Chapter 3
Finding her
A/N: Hey I'm back, I hope you enjoy this chapter. Please review when you can I appreciate them a lot. Talk to you soon, Liz.
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Jack walked the rest of the way to Sam and looked in the cell and saw the unconscious figure and then back at Sam.
"I think your right Carter," He said, "Ya think you can open that gate without us having to blow it? Don't want to attract any attention."
"Yea I think I can," she said and pulled out some equipment she had found that could open doors and cells. She then got to work on the door and a few minutes later she heard a click and the cell door opened up. She put the equipment back in its bag and back into her pack, and then stood up and looked at Jack.
"Good job Sam, stay and keep watch." He told her.
"Yes sir," She said and stood guard in front of the cell as Jack went in.
Jack went in and over to were the young woman was and bent down next to her. He reached out and felt for a pulse on her neck.
"Come on sweetie, give me a sign your still with us," He said and then finally found a pulse, "Good girl, now are you breathing?"
He gently rolled her over on to her back and bent down to feel and watch for her breathing. When her felt the breath on his cheek and saw her chest rise he smiled. He set back up and reached out and felt her forehead and winced.
"Well you defiantly have a fever, but your cold. Course it isn't very warm in here, and your laying on cement with rags on. I'd probably be sick and cold to." He said softly.
He then took his vest off and laid it down next to him, he then took his jacket off and gently raised her up and leaned her against him. When he had her sitting up against him he put the jacket on her and zipped it up. He then put his vest back on and gently picked her up carried her out of the cell and stopped next to Sam.
"How is she doing sir?" Carter asked
"Well she's got a pulse and is breathing, that's the good news. But she's got a high fever, she was in some pretty bad conditions in that cell, the ass holes. We need to get her to the SGC as soon as possible." He said.
"Yea," She agreed.
"Let's go," He said.
"Yes sir," She answered.
"Jack, Sam get out of there, there are some Jaffa on there way, I don't know where they are but Teal'c sensed them." Daniel's voice came from Jacks shoulder.
"Carter tell them to start for the gate and dial up." Jack said since he had Angela in his arms.
"Yes sir," She said, "Daniel, Jack says for you and Teal'c to start for the gate and dial it up."
"What about you?" Daniel asked.
"We're on our way." Sam said
"Ok, be careful," He said
"You to," Sam said
"Ok Carter, go behind me I can't really shoot with Angela here, so you get to have all the fun." He told her.
"Yes sir," She smiled and he smiled back.
"Let's go," He said and they left the building and started running in the general direction of the gate.
When they got closer to the gate Jack saw Daniel and Teal'c waiting for them, "DANIEL GO THROUGH AND GET JANET TO THE GATE ROOM!!!" Jack yelled and saw Daniel nod and jump in.
Teal'c stayed close to the gate with his weapon ready to defend them if they needed it. "Sir their behind us," Carter yelled.
"Ok, TEAL'C get ready the snake heads are on are asses." He yelled and Teal'c looked around. "Ok let's run a little faster."
They speed up and were at the gate, in no time and went throw while Teal'c started firing at something. A few seconds after they arrived, Teal'c came throw along with a blast from one of the other Jaffa and everyone ducked.
"SHUT THE DAMN IRIS!!!!!!!!!" Jack yelled and soon after the iris closed.
"Everyone alright?" Jack asked and they all answered him that they were, except for Daniel who had seen Angela in Jacks arms and were walking towards him.
"Danny, you ok?" He asked.
"Yea, I'm fine." He said and then reached them.
He reached up and brushed some hair out of her face and winced at how hot she was, "we found her." He said to no on unparticular.
"Yea Danny and she's alive, but is pretty sick." Jack told him.
Daniel nodded and reached out, "Can I have her?" He asked.
Jack just nodded and handed her over to Daniel. Just about then Janet and a medical team came in and she ran over to Daniel, "Ok why was I called?" She said not noticing Angela in Daniels arms. Daniel turned around and looked at her, "We found her Janet."
"Daniels still in shock, Doc," Jack said, "She has a pretty bad fever. She was in some pretty crappy conditions. She's just in rags, I put my jacket on her, she was laying on cold wet cement like floor."
Janet nodded, "Thanks Jack," She told him then looked at Daniel, "Hey why don't you let us put her on a stretcher and get her to the infirmary."
Daniel didn't want to let go of her, and Janet saw this, "You can come with us; you need to come to the infirmary anyways for you post mission check up, but let us put her on a stretcher."
Daniel seemed to think about it for a minute and then nodded, "Ok."
