"Unforgiving"

Disclaimer: I don't own Stargate. I do, however, own Dr. Aurora Jackson and the plot.

Spoilers: Meridian

Rating: PG-13

Warning: Jonas Whumping!!

Ch. 5

(SGC, Isolation Room 2)

General Hammond, Dr. Fraiser, Sam, Teal'c, Jonas and Jack stood in front of the glass observation window. They were observing Aurora from above. The sedative didn't last very long. She was now kicking the walls of the Isolation Room and knocking over the equipment.

"What's causing this?" General Hammond asked Janet.

"From the tests results I got back from P5X-879, the soil is filled with a substance that I am unable to identify. The substance is causing her hormones to fluctuate, causing the extreme irritability and anger." Dr. Fraiser explained. "Now, the substance acts like a drug in a way. The residents on 879 would have died from the, for lack of a better word, drug eventually."

"But, they ended up killing each other anyways," Sam said.

Janet nodded.

"How could the drug effect Aurora Jackson so quickly?" Teal'c asked.

"Her Empathic abilities, maybe," Jonas suggested.

"Okay, why aren't the rest of us effected?" Jack asked.

"I'm guessing, but, it could be because we don't have low insulin levels. Her body hasn't been producing much insulin since the beginning of her pregnancy," Janet said.

"Will the drug effect the triplets?" Hammond asked.

"It shouldn't, sir. I've only found a very small trace of it in AJ's blood," Dr. Fraiser said. "If we don't find away to calm her down, she could hurt herself severely."

"Well, there's no point in giving her any sedative," Jonas said.

"How are we going to calm her?" Sam asked.

"We could try talking to her, while we wait for the drug to flush out of her system," Jonas suggested.

"That would seem highly dangerous, Jonas Quinn," Teal'c said.

"Well, we gotta try something, Teal'c," Jonas said.

"It's worth a shot, sir," Sam said.

Both Hammond and Jack nodded.

"Jonas, you go first," Jack ordered.

"Me?" he said, nervously.

"It was your idea, son," Hammond said.

Jonas nodded quietly and headed down to the Isolation Room.

(Isolation Room 2)

Jonas cautiously stepped into the room. As soon as he entered, Aurora turned around quickly and asked him angrily:

"What do you want?"

"I just want to talk, that's all," he told her.

"You wanna talk?" she asked, her eyes glowing violet once more.

Aurora's heart pounded against her chest. Her adrenaline was pumping fast and her head was racing. Every minute that past, her emotions became more and more intertwined. She couldn't control all of this anger.

"That's all," he said.

"Okay," AJ paused, then said: "Why didn't you run through the glass and stopped the bomb? It was your planet in danger, not his,"

Jonas paused and stepped foreword, trying to get closer to her. AJ remained where she was. Her eyes still glowing, but the violet was fading slightly. Maybe it's a sign that the drug is wearing off, Jonas thought.

"Answer me!" Aurora screamed.

Unexpectedly, she threw him down on the ground.

Or maybe not, he thought, trying to get back up.

"If you did, he would still be here! Daniel would still be alive. And my children would have a father," AJ yelled.

He didn't answer. She kicked him back to the ground. Aurora kicked Jonas repeatedly in the stomach and face. The others, still looking from the Observation glass, saw this immediately and ran to stop her. Teal'c immediately grabbed AJ. She struggled against his strong hold. Sam and Janet went to go help Jonas.

"Let me go, Teal'c!" Aurora yelled, still struggling.

"I cannot," he said calmly.

"Let me go!"

"I'm afraid we can't do that. You gotta calm down!" Jack told her.

"No!" she screamed.

AJ struggled even more. Her eyes glowed violet once more. She suddenly became tired and collapsed to the ground. Teal'c and Jack caught her before her head could hit the ground.

To be continued . . .