On the Planet
As soon as Sam stepped through the other side of the wormhole she could feel it. As she stood on the gate's pedestal she began to notice how much thicker the atmosphere seemed and felt a trickle of sweat slide down her spine. According to the MALP readings this planet was in fact conducive to supporting human life. Still something wasn't quite right but she couldn't immediately put her finger on it. She willed herself to move to prevent from being plowed down by the rest of the team. It took entirely too much concentration to perform and complete such a simple thought.
She walked down the steps to the DHD slowly. She suddenly feeling fatigued as she waited for the rest of her team. Her extremities were tingling. She could feel an irrational panic rising. There had to be an explanation to it all but her brain function had come to a screeching halt.
Sam stood unmoving next to the DHD not noticing anything around her as Cam and Daniel made their way to her. It started as a slight pressure on her lungs then gradually turned into a great weight. The air was being sucked from her lungs. She felt like the air was too heavy to take in. She was suffocating. As she felt herself gasp for air she felt a rise in temperature. Her blood was beginning to boil. The rest of the team didn't have a chance to get to her before she began to panic.
As the gate disengaged all rational though left her brain she made a run for the gate in an attempt to reach the wormhole. "NO!" she screamed as it disappeared. She was suddenly on the pedestal making a futile attempt to dial the gate manually screaming, "I have to get out of here. I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE! I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!"
Caught of guard the rest of the team was left stunned. They had barely been on the planet long enough for the wormhole to disengage before Sam lost it.
"SAM!" "CARTER!" Cam and Daniel yelled in unison.
"I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!"
Neither of them could get through to her as she continued to try to spin the dial with her bare hands. Cam signaled for Daniel to stay where he was then slowly walked to her hands held up to show her empty palms. She didn't seem to realize anyone was there. Cam spoke forcing his voice to be calm, "Carter. Sam, Daniel will dial the gate if you come down off the pedestal. Will that be okay?"
"I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!" she screamed shaking her head frantically.
At a loss of what else to do Cam grabbed Sam forcibly removing her from the pedestal yelling, "Daniel dial the gate!" He was holding onto Sam as she tried with every fiber of her being to run into an unstable wormhole. If he were to let her go now she would kill herself in the event horizon or by hitting Earth's closed iris. Neither of those scenarios was acceptable but she was strong and he was loosing his grip. She fought as if she were in enemy hands.
"I can't hold her much longer Jackson", Sam brought her head up sharply making contact with Cam's unprotected face. She broke free running like an Olympic sprinter just out of the starting blocks to reach her only salvation, the gate.
"AH! Damnit Carter!" Cam yelled holding his now bleeding nose. Coming to his senses he realized he didn't know if she had had enough time to make it back safely. "Tell me you were able to send the code", Cam said as bent at the waist panting and nose bleeding freely.
"She took off as I pressed enter. I think she had enough time."
"God, she's tough. What the hell happened?"
"I have no idea but we better go find out", Daniel said. Cam nodded his head in agreement and together the stepped through the still active wormhole.