Chapter 5:
Preserving Time
The pain is gone, feeling comfortable, arms no longer suspended above head, instead laying peacefully at sides. Hearing a beeping sound coming from the heart-rate machine, tightening both hands to notice someone's hand is in her right. Opening her eyes Carter sees Colonel O'Neill sitting in a chair to her right.
Leaning forward in his chair with a smile on his face, "how ya feeling?" he asked, smiling back to feel the bruise's on her face a little.
"Pretty good… how long have I been out?" Carter asked for O'Neill glimpsed up at the clock.
"A good ten hours" he answered as Janet then came over, a smile on her face as she comes to the end of the bed holding a clipboard to her chest and wearing her usual white doctors uniform.
"How is our patient doing?" Janet enquired. O'Neill then looked over at Janet with the smile still on his face.
"Pretty good, doc" O'Neill answered as Janet looked over what the machines are saying to look back at the two.
"I'll go and notify General Hammond" Janet said as she looked at her watch, "looks like Teal'c and Daniel should be here shortly" and with that she went over to a wall phone not to far away.
"Sorry we couldn't get there any sooner, Stephan got a hold of the drug used on us on P3R-118" he explained as Daniel and Teal'c both walked in. Both of them moving down her left.
"Hey, you put up quite the fight" Daniel complimented with a smirk, proud of how long she'd fought for.
"Thanks… how did you find me?" Carter asked, feeling a little livelier the more she lays there but still drowsy from the morphine.
Putting his right hand onto Daniel's left shoulder, "Daniel Jackson found out through the young man, Owen" Teal'c said, a smile on his face for O'Neill to set his left hand over the back of her hand.
"When we got into there, Teal'c had an idea of where you'd be kept. However, hearing you cry out in pain led us right to your room" O'Neill finished the explanation.
A look of remembering something came onto Daniel's face then, Carter gave him a curious look. Daniel then looked a little awkward, "Uhh… I spoke to Dr. Robert Parkins and he has decided not to go off world for a long time."
They all heard footsteps for General Hammond to walk up to the end of the bed, "Hello Major Carter, how are you feeling?" he asked, a pleasant smile on his face at seeing her in one piece.
"I feel really good, a little tired but it's to be expected" she smiled with a shrug.
"Good to hear, Dr. Fraiser said you'll be bed ridden for about another week and a half. Her main worry is your leg" General Hammond informed her, then looking at the rest of SG1. "I advise that the three of you take some vacation time."
Jack then lifted his left hand and snapped his fingers, "dang it, I was going to see if Carter would actually go fishing with me" he said and sat back in his chair for an idea to instantly pop into his head. "Hmm… wheel chair?" he wondered and looked up at General Hammond.
"Ask Dr. Fraiser" Hammond said for Jack to look at Carter then.
"Will you come up to go fishing… I mean" he then sat back to look around the room, "unless if you'd rather stay in this hospital bed" he commented for Carter to smile and shake her head.
Daniel noticed in the corner of his eye a slight look of relief on Teal'c face.
"That sounds pretty nice, sir" Carter answered for him to let go of her hand, looking like a kid as he goes off in search for Dr. Fraiser to ask.
The alarm then went off for the Stargate, Hammond looked at the three, "that'll be SG3 coming back, I'll see you all later. Get some rest Major Carter," he added.
"I will, thank you, sir" Carter responded back before he turned and left the room, leaving Teal'c and Daniel there.
Daniel put his right hand onto her left forearm, "I'm glad to see you're doing well, Sam" a cute smile on his face for Jack to hurry back. A look of pure joy on his face.
"We are going fishing!" O'Neill announced.
A light breeze could be heard going through the leaves on the trees, the sound of the water relaxing, chipmunks having a conversation in a tree across the water somewhere. The sound of air being released from a bottle of beer as Jack takes a swig from it before setting it down onto the dock next to his chair.
Sam is wearing a light creamy brown and marble white t-shirt with a fishing vest and navy knee high shorts with sandals to top it all off. Sitting in a lawn chair, a crutch propped up against the back of her chair. Jack is wearing a white t-shirt with his own fishing vest, cargo knee high beige shorts and his own pair of sandals.
"This is nice and relaxing, sir" Sam said and Jack gave her an accusing look.
"Out here, no ranks… alright, Sam?" Jack asked and saying her first name even felt weird, he pushed it aside though to enjoy it while he can.
A small smile coming to her lips, "sorry Jack" a slightly embarrassed look on her as he'd made the request on the way over. Looking at the fishing pole in her right hand, with a round red and white bobber in the water. "So, I wait till the bobber goes under the water and start to try and reel it in?"
Jack smiled at her, "you don't start to try and reel it in right away, as the fish might try and nibble at it first. You have to wait until it stays under for maybe two seconds or more, also let your instincts tell you of when you think the time is right. Give a quick yank on the pull upward to make sure you've hooked it and if you have then reel it in, but" he rose up his left hand briefly. "If you feel that you cannot handle the fish, tell me and I'll take the fishing rod," he offered.
Looking out at the water, "even though we had to wait a few days until I could leave Janet's care, it is nice to be out in the fresh air of our own wilderness" Sam commented. Taking a deep breath in through her nose and let it out slowly through her mouth, content.
"Yeah… oh and that reminds me" Jack started and looked around at his vest to unzip a pocket and pull out a waterproof disposable Kodak camera. Standing up he winds the camera up and aims it at Sam, "smile" he says and she gives him a smile. Pressing the button they both hear the click.
Reaching up with her right hand, "how about a shot of the both of us?" Sam offered and Jack smirked as he crouched down next to her while winding the camera again.
Handing the camera to her as she'll have an easier time pressing the button with him on the right. "Okay… 3… 2… 1" Sam counted and both smiled as she pressed the button to hear a click.
Looking at the water, they both noticed that her bobber suddenly went under and came back up. Grabbing a hold of the handle with both hands, already set so if she lets go of the reel handle it won't go back out. "Wait…" Jack instructed, as they watched the bobber go back under, after two seconds, "now!" he said and at the same time her instinct told her to give a yank and she did right on time.
The end of the fishing rod bending and Sam felt the pull of the fish, turning the reel handle quickly. She can feel it moving left and right, trying to get away with the bait on the hook, standing up roughly, making sure to put the weight on her right leg.
"You got it, you got it…" Jack said full of anticipation, standing there next to her, watching her pull up on the fishing rod and wheel in the fish as quickly as possible.
Fingers almost clutching the tab of the reel handle, Sam leans back a little more and finally the fish is pulled out of the water. "YES! I caught a fish!" Sam calls out in pure joy at seeing the large Rock Bass she pulled out of the water. Jack threw both fists into the air, triumphantly, "WOOOO! You caught a Rock Bass!" he says as the fish continues to give a few kicks with his tail. It looks to be roughly eighteen to twenty inches long.
Lowering both arms as Sam brings the fish up closer to the top of the pole, Jack grabs for his camera, "stand close to it Sam!" Jack calls out, and Sam stands with it right next to her, extremely proud of this huge catch to hear the click of the camera as it took the picture.
The End
The last part with the fishing, was something that popped into my head while doing up the 4th chapter. The ending was the tricky part for me but once I realized that if I cannot make it better than it currently is, then to leave it. I am very happy with the whole story in how it turned out and I hope you liked reading it.
My friend Mur came up with the chapter title for me.
Please Review! I really want to know of what you thought of the overall story.
Started: Monday February. 2, 2009
Finished: Friday February. 6, 2009 10:58 p.m.
By: SLITH