam's hand in his own.
"Seems that way." Janet replied sitting down on Daniel's bed and stroking his face.
"If we can't find a donor how long has he got doc?" Jack asked.
"Because dialysis isn't working and both of his kidneys are damaged due to the virus, and that's the only thing that can prolong his life..."
"Not long enough." came a weak reply from the bed.
Janet turned to Daniel, stroking his face. He took her hand in his own and kissed it.
"I am so sorry this had to happen," he told her sincerely. "After what you said about Kate's warning..."
"Hey this wasn't your fault," she told him, her heart breaking. "You just promise me you're gonna fight."
"Always." he replied stroking her face.
Sam turned to Jack, looking at his pained face and realizing if she were in Janet's shoes she wouldn't know what to do. This man had been the love of her life since the first moment she had seen him, granted it had taken them four years to finally get together and that being when General Hammond had gotten the permission of the President to allow their relationship to be.
"Kate's warning...did I miss something here?" Jack asked the pair.
"Last year Kate warned Janet that something bad was going was going to happen to me, something which meant she was the only person who could help me. I guess this was it." Daniel told the man weakly.
"But her world was an alternate future, there are differences between realities and what events are going to happen in them, how could she say for sure that this was going to happen?" Sam asked joining Janet on the bed.
"She just knew Sam. At first I thought she was delusional but that warning's been stuck in my head ever since she died. I guess she just took the chance that it might happen so we knew that she could help if it came down to our needing it."
"But Kate is dead, she cannot help Dr Fraiser." Teal'c cut in.
"That Kate can't but there are probably more who would be willing..." Jack told them.
The group turned to face him.
"Alternate realities... hello. If Kate came from an alternate future through the mirror then there have gotta be some more out there where Kate would be alive and willing to help." he added.
The group looked at him stunned.
"Well I wanna help our space monkey." he added with a smile making everyone, even the sick Daniel laugh.
A cough came from behind the team.
"Hey Abby what can I do for you?" Janet asked the Captain who had provided her with so much help regarding Summer since she had arrived in their universe, who was now standing behind the team.
"I uh... It's kinda delicate," she told Janet.
"Go." Daniel told her.
"I'll still be here when you're done."
Janet leaned over and kissed him.
"You'd better be Doctor Jackson." she replied before walking off.
"About these alternate realities..." Daniel asked turning to Sam and Jack.
As soon as the klaxons sounded and the words 'unauthorized off world activation' floated through the base she knew something had happened. Quickly handing over the patient she was examining to Dr Warner she ran to the embarkation room.
"Doctor?" General Hammond asked the red-faced physician as she joined him at his side.
"It's SG-1 isn't it Sir?" she asked.
The General looked at the floor.
"Isn't it!" she practically shouted, the others in the room all going quiet.
"Yes doctor I'm afraid it is." he replied calmly as figures began to emerge through the Stargate.
"Oh my god Daniel?" she shouted running to the team, Teal'c carrying the limp figure of Daniel in his arms.
"What happened?" Janet demanded loudly.
"What the hell happened?" she asked as the General joined her.
"Sam, what happened?" the doctor asked her best friend who was looking at the floor.
"I'd like to know that too Major." Hammond stated.
"Sam?" Janet pleaded.
"We don't know. One minute he was fine, and then he doubled over in pain. His skin's tinged yellow and we haven't been able to rouse him." Sam told her friend as a med team ran in with a gurney ready to take him to the infirmary. "I'm so sorry Janet, we really don't know." she finished.
Janet looked at her friends sadly.
"Get him to the infirmary stat." she ordered her team who immediately left with the sick Daniel.
"Doctor you knew it was SG-1. How?" the General asked.
"An old friend warned me." she replied rubbing her stomach tenderly. "Look I have to go examine Daniel." she told them pointing towards the door.
"Of course doctor. Ring me when you have any news." the General replied as Janet gave him a weak smile and left.
"She looks like hell." Jack commented quietly, worrying about his friend.
"Yeah, I bet she feels like it too. I know I would if you were..." she looked at the General.
"Look why don't the three of you go and get showered then have something to eat. We'll brief at 1400 hours." the General replied, sensing that the Colonel and his 2IC needed to talk.
"Yes Sir. Thank you." Sam replied.
The General left the embarkation room somberly.
Jack took Sam's hand in his own and squeezed it.
"If I were in Janet's shoes... Jack I don't know what I'd do. It was hell when we weren't together and I knew I could lose you but now we've been together a year... I think it'd break my heart."
