"Trisana's Memories"
Ch. 3
(A Roman temple on PX6-288)
Daniel and Sam were exploring the temple as Tris slept.
She, however, woke up abruptly grabbing air and shouting, "Please don't leave me daddy! No, don't go!"
Daniel and Sam ran to her.
"Tris, wake up!" Sam shouted.
Tris's eyes snapped open, breathing hard as if just running 3 miles. Daniel cradled her in his arms to get her to calm down.
"It's alright. Calm down,"
"I had that dream again," Tris whispered, sweat and tears trickling down her face.
"Which one?" he asked softly.
"The one where my father left me at the orphanage after the Geneomex experiment," she explained weakly. Tris looked around. "Teal'c and Jack haven't come back yet?"
Daniel shook his head soberly. Tris suddenly started to cough into his chest. Blood sprayed all over it. Sam got some water and helped her hold the canteen as Tris drank.
"The poison is now in my lungs. I can feel it," Tris told them "It won't be long until I . . . expire."
Daniel glanced out of a window nearby. "The sun is starting to set,"
"Let's hope the battle stops for the night or else we won't get any sleep tonight," Sam said, getting back to her work once she made sure Tris was alright.
"Hey, that rhymed," Tris grinned.
Daniel and Sam smiled.
"Try and go back to sleep," he said, lying her back down.
"No," Tris said stubbornly, grabbing his arms, pushing herself up, against his firm grip. "I can't. I'll have that nightmare again. I don't want to go through that again."
"And I don't want you to," he told her gently. "But, we both know you need to rest."
She didn't have enough strength to fight him anymore. So she let him gently lay her back down. She drifted from time to time because she couldn't stop coughing. Daniel noticed that Tris started to get paler and big dark circles appeared around her eyes.
"Daniel," Tris called weakly sometime later.
He automatically jumped up from his last of his work of the day and went over to where she was laying.
"What is it?" he asked, almost urgently. "Do you need anything?"
She shook her head. Tris tugged on his shirt. "Sit," he sat. "I need to tell you something important."
"I think I know what it is," he said.
"What have you turned telepathic on me or something?" she asked softly, not loosing a bit of her sense of humor.
"No," he laughed. "So, are you gonna tell me or what?"
"Okay," she stopped to cough up more blood, and then continued. "I'm pregnant."
Daniel grinned and nodded. "I guess I was right after all,"
"You knew and you never told me!" she said. "How?"
"I was taught by a midwife, remember?" he kissed her forehead. "I recognized the symptoms."
"Oh, yeah," Trisana said.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Jack and Teal'c didn't come back until dawn. They had been running back, not knowing how long Tris had left before she died. Jack ran into the temple securing a green, glass bottle with silver pictures on it, with Teal'c in toe. Sam had been keeping guard while Daniel had been lying next to Tris, both in which were sleeping.
"What happened?" Sam asked. "She doesn't have much time left."
"We ran into some trouble," Jack said. "The Romans wouldn't share."
Tris started coughing again. Daniel woke up and helped her.
"That's no surprise," Tris said weakly, when she was done.
"How ya' doin' kid?" he asked.
"Peachy,"
"Did you get the antidote?' Daniel asked Jack.
Jack kneeled down next to her, uncorking the bottle. Daniel tilted Tris's head up a little as Jack gave her the antidote slowly, through the small opening that was her mouth. Tris coughed. Jack looked at Sam.
"The poison got to her lungs," she said, sipping some coffee.
Jack turned to Tris and Daniel again.
"That stuff is disgusting," Tris commented.
"She'll be fine. She should be back to her self in a few hours," Jack said. Daniel looked at him. "A little birdie told me" he grinned and extended out a hand. "Come on."
Daniel took it and they both sat by the fire next to Sam and Teal'c. Sam handed out coffee for the two. They drank thankfully.
By late morning they heard a familiar groan. Tris quickly ran outside.
"Tris's morning sickness is back," Daniel said, working on some old Roman tablets.
"Morning sickness?" Jack asked.
"Yep, Trisana is pregnant," Sam said, helping Daniel with the tablets.
"Tris is pregnant?" Jack looked at Daniel. "You just couldn't resist, could you?"
Daniel just changed the subject. "So, these tablets look like they're some kind of prayers or chants of some kind."
"Really?" Tris had arrived back inside the temple and went over to where they were working.
"You look dreadful," Jack said.
"I see you're as charming as ever, Jack," Tris retorted.
"Yeah-sure-you-betchya," he grinned.
Tris rolled her eyes and looked at the tablet. After several minutes of trying to read the tablets she ran back outside again. She came back again, wiping her mouth.
"So, Jack, did you happen to see what this war is about," Tris asked as the first catapult was released for the day.
"Yeah, it's a civil war. Apparently the north side of the planet has gone rogue or something and attacked the south part of the planet," he looked at Sam, who opened her mouth, as if starting to say something. "No we're not going to see why or help." answering her question before she could even ask it. "I think we've all had enough excitement for a while."
"Here let me take off those bandages," Sam offered. She had begun to unwrap Tris's bandages. "This is incredible!"
"What?" Jack and Daniel asked.
"Actually, it's magic," Tris said.
"What is it, Major Carter?" Teal'c asked.
"I put some of my magic mixed with plants and magical herbs. The paste is to heal wounds quickly. But without draining my power all at once." Tris explained.
"Tris's wound is completely healed. There isn't even a scar left," Sam said in awe.
"Sweat," Jack said. He looked at them. "How much longer is this gonna take?"
"Not long, Colonel," Sam said.
"I think someone's getting antsy," Tris teased.
"Am not," he said childishly then said, "More like bored."
"I'm almost finished, Jack. Just a few more minutes," Daniel said.
"You say that every time we go on trips like these," Jack said.
"Yeah, I know," Daniel said. "But, this time I mean it."
"You're always saying that too," he said.
"This whole conversation seems like its De ja vu to me," Sam said to Tris. She nodded in agreement.
"I think we've got enough here, Daniel," Tris said. "Besides, it looks like the Colonel is really bored."
"Why's that?" Sam and Daniel asked.
"Because he actually cleaned,"
They looked around, puzzled.
"Been busy, I see," Daniel said
"Shut up, Daniel. I'm bored,"
"Well, be bored no longer!" Tris said. "Cause we're done."
"Finally!" Jack said. "Let's move out before they change their minds." he whispered to Teal'c, who tilted his head.
They packed up their things and headed back to earth.
The End
(No it's not!)