18
A few hours later, Sam woke up; she could hear voices; she knew that one of then was Jack's and other was General Hammond's.
"Sir, when are the lawyers showing up?"
"They just landed at Petersons"
"Ok, so do they know about what happened to Sam?"
"Yes they were briefed on the case; I found out that Major Carter knows one of them"
"Yeah, who?"
"Commander Rabb"
"Oh, who are the others?"
"Well there are four coming from JAG head quarters, the other three are Commander Turner, Colonel McKenzie and Lieutenant Roberts. Commander Rabb and Colonel McKenzie will be Major Carter's lawyers"
"Ok, I'll let her know, but I think she does already" Sam opened her eyes to see Jack and General Hammond looking at her.
"Hey, are you ok?"
"Yeah, just sore" Jack pressed the buzzer for her
"So now you know who is coming, who is this commander Rabb?"
"I went to school with him, he was in my class, we both had same goals, but he wanted to be a navy pilot whereas with me, it was always the Airforce cause of NASA"
"Ah, well, when was the last time you saw him?"
"Just before the family moved, I was sixteen at the time"
"Ok, should I be worried?" Jack inquired. Sam smiled giving his hand a squeeze
"No, we are just friends, that's all"
Then Janet walked in and over to the two beds, she noticed that Sam was awake.
"Hey Sam how are you feeling?"
"Pain"
"Same areas?"
"Yeah"
"Ok, you will be in a lot of pain over the next few days, but it will get easier, I'll give you something to easy the pain and also help keep you awake for an hour or so"
"Ok, thanks Janet. How's Cassie?"
"She wants to come in and see you herself, but I don't know"
"Dr Fraser, you can bring Cassie in when ever she wants" Hammond said.
"Thank you sir, I'll bring her in tomorrow; she might even keep Colonel O'Neill busy while Sam is resting"
"That sounds like a good idea, I know I haven't seen her in a while, it would be good for Sam as well" Janet injected some painkillers into her IV.
"I'll better get back to work; it's good to see you are going to be ok Sam"
"Thank you sir" then Hammond left them alone.
"Sam you should be starting to feel the effects now"
"I can, thanks Janet"
"I'll leave you two alone to talk" the doc smiled.
"How long have I been out for?"
"Seven hours"
"That long, how's your back?"
"Still sore, Hammond and were talking about me retiring since there is nothing that can be done for my back"
"Well a hand device or a sarcophagus could take care of your problem in no time at all"
"And yours"
"Yeah" Sam said quietly, and then she looked away.
"Sam what is it?"
"If dad does come and use the device on us both, what will happen then; about us, SG1" she turned to look at him.
"Well I have been offered a new assignment as the new CO of the alpha site, but I told Hammond that I'd have to think about it"
"Well what have you decided?"
"Well he did tell me that if I do take the job, I'll get promoted, otherwise there would be too many Colonels on the base; it does have its pro and cons"
"Like what?"
"Well if I do take it, I'll be the man, but you know what I'm like with paperwork" Sam smiled
"Yes I do know"
"Well there the pay check, but what about the house, the truck, you"
"Me?" she looked at him puzzled
"Yeah, you, the thing is Sam if I do take the offer, that means you won't be under my command, but we'd hardly see each other, and what would happen to SG1?"
"Well let's take one step at a time, shall we, I'm sure we can work something out"
"Ok, first thing is first, Col Carson"
"Yeah, once that's been taken care of, then we can think about getting better"