"Blood pressure 70 over 50, heart rate 160, signs of internal bleeding." Doctor Carmichael looked up at Teal'c who was kneeling on the other side of Anna. "We need to get her to infirmary."

Seeing the seriousness of the doctor's expression Teal'c got up and helped him to carefully put Anna in the gurney. Together they worked quickly and quietly, strapping her in and carrying her to the infirmary. Teal'c had not been surprised by the urgency in the doctor's voice. When he had first seen her on the Ancient ship, he could not fail to notice the damage to her face. What had shocked him even more was the damage her clothes had hidden.

After carrying her out of the bridge he had hurried down the corridor towards the infirmary, running into the medical team on the way. Doctor Carmichael had stayed with him while the other two medics had gone to the bridge. When the command to brace for impact was given, he and the doctor had covered Anna's body with their own, holding onto her for support and to protect her.

Once the blast wave had passed Doctor Carmichael had quickly made an assessment of Anna's condition, noting that along with the bruising on her face, she also had a couple of cracked ribs,a collapsed lung, several lacerations. Teal'c had been particularly disgusted when the doctor had lifted up her shirt to reveal more bruising that covered most of her torso. To beat a woman was in Teal'c eyes unforgivable, he was relieved that Colonel Mitchell was not here to see the extent of the damage that the Furlings had inflicted. If it had been his wife, his rage against those who done this would of been great, and he was sure that Colonel Mitchell would feel the same.

~*~*~*~

"Damage report?" asked Cameron.

Captain Harris read through the ship's data on his screen. "Shields are down to forty percent. A hull breach on the hanger deck. Minor damage on deck C."

"Sam..."

"All ready on it," yelled out Sam who was already ahead of Cameron and walking out the doorway, heading to engineering.

~*~*~*~

"Daniel?"

Vala was kneeling next to Daniel, her knees just a few inches away from Daniel's head, not wanting to leave him but not wanting to get in the way of the medics who were looking over him. She looked up at the medics, wanting answers, wanting them to tell her he was okay

"Please , say SOMETHING, ANYTHING!" She looked from the medics to Jack who was standing nearby.

"BP 80 over 55," said one of the medics while the other shone a torch into Daniel's eyes, pulling up his eyelids one at a time.

"Moderately dilated. Pupils non-responsive," said the medic. He looked up at Vala. "He's slipping into a coma. We need to get him to the infirmary, stat."

For the next couple of minutes the medics worked together, getting Daniel into the gurney while Vala and Jack watched on. Sensing that Vala was trying to put on a brave face but seeing the tears in her eyes, Jack went over to her putting his arm around her shoulders. "He's going to be okay. This is Daniel, you know. The guy's died more times than anyone I know and he always comes through it."

"Died?"

"Sorry, bad choice of words. What I mean is he's a survivor, he's tough. No matter how bad it looks he'll come through this."

Vala nodded her head a couple of times, she wanted to believe Jack and knew that most of what he said was true. Still she was worried. She had never been good at situations like this, seeing someone she cared about like this was just too painful. In the past she would of either made a joke or run away in the opposite direction, but for the first time in her life the desire to stay, to be with the other person was stronger. She realised that this is what love is like, being there not just through the good but also the bad, no matter how hard it was. Vala knew that with real love you didn't always have a choice, you just felt it, thought wasn't part of the process.

"I'm okay. It's just..."

"I know," said Jack, giving her shoulder a gentle squeeze.

"I want to be with him."

"Of course. You go. I'll be along in a minute,"

Jack dropped his arm from Vala's shoulder, watching her go out the doorway. "Danny, you really need to stop doing this," he muttered to himself.

~*~*~*~

"Doctor Mitchell's condition, it is serious?"

Teal'c was standing nearby waiting as Doctor Carmichael checked Anna's vital signs again as the nurse began hooking intravenous fluid and blood to her.

"Her blood pressure has dropped, it's now 60 over 40. I need to get her in the operating theatre straight away and stop the bleeding, so yes her condition is serious. I have to inform Colonel Mitchell of the situation."

"Perhaps it would be best if I informed the Colonel. That way you can begin treating Doctor Mitchell immediately."

Doctor Carmichael gave Teal'c a brief nod. "Yes, that might be best. Tell Colonel Mitchell that if he wants to talk to me I'll be in surgery."

Teal'c gave the doctor a nod in return. "Indeed. I will go and inform Colonel Mitchell in person."

~*~*~*~