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Sam is the brains of the bunch, but when an accident claims her intelligence; will she still fit in with SG-1? And to what lengths will the rest of SG-1 go to in order to try and help her?

What are we, without our Strengths?: Realization

SG-1 was out of the gate, down the ramp and out of the embarkation room in record time. They met up with General Hammond in the hallway.

"Status report!" He ordered.

"Got the cure sir. Where is she?"

"In her on-base quarters. She's worse Jack. Much worse."

O'Neill rushed down the hallways with Daniel, Teal'c and Hammond in tow. As they rounded a corner, Daniel said to Teal'c, "We have a cure?" Teal'c responded by inclining his head a bit.

They reached the door and O'Neill burst in without knocking. He found Carter sitting in a chair, staring at a blank monitor. He knelt down in front of her so he was on her level and looked straight into her eyes. They were dark and lifeless, devoid of all their usual vigour and spirit. The colonel sucked in a breath of air, hoping he wasn't too late.

"Carter." He began. She didn't move, her eyes didn't even notice he was there.

"Major!" He said louder and, placing a hand on each shoulder, he shook her. Finally Carter moved.

"Sir?" She slurred out. Then she blinked several times and managed to bring back a hint of life to her eyes.

"Carter, listen to me. There is no magic fix all cure this time. I don't know if this'll work, but we have to try. Do you understand?" Carter nodded slightly. O'Neill then squirmed a bit. He had already tried to convince her she was still useful and he'd failed. Maybe this time, with the help of Krixis's words, he'd succeed.

"Carter, are you still going to resign if you can't be cured?" Carter nodded.

"Resign?!" Daniel shouted, this being the first time he had heard about it. "You can't!"

"See? It's not only me who feels that way. We need you Carter. More than you know."

"I can't." Carter began. "Without it... I'm nothing."

"Major! That's not true! Carter if this happened to any of us, you'd be the first to be by our side. This group, SG-1, we're more than team mates and even more than friends, we're a family and you Carter, are possibly the most important member of this family. And believe me; we won't give you up without a fight. I have no idea why you'd want to give up because that's not the stubborn major I know." O'Neill paused and sighed upon seeing Carter's expression become more interested. "Carter, over these long years, we've all changed, hell, Daniel ascended and Teal'c even went evil once but he's back now."

"I might never come back."

"So? Carter, however much you change, you will still be part of this family. Nothing, absolutely nothing can change that." Major Carter locked eyes with her colonel, then the faintest of smiles crossed her lips and that old spark of life returned to her eyes.

O'Neill nearly jumped for joy but his happiness quickly died away when Carter suddenly grabbed at her head and groaned in pain.

"Let's get her to the infirmary!" General Hammond broke in and O'Neill and Teal'c lifted the suffering major and headed off toward the infirmary.

The men stood in the same place they had stood days earlier. They watched and waited. Finally after four hours of poking and prodding, Dr. Fraiser approached them but she was silent.

"Well doc?" O'Neill asked.

"I don't believe it." She said.

"What?"

"The damage is repairing itself."

"How?

"I don't know. Near as I can figure when the venom entered her system, it fed off the negative impulses in the brain due to the injury. By being there, the venom created an environment of negative impulses to feed off and those impulses caused the venom to be harmful. When Carter's mind reached a state of total contentment, the venom began feeding off the new positive impulses and it seems to have acquired a new purpose. It's repairing all the damage at an astounding pace and more mysterious is the fact that as it's repairing, it's dying. I calculate that just after all the damage is repaired, the venom will be entirely gone."

"That's some crazy venom. So, wait a minute, she's gonna be smart again?" O'Neill asked, somewhat bewildered.

"See for yourself." As soon as the doctor removed herself from their path, SG-1 was beside Carter's bed.

"Carter?" O'Neill asked.

"Sir?"

"Carter..." O'Neill took a deep breath. "Why does matter only flow one way through a wormhole?" After a brief pause and an awkward glance from Carter, she sighed, and then launched into a scientific explanation about the physics behind gate travel in general. O'Neill stood and listened, for once in his life, he was happy to hear Carter's long winded explanation even though he didn't understand any of it.

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