A new danger
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"Doc?" Jack asks quietly. "Does this...I mean *is* this?" I could tell he knew he wasn't making sense by the way his eyebrow twitched downward at the end of a sentence.
"Yes, Colonel. Not only is Jamron's blood swimming with Nanites, but we found some sort of...device in her heart." Janet replies knowing that everyone is staring at her.
"Like the one we found in Cassie?" Daniel refers to Janet's adopted alien daughter. I don't think I've said anything since I arrived. Daniel looks at me strangely and then glares at Jack, causing him to turn around and look at me.
"Sam! Are you okay? What's wrong?" Confused I stare at him. "Sam?"
I go to answer him but find I can't breathe properly.
"Jack!" I manage to rasp out as I fall to the floor.
*~*~*~*~*
"-She alright?"
"-Happened?"
I open my eyes drowsily and look around. I'm in the infirmary with my friends gathered around the bottom of my bed conferring with the woman I want to see.
"Janet." I croak. She doesn't seem to hear me, so I try again. "Janet!" This time her head whips around and she comes rushing over to me.
"Sam! How long have you been awake?"
"Not long. Water!" I demand. She places the straw in my mouth and I drink almost half the cup before she pulls it away, the evil woman that she is. "What happened?" I ask as I sit up. Jack takes the opportunity to sit at my side and take the strain off his knee.
"We found out what the device is inside of Jamron. Janet answers. I stare at her so she continues. "Like Cassie's, it was activated when she came through the 'Gate. But this seems to give off some sort of radiation through her actual body-"
My hands fly to my still flat tummy. Jack places his hands over mine and moves further up the bed so he is lying alongside me.
"What about the baby?" I asked panicked.
"Don't worry, bump is fine. Your both fine. The radiation isn't harmful to humans, but it is to the protein marker left behind by Jolinar."
"What about Dad?" Jack asks.
"Jacob will be fine. We're keeping him and Teal'c as far away from Jamron as possible."
"Where is she?" Jack asks my questions again. I don't understand why he doesn't know anything because he should have been with them.
"Well, Jack, if you'd actually came with us instead of staying here with Sam, you'd know she was moved to level 15 with Kynthia."
I look at Jack and he has the heart to look sheepish. I grin at the look on his face.
"Why level 15?" I ask and by the look on Jack's face I guess that's what he was gonna ask.
"Well we're trying to keep her as far away from the 'gate as possible but not oo near the surface in case this stuff is harmful to humans." Daniel replied.
"Is it dangerous? To humans I mean." Jack's brow creased after he'd finished his sentence. "Not that your not human or anything..." he rushed after he'd finished.
"Its okay." I place my hand over Jack's bad knee and he covers it with his own.
Janet removes the smile from her face before she continues. "To be honest, I don't know. As far as I can tell its not. After all Colonel O'Neill-"
"Jack." He replies automatically, receiving a glare form Janet.
"*Jack* spent a good few hours with her earlier, as did I when I was running the tests."
Jack's silent for a few moments then sighs.
"What if it was 'turned on' when it sensed Sam's protein marker and not when it came through the 'gate?" He says evenly. Jack really isn't as dumb as he makes himself out to be.
"It's always a possibility but to have something as advanced as that would require a well advanced Goa'uld. I thought Pelops was dead?" She seemed to be thinking more to herself than anyone else.
"He is." Daniel said firmly. "Besides Argos has been deserted, if you will, for over a hundred years."
"But that doesn't mean someone wouldn't take a re-newed interest in it." I argued.
"But who?" Janet asks. I look around again and for the first time I realize that my dad and Teal'c aren't here.
"Where's my dad and Teal'c?" I ask suddenly.
"They're downstairs with Hammond." Jack says distractedly.
"Why?" I query.
"To see if they know anyone that could save the child." Janet answers.
"But who would do something like this?" Daniel picks up where we left off earlier.
"There's only one... 'person' I can think of." Jack says darkly.
"Who?" I ask but somehow I already know the answer.
"Apophis."
