Part 5

Sam got to the base early the next morning so she could start on her experiment with no interruptions. She looked up when she heard a knock on her door, not even twenty-five minutes later. "Captain, how can I help you?"

"I was just wondering if you could help me with this equation. I can't get it right and would like to finish this experiment before SG-1 leaves today."

Sam looked over the problem, "Here it is." Sam stated. "You have to flip these two variables."

"I can't believe I missed that. Thanks." Tori replied. "So how long have you and Jack been together?"

"Six months."

"Has he always been that sarcastic here?"

"Depends on the situation."

There was an uncomfortable silence. Sam started cleaning her desk when Tori spoke. "Listen, I don't want to cause any problems. I don't want any bad blood between us or cause a wedge between you and your friends here."

"Don't worry. It was just shock. Puts a whole new meaning on small world."

"I guess." Tori replied.

"You should probably get going if you want to finish that. It would suck to be late for your second mission."

"Thanks again for the help." Tori said as she walked out. She got to the elevator and realized she was missing a sheet of paper. She got back towards the doorway of Sam's lab and stopped when she seen her opening a bottle. Sam pulled out three pills and swallowed them dry one at a time. She moved out of the doorway before Sam could see her. Tori took a deep breath and pushed herself off the wall.

"Sorry, Dr. Carter. I forgot one of my papers." she said, walking into the lab.

"Here it is." Sam said, after scanning her desk.

"Thanks." Tori was at the door when Sam spoke.

"Good luck on your mission."

With a nod as a thanks, Tori walked out.

"Your tests are clean."

"If I ask you something, it will be confidential, right?"

"Depends if it's a doctor patient question."

"What kind of medication is Dr. Carter taking?"

"Why do you ask?"

Tori quickly explained the situation that she saw earlier.

"I'll talk to her about it." Janet replied. Tori got off the bed and walked to the door. "Tori?"

"Yeah?"

"Don't tell anyone." It was more an order than a statement or question so Tori just nodded.

"You have to talk to her Jack."

"I tried Janet, believe me I did. She kicked me out."

"Tori saw her take three of them at once this morning."

"I can't help her if she doesn't want it."

"At the high dosage that they are, it wouldn't take much to kill her Jack. She can easily overdose."

"What about Daniel? They've always had a brother/sister relationship."

"This isn't his kind of thing. Even if it was, she needs to hear it from you."

"I'll talk to her."

TBC...