TITLE: Forget Me Not
AUTHOR: Sanny
E-Mail: Sanny_c24@hotmail.com
STATUS: Complete
RATING: R
SPOILERS: Stargate Motion Picture, Children of the Gods, Cold Lazarus, A Matter of Time, The Nox, The Broca Divide, Beneath the Surface, Upgrades.
CONTENT WARNING: Drama, Hurt/comfort, Graphic medical situations, mention of torture, rape and sexual content.
DISCLAMER: I do not own SG-1, though I wish I had, this story is for enjoyment purposes only, no money was exchanged, the Stargate characters are owned by MGM, GEKKO and ShowTime, any other characters and the story belong to the author.
AUTHOR NOTES: Please read and review, reviews mean a lot to me so please don't be shy and leave one.
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Forget Me Not – Chapter seven
"Good morning campers, how was your weekend?" Jack came in with a rested smile on his face as he entered the briefing room finding Teal'c and Daniel already seated at their places. Teal'c bowed his head in reply and said
"It has been quiet and uneventful, O'Neill"
"Yeah, how was your fishing trip?" Daniel asked
"Oh, it was great I caught a fish this big" he opened his arms wide to indicate how large `a fish` he caught, as Major Carter came through the door.
"What - This big?" she asked only catching the Colonel's last words.
"Oh, the fish I caught this weekend on my trip, it was this big" he showed his hands again, opening them wide to her and winked in a way only she could see, she smiled and set at her chair, opposite her CO.
The General came in sitting at the head of the conference table.
"OK SG-1 you are scheduled for a recon mission to P2X560, Major, have you studied the MALP's input?"
"Yes Sir, nothing interesting, no special minerals or any other elements we don't already have on Earth, no structures in a radius of at least a 100 miles other then the stargate and the DHD, I figure this planet has been deserted for at least several hundred years Sir".
"Very good, you are to embark at 13:00 hours, dismissed" the General left as the rest of the team stood up.
"I'm going to see Rommie and try to translate some more things until we leave" Daniel hurriedly exited the room. Teal'c, Sam and Jack remained there staring at each other, not moving and not saying a word, finally they each turned and went he's own way.
"Janet?" Sam called for her friend as she entered the infirmary
"Hi Sam, what's up?"
"Nothing, I just couldn't concentrate on any of my experiments so I thought I'd come see how you were doing"
"I'm fine, thanks to the General giving your team the weekend off, I was able to relax too, I certainly hope today's mission will keep my infirmary empty"
"I don't think you have anything to worry about, this mission is gonna be a bore, even for Daniel and me, nothing to see and nothing to do, we'll be back within a couple of hours"
Janet smiled thinking to herself since when did SG-1 return without something being wrong, but, she could still hope couldn't she?
"Hey Rommie, how are you feeling today?" Jack asked as he strode in deliberately ignoring Daniel.
"I am good Col. Jack"
"And your baby?" she smiled, instinctively reaching her hand over her abdomen, she was now approaching the 29th week
"Dr. Janet is very pleased, she say I make good progress, she hope I be safe, only 2 months hold on" Jack smiled redirecting his attention to Dr. Jackson.
"So Danny boy, are you ready?" Daniel glanced at the clock, it was 12:30. He had 30 minutes to change and gear up and be ready in the embarkation room.
"Yeah, yeah I'm going" he reluctantly stood from his seat and squeezed Rommie's shoulder gently, before exiting the door following Jack.
"I'll be back soon Rommie" he called to her as he left. She smiled and nodded at his disappearing shadow, she was left alone once again.
The chevrons locked and the wormhole engaged.
"SG-1 you have a go" General Hammond called to them through the P.A. system, Jack nodded at him and stepped up the ramp, he stopped at the event horizon and waited for his teammates to catch up, Teal'c and Daniel stepped through first followed by Sam and Jack.
On the other side they stepped onto a barren world
"Smells kinda funny don't you think?" Jack asked, Daniel inhaled a confused look on his face.
