While Janet and Carter gave Katie the antidote, Jesse fought with Riley as soon as they injected the orange serum into him. He simply tossed Jesse aside like she was nothing more than a doll, and not a person. "Riley, stop it," she ordered him, as she struggled to keep him down on the floor. "Listen to me, you can beat this."

"Let me go!" Riley ordered her, as he jumped to his feet and threw her off of him. Jesse flew across the room only to crash through the observation glass and land hard on the floor. "You have no right to touch me."

Jesse had landed at the feet of Ethan, Daniel, and O'Neill. "Jesse," Ethan cried out, as he dropped down next to her. "Are you okay?"

"Kinda dumb question to ask me, don't you think," Jesse said, as she sat up to reveal deep gashes on her face made from the glass. "I just got thrown through a window. Other than that, I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" Daniel asked her, as he and Jack helped her to her feet only to have her stumble against Jack for balance.

"I'll be fine. Just give me time to heal these scratches and I can take on the world."

"But you can't handle Riley."

"I didn't ever think that he would be so strong. I knew that he would be like that, but I thought that I could take him."

"It's clear to us all that you can't."

"I have to. No one else is strong enough."

"Is he still contagious?"

"Yeah, he is."

"So technically no one can touch him."

"Until we give him the antidote." They then watched as Riley stormed out of the infirmary. "That can't be a good thing." Jesse jumped down into the infirmary and took up a small vial of the antidote. "You guys all right?"

"How are you not hurt?" Janet asked her as she came up to check out Jesse's face. "Those are gonna leave some scars."

"No, they won't. It's in my genes remember. I heal really fast."

"Okay, I get that, but remember that you just went through a window."

"Yeah, I know. I'm gonna have glass in my hair for a week."

"What about Riley?" Katie asked them, as they turned to see that the antidote was working fast in her. "Is he gonna die?"

"No, sweety," Jesse said, as she ran her hand through her hair. "He'll be fine, unless he gets on my bad side and then I'm gonna throw him through the window." That got a small smile out of Katie. "I'll make sure he's gonna make through this. Don't you worry about it."

"Okay." A knock came from the door and they saw that it was Daniel and Ethan. "Ethan!" He waited until Jesse nodded before blurring over to Katie's side. She gave him a big bear hug. "I miss you."

"Okay, where's Riley?" Jesse asked Daniel as she turned to face him and Carter, who had joined his side.

"Jack and Teal'c are looking for him at the moment," Daniel reported, as he watched as the wounds on Jesse's face began to heal up. "We still can't find him."

"He's gonna want to get off world." She then handed Carter the vial. "Can you put that in a dart gun for me? I don't think he's gonna let any body close enough to stab him.

"I'll see what I can do," Carter said, as she then took off to find a dart gun.

"Okay, let's go find Riley." Jesse and Daniel took off for the control room. There they found Riley being held off the ground by Teal'c. Jack was on the floor next to him. "Riley, stop." Teal'c dropped Riley as he turned to face him, and Riley began to blur towards the gate room only to have Jesse slam into him. "Stand down, Riley."

"You have no right to order me around, human," Riley snapped as his eyes flashed orange. "I'm superior to you and you know that down deep. You are scared of me."

"No, not really." She shoved him back into the wall. "You think that you're so much better than all of us, and we don't deserve to be in your presence."

"Damn straight." His eyes grew darker and he laughed. "You are pitiful."

"Really." She slammed him back against the wall hard. "I hate to tell you something, Riley. I'm not your slave. I'm a free human. I don't care what you really think of me."

"Oh, really."

"Yes, really." She grabbed his arm and threw him down the stairs leading towards the gate room. "And I'll show you."

"I can take you on in a fight any day."

"Well, this must be your lucky day. You're gonna find out." She then followed him down the stairs.

As Daniel was helping Jack to his feet, Teal'c went over to see that Jesse and Riley had entered the gate room. "Okay, what happened?" Daniel asked them, as he and Jack joined Teal'c.

"We were looking for Riley when he jumped me," Jack started, as he turned to face Daniel. "Did they just have a fight?"

"I think they are going to fight, sir," Carter said, as she came up to them with the dart gun. They all looked up to see Jesse land hard on her back on the ramp. "Or they are fighting."

"What ya got there, Carter," Jack asked her, as he took the dart gun from her and looked at it.

"It's the antidote. Riley is still contagious. This is the only way he can get the antidote."

"Oh, cool. Can I shoot him?"

"Sure, sir. I don't think Jesse is in the position to do it right now." They heard contact and looked up to see Jesse holding her hand and Riley holding the side of his face. "That had to hurt."

"It sounded like it hurt." Riley grabbed onto Jesse's arm and shoved her up against the wall. "Um, let's go." Carter followed him as he ran into the gate room. Jesse got a foot between herself and the wall and shoved back. Riley let go of her as he stumbled to get his balance.

"You're gonna pay for that, human," he sneered at her, as he grabbed her by the throat and pushed her back into the wall. "Now is the time for you to die." He then lifted her off the ground.

"Riley, don't," Jesse said, as she began to fight to free herself from his hold, as he started to slowly choke her. "Ri, stop." Jack then shot Riley with the dart and he let her go as he fell to the ground in a seizure. Jesse landed hard on her knees as she fought to breathe. "Took you long enough."

"Well, I didn't want to shoot you," Jack said, as he came up to look at Riley. "Is he gonna be civil now?"

"He should be back to normal Riley in a matter of minutes." Jesse slowly got to her feet and she shook. "I never have seen him like this. It's like the orange serum brought out his alter ego. One that I never want to see again."

"I think that none of us will want to see that side of him again."

TBC

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