Tegan Chronicles

Origins 5

"Let me take a look." Janet examined the burn pattern on Tegan's forehead. It was unlike anything they'd encountered with the ribbon devices in the past. The burn itself was almost perfectly circular. She looked down noticing for the first time the blood stain on the left hip of Tegan's pants.

Seeing her gaze fall Tegan leaned back and pulled the elastic waist band down until she could see the three puncture marks. "I don't know what she did."

"I'd guess a biopsy of some sort." Janet observed as Jack entered the infirmary. "Is your head still hurting?"

"No." Tegan sat back up and shook her head. "It's intermittent, sharp hot pains shooting through my head. Almost like lightening. It's never in quite the same spot twice."

That answered Janet's unasked question about the type of pain. "I want to get a PET of your head and standard labs and we'll go from there."

Tegan nodded and turned to Jack. "She's here."

"Nirrti?"

"Yes."

"Where?" He readied the zat he'd picked up in the armory on his way in.

"I don't…" Tegan grabbed her head as another wave of pain shot through it. It was the worst so far, and blood started dripping like a leaky faucet from her nose again.

"What's going on?" Paige walked into the infirmary. "Sam called and said Tegan was attacked at home by a Goa'uld."

"It stopped." Tegan pushed Janet's hand away and looked around. She pushed herself off the bed and ran out the door. When she arrived in the control room Nirrti had already dialed out. She quickly closed the iris hoping she wasn't too late. A second later Nirrti appeared in front of the closed iris.

"Let me go!"

"Not so strong now are you?"

"I spared your life." Nirrti pointed out.

"Give me the samples you took and I'll let you go."

"How do I know I can trust you?"

"You don't." Tegan didn't waste any time. "But as soon as security gets here the offer is off the table."
"Fine." Nirrti pulled the device she'd used to gather the specimens and rolled it down the gate.

"Kiser, what are you doing?" Jack ran into the control room.

Tegan opened the iris just before the pain in her head became unbearable and she curled into a ball on the floor. Jack watched as Nirrti looked back at him with her patented smug look and stepped through the shimmering pool of light, the wormhole closing down after her exit.

"Why'd you let her go?" He knelt beside her as he glanced up at Sam who'd come in right behind him. "Call for a medical team."

A minute later Tegan rolled onto her back and looked over at Sergeant Wilkes. Sam shook her head no. Nirrti had killed him and then used his palm to access the dialing computer.

"I made a deal with her." She sat up slowly as Janet rushed to her side. "There should be a device at the end of the ramp with the samples she took from me."

"And you told her if she gave them to you you'd let he go?" General Hammond tried to clarify.

"We could have had her."

"She still had the ribbon device and the ability to cloak herself." Tegan held up two fingers mirroring Janet's gesture, as she tried to check her over. "How many of our men could she have killed before we could have taken her down? I personally would rather know she's not somewhere in the compound or worse yet on earth."

"It was an appropriate call, all things considered." General Hammond nodded his approval.

Janet pulled out her pen light and shone in it Tegan's eyes again. "Damn it woman!"

"Sorry." Janet mumbled as Tegan covered her eyes with both hands.

"No," Tegan sighed. "I'm sorry. I've had a rough…"

"What?"

"What time is it?" Tegan looked up.

"Twenty-two-ten." General Hammond checked his watch.

"What time did I call you?"

"Around nine." Janet shrugged. "I really need to get that PET scan, and check you over."

"Yeah, ok."

"What did you find doctor?" General Hammond stood at the foot of the bed where Tegan was laying on her side trying to stay awake after the healthy dose of morphine Janet had somehow talked her into.

"Her PET scan looks normal sir. And her lab work appears normal."

"Appears?" Tegan yawned. "Either it is or it isn't."

"I'm going to keep her over night for observation."

"How did she get here?"

"We'll try and figure that out in the morning Kiser." Jack put his hand on her lower leg. "You need to get some sleep first."

"Do you want me to stay with Cassie?" Sam knew Janet wanted to stay where she'd be close to Tegan.

"You don't have to stay here. I'm not afraid of the dark."

"I think we gave you just a little too much Morphine." Janet nodded to Sam.

"Or not enough," Paige spoke up. "If she's still taking I think she needs more."

"You'd better be glad my head is currently too heavy to stand." Tegan's threat was as empty as an upside down glass.

Janet looked at Paige, "Well, now we know how to get her to not argue over being admitted."

"I heard that."

Once the infirmary had cleared out it was after midnight, and Janet pulled a chair up bedside Tegan's bed. "You're not going to stay there all night."

"I thought you were asleep."

"No." Tegan opened her eyes glad Janet had turned off all the non-essential lighting for the night.

"Are you in pain?"

Tegan closed her eyes again as Janet took her hand in hers. "You can't do that."

"Why?"

"I dunno." She shrugged. "People will see."

"There's one medic working tonight, and I sent him to inventory our overflow supplies."

"Ah, good call."

"Besides, I've held your hand before. Come to think of it so has Sam."

"Don't be jealous Janet." She mumbled.

"And Jack." Janet watched her roll onto her side.

"Mmm." Her forehead creased in distress.

"You are in pain." Janet's voice was tender.

"No, my hip's just a little sore."

"Let me give you another dose of Morphine."

Tegan thought for a minute. "Only if you promise to go get what's his name, so you can go to your quarters and get some sleep."

"I promise."

"That you'll get some sleep."

"Fine," Janet huffed softly. "I promise I'll go to my quarters and try and get some sleep. Man you drive a hard bargain."

"I know."