"Only to your nose Jack, I don't smell anything, but then again my al…ler…gies" he was able to finish before sneezing. They started walking to nowhere in particular, simply surveying the surrounding area of the stargate, suddenly they heard a horrific scream of pain, they looked around realizing that it was Sam when she keeled over and fell unconscious to the ground. They all rushed to her; there was a pulse, erratic but strong.
"Sam? Sam?" Jack shook her shoulder softly, she didn't respond.
"Let's go" Jack ordered hurriedly picking Sam and carrying her back to the stargate, Daniel ran ahead to dial and Teal'c carried Sam's pack.
"Incoming wormhole" the speakers came to life "it's SG-1"
"Open the iris" came the order. Jack came through running from the gate room with Sam in his arms; General Hammond had no time to react. As Daniel and Teal'c came through he managed to ask
"What is going on?"
"We don't know General Hammond, Major Carter screamed as if in pain and then fell unconscious"
"Report to the infirmary too and I'll see you in debriefing later" both men nodded and walked away.
Jack came running into the infirmary calling out Janet's name; she came out of her office surprised to hear Colonel O'Neill's voice
"Col. O'Neill? What is it?" she asked at the same time she saw him gently placing an unconscious Sam on a bed.
"What happened?" she asked reaching for her penlight, Jack stepped back, and she noticed his hands shaking.
As she leaned over Sam to examine her, the moment she shone the light into her eyes her body started to convulse
"She's seizing" she pushed Jack back and away as she reached for the crash cart and called in a code, immediately 3 medical officers were there, Janet yelled out instructions to the nurses
"Open a vein line; give her 60 mg of Diazepam…
With all the commotion Jack was pushed to the corner, all he could do was stare at the action in front of him his eyes glistened with tears but no one noticed, no one even knew that he was there, nor did they notice Teal'c and Daniel entering the infirmary. Daniel neared Jack
"What happened?" Jack shook his head
"I don't know, she had some kind of seizure, then they threw me out of there"
About 30 minutes later Janet came out of the room, Teal'c and Daniel were sent to Dr. Warner in order to be checked out. Jack stayed behind
"Jack we need to talk, let's go in my office" she gestured him with her hand and he quietly did as she asked. The look on his face was of such concern and fear her heart went out to him; she wanted to reassure him a bit.
"Sam is stable now, she's asleep, but Jack" she called him by his first name "before I make a report to General Hammond I have to ask you something, you know anything you tell me is protected by the Dr. patient confidentiality privileges, Jack you have to tell me the truth…" she paused and he waited "I know you and Sam got together… finally" she added, he still stared at her "you were together this weekend weren't you?" he waited a few seconds before nodding the affirmative. "Did you leave scratch marks on her body?" Jack looked shocked and confused then shook his head "think back, did anything happen that could have caused her to bruise in anyway?" he shook his head again "come with me I want to show you something" they reached Sam's room, Janet entered gesturing for Jack to enter, she uncovered the sheet that was covering Sam and exposed her right arm showing Jack marks of scratches and bruises. Then she pointed to her left arm, the same kind of scratches and bruises, and then she exposed part of her abdomen, there where black and blue marks all over her stomach.
"It's the same on her chest, back and upper thighs". Jack was completely overwhelmed; he kept shaking his head in disbelief.
"I don't understand, what could have caused such a thing, she just fell to the ground, Janet, I swear to you, there wasn't a mark on her when we came to base this morning, that is a certainty" Janet nodded placing a reassuring hand on his shoulder "can I stay here?" he asked, his voice low and soft
"Sure" She left to go see General Hammond in his office.
"I don't have any explanations Sir, this is the weirdest thing I have ever encountered, we have an EEG scheduled for this afternoon and an MRI of her brain is about to be done and I'm still waiting for the blood test results we took"
"Are you sure this is something she picked up on this planet?"
"Almost positive Sir, It's fact that she checked into base this morning free and clear of any physical damages, and even now lying in a bed more marks appear all over her body, we also know that Col. O'Neill smelled something strange on this planet, though he was the only one it might have something to do with it".
