"Jack?" A raspy voice pulled him from his reports.

Jack moved closer to the bed. "Need a drink?" Daniel nodded and Jack brought the cup and straw. He waited for Daniel to finish. "Better?"

"Yeah. Sorry."

"Sorry for what?"

"The thing before."

"Daniel how many times have you been told to forget about it?"

"I just wish they would stop. I don't want to think about it anymore. I want to forget. I want to stop being scared."

"That's all stuff you need to talk to Dr. Lew about. He can help you. You won't forget about what happened but he can help you deal with it. Have you spoken to him lately?"

"Not really. I let him talk."

"Daniel, I promise you that it will help if you talk. I'm speaking from experience. You got to admit I'm slightly older than you and have a bit more experience."

"Okay. I guess so."

What ever else either of them were going to say was cut short by the knock on the door before it open.

Jack saw Daniel tense at the arrival of someone he didn't know and grabbed the few fingers that weren't broken on his hand, and stood up. "Daniel I want you to meet someone. This is Jacob Carter."

"N-nice to meet you sir." Daniel said quietly.

"It's a pleasure to meet you too."

"Did I know you? Before this thing with my memory?"

"Yes you did."

"Oh."

"This is Sam's dad. He heard that you were hurt and wanted to come and see if you were okay. He also thinks he might be able to heal you a bit too."

Dr. Lew and Janet were both favorable to the idea of Jacob and Selmac healing Daniel. They both agreed to Daniel making the final decision though.

"Heal me? How?" Daniel asked hopeful.

"He has access to some state of the art medical instruments. He would be willing to try them on you but there are some things that need to be discussed first."

"We can finish the movie after?" Daniel asked. He didn't know if he wanted to have this conversation, but if they allowed him to finish watching Indiana Jones then he would talk to them.

"Of course we can."

"So what do we need to talk about?"

"He can't heal you all at once. He can work on some of the internal injuries like the broken ribs, bruised organs, and your rear first. After that, in order to heal your arms, legs, fingers and toes properly you are going to have to go back into surgery to have the pins and plates removed first."

Daniel nodded. He still didn't see anything wrong so far. "You shouldn't be in too much pain. But we want you to know what it's going to feel like for Jacob to heal you. Are you ready?"

Again Daniel nodded. Jack said that it wouldn't hurt but why would they want to warn him?

"Take a deep breath and try and relax. I'm just going to work on your black eye. That's all." Jacob instructed.

Daniel followed his instructions. What ever he thought he was going to feel, wasn't what he felt. His breath hitched as he felt tiny little fingers all over his eye. Just his eye. That's what Mr. Carter said. And Jack was here. Jack wouldn't let anything hurt him. Would he? No. He was safe here. That's what they all say. He kept his mind thinking that as he tried to ignore the hands on his face. Just when he thought he'd be sick again, it suddenly stopped.

"Daniel?" That was Jack. "You okay?" Daniel could only nod. "It's okay Daniel. But you needed to know what it would feel like when Jacob heals you. Just breathe. I'm going to get you something to drink and then we can finish the movie, okay?"

Daniel nodded. "Thank you." He whispered to Jacob.

"You're welcome. Can I watch the movie with you two?"

"Sure."

Jack smiled as he left the two alone for a few minutes. He'd ask Daniel what he thought about the healing device later.

In the end Daniel agreed to go through with it as long as Jack was there with him. They started with his face and then moved onto the internal injuries. His legs were saved for last for two reasons.

One, Janet and General Hammond didn't know what to do with Daniel once he was healed. If he was still bed ridden they didn't have to worry about it. The second reason was because Dr. Lew and Jack figured that his legs and the work on his rear would be too much for him to handle if it was worked on too close together.

As it was nightmares still plagued Daniel's sleep. Often he would wake up after only sleeping for two to three hours. There was always someone there to hold his hand and calm him down.