Chapter 5

Sam walked out of the briefing room with Daniel and headed to the elevators. She was so lost in her own thoughts that Daniel had to physically stop her before she realized that he had been talking to her.

"Sam. I'm sure that asking if you are ok would be a stupid question, so what is going through your head right now?" He steered her back on course for the elevator. He needed to make sure she understood that this really didn't change anything for the team. It would have been different if she had the other woman's memories, but the way Loki cloned her mean that she was different from Helen Magnus in a very fundamental way.

"I can't really talk about it out here Daniel, you heard what Thor said, only the area around the briefing room is secure. Let's just say that it is a lot of information to process all at once, and honestly until I see the DNA results…maybe he is wrong Daniel. Maybe they misinterpreted the data or…" Sam was refusing to take what Thor told her at face value. She was going to have Janet run some tests and come to her own conclusions. They stepped onto the elevator and Daniel pushed the buttons for their respective floors.

"Sam, this is the Asgard, it is not like them to get it wrong." Daniel was trying to be as comforting as possible, but if Thor told them she was a clone than there was no arguing about it. "But Sam, he did say that some of your parents…" Sam quickly cut him off.

"Not here Daniel," She pointed at the camera. "You never know who is watching, or listening. I'll be fine," She tried to reassure him. "Just go find out about our mystery woman, I need to go talk to Janet." Sam started to step off the elevator when she suddenly turned to Daniel. She grabbed his hand and squeezed. "Thank you for what you said in the briefing room." She paused and looked him in the eye. "It really meant a lot that this doesn't change anything for you." She turned away from him as her eyes started to fill with tears. She needed to get away before she did something silly and actually started crying. She started to let go of his hand when he gripped her tighter and pulled her into a hug. He put his mouth next to her ear so that he would not be overheard.

"You could grow a second head and a tail, and it wouldn't change anything for me Sam, I hope you know that." He knew that she hated to show anything that she perceived at weakness and so he was trying to cheer her up. It apparently worked like he hoped when she started laughing.

"Thanks Daniel, I needed that." She stepped away from him so he could go to his office. She started walking down the hallway once again lost in her thoughts. As a scientist she found the process of cloning fascinating. As the test subject…well for that, she needed more information. She thought back to her childhood and growing up the way she did, without a mother for most of her life, a father who was more interested in his work than her; although after working at the SGC and having to lie to everyone, including Mark, she was beginning to have a deeper understanding of what her Father had gone through for all those years.

Her biggest question was how this was going to affect her job at the SGC? Would she be forced off of SG1 and put in the labs on a permanent basis? One plus to that would be Colonel O'Neill would no longer be her CO and they could…Nope, not going to think about that, because she was not sure if he meant what he said about this not changing anything, so back to the main issue. Would they even trust her to continue working at the SGC at all or allow her to stay in the Air Force? So many questions that she didn't have the answers to. Sam didn't notice her breathing change or her hands shaking.

She walked into the infirmary and headed to Janet's office. With SG1 off the mission roster for the day there were no pre-mission physicals happening and everything was quite. Siler was on one of the beds with an IV and it looked like he was down for the count. She wondered what had happened to him this time. She was surprised he was still willing to work at the SGC will all the injuries he had sustained over the last few years.

Janet's office door was opened when she walked up and she observed her best friend bent over a chart, most likely Siler's, updating it. Sam tried to take deep breaths as she waited for Janet to finish what she was doing and look up. But the longer she waited the more everything started to hit her. They made eye contact and that is when Sam really fell apart.

"Sam, this is a surprise, come on..." She got a good look at Sam and her doctor instincts kicked it.

"Janet…" Sam bent over and put her hand on her knees.

"Sam, are you all right?" Janet quickly jumped up and moved around her desk. "Sam, talk to me, what happened? Are you hurt?" Sam was unable to get a deep breath and was gasping for air. She just kept shaking her head saying "I'm fine! I'm Fine."

"Sam, you are anything but fine." Janet closed the door and lead Sam to a chair. She began checking her for injuries but didn't see any blood and nothing appeared to be broken. "Sam, you're having a panic attack, try to slow your breathing." Janet forced Sam to bend over and put her head between her knees. With that done she started to rub circles on her back in an attempt to calm her down while the other hand was on her wrist to check her pulse making soothing noises as she did so.

