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Chapter 2

Dr. John Carter walked into the hospital shaking the snow out of his hair and brushing it off of his jacket. He walked to the front desk to see two of the nurses playing cards.

"Slow night?" John asked chuckling.

Jerry looked up from where he was behind the desk. "Yeah, it has been awhile since we had a night this slow. I'm starting to miss the activity."

Carter nodded at him before walking into the locker room to hang up his coat. As he opened his locker a picture fell out and onto the floor. His chest started to ache as he looked at the picture. It was a picture that Dr. Susan Lewis had taken of Dr. Mark Greene and him playing basketball. His heart still hurt as he though about Mark and his death.

He sighed as he put the picture back and closed the door before heading back to the front desk. He had just arrived when the emergency doors opened and the paramedics came in with a gurney and a middle-aged man trailing behind them.

"Thirty-two year old male, hit and run down by the airport. Unconscious upon arrival and has yet to regain consciousness. His breathing is shallow and he hasn't responded to our attempt to revive him. His pulse was 140 at the scene and has been holding steady since and his blood pressure is 159 over 99."

They made it to the exam room and started hooking him up to the monitors. "Thanks guys. We'll take it from here," John called out and the paramedics left.

Jack watched through the clear glass as the doctors examined Daniel. As they started cutting Daniel's clothes of and he saw the damage, not just from today either, he had to look away. He took his phone out of his back pocket and called Sam's number.

"Hello?" Sam answered on the third ring.

"Sam. It's Jack. Daniel was in an accident and I need you and Teal'c to come down as soon as you can."

"Oh my gosh. Is he okay?"

"I don't know. The doctors are still with him. Just get to Chicago as soon as you can," Jack answered with a sad and tired tone.

"We'll be there as soon as we can."

Jack hung up and went back to watching the doctors' work. One of the young doctors caught his eye and headed out of the room to talk to him.

"Are you Jack?"

"Yeah how did you know?"

"Daniel keeps repeating your name."

"How is he?" Jack asked worried.

"He's stable. He was hit hard but the damage was minimal. There was not internal bleeding but I am worried about how long it took him to wake up."

Jack laughed a little in relief that Daniel was going to be okay. "Considering that he has hardly slept for a month straight and this is his first vacation in almost three years, I'd be surprised if he wasn't just sleeping."

John laughs as well. "I definitely know how that is." He pauses. "Would you like to see him?"

"Yeah."

Jack follows John into the room and Jack reaches for Daniel's hand in a comforting gesture.

"I'll leave you two alone." He turns to walk away and stops. "I'm Dr. John Carter. If you need anything just let me know."

Jack nodded and John walked out. Daniel opened his eyes sluggishly and looked at Jack. "Hey Danny boy. Welcome back."

"Sarah."

"What?" Jack asked confused.

"Sarah . . . was driving . . . the car," Daniel said his voice soft and dry like his mouth was filled with cotton.

Daniel eyes linger on Jack's shocked face before slowly closing as he drifted off to sleep again. Jack quickly grabbed his cell phone and proceeded to call General Hammond.

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