There was a brilliant flash of light that left all the watchers blinded for a moment. When their eyes cleared they could see Sam and the machine. Everyone was happy that nothing seemed to be wrong until they all saw that Sam wasn't moving.
"Get that force field down," Jack shouted, heading back towards Sam's bag quickly and pulling out the first aid kit she carried as the team's medic.
"Captain," Chakotay said into his badge, "The machine has appeared but it looks like Major Carter is unconscious. The force field needs to be turned off so we can get to her."
"Understood Chakotay," the voice of the Captain replied as the force field went down.
Daniel and Teal'c quickly moved in and began checking Sam over before Jack took over. "Her pulse is fine, so is her breathing." He looked up and said, "Someone pass me a bottle of water." He easily caught the one B'Elanna threw to him and proceeded to tip some into his hand and then flick it at Sam.
It took a few seconds but soon she opened her eyes and Jack stopped with the water. "Sorry sir," Sam mumbled as she tried to sit up.
Jack rested a hand on her shoulder which made her lie back down again and held up three fingers, "How many fingers Carter?"
"Three sir," she answered quickly.
Jack nodded, "Who is the only person I would happily send to a Goa'uld planet without back up?"
"Kinsey," Sam answered with a smile.
"Ok Carter, last one," Jack said, "Why did we end up in Antarctica?"
"The gate jumped to the second gate on Earth after the gate on the planet was hit by a blast," Sam answered.
Jack nodded and helped her sit up saying, "Well you don't have a concussion so it's unlikely you bumped your head hard enough to knock you out, any idea why you lost conscious?"
She shook her head and sat up. After looking around quickly she said, "Well it looks like it worked."
Jack nodded and then looked Sam up and down before looking her straight in the eye. Sam held his gaze as he said, "Damn it Carter. You know that there was a chance this wasn't going to work and yet you still recklessly endangered your life."
He paused for breath and Daniel took the chance to say, "Well done Sam." He then looked at Jack and said, "Leave it Jack, just for the time being, we're one step closer to going home."
Jack glared at him but then stood and walked away, not saying anything more to anyone.
"Are you really ok Sam?" B'Elanna asked.
Sam nodded, "I'm ok." She stood and swayed on her feet, grabbing hold of Teal'c to steady herself, "Ok, I'm nearly ok."
She shook her head and then let go of Teal'c's shoulder and looked in the direction that Jack had stormed off, towards the lake.
"Sam," Daniel said, "He'll be ok, he's just pissed that you gave us such a scare, you know how he is."
Sam nodded and reached down and picked up the notebook that Seven had been working in. She looked again after Jack and Teal'c said in his low voice, "I will go after him MajorCarter."
"Thank you Teal'c," Sam said, happier now then she had been. She moved back to the machine and knelt in front of it. She pushed a few of the symbols before she pulled out her multitool and opened the flap on the front.
Teal'c walked away after Jack while Seven and B'Elanna moved so they could see what Sam was doing more clearly. Tom and Chakotay moved away to speak to the Captain, to tell her what was happening as she had asked to be kept informed of any developments on the planet.
Teal'c quickly caught up with Jack and the two walked in silence until they were at the water's edge.
"Why are you angry O'Neill?" the Jaffa asked, already having an idea since he knew how the two officers of SG1 felt about each other better than anybody expect maybe Daniel. "MajorCarter is alive and we are going home."
"I know Teal'c, but she risked her life in the process, I said she could only go ahead with her plan if she thought it was safe."
"O'Neill," Teal'c said, "MajorCarter did what she thought was best, for all of us."
"I know that Teal'c, but she still shouldn't have done it," Jack said. He knew why he was so annoyed about what Sam had done but he also knew that what he was feeling was unprofessional.
Teal'c rested his hand on Jack's shoulder and said, "She is alive O'Neill." He turned and went back towards the camp, leaving Jack looking out over the water.
"Did you know?" Tom asked B'Elanna, pulling her away from behind Sam and over to Chakotay.
She shook her head, "No. It was all stuff I had no idea about, using technology I'm not familiar with. I was just following her instructions."
"How do you think she got the Captain on board?" Tom asked, "Captain Janeway didn't even hesitate so she must have had a compelling argument."
"I told her the truth," Sam said from where she was still kneeling by the machine, "I told her that if this blew up it would affect your ship."
"Oh," Tom said, "It really would have been that big an explosion?"
Sam nodded, "Naquadah is volatile and even the small amount we got from my blood would have enhanced the explosion enough to damage the ship more than the borg cube did."
B'Elanna whistled lightly before she moved back behind Sam and said, "I've never seen a system based crystals before."
Sam nodded as she checked her notes before moving some of the crystals and pulling some out completely. "You seem to know your way around it well though," B'Elanna continued.
"I should hope so too," came Jack's voice as he walked back out of the trees, "Otherwise we've been trusting the wrong person for years."
"Thanks sir," Sam said, placing another piece of the machine on the pile that was already there.
Jack crouched beside her and asked, "Are you sure all these bits aren't needed?" Sam raised an eyebrow and Jack nodded, "Of course you're sure."
Sam smiled and went back to work. Jack moved closer and whispered in her ear, "Sorry Carter, good job."
"Thanks sir," Sam whispered back, "And I am sorry."
Jack nodded and then moved away, going towards where Teal'c was standing with Daniel. "Break camp," he ordered, "We're leaving today." He looked at Sam, "Right Carter?"
"Yes sir," Sam answered, running her finger under a line of writing in the notebook.
Jack smiled and looked back at Teal'c and Daniel, "You heard the Major. If we're ready to go as soon as Carter's done then we can get home as soon as possible."
The two men nodded and the three of them went into their respective tents, to pack the sleeping bags and everything else that was in there.