Exposed
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Jackie stared at her brother through the grating in the door. He was pacing between the twin bunk beds, like a caged animal.
"Doctor, what's going on?" General Hammond asked as he approached with Dr. Fraser. Jackie turned away from the cell and faced them. Daniel glanced at her, a question in his eyes, but it wasn't one she could answer.
"Uh, Jack...attacked me" he told Hammond.
"What?" Hammond exclaimed.
"Are you all right?" Fraser asked, concern clear on her face.
"I'm fine" Daniel answered.
"When did this happen?" Hammond demanded.
"Just a few minutes ago" Daniel answered, "Jackie and I were in my office, working on the jar engravings."
"Why would Colonel O'Neill have attacked you, Doctor?" Hammond wanted to know. Daniel gave Jackie another look. She didn't say anything, she just turned her gaze downward.
"Jack...He sort of...walked in on us...uh..."
"I see" Hammond said before Daniel was forced to finish his explanation.
"I don't know why he did that" Jackie said softly, "I just. I mean, I know he's protective, but..." Hammond didn't say anything and Janet gave the girl a sympathetic smile. They both agreed with her that this was completely uncharacteristic of the Colonel, even an over protective older brother Colonel.
"How did he get in here, Doctor?" Hammond asked.
"Uh, that would be Bellows and Jacobson, sir" Daniel answered, "They happened to be passing and came to help" Hammond directed his attention to the two airman standing behind Daniel and Jackie.
"We didn't want to put him in the brig, sir" Jacobson reported, "He was struggling hard. He sucker punched Bellows and took off. We almost didn't catch him again"
"Very well" Hammond excused them, "You can return to your posts. Perhaps I had better go have a talk with the Colonel"
"Sir, if you don't mind, I'd like to talk to him" Daniel requested hesitantly. He wasn't sure he really wanted to have a talk with his old friend, especially not now, but he knew it was the right thing to do. Hammond nodded. The guard opened the door and Daniel gave Jackie a quick look before stepping into the dark room. Jack had stopped pacing and was now just standing still, facing the back wall. Daniel heard the door close behind him and took a deep breath.
"Jack?" The Colonel didn't respond so Daniel took a step closer.
"Jack, look, I know that this is difficult for you. Believe me, I, we, never meant to hurt you." He paused but Jack showed no reaction at all. His arms were folded across his chest and his feet were planted a foot apart. He just continued to stare at the wall. Daniel walked right up behind him, thinking hard, trying to find the right words.
"Jack, please, just...listen to me..." And then he made a mistake. In his effort not to say the wrong thing, he closed his eyes. Jack had been waiting for it. He twisted, grabbed the doctor by his jacket and threw him up against the wall. Daniel was so winded he couldn't call out for help.
"You're trying to kill her!" Jack yelled frantically, "You're trying to kill us both!"
"What?" Daniel choked. Had his friend gone insane?
"I know all about your little plan! Well it won't work!" Jack yelled.
"Jack, what are you talking about?" Daniel cried, scared now.
"You're trying to kill her!" Jack repeated, "Why else would you be trying to get close to her?" He pushed Daniel into the wall even harder and his hand crept up to the other man's throat, applying pressure to his windpipe.
"You can't kill her if I kill you first" he whispered in a deadly voice, his face so close to Daniel's that their noses touched. Daniel choked, and brought his knee up into Jack's stomach. Jack stumbled back and Daniel gasped for breath, rubbing at his throat.
"Jack, why would I be trying to kill her!" he cried in frustration.
"Why else would you be trying to get close to her?" Jack yelled back.
"Because I love her!" Daniel shouted. Jack stilled. There was a look of confusion and disbelief on his face. Daniel straightened up, getting his breath back.
"Jack...I love her" He hadn't realized it until Jack had demanded that he provide an answer. He was as much surprised with the announcement as Jack apparently was.
"I'm sorry, but...I can't help it" He looked directly into his friend's eyes, "I love her" Jack didn't say anything for a moment. And then something in his expression changed.
"Liar" he growled and lunged at Daniel. He was ready this time though. He ducked and darted around the snarling Colonel.
"Let me out" he ordered through the grate in the door. The guard was too slow though. By the time he got the door open, the Colonel had Daniel around the chest and was trying to pull him back into the room. It took both the guard and the General to pry the Colonel's strong fingers from his friend and push him back into the room, allowing Daniel to get out.
Nobody said anything right away. Daniel tried to catch Jackie's eyes, but she was staring past him, a thoughtful look on her face. Had she heard his declaration? He didn't have time to ask. Alarms started going off, alerting them all to some kind of danger.
"General Hammond to the armory" a voice announced over the P.A.
"Now what?" Hammond asked of no one and they all hurried to the armory. They found two guards trying to support a sedated Teal'c between them. His staff weapon lie on the ground and there were scorch marks in the walls where he had fired.
"What's going on here?" Hammond demanded. Sgt. Siler seemed to be organizing things.
"Sir. I'm not sure what happened. I was passing by when Teal'c just started firing" he reported.
"Did he say anything?" Hammond asked.
