2-D
The following story is under the sole ownership and copyright of J.L. Scott. Unauthorized copying and/or use is actionable in a court of law.
To borrow a phrase: SG-1 and Star Gate no mine, no permission, no money, no sue...please?
"Good morning, Cassi O'Neill"
"Tik! Play time?"
"Yes, it is time to go outside and play" Teal'c responded. He had never heard of a retarded human until Dr. Fraiser explained what had happened to Cassi. He knew that she would have been killed back on Chulak. It pained him to see her as such, unable to do the simplest things, but he could not imagine "ending her pain".
"Tik, shoes!" The sixteen year old pointed to her feet which were bare. Teal'c bent and helped her to put her shoes on and then tied them. He then held his hand out to her and they began the long trek to the elevator. The General had had a small area fenced in just inside the perimeter fence for her to play in. It was Teal'c's daily job to take her outside and to watch her while she played in the dirt. SG-1 was still on stand down, though they had been told they would be put back on duty next week. Teal'c wondered briefly what would happen to the child when they began going out on missions again, but he trusted that Jack would make sure that she was completely cared for during their absences. Dr. Fraiser had said there was still a possibility that her higher functions would return, but she was doubtful.
They had been outside for only about ten minutes when a man came running out to them.
"Sir! The Colonel wants you back in the Mountain right away! He says they've found something!"
"Cassi, it is time to back inside" Teal'c said immediately.
"Not uh!" the child responded, not looking up from her pile of dirt.
"It is" Teal'c said again.
"No! No time!" Cassi yelled back, pointing to the ground behind her, "Dark not long!" Teal'c noticed a shadow of a pole behind her. SHe must have been using it to tell how long she was allowed to stay outside. Perhaps then she had not lost all of her intelligence, just the capability to acess it. Teal'c considered how best to explain in a way that she would understand that they had to go back inside.
"They think they have found a way to make you the way you were before" he said. Cassi pushed herself off the ground shakily.
"Make me smart?" she asked eagerly.
"Perhaps" Teal'c answered hesitantly, not wanting to get her hopes up.
"Go back! Go back!" the girl cried and started walking toward the gate.
"Slow! Tik, carry Cassi!" Teal'c lifted her up and she put her arms around his neck.
"Teal'c good you're back!" Jack said when they arrived in the infirmary. Teal'c deposited Cassi in a stuffed chair and joined the Colonel and everyone else behind Dr. Fraiser who was studying something beneath her microscope.
"Daniel found it in one of the artifacts you brought back" Sam told him, "He thinks it may be an antedote to whatever that plate did"
"I think he's right" Janet announced, "It seems to be two hormones. One is an activator, the other is very similiar to the hormone she usually produces on her own"
"Do you think it will help?" Sam asked.
"There's only one way to tell" Janet answered and handed the alien bottle to Sam. Carter knelt in front of her daughter.
"Here, honey," she said, "You drink this, now" Cassi looked from her Mother to her Father to the bottle.
"Me smart?"
"Yeah," Jack choked, "It'll make you smart again" They all held their breath as Cassi poured the amber liquid down her throat. Nothing happened.
"How long will it take for the liquid to take affect?" Teal'c asked.
"The writing I found said 'Day to night, all is right' It's probably how long it takes to work" Daniel replied. They all looked at Cassi, who had fallen asleep, and hoped.
The following story is under the sole ownership and copyright of J.L. Scott. Unauthorized copying and/or use is actionable in a court of law.
To borrow a phrase: SG-1 and Star Gate no mine, no permission, no money, no sue...please?
"Good morning, Cassi O'Neill"
"Tik! Play time?"
"Yes, it is time to go outside and play" Teal'c responded. He had never heard of a retarded human until Dr. Fraiser explained what had happened to Cassi. He knew that she would have been killed back on Chulak. It pained him to see her as such, unable to do the simplest things, but he could not imagine "ending her pain".
"Tik, shoes!" The sixteen year old pointed to her feet which were bare. Teal'c bent and helped her to put her shoes on and then tied them. He then held his hand out to her and they began the long trek to the elevator. The General had had a small area fenced in just inside the perimeter fence for her to play in. It was Teal'c's daily job to take her outside and to watch her while she played in the dirt. SG-1 was still on stand down, though they had been told they would be put back on duty next week. Teal'c wondered briefly what would happen to the child when they began going out on missions again, but he trusted that Jack would make sure that she was completely cared for during their absences. Dr. Fraiser had said there was still a possibility that her higher functions would return, but she was doubtful.
They had been outside for only about ten minutes when a man came running out to them.
"Sir! The Colonel wants you back in the Mountain right away! He says they've found something!"
"Cassi, it is time to back inside" Teal'c said immediately.
"Not uh!" the child responded, not looking up from her pile of dirt.
"It is" Teal'c said again.
"No! No time!" Cassi yelled back, pointing to the ground behind her, "Dark not long!" Teal'c noticed a shadow of a pole behind her. SHe must have been using it to tell how long she was allowed to stay outside. Perhaps then she had not lost all of her intelligence, just the capability to acess it. Teal'c considered how best to explain in a way that she would understand that they had to go back inside.
"They think they have found a way to make you the way you were before" he said. Cassi pushed herself off the ground shakily.
"Make me smart?" she asked eagerly.
"Perhaps" Teal'c answered hesitantly, not wanting to get her hopes up.
"Go back! Go back!" the girl cried and started walking toward the gate.
"Slow! Tik, carry Cassi!" Teal'c lifted her up and she put her arms around his neck.
"Teal'c good you're back!" Jack said when they arrived in the infirmary. Teal'c deposited Cassi in a stuffed chair and joined the Colonel and everyone else behind Dr. Fraiser who was studying something beneath her microscope.
"Daniel found it in one of the artifacts you brought back" Sam told him, "He thinks it may be an antedote to whatever that plate did"
"I think he's right" Janet announced, "It seems to be two hormones. One is an activator, the other is very similiar to the hormone she usually produces on her own"
"Do you think it will help?" Sam asked.
"There's only one way to tell" Janet answered and handed the alien bottle to Sam. Carter knelt in front of her daughter.
"Here, honey," she said, "You drink this, now" Cassi looked from her Mother to her Father to the bottle.
"Me smart?"
"Yeah," Jack choked, "It'll make you smart again" They all held their breath as Cassi poured the amber liquid down her throat. Nothing happened.
"How long will it take for the liquid to take affect?" Teal'c asked.
"The writing I found said 'Day to night, all is right' It's probably how long it takes to work" Daniel replied. They all looked at Cassi, who had fallen asleep, and hoped.