ALL CLEARISH. UNCLOUDY AND BRIGHT

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"Has everyone been through?"

"Sir they've checked everyone who was down on thirty-one A, including Medics. Everybody whos been in contact has been checked."

"What about everybody whos been in contact with the people who've been in contact?"

"Sir are you ordering a Base wide medical sweep?"

"Carter, what we have here is all clearish, uncloudy and bright. What I actually want is clear, verifiably all clear. Do what has to be done."

"On it Sir, be back in a few."

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It was the Debrief an hour after the Transfer to Beta Site Quarantine Mission completion.. ..conclusion. There were a lot of people in the Briefing Room. Everyone was hot and bothered.

"They're real fast movers. The way they were springing all over the corridors like that. Makes em very very difficult to deal with."

"Yeah Griff, even when they were inside the men, even after the men had been sedated, Philips, Balinsky, they were fast. Fast and furious. We need to watch for that."

"Sir."

"Reynolds hows your men?"

"Bruised Sir, but they'll be fine. We definitely weren't expecting them to break out of those handcuffs, that did come as a surprise."

"On all of us. Look everyone, a good jobs been done by all. Containment was achieved. Unfortunately in the process we've suffered the worst loss possible with the felling of two of our own. I want to give you a stand down, you all deserve it, but right now we're not all clear.

We need to sweep thirty-one A and everything in between.. ..follow the route they took from the infirmary. Well first from the Gate Room up to the infirmary, then to their quarters. And then when they we're sectioned, from their quarters down to Level thirty-one A. We need to follow that path, cover it all, examine it microscopically. I want every single inch of it searched. And then verified as all clear."

"General, what are we looking for?"

"Not a clue. But believe me Reynolds you'll know if you find it. I mean who knows, they could have laid eggs. I don't know, their shadows could still be hanging around, hiding, we just don't know. But search people and search it thorough. Anything, anything at all, l wanna know. Lets hope we come up empty. Clear."

"Sir!!"

"Daniel, Teal'c, hows Lyons and Louis?"

"They are not well General O'Neill."

"Very similar condition to Nick Jack, before he started to improve. Like Teal'c said, really not well."

"They stable yet?"

"Not.. ..quite, Lyons is almost."

"We need to move them."

"I know, we'll be ready. Can you give us another thirty minutes? Carmichael and the Critical Care Team are in there now. If you could just give them thirty more minutes and we'll get them shipped. 16, 24 and 25 are still on Nifla so we'll all be ready to go without further ado."

"Yeah that's fine Daniel. We just follow the same Gate route.. ..but we're not using the Ninth Chevron?"

"No we're not."

"So why are we using the Eighth one?"

"Not sure."

"Sir?"

"Take a seat Carter."

"Sir I've been on to Doctor Brigham. Yes we're testing everybody. Simple, torch to the eye, check out the nerve for swelling."

"Okay, that's good. Better to be safe than sorry."

"Yes Sir it is."

"Em, Carter we're just discussing transferring Louis and Lyons. We shouldn't be using.. ..can they go through a Seven?"

"Yes Sir.. ..although.. ..yes Sir. Because the err, foreign body is out of them so although there will be some slight contamination, on the chemical level, and of course the after effects, the actual contamination itself is no longer there. The possession has ceased. The men themselves will be based entirely on their own molecular framework once again, they won't be supporting some other foreign structure. And they'll no longer have the ability to travel through a Nine Chevroned wormhole."

"Well in that case we may as well ship them out on a good old Seven."

"Yes Sir that would be my recommendation."

"Okay lets do that. Daniel, lets do that."

"Okay Jack. So I can recall SGs -16, 24 and 25"

"Could you do that now please because they're on standby out there and it's a pretty desolate place to be."

"Yeah I'll just nip down and see Sergeant Harriman, won't be a minute."

"How are your Team Griff?"

"Well General as you know they're clear, and they're also okay. Tony's Team got the brunt of it, em, thank you Sir, we're all fine."

"Excellent Griff. Colonel Carter, after having seen what we're dealing with, and even having experienced and also observed some of the things they're capable of, can you and your Team come up with an assessment schedule of what we might be facing.

