"It's time to head back, guys." Sam said, standing up.
"Are you sure? I mean, you had quite the dizzy spell back there." Daniel said, gently.
She chuckled. "Daniel, this is the fifteenth stop since we left an hour ago…if we want to get back to the Stargate before we all turn fifty, we really need to keep walking. Besides, nothing's wrong with me."
Jack shook his head.
"What is it, sir?" She asked.
"Oh, nothing. You're just…spunky as always."
"Spunky?" She repeated. "I don't think anyone has ever said I was 'spunky' before. Precocious, yes…annoyingly smart, yes…"
"Incredibly beautiful?" Jack suggested. Oops, had he just said that aloud? He asked himself.
She blushed. "Let's keep going. Sir, I really am fine." Obviously…
He smiled. "I know. Well, you heard her…let's go."
They reached the Gate an hour later, though Daniel tried to protest that something was definitely stuck in his shoe, the whole time.
"All right." Jack said, "Let's go home, kids…"
The Gate kawooshed, and the event horizon reappeared in the previously vacant space.
"Carter, don't forget to hold Daniel's hand while you're crossing the event horizon…" Jack said, as the two intellectuals walked up the stairs.
She turned. "You are such a smart-aleck."
He smiled. "Why, thank you, Carter."
He followed them through the watery surface of the Gate, and appeared on the other side just seconds after they had also reappeared.
"Welcome back, SG-1." General Hammond greeted them.
"Thank you, sir." Jack replied, looking up at the window to the Control Room.
"Debriefing will take place in an hour."
Sam hit the showers first. After she got dressed again, she stretched. There was just something…different. She would go and talk to Janet…maybe she could shed some light on the subject.
"Carter?"
Sam turned to see her commanding officer. "Yes, sir?"
"You've been in there longer than usual. Is it safe for us menfolk to come and shower?"
She smiled. "Yes, sir. I was just leaving."
"Excellent!"
She walked out, and as she passed him, Jack could tell something was different about her. "Carter, you okay?"
"Yeah…the blast or whatever it was just has me a little off-balance." She replied.
"Oh." But she sure looked more beautiful that way…he thought. "You should see Doctor Fraiser about your dizzy spell…who knows, you may have touched some doo-hickey that put you off-kilter."
She nodded. "I'm sure it's nothing. I'll see you for debriefing."
"'Kay."
Sam walked into the infirmary to find Janet doing a cross-word puzzle. "Business a little slow?"
Janet looked up. "You have no idea…Siler hasn't even been in here yet."
"Wow, nothing's wrong?" She asked.
"Apparently not. But that 'apparently' has me worried…for all I know, I'll have one of the SG teams come down with some virus that is highly contagious and that I've never seen before…but enough about me. What do you need?"
"I passed out on the mission." Sam replied.
"Ah…well, choose an exam room…they're all open."
General Hammond sat in the briefing room, listening to Daniel Jackson talk about all of the interesting things that they had discovered.
"And I found a part of the ruins that talked about this device…I'm still trying to figure out what the writings say, but who knows, it could be a really fascinating study."
Sam nodded. "That is, to say, if we find any devices."
"Well, what made you pass out?"
"Low blood-sugar, high altitude, anything." She replied, logically.
"And Jack too?"
There she had to admit that she was stumped. Besides, if they had both been shocked, wouldn't they both have the same symptoms?
"Colonel, have you been to see Dr. Fraiser yet?"
"No, I thought I'd let Carter take the first trip, and I'd take the second."
"Well, this meeting is postponed until we know what happened to the both of you. Dismissed."
Sam stood, and as she did so, she yawned.
"Carter, you tired?"
She finished yawning and looked at her commanding officer. "I don't know…I'm just kind of off."
"Is that the technical term?" He asked, chuckling.
She nodded. Then, she yawned again.
"Carter, go get some rest…that's an order."
"Yes, sir."