"Christ Carter" muttered Jack under his breath as he saw the state of his 2IC.
"Jack" cried Cassie, as she jumped up to greet him.
"Cassie, stay down" yelled Sam, fighting Janet to pull herself up.
"Carter, take it easy. If anyone was still there, Daniel and Teal'c would have let me know. Daniel, Teal'c, call the SGC and let them know there was a shooter here. I'm going to take Cassie, Janet and Sam back to base"
"Is everyone OK Jack?" asked Daniel, "we haven't found anything out here"
"Sam's been hit, make sure you go over the house thoroughly OK?"
"We will, tell Sam we will be there as soon as we can"
"Come on Carter, let's get you back to the SGC" said Jack as he knelt down beside her. "What do you need Doc?"
"Cassie, grab some towels, Colonel, make sure your truck is as close to the house as possible" ordered Janet. Jack gave Sam's hand a quick squeeze before leaving her with Janet.
"Think you can stand Sam?" asked the Doctor as she replaced Jack at Sam's side.
"I think so" she replied tentatively.
"Just take it easy and please, let me know if you think you're about to pass out!" Janet told her. She gently wrapped an arm around Sam's waist and together they slowly stood up, watching Sam intently, Janet could see she'd gone as white as a sheet, hoping she didn't keel over on the way to the car, they slowly started walking towards the front door.
"Jeez Sam you look awful" remarked Cassie, as she watched Janet slowly guide Cassie towards the door. After receiving a rather angry glare from her Mom, Cassie hurriedly scooped up the towels she found and opened the door to find Jack already waiting with his truck running at the end of the path.
"Cass, get in the front of the truck, Janet grab what you need and I'll take Sam to the car,'' ordered Jack" He swiftly wrapped an arm around Sam and literally swept her feet from under her. She nestled into his shoulder and he could tell from her breathing she'd finally succumbed and passed out. Laying her carefully across the back seat with Janet beside her, he jumped into his truck and sped back towards the SGC.
"Any news Colonel?"
"Sir" replied Jack as he stood up a little faster than his knees would have liked.
"Any news on Major Carter's condition?" asked the General.
"Not yet Sir, the Doc took her straight to surgery when she arrived"
"Very well, keep me updated" he ordered, as he turned to leave he greeted Daniel and Teal'c who had rushed in with Cassie trying her best to keep up.
"Any news Jack? Asked Cassie as 3 sets of eyes stared expectantly back at him, shaking his head he sat back down in the chairs, continuing to wait.
"Miss Fraiser, perhaps it is best if I escort you to your quarters?" suggested Teal'c.
"Good idea T" replied Daniel before the teenager had a chance to argue, "don't worry, one of us will come and get you as soon as you can see Sam OK?"
By the time Janet emerged from the infirmary, Daniel was beginning to lose his patience with Jack and his constant fidgeting, he couldn't have jumped to his feet quicker when he saw Janet coming through the doors.
"Take it easy guys, she's going to be fine. The bullet went straight through and I was able to close both sides easily. Before you ask, yes you can see her but she needs to rest, so 5 minutes only, understood?"
"Always Doc" replied Jack over his shoulder as he headed in to find Sam.
Walking into the infirmary, Jack was pleased to see Sam was awake. Sauntering over to her bed in an effort to look more casual and less worried out of his mind he greeted her in his usual carefree manner.
"You know if you didn't want to join us on the next mission you just had to say, no need to go and get shot"
"I'm pretty sure I remember you saying you were the one who did want to go on Daniels rock hunt Sir"
"Hmm" he replied clearly realising he had nothing that would top that.
"Any leads on the shooter?" she asked, clearly in no mood to joke around.
"Nothing yet, Cassie and Janet are staying on base for the next few days until we can figure this out"
"OK" she replied, relaxing back into her pillow. Watching her closely he could see she was fighting to stay awake.
"There was nothing you could do Carter, get some rest and you can help figure this out when you can stay awake for longer than 5 minutes" Huffing at him in response he fought the urge to smirk at her, instead he pulled up a chair and settled in for his usual infirmary detail.
The next time woke up she was feeling a lot better, so much so that she managed to convince Janet to let her go to her lab for a few hours in order to help figure out why someone had taken a shot at her Janet and Cassie. Walking into her lab, she wasn't the least bit surprised to find the rest of SG1 waiting for her.
"What a surprise to find you 3 here" replied Sam sarcastically.
"We're here to make sure you don't overdo it" drawled Jack, clearly enjoying annoying his 2IC.
"Well unless you've figured out who shot me, I don't really need your help. Except Teal'c, he can stay"
"Hey!" exclaimed Daniel and Jack simultaneously, "what's Teal'c got over us?" asked Daniel.
"The ability to stand quietly without breaking my stuff, now go away!" They both filed out of the room, grumbling to each other about how it couldn't possibly be me she was referring to.
"Major Carter, do you require my assistance?"
"Actually I do Teal'c, I was hoping you'd drive me to Janet's so we could take a look around"
"Are you sure that is wise? Did the Doctor not suggest you remain on base and rest?" asked Teal'c.
"Maybe but I will be sitting down in the car so surely that counts as resting?! Come on Teal'c, we will be back before anyone notices I promise" she looked at him pleadingly before he finally nodded in assent and followed her out the door.