Decided to be nice and gave you all another chapter for today. Just be sure to review. They make me happy.
As usual, recognizable stuff ain't mine.
Samantha Carter swiftly reloaded her P-90, her blue eyes focused and cold. Slamming the magazine into place she rose smoothly to her feet and fired off several dozen rounds as staff blasts ripped past her.
She stopped for a moment and noticed the staff blasts had stopped. Breathing a sigh of relief she ran to the DHD, punched in Earth's address, sent her GDO code through as she ran to her fallen comrades. She grabbed the unconscious Daniel and Jack and hurled them into the Even Horizon. She ran a few meters away and pulled Teal'c onto her shoulders.
A horn sounded nearby and Sam ran to the Gate. Before going through she lowered Teal'c to his feet and held one of his arms on her shoulders. She closed her eyes and stepped through the Stargate, opening them when the clanging of her boots on the metal ramp reached her ears.
She lowered her friend to the ramp and stepped aside so the medical team could go to work. Janet ran up to Sam. "You okay?" the doctor asked, checking Sam for any injuries or bleeding.
Sam nodded. "I'm fine, just exhausted. I'll be in the infirmary after I dump my gear in the locker room."
Janet nodded as she finished her brief examination. "ASAP Sam."
Sam nodded and sidled past the three gurneys that held the rest of her team and headed up to the locker rooms. She walked in and closed the door. She sat down in front of her locker and pulled her vest and weapons off, setting them on the bench next to her.
Sam quickly changed into her BDUs and walked out of the room. She walked into her lab and locked the doors. She opened a small, hidden refrigerator and pulled out a bag filled with red liquid.
She bit off one of the ends with her teeth and held the torn corner to her open mouth. Sam drained the contents of the bag and put the bag in her private locker that was in her lab. She stood in front of a mirror and checked to make sure that her lips and teeth weren't red. She winced as her elongated canines slid into her gums to look like normal human canines before unlocking the door.
She walked out and headed down to the infirmary. She sat on one of the beds and waited for Janet to come over. "How are they?" she asked.
Janet sighed. "Well, the Colonel and Daniel have a bad concussion, but they should be fine in a few hours, maybe a day."
"What about Teal'c?"
"He's recovering. If he still had a symbiote though, he'd be dead. The staff blast hit him square in the stomach where Junior use to be. He should be fine by tomorrow," Janet told her. "What happened on the planet?"
"That's what I'd like to know," Hammond said, walking in.
"We were ambushed by a group of Ba'al's Jaffa. Colonel O'Neill and Daniel were thrown against a tree or a rock; I forget which. I managed to pull Daniel clear of the staff blasts, but Teal'c only got a few paces before he was hit with a staff blast. I crawled to the Colonel and pulled him as close to Daniel as I could get him before I had to take cover behind the DHD."
Sam licked her lips before continuing. "I was pinned down for I don't know how long, but once the staff blasts stopped I dialed Earth and pulled the others through the Gate before the reinforcements arrived."
"Wasn't the planet supposed to be clear of hostile forces?" Hammond asked.
"That's what we thought sir, but the intel was wrong or changed by the time we got there. If I hadn't seen movement out of the corner of my eye we wouldn't be here right now," she said.
Hammond nodded. "I want your report as soon as possible Major." Sam nodded and he walked out of the room.
"You okay Sam?"
The blonde shrugged. "I'll be fine. Just worried about the guys is all." Janet nodded and began doing the post-mission examination.
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Sam opened the door to her house and stared in surprise when she saw Teal'c standing alone in her doorway. "Hey Teal'c. How are you?"
"I am well Major Carter," he said.
"Come in," she told him, stepping to the side. He bowed his head in thanks and walked into her house. "What brings you to my place all by yourself?"
Teal'c waited for her to shut the door before he spoke. "On the planet I witnessed you getting hit with a staff blast yet Doctor Fraiser tells me you had no injury. I know what I saw Major Carter. Are you hiding the wound or something else from us?"
Sam sighed and collapsed onto her couch, motioning for Teal'c to sit down as well. He calmly sat down on her recliner and waited. "Your eyes didn't deceive you Teal'c. I did get hit with a staff blast. But I'm fine and I swear to you I'm not a Goa'uld. Come and check if you don't believe me."
"Then how is it you are not injured?"
Sam let out a slow breath. "Teal'c, what I'm about to tell you, you can't repeat to a living soul. Swear to me that you won't tell anyone, not even Colonel O'Neill or Daniel or any of them."
"You have my word Major Carter."
"You've heard of vampires, right?" she asked.
He nodded. "They are creatures of the night according to your planet and a myth," he said.
"Well…they aren't too much of a myth. They're real."
"Do you have proof Major Carter?"
Sam rose to her feet. "Try and punch me."
Teal'c stared at her. "You will be injured."
"Trust me Teal'c. Just get up and try to punch me with everything you've got."
Teal'c rose to his feet and looked hesitant. "I am sorry if I hurt you," he said. He swung his right hand at her head as hard as he could. He blinked when she stopped his hand easily with her own.
"I actually carried you to the Gate Teal'c. I didn't drag you or the Colonel and Daniel like it says in my report," she said.
"How are you capable of such strength?" he asked. Sam opened her mouth and showed him her vampire teeth. "You are a vampire…" he said slowly.
"I was born a vampire," she said. "Some of the myths around vampires are true, others are false."
"Why have you not told anyone of this?" he inquired.
"Vampires live in secret Teal'c. And not all of them are friendly. My mother told me stories of vampires that make the Goa'uld look like saints. If I told everyone I was a vampire, I'd be locked up and experimented on to no end," she explained.
"Do you drink blood?" he asked.
"I have to drink blood at least three times a week otherwise I lose myself in the blood thirst," she said.
"Has this blood thirst ever happened to you?" he asked quietly.
"Once. I didn't listen to my mother and…" she trailed off, closing her eyes and bowing her head in shame.
"What happened?" Teal'c questioned softly.
"I got violent. If my mother hadn't been there I would've hurt some of the kids in my neighborhood." She laughed humorlessly. "No matter how much I act human I'll never be human."
Teal'c sat next to Sam and put his arm around her shoulders. "Caring about the welfare of others before yourself makes you more human than many of the people on this planet," he said gently.
Sam wiped her eyes and smiled at Teal'c. "Thanks T. You're a great friend."
"As are you Samantha Carter," he returned.
There's the first chapter. Hope you liked it enough to review, 'cuz I've gotten several hits so far with the prologue but no reviews. :tear: Please review. Pretty please?