"Alliances of Sorts"

Ch. 7

(Int. SGC, Infirmary)

I woke up to find myself in one of the infirmary beds. I looked around. Dr. Jackson had fallen asleep, resting hid head on my bed. His glasses lay on the table that had been placed beside my bed. He held my hand tightly. I smiled. I didn't want to wake him up. He looked so sweet like this. He also looked a bit uncomfortable. I had to wake him up or his neck is going to get sore.

"Daniel," I said, loudly.

He jerked his head up.

"Hey, handsome," I said.

"Hey," he grinned, putting his glasses on. "How're you feeling?"

"Better," I said.

I glanced over to the bed beside me. Daniel had been working on the translations while I was sleeping.

"Have you had any luck?" I asked.

"Nope," he said. "But, you were right about the language. It's a derivation of Ancient Egyptian. It matches the writing on the back of your necklace, in fact."

"Really?"

"Yeah," he nodded. "I'm gonna look into it. Two of the scrolls we found looks like it's a story of some kind."

"Okay, well, that's something," I yawned.

"SG-1 ships out in a few days with Jacob. General Hammond says you can come with us. If Dr. Kane can't find a cure, then the Tok'ra might have one," he said.

"Does this have something to do with why he came?" I asked.

"Yeah. That and Jacob came here for a vacation," he smiled.

"There isn't a cure," I paused. "There wasn't one for Ashlock, so there isn't one for me."

"Well, the Tok'ra will have one," Daniel said confidently. "Now get some sleep."

He got up, kissed me on the forehead, gathered up some books, and left. I was still tired so I obeyed Daniel and fell asleep.

(Int. SGC, Briefing Room)

I woke up two days later and was ordered to go to the Briefing Room as soon as possible. So, I did. I found General Hammond, Jacob Carter, SG-1, and Mutant X sitting and talking.

"Hey, everyone," I greeted them as I entered and sat down beside Daniel.

"Good afternoon, Dr. Allison," Hammond said.

"You look much better than you did a few days ago," Brennan said.

"Thank you. I think," I turned to Emma, Shalimar and Jesse and asked "Is he always like this?"

"Actually, this is quit charming," Emma giggled

Brennan seemed to be appalled by what his team mates were saying. Everyone in the room laughed. Even General Hammond and Jacob chuckled.

"Can we start now please?" Brennan asked, desperately trying to change the subject.

Hammond nodded to Jacob to start.

"Let me guess," I said, before Jacob began. "The Tok'ra just happens to have a symbiote that I could blend with, right?"

"Well . . . Yes," he said.

"I'm sorry, Jacob, but no. I don't feel comfortable sharing my body." I said. "I'm having trouble trying to keep out other people's thoughts and feelings out of my head."

Jacob nodded. Selmack took over.

"You still have time to think about it," he said. "You're powers will be of great use to the Tok'ra."

"Yeah, I bet they will," I said under my breath.

I glanced beside me to Daniel. He gave me his puppy eyes look.

"Alright," I looked back at Jacob/Selmack. "I'll think about it. But, I'm not promising anything. Got it?"

He nodded.

To be continued . . .