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Chapter 2
SG1 were all sitting in the infirmary when General Hammond walked in with Dr Warner who was carrying the report he had just received.
"Dr Jackson I was just about to call you"
"You found something in Janet's tests didn't you?" Daniel asked though he already knew the answer.
"There's some sort of chemical in her blood stream, we're not sure what it is yet or what it's doing"
"Could this be responsible for her behaviour lately and the nightmares?" Jack asked.
"It's possible; we need to run more tests"
"Good luck getting her to agree to that, with the mood she's in right now"
"I'll go find her and talk to her" Daniel said and they all watched him walk out of the infirmary.
"For now we can work with what we have"
"Is there any danger to her life or anyone else's?" General Hammond asked.
"I honestly don't know sir, like I said we need to run more tests"
"Janet" Daniel said walking into her on base quarters.
"Get out of here Daniel" she snapped from where she sat on the bed.
"No"
"What do you want?"
"I need to talk to you, Dr Warner got the results of your blood tests back, there's a chemical in your blood stream. We need you to come down to the infirmary so they can run more tests"
"You know what Daniel, I'm not in the mood to be poked and prodded right now so why don't you just leave me alone" Janet said angrily as she stood up and walked to the other side of the room and put her back to him.
"Janet did you hear the way you blew up at us in the commissary and the way you're talking to me now. You can't tell me this is normal and that there's nothing wrong here"
Janet dropped her head and Daniel took that as a sign she was at least partly reasonable again. He walked up behind her and gently turned her to face him.
"I'm sorry Daniel"
"It's okay, I know you are" Daniel said as he took her into his arms and held her tightly.
"I don't know what's wrong with me"
"What do say we go and find out?" Daniel said pulling back enough to look at her as she nodded her head slightly.
Jack was sitting on one of the infirmary beds with Hammond, Warner, Sam and Teal'c, looking over to where Janet was sitting on her bed at the other side of the room. Daniel was sat with her talking to her but they were out of earshot so he couldn't hear what they were saying. She had been x-rayed, stabbed with needles and scanned, poked and prodded for almost half an hour and she hadn't kicked up a fuss once.
"I can't believe how cooperative she's being" Dr Warner said "From what you all told me I was expecting her to be a least a little difficult, and I was expecting it to take Dr Jackson a lot longer than it did to get her down here"
"Yeah well Daniel has that affect on her" Jack stated smiling "And vice versa"
"I don't know anyone else who could get Daniel to stay in here willingly when he's injured" Sam said as she too watched her friends.
"How long before we know anything doc?"
"It'll be a couple of hours at least"
"Right" Jack said as he jumped down from the bed and went to join Daniel and Janet with Sam and Teal'c behind him"
"How you feeling?" Jack asked sitting in the chair next to her bed.
"Okay, sorry I yelled at you earlier"
"No apologies necessary"
"Sorry to interrupt" Warner said as he and Hammond approached the group as Jack was about to prove to them all he could sing.
"Don't be" Daniel said "Really"
"We have the results of the tests we ran"
"And?" Sam asked.
"The chemical in your blood is attacking your brain" Warner said turning to Janet "That's what's causing your nightmares and your erratic behaviour"
"Can you cure it?" Jack asked.
"I don't know, we've never seen anything like this. From what we can tell it's been in your system doing the damage for some time"
"Why was it not detected sooner?" Teal'c asked.
"The last time she had a physical was two weeks ago, the chemical seems to have a cumulative effect, there wasn't enough of it in her blood for us to pick it up. The chemical is continuing to build up and as it increases your symptoms are going to get worse"
"We're not talking worse nightmares and a bad temper are we?" Jack asked.
"No, over the next few hours you should develop a fever and headaches, by the end of the day you should be experiencing full blown hallucinations"
The room fell silent as everyone took in what they had been told "Where has this chemical come from?" Daniel asked, having been silent throughout Dr Warner's report.
"We don't know"
"You don't know much do you?" Janet snapped and then closed her eyes when she realised what she'd done "Sorry"
"Is there any risk to the rest of the base?" Hammond asked.
"No, it doesn't appear to be contagious but I'd like to test SG1 just to be on the safe side, if it is contagious then they've had the most exposure to it"
"Do It"
"There has to be a way to reverse the damage and prevent the chemical from doing any more" Sam said thoughtfully.
"Then I suggest you start to find it" Hammond said
TBC