Gen Landry pulled up a private site on his personal laptop. In lay a part of his past and family, Carolyn Lam. He pulled up pictures of Carolyn at a very young age, he thought maybe eight or ten years old. He looked through the plethora of pictures that were taken of her through the years and noticed something that caught his eyes. There were no pictures of him with Carolyn at any age after eight years old. There were other pictures of Carolyn with her mother, friends he assumed, her graduation and one medical picture with staff. But the majority of the pictures had no images of him with her. He sat back in disappointment. He had missed most of Carolyn's life while in the military and even now as the SGC Commander, he barely made time to be with his daughter. Here she was in close proximity, on the same base in the same mountain and he hadn't even asked her how she felt at being the chief of his medical staff. He held his head down in disbelief; no wonder he thought that she resented him all these years.
Now his daughter was in danger and the only thing he could think of was to go back to his office and wait for any evidence of where Carolyn or Vala may be held. His own elite team thought enough of his daughter to take her out and make her feel at home on his own command and now SG1 was out checking for any clues while he sat back in his office doing nothing other than seeing what his daughter's life was like.
"Col Mitchell have you found anything else to help you find Dr. Lam or Vala?"
"Sir, Gen Landry? Ah, no sir we are still checking cameras and other possible leads right now. Sir, we are going to find them, whoever kidnapped them obviously knows that we are going to check any leads we can get. I expect them to contact us soon." Stated Col Mitchell.
"Noted Colonel, I'm coming to join you and your team. Keep me posted if there's any thing you need or find."
"Yes Sir, Mitchell out."
Sam was listening in to Col Mitchells conversation with Gen Landry.
"Did he just say he was joining our investigation? Said Sam.
"Yep, he did, but I think he wants to feel close to finding his daughter and not just sit around all day waiting. I know if it was my daughter, I wouldn't want to just sit around either."
"Ok, said Col Mitchell; lets finish up here and see if we can find any camera's that might have captured the van and any license plates."
"Cam, I'm really worried about Vala and Carolyn. The blood Cam, that was Vala's and we still have not heard from anyone. What are they waiting on?" Sam stated very worried about her friends.
"I know Sam. We're all worried. I don't think I've ever felt so helpless before. Usually we are on a mission and you know what happens to your people, but to just be kidnapped and nothing."
"Not to change the subject, but, you like her don't you Cam? I mean Carolyn."
Mitchell stood still and studied Sam for a minute and put his head down.
"Is it that obvious Sam?
"Come on Cam, you wince at pain when Carolyn's checking you out for any injuries. You downed your plane saving us and went through months of therapy and not once did you wince because of major pain, and you flinch first every time we get a slight cut in Carolyn's presence; yeah it's obvious to everyone but you."
"I think she's great Sam. I can't seem to get her attention. She's always working and doing research."
"You know if you just ask her out once them maybe she would stop working so much."
"Well, yeah, that too. But we got to find her, I mean them Sam. I'm worried and I know Daniel is worried about Vala, even though he's trying his hardest not to show it."
"We all want our friends back Cam and you know we'll find them, no matter what it takes." Said Sam.
"Ok, speaking of; here comes the General." Stated Mitchell.
"Col Mitchell, have your people found anything yet? Stated Landry.
"No, Sir. It seems we are at a dead end here. I suggest we get back to base. Maybe they will contact us soon. I know we all hate the waiting, but we have no choice at this point."
"Ok, let's report back, but from now on Colonel; I want to be involved to the very end. We have two very important people out there that need our help and we are not going to let them down. Colonel call your people in and let's see if we can go over everything that's happened. I want to secure our base and interview all personnel guarding the entrance and check our surveillance camera's to see if they may have seen any unusual vehicles parked and following your team. Maybe we can pull some information from that."
"Yes, Sir, Sam is already on it. Teal'c, Daniel let's get back to base. We have work to do."
"Team leader, I have no new news on Ms Doran. Dr. Lam is still with her and maintains her bedside vigil." Reported the Med Tech.
"Fine, that's all, your dismissed."
The Med Tech was getting pretty board at being dismissed by the team leader. He had spent years in specializing in emergency medicine and was recruited by this organization with a lot of insentives and a large compensation packet. But the only thing he was doing working for these people was a lot of secrecy and no new fields to explore. It's not what he was promised. He had admired Dr. Lam's attention to detail and her discipline and knowledge of emergency procedures. Obviously he thought she had been exposed to a lot more injuries and more knowledgeable that he had been led to believe. But what impressed him more was the way she protected Vala Mol Doran and stayed with her with hardly any sleep. Most of his experience with this organizations personnel were cuts, scraps and occasional head wounds, mostly given by the team leader to his own members for failure and he never had the experience to be personally involved with any of them. He was beginning to think that the money was more shut up money more than for his expertise. He would watch Dr. Lam for the Team leader he thought, but would ask her more on her medical experience.
Carolyn was laying on her hands next to Vala bed slightly asleep. She awoke by instinct and checked Vala's vitals and her breathing. She still needed the respirator but her heart rate and pulse where now normal. Currently checked her chart and noted that another day and she would probably remove the respirator and let Vala breath on her own. She contacted the Medic to assist her in exercising Vala's limbs. The medic seemed a little puzzled by her actions.
"Dr. Lam, I don't understand why are you exercising her limbs? There is no need for that right now." Stated the Medic.
"Patient's when immobolized for a long periods of time can get paralysis and their muscles also can depolarize causing stiffness and immobility. I've found that exercising the muscles helps stop those symptoms. Vala has been immobile for a long time and we need to turn her to keep from forming bed sores also."
"I didn't know that, or never tried that said the Medic. I guess some things you have to learn by trial and error?"
"Well, I deal with all sorts of injuries that are not in the book, so you have to stay on top of your field or someone could die because you didn't take the time to check and recheck your dioagnosis. The best medicine I find is to ask your patient sometime what's wrong with them and listen to what they're saying and not just tell them what's wrong with them." Stated Carolyn.
"You mind if I ask you something Dr. Lam?
"I guess, go ahead."
"Why do you care so much about Ms Doran, I mean she's not one of your staff and she's apart of some elite team I hear about, SG something."
"One, she's my friend and second even if she wasn't my friend, I would still treat them just the same. They're my patients and I make sure when they are in my infirmary they're treated by all my staff the same way. It's important they know they're being taken care of and not just given asprin and sent on their way. I treat the patient, not just the symptoms."
"I- I understand. Dr. Lam, I thank you for your honest answer. I need to get back to my duties. Is there anything else that you need?
"Yes, but I doubt you can help me. I want to get my friend and I out of here. So I guess there's no point in asking"
The Medic pointed at a sheet of paper on his chart that read. "Will help". "No Dr. Lam, I'm sorry, that can't be helped. But if there is anything else, please let me know."
Carolyn understood and played along.
"Well it was a try anyway. No, I just need to make sure Vala is ok. I'll let you know if there's anything I need."
Carolyn nodded her head that she understood. She watched the Medic eat the note and leave. Carolyn was not going to get her hopes up yet. She knew this could be a trap to gain her trust and reveal information. But she decided to wait and see if the Medic was being truthful or not. She would wait for her time and see what these people wanted and Vala to wake.