Disclaimer: Oh so not mine. All mistakes are so don't shoot me for how I spell.

For anyone still reading this, all I can do is apologize. Life went psycho roller-coster for a while. When it slowed down enough to write for some reason I couldn't get back into this story. I thought writing something else might help. It didn't, but I wanted to get this done so I hope this doesn't sound to rushed. I tried so many times to finish this and nothing worked, so I finally just sat and wrote. This is what came out of it.

The only medical knowledge I have is from watching Emergency! So, not much. Mainly cause I spent the time watching Johnny and Roy instead of listening to them : ) So that is why I skipped most of the technical stuff. Anyway, here's the story.


Sam had ran over to the Colonel while Teal'c ran over to Daniel. "Colonel, can you hear me?" She asked as Janet knelt down beside her and felt for his pulse.

"He's alive Sam." Janet let out a breath she didn't realize she had been holding. She checked Jack over and then pulled out a pressure bandage from her bag and applied it to his side.

"Doctor Frazier? Can you come here a moment?" Her assistant asked from where he was kneeling next to Daniel. Teal'c had Daniels head on his knee and was carding his hand thru Daniels hair. He had his head bent so that his forehead was almost touching Daniels and he was whispering to him in another language. Janet's assistant had the blood pressure cuff around Daniels arm and had a frown on his face as he looked at her. 'To low' he mouthed trying not to disturb Teal'c while he also grab a pressure bandage and handed it to Janet. She placed it on Daniels side as she had with Jack and yelled for someone to grab the stretcher's and get them ready. She told her assistant to get Jack ready and get him on an IV, as she check Daniel over herself.

"Janet." Came Sam's whisper from behind her. She turned to look at her and saw on Sam's face what she couldn't ask.

"They're not good Sam. I wont lie to you. But if we get them back as soon as we can," Janet paused for a minute and took a deep breath, "It's up to them Sam, they're strong, they should be okay. I'll do everything in my power to make sure they're okay."

"I know. Thanks Janet. What can I do to help?"

"You can help with the Colonel, alright?"

"Yeah, I can do that." Janet once again sighed as she turned back to Daniel. She didn't know what had happened but both of them had lost to much blood. And there was nothing she could do about that until she got back to base. As she hooked Daniel up with an IV she saw Teal'c watching her.

"He'll be okay Teal'c, it's Daniel. He's always okay."

"Indeed he will be Doctor Frazier. As you told Major Carter, they are very strong. I have no doubt that they will survive." Janet smiled at Teal'c and nodded her head, as a Marine came over to help put Daniel on a stretcher.


The trip back to the Gate was long and hard. They kept stoping to replace both Daniel's and Jack's IV's. Since Janet had no blood for them she needed to keep them as hydrated as possible. On the third stop Jack came around. "Colonel, can you hear me? It's Doctor Frazier."

"Doc?"

"Yes Colonel can you stay awake for a minute?"

"Daniel? Where's Danny?" Jack mumbled, cracking his eyes open and tossing his head from side to side trying to find Daniel.

"He's right here Sir." Janet said as she moved out of the way for Jack to be able to see him. "He's doing as well as he can be. We just need to get the two of you back to base." Janet said knowing that was going to be the next thing out of the Colonels mouth.

"Salepter." Jack mumbled as he stared at Daniel as if to make sure he was really there.

"What was that Sir?" Sam asked as she knelt down next to him.

" Salepter, Pontiar." Jacks eye's closed as he said this.

"Colonel what's a Slepter and Pointer?" Sam asked trying to keep him awake.

"No, Sal-ep-ter, and Pont-iar. Used to, sacrifice, blood." Jack breathed each word still with his eyes closed.

"How much Colonel?" Janet asked trying to figure out how much time they were dealing with before things really went down hill for her patients.

"Lots. Daniel, concussion, 'fore. Doc, tired, sleep now?"

"Yes Colonel. You can rest now, we'll have you back at the SGC in no time." Janet replied as she checked both IV's.

"Janet? Is it okay to let him sleep?"

"He need's the rest, so yes. But we need to get back, fast. Okay everyone, let's move out."


It had taken to long in Janet's book to get back to the SGC. Both Jack and Daniels vitals had drop to low. As soon as they were thru the wormhole she was barking order's at everyone she could see. Having blood transfusions and O.R.'s ready by the time she got her patients down to the Infirmary. Sam and Teal'c just stood at the end of the ramp as all the other teams headed out to change.

"Major, Teal'c, are you alright?" General Hammond asked.

"We will be fine General Hammond. We wish to shower and change, then wait for news of O'Neill and Daniel Jackson before a briefing though."

"I think that would be acceptable. Go, I'll be down in a little while." Teal'c gently grabbed Sam's arm as he led her out of the Gate room.

Sam, Teal'c and General Hammond had sat outside the Infirmary for five hours with no news. Finally Janet came out of the door's and they all stood up.

"They're both alive." She said with a tired smile.

"Oh thank goodness." Sam breathed as she slid back down into the chair.

"Now they do have a long way's to go. They lost a lot of blood, and what ever they were stabbed with caused some internal injuries, but we got it all under control." She reassured them. "They will probably sleep thru the rest of the night if not tomorrow too. It would be better for them to sleep for as long as possible to let their bodies heal. Both of them needed two blood transfusions and I'm still going to keep a close eye on Daniel to see if he needs anymore, since he was more cut up than the Colonel. Both of them are at risk of infection, so we have them on a strong antibiotic. They do have a slight fever at the moment but that's to be expected." Janet paused for a moment. "Do you have any questions?"

"Can we see them?" Sam asked.

"Of course. Just don't stay to long, you both need your rest too." Janet showed them to where Jack and Daniel were. Daniel was in his normal bed with Jack to his left. Sam went and sat in between them and grab the hands she could reach. Teal'c stood at the end of the beds in the middle, as if guarding his friends.

"Are they going to be alright Doctor?" The General asked. Janet looked at him as she replied.

"Bearing any unforeseen complications and as long as we can keep their wounds from getting infected, yes they will be just fine."


True to her word both Jack and Daniel's wounds healed with just the slightest of problems. They had developed infections from the stabbing but it responded well to the antibiotics Janet kept pumping into them.

They were still in the Infirmary after two weeks. Jack was going nut's not being able to leave, he had a hockey game he wanted to go to, and Daniel wanted nothing more than to go to his lab and get some work done, since Janet wouldn't let him have his Laptop.

Today Sam and Teal'c were visiting and Daniel was telling them all about what happened and the cultural significance, and what other cultures used people as sacrifices. Finally Jack couldn't take it anymore.

"Daniel."

"Jack."

"No more talking. Got it."

"Yes Jack."

There was silence in the infirmary. Jack trying not to think about being stabbed and bleeding to death, and Daniel still thinking about how many other cultures had similar practices. They all sat in silence for a good minute, Sam and Teal'c both trying not to laugh, before Jack couldn't take it anymore, "So, now what?"


AN: So there you go. It's not exactly how I had wanted to finish it but, I needed to get it done and off my conscience. I couldn't stand not having it finished. I hope you all enjoyed.