"Why? If he was the only one, why do you think there's a connection?"
"Because in all probability Teal'c is most likely immuned or protected by Junior, Daniel's allergies flared up real bad this time so that also makes things suspicious, and Sam is hurt"
"So we are working under the assumption that what Col. O'Neill smelled has a connection with Major Carter's condition?"
"Yes Sir, I can't think of any other explanations".
"So it's airborne, should I order this facility into a quarantine?"
"I don't think that's necessary Sir, Major Carter is the only one afflicted and I don't think it's contagious"
An hour later they all set in the briefing room.
"Col. O'Neill can you describe what you smelled?"
"I don't know, it was kind of not pleasant at all, but, I don't think I can associate any familiar smells to it.
"Dr. Fraser, can you use any of this information?"
"I'm afraid that short of going to the planet myself and inhaling the air I don't see a way" an officer came in the room and handed Dr. Fraiser a sheet of test results, she thanked him as he left, the General asked
"What is Major Carter's condition now?"
"The most puzzling thing is that I can't find any reason for her coma, bruises keep appearing all over her body for no apparent reason… I don't know what to make of it" she said as her eyes roamed over the results and she got destructed, then she continued
"There seems to be an un-identified virus in her blood stream, I just don't know what to do about it, I'll start looking for an anti virus".
Janet entered Sam's room; nothing has changed since they brought her back from 560 almost a week ago, Jack was sitting by her side holding her hand, his head was cocked to one side and Janet realized that he was asleep.
The resent blood tests showed an antibody in Sam's system; Janet hoped it was fighting the unknown virus. She then saw Sam's head move and her eyes flutter; she went to the other side of the bed and looked closer at Sam's face.
"Come on Sam, wake up" she whispered. Jack heard her and opened his eyes, he saw Janet gazing intently at Sam, his eyes wondered to look at Sam's pale face, he squeezed the hand he was holding gently and begged her along with Janet to wake up.
Then she opened her eyes, closing them again, Jack squeezed her hand again encouraging her. "Come on Sam, you can do it, open your eyes, baby, please?" as if in a dream Sam could see Jack's face and she could hear his voice calling out to her, begging her to return to him, she mastered the strength and opened her eyes wide, she saw Jack standing over her.
"Jack... I heard you calling, you're not a dream?"
"I'm glad you answered Sammy, I'm real"
"Sam? How are you feeling?" Janet asked
"Janet? You rescued me?" Sam acknowledged her friend then replied "I'm so tired" was all she was able to say before she fell asleep again, Janet looked at Jack then she took an empty syringe and needle, she rubbed an alcohol cotton swab on Sam's forearm and drew some blood. Jack looked at her without saying a word.
After two hours she came back into the room, Jack was still sitting by Sam's bedside.
"Well? What is it? What did you find?"
"Nothing, mild traces of the antibody; it seems she was able to fight the virus, she's just asleep now, hopefully she'll wake up in the morning".
Morning broke, not that they could tell being 28 floors buried in a mountain.
Sam woke up feeling better, a smile broke on her face when she saw Jack sitting next to her bed sleeping, she reached her hand and caressed his cheek, he jumped, startled at the soft touch on his face, he looked at her beautiful big blue eyes.
"How are you?" he asked
"Better, because your here" they smiled at each other. A few hours later Sam was sitting in Janet's office alone, Janet entered.
"Sam I want you to tell me everything that you remember since you went to 560"
"They tortured me" she whispered
"Who?"
"The Blancuero Negrura Ojo, I felt a sharp pain and I fell down, the next thing I know I'm strapped to a table and they are over me, talking in that strange language, hitting me and cutting me, I tried not to scream, I didn't but that just made them more angry and vicious"
"Sam I'm sorry, but you where here the entire time, you screamed in pain then you fainted, Jack brought you back, you've been unconscious for a week"
"That's because I was there, Janet, I know how this sounds but believe me, somehow I was there and they did hurt me, but I found a weak spot, I know how we can kill them" Janet thought to herself could the alien virus I found in Sam's system the way they took her mind somewhere else? And until her body could fight it off, she was in their hands?
