"Daniel you called?" Sam asked as she walked into Daniel's office the next
morning.
"I need some help." He said.
"With what?" Sam questioned.
"I got my finger stuck in this artefact and I was hoping you could help me." Sam couldn't help but laugh. "It's not that funny."
"How did you manage that?" Sam asked as she examined his hand.
"I was trying to translate this text and I dropped it so I put my hand out to catch it and got my finger stuck."
"And your finger has swollen slightly too." Sam observed. "Well I could get a hammer and smash it." Sam offered as a suggestion.
"Sam if I wanted to smash it, I would have called Teal'c. It's a priceless artefact that could be the key to a whole civilisation. I was hoping you could come up with a solution that kept it in one piece."
"Soap?" Sam suggested. "We'll cover your finger in liquid soap and see if we can slide it off."
"Where are we going to get the liquid soap?" Daniel asked.
"Restroom."
"You expect me to walk to the restroom with this on my hand." Sam slipped off her over shirt and put it over Daniel's arm.
"There you go they can't see it now." Sam said. "Come with me." Sam led him to the female restroom.
"Sam, I'm a guy I can't go in there." Daniel reminded her.
"Daniel, I think there would be more problems with me going in the male restroom. Stay here, I'll check it's empty." Sam went in luckily it was. "Come on Daniel." She pulled him in.
"You have mirrors in here." Daniel commented. "And it smells of flowers."
"Air Freshener." Sam replied. "Let's try and get this off as soon as possible so you can get out of here." Daniel walked over to where Sam was and put his hand out so she could put the soap on it.
Sam dispensed some soap and rubbed it into his finger adding some water so it would foam slightly.
"Is this where you tell me this may hurt slightly?" Daniel joked.
"I can get a zat and knock you out if you like?" Sam offered. "On three. One – Two – Three." Sam pulled at the artefact but it didn't move at all. She tried twisting it but it still didn't move.
Just then a young Sgt walked in.
"Sorry ma'am, I should go." She started to turn to go.
"Wait a minute Sgt." Sam said. She stopped. "Dr Jackson seems to be in a big a bind here. Do you think you could go and get me some ice chips?"
"Of course ma'am."
"And not mention this to anyone especially Colonel O'Neill?" Daniel asked.
"I'll see what I can do about that Dr Jackson." She said as she left.
"It's going to be all around the base isn't it." Daniel sighed.
"Oh yeah but probably that you are in here more than you have an artefact on your finger."
"So why the ice?" Daniel asked.
"Maybe if we can get the swelling down slightly we'll be able to get your finger out."
"Might work."
"The ice ma'am." The Sgt returned with ice in a bag.
"This might be cold Daniel." Sam put the bag of ice on his hand. "If this doesn't work I think the artefact has to go."
"It'll have to come off eventually, I can just wait."
"Daniel it will either be the artefact or your finger." Sam stated.
"Ma'am, with your permission." The Sgt said.
"Can you ask Dr Fraiser to come and see me?" Sam asked.
"Yes ma'am."
"Sam, this is a little strange place for a meeting." Janet walked in. "Daniel, you do know this is the women's bathroom."
"I know." Daniel said.
"He got an artefact stuck on his finger, so I thought we'd try soap but that didn't work. Now we're trying ice." Sam told Janet.
"Let me see." Sam removed the bag of ice. "How did you manage that?"
"I tried to catch it." Daniel replied.
"Well I don't think your finger is broken. We'll get a hammer and break it off it will be quicker."
"No." Daniel said adamantly. "We're not breaking this unless it is an absolute last resort."
"Any ideas?" Sam asked.
"Daniel we need to raise your arm above your heart." Janet instructed. "And keep applying the ice. This may take a while; do you want to go to the infirmary?"
"No, the less people who see this the better." Daniel said.
"Then take a seat." She laid out Sam's over shirt on the floor and Daniel sat down. "Once the swelling is down, we'll put some more soap on and try again."
