The surface of planet designation P4H 556.
"Jack!" shouted Daniel as he saw Willow double over onto the ground from her seated position.
Both the Colonel and Teal'c ran to Willow's side and were shocked when they saw she was bleeding from her nose.
"We need to go now, Daniel, dial the….," said the Colonel when suddenly, Willow's hand grabbed his arm.
"No….. not yet… please," said Willow softly, "made contact with Major….. need few minutes rest…. and continue" she continued softly as she was slurring her speech.
"O'Neill, she has to be returned to the SGC," said Teal'c who looked concerned for the young girl.
"No… Major... alone. Crew was gone….. hull damaged," slurred Willow.
"Red, Red, what do you mean she is alone? Where's the rest of the crew?" asked Colonel O'Neill softly.
"I….. rest for…. a minute," said Willow as she closed her eyes.
"Jack, she needs medical attention. Her bleeding has stopped but we don't know what kind of damage has been done" said Daniel.
"Willow! Willow!" said the Colonel as he tried to wake Willow up.
"Come on Buffy….. one more hour. Then….. research…. ascension," mumbled Willow.
"O'Neill, what is a Buffy?" asked Teal'c.
"I think that's the name of her dead friend. The one whose funeral she went to a few years back" said the Colonel who was torn between staying on the planet, and going back to the SGC. Seconds later, he made one of the hardest calls he ever had to make.
"Daniel, dial the gate. We're going back to get Willow medical attention. Tell the General to have the med team on standby at the gate room" ordered the Colonel with a pain in his gut. His motto was always to never leave anyone behind, but by leaving the planet he would be essentially leaving not just Carter - his second in command, his teammate and friend behind, but also the whole crew of the Prometheus.
All of a sudden, Willow opened her eyes, "Please Colonel…. not yet. Gimme few minutes… asked me to stay" pleaded Willow as she held on to the Colonel's arm. Then she closed her eyes once again.
USAF Vessel Prometheus, Location Unknown
Major Carter managed to move from the corridor where she saw Willow to the engine room. She was sitting against one of the control consoles thinking about whether her vision of Willow was real.
"She couldn't be real. She was just a hallucination. I'm losing my mind," she kept on saying to herself.
Just then, she noticed Colonel O'Neill standing at the doorway.
"I was wondering when you were gonna show up," she told the hallucination of her Commanding Officer.
Willow found herself back on the Prometheus again. She was trying to push herself as much as possible even though she could feel pain over her whole body. Suddenly, she felt the whole ship shaking.
"Oh no, not good," she thought to herself, "Major, we have a problem! Major Carter, where are you?" she screamed as she tried to run towards the bridge where she thought the Major would most likely be. As she was running, she literally ran straight through Major Carter.
"Willow! What the…?" she said surprised again.
"Major, something's wrong. You need to check it out," said Willow.
"What are you doing here?" shouted Major Carter as they ran towards the bridge together.
"Well Major, you did ask me to stay," said Willow who was panting.
"Willow, are you really here?" asked Major Carter.
"Yes, ma'am," smiled Willow.
A little while later, they reached the bridge. Major carter took a look at one of the consoles, "oh no."
"What's wrong Major?" asked Willow.
"The hull…. It's going to breach!" said the Major as she turned to look at Willow.
Then Willow noticed that Major Carter was looking past her, "What do you want?"
"Umm... Major, who are you talking to," asked Willow as she turned around, seeing no one behind her.
"The little girl behind you, you don't see her?" asked the Major.
"No ma'am. What's she doing?" asked Willow.
"She's standing behind you, blowing bubbles," said Major Carter.
"Bubbles?"
Suddenly, Willow noticed Major Carter's eyes widen in a realization of something, "Bubbles, that's it," she screamed.
"Huh," said Willow a bit confused.
"An explanation would be too long. But this localized hyperspace bubble should get us moving again using the sublight engines," said Major Carter.
"Hey, we're moving," said Willow smiling, "you did it, Major."
