Daniel stood in the hall holding Sam as Dr. Rush and Geta worked on reviving Teal'C. Elora stood silently to the side of the door with her eyes closed, a pained expression on her face. Cameron was assisting Dr. Rush and Geta.

Samantha was holding on to Daniel, willing the tears of fear and frustration not to come. "Daniel…"

"I know, Sam."

"Jack will never forgive us."

One corner of Daniel's mouth quirked up on its own. "If Jack were here, he'd be screaming at Teal'C right now."

Sam sniffled. "Ordering him to wake up."

"Well, Cameron's probably doing the same thing."

Sam pulled back. "Daniel, I think we should try to convince Dr. Rush and General Landry that Teal'C needs to be moved to SGC. He could stay in an isolation room and we could take better care of him."

Daniel nodded. "And what if whatever he has is contagious? What if it's something that Cam and I are carrying, but are not symptomatic? Presumably, you have immunity now, but what should we take a chance before we know what it is?"

Sam shook her head. "I know, I know…it's just…damn!" She hugged Daniel again.

After what seemed like forever, Dr. Rush came out of the room and went straight to Daniel and Samantha. "He's stable. He gave us a good scare, but he's breathing on his own and stable, for now. The good thing is that his fever has finally broken. Go on in."

Daniel and Sam rushed past the doctor to where Cameron sat next to Teal'C's bed. Dr. Rush smiled at Elora tiredly and squeezed Elora's arm lightly as she went back to the lab she'd set up in the house next door.

Elora waited until the hallway was completely empty. She sank to the floor and wept. This is where Daniel found her a while later, sitting, cried out and numb.

"Elora," he asked. "Are you all right?"

She sighed shakily. "I am relieved."

He smiled. "Me, too, but it's not over yet."

She nodded.

"If you want to go home…"

She looked at him sharply.

He smiled. "I didn't think you would. Come in. None of us can sing. Besides, maybe you can teach us some of the stories behind your songs."

"And this benefactor, Yaloreen," Daniel was talking to Elora about a story she'd told him. Sam and Cameron were getting food for all of them and Sam was getting more blood drawn for tests. "She protects you from all dangers?"

Elora shook her head. "There are some who believe she watches over us still, but many of us know that she has long since gone. Some give her credit whenever something of great fortune happens."

"But not you."

She smiled and shook her head. "I'm not the superstitious kind. My mother, however, lit a fire in her honor when Teal'C brought me home from the forest."

Daniel was fascinated, as he was with all ancient cultures. "So why do you think she has gone?"

Elora touched Teal'C's shoulder. Days after Teal'C had stopped breathing, he was still without fever. With the fever gone, she no longer needed keep him cool with the sponge baths, but she felt the need to keep a hand on him, just in case he stopped breathing again and she wasn't looking at him. She smiled at Daniel. "Because there is no danger here any longer. Other than day to day dangers, like falling off a log and spraining your ankle," she chuckled.

Daniel looked down at her almost always-bare feet, no longer encased in bandages and smiled. "So she came to you and drove away the Goa'uld?"

She nodded.

"How, if she never showed herself to anyone? Was there a war? An uprising? A rebellion?"

Elora shook her head. "My people are far too peaceful for that. She simply…" She stopped and her eyes moved without actually looking out. Then, her eyes widened. "Oh, Daniel!"

Daniel jumped to his feet. "What is it?" He stood and looked at Teal'C, whose chest rose and fell. Then he looked her. She was pale.

"What is it, Elora?" he demanded.

Elora explained. "Yaloreen made the Goa'uld and his warriors sick. The warriors died, but their master recovered enough to leave." Her eyes were panic-stricken. "You told me that Teal'C used to serve the Goa'uld!"

Daniel turned on his heel and ran out of the room.

Sam was complaining to Cam about feeling like a pincushion when Daniel burst into the room. "Doctor Rush! Sam! When Jolinar died he left a protein marker in your blood right?"

"Yes."