TBC
"I need some help." He said.
"With what?" Sam questioned.
"I got my finger stuck in this artefact and I was hoping you could help me." Sam couldn't help but laugh. "It's not that funny."
"How did you manage that?" Sam asked as she examined his hand.
"I was trying to translate this text and I dropped it so I put my hand out to catch it and got my finger stuck."
"And your finger has swollen slightly too." Sam observed. "Well I could get a hammer and smash it." Sam offered as a suggestion.
"Sam if I wanted to smash it, I would have called Teal'c. It's a priceless artefact that could be the key to a whole civilisation. I was hoping you could come up with a solution that kept it in one piece."
"Soap?" Sam suggested. "We'll cover your finger in liquid soap and see if we can slide it off."
"Where are we going to get the liquid soap?" Daniel asked.
"Restroom."
"You expect me to walk to the restroom with this on my hand." Sam slipped off her over shirt and put it over Daniel's arm.
"There you go they can't see it now." Sam said. "Come with me." Sam led him to the female restroom.
"Sam, I'm a guy I can't go in there." Daniel reminded her.
"Daniel, I think there would be more problems with me going in the male restroom. Stay here, I'll check it's empty." Sam went in luckily it was. "Come on Daniel." She pulled him in.
"You have mirrors in here." Daniel commented. "And it smells of flowers."
"Air Freshener." Sam replied. "Let's try and get this off as soon as possible so you can get out of here." Daniel walked over to where Sam was and put his hand out so she could put the soap on it.
Sam dispensed some soap and rubbed it into his finger adding some water so it would foam slightly.
"Is this where you tell me this may hurt slightly?" Daniel joked.
"I can get a zat and knock you out if you like?" Sam offered. "On three. One – Two – Three." Sam pulled at the artefact but it didn't move at all. She tried twisting it but it still didn't move.
Just then a young Sgt walked in.
"Sorry ma'am, I should go." She started to turn to go.
"Wait a minute Sgt." Sam said. She stopped. "Dr Jackson seems to be in a big a bind here. Do you think you could go and get me some ice chips?"
"Of course ma'am."
"And not mention this to anyone especially Colonel O'Neill?" Daniel asked.
"I'll see what I can do about that Dr Jackson." She said as she left.
"It's going to be all around the base isn't it." Daniel sighed.
"Oh yeah but probably that you are in here more than you have an artefact on your finger."
"So why the ice?" Daniel asked.
"Maybe if we can get the swelling down slightly we'll be able to get your finger out."
"Might work."
"The ice ma'am." The Sgt returned with ice in a bag.
"This might be cold Daniel." Sam put the bag of ice on his hand. "If this doesn't work I think the artefact has to go."
"It'll have to come off eventually, I can just wait."
"Daniel it will either be the artefact or your finger." Sam stated.
"Ma'am, with your permission." The Sgt said.
"Can you ask Dr Fraiser to come and see me?" Sam asked.
"Yes ma'am."
"Sam, this is a little strange place for a meeting." Janet walked in. "Daniel, you do know this is the women's bathroom."
"I know." Daniel said.
"He got an artefact stuck on his finger, so I thought we'd try soap but that didn't work. Now we're trying ice." Sam told Janet.
"Let me see." Sam removed the bag of ice. "How did you manage that?"
"I tried to catch it." Daniel replied.
"Well I don't think your finger is broken. We'll get a hammer and break it off it will be quicker."
"No." Daniel said adamantly. "We're not breaking this unless it is an absolute last resort."
"Any ideas?" Sam asked.
"Daniel we need to raise your arm above your heart." Janet instructed. "And keep applying the ice. This may take a while; do you want to go to the infirmary?"
"No, the less people who see this the better." Daniel said.
"Then take a seat." She laid out Sam's over shirt on the floor and Daniel sat down. "Once the swelling is down, we'll put some more soap on and try again."
TBC