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Once she was cleared to go into the base, she had to wait for the first elevator for what seemed like forever. All the while, she kept thinking about her dream. When she was finally able to get on her ride, it took a little longer than usual to get to the next destination. There, the lift was down for maintenance, and she had to use the stars. She had to go down flights and flights of stairs until she reached the correct level.
Finally coming up to the correct door, she knocked on it and waited for the person within to answer, if they were there. Hopefully, she could let go some of the stress of the previous night's dream and have a good talk with a friend who had been through a heck of a lot more than she had.
The door swung open swiftly, catching her arm, "Ouch!"
"I am sorry, Lieutenant Tucker", Teal'c appeared from the doorway, apologizing immediately.
"Liz? You alright?" Daniel called from within his office.
That's the perfect question for me, She thought silently, when aloud she returned a grumpy, "NO!"
"Perhaps I should escort you to Doctor Fraiser", Teal'c offered.
Before she could protest, both Daniel and Teal'c were leading Elizabeth down the corridor towards the infirmary. Soon, they arrived and told Janet what had happened. Janet had Liz sit down, which she did with some encouragement.
Looking at the arm, Janet announced it would be alright. It just needed some rest, and no more running into doors.
As Janet started setting up to take care of it, both Teal'c and Daniel looked to Liz with the same question in their eyes, 'What's wrong with you?' It was like they were screaming it, well Daniel at least, but without words.
"I had a bad dream", Liz offered the annoying looks.
"Oh? About what?" Janet asked offhandedly over her shoulder.
Liz sighed softly, not really wanting to talk about it, "About Drake. He and I were walking in Egypt together. We went into a pyramid, searching for something that would prove everything we know about the goa'uld."
"What were you searching for?" Daniel asked, intrigued.
Liz shook her head as Janet came back over with her supplies, "I don't know. But it was like we were both here, on Earth. He would've loved to see Earth..."
She sighed again, tears coming to her eyes from thinking about him. He was gone, and there was nothing she could do about that. He was buried and cried over. Now was the time to just remember him as he was in life, and how happy he was. But that still didn't change the fact that Liz had this odd dream about her dead husband.
"I think we have some leave coming up, why don't we take a break from the base and go to Egypt to try and find whatever it was you were looking for?" Daniel offered his friend.
"No," she said, suddenly becoming uptight again, "It's cursed."
"Like that's ever stopped you before..." Daniel shrugged loosely, letting it hang.
As if knowing Daniel would win, Janet looked to Teal'c, and then to Daniel, "I don't know if that's such a good idea for Liz."
"I'll make sure she obeys herself", Daniel brushed the comment off as if dust from a beautiful amulet.
Straightening, Janet shook her head firmly, "You will take Teal'c with you, and a cell phone. Teal'c will make sure that she rests her arm, and he can use the cell phone to call me directly if need be."
Rolling his eyes, Daniel smiled in acceptance, "Do you know what the long distance charge would be on that call?"
Leading Liz and Teal'c out of there, they went to go pack their things together for their little trip across the globe.
