Late Friday afternoon
Sam's home
Jack pulled up in his truck and was pleased to see Sam's car sitting in front of her house. He and Daniel had tried calling but with no success. On a whim he had driven to her house. He jogged up the front steps and rang the doorbell. He impatiently waited five seconds before knocking on the door. He waited another five seconds before ringing the doorbell repeatedly and then trying to look through her windows. After several more attempts he walked around the house and came to the conclusion that she wasn't home. Instead of leaving he sat down on her porch steps and waited for her to show up.
After forty-five minutes, Jack gave up on waiting so he got up and headed to his truck. He was passing in front of his truck when he saw Sam walking in the park across the street. He dashed across the street and ran up to meet her, "Carter!" he called out when he was ten feet in front of her.
Sam stopped in her tracks and looked up from the ground that she had been intently looking at and she looked at her CO with a blank face. Once she registered who was in front of her, she continued walking without looking at him, "Sir."
O'Neill stood still as she walked past him, dumbfounded by her lack of reaction. He chased after her, "Carter, what's going on?"
"I'm going home."
"You know what I mean, where've you been? We've been worried about you!" he explained to her as they crossed the street.
When they reached the sidewalk in front of her home she stopped and looked at her CO. When she did speak it was filled with sadness and bitterness, "Worried that I might be going crazy?" Her response floored Jack who was speechless and ashamed with himself as he looked at the ground. "If you don't mind, I'd like to be alone. Goodnight sir." She didn't wait for a response as she turned and headed inside.
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Saturday Afternoon
Sam's house
Daniel was walking up the porch steps when the front door to her house opened. "Sam," he exclaimed excited to see her.
Sam looked at him as she stepped out of the house and turned to lock her door, "Daniel," she quietly replied.
"Where you off to?"
"A walk," she told him as she came down the steps.
Daniel followed her and walked beside her, "Mind if I join you?"
Sam shrugged her shoulders as she continued walking to the park across the street. "It's a free country."
Daniel sensed Sam's unwillingness to talk and so restrained himself from asking her any questions. They walked in silence for thirty minutes before they arrived at a park bench looking down on a playground. After another fifteen minutes of silence, his curiosity got the better of him, "Sam, is everything okay?"
Sam sat in silence considering an answer before she let out a hysterical laugh. "No Daniel, everything is not okay!" she told him through laughs. "I mean, why would everything be okay?" She then continued in an unbelieving whisper, "I've been host to a Tok'ra symbiote, had that symbiote die within me, had an artificially intelligent virus take over my mind, been chased by the Goa'uld for over four years, cheated death who knows how many times, and just recently my teammates, the people I trust my life with, thought I was crazy when I told them an alien was at my home... why wouldn't everything be okay Daniel?" she asked him, her voice filled with contempt.
Daniel looked over at her and didn't know how to respond to her sudden outburst, he'd never seen her lose her cool this way. At Daniel's silence Sam just shook her head before standing up to leave. As she was about to step away Daniel reached up for her hand, "Sam, what happened with that alien?"
Sam looked up at the sky momentarily before looking back at her friend, "I saw me… I saw me through someone else's eyes."
She then released her hand and continued on with her walk leaving a concerned Daniel sitting on the bench alone.
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Sam's home
Jack pulled up in his truck and was pleased to see Sam's car sitting in front of her house. He and Daniel had tried calling but with no success. On a whim he had driven to her house. He jogged up the front steps and rang the doorbell. He impatiently waited five seconds before knocking on the door. He waited another five seconds before ringing the doorbell repeatedly and then trying to look through her windows. After several more attempts he walked around the house and came to the conclusion that she wasn't home. Instead of leaving he sat down on her porch steps and waited for her to show up.
After forty-five minutes, Jack gave up on waiting so he got up and headed to his truck. He was passing in front of his truck when he saw Sam walking in the park across the street. He dashed across the street and ran up to meet her, "Carter!" he called out when he was ten feet in front of her.
Sam stopped in her tracks and looked up from the ground that she had been intently looking at and she looked at her CO with a blank face. Once she registered who was in front of her, she continued walking without looking at him, "Sir."
O'Neill stood still as she walked past him, dumbfounded by her lack of reaction. He chased after her, "Carter, what's going on?"
"I'm going home."
"You know what I mean, where've you been? We've been worried about you!" he explained to her as they crossed the street.
When they reached the sidewalk in front of her home she stopped and looked at her CO. When she did speak it was filled with sadness and bitterness, "Worried that I might be going crazy?" Her response floored Jack who was speechless and ashamed with himself as he looked at the ground. "If you don't mind, I'd like to be alone. Goodnight sir." She didn't wait for a response as she turned and headed inside.
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Saturday Afternoon
Sam's house
Daniel was walking up the porch steps when the front door to her house opened. "Sam," he exclaimed excited to see her.
Sam looked at him as she stepped out of the house and turned to lock her door, "Daniel," she quietly replied.
"Where you off to?"
"A walk," she told him as she came down the steps.
Daniel followed her and walked beside her, "Mind if I join you?"
Sam shrugged her shoulders as she continued walking to the park across the street. "It's a free country."
Daniel sensed Sam's unwillingness to talk and so restrained himself from asking her any questions. They walked in silence for thirty minutes before they arrived at a park bench looking down on a playground. After another fifteen minutes of silence, his curiosity got the better of him, "Sam, is everything okay?"
Sam sat in silence considering an answer before she let out a hysterical laugh. "No Daniel, everything is not okay!" she told him through laughs. "I mean, why would everything be okay?" She then continued in an unbelieving whisper, "I've been host to a Tok'ra symbiote, had that symbiote die within me, had an artificially intelligent virus take over my mind, been chased by the Goa'uld for over four years, cheated death who knows how many times, and just recently my teammates, the people I trust my life with, thought I was crazy when I told them an alien was at my home... why wouldn't everything be okay Daniel?" she asked him, her voice filled with contempt.
Daniel looked over at her and didn't know how to respond to her sudden outburst, he'd never seen her lose her cool this way. At Daniel's silence Sam just shook her head before standing up to leave. As she was about to step away Daniel reached up for her hand, "Sam, what happened with that alien?"
Sam looked up at the sky momentarily before looking back at her friend, "I saw me… I saw me through someone else's eyes."
She then released her hand and continued on with her walk leaving a concerned Daniel sitting on the bench alone.
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