Sam was still lost in the nightmares as Malek worked desperately to save her. Over the past few hours he had made some disturbing and shocking discoveries. As he ran extra tests on the old antidote he noticed that an anomaly kept cropping up. It wasn't until after he tested the cure that he had used on Jeremy that Malek began to a have a sneaking suspicious of sabotage. The two antidotes were different. It was a minuscule difference that was easily overlooked, but Malek had watched the results carefully and had spied it instantly. There was not doubt in his mind what the anomaly was.

Poison. But the million dollar question was: how did it get there.

Malek thought he knew, but he didn't want to jump to that conclusion just yet. Instead he went along with Cade's 'innocent until proven guilty' philosophy.

Sitting at the table Malek ran one final test on the antidote and sighed as the results came up positive for the toxin.

What do we do now asked Cade.

We don't have any option but to confront her.

But we don't know for sure that it was Anise.

Who else could it be Cade? She was the only other person with access to the drug. It had to be her.

Malek beckoned Anise over to him with a wave of his hand. He opened his mouth to ask her point blank about the poison but changed his mind at the last second.

"Umm, go get me some more of this water sample."

"Why, you have plenty."

"Because I want more. Here take this vile and fill it up."

As soon as she disappeared around the corner Malek walked to the edge of the cave where she had left her pack days before. Looking around for prying SGC personnel he stooped down and opened it. Rummaging around he came up empty handed.

She probably has it on her.

Or more likely she got rid of it. It's probably at the bottom of the lake.

Cade! You're a genius.

Malek stood up and stalked off after Anise. As he came around the corner he stopped and hid behind a huge outcropping of stone. He watched Anise finish filling the vile with water and look cautiously around. Seeing no one she took out a small corked bottle from inside her jacket pocket.

Bingo said Malek in an eerie imitation of Jacob.

"Anise," he said stepping into the opening. "What are you doing?"

Anise jumped but quickly covered by standing up and re-corking the bottle. "Just getting some extra water, seems like you need a lot of it."

"Right, well I'll take it."

"No, I've got it," said Anise with a death grip on the small bottle.

Malek's patients snapped.

"Give me the bottle Anise. I know what it is and I know what you did. You aren't going to get away with it."

"I have no idea what you are taking about."

"Give me the poison."

Panicked, she looked like a mouse caught in a trap. "I don't know…" she stammered, but Malek wasn't going to listen. So she did the stupidest thing she could think of. She attacked him.

Malek reacted much quicker than she thought he would. He caught her by the wrist as she swung at him and he knocked her to the cave floor. She kicked and bit at him but it was no use. He fell on top of her, his weight pinned her to the ground. He used one hand to hold her wrists, and he used the other to snatch the bottle out of her grasp. Furious she swore at him and kneed him in the groin. Blocking the pain as best he could Malek staggered to his feet. Again she came at him, but a zat blast stopped her dead in her tracks.

"Thought you could hurt my little girl and get away with it did you," asked an enraged Jacob from behind Malek.

"Jacob I…"

"Go save Sam, I'll deal with her."

"I don't think that is such a good idea Jacob. Something tragic might happen if…"

Jacob rounded on Malek and pointed the zat threateningly at him. "Yes something tragic might happen if you don't do as I say." He said with icy rage laced in every syllable of his shaking voice.

"Now, go."

Malek didn't need to be told twice. The maniacal look in Jacob's eyes screamed murder and Malek didn't want to be on the receiving end.

He backed slowly away with his hands slightly up, "ok, ok."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Sam opened her mouth in a silent scream, desperate to stop the flow of memories. But the memories kept coming faster and faster until they were nothing more than a blur of faces and words.

There was a face that mirrored her own. Sam reached out to touch it but it vanished in a wisp of smoke. Mom.

Then there was the kind smiling face of Martouf.

Narim was next. She could see herself handing him a ball of fur. "His name is Schrodinger."

"Mom's dead."

"Carter!"

"He doesn't even know why I'm not there for him!"

"He doesn't want me there anyway."

Finally the memories came to an abrupt end and Sam found herself floating in total darkness. She felt someone shaking her, but her body felt heavy, too heavy. Whoever it was, was yelling, and she could barely make out the distorted words.

"No….hang…on….little….longer…" the words got fainter and fainter as Sam felt colder and colder……and the darkness closed in around her.

"No….."


Do my eyes deceive me or is that another update! lol. Anyway, as always, let me know what you think!