Carter stood there, unmoving. She had just killed her commanding officer. There was no way he could have survived that fall and that many bullets. Was there? No, of course not. Dr. Frasier called her medical team up to the briefing room and then began to help the injured. Many of the guards only had minor injuries, but a couple had deep cuts that would need stitches and another had a broken arm. Daniel's hand would probably need stitches, but other then that, he would be fine. Teal'c's throat was fine accept for a small gash the colonel's teeth had made. Carter could hear the technician calling for a medical team in the gate room, and decided she should check it out. She and the general went down the stairs and looked out into the gate room. Carter gasped in horror. There stood the colonel, bleeding profusely, his skull cracked open on one side, jaw hanging, nose crushed. He stood there proudly, his teeth bared in a smile, and then with out warning, he collapsed in a heap on the floor. The med team entered at that moment. Dr. Frasier was with them, having finished with the injured upstairs. "Oh my god, he's still alive! Okay, lets get him on the bed. On the count of three... one, two, Three!" The med team lifted him onto the bed and wheeled him out of the gate room. Carter looked at the general. He was just as shocked as her.
Daniel watched as the med team wheeled the colonel's body down the hall. Teal'c stood beside him. Carter ran towards them. "I can't believe he is still alive!" Daniel looked at her. "He is alive?!" She nodded. "How could he have survived that?"
"I don't know how Daniel, but he did."
"Did you see his face?!"
"Yah, I know. His nose is crushed, his jaw is broken and his head is smashed open." Teal'c raised an eyebrow. "How could a human survive that many injuries? He was also hit by many bullets." Sam shrugged, running her hands through her hair. "We should go check on him." Daniel said, heading towards the infirmary. Carter and Teal'c followed.
In the infirmary, the colonel lay on a bed. Dr. Frasier and her team were all around him. A nurse was monitoring his vitals and Dr. Frasier was removing bullets from his chest. He moaned in pain and opened his eyes. Dr. Frasier stopped what she was doing and moved back, along with the rest of her team. The colonel groaned as he sat up. He touched his face, wincing when he touched his nose. His jaw still hung, and made a cracking sound when he moved. He looked at the med team blankly, and then he looked down at his leg. Reaching down, he touched the gun shot wound, and reached inside, grabbing the bullet, and pulling it out. He dropped the blood stained bullet on the floor, and started to pull the rest of the bullets from his chest and shoulder. It was at this time, that Daniel, Carter and Teal'c entered the infirmary. The colonel sat there on the bed, having removed all the bullets in his body, and looked at them. He could not speak because of his jaw. He grabbed his jaw and snapped it back into place. They all watched in morbid fascination as he opened his mouth and flexed his jaw, making sure it was in working order. Finding that it worked as it should, he turned his attention back to the people in the room. Carter shuddered when she looked at him. His normally dark brown eyes were a strange golden-brown colour, and rimmed with thick black lashes, giving him a wolfy look. Carter stared into his eyes. They stared intently at her, and she found herself unable to look away. He smiled and turned his attention away from her, breaking the spell. Dr. Frasier walked as quietly as she could towards the phone on the wall, trying not to attract the colonel's attention. The colonel seemed to be fascinated by the room. He walked around looking at everything. Teal'c stood in front of Dr. Frasier, trying to block her from the colonel's view, if he happened to look over in her direction. Carter watched the colonel, and had a feeling he knew what they were doing. Why he didn't react, she didn't know. Dr. Frasier managed to get to the phone and called a security team down to the infirmary, as well as the general. She hung up and remained behind Teal'c. The security team arrived a few minutes later. Carter wondered why the colonel did nothing. He acted as if he didn't see the security team. General Hammond arrived also and looked at the colonel. "What are we going to do with him Doctor?"
"Well sir, I recommend that we lock him up, for his safety and ours." Daniel looked at Jack, who seemed oblivious to what was going on. "You mean he is going to be locked up? For how long?" Dr. Frasier shrugged. "He will have to be locked up until we can find out how to cure him." The general sighed. "If you believe it is for the best doctor that is what we will do." The security team moved towards the colonel. They had tranquilizer guns, and one of the airmen took aim and fired. The colonel jumped back in surprise as the dart hit him in the thigh. He growled and pulled the dart out of his thigh. Upset, he jumped at the airman, but this time the drug was fast acting and in mid air, he collapsed. He lay on the ground, tongue hanging out, his eyes half closed. Two airmen grabbed him and dragged him out of the room, towards a holding cell.
