A Candle In The Dark
Chapter 3.
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Previously
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"Jack , she's not breathing!"
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Daniel looked at Jack and saw something he had never seen before; Jack looked utterly lost and terrified at the brink of despair.
"Err, ive never actually performed CPR before on anyone Jack. JACK can you hear me?"
Although his teammates had never been in the situation to need to be performed CPR to, or at least not by Daniel's hand (and mouth), which he did think was quite incredible, Daniel realised he would have to take control of the situation. Whilst he was making this decision, Teal'c ran in after hearing the commotion in the other room
Swallowing down his fears, he yelled at Teal'c
'Teal'c, can you go get my phone, its in the car. Press 3 on speed dial"
Teal'c had paled considerably at seeing the state of his teammate and trusted friend, but wordlessly followed Daniel's command.
"Okay, Jack we need to do CPR." Jack looked up at Daniel and Daniel could see the visible battle going on in Jacks mind trying to hold everything together.
"JACK. WE NEED TO DO THIS AND YOU NEED TO HELP OR SHE'S GONNA DIE."
Suddenly it was as if Jack disappeared completely, mind now controlled by the hard ass colonel.
"Sorry." He almost whispered, looking morose.
Teal'c came back in the room and quickly handed Daniel the phone.
"Janet, we need a medical team here. Its Sam, she's not breathing."
Jack could just about make out the muffled noises as Janet on the other side of the phone.
Daniel leaned in closer to the phone to hear Janet's slightly higher than usual voice reply quickly
"Okay Daniel, you will need to follow these instructions VERY quickly. Is anyone else there with you?
"Jack and Teal'c"
"Okay, where are you?"
"Sam's house"
"Get Teal'c to stand outside and wait for us to arrive."
Daniel quickly relayed this information to Teal'c then listened closely to the phone. Janet was telling him how to perform CPR. He started to relay this information back to Jack.
"Has she got a pulse?"
Jack's shaking fingers rested on the side of her neck waiting.
Finally he found to his heart's relief that a slight fluttering could be felt, but he was still worried about how cold and clammy her skin felt to the touch. He nodded back to Daniel who looked visibly relieved.
"Okay, Jack first she says to tilt Sam's head back a bit. So put your left hand on her forehead and press backward firmly."
Jack didn't even hesitate in following Daniel's instructions.
"Okay, now youre gonna have to put two fingers of your right hand under her chin and lift it forward."
Jack obeyed every word without question, knowing that every second he wasted was the chance of Sam surviving slimming drastically. He avoided looking directly at her ivory coloured skin, instead concentrating fully on the task in hand. He knew that somewhere in the depths of his memory he SHOULD know how to perform CPR, having performed it several times before,he even knew that he DID know how, but the sight of the woman he…he didn't dare think of her as anything more than a teammate, lying there put his mind into shock and the dark swirling mist in his mind effectively covered CPR from view.
The time this was taking to accomplish was only mere seconds but to the men in the room it seemed to drag on into eternity.
Daniel was nodding his head slightly whilst absorbing the information Janet was giving him. Jack wondered if he even realised he was doing it.
Jack checked her airway, remembering that much at least, then Daniel piped up.
"Pinch her nose and take a deep breath…"
The mist swirling around the memories of what to do suddenly lifted and he finally had crystal clarity of what he should be doing. Jack took a deep breath, making sure to pinch her nose whilst keeping her chin raised and breathed for his Major. Memories assaulted his mind; her laughing over one of his terrible jokes, her puzzling over a small replicator block, countless times of explanations of the simplest things, her smile reserved just for him, kicking the crap out of a gouald…He breathed for her again. Memories of Sam wearing an alluring blue dress from her encounter with the shavadai, sitting in his lounge with Daniel and Teal'c watching star wars…Daniel's voice broke through his thoughts.
"Yeah Jack, that's great, now do that every six seconds."
Daniel removed the tea towel from Sam's wrist and saw that blood was still seeping through at an alarming rate. After Jack had taken another breath for Sam he looked over and saw Daniel faltering over her wrist. His military training kicking in, he realised there was no other choice.
"Daniel, come here and breathe for her, I think that may need a tourniquet." Daniel hurriedly swapped places with Jack. Jack quickly grabbed one of the clean teatowels and ripped it diagonally, he then looked around quickly for some type of stick to tighten the bandage with. Not seeing anything that would do in the kitchen he hurried into the lounge. There on the sofa was a brand new dress, still sporting the wooden coathanger. His eyes lit up at this, removing the coathanger he broke it across his knee. He almost ran back to the kitchen and kneeled down to Sam. After fixing the tourniquet he relaxed slightly, looking back to Daniel who was still breathing for Sam.
A slight noise in the background became a blaring and Jack realised Janet had arrived. Relieved didn't cover it. Jack had felt so helpless for not even being able to phone for an ambulance, knowing there would be too many security breaches due to unexplainable protein markers in her blood.
Teal'c ran in with a grace only he could manage, Janet and several medical staff following with bags of medical equipment and a gurney. They were shuffled out of the way to allow the medical team to work, but not before chocolate brown eyes filled with anguish met gentle, sympathetic hazel brown eyes. Janet took into account his dilated pupils and pale complexion.
Jack's world started to spin and he sat down on the floor with a bump and started to stare ahead blankly, the twinge of resistance his knees gave didn't even register
Looking over at Jack, Janet spoke quietly to one of the nurses next to her and then continued working on Sam. The nurse she had just spoken to came over and took a long hard look at the colonel, before hurrying back to Janet and speaking in a hushed tone.
"Doctor Fraiser, I think you're right; he's in shock"
"Okay, I think there's some blankets over there" she said gesticulating to near her medical bag.
The nurse returned with three blankets; one for each of them.
After a while, Janet and the others had stabilized Sam and lifted her onto the gurney ready for transport to Cheyenne Mountain. Janet spoke just loud enough for them to hear
"I want you three to come as well, so I can keep an eye on you."
TBC.