Janet smiled and nodded for her team to come. They brought the stretcher over and one went to take her from him but backed off when Daniel glared at him. Janet nodded to the guy to let him put her down and the guy let it go.
Daniel walked over to the stretcher and bent over and gently laid her down. He then pulled up and watched as they started pushing her to the infirmary.
Jack walked up be hind him and but his hand on his shoulder, "Come on Danny boy, let's follow."
"Yea," Daniel agreed, "Jack?"
"Yea?"
"You think you could get me out of the briefing?" Daniel asked.
"Yea that can be arranged, Angela's more important; Sam, Teal'c and I can brief Hammond on it." Jack said.
"Thanks Jack." Daniel said.
"No problem."
They walked the rest of the way to the infirmary in silence, and when they got there, they went to their normal beds, except for Daniel. He went to Angela's bed and stood next to it while Janet checked her out. She didn't realize that he was there for several minutes and when she did she didn't say anything just went on with her work. When she was finished she walked over to him and smiled.
"She's going to be ok Daniel. She has a bad case of Pneumonia but I working on getting her on an antibiotic for that." She explained, "She also has some marks on her back that indicate she was probably hit by a whip or something."
Daniel nodded and almost smiled, "Why is she unconscious?"
"She has a very high fever, Daniel, that's more than likely why she is unconscious."
"So she'll stay that way tell it goes down?" He asked.
"Yea," Janet answered and he nodded.
"Janet shouldn't we get her into something that doesn't have holes in it?" He asked, worried about what she would do if she woke up in the infirmary in the holy rags that really didn't cover much.
"Yea, I'm going to keep her in jacks jacket tell I finish with you guys. I've got her on the antibiotics, so I'm going to go do your check up and then I'll get some scrubs for her, and get her into those." She told him and then before he could ask she smiled, "and you can help."
He smiled for real that time and she laughed, "Come on Daniel, the sooner we get those done the sooner she can be in something that resembles clothes."
He smiled and followed her to a near by bed, and cooperated with her for the next thirty minutes while she checked him out, asked questions and gave him a shot. When she was done with him she told him that he could go back to Angela while she finished with the rest of the team.
"Hey I have some of her PJ's in our quarters, would it be ok if I went and got them?" He asked.
"Yea, that would be fine, Daniel." She said and he smiled.
"Cool I'll be back in a few minutes." He said jumping off the bed and heading out of the infirmary.
She laughed and went on to Jack, "He's coming out of shock."
"Good, and I'm glad she's going to be ok." Jack said.
"Yea, I am to." She said and went on with the post mission check up for him.
Daniel got the PJ's that he had been after and then headed back out of the quarters when he remembered something else. He ran back to the bed and picked up a black floppy stuffed dog. When he was convinced he had what he needed to make her feel at home again he left the room and headed back to the infirmary.
When he got in there he looked around for Janet and saw her with Sam. He smiled and went back over to Angela's bed. He put the PJ's down at the foot of the bed and walked on closer to her head.
"Hey princess, I'm back. Your going to be ok soon, you're in the infirmary and Janet is taking good care of you. I got you your favorite pair of PJ's and you stuffed dog from our quarters. I thought you would be happier with your PJ's. Then when I was leaving the room I remember Floppy and that you would probably want him, so I went back in and got him." He told her laying the dog down next to her.
He then bent down and kissed her check, "Love you princess. I've missed you so much." He said as he raised up a little and brushed her check.
He set there brushing her check every once in a while for what seemed to him like just a few minutes, but was actually a long time. That was how Janet fond him about forty minutes later after getting done with the rest of his teams checkups.
She walked slowly over to the bed and smiled, that was a sweet scene. She sighed not wanting to break it up but knowing she needed to so they could get her in the Pajamas.
"Daniel." She said softly and he jumped, "I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you, but I'm done with the rest of SG1's checkups. Why don't we get her into those pajamas?"
He nodded and gently got off the bed, "Yea sounds good."
As they worked Janet smiled at the stuffed dog laying next to Angela. She looked up at Daniel as he was carefully putting her arm through the arm hole of the shirt and smiled, he was going to go back to his normal cheerful self soon, and was almost there already. She smiled again and then the curiosity about the dog he had brought with him got to her. She knew it was a stuffed animal and that he had gotten it for her, but she didn't know the story behind it.
"Hey Daniel?" she asked.
"Yea Janet?" He answered back.
"What's the story behind the dog?" She asked nodding towards the stuffed animal.