"No, sir. We had to use tranq guns to stop him" Hammond shook his head.
"Get him to the infirmary" he ordered and the two guards started dragging him away.
"What in the world is going on around here?" The General asked and they all turned and followed.
Both Teal'c and Jack were sedated and heavily restrained in their infirmary beds. Guards stood watch at the entrances in the unlikely event that either of them should break free and try to escape. The Colonel had put up quite a fight before Janet had been able to sedate him, screaming about murderers and conspiracies. That had been almost a day ago.
Sam was just joining them as Fraser brought the appropriate screens up.
"What're we looking at, Doctor?" Hammond asked.
"These are blood samples I took from Teal'c and the Colonel" she answered. They all watched in a horrified kind of fascination. There were hundreds of some kind of slimy looking cells writhing around in the blood samples.
"What are those?" Jackie asked, disgust evident on her face.
"I don't know" Fraser answered, "They're attached to the naquida cells in their blood streams, and they're multiplying"
"Do you think these...cells could be responsible for Jack and Teal'c's recent behavior?" Hammond asked.
"It's possible" Fraser replied, "And likely"
"Why didn't you catch this before, Doctor?" Hammond wanted to know.
"I don't know, sir" Fraser admitted, "It's possible the virus hadn't built up to a detectable level until now"
"Or maybe you just didn't want to find it" Sam suddenly said. Everybody turned to look at her. Her eyes danced from one to the other and back again.
"If it wasn't there, then it had to be something you gave them" she continued. A look of sudden enlightenment crossed her face.
"You're trying to kill them!" she exclaimed, "You're trying to murder us all!" And she turned and sprinted toward the exit. The guards caught her and she lashed out at them.
"Sedate her!" Janet cried to a nurse who was doing something with a needle and the sedatives, "Twenty cc's!" The nurse hurried to comply as the guards drug the Major toward another one of the restraint beds. In a minute she was as silent as her teammates.
"Doctor?" Hammond inquired.
"There's naquida in her blood" Janet replied, "It's possible she's contracted the same virus as the Colonel and Teal'c"
"I want to know how they got this virus" Hammond said. Janet didn't have anything to say.
"The moisture" Daniel suddenly suggested, "They all reported that Bart had been wet when he touched them. He was acting the same way they are. He was convinced we were there to kill him and he attacked Sam. The house was all boarded up and dark, like he'd been hiding from someone"
"I just thought he was paranoid delusional" Jackie commented.
"He was" Daniel said, "And so are they" They all turned to look at the three sedated forms, lying in beds while some kind of virus ate away at their sanity.
To borrow a phrase: Stargate SG-1 no mine......no money, no sue, please?
Jackie stared at her brother through the grating in the door. He was pacing between the twin bunk beds, like a caged animal.
"Doctor, what's going on?" General Hammond asked as he approached with Dr. Fraser. Jackie turned away from the cell and faced them. Daniel glanced at her, a question in his eyes, but it wasn't one she could answer.
"Uh, Jack...attacked me" he told Hammond.
"What?" Hammond exclaimed.
"Are you all right?" Fraser asked, concern clear on her face.
"I'm fine" Daniel answered.
"When did this happen?" Hammond demanded.
"Just a few minutes ago" Daniel answered, "Jackie and I were in my office, working on the jar engravings."
"Why would Colonel O'Neill have attacked you, Doctor?" Hammond wanted to know. Daniel gave Jackie another look. She didn't say anything, she just turned her gaze downward.
"Jack...He sort of...walked in on us...uh..."
"I see" Hammond said before Daniel was forced to finish his explanation.
"I don't know why he did that" Jackie said softly, "I just. I mean, I know he's protective, but..." Hammond didn't say anything and Janet gave the girl a sympathetic smile. They both agreed with her that this was completely uncharacteristic of the Colonel, even an over protective older brother Colonel.
"How did he get in here, Doctor?" Hammond asked.
"Uh, that would be Bellows and Jacobson, sir" Daniel answered, "They happened to be passing and came to help" Hammond directed his attention to the two airman standing behind Daniel and Jackie.
"We didn't want to put him in the brig, sir" Jacobson reported, "He was struggling hard. He sucker punched Bellows and took off. We almost didn't catch him again"
"Very well" Hammond excused them, "You can return to your posts. Perhaps I had better go have a talk with the Colonel"
"Sir, if you don't mind, I'd like to talk to him" Daniel requested hesitantly. He wasn't sure he really wanted to have a talk with his old friend, especially not now, but he knew it was the right thing to do. Hammond nodded. The guard opened the door and Daniel gave Jackie a quick look before stepping into the dark room. Jack had stopped pacing and was now just standing still, facing the back wall. Daniel heard the door close behind him and took a deep breath.
"Jack?" The Colonel didn't respond so Daniel took a step closer.
"Jack, look, I know that this is difficult for you. Believe me, I, we, never meant to hurt you." He paused but Jack showed no reaction at all. His arms were folded across his chest and his feet were planted a foot apart. He just continued to stare at the wall. Daniel walked right up behind him, thinking hard, trying to find the right words.
