Due to some recent threats of bodily harm (just kidding), I've decided not to keep you waiting another whole week. So this one is very short, but as promised, no cliff hanger. A real epilogue is coming, but it's going to be awhile.
Cameron's eyes darted from Wilks's bleeding arm, now devoid of the gun, to his team standing in the open doorway. Now that they were here, he felt the weight of responsibility for he and Carolyn's safety lifted off his shoulders; he slumped back to the floor, the previous rush of adrenaline having drained him of any remaining energy.
Carolyn panicked as she felt his warmth leave her back; she turned in time to keep Cameron's head from hitting the floor again. Frankly she was surprised he'd stayed conscious as long as he had; hell, between the blood loss and the head injuries, she was amazed he'd come to at all. Carolyn ignored Wilks, leaving the team to handle him, as she immediately placed both hands over the now red towels on Cameron's side and applied pressure; he didn't even flinch.
A minute later, Lam felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up into the distraught eyes of her father. Carolyn didn't even need him to voice the question before she stood and fell into his hug; "I'm ok dad."
Landry searched her eyes for any hidden lies for a moment before he was finally satisfied that she was truly unhurt. He buried his face in her hair realizing that it'd been nearly twenty years since he'd held her like this, and he wasn't about to let go.
"Carolyn!"
Lam looked up to see the marine struggling against Daniel and Teal'c despite his injuries.
"Carolyn, tell them you want to be with me, you belong to me."
The petite doctor slowly extracted her self from the General's embrace. She nodded to Jackson and Teal'c who reluctantly let go of the Sgt; Carolyn stared at the man for a long second before she delivered a solid right cross to his jaw. Just because she knew how to defend herself, didn't mean that Carolyn liked resorting to violence, but this was the man that had hurt Cameron and that was all she needed to know.
Teal'c didn't bother to hide his chuckle as they handed a stunned Wilks off to the newly arrived medics and he joined Sam hovering over Mitchell's still form.
Carolyn also dropped back to her knees at Cam's side, "we have to get him back to the SGC; the bullet's still in there and I need to find out how much other damage that son of a bitch did."
The General looked at his CMO in surprise, not used to hearing her talk like that, before he moved off to coordinate the Col's return to the SGC in the chopper. Now that he knew she was safe, Landry couldn't have been more proud of Carolyn; she'd apparently kept her head in a very scary situation. He hadn't missed her concerned glances at Mitchell either and he knew that there was more to them than Carolyn just being the consummate professional. He'd hoped she'd never fall in love with a military man, but in all honesty he couldn't think of anyone better for her than Mitchell.
The team helped gently roll Cam onto the field stretcher, but stayed behind as he was carried to the helicopter; there was no way they would all fit inside with the bird being as small as it was.
Carolyn moved to follow Cameron's stretcher, but she could feel the team's questioning gaze burning into her back. She turned and gave them what she hoped was a confident smile, "he's going to be fine guys, knowing him he'll be back on the duty roster in less than a month."