The future SG-1 walked into the infirmary, somewhat dejectedly. "Sam, what the hell are you doing?" Daniel whispered.
She turned a critical eye to him. "What none of the rest of you had the courage to do. I'm going to save Colonel O'Neill the way he would- and did- save us."
"By changing the course of human history? Sam, that's dangerous!"
"That's what we do, Daniel. We take risks. We change things for the better!"
"Dr. Jackson, what's going on?" Janet Fraiser asked as she stepped out of the infirmary.
He took a deep breath as he stared at her. "Janet!"
"Yes."
Carter looked her Daniel in the eyes. "And you couldn't understand why I would do this." She accused, stepping past Janet into the infirmary.
"What's going on?" Janet asked. "Who's this?"
Daniel didn't even flinch at her questions. "Janet. It's me, Daniel. My...I can't believe it's really you!"
She looked at him with an odd look. Before she could get more confused, the resident Daniel ran through the hallways and caught up. "Dr. Fraiser! This-" He said, pointing to the SG-1 members around him, "is a future SG-1. Or so they claim."
Janet raised her eyebrows as she eyed the Daniel who had approached her earlier. "I'm not at the SGC there, am I?"
He gave her a mournful look.
She was treating an injured airman in the field. They were running out of time; the Jaffa would find their position soon. Daniel, Simon, and Janet could all hear the fire to the side. Hopefully it was buying them the time that they needed.
"I'm almost done, Daniel. I need you to help me." She said, as she stitched up Simon's back.
"What do you need?"
"Just hold him still. I don't have any local anesthetic. It's going to hurt like hell!" She cried.
"Just take care of it, Doc. I just want to get home for my wife and baby!" Simon yelled.
"You're going to make it!" Daniel assured.
She concentrated for the next minute or so and as she finished the last stitch, she looked up. "All right! We're done!" She began to clean up the field. "Let's go!"
Just then, a staff blast came out of nowhere, striking the doctor in the back. She was dead before she hit the ground.
"JANET!"
"Dr. Jackson. Please come with me." She said, placing her and on his arm and leading him into the infirmary. He nodded and allowed her to lead him to a cot.
Meanwhile, the resident SG-1 was in the briefing room with General Hammond. "Does someone want to tell me what the hell is going on?"
"Well, sir, it looks like SG-1 traveled back in time because they used the Gate at the same precise moment that there was a solar flare. And…if I'm not mistaken, it was no accident."
"Carter," Jack began, confused, "didn't you say there was no way for someone to predict a solar flare?"
He won an impressed look from Daniel while Sam nodded. "That's right. But…maybe it's not entirely impossible for them."
"The other…me…did say that there was some Asgard technology that they were using to prevent this from happening." Daniel said.
"Exactly. What happened to make our future selves think that it was so important to go back and change the tide of world events?"
"I don't think it was the whole team, Carter." Jack said.
"What do you mean?"
"I got the feeling that Daniel- their Daniel- didn't agree. The other- you- knew and was glad that this had happened, and Teal'c didn't seem to mind, but…I don't think Daniel agreed."
"So, she did it for personal reasons?" The General asked.
"You think I would do something like this for personal gain?" Sam asked, eyeing her commanding officer.
"Carter, she's not YOU! She's Colonel Carter. Just like any other alternate reality."
She turned to him. "Actually, sir, this may be exactly the way I turn out. Maybe it's my life choices that make me into that person. She IS me." Then, she turned to the rest of the group. "Whatever we do, we cannot interact with her. It's too dangerous. We could change the course of history- not just for Earth, but for the rest of the universe."
"But if things are really that bad…" Jack said.
"Sir, we could just make them worse." She responded.