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"Doc?" Jack asks quietly. "Does this...I mean *is* this?" I could tell he knew he wasn't making sense by the way his eyebrow twitched downward at the end of a sentence.
"Yes, Colonel. Not only is Jamron's blood swimming with Nanites, but we found some sort of...device in her heart." Janet replies knowing that everyone is staring at her.
"Like the one we found in Cassie?" Daniel refers to Janet's adopted alien daughter. I don't think I've said anything since I arrived. Daniel looks at me strangely and then glares at Jack, causing him to turn around and look at me.
"Sam! Are you okay? What's wrong?" Confused I stare at him. "Sam?"
I go to answer him but find I can't breathe properly.
"Jack!" I manage to rasp out as I fall to the floor.
*~*~*~*~*
"-She alright?"
"-Happened?"
I open my eyes drowsily and look around. I'm in the infirmary with my friends gathered around the bottom of my bed conferring with the woman I want to see.
"Janet." I croak. She doesn't seem to hear me, so I try again. "Janet!" This time her head whips around and she comes rushing over to me.
"Sam! How long have you been awake?"
"Not long. Water!" I demand. She places the straw in my mouth and I drink almost half the cup before she pulls it away, the evil woman that she is. "What happened?" I ask as I sit up. Jack takes the opportunity to sit at my side and take the strain off his knee.
"We found out what the device is inside of Jamron. Janet answers. I stare at her so she continues. "Like Cassie's, it was activated when she came through the 'Gate. But this seems to give off some sort of radiation through her actual body-"
My hands fly to my still flat tummy. Jack places his hands over mine and moves further up the bed so he is lying alongside me.
"What about the baby?" I asked panicked.
"Don't worry, bump is fine. Your both fine. The radiation isn't harmful to humans, but it is to the protein marker left behind by Jolinar."
"What about Dad?" Jack asks.
"Jacob will be fine. We're keeping him and Teal'c as far away from Jamron as possible."
"Where is she?" Jack asks my questions again. I don't understand why he doesn't know anything because he should have been with them.
"Well, Jack, if you'd actually came with us instead of staying here with Sam, you'd know she was moved to level 15 with Kynthia."
I look at Jack and he has the heart to look sheepish. I grin at the look on his face.
"Why level 15?" I ask and by the look on Jack's face I guess that's what he was gonna ask.
"Well we're trying to keep her as far away from the 'gate as possible but not oo near the surface in case this stuff is harmful to humans." Daniel replied.
"Is it dangerous? To humans I mean." Jack's brow creased after he'd finished his sentence. "Not that your not human or anything..." he rushed after he'd finished.
"Its okay." I place my hand over Jack's bad knee and he covers it with his own.
Janet removes the smile from her face before she continues. "To be honest, I don't know. As far as I can tell its not. After all Colonel O'Neill-"
"Jack." He replies automatically, receiving a glare form Janet.
"*Jack* spent a good few hours with her earlier, as did I when I was running the tests."
Jack's silent for a few moments then sighs.
"What if it was 'turned on' when it sensed Sam's protein marker and not when it came through the 'gate?" He says evenly. Jack really isn't as dumb as he makes himself out to be.
"It's always a possibility but to have something as advanced as that would require a well advanced Goa'uld. I thought Pelops was dead?" She seemed to be thinking more to herself than anyone else.
"He is." Daniel said firmly. "Besides Argos has been deserted, if you will, for over a hundred years."
"But that doesn't mean someone wouldn't take a re-newed interest in it." I argued.
"But who?" Janet asks. I look around again and for the first time I realize that my dad and Teal'c aren't here.
"Where's my dad and Teal'c?" I ask suddenly.
"They're downstairs with Hammond." Jack says distractedly.
"Why?" I query.
"To see if they know anyone that could save the child." Janet answers.
"But who would do something like this?" Daniel picks up where we left off earlier.
"There's only one... 'person' I can think of." Jack says darkly.
"Who?" I ask but somehow I already know the answer.
"Apophis."
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TBC