They all met again that late afternoon in the briefing room.
"I think the alien virus in Sam's system was the way they where able to detach her body from her mind, to her she was on their planet, being tortured, that can also explain all the marks and bruises that appeared on her body as if from nowhere. When her body was able to create an antibody to fight the virus she woke up" Janet finished her explanation as all the people around looked at Sam.
"Sir" Sam addressed General Hammond "I know this all sound's strange, but please believe me, the time I was unconscious here I was there, but the most important thing is that I think I found a way we can kill them"
"OK how?"
"Well, when they... hurt me, they always concentrated around my stomach, I tried to think why they would do that, I watched them as they stood over me and I could see their mid sections pulsate, I think that's where their hearts are positioned, they wanted to hurt me as bad as they could, they thought my heart is located in the same place theirs is. I also know the address of their home world, and I know the kind of weapon we need to kill them" everyone remained quiet, Jack's Jaws were clenched together and he bit down hard on his teeth, trying to control the anger he felt rise inside him, he couldn't do anything to save his love, Sam could tell what was going through his mind just by looking into his eyes, she wanted to hold his hand and tell him that he did help her, but she couldn't do that here in front of their commending officer. Nobody else moved, nobody said anything; they all waited for Sam to reveal the way to kill these horrible creatures.
"We modify the particle beam we have to include within the ion particles samples of my antibody, we create a smaller able to be carried weapon and we fire directly at their so called stomachs".
Several weeks passed, giving Sam time to recover from her ordeal and to work on the modifying of the particle gun.
It was Monday morning, she reported to the infirmary at Janet's request, for a follow up.
"Good morning Janet" Sam came in, a fake cheerful look on her face.
"Good morning Sam" Janet smiled in return, as Sam took off her jacket and set down giving the doctor one of her arms, palm facing up. Janet set across from her and took out all the paraphernalia she needed to draw blood.
"So how are you feeling?" she asked
"Fine"
"Are you sure?" Sam looked at her
"Yes I'm sure Janet, everything's great"
"Did you do anything special this weekend?" They both suddenly wore a mischievous smile on their lips as Sam said in a low voice
"Spent the entire weekend in bed"
"Sleeping?" Janet asked knowing the answer before it was given
"Hardly" Sam retorted
"OK your done Sam, I'll have the results in a few hours, I'll be in touch" Sam nodded rising to her feet, holding the dry swab to her arm, she left the infirmary.
Two hours later Janet was sitting in her office facing a white sheet of test results.
"Normal, normal, OK, normal... what the hell?" she jumped to her feet, she quickly picked up her extension requesting Sergeant Tyler to call Major Carter to the infirmary.
"Major Carter please report to the infirmary, at Doctor Frasier's request" about 10 minutes later Sam was again seated in front of Janet, in her office, with the door closed behind them.
"Well? What is it?"
"Your 4 weeks..." Sam waited but Janet still didn't continue
"I'm four weeks what Janet?" finally she took a breath and said
"Your 4 weeks pregnant Sam" Sam's eyes grew wide and she didn't say a word, she simply stared into an invisible point in mid air.
"That was around the time that you were mentally abducted by the BNO" Sam shook her head no it couldn't be she did tell Janet in confidence, making her swear never to tell another living soul that these creatures raped her, but now? What is she going to do?
"Sam?" Janet looked at her friend, concern written all over her face. Sam was shaking her head.
"No, it's it's Jack's, it has to be Jack's, besides I was raped only in my mind, that's what you said, my body was in the infirmary the whole time" Janet said nothing true her body was in the infirmary but just as bruises appeared when they hurt her could this be…
"Can you do a test?" Sam asked, "to know if Jack is the father?"
"Yes, but you'll have to wait another 6 weeks Sam" Sam sighed.
TBC