A/N:this is a repost of chapter 25. last saturday two days before my colonial america midterm i woke up at 4 in the morning (an hour after i had crashed) and realized that i had jumped timelines in this chapter. and having teal'c say "ass" was bugging me as much as it was bugging many of you. chapter 26 will be out soon. thanks for the reviews for the former chapter 25 and sorry for the mix-up.
CM
Chapter 25
When Sam woke up, she was startled to find herself safe in the SGC infirmary. But what scared err was that his bed was empty. As the memories of their escape came flooding back she began to shake.
Kate had just entered the infirmary after sleeping for a good twelve hours and now had a much clearer head when it came to her father's friends and her place in his new life. Calmer and fully rested for the first time since she had been let out of the brig, her instincts took over the second she saw Sam. "Janet get in here! Carter's in shock!"
"With that hurried yell she quickly crosses to the Major's bed and began calming and stabilizing her. But by the time Janet arrived, with Field in tow, only seconds had past and Sam was now beginning to convulse.
Seconds past and modern medicine, even the truly advanced medicine available at the SGC didn't seem to work. Sam was still convulsing.
10 seconds had past.
15 seconds.
When Sam had been convulsing for 20 seconds, something changed. Kate's hands which had been touching only the cloth of Sam's hospital gown, slipped. And touched skin.
Everything in the room stopped, as everyone, including Daniel and Teal'c, looked on as a connection formed between Kate's hand and Sam. They watched in silence, unable to do anything, as Sam's convulsions stopped and her breathing became deep and even. Gently, Sam's body eased back until she was lying comfortably again. Only 60 seconds had passed since Kate's first frantic cry to Janet.
All eyes then turned to Kate. She stood there hand still touching Sam's skin, chocolate eyes wide with shock ad fear.
Then just as quickly as the connection had been made, it broke. Kate staggered back, wide and wild eyes staring at her hand and then glancing up at Sam. "What kind of freak am I?" was her whispered plea before she too collapsed.
Janet, Field, and the nurses instantly divided, half checking on Sam's condition, and half helping Kate. The entire medical staff at the SGC were used to seemingly impossible things happening.
Daniel and Teal'c looked on from their respective beds. Both had seen this before, Teal'c having lived it in Antarctica and Daniel having seen the security footage and having read Jonas Quinn's extensive notes. But recognizing what had happed and understanding how it had occurred were two different things. As far as they knew, Kate had never been off world. And she was also not displaying any of the other "symptoms" of going Ancient. But what they had seen was the same as when Ayiana had healed the Antarctica field team and all of SG-1, except for Jack. Except Ayiana had been an Ancient, frozen in time, and had had a similar reaction as Kate. But then, Kate had no idea what had happened or what the significance of any of this was. And unlike Ayiana, Kate didn't seem to have activated this part of her physiology consciously.
As they watched the medical staff attempt to stabilize the young woman, both men knew that the SGC had probably become the safest place for the young surgeon.
But it was only Field, who was watching the nurses check on Sam's condition, who commented, "Well damn, now I guess we're stuck with the little Colonel's daughter."
With a synchrony that had served their team so well in the past, Daniel and Teal'c just glared at the idiot doctor and replied, "Field you're an offspring of a male horse and a female donkey."
