Thor stood next to the operating table beside Fraiser, ignoring the blood
that seemed to be everywhere in favor of taking a moment to study the human
on the table.
"Can you help him?" Fraiser asked. She wasn't trying to rush the Asgard, but if he couldn't help, then she needed to get back to what she'd been doing, which had been sewing his liver back together.
"I will try."
The device was a brilliant blue as the Asgard brought it up against the young man's body, and Thor held it against the area that Fraiser pointed as the most serious of the injuries. The device glowed brightly for almost a full minute before it finally started to fade in hue, which Carter assumed meant it was healing. Thor moved it again before it completely faded, pressing it against another bleeding area, and the device once more brightened then faded slowly.
The only noise in the small room was the noise of the equipment, because everyone else was holding their breath, watching intently as the more serious wounds began closing from the inside out. The monitoring machines – EKG and EEG mostly – had been making erratic noises before Thor started using the device, but by the time he pulled it away for the last time, they had leveled out to steady lines and steady beeping. The gadget was still glowing a muted blue, but the Asgard stepped back.
"It worked far better than I expected," he said in his soft voice. "He is not healed completely, but he is out of danger. The healing device uses the energies of the person to heal them, and to do anymore at the moment would risk far more than he would gain."
Fraiser checked her machines and gave the unconscious man a quick check, and nodded her agreement as she gestured for her surgery team to continue working on the smaller injuries that hadn't been taken care of. These mostly just required cleaning and stitches.
"He's right, Sir," she confirmed with a relieved sigh. "He's out of danger."
"We're sure he's not a Goa'uld?"
"Yes, Sir. He's not a Goa'uld or a Tok'ra. We'd have found the simbiote."
"Thor will need a DNA sample, Doctor. Can you give him one?"
"Of course, Sir." There was blood everywhere. She'd have no trouble with that request. "I'll bring it to you as soon as I get him settled in the infirmary, if that's all right?"
"That's fine," Hammond told her. "We need to wait for Colonel O'Neill to get back, anyways."
"I will return to my ship," Thor said, handing Hammond a communication device. "When O'Neill returns, call and I will come for the samples."
Hammond nodded, and Thor vanished in a bright light.
"We'll get out of your way, Doctor." Hammond said, heading for the door and gesturing for Sam and Daniel to join him. None of them were particularly squeamish, but the room wasn't that large, and the doctors and nurses weren't finished.
"Thank you, Sir." Fraiser turned back to her patient, and didn't even notice when the door closed behind them.
~*~
Jack and Teal'c returned only a short time after Thor had returned to his ship. The Colonel was in good spirits – visiting Shawn always put him in a good mood – and he was still smiling when he reported in to Hammond.
"You got your sample, Colonel?"
"Yes, Sir. Shawn's at school, and Teal'c and I both saw him and spoke to him. He's definitely not an illusion."
"We did, indeed."
"Good."
Of course, Sam thought; if she was right, it didn't matter where the eleven- year-old Shawn was. She didn't say anything, though, since it wasn't worth bringing up.
"That wouldn't matter, really, would it?" Daniel asked. Sam sighed, inwardly. Leave it to Daniel.
"What doesn't matter?" Jack asked, looking over at his friend. "That Shawn's where he belongs? Yeah, I'd say that matters a lot."
"Indeed."
"But if Sam's right, then the guy that Janet's taking care of right now is the same-"
"Daniel." Sam interrupted, feeling a headache coming on. "Why don't we just wait and see what the tests show us before we start arguing about it?"
"Good idea," Hammond agreed, touching the communicator. He didn't feel like listening to a bunch of hypotheticals, either. Besides, Daniel Jackson could piss Jack O'Neill off faster than pretty much anyone, and Hammond wasn't ready to listen to that, either. Not if it wasn't necessary.
Thor returned immediately, as he'd promised, and almost right after that the door to the briefing room opened and Fraiser walked in, holding two vials of blood. She saw Thor and handed them directly over to him.
