Chapter 2 - The Aftermath
Hours Later. Escape Pod
The trip through earth's atmosphere had heated the pod. The pod finally crashed into the cold, cold waters of the ocean and the pod began to sink. When the pod first hit the water Sam had hit her head hard and now Major Davis was holding onto her hopefully to prevent any further injuries. The pod just kept sinking and sinking.
Rescue Team
The rescue team arrived minutes after the pod crashed and began to sink into the cold dark depths of the ocean. They immediately started diving for the pod. The pod was too deep for it to be reached by drivers, so a mini sub was launched. The sub found the pod and began to carry it up, but the pod would only go up so far.it was caught in something that the sub could not make out. So, the sub broke open the pod and the bodies of Majors Carter and Davis started to float out.the sub carefully pulled them up with it until they met the drivers and they were able to pull them up the rest of the way.
A Few Hours Later. Infirmary - SGC
General Hammond had requested that Majors Carter and Davis be immediately brought to the SGC when they were recovered from the ocean. General Hammond was waiting in the infirmary with Doctor Frasier when Colonel O'Neill walked in with Majors Carter and Davis being wheeled in on gurneys right behind him. O'Neill stayed out of the way with Hammond while Frasier went strait to work. "I want temperatures on both of them!" Doctor Frasier ordered. Janet first looked at Sam who was closest to where she was standing, she was extremely pale, unconscious, and had a gash across the side of her forehead. She took Sam's pulse and frowned, it was faint. Next, she looked at Major Davis, who wasn't as pale as Sam, but was partially conscious. "Major Davis?"
"Doctor Fras.ier?" Davis asked trying to keep his eyes open.
"Major, how do you feel?"
"Cold.and hurts."
"Where?"
"Har..d..to.breathe."
"Okay, just relax Major."
"Major.Carter?" Davis asked concerned.
"She's here too, just relax, okay?" Janet asked and Davis nodded. Janet turned to one of the nurses. "I want scans and blood tests run on both of them."
An Hour Later. Briefing Room - SGC
Jacob had safely taken the ship back to a Tok'ra planet to be looked at and gated back to Earth just in time for Doctor Frasier to brief them on Majors Carter and Davis' conditions. "How bad is it?" Jacob asked.
"I'm hoping not that bad at all, both Majors Carter and Davis are suffering from Decompression Sickness from being at such a low depth and being pulled up so quickly, and the only way we can treat that is to have them both transferred to Catalina Island and to be put in a hyperbaric chamber."
"Catalina?"
"It's an island off the coast of California. After they've been in the chamber they should be fine, the only other things that are worrying me is the fact that both of their temperatures are so low and the fact that Major Carter hasn't been conscious yet and with the gash that was on her head its safe to assume that she hit it and she could be in a coma."
"But you don't know yet." Colonel O'Neill said.
"No, all I know is that I've been forced to put Major Carter on life support and she has a living will."
"But you're still going to take her to Catalina, right?" Jacob asked trying to contain his emotions, without Selmek he would probably be crying his heart out.
"Yes, I won't take her off of life support unless the treatment at Catalina fails, then I will have no choice but to follow her wishes," Janet explained.
"And Major Davis, is he on life support also?" General Hammond asked since Doctor Frasier hadn't said anything about it.
"No, he's on a ventilator though, it was too hard for him to breathe on his own."
"When is the soonest we can get them out there?"
"I've contacted Catalina and they're waiting for us, so it's very important that we leave immediately."
"Can I come, Janet?" Jacob asked.
"Of course, I was thinking that you and the colonel would want to come so I made sure that there would be room for you both on the transport."
"Thank you."
"When do we leave?" Jack asked.
"Now," Janet told them.
Hours Later. Escape Pod
The trip through earth's atmosphere had heated the pod. The pod finally crashed into the cold, cold waters of the ocean and the pod began to sink. When the pod first hit the water Sam had hit her head hard and now Major Davis was holding onto her hopefully to prevent any further injuries. The pod just kept sinking and sinking.
Rescue Team
The rescue team arrived minutes after the pod crashed and began to sink into the cold dark depths of the ocean. They immediately started diving for the pod. The pod was too deep for it to be reached by drivers, so a mini sub was launched. The sub found the pod and began to carry it up, but the pod would only go up so far.it was caught in something that the sub could not make out. So, the sub broke open the pod and the bodies of Majors Carter and Davis started to float out.the sub carefully pulled them up with it until they met the drivers and they were able to pull them up the rest of the way.
A Few Hours Later. Infirmary - SGC
General Hammond had requested that Majors Carter and Davis be immediately brought to the SGC when they were recovered from the ocean. General Hammond was waiting in the infirmary with Doctor Frasier when Colonel O'Neill walked in with Majors Carter and Davis being wheeled in on gurneys right behind him. O'Neill stayed out of the way with Hammond while Frasier went strait to work. "I want temperatures on both of them!" Doctor Frasier ordered. Janet first looked at Sam who was closest to where she was standing, she was extremely pale, unconscious, and had a gash across the side of her forehead. She took Sam's pulse and frowned, it was faint. Next, she looked at Major Davis, who wasn't as pale as Sam, but was partially conscious. "Major Davis?"
"Doctor Fras.ier?" Davis asked trying to keep his eyes open.
"Major, how do you feel?"
"Cold.and hurts."
"Where?"
"Har..d..to.breathe."
"Okay, just relax Major."
"Major.Carter?" Davis asked concerned.
"She's here too, just relax, okay?" Janet asked and Davis nodded. Janet turned to one of the nurses. "I want scans and blood tests run on both of them."
An Hour Later. Briefing Room - SGC
Jacob had safely taken the ship back to a Tok'ra planet to be looked at and gated back to Earth just in time for Doctor Frasier to brief them on Majors Carter and Davis' conditions. "How bad is it?" Jacob asked.
"I'm hoping not that bad at all, both Majors Carter and Davis are suffering from Decompression Sickness from being at such a low depth and being pulled up so quickly, and the only way we can treat that is to have them both transferred to Catalina Island and to be put in a hyperbaric chamber."
"Catalina?"
"It's an island off the coast of California. After they've been in the chamber they should be fine, the only other things that are worrying me is the fact that both of their temperatures are so low and the fact that Major Carter hasn't been conscious yet and with the gash that was on her head its safe to assume that she hit it and she could be in a coma."
"But you don't know yet." Colonel O'Neill said.
"No, all I know is that I've been forced to put Major Carter on life support and she has a living will."
"But you're still going to take her to Catalina, right?" Jacob asked trying to contain his emotions, without Selmek he would probably be crying his heart out.
"Yes, I won't take her off of life support unless the treatment at Catalina fails, then I will have no choice but to follow her wishes," Janet explained.
"And Major Davis, is he on life support also?" General Hammond asked since Doctor Frasier hadn't said anything about it.
"No, he's on a ventilator though, it was too hard for him to breathe on his own."
"When is the soonest we can get them out there?"
"I've contacted Catalina and they're waiting for us, so it's very important that we leave immediately."
"Can I come, Janet?" Jacob asked.
"Of course, I was thinking that you and the colonel would want to come so I made sure that there would be room for you both on the transport."
"Thank you."
"When do we leave?" Jack asked.
"Now," Janet told them.
