Back to the Planet
The unstable event horizon of the forming wormhole whooshed from the stargate then settled into a vertical pool of light. No matter how many times they saw it, it was still an amazing sight. It was as though someone learned to control water and rein it in before it could escape.
Jacked had watched it 1000 times before in awe of the technology that, as far as he was concerned, only Sam Carter understood. He couldn't help wondering silently who will be the next to fall due to some mission he ordered them on. This particular planet has nearly claimed one. Will it put some one else on its list of victims. Maybe his heart was to close to this one. He pushed the thought of loosing Sam as far from his mind as he could but he knew full well that he will be bombarded in his sleep. The nightmare of his life without Sam is one he had often but some how having her laid up in the infirmary made the dream more real, more tangible. He would not be sleeping tonight.
The reverie of everyone was broken by Jack who spoke while shaking his head slightly to clear his mind of unwanted thoughts, "SG1…Good luck and Godspeed."
With a nod Cam, Daniel, and Teal'c walked up the ramp side by side determined to find the answers they needed and to save their teammate.
Stepping through the other side of the wormhole 44 light years from Earth Cam asked teammates, "okay, how is everybody feeling?"
"I'm okay. Teal'c?"
"As am I."
"Cool. Let's get this get this party started. We need to pick up as many samples as we can get from the gate to the DHD."
The three men began their collection of vegetation, rocks, soil, and swabs from both the gate and DHD.
The team of three was on the planet for nearly an hour. During that time none said a word. The silence was deafening until Teal'c spoke in his naturally booming voice. Cam flinched instinctively automatically gripping his weapon tighter with the words from Teal'c, "Colonel Mitchell I believe it would be prudent for to return to Earth immediately."
"What going on big guy?"
"Before we left Stargate Command I received my allotted injection for tretonin however I feel that I may need the next injection much sooner than scheduled."
"What?"
"There is something on this world affecting how my body reacts without a symibote."
"Do you think this is the same thing that's affecting Sam?"
"Indeed."
"Riiiight! Jackson, dial it up! We're going home before Teal'c freaks out!"
"I do not believe that will be the case, Colonel Mitchell," Teal'c said in his usual calm voice. It created a certain sense of security Cam wasn't sure he could trust.
"Just a precaution, big guy. As my Grandma used to say, 'better to be safe than unable to control a freaked out jaffa.'"
Teal'c raised a confused eyebrow at Cam, not much of what Cam's Grandma ever said made much sense.
Daniel heard his name being yelled from Cam. He looked up to see his two other teammates talking. He watched for a moment before the command to dial home registered in his brain. At the DHD Daniel dialed Earth pressing the buttons in sequence. Something was going wrong and now they were going home early.
Teal'c and Cam waited for Daniel at the edge of the Stargate. When he reached them Daniel asked, "what happened?"
"Teal'c thinks he maybe experience the same thing Sam is going through. I figured we should err on the side of caution before we had an uncontrollable jaffa on our hands. I already had my nose broken this week. I'm not prepared to see Teal'c in the middle of a great freak out."
All in agree they walked through the gate just as they came side by side.