"One of the man in my infirmary, one of Shawn Adams," she confirmed.
"We appreciate you doing this, Thor," Hammond told him.
"We want the mystery solved as well, General Hammond," the Asgard replied. And he vanished, taking the blood samples with him.
"God I want one of those things," Jack said, walking over and sitting down next to Carter to wait for any word from Thor.
~*~
Word came far sooner than any of them expected. The five of them – Hammond, and SG-1 – had all taken a seat at the briefing table and listened while Fraiser described the injuries the young man had sustained.
"He must have been very close to some kind of large explosion," She told them. "There were several broken bones, contusions, and shrapnel injuries. Whatever it was, the only thing that saved him was probably his Kevlar vest."
Jack could relate to that, as could the other members of his team.
"His liver was damaged badly, as was one kidney, and both lungs were punctured, but thanks to the Asgard device, we managed to save all the organs. Really, if Thor hadn't been near by, we almost certainly would have lost him. His-"
A bright light cut her report off, and they looked over toward it, and saw that Thor had returned.
"That was quick," Jack said, impressed.
"The results are instant, O'Neill." Thor said. "Although I ran the test several times, just to be certain of them."
"What did you find out?" Hammond asked.
"The man in your infirmary is not entirely human."
"Ha!" Jack couldn't help the relief he felt, although he knew the reaction was a little childish. Even for him.
"So it is not Shawn Adams, then?" Teal'c clarified.
"Not human?" Sam asked at the same time. "He looks pretty human."
"He certainly does," Fraiser agreed. She'd seen him from the inside out, after all.
"He is part human," Thor said, trying to answer them all at the same time, and unable to do so. "We have to do a little more study on the samples to see for sure what else he is, but he's human, and something else as well."
"What else?"
"Samples?" Jack had caught the plural where no one else had.
Thor turned to O'Neill.
"The man – or whatever he is – that is in your infirmary is not completely human, O'Neill. However, his DNA is an exact match to that of Shawn Adams."
"Can you help him?" Fraiser asked. She wasn't trying to rush the Asgard, but if he couldn't help, then she needed to get back to what she'd been doing, which had been sewing his liver back together.
"I will try."
The device was a brilliant blue as the Asgard brought it up against the young man's body, and Thor held it against the area that Fraiser pointed as the most serious of the injuries. The device glowed brightly for almost a full minute before it finally started to fade in hue, which Carter assumed meant it was healing. Thor moved it again before it completely faded, pressing it against another bleeding area, and the device once more brightened then faded slowly.
The only noise in the small room was the noise of the equipment, because everyone else was holding their breath, watching intently as the more serious wounds began closing from the inside out. The monitoring machines – EKG and EEG mostly – had been making erratic noises before Thor started using the device, but by the time he pulled it away for the last time, they had leveled out to steady lines and steady beeping. The gadget was still glowing a muted blue, but the Asgard stepped back.
"It worked far better than I expected," he said in his soft voice. "He is not healed completely, but he is out of danger. The healing device uses the energies of the person to heal them, and to do anymore at the moment would risk far more than he would gain."
Fraiser checked her machines and gave the unconscious man a quick check, and nodded her agreement as she gestured for her surgery team to continue working on the smaller injuries that hadn't been taken care of. These mostly just required cleaning and stitches.
"He's right, Sir," she confirmed with a relieved sigh. "He's out of danger."
"We're sure he's not a Goa'uld?"
"Yes, Sir. He's not a Goa'uld or a Tok'ra. We'd have found the simbiote."
"Thor will need a DNA sample, Doctor. Can you give him one?"
"Of course, Sir." There was blood everywhere. She'd have no trouble with that request. "I'll bring it to you as soon as I get him settled in the infirmary, if that's all right?"
"That's fine," Hammond told her. "We need to wait for Colonel O'Neill to get back, anyways."
