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Stargate SG-1
"Once four, now three, possibly two"
Chapter 5



Janet arrived back in the infirmary to find that Cassie was being held by two men and Sam was being put into a gurney. "Hey!" Janet yelled and pushed the emergency button on the wall. There were at least seven men in the room. She recognized one of the men, Colonel Frank Simmons from the Pentagon.

"Now Doctor Fraiser, I have an official order that says that I can take custody of Major Carter."

"I don't care if it's been issued by the president! You go through General Hammond. Plus, she's not in any condition to be transported."

Suddenlly several armed men from the SGC and General Hammond trailing behind. "What's going on?" Hammond asked.

"Colonel Simmons and his men are trying to TAKE Major Carter and..."

"I have orders, General!" Simmons interrupted Doctor Frasier.

"Weren't you arrested the last time you were here?" Hammond asked.

"Yes."

"If you and your men don't remove yoursleves from the infirmary and apoligize to Cassie and Doctor Frasier then I'll have to have you forceably removed and confined to quarters. Now which will you choose?"

"I have orders, General."

"I don't care about your orders! I AM concerned about MY people."

"You should, the president will just say that my orders stand. You know that you can't run to the president everytime someone comes to the SGC from the Pentagon, NID, or even Senator Kinsey," Simmons told Hammond.

"That may be, BUT I am in command of this facility and these ARE MY PEOPLE. I am still in command and you will not remove Major Carter until I see your orders, talk to Doctor Frasier about her current condition, AND I WILL contact the president."

"Of course you are."

"Colonel Simmons, may I see your orders?"

"Yes, of course!" Simmons handed over a document.

"While I'm looking this over, why don't you go to the commissary or stay in some temporary quarters?"

"Why, thank you General," Simmons said and then left with his men.

Hammond waited until he was sure that Simmons had left before speaking. He helped Janet move Sam back to her bed. Cassie sat back in her chair next to the bed. Janet covered her patient back up and checked the monitors, and all of the tubes and connections. "Doctor, IS she in a condition to be moved?"

"Truthfully?" she asked him.

"Yes."

"It depends on what form of transportation, but she should not be moved. She needs to be hooked up to and IV unit for medications and nutrients, heart monitor, a unit that monitors her brain, and a ventalator."

"I see."

"Please don't let him take Sam!" Cassie told Hammond.

"I don't want to let him, but if I'm ordered, then I can't go against the president."