3 hours later Janet had all the results and was prepared for the questions, and went Hammond's office, she knocked nervously
"Enter" he ordered, she slipped in
"The MRI scan came back, it shows that the symbiote is dead and there are signs that it is dissolving into her body, her blood work shows her body is fighting it, she is sedated right now but I hope to wake her up within 5 hours" Janet stopped waiting for his reaction
"Carry on Doctor and good job" he said, Janet giving a small smile pleased someone had noticed.
Returning to the infirmary she went back to Sam, who was still sleeping,
5 hours later she saw Sam's eyes flicker open, she walked over in time to see her curl up on her side
"Sam hello: how you feeling?" Janet asked, Sam looked at her pain filling her eyes a tear escaped
"Sam honey talk to me" Sam closed her eyes refusing to, Janet sighed going to get Sg1 in the hopes they could break Sam out of this slump predictably they were outside
"Sam is awake but non responsive I think its depression" Janet told them anticipating the next question
"You can see her briefly one at a time" Janet ordered, Jack nodded indicating for Teal'c to go first, Teal'c went in
"Samantha Carter" he said walking over and taking a seat and her hand, she didn't look at him or acknowledge his presence but he could tell she was awake.
"You have proven to me hosts can be saved, for this I am thankful, I believe you are strong you will come through this, you are one of the bravest people I have fought beside, thank you" he said then kissed the back of her hand and leaving,
Daniel replaced him
"Hey Sam" he said taking the same seat as Teal'c
"Its okay Sam, you did it your survived, you give hope to everyone, Sha're, Skaara, I know it can't have been easy but you did it" Daniel took her hand squeezing it Sam didn't respond; reluctantly he left to allow Jack in.
"Hey Carter" Jack said taking the chair and her hand,
"So you showed that Gould, you did it" he said joyfully, rubbing her hand
"I bet Jess and Cassie will be pleased to see you" he said watching her carefully she didn't react, he left seeing Janet at the door
"Doc why is she so despondent?" he asked worriedly, Janet shook her head
"Her results show low dopamine levels which would lower her mood" Janet hypothesized, Jack nodded
"So how long 'till she is normal?" He asked impatiently
"I don't know Sir, I have never dealt with this before, I have put her on mood simulators and am just hoping it is enough" Janet explained,
"How about if she saw Jess would that help?"
"It might but I would like to hold off on that for at least 48 hours" Janet said, Jack nodded
"I'll go and look after them" he volunteered loving the time he spent with Cassie and willing to spend time with Jess as well.
"Ok Sir" Janet answered arriving at her office where Sam's reading where displayed on a remote monitor showing Sam had finally drifted off to sleep, sighing Janet began on the mountain of paperwork associated with Sam's case.
Sam slowly woke up to see Hammond sitting opposite, he saw she was awake
"Captain I need a favour," Sam didn't respond but sat silently
"The person who kidnapped Jess, pretend to be Charlie and poisoned Nicolas Ballard as revenge against Sg1, I think they might want you, to study it follows that if they wanted revenge against SG1 then they would certainly want to study you." He paused seeing her pale silently he knew she was worrying about it as Teal'c had very nearly become a lab rat and he was only a Jaffa
"I think they may try something, so I want you to carry this" he gave her a tiny device which fitted into her ear, he held it out, Sam shakily took the device putting it in her ear the first sign of life from her since Joliner.
"I will have Dr Frasier insert a tracking device under the surface of your skin" he said knowing that if it came to it they would need to find her quickly.
Sam said nothing, inside she knew this was just an excuse and they didn't trust her after being a Gould, she didn't trust herself so why would they?
"Ok, hope you get better soon Sam" he said stroking her hair
He left seeing Janet at the door
"There is no change, I need you to give the injection" he ordered, Janet nodded sadly going to the store cupboard to prepare it Dr Lee giving her the chip, she walked over to Sam
"Hey Sam, I'm sorry to do this but I need your arm" Sam moved her arm slightly, Janet moved it the rest of the way taking a needle she injected some local anaesthetic, then she got the scalpel
"Sorry to do this Sam" she apologised Sam said nothing just looking away avoiding all eye contact, Janet made the small incision and placed the device deep in the skin then stitched it closed placing a dressing on top to keep in clean. Sam not even wincing once as she finished up
"So Jess was asking about you" Janet said sitting on the edge of the bed, Sam didn't respond but made eye contact for the first time showing a spark of interest, Janet noticed and continued to talk
"She and Colonel O'Neill have really hit it off. I think he has corrupted her into the Simpson's but she misses her mum. She wants to visit tomorrow, with Cassie, won't that be good" Sam didn't say anything but Janet could see fear in her friends eyes
"Sam the Gould has gone, dead your body is absorbing it" Janet explained gently rubbing Sam's arm, still no response
"Sam your not the Gould, you were taken it is not your fault" she insisted, Sam lowered her eyes,
"Jesus Sam, you think you could have fought it more you couldn't I know you would have fought it every step, do you think Share and Ska'ra aren't fighting and Kalwasky, Sam your mind was taken over by a Gould I'm surprised you are still alive yet you are" Janet ranted spotting Sam flinching very slightly
"God Sam no" She said guessing what that meant, Sam wished she had died when the Gould did
"Sam Hon, you have so much to live for, Jess, Cassie, Sg1, your brother" Janet said desperately worried about her and now thinking that seeing Jess would be the best thing for her, she signalled a nurse to bring a sedative over so Sam would get some productive sleep,
"Sam sleep" She ordered as she injected it into her IV, watching as Sam's eyes closed,
When Sam next woke she was greeted by 2 large blue eyes and 2 inches from hers,
"Mummy" a loud voice proclaimed and 2 arms hugged her, despite herself Sam smiled slightly reaching up to hug her daughter a tear escaping, she didn't notice her team standing by the door watching, Sam sat up in order to hug Jess more, Cassie sitting there joining in,
"I'm sorry" she muttered to Cassie who hugged her tighter more tears rolled down Sam's face
"Sssh Sam its ok, we love you" Cassie said, Jess joining in
"Love you mummy" She said happily not gauging her mum's mood,
"Love you too, both of you" Sam said weakly tiring out and closing her eyes, Jess deciding to join her mum in a nap while Cassie lay content to just be with her hero, Janet and the rest of Sg1 snuck out to talk outside.
"She seems slightly better" Jack noted, Daniel nodded
"We have come some way but there is a lot more to go" Janet said with a note of warning, they nodded accepting the warning,
"When can she come home?" Jack asked, Janet frowned at him
"Sir she has been invaded by an alien symbiote we don't even know the effects of this long term not to mention most of her tests are abnormal and cell counts are way off, then there is Jess who Sam couldn't look after and get the rest and recovery she will need" Janet ranted
"So when is she coming out?" Jack asked again persistently
"In about a week all being well" Janet told him sighing she hated giving a time limit when the cause was alien but in the military they ran on time needing to know exactly how long it would take and holding you to it.
"Great" Jack said already making plans for a get better and we are glad you aren't a Gould party. Daniel looked at him raising an eyebrow silently enquiring as to Jack's reaction
"I was thinking of a party, we are going to need to plan, Janet when should we schedule it?" he asked
"2 weeks?" Janet suggested, Jack nodded already going through the details he would have to confirm.
"Right come on guys lets get planning" Jack suggested while Janet went to check on Sam and the girls, finding them all fast asleep she wished for a camera silently leaving them.