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Your Portal by xnightvixenx
Set in Season 3
"Medic! I need a medic!" Jack yelled as he ran down the ramp. He lay Sam on the provided stretcher and watched silently as she was carried off to the infirmary.
"What happened?"
Evading Daniel's question, Jack answered, "I sure as hell hope that venom isn't poisonous."
"Jack." Daniel's tone was commanding with a note of pleading. Jack turned around with a defeated look on his face.
"I pulled a giant snake off a tree and it started trying to squeeze me to death. Carter tried to take it on bare-handed and it bit her." Jack smiled sadly. "She was willing to give up her life for me...even if she didn't realize exactly what she was doing."
"I see." Daniel rocked back and forth as Jack continued to stare into space until General Hammond walked up.
"Colonel, what happened here?"
"Sir, I was attacked by a snake which I accidentally provoked. Major Carter tried to fight the snake without a weapong. She got bit, sir, and we don't know how bad it is. She fainted right away."
"Very well. Debriefing minus Major Carter in half an hour."
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"Colonel, I need you to tell me exactly what happened with Major Carter and that snake. In detail."
"Sir, we split up after arrival. Carter and I were exploring to the left of the gate and I ordered Teal'c and Daniel to go right. As we went along I pulled on a couple of skinny vines and nothing happened. Then I saw this big fat one and I tugged and the whole damn thing came off the tree and started slithering up my legs. Not the nicest feeling in the world."
"And then?"
"Carter just stood there until I yelled at her to do something, and she just dropped all her doohickeys and her weapons too, and dove at the snake. She got it off me but it bit her and she passed out. I picked her up and radioed Daniel back to the gate and we came home."
"It didn't look like any ordinary snake?"
"No sir, it was the size of a boa but it had different markings. It looked like the skinny vines."
"Very well, Colonel. Dr. Jackson, I believe you said something about signs of civilization?"
"Yes, uh, just some small signs. There was a necklace on the ground and some sticks arranged in patterns nearby. I was examining them when Jack called us back to the gate."
"I also saw what may have been part of a footprint," Teal'c interjected.
"Yes, and the patterns looked a little like cuneiform but I couldn't be sure and I didn't have enough time to properly study them."
"Alright, SG-1 is on stand down until Major Carter recovers." General Hammond left it unsaid that if Sam didn't recover soon they would have to go on without her.
"General, I'd like to go back to PXC 371 and study those sticks and see if I can find anything else."
"Right. I'll send SG-7 through at 0800 tomorrow. You may go with, Dr. Jackson. See if you can make contact with the inhabitants. But first you all need to get checked out by Dr. Frasier. Dismissed, all of you."
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"Okay, Colonel, you're free to go." Janet Frasier winced at the sound of another heart-stopping scream from Sam. Jack looked her way.
"Isn't there anything you can do for her?"
"I've tried every sedative we have on hand. Nothing seems to be working, and I'm not sure exactly what's causing this. There's nothing foreign in her blood. The only difference is that the activity in her temporal lobes and the hippocampus sections of her brain have increased slightly." Jack gave Janet a blank look. "Those are the areas of the brain dealing with visual and auditory input and memories."
"So it's like when Martouf put that...memory thing on her head to get to Jolinar's memories."
"I suppose that would be an accurate simile, even though I don't know exactly how that worked." Jack walked to Sam's bedside. "You want to stay with her for a while?"
"Yes," Jack responded.
"Call me if you-or she-need anything." Janet smiled sadly and left.
Jack stared down at Sam's shaking body. He hated to see her chained to the bed, whimpering for mercy. He sat down in the chair beside Sam's bed and grasped her hand. It devastated him to think that it was he who had caused this. He gripped Sam's hand more tightly as she screamed again and strained against the straps.
"Help me," she whispered almost inaudibly as she collapsed back into the folds of the blankets.
"I'm here for you, Sam. I'll help you get through this, I promise. I'm sorry, Sam." Jack reached out and brushed away a tear from her cheek.
