The Orb
Chapter 2
The orb continued to pulse and with each pulse the yellowish glow grew with intensity. It was like a beacon calling her closer. Sam took another step forward. She was so mesmerized that she was completely unaware of the shadow which had blocked the doorway to her lab. Colonel O'Neill had also arrived early and had seen Sam's Volvo in the parking lot. He had decided to start his day by seeing which doohickey Sam was poring over in her lab. He knew that she was itching to study the artifacts that she and Daniel had collected on their last mission.
As he reached the door, he saw his 2IC seemingly hypnotized by a glowing object. She was taking slow steady steps, making her way towards it when he called out, "Sam, what are you doing? What the hell is that thing?"
Sam snapped out of her trance and began to turn towards the Colonel to answer. At the moment she moved, the orb's pulsing accelerated to a strobe-like effect and it started moving. Jack saw the orb start to advance toward Sam and he tried to call out in warning to her, but it was too late.
The orb had burst forward towards Sam and collided with the back of the Major's head.
Startled and in pain, Sam cried out "Colonel" and crumpled to the floor. Jack was frozen momentarily as he looked at his Major, lying very still on the floor. He hadn't seen the orb make contact with her, but he had heard the loud thud it had made. He knew that it had to hit with a lot of force. His heart tightened in his chest as the thought of what his life would be like if he lost her shot through his mind.
Quickly, he tossed his emotions aside, hit the alarm button and yelled over the intercom. "Medical emergency in Major Carter's lab, I repeat, medical emergency in Major Carter's lab. We need a medical team here now!"