"I think…" Sam tried to breathe through her nose "I'm going to be sick!" Janet grabbed the trash can from behind her just in time for Sam to completely lose everything. Not that there was much, just the coffee she had and the muffin she had grabbed while in the commissary earlier. So it didn't take long for the vomiting to turn to dry heaving.

Janet recognized the signs of Sam going into shock and knew that she needed to react quickly or everything could go downhill. "Sam, I'll be right back." She was up and moving out of the office without Sam responding to her comment. She was about two steppes out the door when she ran into Teal'c.

"Teal'c don't let anyone into my office." Janet moved around the infirmary grabbing an IV, dopamine and a light sedative just in case she needed later. Over her shoulder she said "Teal'c, do you have any idea what caused this?"

"I do DoctorFraiser."

When he didn't elaborate she looked at him over her shoulder while continuing to grab what she needed to treat Sam. "Well? What happened?"

"I'm sorry DoctorFraiser, I cannot speak of it here. I believe MajorCarter was coming to have you run some DNA tests. She appeared fine when she left the briefing room." Janet turned and went back to the cabinet to retrieve what she would need to draw several vials of blood and headed back to the office.

Janet opened the door and started to go in when Teal'c stopped her. "MajorCarter received some information, I believe she is going to need your support as a friend more than anything else."

"But you can't tell me what it was?" If Janet was concerned for her friend before, now she was down-right terrified. It took a lot for Sam to have any reaction, let alone one this severe to anything. Except maybe losing a member of her team.

"Not here DoctorFraiser. I believe MajorCarter was going to take you to the briefing room and advise you of the situation."

It was always best to have as much information as possible before treating a patient, and she had gotten everything out of Teal'c that she was going to get. Janet went back into the room and closed the door. She went over to the chair where Sam was still leaning over taking deep breaths. The trash can was still in front of her.

"Are you still feeling sick? I can give you something to help with the nausea." She was kneeling down at Sam's side getting ready to insert the IV.

"I'm not sure, it comes and goes." Sam was breathing in through her nose and out through her mouth trying to get her breathing under control and to help with the nausea. She was staring at the floor, not really paying attention to that her friend was doing beside her. She jumped when she felt the needle go into her arm. "Ow, Janet, what the hell!?"

"You're in shock Sam. Just going to get some fluids in you and give you something to regulate your blood pressure. Just relax. Are you able to tell me anything about what happened?" Janet continued to work on her best friend. She took her blood pressure to get a base line and administered the dopamine through the IV.

"I can't Janet, not here." Janet started to set out the vials to take blood samples.

"Okay Sam, I'm going to take some blood, can you tell me what we are looking for?" Janet put the tunicate on Sam's right arm above the elbow. One good thing about doing all the mission physicals was she knew exactly where to place the needle to get what she needed.

"How did you know that I needed tests ran?" Sam looked at Janet for the first time since everything started.

"Teal'c is outside the door. He told me when I went out to get this stuff." Janet inserted the needle into the vein and waited for the flash of blood to indicate she had correctly hit the vein. Grabbing the first vial she inserted it and waited as it filled up with blood.

"Colonel O'Neill must have sent him to keep an eye on me." Sam slowly sat up in the chair and took a more active interest in what Janet was doing. The major crises seemed to have passed. Janet was relieved that she would not have to use the sedative she brought in.

Unknown to Sam and Janet, Colonel O'Neill had arrived in the infirmary and was talking to Teal'c. Teal'c explained to Jack what he thought had occurred and that Sam was being taken care of by Janet.

"I really wish you could tell me what was going on." Janet said. "I need to know what tests to have the lab run." Janet finished filling the last vial and set it on the tray. She pulled the needle out of Sam's arm and placed it on the tray as well to be discarded properly later. She placed a cotton ball on the wound and applying pressure counted to ten. She took it off and applied a Band-Aid to the location.

"I need you to do a full DNA analysis Janet. I would recommend talking to General Hammond to see if you can bring in a specialist on molecular biology, I think we will need it." Sam looked down at the IV and sighed. "How long do I need to keep this in? I'm feeling better and I need to take you to the briefing room so I can explain what is going on."

"About twenty minutes should do unless you start to panic again." Janet started to pick everything up off the floor and move the trash can when there was a knock at the door. Janet looked at Sam and shrugged. Knowing that Teal'c was standing at the door meant that not many people would have access, he would see to that. She walked over and opened the door not surprised to see Colonel O'Neill standing with his hands in his pockets.

