A Hidden Threat

Chapter 19

They reached the infirmary only to have Daniel on their heels. They weren't the only ones worried about Carter. As they looked behind the curtain, they found a very sick Carter. The nurse was placing cold compresses on her forehead, hoping it will help with the severe case of nausea that was overtaking Carter. She looked as pale as a ghost. She was already fair, so her coloring was frightening. Dr. Frasier immediately went to her I.V. to begin to administer new meds.

"Hey Carter" O'Neill said.

He had his hands his in his pockets and tilted his head, as he always did when he didn't know what to say next. Carter knew O'Neill very well. His body language said it all. She knew whatever was on his mind was not a good.

"Hi Sir....." she acknowledged his "Hey". She was barely able to get the words out. The constant vomiting had irritated her entire throat.

"That bad huh" Carter stated. The silence was deafening. She knew Colonel O'Neill very well. After watching his six for so many years, she could immediately tell something was wrong. She looked to Dr. Frasier, her friend, and didn't receive a response. Just silence. Finally, she spat out..

"Daniel" ...she tried to scream it but came out more of a whisper than anything. Knowing he knew what was going on. He probably was the very who had explained it all to them.

"Hey Sam"...Daniel said trying to figure out how much too even tell her.

"Sam..while on the planet, we found several books that explained the history of the Jibartan people. Carter tried to sit up for she knew that something had to be wrong for O'Neill to be so quiet. O'Neill ran to her side to help her. He didn't have the words to tell her she possibly had a destructive being growing inside of her, but he definitely was there for her for whatever, even it was just fixing her pillows so that she would be more comfortable.

"Well..." Daniel continued cautiously...he knew that she was weak and wasn't sure how much would be too much.

"Spit it out Daniel..." Carter almost yelled, but again the irritation of her voice made it sound like she was whispering. O'Neill looked at Daniel and vice versa. O'Neill with out say a word nodded his head as direction to Daniel to just s ay. SG1 worked so closely that sometimes words did not need to be spoken.

"There is something called the "Mistressa". It was sent thousands of hears ago to Amiris people as well as the Beror people. At one point they were all Berorians. But constant conflict and disagreements tore them apart. They were constantly accusing each of hiding the Mistressa and using it for their own propaganda. The Mistressa was a gift to the people. A gift of protection and a sign of peace and unity.

After so many years of battle they lost site of The Mistressa. After so many years of no sign of The Mistressa existing the people, both people started to believe that it was a myth a legend of some sort, kind of like the Tokra.

"Daniel.....ok...but how does this involve me .....I don't understand what you are getting at" Sam said. She was getting impatient. She was also exhausted and was trying her hardest to keep her eyes open.

"Carter...just listen.....you need to hear this" O'Neill stated. He softly touched her hand in the slightest of movements so no one would notice. But it alone assured her that she had to hear this to understand. She looked up at him, and knew that she needed to listen.

"The Mistressa was said to be a bright light. A light of vision and hope. But all people had to be in united in order for it to show itself. If not it would remain hidden.

If not united The Mistressa would destroy both people rather than have them exist solely to be at war for generations to come. If would rather not have them exist at all. Suddenly Carters eyes got wider. Her mind began to piece together everything that had happened since they met Amiri. The last thing she remembered was the bright light that threw her when she touched Amiri last. But where The Mistressa dwelled was something, Carter still hadn't pieced together. Her mind was trying to adjust to exactly what had happened to her. "Sam"....Fraiser chimed in. She walked towards her friend and grabbed her hand.

"Sam...the reason you are so sick....is...." Frasier paused, and was interrupted by Carter..

"Wait" she said, it didn't take long for her to catch on. "Are you telling me that this ...that that..."she couldn't find the words to explain it.

"Oh my God" Carter said.

"Sam...we don't know much if anything about this" Dr. Fraiser said. Your blood work shows a pregnancy but when I did a sonogram there is nothing visual. The only thing there is audible. I can hear a heart-beat. I've never seen anything like this. So when Daniel came and stated that this Mistressa is hidden, it was the only logical explanation. I knew from your blood work previous that this wasn't a past event, but as soon as they brought you in, it was there..it was just there..." Fraiser said.

"So you're telling that there is a ...a.....something...growing inside me, that can possible be a threat to the me and the base, and who knows what else" Carter said. You can hear her nerves getting the best of her. Where usually she would show her strong front, she was weak, tired, and didn't have it in her to hide this time.

O'Neill looked at her. Where he was used to seeing his strong 2IC, there was Samantha Carter the women. He could tell that she was afraid. He discretely held her hand, this wasn't like the Tokra, or carrying a symbiote, those only endangered her. This not only was a threat to her, but a threat to the base. She looked up and him. No words needed to be expressed, for they both we headed towards unfamiliar terroritory. What was the fate of Samantha Carter, what was the fate of the base, what was the fate of their unprofessed love for each other? Would he get a chance to tell or would he wait till it was too late.