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Chapter 2
Janet's medical training instantly kicked in, getting her over the initial shock. "We need the gurney up here stat, I need to get her into surgery; she's loosing a lot of blood." she shouted to one of her nurses, who had accompanied her. Jack O'Neill stood up and gave the doc some room as she worked to secure her patient. His eyes drifted up to the control room where General Hammond and his second in command stood. They had obviously not seen who had come through the gate, their expressions were what they normally wore, no signs of shock or surprise; that's going to soon change though O'Neill considered to himself.
Whoever had come through the gate was either an impostor or a real version of Major Carter. He only wished he knew which. His instincts told him that the latter was true and he had learned to trust his instincts. That didn't mean he wasn't going to be cautious though.
"Follow Fraiser, make sure our 'guest' is kept under supervision." he ordered of two airmen standing closest to him. He received a nod of acknowledgement as they followed the Doc as she and her patient quickly left the gate room.
General Hammond and Major Carter had left the control room and were about to enter the gate room as Janet wheeled the gurney past them, they were able to glimpse who lay upon it. They weren't prepared for what they saw. Major Carter looked down upon herself, her double's appearance unnerving her. It wasn't the first time that she had met replica's of herself, the incident with the quantum mirror for instance. Even so it still was a strange experience, one she wasn't hoping to experience again. She didn't have time to ask any questions as Janet and her patient were quickly wheeled away.
"Colonel O'Neill report." Hammond said, the man in question walked over to them.
"I don't know anything Sir, she was unconscious when I got to her. It looks like she's been through a lot to get here though." he replied back.
"I've assigned her a security detail. With our luck she's probably Carter's evil twin or something like that." he stated. The general nodded in approval
"What's that?" Carter asked pointing to the object in the Colonel's hand. He looked down at the 'doohicky' in his grasp.
"Sam" he said using air quotes "Dropped it over there." he finished pointing to the area at the top of the ramp.
"I figured you could spare a few minutes to figure out what it is." the Colonel continued. The corners of his lips upturned slightly. He, like everyone else on the base knew of the Major's love of new and interesting technology.
Major Carter smiled and took the device from his out stretched hand. The scientist in her eager to find and understand new technology. Her eager eyes passed over the device.
"I'll need to analyse it in my lab." she stated.
"Proceed." responded the General. "I want all the information available before this woman wakes."
"Yes Sir" the Major responded, heading to her lab.
After several hours Carter had found part of the use of the device. It was what had caused the base computers to go haywire, it sent a signal which bypassed the security protocols, creating a back door for someone to access the system. A very simple idea in theory, but a very complicated piece of technology; several years beyond her knowledge. If this had fallen into the hands of any of Earth's enemies, Earth would have no way to defend against it. They would be open to an attack at any time. She was about to complete her assessment of the device when she was called to the briefing room, depositing the technology on her desk she left. Hopefully her double had been saved by Fraiser, perhaps was even regaining consciousness. The Major had more questions than ever.
Entering the briefing room she was met by the rest of her team, plus the general and doctor Fraiser, it appeared they were waiting for her. Offering a quick greeting she sat down next to the Colonel. "Have fun with your doohickie Carter." he smirked.
"You know me sir." She retorted.
"Major did you have any success determining what the device was?" The general asked, interrupting the two.
The Major nodded and informed the group of what she had found. The general considered her findings. "Could you design a program that would prevent another incident like this from happening again?" He wanted complete control of the base's computers, a device that could take away his control and was able to open the iris- Earth's main defence from an incoming wormhole unsettled him.
"To be honest sir I don't know, the technology is far beyond us. I'll try though." Carter responded.
"Do we know any more about our visitor Doctor?" asked Hammond
"The surgery was a success. To be quite honest I don't know how she survived. The wound and blood loss would have killed most. All I did was stabilise her readings, and give her some more blood, she's very resilient.
"Have you been able to confirm exactly who she is?"
"I was able to perform a blood test, I ran it three times just to be sure. The woman in the infirmary is Major Samantha Carter."
"How is that possible Doctor Fraiser." asked Teal'c
"Time travel." Daniel stated, he was met with doubtful looks.
"What? It would explain everything, the superior technology, your double." Daniel continued; looking towards Sam.
"Daniel's right." Carter said, "I mean it would explain everything."
"And it's not like we haven't gone through time before, remember 1969."
"Great year." said O'Neill
Daniel ignored Jack's comment. "It could have been a solar flare"
Major Carter nodded, "That would work. If it was timed exactly".
The phone in the briefing room rang, Fraiser stood and answered. Daniel and Sam were still talking about the fundamentals of their time travel theory. The colonel appearing bored, with a vacant look on his face.
"Hello" Janet spoke into the receiver. She listened to the information being relayed to her.
"Ok thank you. We'll be right there. " she placed the phone back down.
"That was the infirmary" she said. Sam and Daniel stopped talking, all of the occupants of the room turned to look at her.
"Our visitor is regaining conciousness."……
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