"The feeling's mutual baby. You think it'd be any easier for me to deal with the possibility of losing you? I had a hard enough time before we were together too."
"What if he dies Jack? Janet loves him so much."
"He loves her too, I guess we just have to wait. It's the only thing we can do." he told her sweetly leading her to the locker room, an arm around her shoulder.
Sam, Jack and Teal'c sat outside the infirmary waiting for news on Daniel. They had been waiting since the briefing had finished but had yet to hear any news.
The infirmary door opened and a tearful Janet stepped out. Sam got up and hugged her friend.
"Janet what's wrong with him?" Sam asked as her friend cried in her arms.
Janet stepped away and wiped her eyes.
"It was some sort of virus. It has stopped his kidney's from functioning properly that's why his skin has taken on a yellowish appearance. We've tried him on dialysis but it doesn't work, the damage is too severe. What he needs is a kidney transplant." she told them.
"Why did it attack Daniel and not any of us?" Jack asked looking at the remainder of his team who had been given a clear bill of health.
"I can't say." Janet told him.
"Surely there's a match on the base somewhere. There's gotta be." Jack told the doctor, worried for his friend, and the friend who was standing in front of him at that very moment.
"You would think that huh, but there's not. Two matches are too sick themselves after being injured on an away mission. The mostly likely donors would be family members of Daniel's but all he has is Nick and Nick's not here, Summer's way too little..." she began to cry again.
"Damn it what the hell is the matter with me?" she asked no one in particular.
"The guy you love is sick Janet, it's only natural that you're upset." Sam replied.
"Can we see DanielJackson, Dr Fraiser?" Teal'c asked.
"Yeah, of course." she told the Jaffa taking a deep breath.
Janet led the group into the infirmary and over to Daniel's bed. It shocked them to see the friend who just a few hours earlier had been his usual chatty and excitable self on the planet they had been on now lying weakly on the infirmary bed, his skin pale and of a slight yellowish appearance and his eyes closed.
"It's always you huh Space monkey." Jack commented taking Sam's hand in his own.
"Seems that way." Janet replied sitting down on Daniel's bed and stroking his face.
"If we can't find a donor how long has he got doc?" Jack asked.
"Because dialysis isn't working and both of his kidneys are damaged due to the virus, and that's the only thing that can prolong his life..."
"Not long enough." came a weak reply from the bed.
Janet turned to Daniel, stroking his face. He took her hand in his own and kissed it.
"I am so sorry this had to happen," he told her sincerely. "After what you said about Kate's warning..."
"Hey this wasn't your fault," she told him, her heart breaking. "You just promise me you're gonna fight."
"Always." he replied stroking her face.
Sam turned to Jack, looking at his pained face and realizing if she were in Janet's shoes she wouldn't know what to do. This man had been the love of her life since the first moment she had seen him, granted it had taken them four years to finally get together and that being when General Hammond had gotten the permission of the President to allow their relationship to be.
"Kate's warning...did I miss something here?" Jack asked the pair.
"Last year Kate warned Janet that something bad was going was going to happen to me, something which meant she was the only person who could help me. I guess this was it." Daniel told the man weakly.
"But her world was an alternate future, there are differences between realities and what events are going to happen in them, how could she say for sure that this was going to happen?" Sam asked joining Janet on the bed.
"She just knew Sam. At first I thought she was delusional but that warning's been stuck in my head ever since she died. I guess she just took the chance that it might happen so we knew that she could help if it came down to our needing it."
"But Kate is dead, she cannot help Dr Fraiser." Teal'c cut in.
"That Kate can't but there are probably more who would be willing..." Jack told them.
The group turned to face him.
"Alternate realities... hello. If Kate came from an alternate future through the mirror then there have gotta be some more out there where Kate would be alive and willing to help." he added.
The group looked at him stunned.
"Well I wanna help our space monkey." he added with a smile making everyone, even the sick Daniel laugh.
A cough came from behind the team.
"Hey Abby what can I do for you?" Janet asked the Captain who had provided her with so much help regarding Summer since she had arrived in their universe, who was now standing behind the team.
"I uh... It's kinda delicate," she told Janet.
"Go." Daniel told her.
"I'll still be here when you're done."
Janet leaned over and kissed him.
"You'd better be Doctor Jackson." she replied before walking off.
"About these alternate realities..." Daniel asked turning to Sam and Jack.