The following day, Jack was in the commissary with Sam, Daniel and Teal'c.

"Look, I'm fine, I feel fine. It's been 24 hours, I've been seeing Dr Fraiser every 6 hours and there's been no change." Jack said.

"What about the discrepancy in your blood?" Teal'c asked. Jack shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know, what I do know is I feel fine." Jack said. But he tried to move his right arm, but couldn't.

"What's wrong?" Sam asked.

"Jack, are you alright?" Daniel asked.

"No, I can't move my arm." Jack said.

"A symptom?" Sam said.

"I don't know, Major, what I do know is I can't move my arm." Jack said. He began to cough. He covered his mouth with his left hand. He then looked at his hand. "Ok, I think I need to go to the infirmary." They saw that he had coughed up blood.

"Oh no, come on." Sam said. They all helped to get Jack up. Then he doubled over, clutching his mid-section.

"Arghh!" He yelled in agony, then he collapsed.

"Colonel!" Sam exclaimed.

"Jack!" Daniel said.

"O'Neill." Teal'c said. Everyone gathered around to see what was going on. Sam went to the P.A in the commissary.

"Medical team to the commissary." She said.

"Jack, Jack!" Daniel said frantically trying to wake him.

Xxxxx

Jack was on a gurney, being rushed to the infirmary. Dr Fraiser met them in the corridor.

"What happened?" She asked, taking over examining him.

"He said he couldn't move his right arm, then he coughed up blood and then he doubled over clutching his mid-section. He must have passed out from the pain." Sam said, recalling what had happened.

"Alright people, lets get him to the infirmary. Nurse, get me 20cc's morphine to kill the pain." Fraiser ordered. A nurse rushed off. "Have the life support equipment set up in case we need it. I need a blood sample tested right away. If nothing showed up before, it will now. Set up the x-ray for internal damage." They got to the infirmary and began to work on Jack. SG-1 just stood back and watched. "Get General Hammond down here."

Xxxxx

3 hours later, SG-1 were still in the infirmary with General Hammond, hearing the results of Jack's blood test.

"What's the diagnosis, Doctor?" Hammond asked.

"Well Sir, I've found that this infection is slowly and painfully turning his blood into naquadah." Fraiser said.

"What?" Sam exclaimed.

"Take a look." Fraiser said. They saw a sample of Jack's blood on the monitor. "Now the grey particles represent the Naquadah and look, it's turning his red blood cells into naquadah and metal in the blood causes blood poisoning."

"So how can we help him?" Daniel said.

"We can't. The only thing that will help him now is the antidote. Without it, he'll die a slow and painful death." Fraiser said.

"How is he now?" Hammond asked.

"He's still unconscious. He seems alright, for now." Fraiser said.

"But he's just going to get worse." Sam said.

"I'm afraid so. There's nothing more we can do for him but to make him more comfortable." Fraiser sighed.

"What about an antidote? We can try and find it." Daniel suggested. Everyone looked at him.

"Good idea, get right on it." Hammond ordered.

"One problem, where do we start?" Sam said.

"The Tok'ra may know." Teal'c said.

"You leave in 10 minutes." Hammond said.

"If you don't mind sir, I'd like to stay." Sam said. Hammond saw the look of concern on her face and knew he could not change her mind.

"Alright," He said. Then he turned to Daniel and Teal'c. " Take SG-3 with you." Daniel and Teal'c nodded, then they left. "Keep me posted, Doctor." Then Hammond left.

"Sam, are you OK?" Fraiser asked her friend.

"I'll be fine. I just can't stand to see him like this, fighting a battle he may well lose." Sam said.

"How do you think I feel? One of my patients is dying and there's not a damn thing I can do about it." Fraiser said, admitting defeat to the situation. Then they heard something. Jack was stirring.

"Oh that was painful, what happened?" He asked weakly.

"Hey Colonel, you collapsed in the commissary 3 hours ago. How do you feel?" Sam asked.

"Terrible. It feels like someone is riving at my insides, the pain is so bad, and my veins are burning. I still can't feel my arm." Jack said, in pain.

"That's because it's paralyzed. It's started sir and it's just going to get worse." Fraiser said. These words were painful to say.

"What's wrong right now?" Jack asked.

"The liquid is slowly turning your blood into naquadah and it's causing blood poisoning. Unless Dr Jackson can find the antidote, you are going to get worse." Fraiser said.

"What's the bad news?" Jack said.

"Stop it. This isn't funny." Sam stated with a note of annoyance in her voice.

"You think I don't know that?" Jack said with a note of frustration in his voice.

"I'm so sorry sir." Sam said.

"It's not your fault. I trust Daniel and Teal'c and I…….arghh!" He exclaimed in agony.

"What?" Fraiser jumped.

"My stomach and my head, Oh God!" Jack cried out. Fraiser injected the morphine in to his system. He lost consciousness.

"It's the best I can do for him." Fraiser said.

"I can't do this, Janet; I can't bear to see him like this." Sam said on the verge of tears.

"I know, this is hard on my as well. For what it's worth, I'm sorry." Fraiser said.

"I know, thank you." Sam said.

"We have to do what we can, for his sake." Fraiser said looking down at Jack and feeling helpless. He was dying and there was nothing she could do about it.