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Chapter 8

It had been two hours since they had given Janet the cure and neither SG1 or Dr Warner had left the room. General Hammond had been forced to leave to attend to business but had ordered them to inform him of any change. Daniel's hand gripped Janet's firmly and he hadn't let go of her since SG1's return.

It was a short quiet moan that roused them all from their thoughts and drew their attention to the bed. Daniel felt Janet's hand tighten slightly around his. That small sound and even smaller movement filled him with hope and he couldn't describe the relief he felt when her eyes finally opened.

"Daniel?" she asked her voice only a whisper as her eyes slowly opened.

"I'm right here"

"Me too" she whispered quietly.

Daniel gently brushed her hair away from her face as Dr Warner and a bunch of nurses started running around checking her vitals. When they were done and Dr Warner had expressed his happiness at seeing Janet awake again, SG1 were left alone with Janet.

"Hey Doc, you gave us quite a scare there" Jack stated as he, Sam and Teal'c moved to join Daniel around the bed.

"Sorry"

"It is good to see you well Dr Frasier" Teal'c said.

"No kidding, we were really worried" Sam added her voice clearly showing her relief.

- - -

"They seriously put you on trial for murdering Tempson and Emani?" Daniel asked as SG1 were debriefed. Janet had been released from the infirmary an hour ago with strict orders to go home. Instead she had insisted on coming to the debriefing which was really the only reason Daniel was there. She had wanted to know what happened on the planet, and whenever Janet asked, Daniel generally did.

"Yeah and the prosecutor was their father"

"You're kidding"

"Yeah so obviously they found us guilty and sentenced us to be hung in the morning" Jack explained.

"Malean released from the cell and led us to the gate, we dialled earth and came through" Sam said.

"Despite some protest from the locals" Jack finished.

"Okay then we're done, I'll expect your mission reports on my desk by the end of the week, dismissed" Hammond said as he stood up, he stopped and put his hand on Janet's shoulder as he left "It's good to have you back with us Doctor"

"Thank you sir" Janet said as Hammond left "Thank you all of you"

"It was no problem" Jack said "You've saved our lives more than once"

- - -

"Oh it feels good to be home" Janet said as she dropped on to the sofa in their house.

"Feels good to have you home" Daniel said as he moved to sit next to her, he put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her to him.

"I'm glad you were with me" Janet said quietly "I don't think I would have survived this if you weren't"

"Yes you would, you're one of the strongest people I've ever met"

"But I don't think I would have survived this"

"Well we're never going to have to find out" Daniel said as he held her more tightly.

"I guess not"

"Seeing you lying there today nearly broke me you know" Daniel said quietly and Janet lifted her head to meet his eyes with her own. "I don't know what I would have done if I'd lost you"

"Well thankfully that's something else we'll never have to find out"

"I love you so much"

"I love you too"

Janet laid her head back down on Daniel's chest and closed her eyes, allowing the sound of his heartbeat to lull her into the first restful sleep she had had in a long time.

- - -

"We don't know where they came from but they have several hostages. They're demanding that SG1 and Dr Frasier come through the gate immediately or they'll kill them. We have two hours to comply with their demands"

"We'll get back to you as quickly as possible" Hammond said and watched as the gate shut down.

It was then that Jack and Teal'c came wondering into the control room.

"I thought SG1 was on down time" Hammond chastised.

"We are" Jack quickly defended "Janet has an appointment with Dr Warner before we all go to my cabin for the week"

"Well I'm sorry to have to drop this on you but I was about to call you all in"

"Every time, sir" Jack said, whenever SG1 got down time they very rarely actually made it off the base before something went disastrously wrong and they had to save the world again. Even when they did make it off base they would always get called back in.

"We have a situation"

TBC