Friend or foe
Chapter 2
Half an hour later DR Fraiser had removed the bullet from the Goa'uld's back, run as many tests as she could devise and administered painkillers and antiseptic drugs. She had also bound the wounds the Goa'uld must have gained whilst fighting the Jaffa. Now she stood with Jack, Carter and Teal'c-Daniel having bustled off in his excited way to translate the Goa'uld hieroglyphs.
"Well she's stable for now, the symbiant within her should do the rest."
"How long 'till she wakes up?" Cater asked.
"I'm not sure, hopefully within a couple of hours but it could take longer or she could wake up now."
"Great so anytime between now and never then?" Jack replied.
Dr Fraiser ignored this comment as she continued; "There is one thing you might like to know about our Goa'uld. Her host isn't human."
"Not human?" Jack asked, "Aren't all Goa'uld hosts 'not human'."
"All the Goa'uld hosts we've met up until now-with the exception of the Unas-have been descendants of humans taken from Earth by the Goa'uld to be used as slaves. This host isn't human and though her ancestors may once have been human she is no more human than we are apes."
"A more highly evolved race?" Cater asked, "But I thought human's weren't going to evolve any further, I mean we've no real need, technology evolves for us."
"Obviously either she came from a place where humans have been forced to evolve further, or she isn't human."
"So how is she...not human?" Jack asked.
"I'm still waiting for some of my test results to get back to me but from what I can see her race has evolved for a desert environment. Her eyes are not unlike those of a cat, adapted for perfect sight in almost pitch lack conditions. Her skin appears to be thickened, that's why the bullet didn't go straight through her. Blood tests show little difference from human blood although the red blood cells do not show the usual bi-concave shape, instead they appear to be similar to those of a camel-ballooned instead of doughnut shaped" She explained seeing O'Neill's lost expression. "The different shape allows them to move easily through restricted capillaries when water content is low. I've got Radiographs-images produced by X-rays-developing now so we should be able to look at them in a few minutes." Before she could comment further a much quieter alarm then the one heard that morning sounded. Without waiting to say anything else the doctor moved quickly towards her patient-the alarm telling her that something was up.
The Goa'uld was bound to the bed with wide straps of leather-just in case she was as friendly as the other Goa'uld they had met-but she was straining at them obviously in great pain but still at least semi unconscious. The doctor and a couple of nurses that had appeared out of no where bustled around administering drugs Jack had never heard of and wouldn't have been able to name the uses of if his life depended on it. Finally the alarm silenced to be replaced by the tranquil bleeping of the ECG.
When Dr Fraiser returned to speak with SG1-minus Daniel-she quickly explained that the Goa'uld appeared to have suffered from a severe allergic reaction.
"But I thought Goa'uld couldn't have any allergies." Carter commented glancing quickly at Teal'c for confirmation.
"That is correct captain Carter, the symbiant acts as the host's immune system and should therefore be able to prevent any allergies as it would any disease."
"Well obviously we have more to ask this Goa'uld than we thought." Jack replied.