A/N: Just a note concerning the length of the various chapters. I know that several of these chapters are very short. I debated posting two chapters at a time, but as I am doing a 'fast' post, i.e. one chapter a day, I decided to just go with one chapter at a time. If anybody truly objects, let me know and I will consider changing my mind. The reason for the second chapter today is because I will not have time to post tomorrow. Thanks for your continued attention!

Dr. Janet Frasier strode purposefully toward a meeting with General Hammond, carrying the slim manila file folder with white-knuckled intensity. The report she had just received had frightened and infuriated her. She intended to get to the bottom of it and have the perpetrator dealt with quickly and decisively.

In her agitation, she barely knocked on the general's door, before seizing the doorknob and pushing her way in. "General…"

Both General Hammond and his second-in-command, Colonel O'Neill, looked up, surprised at the intrusion. "Doctor?"

"Sir, I'm sorry to interrupt, but I feel this just can't wait."

"That's okay, Doc, I was just leaving." Col. O'Neill stood up, looking at General Hammond for permission to go.

"Colonel, I think you should hear this too," Janet stated firmly.

Jack O'Neill's eyebrows went up, but his voice was mild when he asked, "Jonas?"

"He's fine, sir. I released him a few hours ago."

"Perhaps you should tell us what this is all about, Doctor," General Hammond said, indicating a chair.

Both Janet and O'Neill sat down, and Janet took a deep breath to steady herself. "Sir, as you know, Teal'c found an open box of candy in Jonas' office. Jonas has confirmed that he had his attack after eating a piece."

Hammond nodded, having seen that report earlier. Col. O'Neill shook his head. "I still don't get that, Doc. I've personally seen him eat a pound of chocolate candy in one sitting. Why did he get sick this time, and not before?"

"Previous exposure doesn't protect a person from an allergic reaction, Colonel. People can live with cats all of their lives and suddenly develop an allergy to cat dander. But that is not what happened here." Janet turned to General Hammond, "Sir, I wanted to identify what had triggered Jonas's attack, so I had an analysis done of that candy. The report just came in. That chocolate was coated in a concentrate of bee venom. As you probably know, bee stings are a common source of allergic reaction, and this concentrate was on the order of five hundred times the strength of what you would get in a single sting. General Hammond, this was a murder attempt."

The room became dead silent as the two officers reacted with shock. General Hammond recovered first. "That's a strong accusation, Doctor. Are you sure?"

"Yeah, Doc, maybe someone was just screwing around. I know of at least two occasions when people thought it would be funny to get Jonas to eat weird stuff."

Janet shook her head. "No, sir, this isn't like the caffeine pill in the tea or the Ex-Lax in the brownies, this was a deliberate attempt to kill him."

From the looks of both men's faces, Janet realized they had not heard of the incidents. She briefly wondered what the Colonel had meant, but pressed forward with her report. "General Hammond, there was enough bee venom in that candy to take down a squad of Jaffa. There is no way this was a so-called harmless prank. It was luck pure and simple that Bill Lee was the one to find Jonas."

General Hammond's gaze hardened. "Very well, Doctor, if you believe this was premeditated, then we had better get to the bottom of it. Colonel, get someone to review the security tapes. I want to know who and when. Oh, and Jack, I want a twenty-four hour guard on Mr. Quinn until whoever is responsible is caught."

"Sir, SG1 is on stand down anyway. I'd like for us to take the lead in the investigation." O'Neill said crisply.

"I assumed you would, Colonel." Hammond nodded, then added quietly, "Find this bastard, Jack."

"Yes, sir." With a short nod, O'Neill got up and left.

Hammond stared thoughtfully at the door that his second in command had exited through, then turned his attention to Doctor Frasier. "All right, now tell me how he's really doing."

Janet sighed. "Well, as you know, he's still pushing himself. Still trying to prove he's worthwhile."