Author's Notes: Well this is for Jaimee, my one and only reviewer.
"It's too late you know." Jack said, moving next to the general from his spot just inside the infirmary where he'd heard their conversation. "That kid saved her life."
"I understand Colonel." Hammond turned his gaze from the infirmary to Jack. "What is your opinion?"
"She hates the Goa'uld, she put the life of one of my team before her own, she pulled us out of a jam with the MALP.granted she did beat up Teal'c and Carter, but her intentions are good. All in all I trust her."
"Do I sense a but Colonel?"
Jack rubbed the back of his head. Part of him wondered if his trust in her had anything to do with what she did to him. "I don't know sir. I don't think I'm the person you should be asking." With that he turned and headed back into the infirmary. He moved next to Sam and Janet, looking over their shoulders. "Watchya looking at?"
"All the tests I ran show she's human, there is nothing in this work up that would explain the blue blood or green discoloration. And the samples of the blue blood we retrieved from the arrow and the sheet have virtually no matching DNA."
"Your point?"
"Sir, she doesn't just adapt to a different environment she literally changes on a cellular level."
"Guess that explains the thing." Jack rolled his eyes, he didn't like medical babble anymore then technobable.
"I need to run more tests. If we can figure out how she does that.do you realize what that would mean? We could change the defective strands of DNA we would be able to cure."
"Whoa Doc come on, she's a person not some new gizmo we picked up on a strange planet."
"He's right." Sam added. "Janet believe me I can understand your excitement but wait until she's awake before you go running a million different tests. And ask her first."
"Ask me what?" Max asked sitting up in bed.
"You shouldn't be up yet."
"I'll be fine." Max gave a not so reassuring smile-no one missed her clutching her arm to her chest.
'Ha.I'm fine.very familiar.' Jack laughed to himself.
"Ask me what?" Max repeated.
"The general wants to speak with you when you're feeling up to it." Jack said effectively cutting off Sam and Janet.
Max hopped off the bed still clutching her arm. "I'll go see him now."
"Oh no." Janet moved next to Max. "Back to bed with you. You are in no way ready to be on your feet."
"What? Really I'm fine."
"Yeah? So why ya holdin' your arm like that?" Jack asked, slightly bouncing on his toes.
"Because it hurts to move it."
"Exactly! Now back to bed." He made a sweeping motion toward her bed with his hand.
"Colonel." Janet warned before she turned her gaze back to Max. "You lost a lot of blood. Your body needs time to replenish it."
"I don't like sitting still, it makes me.anxious." Max started backing away unaware of the abandoned IV pole in her path. "I'm well enough to leave, I'm AH!"
Max's newly stitched shoulder ran smack into the pole causing her to fall to one knee, spots swimming in her vision.
"Shit!" Jack rushed over and carefully scooped up the girl placing her back on the bed. Careful not to lay her flat on her back.
"I'm fine." Max muttered as Janet injected her with a mild sedative.
"We know." Janet said gently brushing the hair from Max's face. "Get some sleep."
Janet motioned for Jack and Sam to follow her to the observation room.
"Wow." Sam said once the door was closed. "She's just as stubborn as you Sir."
"Carter." Jack said in a playful 'hey I'm your commanding officer' kind of voice.
"I bet she's even afraid of needles." Janet flashed a grin before returning to Doctor mode. "That should keep her out for eight hours, ten at the most. That kind of change must be hard on the body, and add a injury on top of it. I just want to make sure she gets enough rest."
**Alright I'm not so happy with this chapter, next chapter we learn more about Max,.
"It's too late you know." Jack said, moving next to the general from his spot just inside the infirmary where he'd heard their conversation. "That kid saved her life."
"I understand Colonel." Hammond turned his gaze from the infirmary to Jack. "What is your opinion?"
"She hates the Goa'uld, she put the life of one of my team before her own, she pulled us out of a jam with the MALP.granted she did beat up Teal'c and Carter, but her intentions are good. All in all I trust her."
"Do I sense a but Colonel?"
Jack rubbed the back of his head. Part of him wondered if his trust in her had anything to do with what she did to him. "I don't know sir. I don't think I'm the person you should be asking." With that he turned and headed back into the infirmary. He moved next to Sam and Janet, looking over their shoulders. "Watchya looking at?"
"All the tests I ran show she's human, there is nothing in this work up that would explain the blue blood or green discoloration. And the samples of the blue blood we retrieved from the arrow and the sheet have virtually no matching DNA."
"Your point?"
"Sir, she doesn't just adapt to a different environment she literally changes on a cellular level."
"Guess that explains the thing." Jack rolled his eyes, he didn't like medical babble anymore then technobable.
"I need to run more tests. If we can figure out how she does that.do you realize what that would mean? We could change the defective strands of DNA we would be able to cure."
"Whoa Doc come on, she's a person not some new gizmo we picked up on a strange planet."
"He's right." Sam added. "Janet believe me I can understand your excitement but wait until she's awake before you go running a million different tests. And ask her first."
"Ask me what?" Max asked sitting up in bed.
"You shouldn't be up yet."
"I'll be fine." Max gave a not so reassuring smile-no one missed her clutching her arm to her chest.
'Ha.I'm fine.very familiar.' Jack laughed to himself.
"Ask me what?" Max repeated.
"The general wants to speak with you when you're feeling up to it." Jack said effectively cutting off Sam and Janet.
Max hopped off the bed still clutching her arm. "I'll go see him now."
"Oh no." Janet moved next to Max. "Back to bed with you. You are in no way ready to be on your feet."
"What? Really I'm fine."
"Yeah? So why ya holdin' your arm like that?" Jack asked, slightly bouncing on his toes.
"Because it hurts to move it."
"Exactly! Now back to bed." He made a sweeping motion toward her bed with his hand.
"Colonel." Janet warned before she turned her gaze back to Max. "You lost a lot of blood. Your body needs time to replenish it."
"I don't like sitting still, it makes me.anxious." Max started backing away unaware of the abandoned IV pole in her path. "I'm well enough to leave, I'm AH!"
Max's newly stitched shoulder ran smack into the pole causing her to fall to one knee, spots swimming in her vision.
"Shit!" Jack rushed over and carefully scooped up the girl placing her back on the bed. Careful not to lay her flat on her back.
"I'm fine." Max muttered as Janet injected her with a mild sedative.
"We know." Janet said gently brushing the hair from Max's face. "Get some sleep."
Janet motioned for Jack and Sam to follow her to the observation room.
"Wow." Sam said once the door was closed. "She's just as stubborn as you Sir."
"Carter." Jack said in a playful 'hey I'm your commanding officer' kind of voice.
"I bet she's even afraid of needles." Janet flashed a grin before returning to Doctor mode. "That should keep her out for eight hours, ten at the most. That kind of change must be hard on the body, and add a injury on top of it. I just want to make sure she gets enough rest."
**Alright I'm not so happy with this chapter, next chapter we learn more about Max,.