"Jack, please, just...listen to me..." And then he made a mistake. In his effort not to say the wrong thing, he closed his eyes. Jack had been waiting for it. He twisted, grabbed the doctor by his jacket and threw him up against the wall. Daniel was so winded he couldn't call out for help.
"You're trying to kill her!" Jack yelled frantically, "You're trying to kill us both!"
"What?" Daniel choked. Had his friend gone insane?
"I know all about your little plan! Well it won't work!" Jack yelled.
"Jack, what are you talking about?" Daniel cried, scared now.
"You're trying to kill her!" Jack repeated, "Why else would you be trying to get close to her?" He pushed Daniel into the wall even harder and his hand crept up to the other man's throat, applying pressure to his windpipe.
"You can't kill her if I kill you first" he whispered in a deadly voice, his face so close to Daniel's that their noses touched. Daniel choked, and brought his knee up into Jack's stomach. Jack stumbled back and Daniel gasped for breath, rubbing at his throat.
"Jack, why would I be trying to kill her!" he cried in frustration.
"Why else would you be trying to get close to her?" Jack yelled back.
"Because I love her!" Daniel shouted. Jack stilled. There was a look of confusion and disbelief on his face. Daniel straightened up, getting his breath back.
"Jack...I love her" He hadn't realized it until Jack had demanded that he provide an answer. He was as much surprised with the announcement as Jack apparently was.
"I'm sorry, but...I can't help it" He looked directly into his friend's eyes, "I love her" Jack didn't say anything for a moment. And then something in his expression changed.
"Liar" he growled and lunged at Daniel. He was ready this time though. He ducked and darted around the snarling Colonel.
"Let me out" he ordered through the grate in the door. The guard was too slow though. By the time he got the door open, the Colonel had Daniel around the chest and was trying to pull him back into the room. It took both the guard and the General to pry the Colonel's strong fingers from his friend and push him back into the room, allowing Daniel to get out.
Nobody said anything right away. Daniel tried to catch Jackie's eyes, but she was staring past him, a thoughtful look on her face. Had she heard his declaration? He didn't have time to ask. Alarms started going off, alerting them all to some kind of danger.
"General Hammond to the armory" a voice announced over the P.A.
"Now what?" Hammond asked of no one and they all hurried to the armory. They found two guards trying to support a sedated Teal'c between them. His staff weapon lie on the ground and there were scorch marks in the walls where he had fired.
"What's going on here?" Hammond demanded. Sgt. Siler seemed to be organizing things.
"Sir. I'm not sure what happened. I was passing by when Teal'c just started firing" he reported.
"Did he say anything?" Hammond asked.
"No, sir. We had to use tranq guns to stop him" Hammond shook his head.
"Get him to the infirmary" he ordered and the two guards started dragging him away.
"What in the world is going on around here?" The General asked and they all turned and followed.
Both Teal'c and Jack were sedated and heavily restrained in their infirmary beds. Guards stood watch at the entrances in the unlikely event that either of them should break free and try to escape. The Colonel had put up quite a fight before Janet had been able to sedate him, screaming about murderers and conspiracies. That had been almost a day ago.
Sam was just joining them as Fraser brought the appropriate screens up.
"What're we looking at, Doctor?" Hammond asked.
"These are blood samples I took from Teal'c and the Colonel" she answered. They all watched in a horrified kind of fascination. There were hundreds of some kind of slimy looking cells writhing around in the blood samples.
"What are those?" Jackie asked, disgust evident on her face.
"I don't know" Fraser answered, "They're attached to the naquida cells in their blood streams, and they're multiplying"
"Do you think these...cells could be responsible for Jack and Teal'c's recent behavior?" Hammond asked.
"It's possible" Fraser replied, "And likely"
"Why didn't you catch this before, Doctor?" Hammond wanted to know.
"I don't know, sir" Fraser admitted, "It's possible the virus hadn't built up to a detectable level until now"
"Or maybe you just didn't want to find it" Sam suddenly said. Everybody turned to look at her. Her eyes danced from one to the other and back again.
"If it wasn't there, then it had to be something you gave them" she continued. A look of sudden enlightenment crossed her face.
"You're trying to kill them!" she exclaimed, "You're trying to murder us all!" And she turned and sprinted toward the exit. The guards caught her and she lashed out at them.
"Sedate her!" Janet cried to a nurse who was doing something with a needle and the sedatives, "Twenty cc's!" The nurse hurried to comply as the guards drug the Major toward another one of the restraint beds. In a minute she was as silent as her teammates.
"Doctor?" Hammond inquired.
"There's naquida in her blood" Janet replied, "It's possible she's contracted the same virus as the Colonel and Teal'c"
"I want to know how they got this virus" Hammond said. Janet didn't have anything to say.
"The moisture" Daniel suddenly suggested, "They all reported that Bart had been wet when he touched them. He was acting the same way they are. He was convinced we were there to kill him and he attacked Sam. The house was all boarded up and dark, like he'd been hiding from someone"
"I just thought he was paranoid delusional" Jackie commented.
"He was" Daniel said, "And so are they" They all turned to look at the three sedated forms, lying in beds while some kind of virus ate away at their sanity.