He smiled, "I got if for her about three days after we got engaged. This mission came up and we knew it would take a while. The day before we left we had the briefing, and got the ok from Hammond and started working on the supplies we needed. Then I remembered I had to tell Angela and came down here were she had fallen asleep cause there wasn't anything for her to be doing. I hated to wake her up to tell her about the mission but I didn't want her to hear it from anyone else. So I walked over to her and woke her up."
Flashback
Daniel walked over to where Angela lay sound asleep and set down next to her. He watched her for a few minutes as she slept peacefully and then he slowly reached out and touched her face.
"Angel, wake up sweetie." He said gently.
She set up quickly at that and looked around, "What's wrong?"
He laughed not realizing that she had been sleeping so lightly, yet so peacefully, "Easy sweetie, its ok." He soothed and she looked at him and smiled.
"Not have anything to do, so you decided to come wake me up from a good sleep?" She asked sarcastically.
"No. Angela we got a mission today, we're leaving tomorrow morning." He told her, "I don't know how long we're going to be gone. The people on the world we're going to are in danger and need our help. It could take days or weeks," He told her softly and watched her reaction.
The look on her face broke his heart, cause as soon as he finished the last part a look of pain with over her face. She looked away trying to hide it but he had already seen it. He reached out and pulled her to him.
"I guess this means our trip to the cabin is out." She said trying to hold back the tears.
He winced when she said that, he had promised to take her to his cabin he had that no one knew about. They were supposed to go that weekend.
"Yea it is." He said kissing her forehead.
She knew he didn't mean to but those words broke her heart even more. She buried her head in his chest and cried.
"I'm sorry sweetheart, I know you were excited about the trip, we'll go as soon as I get back, I swear." He said rocking her gently trying to calm her down.
"It won't be the same." She cried.
"Why not?" he asked her softly.
"Cause it won't be right after we were engaged, and it won't be our anniversary, it won't be as special." She said into his chest.
"Yes it will."
"How?"
"Because we well still be together, I know this weekend is special, but so will that one when I get back. We'll be together, just you and me. I swear." He said kissing her forehead again.
All Angela did was nod; he hugged her a little tighter and then gently pulled her away so he could see her.
"I love you Angela, you know that right?"
"Yes," She said softly, "I love you too."
"I bet we could get Janet to let you stay with her, if you want." He said softly and she nodded, "Would you like that?"
"Yes." She said softly.
"Good." He said pulling her back to him and laying her head on his shoulder. He reached up and pulled her hair out of its pony tail and ran his hand through it. He had learned that that soothed her faster than anything would when she was upset.
After a little bit Daniel gently pushed a little bit and looked at her and smiled. She whimpered at being pushed away but when she saw his smile she gave him a small smile back.
He kissed her nose, "Why don't you go talk to Janet, I have a couple things I need to do, on and off base. I know you have a couple more hours on your shift, I should be done by then and come and getcha, Ok?" he said.
She nodded, "Ok."
He smiled, "So see you in a couple hours?"
"Three, I have three hours left." She said grinning.
He smiled, "Ok three hours."
She got up off his lap and gave him a sarcastic smile, "Have fun."
"I could drop and artifact on my foot, that would entertain you for a couple hours." He said laughing.
"No that's ok; go do what you need to do." She said.
He smiled and stood up, reached out and pulled her to him in a hug.
"I love you, see you in a few hours," he said kissing the top of her head.
"Yea," She said.
"K, have fun," He said slowly walking towards the door of the infirmary.
"I'll try," she said sarcastically and he laughed.
"I love you," He said.
"Love you too," She said and watched him walk off.
A few hours later, having nothing else better to do, she was needlessly staring at a patient that was getting better every minute that passed. She knew she didn't need to be standing over him watching him, but she didn't care, she was bored.
"Angela?" She heard a voice behind her.
She jumped and turned around to see Janet standing there.
"Oh hey Janet, what's up?" she asked ant turned back to the patient.
"Well for one, you don't have to stand over him, he's going to be fine," Janet said smiling a little knowing how bored she was.
"I know, just didn't have anything else to do," Angela said.
"Well your off now," Janet said and then continued before Angela could say anything, "Daniels back, he looked for you in here but since your hiding in this curtain he couldn't find you, so he came to me. You can go no, I he has something planed for you tonight."
Angela smiled at her and stepped away from the bed, "In that case I'm out of here... where is he anyways?"
"He's right behind me, on the other side of the curtain," Janet said.
Daniel having heard Angela's question stuck his head through the curtain and smiled, "Hey Angel," He said and she grinned.
Janet rolled her eyes and walked out of the curtained area. Angela followed her and was engulfed in a hug. She giggled and hugged him back. A few seconds later she pulled back and looked at him.
