"How?" Jacob asked.
Teal'c raised an eyebrow, and Sam quickly interrupted. "We could blow them up." She said pulling a small device from under her skirt.
"That could work." Jacob said.
Sam crept forward and peered around the corner at the Jaffa. With two blasts of her zat gun she knocked them out and ran forward. Teal'c and Jacob covered her as the others poured out of the room.
Sam shot another Jaffa to cover the fact that she carefully rolled the explosive device into the room. Quickly she turned and sprinted down the corridor. Some of the Jaffa began to follow, but a loud voice boomed out of the room.
"Jaffa! Hold!" the voice roared, just before the room exploded.
The three ran to the room and peered inside. Bodies of Jaffa littered the doorway where the bomb had gone off. At the back of the room they heard a few groans, and Teal'c silenced them with a blast from a zat gun.
Jacob cleared the circle of bodies as Sam ran to the controls, which had been protected from the blast by a wide pillar. Already they could hear more Jaffa heading in their direction. "Let's go!" Jacob said.
Sam activated the rings before quickly slipping inside. As soon as the rings disappeared again, they found themselves back at the entrance to Kali's temple.
"Run!" Jacob snapped, and they took off.
* * *
"How are they doing, Doctor?" Hammond asked, looking at the two still figures lying in the infirmary.
"The Colonel will be fine." Janet said. "We were able to stop the internal bleeding, but he'll be awfully cranky for a while." She smiled softly. "Although, I'm afraid that Dr. Jackson might not wake up. We're doing all we can, but it's hard to say. She took a lot of damage."
"Thank you, Doctor." Hammond replied.
Janet nodded, and went back to her duties. Hammond continued to stare at the two patients until he heard the alarms go off for the third time today. He sighed, before returning to the room about the gate.
"Who is it this time?" he asked.
As he watched, the final three members of the team ran through the gate. They looked dirty and tired but alive. "Major Carter, General Carter and Teal'c, sir." Sergeant Davis said.
General Hammond grinned as he watched the three figures in the gateroom, wearily stop. He raced down to the room, and looked at the trio. "Did you stop them?" he asked.
"Yes, George." Jacob replied. "How's the Colonel?" Sam asked. "And Dr. Jackson?"
"Doctor Fraiser assures me Colonel O'Neill will be fine, but Dr. Jackson is still critical." Hammond replied. "I want you three to get checked out in the infirmary and meet me in the debriefing room in an hour."
"Yes, sir." They replied.
* * *
Five hours later, Major Samantha Carter sat in the darkened infirmary, beside her CO's bed. Next to her Daniel sat next to his daughter, gently stroking her forehead. He looked over at Sam. "I can't believe she's my daughter." He whispered. "But somehow it just feels right."
Sam smiled at him. "I know the feeling." She said.
Then she blushed. "But with Jack . . . "
Daniel grinned at her. "I can believe it." He said.
"What do you . . . " Sam trailed off as someone walked into the room.
"It's only me." Said Janet, as she walked over and checked her patients.
Jack groaned loudly as Janet checked his temperature and vitals. "Oh, be quiet." She told him.
Two blue eyes opened sleepily. "Doc?" he asked in a hoarse voice. "What are you doing?"
"Checking your vitals, Colonel. So lie still!"
He coughed. "I feel like shit." He moaned.
"You look like shit, too." Daniel joked.
"Danny?"
"Yep." Daniel replied. "Just waiting to see if I could finally get my hands on your CD collection."
Jack smiled faintly. Janet shook her head and walked over to Catherine. Jack turned his head, and saw her. "Is she okay?" he asked in a rough voice.
Janet smiled. "She will be. She's finally decided to join us in the land of the living."
As Janet spoke, Catherine gave a rough groan and arched her back. "She still has a long way to go," Janet reminded everyone. "But she'll make it."
Daniel smiled, and bent to kiss her forehead. "Goodnight, kido." He said.
Janet and Daniel both turned to leave, and Janet glanced at SG-1's archaeologist. "You need some sleep Daniel." She said. "You're looking terrible."
"Nice to see you too, Doc." Daniel replied. The sound of their good natured bantering faded up the corridor and Sam turned to see Jack looking at her strangely. "What, sir?" she asked him.
"Nothing." Jack replied.
He closed his eyes. "Man, my head." He groaned.
Sam smiled softly as Jack settled back and slowly fell asleep. She was still there in the morning, asleep in her chair.
