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Stargate SG-1
"Four once, three now, possibly two?"
Chapter 3




Jack stayed by Sam's bedside. He had told Janet that he'd leave when he was scheduled to go through the gate. They had hooked her up to a ventalator, heart monitor, and one that showed her brain activity. She was pale. So very pale. Doctor Frasier had wrapped Carter's neck in gauze and said that it seemed to be helping. "Colonel, shouldn't you be resting or eating?" Janet Frasier asked.

"I already told you that I'm staying!"

"Fine. I thought you should know that Cassie's coming. I talked to her and she said she wanted to sit with Sam while you're gone."

"How she getting here?"

"One of my nurses is bringing her. It was on the way."

"Good. Maybe Carter's just waiting for me to get to the planet and play in the water a little more before waking up? Maybe she's just really tired?"

"I know she was tired. She's been losing sleep ever since Daniel died. I told her that I was concerned, but...and then the general told me after you left that he had found her in Daniel's office crying before your mission with the Asguard. She tried to cover it up of course, but..."

"Hammond knows us too well."

"Yeah, well maybe it had to do with her not feeling like his death was adknowledged."

"Maybe. I should call Catherine, she and Ernest besides Cassie are the only people outside of the SGC that Daniel actually knew. You remember when we thought Daniel had died, that one time when we thought that he had burned to death, but we were really brainwashed."

"Yeah?"

"We went to Daniel's apartment and were going to pack his things up. Let me just tell you that Daniel could start the Doctor Daniel Jackson Muesum of Ancient Stuff."

"Nice title, Colonel."

"Yeah, well. Maybe we should have a room where it can be like a library with artifacts. Like an anthropology lounge or something..."

"Colonel..."

"I miss Daniel..."

"I know. Me too. Why don't you eat something before you leave? I'll stay with Sam until Cassie gets here, okay?"

"Okay, but..."

"I'll call you if anything changes."

"Thank you," he said as he left the infirmary.