It had been almost six hours since the light had entered Sam's body. Her
temperature had risen to nearly sixty degrees showing no sign of stablising
despite Jack's best attempt to do so.
In a way he was glad she had passed out at least that way he could tell himself that she wasn't in pain, that Alex would be just fine with Dr Friaser's help, but in others it scared him, he might face loosing her all over again.
There was nothing else he could do except wait things out now, he had made her as comfortable as possible under the circumstances, he had done everything he could think of and now it was up to the naked form of Sam Carter that lay wrapped in blankets to do the rest. He didn't like it she really did need medical attention but as hard as he had tried over the hours since they had been stuck there the rocks just wouldn't shift.
He had avoided doing what he was about to do the whole time since then incident happened but the more time passed and the weaker she seemed to get he just couldn't help remembering what it felt like when he let Friaser switch that machine off, even if it was a dream this had to cut close to just plain wired, he couldn't help then any more than he could now. While she fought for her life against something unknown to him only this time it wasn't just her life at stake.
"Carter" he spoke softly
He kneeled beside her moving the hand closest to him free from the blankets before continuing
"I have something for you" he smiled slightly but his eyes never stopped showing the sadness he felt
"It's not much, but you should have this back" he continued placing the small blue elephant she had given him before that very mission over her stomach and lowing her hand so it rested over the same area.
"Hang in kid.."
Then he saw what he hoped he wouldn't, the blanks were covered in a dark wet stain and on closer inspection it was red, that wasn't a good sign. To make matters worse as if on cue
"Sir.it hurts" she spoke groggily her eyes still tightly shut
"Hey Sam" he spoke swallowing hard to hide the unease in his voice he moved gripping her hand tightly in his and stroking her forehead with the other "wanna tell me where?" he asked
"Inside" she coughed motioning her free hand over her stomach
"I know"
"Why? she asked
"The baby's coming"
"That's nice" she answered
Jack thanked whoever was watching and putting her in such pain for not making her fully aware of what was going on.
"Doc says you should rest, nothings going to happen for a while yet"
"Tired"
"Get some sleep Sam"
"Stay with me plea..."
As soon as she passed out again Jack grabbed hold of his radio "the is Colonel Jack O'Neill to anyone who can read this" he paused for a moment then continued "I have a medical emergency.."
"Jack this is Jacob, how is Sam?"
"Not good"
"Hold on we're trying to get to you, there's some sort of field that we can't get through its making communication difficult"
"Yeah, Jacob ya might wanna step on it...I'm loosing them"
"Colonel O'Neill this is Frasier"
"She's bleeding bad doc and running a fever...this light went into her..I swear I tried to stop it"
With that he cut communication with Jacob and the others removed his jacket once again and placed it over her visibly shaking body moving himself to lie beside her resting an arm over that which he placed on her stomach.
"Dad's here Carter, so don't you dare think about given Alex up yet..you hear me?"
A/N: Want more? Just leave me a note and when I get back from holiday next week I'll update again.
KP
In a way he was glad she had passed out at least that way he could tell himself that she wasn't in pain, that Alex would be just fine with Dr Friaser's help, but in others it scared him, he might face loosing her all over again.
There was nothing else he could do except wait things out now, he had made her as comfortable as possible under the circumstances, he had done everything he could think of and now it was up to the naked form of Sam Carter that lay wrapped in blankets to do the rest. He didn't like it she really did need medical attention but as hard as he had tried over the hours since they had been stuck there the rocks just wouldn't shift.
He had avoided doing what he was about to do the whole time since then incident happened but the more time passed and the weaker she seemed to get he just couldn't help remembering what it felt like when he let Friaser switch that machine off, even if it was a dream this had to cut close to just plain wired, he couldn't help then any more than he could now. While she fought for her life against something unknown to him only this time it wasn't just her life at stake.
"Carter" he spoke softly
He kneeled beside her moving the hand closest to him free from the blankets before continuing
"I have something for you" he smiled slightly but his eyes never stopped showing the sadness he felt
"It's not much, but you should have this back" he continued placing the small blue elephant she had given him before that very mission over her stomach and lowing her hand so it rested over the same area.
"Hang in kid.."
Then he saw what he hoped he wouldn't, the blanks were covered in a dark wet stain and on closer inspection it was red, that wasn't a good sign. To make matters worse as if on cue
"Sir.it hurts" she spoke groggily her eyes still tightly shut
"Hey Sam" he spoke swallowing hard to hide the unease in his voice he moved gripping her hand tightly in his and stroking her forehead with the other "wanna tell me where?" he asked
"Inside" she coughed motioning her free hand over her stomach
"I know"
"Why? she asked
"The baby's coming"
"That's nice" she answered
Jack thanked whoever was watching and putting her in such pain for not making her fully aware of what was going on.
"Doc says you should rest, nothings going to happen for a while yet"
"Tired"
"Get some sleep Sam"
"Stay with me plea..."
As soon as she passed out again Jack grabbed hold of his radio "the is Colonel Jack O'Neill to anyone who can read this" he paused for a moment then continued "I have a medical emergency.."
"Jack this is Jacob, how is Sam?"
"Not good"
"Hold on we're trying to get to you, there's some sort of field that we can't get through its making communication difficult"
"Yeah, Jacob ya might wanna step on it...I'm loosing them"
"Colonel O'Neill this is Frasier"
"She's bleeding bad doc and running a fever...this light went into her..I swear I tried to stop it"
With that he cut communication with Jacob and the others removed his jacket once again and placed it over her visibly shaking body moving himself to lie beside her resting an arm over that which he placed on her stomach.
"Dad's here Carter, so don't you dare think about given Alex up yet..you hear me?"
A/N: Want more? Just leave me a note and when I get back from holiday next week I'll update again.
KP