"Trisana's Memories"
Ch. 2
(PX6-288)
They managed to find an abandoned temple. Teal'c carried Tris to the temple and sat her down gently. Tris leaned against the stone wall as Sam took off her vest and jacket, trying to get Tris comfortable.
"Sam, you're going to have to push the arrow all the way through my shoulder. Then you're going to have to cauterize it," Tris said, once she was settled.
Sam nodded and turned to the guys who were watching from afar. "We need to start a fire and a poker so you can cauterize the wound."
"I'll start the fire," Jack offered.
"I shall find this poker," Teal'c said.
"What about me?" Daniel asked. "What do you want me to do?"
"Daniel, you can hold me down while Sam gets the arrow out," Tris said, gasping in pain.
Sam broke off the end of the arrow. "This'll hurt." she said to Tris.
"Like I'm not now?" Tris said, smiling.
"Ready?" Sam asked. Tris nodded. "On three?"
"Just do it Sam," Tris said.
"Right,"
Tris yelled in pain as Sam pushed the arrow out of her shoulder. Daniel held her down, gripping her arms to keep her from leaning back or forward. Jack came back with the wood and started the fire just as Sam put the arrow aside. Teal'c came back with the poker.
"Good, now put the poker in the fire and wait until it becomes red. Then Sam, you need to press it against both sides of the wound," Tris instructed and they obeyed.
"Where did you learn how to do all this?" Daniel asked.
"The Dragon Amazons taught me on our last visit," she said simply.
30 minutes later the poker was hot enough for cauterization. Trisana screamed in more pain as the hot poker pressed against her skin. Sam applied Tris's magical herb paste on her back and wrapped up Tris's shoulder.
"Here's a thought," Jack said. "Why don't we go back and get Dr. Fraiser over here?"
"There is poison on the arrow, Jack. I need to drink the right antidote within a couple of hours or I'll die. Janet wouldn't know where to start and we don't have enough time to even reach the Stargate to send a message back to earth." Tris's face has already begun to start loosing color.
"Alright, I'm gonna just ignore this little attitude of yours for now, given your current state." he paused, and then asked "How do you even know the arrow had poison on it, anyway?" Jack asked.
"I can feel it in my blood stream. And I smelled it using my feral sense of smell. That's how I know," she said.
"Okay, so, how do we even get hold of this antidote then?" Daniel asked softly, letting Tris's head rest on his chest.
"A Roman soldier should carry one," she said, starting to fall asleep.
"Alright, Sam and Daniel you keep an eye on Tris. Teal'c you're with me," Jack said.
"Where are we going, O' Neill?" he asked as they walked out of the run down temple.
"To see if we can find a friendly Roman who is willing to give us his antidote for the princess,"
"I keep telling him not to call me that," Tris mumbled.
Daniel smiled. "He knows. He just does to mock you." Daniel kissed her and laid her down on a bed Sam had fixed up. "Go to sleep."
Who was Tris to argue with that? So she fell into a deep sleep.
To be continued . . .