Teal'c raised an eyebrow, and Sam quickly interrupted. "We could blow them up." She said pulling a small device from under her skirt.
"That could work." Jacob said.
Sam crept forward and peered around the corner at the Jaffa. With two blasts of her zat gun she knocked them out and ran forward. Teal'c and Jacob covered her as the others poured out of the room.
Sam shot another Jaffa to cover the fact that she carefully rolled the explosive device into the room. Quickly she turned and sprinted down the corridor. Some of the Jaffa began to follow, but a loud voice boomed out of the room.
"Jaffa! Hold!" the voice roared, just before the room exploded.
The three ran to the room and peered inside. Bodies of Jaffa littered the doorway where the bomb had gone off. At the back of the room they heard a few groans, and Teal'c silenced them with a blast from a zat gun.
Jacob cleared the circle of bodies as Sam ran to the controls, which had been protected from the blast by a wide pillar. Already they could hear more Jaffa heading in their direction. "Let's go!" Jacob said.
Sam activated the rings before quickly slipping inside. As soon as the rings disappeared again, they found themselves back at the entrance to Kali's temple.
"Run!" Jacob snapped, and they took off.
* * *
"How are they doing, Doctor?" Hammond asked, looking at the two still figures lying in the infirmary.
"The Colonel will be fine." Janet said. "We were able to stop the internal bleeding, but he'll be awfully cranky for a while." She smiled softly. "Although, I'm afraid that Dr. Jackson might not wake up. We're doing all we can, but it's hard to say. She took a lot of damage."
"Thank you, Doctor." Hammond replied.
Janet nodded, and went back to her duties. Hammond continued to stare at the two patients until he heard the alarms go off for the third time today. He sighed, before returning to the room about the gate.
"Who is it this time?" he asked.
As he watched, the final three members of the team ran through the gate. They looked dirty and tired but alive. "Major Carter, General Carter and Teal'c, sir." Sergeant Davis said.
General Hammond grinned as he watched the three figures in the gateroom, wearily stop. He raced down to the room, and looked at the trio. "Did you stop them?" he asked.
"Yes, George." Jacob replied. "How's the Colonel?" Sam asked. "And Dr. Jackson?"
"Doctor Fraiser assures me Colonel O'Neill will be fine, but Dr. Jackson is still critical." Hammond replied. "I want you three to get checked out in the infirmary and meet me in the debriefing room in an hour."
"Yes, sir." They replied.
* * *
Five hours later, Major Samantha Carter sat in the darkened infirmary, beside her CO's bed. Next to her Daniel sat next to his daughter, gently stroking her forehead. He looked over at Sam. "I can't believe she's my daughter." He whispered. "But somehow it just feels right."
Sam smiled at him. "I know the feeling." She said.
Then she blushed. "But with Jack . . . "
Daniel grinned at her. "I can believe it." He said.
"What do you . . . " Sam trailed off as someone walked into the room.
"It's only me." Said Janet, as she walked over and checked her patients.
Jack groaned loudly as Janet checked his temperature and vitals. "Oh, be quiet." She told him.
Two blue eyes opened sleepily. "Doc?" he asked in a hoarse voice. "What are you doing?"
"Checking your vitals, Colonel. So lie still!"
He coughed. "I feel like shit." He moaned.
"You look like shit, too." Daniel joked.
"Danny?"
"Yep." Daniel replied. "Just waiting to see if I could finally get my hands on your CD collection."
Jack smiled faintly. Janet shook her head and walked over to Catherine. Jack turned his head, and saw her. "Is she okay?" he asked in a rough voice.
Janet smiled. "She will be. She's finally decided to join us in the land of the living."
As Janet spoke, Catherine gave a rough groan and arched her back. "She still has a long way to go," Janet reminded everyone. "But she'll make it."
Daniel smiled, and bent to kiss her forehead. "Goodnight, kido." He said.
Janet and Daniel both turned to leave, and Janet glanced at SG-1's archaeologist. "You need some sleep Daniel." She said. "You're looking terrible."
"Nice to see you too, Doc." Daniel replied. The sound of their good natured bantering faded up the corridor and Sam turned to see Jack looking at her strangely. "What, sir?" she asked him.
"Nothing." Jack replied.
He closed his eyes. "Man, my head." He groaned.
Sam smiled softly as Jack settled back and slowly fell asleep. She was still there in the morning, asleep in her chair.
