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Jack stared at the computer in disbelief.

"This is an image of Samantha's blood. Before, the nanosites only affected the fetus. I'm beginning to believe that the nanosites were able to affect the growth rate of the fetus because it did not have its own immune system. When we turned the frequency on, the nanosites began affecting Samantha."

Jack had one arm across his chest with his other arm propped up on his hand, the fingers of that hand, stroking his chin in thought. "So what does that tell us?"

"Colonel, when the nanosites began affecting Sam, she was functional for those last few hours. I didn't expect that to happen."

Jack nodded, "All right, so why did she pass out?"

Daniel, who had been relatively silent through the whole examination, turned to Jack. "The Argosians would pass out at the same time, and while you were affected, you would pass out alongside them."

Janet was nodding, "Jack, she's just sleeping."

"But when I was affected, it was a transmission that put us to sleep."

Janet looked at him, intently. "Are you sure?"

"You can look at Sam's notes."

She motioned for the notes and rifled through them until she found the frequencies.

"Now Jack, we accidentally switched the frequencies during the session. Let's send the signal to shut down and see what happens."

They returned to Sam's bedside. "Colonel . . ."

Jack nodded. "I was just leaving."

He kissed Sam's forehead. "I'll be back, Sam. This is going to work; I'll never forgive myself if it doesn't. I love you."

There was no response from the sleeping Samantha, and Jack walked out of the infirmary followed by Daniel and Teal'c, the best friends he could have at a time like this.

SG-1

"Colonel O'Neill, Dr. Fraser is waiting to speak to you in the lab."

Jack jumped up from his seat and raced to the infirmary; Teal'c, Daniel, and the young lieutenant were in tow.

"Colonel, we've slowed the growth rate of the fetus and Sam down. Now, we're back to Square 1. The fetus is at the 36-week mark, and the speed of this pregnancy is exhausting Sam's body. Unfortunately, we've exhausted all of our resources."

She swallowed, choking back tears. "Colonel, we have to assume that Sam won't wake up."

The blood drained out of Jack's already drawn face. He looked over at the lifeless body of his wife. In addition to the IV that Janet had ordered a few hours before, Sam had an oxygen mask and a feeding tube in place. The sight tore at his heart.

Just then, the klaxons went off. General Hammond left, motioning for Jack to stay. As he reached the gate room, Sgt. Walter Davis turned to the General. "It's SG-11's iris code, Sir."

"Open the iris!" He commanded.

The metal iris opened, allowing the weary off-world travelers back onto their own planet. The commanding officer triumphantly raised two vials for General Hammond to see.

SG-1

Janet looked into her microscope, cautiously eager. As she had hypothesized earlier, there were no devices lingering in any of the blood samples that she had received.

As she went to disclose this latest piece of information to Jack, Daniel, Teal'c, and General Hammond, Thor appeared.

"Supreme Commander, it is an honor to have you back with us." Janet said, recovering from the shock of his sudden appearance in her lab.

"Thank you, Dr. Fraser. I have some technology with me that I believe may help Dr. O'Neill."

"Do you? We could use anything right about now. I think we're going to lose her soon."

Thor held up a small vial that looked like a peppershaker. Its contents were black.

"This is a nano-version of the technology that we used on our enemies, the Replicators. They have since fixed the flaws that this piece of technology preys upon, but from the description of Dr. O'Neill's condition, this would eliminate the devices from her body, leaving her pregnancy to progress at a normal rate. I can take the devices out of her body when we know that they have sufficiently shut down their operation."

Janet could have kissed him. "Thanks, Thor."

Suddenly, she thought of something else. "Is there enough in there for Colonel O'Neill?"

Thor nodded, solemnly, "May we proceed?"

Janet immediately took him to Sam's bedside, where they found Jack. "Colonel, Thor thinks he might be able to eliminate these devices once and for all- for you and Sam."

Jack looked up, hope shining in his deep, dark eyes. He looked from Sam and then to Thor. "Okay, he finally breathed. "Where do you want me?"

Janet placed him on a neighboring cot. "All right, Thor, buddy, do your stuff!"

Instantly, the black mass disappeared from the vial. Janet turned to the leader of the Asguard. "How long should we wait before we know if it's doing what we want it to do?"

"Approximately an hour."

SG-1

Janet nearly ran to the group after the hour had passed. "General Hammond, Sir. There are no longer any traces of the nanosites in Colonel O'Neill's blood, and an increasingly fewer number of nanosites in Dr. O'Neill's system. She should be just fine.

Jack raised his head. "So, can I get up now?"

She nodded, enthusiastically. "Yes, Colonel."

He jumped off the bed and energetically shook Thor's hand in gratitude.

SG-1

It wasn't until six-thirty the next morning, four hours afterwards that Sam awoke. "Jack?"

As her eyelids opened slowly, she could feel the oxygen mask on her face and the feeding tube inside of her.

Jack was asleep next to her. Janet was standing nearby, checking her vital stats. "Welcome back to the world of the living, Sam. We thought we had lost you."

She began to take the equipment from Sam, and as she was about to reply, a strong kick from her unborn child forced her to gasp, unable to respond. She placed both hands affectionately on her large belly.

"So, we're both going to be all right?" She managed to whisper.

Janet nodded. "Yes, and I have an obstetrician here on the base who would like to examine you before we release you to go home for the duration of your pregnancy."

Home, Sam thought. It had only been a day or so since she'd been there, but it felt like it had been so much longer.

"It'll feel good to go back home."

Jack awoke, startled by her voice. As his eyes met hers, he realized once more how radiant she had become. "Samantha!" he breathed.

"How long have you been there?"

He chuckled, and kissed her on the forehead. "For the whole night."

"You didn't have to, you know. It was strange, I know."

"Uh-uh, you aren't getting rid of me that easily. We're in this together. From now on, and forever."