"Now we get our people back," said Major Carter as she maneuvered the ship to face another larger alien vessel. Willow heard Major Carter offering to help the alien vessel get out of the cloud as long as the crew was returned. Next thing she knew, the confused crew had appeared on the bridge in a flash of white light.
Turning back to Willow, Major Carter ordered her to get back and tell the others that they were coming home.
"Thank you, Willow, for coming back," said the Major.
"See you….. at the SGC, Major," said Willow as she vanished.
The surface of planet P4H 556.
"O'Neill, she has awoken once again," said Teal'c.
"Red? Red!" said the Colonel as he tried to keep her alert.
"Major Carter did it, Colonel. She's coming home," said Willow softly as she lost consciousness again.
Worried, Colonel O'Neill checked her pulse.
"Daniel, dial the gate now! Her pulse is racing!" shouted Colonel O'Neill.
Daniel dialed the gate and then quickly input SG1's IDC. Colonel O'Neill then carried Willow through the gate.
SGC, Gateroom
The SGC medical team led by Dr. Frasier was already waiting for SG1's arrival at the gate room. When the familiar 'whoosh' of the unstable vortex was gone, they saw the surface of the event horizon ripple and SG1 come through running. Colonel O'Neill ran quickly to the waiting gurney and told Dr. Frasier that Willow's pulse is still racing.
"Let's take her to the infirmary, stat!" said the Doctor.
"Doctor, she's got no pulse" shouted one of the nurses just as they passed the huge metal door that was to the left of the gate room. Quickly, Dr. Frasier hopped onto the gurney and straddled Willow's unconscious body before performing CPR as the other nurses hurriedly pushed the gurney to the infirmary.
Once the other SG1 members heard that she had no pulse, they quickly ran, following the gurney to the infirmary. Just before they could enter, one of the other doctors asked them to wait outside and that they would be notified once Willow's condition was handled.
Colonel O'Neill and the others were waiting outside when they heard General walking towards them.
"Colonel, what happened?" asked the General.
"I'm not exactly sure how to explain it, Sir. As you know, the first few planets we tried were unsuccessful when Willow did her thing. When we reached 556 though, after a few hours of trying, she claimed she succeeded in reaching the Prometheus," said the Colonel.
"Are you sure, Colonel?" asked the General.
"I wasn't sure at the time Sir. When she got out of the trance she was in, she said that except for Major Carter, the rest of the crew was missing and that the hull was beginning to get compromised. Then she lost consciousness the first time," said the Colonel.
"The first time?"
"Yes sir. I think that maybe she went into another trance almost immediately after she lost consciousness again. Twenty minutes later, she regained consciousness a second time and indicated that the Prometheus was safe and heading back home."
"Are you sure about that Colonel?"
"Honestly Sir, this is all beyond me."
Then all of a sudden, an announcement came over the speakers, "General Hammond to the control room. General Hammond to the control room."
"I'll stay here, you should go and check what's going on, Jack," said Daniel before the Colonel nodded and followed General Hammond to the control room.
"What's going on, Sergeant," asked the General.
"Sir we're receiving a coded subspace burst, audio only," said Walter.
"Put it on speaker," ordered the General.
"USAF Prometheus to Stargate Command, do you read?" said a male voice over the speaker system.
"Prometheus, this is General Hammond. Good to hear your voice. What is your status?"
"General, some parts of our hull has been badly damaged but we are on the way back to Earth through hyperspace."
"Do you have any injuries?" asked the General.
"Major Carter seems to be the only one with an injury. She is in the infirmary now with a nasty concussion. It was lucky that she managed to last so long. Also Sir… we witnessed a red haired girl in an SG uniform who just vanished from the bridge as soon as we were returned to the ship, would you happen to know anything about that?"
General Hammond looked at Colonel O'Neill in surprise before replying, "You will be debriefed when you return."
"Understood, Prometheus out."
Turning to the Colonel, "Jack, let's have a quick debrief in my office now" ordered the General.