Doctor Frasier: Medicine Woman

Episode 1.1: BECAUSE IT'S THERE (PART 7)

By Jolinar at Carter

This is set in early series 6 and there might be some things that aren't in line with the series.

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Why Climb Mount Everest?
Because It's There.

Jack O'Neill ran as fast as humanly possible.

He came to a halt as he reached the foot of Samantha Carter's bed.

It was empty.

A feeling of dread came over him. And then he turned towards Janet's office.

There she was.

"Colonel!" Sam Carter beamed, waving from the door to Janet's office.

Jack jogged up and stared at her. "Thanks for the heart attack, Janet." He growled. "Wait...Sam...you're...walking."

"Standing." She corrected him. "Was walking. Am now standing."

"Yes, yes you are..." He grinned. "About time. Little Jen got her ass kicked on PL8 116. We so need you back, fast."

"So did you." Janet reminded him quietly, with a small smirk. Seeing the Colonel's face, she closed the door and went back to work.

Jack looked Carter up and down. She was dressed, for the first time in ages. She looked a lot healthier, and a whole lot happier too. She was leant against the wall, but she was up and about.

"Umm, Colonel?"

"Yeah?" Jack smiled.

"I'm actually kind of uncomfortable. Could you, err, help me back to the bed?" She asked, turning slightly red. Jack nodded and put his arm around her waist, standing at her side as she slowly walked back to the bed. She sat down on the edge and sighed. "That lasted all of thirty seconds."

"Progress, Carter. That is great progress. You're out of bed, that's wonderful. You've got to build up, you know?" He frowned, sitting down. "Don't over do it."

"Okay. I just hate this." She nodded.

"I can understand that," He replied. "Hey, I've been threatening to break you out. Where do you want to go?"

"Now?" Sam smiled.

"If you want, yeah. Where do you want to go?" He asked with a grin.

"I'd like to go to that spot...you know, by the lake? Where we take Cassy to row. In the park," Sam replied, after a pause.

"Sure. Let me go grab Teal'C and Daniel if they're around. I'll be right back," He nodded, patting her on the knee. "Right back."

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"Hey Jack..." Daniel acknowledged, not looking up from his work.

"How did you know it was me?" Jack wondered, perching on the end of the desk. He looked down to the books Daniel was looking at and groaned. "Still doing that?"

"You were whistling," Daniel replied, closing the books. "Yes I'm still working on the Murfin texts."

"Muffin texts?"

"Murfin. Was there something you wanted?" He sighed, a small smile on his face. "Or is it just Annoy Daniel day again?"

"No, that's Friday..." Jack smiled. "Anyhu, I was going to take Sam out for an hour or two. Wanna come?"

"I'd love to...not sure what the General would think though," Daniel nodded, with a small sigh. "I do miss civilisation though. I've been stuck in this mountain for days now."

"He'll be fine about it. It's only for a couple of hours. But I promised her I'd break her out once she was on her feet again," He assured Daniel, taking his yo-yo out of his pocket.

"She's walking again? That was quick...last week she was only just getting out of bed," Daniel asked, surprised.

"I had no doubts, Danny boy. She's not too steady yet, but...she wants to leave the base. Therefore, she will," He decided against the yo-yo, and put it back in to his pocket, standing up. "I'll go find Teal'C. I suggest you go change and meet us in the Infirmary in ten minutes."

"Will do," The archaeologist nodded, standing up himself.

"I'm baaack," Jack announced as he and Teal'C arrived in the Infirmary.

"Hey guys," Sam smiled as she saw them. She looked pretty much the same as she had earlier, except she'd brushed her hair again.

"We're just waiting for Daniel," Jack informed her, looking up at the clock.

"Speak of the devil," Sam grinned.

"What? Sokar? Where? Where? I really hate that guy...thought he was dead," Jack groaned. Sam laughed, hard. His jokes never got old.

---

Once they had parked up, Teal'C went for the wheelchair in the trunk, but Sam stopped him. "No...come on guys...it's six steps to the bench. Let me walk this."

Teal'C raised his eyebrow, but bowed his head when O'Neill agreed with Sam. He locked the car up and they walked over to the benches. "I love this spot. We bring Cass here a lot, don't we?"

"Yeah, we used to come like once a month," Sam smiled, remembering sitting in the same spot, with O'Neill, Cassandra waving from a rowboat. "Has Teal'C ever been in a boat?" She wondered. "Or a canoe."

"Sub..." Jack recalled.

"Not the same," Sam grinned.

"No it isn't," Jack grinned. He stood up, and took his wallet from his jeans pocket. He took out some cash and handed it to Teal'C. "There. Teal'C, you must try canoeing. It's fun. Hey, Danny will show you."

"I will?" Daniel frowned. "Oh, right. I will," he nodded, leading Teal'C over the little bridge.

"This will be a laugh," Jack commented. "Nice to be outdoors?" He wondered.

"Yeah, it is. Except I feel really self-conscious. My face is still such a mess," Sam sighed.

"Your face..." he began, "looks beautiful, as always."

"You have to say that," she smiled. "For the record, your face looks beautiful too," she said, and then burst out laughing.

Jack started laughing too, shaking his head. "Must be the eyeliner Teal'C leant me."

There was a happy silence for a minute, before Sam burst out laughing again. "Oh, god, look at Daniel. He's about to capsize."

"Oh dear, he is, isn't he. And Teal'C looks way too big for that canoe, we'll have to have a team in here to extract him," Jack snorted. "Wait for it...there...there he goes! Wahey Danny!" Jack exclaimed, clapping as Daniel hit the water.

"I've never turned over in a canoe. Except for when the instructor told me," Sam frowned, trying to hide the fact that she was still laughing.

"Nor me. Daniel's just really, really bad at it," Jack knew. He recalled the time when Sam had been ill, and he had brought Daniel with him on his Sunday park visit with Cass.

A couple of minutes later, Teal'C and Daniel were headed over the bridge. Both were fairly wet, and Daniel did not look happy at all.

And neither did Teal'C, although it was very hard to tell with him.

"Those 'boats' are too small, O'Neill," Teal'C growled slightly, sitting down. Seeing the look on Sam's face, both men sighed and smiled. It was worth it now, to see her laughing. "You will now purchase me an ice cream." He said firmly. Jack began to protest, but Teal'C added, "Ice cream."

Jack shrugged and stood up, taking out his wallet again. "Chocolate for the big guy, vanilla for the stuffy guy, mint choc for me and for the lady, one scoop chocolate cookie dough, one scoop caramel," he recited.

"Yes," Sam said, raising her eyebrows happily. "Ice cream. Real ice cream. I swear they sterilise the ice cream at the SGC."

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After the ice cream had been consumed, it was time to be heading back. Sam slowly made her way back to the car, the guys surrounding her. Daniel was still working on his ice cream. "Not in my car, Daniel," Jack told him. Daniel sighed and stood outside until he had finished.

Once they were all loaded in, Sam and Jack in the front, Daniel and Teal'C in the back, Jack took out the CD case. "Road music. Carter, any preference?"

"Uh, I wouldn't mind hearing some Guns N Roses, if you guys don't mind," Sam replied, taking the case from him.

"Mind? They're great. That would be why I have their cd. Put it on," Jack told her as he started the car.

"She's got eyes of the bluest..."

A fluffy part...sorry about that. Couldn't help myself.