Your Portal by xnightvixenx
Set in Season 3
"Medic! I need a medic!" Jack yelled as he ran down the ramp. He lay Sam on the provided stretcher and watched silently as she was carried off to the infirmary.
"What happened?"
Evading Daniel's question, Jack answered, "I sure as hell hope that venom isn't poisonous."
"Jack." Daniel's tone was commanding with a note of pleading. Jack turned around with a defeated look on his face.
"I pulled a giant snake off a tree and it started trying to squeeze me to death. Carter tried to take it on bare-handed and it bit her." Jack smiled sadly. "She was willing to give up her life for me...even if she didn't realize exactly what she was doing."
"I see." Daniel rocked back and forth as Jack continued to stare into space until General Hammond walked up.
"Colonel, what happened here?"
"Sir, I was attacked by a snake which I accidentally provoked. Major Carter tried to fight the snake without a weapong. She got bit, sir, and we don't know how bad it is. She fainted right away."
"Very well. Debriefing minus Major Carter in half an hour."
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"Colonel, I need you to tell me exactly what happened with Major Carter and that snake. In detail."
"Sir, we split up after arrival. Carter and I were exploring to the left of the gate and I ordered Teal'c and Daniel to go right. As we went along I pulled on a couple of skinny vines and nothing happened. Then I saw this big fat one and I tugged and the whole damn thing came off the tree and started slithering up my legs. Not the nicest feeling in the world."
"And then?"
"Carter just stood there until I yelled at her to do something, and she just dropped all her doohickeys and her weapons too, and dove at the snake. She got it off me but it bit her and she passed out. I picked her up and radioed Daniel back to the gate and we came home."
"It didn't look like any ordinary snake?"
"No sir, it was the size of a boa but it had different markings. It looked like the skinny vines."
"Very well, Colonel. Dr. Jackson, I believe you said something about signs of civilization?"
"Yes, uh, just some small signs. There was a necklace on the ground and some sticks arranged in patterns nearby. I was examining them when Jack called us back to the gate."
"I also saw what may have been part of a footprint," Teal'c interjected.
"Yes, and the patterns looked a little like cuneiform but I couldn't be sure and I didn't have enough time to properly study them."
"Alright, SG-1 is on stand down until Major Carter recovers." General Hammond left it unsaid that if Sam didn't recover soon they would have to go on without her.
"General, I'd like to go back to PXC 371 and study those sticks and see if I can find anything else."
"Right. I'll send SG-7 through at 0800 tomorrow. You may go with, Dr. Jackson. See if you can make contact with the inhabitants. But first you all need to get checked out by Dr. Frasier. Dismissed, all of you."
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"Okay, Colonel, you're free to go." Janet Frasier winced at the sound of another heart-stopping scream from Sam. Jack looked her way.
"Isn't there anything you can do for her?"
"I've tried every sedative we have on hand. Nothing seems to be working, and I'm not sure exactly what's causing this. There's nothing foreign in her blood. The only difference is that the activity in her temporal lobes and the hippocampus sections of her brain have increased slightly." Jack gave Janet a blank look. "Those are the areas of the brain dealing with visual and auditory input and memories."
"So it's like when Martouf put that...memory thing on her head to get to Jolinar's memories."
"I suppose that would be an accurate simile, even though I don't know exactly how that worked." Jack walked to Sam's bedside. "You want to stay with her for a while?"
"Yes," Jack responded.
"Call me if you-or she-need anything." Janet smiled sadly and left.
Jack stared down at Sam's shaking body. He hated to see her chained to the bed, whimpering for mercy. He sat down in the chair beside Sam's bed and grasped her hand. It devastated him to think that it was he who had caused this. He gripped Sam's hand more tightly as she screamed again and strained against the straps.
"Help me," she whispered almost inaudibly as she collapsed back into the folds of the blankets.
"I'm here for you, Sam. I'll help you get through this, I promise. I'm sorry, Sam." Jack reached out and brushed away a tear from her cheek.