"Does Teal'C still have that marker? Even though he doesn't have a Goa'uld larva anymore?"

Sam looked at Dr. Rush, who nodded. "Yes. It is present in Master Bra'tac as well. It seems whoever has any kind of joining of any length of time gets it."

"Why, Daniel?"

Daniel looked at him. "Remember how Velon told us that the Goa'uld left this planet over 2000 years ago and never returned. Yet we know there is naquadah on this planet and it's not too far away from the territories of some very powerful system lords?"

"Yes. We all thought that was weird, but who knows why any of those guys did anything." Cameron frowned.

"Remember I told you about the first Europeans in North America?"

"Yes, and I was creeped out by it."

"Well, the Aleronans aren't the Native Americans…Teal'C and Sam are."

"What are you trying to say, Dr. Jackson?" Dr. Rush asked. "The Aleronans have an immunity that Colonel Carter and Teal'C do not have? We've checked for all sorts…" A light suddenly came into her eyes.

"Yes!" Daniel said breathlessly.

Rush looked at the sample she'd just taken from Sam. "Something here reacted to the protein marker in their system; that explains why nobody else got it, but what?"

"I—I don't know. I left before I got that part of the story." He turned around and ran back out, followed closely by Dr. Rush, Sam and Cameron.

He could feel strength returning to him…he was biding his time…could he still hear the song…

Elora stared at Teal'C as Daniel sat next to her.

"Tell me the rest," Daniel instructed.

Elora glanced at him. Her face was a study in guilt, fear and sadness. "Yaloreen communicated with the healer of our village. She gave her a recipe for a potion that our people could consume with the Goa'uld and his warriors. She instructed our people to have a great festival and invite all to this feast – much like we invited you…" Tears glistened in her eyes, but did not fall.

Daniel took her hand. "Go on."

"The Goa'uld came and brought his best and most worthy warriors. Everyone ate and drank. The potion was handed out to all and all drank heartily," Daniel could tell by her pacing that this was an old recitation. "Before the end of the evening, the Goa'uld and all who served him fell. Days, later, when the Goa'uld woke and found that all his Jaffa were dead and buried; he left, never to be seen again." Elora looked at Daniel, then up to Cameron. "Please believe me that I had not remembered this until Daniel asked me to share the stories."

Cam smiled and nodded. "I believe you. Someone must have had this potion."

"Everyone did."

Elora, Daniel, Cameron, Sam and Dr. Rush turned to see Velon standing at the door. "It has become the traditional drink of celebrations. We would have never served it if we'd known…"

Dr. Rush approached the elder. "I'm sure you wouldn't have, but I need some of this drink. Maybe, I can find out what about it is affecting him – "

Velon nodded. "Come, you may have all you want."

Cameron watched the two of them leave and looked back at Elora. "You mean it's that funky wine?"

Elora frowned. "Funky?"

"The wine that was served at the banquet," Daniel explained.

Elora nodded.

Sam turned to Cam. "I'm going to see if I can help Dr. Rush."

"Sam, you should rest," Daniel warned.

"I will, Daniel, when Teal'C is better. When we get back to the SGC, I'll spend a week in bed if you want, but I need to help."

Daniel nodded. He squeezed Elora's hand and released it. Then he leaned back in his chair and the three of them sat in silence watching Teal'C breath. After a long while, the silence was muted by Elora's soft, barely there, singing.

Elora was sitting on the floor, asleep, with her head resting on Teal'C's shoulder when Daniel came back from checking on Sam and her progress with Dr. Rush. It had been days since they found the cause and they were still trying to figure out exactly what chemical reaction caused the illness. There had been talk of moving Teal'C to the SGC now that they were fairly certain that there was no contagion, but Velon insisted that they not move him unnecessarily.

Daniel knew if they did come up with a solution soon, they would return to the SGC, despite Velon's objections. He also knew it would be a blow to Elora. He'd come specifically to soften the blow, but now, seeing her asleep and still guarding his dear friend, he knew it could wait, at least until she woke up.