Back on Earth, SG1 sat around the briefing room table with General Hammond and Doctor Fraiser. A small pile of colored stones and a miniature terra cotta pitcher with a cork stopper sat in front of General Hammond.

"So, I am to understand that by drinking this liquid and holding these stones in your hands some aspect of your personalities was enhanced?"

The members of SG1 looked around the table at each other rather sheepishly before Colonel O'Neill answered "I guess..."

"Are the four of you still under the influence of this alien...drug?" The General asked.

"Well, I believe the effects have diminished since we've returned, General." Major Carter answered.

"I have just one question people, what were you thinking?" General Hammond demanded.

"Well, um...Sir," Daniel began, "I think we didn't really believe the stones would have any effect on us, and we were very interested in learning about the culture of these people. They are the first Polynesians we have come across, and the fact that they have been left alone on this planet with no outside contact for the past 100 years is fascinating."

General Hammond turned and looked at the Doctor. "Doctor Fraiser, what can you tell me about the effects of this drug?"

Janet stood up and with a click of the mouse brought up a picture of a brain scan on the computer. "Sir, this is a brain scan we took of Colonel O'Neill just after he returned through the Stargate. You notice this bright red area,... this is an area of increased activity in the brain and it is caused by a chemical imbalance. I believe the drug is what caused the chemical imbalance in their brains but I won't know for sure until we have that liquid analyzed."

"Doctor, do all of SG1's brain scans show the same chemical imbalance?"

"Yes, Sir."

"Major Carter, what can you tell us about these stones?"

"Well, Sir, I've only had a few minutes to study them in the lab, but they are all emitting a very low level EM field. I believe that the EM field is in direct contact with the increased activity in the brain caused by the chemical imbalance."

"Major, will this effect wear off?"

"Yes, Sir, I believe so."

"All right people, until we know more about this and until the effects wear off you are all confined to the base." General Hammond stood up and O'Neill and Carter jumped to their feet as well.

"General," Jack hastily interjected "We feel fine! Why do we have to stay on base? We want to get back to work!"

"Jack, you are under the influence of alien technology. I can't allow it, you know that." Hammond dismissed the group and went directly to his office.

Janet took the small pitcher that held the 'activation juice' and went to the infirmary to begin the analyses of its contents.

Sam scooped up the four stones and headed directly for her lab. Jack lingered in the conference room for a few minutes before he followed the Major to her lab.

O'Neill stood at the doorway to Sam's lab, unobserved for a few moments and watched her turning the four alien stones over in her hand and examining them closely. After a few moments he stepped into the room.

"So, Carter, are you feeling the effects of all four rocks? You're touching all of them."

Sam stared at the stones intently as she replied "No, Sir, I'm not." She looked up into his eyes, "That was a very astute observation, Sir."

"What?"

She grabbed a piece of equipment and scanned each stone individually.

After quickly scanning each of the stones she excitedly announced "They are emitting radio frequencies! Each stone is emitting a different frequency! When we each held our stone and drank the juice, the chemical imbalance caused by the drug in the juice picked up the specific frequency of the stone we were holding and the particular frequency of each stone worked on just a slightly different area of our brains."

"Huh?"

"That's why I'm not feeling the effects of all four stones. My brain locked onto the radio frequency that was being emitted by the red stone. Your brain locked on to the pink stone and so forth."

"So this does wear off, right?" Jack asked.

"Yes. We are only effected by the frequency of the stone we were touching when we drank the activation chemical. That chemical will eventually work itself out of our systems. Also, since these radio frequencies are so weak, we have to be in very close proximity or even touching the stones to feel the effect."

"So, how is it that the Kanakans have these 'gifts' all the time? Why doesn't it wear off in them?"

"I'm quite sure that the drug in the juice is present in their diet in the other fruits grown on the planet. It just isn't at as high a concentration level as it is in the fruit that they extract the juice from."

"So this chemical is present in their brains all the time because of their diet?"

"Yeah. I'm going to check in with Janet and see what she found out about the chemical in the juice and then I'll talk to General Hammond, but I'm sure he'll let us go back to work in a day or two."

Sam grabbed the handful of colorful stones and a small handheld device for detecting radio frequencies and left Colonel O'Neill standing in the middle of her lab.

Janet confirmed Sam's beliefs regarding the chemical in the 'activation juice' and they both reported their findings to General Hammond.

"Good work, Major," the General began. "I still want SG1 to stay on base until the chemical has dissipated from your bodies and Doctor Fraiser gives you a clean bill of health."

With that he dismissed the two female officers.

After three days, Doctor Fraiser cleared SG1 for active duty and soon they were off on a standard reconnaissance mission. Five days after returning from the recon mission Major Carter was sent on a mission with the Promethius.

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