They Are Here...?!?
"It's SG-1, Sir!" The surprised Sargent Davis yelled.
"Open the iris!" Hammond ordered.
Davis moved quickly to follow his orders and open the inpenatratable iris that covered the gate. He shook his head, as he couldn't figure out why the MALP had missed sensing them. Something should have showed up because the gate had only been deactivated for 30 seconds before the computer detected on incoming transmission. Where had they been?
A better question was, " Where are they now?!?" The gate was active but no one was coming thru.
"Sergeant?" Hammond questioned.
"Sir, I don't know. The computer shows that a wormhole was established with PX3-589. That was the last known location of SG-1 but there are no travelers in route."
This was strange. General Hammond didn't want to shut down the gate if SG-1 was in trouble but he couldn't just leave the gate open indefinitely.
"Do we still have contact with the MALP, Sergeant?" Hammond queried.
"Yes, Sir... and it shows nothing!" A confused Davis replied.
"Nothing?"
"No Sir, I mean... yes Sir... This can't be right!?!" Davis's fingers were flying across the keyboard as he rechecked the readings and started a diagnostic of the MALP.
"The MALP appears to be working but there is nothing is there... no trees, no grass... nothing!"
"What!" Hammond yelled in surprise. Then more calmly, "Nothing at all?"
"No, Sir. Nothing at all... including oxygen, Sir."
The silence after that statement was deafening. If the MALP was correct, there was nothing. Nothing at all. How could that be? Surely, the MALP was not working correctly. Was it?
Just then out of the gate tumbled SG-1!
"Medical team to the gate room!" Hammond ordered. He didn't like the look of the team as they sprawled all over the ramp. He could see from where he was that Carter and Teal'c were moving slightly but Danial and Jack appeared to be out cold.
Dr. Fraizer ran into the gate room and headed straight for Colonel O'Neill as he was the closest ... and the one in the most dangerous position. He was hanging half way off of the ramp!
"Stand down." Hammond ordered the Marines on guard in the room as the gate shut down. He hurried down to check on the status of the team.
Fraizer had assessed Colonel O'Neill and had already given orders to stabilize his neck and back, just in case and transport him to the infirmary for x-rays and a CT of his head. She knew he would be stable 'til she could assess the rest of his team. She moved to Danial next.
"Danial?" she said as he moaned and began to regain conscienceless during her quick exam. "What happened?"
"Aghhh... that hurts!" Danial responded as Fraizer finished her exam of his ribs.
"Get him to the infirmary." Fraizer ordered." I want a chest and spine series to rule out fractures as well as a CT of his abdomen."
As much as she didn't want to, she had to leave Danial in the care of her staff so she could finish triaging the rest of the team. He was stable for now.
As she moved to Sam, Janet could see that she was sitting up already and was talking to General Hammond. "I can't wait to hear this one," Fraizer said to herself.
"...then I found myself here on the ramp." Sam finished as Dr. Fraizer arrived.
"That must be the wildest tale I've ever heard," said Hammond." And I've heard a lot since taking this command. Dr. Fraizer." Hammond nodded at Carter to let her know that Sam was ready to be checked out.
"I'm fine," Carter protested as Janet began her assessment.
Every person on SG-1 always said, "I'm fine" regardless of whether or not they were. Janet knew that Sam hated the infirmary as much as the rest of the team. She didn't have her "favorite" bed like Daniel but she had spent her fair share of time there as a patient too. Janet wanted to make sure that it was true.
"This time, you appear to be mostly "fine," Sam but I still want you in the infirmary to make sure," Janet said. "And," she whispered to her friend as she helped her up, "I want to know what happened after I check Teal'c!"
"Sure Janet, when you get a minute," Sam smiled at her friend with a twinkle in her eye. "You won't believe me though!"
Janet moved on to Teal'c. He was already standing and had just finished reported to General Hammond. "Will I ever get to hear what happened?" she thought?
"I'm fine Dr.Fraizer," Teal'c said with his usual quiet dignity. "My symbiot has already taken care of my minor injury. All I require is to Kel nor reem for a few hours."
"I'd still like you in the infirmary to make sure," Fraizer said.
"Of course," Teal'c nodded and turned to go where he was ordered.
Dr. Janet Fraizer turned to head for the infirmary and her patients, when she caught General Hammond's eye.
"Where were they NOW?" Fraizer asked in exacerbation.
With a twinkle in his eye, Hammond answered, "Are you sure you want to know?"
Dr. Fraizer stopped for a second and thought. "Maybe not yet, Sir. I still have an infirmary of patients to deal with and I think I may want to be sitting when I hear this one!" she answered with a weary smile.
"Good choice, Doctor!" Hammond chuckled as he turned to make his way back to his office.
Dr. Janet Fraizer continued to smile as she headed back to her little corner of the universe. She would wait 'til the briefing to here this one. All she knew was she was glad SG-1 was back. Shaking her head as she walked out of the gate room she said, " I don't want to know where you guys were this time!"