"How is she Doc?" Sam was always his first concern.

"Better than she was when she first came in. I have her on an IV, and I have drawn blood to test, although I am still not sure what we are testing for."

"Can you let Carter know that Thor has secured this room and she is free to talk to you about what is going on? Teal'c and I will be outside if she needs us." When Jack came into the infirmary and Teal'c told him what was going on with Carter, he had quickly pulled out the communication device and asked Thor if he could secure the room so that Major Carter didn't have to go back to the briefing room to give the explanation to Janet. Better to let her get it all out here than to have it come crashing down around her later.

Thor had agreed right away and told Jack that it would take a few minutes to get the force field in place and collaborated.

"Sure Colonel, I'll let her know. I think she will be relieved to know you are both here for her." She looked around expecting to see Daniel with the rest of Sam's team. They were usually a packaged deal when one of them was in the infirmary. "Where's Daniel Sir?"

"He is in his office looking up some information. He is the best when it comes to research. But please don't tell him I said that, it will go to his head."

"Well thank you Jack, I promise not to let it go to my head…much anyways." Daniel said as he entered the infirmary smirking.

"Daniel, whatcha doin here? Thought you would be busy for a while, you know research and all." Jack had not expected Daniel to be done yet, especially since he had asked him to put together all the information he could find. It had hardly been forty minutes since the briefing ended.

"Well Jack it would seem that she didn't like us looking into her background and asked the President to put a stop to it, which of course he did. General Hammond called and told me I needed to stop what I was doing. He didn't know what was going on either, but he did say that he wanted to see you in his office."

"What do you mean 'she' didn't like? Daniel how did she even know?" There was something else going on here and he hated it when he didn't have all the information he needed to accurately assess the situation.

"I don't know Jack. I was doing what you asked when the General called and told me the President ordered us to stop looking into her background. But its what I didn't find that was the most telling Jack. She had a backstop ID, she is involved in something at a pretty high level, but that's all I know. Hammond said that the President would give us more information when he got here. I suggested having Thor beam him over so that we can get our answers faster." Daniel wanted Jack to know everything that was going on before he went to talk to the General.

Janet was listing to the conversation with interest but decided that she needed to get back in there with Sam. At least that way she get the full story. "I am going to go check on Sam and I will pass along your message Sir." Janet said.

"Good idea Doc, she can fill you in or if she wants Daniel, can come in and do it." He looked at Daniel as he said the next part. "Otherwise Daniel will be out here with Teal'c until I get back or we all meet back up in the briefing room." He was taking no chances with Carters safety as he reached a hand back and retrieved the Zat. He handed it off to Daniel who nodded in understanding. Jack left to go find out what the General needed.

Janet smiled at both Daniel and Teal'c before heading back into her office to speak with Sam. She softly closed the door to the office and turned to Sam who was still sitting in the same position she was in when Janet had left five minutes prior.

"Was the Colonel O'Neill that I heard?" Sam wanted to know. It would not be shocking to find her whole team outside the door protecting her.

"Yes, he talked to Thor and had him secure this room so that we could talk freely. He had to go see the General, so Daniel and Teal'c are outside with Zats. Sam, what's going on?" She needed whatever information Sam could give her, not just as her Doctor, but as her best friend.

"Do you remember when Loki cloned Colonel O'Neill?" As Sam started her story Janet grabbed her chair and sat down. Anything that had to do with Loki never turned out well and if Thor was securing the base and Sam was guarded it couldn't be good news. "Well after Loki's arrest Thor wanted to know if there were any other experiments conducted on Colonel O'Neill. So he had his scientists working to break the inscription on the files." Sam paused and looked up at Janet. "They found a file on me and a file on another woman named Helen Magnus that were linked to Colonel O'Neill."

Sam continued to tell Janet what had happened from the time she got called to the briefing room to when she showed up in her office.

"So you see Janet, I'm not who I thought I was." And she broke down crying as Janet pulled her into a tight hug.

I hope that this fills in some of the gaps of where and what people were doing throughout some of the earlier chapters. Plus I felt that I really needed to get Sam's reaction in, not to mention Sam's reaction would have been different if she had to tell Janet in a room with other people. Hopefully the next chapter will be done and up in a few days.

This is my first attempt at writing fan fiction, so I hope you are all enjoying it.