I came rushing in just soon enough to hear:
"We need a medical team in here!" yelled Daniel.
Not one minute later, ole Doc Fraiser came running in with half a dozen white-donned medics and a gurney. Reluctantly, I placed my second in command in their care, and they started buzzing around her like a swarm of bees, sweeping her away to the infirmary at the same time.
Fraiser had to put two guards in front of the infirmary doors to keep me out. Mean woman. So instead I took to patrolling the hallway in front of the infirmary, and was relieved when two hours later, a very weary Doctor Fraiser walks out.
"Now you may go in," she says, somewhat irritably, somewhat sounding just as relieved as I am.
I gave her a brief nod before scurrying inside. Carter's asleep, but that's the way I want her right now. Alive, but deeply asleep. It'll give me time to figure out what to say to her.
For now, I'm content just to sit here, by her side, to watch her breathe.