"Can we please get out of here?" she asked.
"Yep," he said and kissed her on her nose.
"Cool let's go," She said and pulled away and headed to the exit of the infirmary.
Daniel laughed and followed her, waving to Janet on the way out. When he caught up to her he grabbed her hand and walked beside her to the elevator.
She looked at him and grinned, and then something hit her, "Danny where are we going? I'm just in scrubs."
He smiled, "Don't worry; we're just going back to the apartment. I've got dinner fix and something for you." He told her.
"Something for me?" She asked and he nodded, "What?"
"It's a surprise." He told her.
She looked at him but didn't say anything else and leaned up against the back of the elevator. He smiled on the other side knowing she was trying to work out what he had for her. She would find out soon, but right now they had to get home.
About thirty minutes later they arrived at their apartment building and he parked the car. He got out and walked over to her side and opened her door, and helped her out. He looked at her in her eyes.
"Are you ok sweet heart?" He asked softly pushing some hair out of her face.
"Yea, just thinking," She said.
"Ok," he said and then led her into the building and to the elevator.
When they got into the apartment she went to her room and changed into some jeans and a t-shirt. She then went into the living room and found Daniel putting food on the table. She smiled and walked over there to him.
"What we having?" She asked.
"Your favorite, Spaghettis with meatballs, I made you extra meatballs to." He said smiling at her.
She grinned, "Yummy." She said, "When we eat?"
"In a few minutes, I want to give you your surprise." He said smiling at her.
She grinned wider, "Ok." She said and he laughed.
He grabbed her hand and led her into his room and let her sit on his bed. He then turned to the closet and pulled something out. He turned back around and walked over to her and gave it to her.
"Open it," He said softly and she obeyed happily and started opening the box.
When she pulled out what was inside tears came to her eyes, "You got me the stuffed dog I've wanted for so long." She said hugging it to her and smiling.
"I knew you were going to take the news hard, so I talked to General Hammond and got him to let me off base for tonight, we're leaving at about 12 tomorrow so he didn't see any reason for us to stay on base. So I finished what I had to do and went and got this for you. I thought maybe it would be something for you to have when I'm away." He said smiling at her.
She smiled, "Thank you Danny." She said scooting over to him and hugging him.
"You're welcome Angel." He said hugging her back and kissing her check.
They set there for a little while holding each other, Angela's new stuffed animal on her lap and her head on his shoulder. Daniel sighed and rubbed her arm trying to get her attention. She looked up at him and smiled and he returned it.
"Ready to go eat?" He asked.
"Yea," She said.
"Let's go." He said and stood up pulling her up with him.
She laid the dog down on Daniels bed and followed him out of the room and to the kitchen.
End Flashback
Janet smiled, "She took it with her to my house. She told me you had given it to her, but didn't tell me when."
Daniel smiled, "Well now you know." He said.
She laughed, "Yep."
By this time they had gotten her into the pants and had her under the blanket. Daniel gently placed the stuffed dog next to her and wrapped her arm around it, and then covered her that arm up. He then looked at Janet and sighed.
"Janet, if you don't mind I want to sit with her for a little bit. Then I think I'll go to our quarters and rest." He told her.
Janet smiled and nodded, "That's fine, just tell me when you leave and I'll make sure that you find out if she wakes up."
Daniel smiled, "Yea I will." He said.
Janet nodded and walked of, with Daniel watching her. He then turned to look at Angela and reached over and grabbed her hand.
"I'm going to stay with you for a little while, before I go to our quarters. Janet's promised that when you wake up she'll come get me. I won't ever be far, I promise." He told her gently.
He set there for a couple of hours talking to her, not knowing if she could hear him or not. Then when the infirmary started getting quite he decided he would go to their quarters. So he stood up, bending over and kissing her forehead.
"I'm going to go so the rest of the people can get some peaceful sleep. I'm going to tell Janet so she knows; I promise I won't be far. See you in a little while Angel." He said standing up and making sure she was tucked in good before he set out to find Janet.
When he found her he told her he was going to the quarters and she nodded and reassured him that she would come and get him if anything changed. He smiled and left the infirmary and went to his quarters and laid down. He closed his eyes and was soon fast asleep.
A/N: ok I know that was incredibly long but it had to be or it wouldn't have mad since. I can't decide if I want to have him have another flashback while she is still unconscious or have her wake up...or both. Help me if you can, I know what the flashback will be but I can't decide if I should do that then have her wake up or both. Tell me what you think and I'll take it to heart. Your opinions mean a lot. Talk to you soon, please review and tell me what you think and your opinion on what I should do