Friendship.
An hour and a half later the young woman was sitting up. The med. team still however had still not finished working on her. Her leg, cut by flying debris had been cleaned up, stitched and dressed, however her arm was a little worse for wear, and that was what Doctor Janet Fraiser was working on now.
Samantha Carter and Jack O'Neill were standing just inside the door with their colleagues Daniel Jackson and Teal'c, watching as she was being worked on. Her arm was burnt, there was no doubt there would be scarring.
"You okay." Daniel Jackson asked his friend Samantha Carter.
"I guess." she answered him. " I just...I have a child in this other universe, and I don't even tell her who her father is? what kind of mother does that make me?"
"Carter it doesn't make you anything. You're not the one with the child...okay you are sort of, but you're not the one responsible for her...okay we are now..."
She turned to face him, smiling, trying to grasp what he was trying to say.
"What I mean is there must be a reason. You're great with kids. You have that whole maternal instinct thing going on. I'm sure there has to be a reason for your counterparts not telling Holly who her father is, because if she's anything like you she'd never hurt a child, she'd be too kind hearted and loving for that."he finished.
"He's right Major Carter." Teal'c agreed.
"But..."
"Major stop worrying." Jack O'Neill told her, placing his hands on her shoulders and looking right into her eyes. "She's fine...well except for the obvious, and she's going to continue to be fine. She's strong, just like her mother."
"Thanks Ja..Sir." she told him realizing just how important he had become in her life since the team was formed, then immediately pushing that thought away again as she had done so many times before.
"Ow!" the youngster cried from across the other side of the infirmary, the antiseptic being used to clean up her arm sending sharp pains through her body.
"You're a very brave young woman Holly." the doctor told her reassuringly, not able to imagine the kind of loss this child had faced and not wanting to.
"Yah she is" O'Neill stated approaching her.
"Must've been quite an explosion. Was anybody else caught in it?" Janet Fraiser continued.
The youngster began to cry.
"I don't know. They pushed me through the device just after the explosion happened. I have no idea if my moms alive...if any of you guys are. I don't even know if the quantum mirror is still intact. What if I can't go home? What if I never get a chance to say good-bye?"
She suddenly burst into tears.
O'Neill took the youngster in his arms.
"Listen, we'll find some way to send you home, and a way to help your world even if it kills us." he told her.
"What if you can't?" she answered him.
"There's no such word as can't." he told her as Carter came over to hold her hand while Janet did her job.
An hour and a half later the young woman was sitting up. The med. team still however had still not finished working on her. Her leg, cut by flying debris had been cleaned up, stitched and dressed, however her arm was a little worse for wear, and that was what Doctor Janet Fraiser was working on now.
Samantha Carter and Jack O'Neill were standing just inside the door with their colleagues Daniel Jackson and Teal'c, watching as she was being worked on. Her arm was burnt, there was no doubt there would be scarring.
"You okay." Daniel Jackson asked his friend Samantha Carter.
"I guess." she answered him. " I just...I have a child in this other universe, and I don't even tell her who her father is? what kind of mother does that make me?"
"Carter it doesn't make you anything. You're not the one with the child...okay you are sort of, but you're not the one responsible for her...okay we are now..."
She turned to face him, smiling, trying to grasp what he was trying to say.
"What I mean is there must be a reason. You're great with kids. You have that whole maternal instinct thing going on. I'm sure there has to be a reason for your counterparts not telling Holly who her father is, because if she's anything like you she'd never hurt a child, she'd be too kind hearted and loving for that."he finished.
"He's right Major Carter." Teal'c agreed.
"But..."
"Major stop worrying." Jack O'Neill told her, placing his hands on her shoulders and looking right into her eyes. "She's fine...well except for the obvious, and she's going to continue to be fine. She's strong, just like her mother."
"Thanks Ja..Sir." she told him realizing just how important he had become in her life since the team was formed, then immediately pushing that thought away again as she had done so many times before.
"Ow!" the youngster cried from across the other side of the infirmary, the antiseptic being used to clean up her arm sending sharp pains through her body.
"You're a very brave young woman Holly." the doctor told her reassuringly, not able to imagine the kind of loss this child had faced and not wanting to.
"Yah she is" O'Neill stated approaching her.
"Must've been quite an explosion. Was anybody else caught in it?" Janet Fraiser continued.
The youngster began to cry.
"I don't know. They pushed me through the device just after the explosion happened. I have no idea if my moms alive...if any of you guys are. I don't even know if the quantum mirror is still intact. What if I can't go home? What if I never get a chance to say good-bye?"
She suddenly burst into tears.
O'Neill took the youngster in his arms.
"Listen, we'll find some way to send you home, and a way to help your world even if it kills us." he told her.
"What if you can't?" she answered him.
"There's no such word as can't." he told her as Carter came over to hold her hand while Janet did her job.