"I will return to my ship," Thor said, handing Hammond a communication device. "When O'Neill returns, call and I will come for the samples."
Hammond nodded, and Thor vanished in a bright light.
"We'll get out of your way, Doctor." Hammond said, heading for the door and gesturing for Sam and Daniel to join him. None of them were particularly squeamish, but the room wasn't that large, and the doctors and nurses weren't finished.
"Thank you, Sir." Fraiser turned back to her patient, and didn't even notice when the door closed behind them.
~*~
Jack and Teal'c returned only a short time after Thor had returned to his ship. The Colonel was in good spirits – visiting Shawn always put him in a good mood – and he was still smiling when he reported in to Hammond.
"You got your sample, Colonel?"
"Yes, Sir. Shawn's at school, and Teal'c and I both saw him and spoke to him. He's definitely not an illusion."
"We did, indeed."
"Good."
Of course, Sam thought; if she was right, it didn't matter where the eleven- year-old Shawn was. She didn't say anything, though, since it wasn't worth bringing up.
"That wouldn't matter, really, would it?" Daniel asked. Sam sighed, inwardly. Leave it to Daniel.
"What doesn't matter?" Jack asked, looking over at his friend. "That Shawn's where he belongs? Yeah, I'd say that matters a lot."
"Indeed."
"But if Sam's right, then the guy that Janet's taking care of right now is the same-"
"Daniel." Sam interrupted, feeling a headache coming on. "Why don't we just wait and see what the tests show us before we start arguing about it?"
"Good idea," Hammond agreed, touching the communicator. He didn't feel like listening to a bunch of hypotheticals, either. Besides, Daniel Jackson could piss Jack O'Neill off faster than pretty much anyone, and Hammond wasn't ready to listen to that, either. Not if it wasn't necessary.
Thor returned immediately, as he'd promised, and almost right after that the door to the briefing room opened and Fraiser walked in, holding two vials of blood. She saw Thor and handed them directly over to him.
"One of the man in my infirmary, one of Shawn Adams," she confirmed.
"We appreciate you doing this, Thor," Hammond told him.
"We want the mystery solved as well, General Hammond," the Asgard replied. And he vanished, taking the blood samples with him.
"God I want one of those things," Jack said, walking over and sitting down next to Carter to wait for any word from Thor.
~*~
Word came far sooner than any of them expected. The five of them – Hammond, and SG-1 – had all taken a seat at the briefing table and listened while Fraiser described the injuries the young man had sustained.
"He must have been very close to some kind of large explosion," She told them. "There were several broken bones, contusions, and shrapnel injuries. Whatever it was, the only thing that saved him was probably his Kevlar vest."
Jack could relate to that, as could the other members of his team.
"His liver was damaged badly, as was one kidney, and both lungs were punctured, but thanks to the Asgard device, we managed to save all the organs. Really, if Thor hadn't been near by, we almost certainly would have lost him. His-"
A bright light cut her report off, and they looked over toward it, and saw that Thor had returned.
"That was quick," Jack said, impressed.
"The results are instant, O'Neill." Thor said. "Although I ran the test several times, just to be certain of them."
"What did you find out?" Hammond asked.
"The man in your infirmary is not entirely human."
"Ha!" Jack couldn't help the relief he felt, although he knew the reaction was a little childish. Even for him.
"So it is not Shawn Adams, then?" Teal'c clarified.
"Not human?" Sam asked at the same time. "He looks pretty human."
"He certainly does," Fraiser agreed. She'd seen him from the inside out, after all.
"He is part human," Thor said, trying to answer them all at the same time, and unable to do so. "We have to do a little more study on the samples to see for sure what else he is, but he's human, and something else as well."
"What else?"
"Samples?" Jack had caught the plural where no one else had.
Thor turned to O'Neill.
"The man – or whatever he is – that is in your infirmary is not completely human, O'Neill. However, his DNA is an exact match to that of Shawn Adams."