Chapter 2

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Author's note: thank you so much for all the reviews! They were great! Fenestrae I'm afraid you'll have to wait a while before the girl talk is revealed (or at least I think so), but you're right about Jack and John not having the 'brains' about to help them. Thank you all so much for reviewing and I promise I will update as much as possible as 'alienly' possible as I can!

Earth Alpha Site

"Get a medic!" Daniel yelled as he and Sam bent down over Jack.

"He's breathing and there's steady pulse." Sam said quickly, checking the General's vitals.

"What the hell happened?!" Daniel asked as the medic team arrived.

"I don't know." Sam answered, her face contorted with worry.

"Stand aside please!" the Head medic called "On my count, one, two, three!"

Jack was lifted onto a stretcher and wheeled in the direction of the Alpha site's infirmary.

"What happened? Is O'Neill injured?" Teal'c said urgently, meeting them outside the tent that held the Ancient device, as he had just been rushed out of the way by the medical team with O'Neill's stretcher.

"He touched the Ancient device and collapsed." Sam answered anxiously.

"You forgot the bright flash of light." Daniel said.

"And that's important?!" Sam snapped.

"It could be."

"Sorry," Sam said after a moment "I ..."

"You're just worried about him," Daniel offered "I know. So am I."

"O'Neill has survived worse than this." Teal'c announced, his voice confident.

"But we don't know what this is." Sam said depressingly.

Daniel reached across and squeezed her shoulder "Let's go see how he is."

Sam nodded her head and meekly let herself be led away.

Atlantis

"What happened?" Beckett asked as he knelt next to the major's still body, gently pushing Teyla out of the way in the process.

"He just touched the device!" McKay stated, looking confusedly between the two.

"Anything else?" Beckett pressed.

"No, nothing!" Ford answered, staring at the medics working on the major.

"Well his vitals are good, breathing, pulse. Let's get him to the infirmary."

"I'm coming too." Ford said.

"Me too." It was the first words Teyla had said since calling the major's name and going to his side.

"Alright," Weir said, taking command "Go. McKay, get whoever you need in here to work out what that thing does. And fast. I want to be updated hourly on the major's condition or whenever there's any change, or the second you learn something Rodney."

McKay nodded and turned his attention back to the device "Get Zelenka, Simpson and their teams in here. Now."

Meanwhile, some Plane Somewhere

Jack looked around him again "Well we're not going to find out where we are if we just sit around here all day." He announced.

"So you're legs don't feel like jelly?"

"They do."

"Then should we really try standing up?" John persisted.

"Yes." Jack pushed himself to his to his feet before standing up, wobbling, and then promptly falling flat on his face.

John turned to give him an 'I-told-you-so' look.

Still lying face down Jack said "Your turn."

"No way."

"Yes way."

"You just fell over!"

"So? That was me, not you."

"I'm no -"John began to say when a voice interrupted him.

"You will be able to stand shortly O'Neill, but I would not try it again too soon."

Jack started, then turned slowly around, whilst John looked between the two men.

"Skaara." Jack breathed.

Earth Alpha Site

"He's in a coma." Dr. Collins said.

"A coma?" Daniel asked as Sam and Teal'c just stared at the Doctor.

"How could this happen?" Teal'c asked, his voice just above a menacing growl.

"I don't know," the Doctor admitted "But it's not like an ordinary coma. It's like... like his 'spirit' just left his body. That's why his body's in such a stable coma."

"But?" Daniel asked slowly.

"But what?" Sam asked.

"I sense a but." Daniel explained, motioning to the doctor to carry on.

"His body is fine for now, it's stable, but it won't stay that way. It's like he's on automatic, his body has been doing this naturally his entire life, being told - when needed – what to do. But now that presence is gone. Soon his body is going to need his subconscious to tell it what to do and it won't be there."

"And then?" Sam asked quietly.

"His major organs will fail and his brain will shut down."

There was silence as the members of Sg-1 looked at their leader. Sam squeezed her eyes shut and turned away slightly, whilst Teal'c and Daniel stared remorsely at Jack.

"What can we do?" Teal'c asked suddenly, turning away from Jack to face the doctor.

"Unless you can find a way to reverse this, then... I'm sorry I don't see any other possibility." Dr. Collins stared at them "I'm sorry." He said again.

"There's got to be a way," Sam said rubbing her eyes "We'll find a way."

Atlantis

"Teyla?" Elizabeth asked as she stepped out onto the balcony to stand next to the Athosian leader.

"I am fine Dr. Weir."

"No you're not," Elizabeth sighed "You're worried about him."

"Should I not be?" Teyla snapped defensively.

Elizabeth didn't say anything; she just waited for Teyla to start talking. Another minute of silence passed before she did.

"I do not know what to think," Teyla started softly "When I am around him I do not feel like this; anxious, nervous." She paused "But when I am around my own people it seems wrong somehow. But it doesn't feel wrong. And sometimes... there are times when I think... that he sees me... how I see him."

"I think he does Teyla," Elizabeth said reassuringly "In fact I'm pretty sure of it."

Teyla turned to the CO of Atlantis "I wish I had told him."

Elizabeth stiffened "You can Teyla, and you will."

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