Griff, Reynolds, Able, Harper, can you sound off with Carter on this one. Any input, any feedback you've got, its gonna to be extremely helpful in assessing these malicious little minkies, Nebulium. We've got two good men down, we need answers."

"Sir!!"

"Jack they're on their way home."

"Good. Walter's sending them via Beta Site quarantine yes?"

"Yep, hes done that."

"Sir may I?"

"Go ahead."

"Graham, Lieutenant come in. Looks good. This is the final mould?"

"Yes Colonel, its finished. This will do the job."

"Okay. Could you demonstrate to the room please."

"Right Colonel Carter.

General O'Neill, Colonel, em, everyone. This is the completed device. We've been calling it the Griff device. This piece of equipment, hopefully, will incapacitate an ejecting Nebulium out from an infected person.

Essentially how it works is, em.. ..oh actually I don't need anybody to put it on. No, em, how it works is it opens fully here, the front section of the helmet swings out, just like a safe door. Hopefully you get hold of the infected man, em, lean this bottom piece carefully into the back of his neck, just like a neck brace, rest his head in the inside of this.. ..of the back section of the helmet. And simply swing the door shut again. It creates an airtight vacuum.

This switch here ensures that both.. ..that contact to the nose and mouth, em its this unit here, is completely airtight. It sort of suckers itself on to this area of the face. Em, leaving the lower chin and upper neck as well as the top part of the.. ..as well as the rest of the head completely accessible. Em. Theres a.. ..Colonel Carter?"

"Thanks Lieutenant Simmons. Em, What we've got is an eight inch gap between the face, the head and the inside sink of the helmet. This hole here, at the front top part of the helmet, this tube just connects here using a simple type of BNC connector. It fits, fitted to this section and just simply press.. ..hit the lever on the tank and it will completely flood the helmet in.. ..what are we down to Graham?"

"Em just below three seconds Colonel."

"The actual wall of the unit itself is three inches thick and filled with the element oxygen. A pressurised content of pure oxygen gas, pressurised at around about two thousand five hundred torr.

The purpose of this oxygen filled wall is to reinforce the effects of the solution, the oxidant solution. We're hoping that together the gas and the liquid solution will strip the Nebulium of sufficient exit velocity. Meaning that as it passes out of the infected persons eye and through the helmet, it will loose its phasing ability and also its velocity, leaving an easier task of take down and arrest.

Practice sessions for fitting the device, in as quick a time as possible, will be commencing both here at The SGC and at the Beta Site first thing a.m. A shipment of the Griff devices will be sent out to the Beta Site by the Research Departments night staff. Everything will be ready for practice runs tomorrow. All sessions will be conducted using a substitute solution, saline."

"Well done Simmons, Research has pulled through again. That will be all for now, thank you Lieutenant. Colonel any breakthrough with the solution?"

"No Sir, as I said Sir we are on track and we're all confident of finding the correct mix. Its now just a matter of finding the correct strengths, considering the wearer of the device."

"Sure."

"Seventeen hours tops Sir."

"Fair enough. Okay we've eliminated the threat for now. Whatever they're about I doubt we've seen the last of them. Daniel what time is Major Pierce back?"

"Jack hes given me an ETA of five a.m."

"Okay."

"Sir, General, I understand the Asgard still haven't got back to us. I know this em, Nifla we've been using as a staging area is one of their planets, well one of their abandoned.. ..well they don't live there anymore, but it is one of theirs."

"Yes Harper, they've not got back to us. Actually Harper em, we may have discovered the reason for their reluctance. Daniel and Teal'c have been working on some transcriptions, possibly Asgard and em.. ..anyway the results will be delivered to the Debrief.. ..the day after tomorrow."

"Thanks General."

"Sir what about the phasing trick these creatures are supposed to be able to get up to? Under heavy fire, you'd think if they could do that they would have taken off."

"Yeah about that Reynolds, they also seemed to lack audio ability though they did speak to us in the pyramid on P7X 377. Carter?"

"General, when we get the autopsy results back from Area 51 I'm sure a lot of our questions will be answered. I can only hazard a guess and say it has something to do with the same unidentified missing factor that fires up the Crystal Skulls. We've not been able to get the Skulls to work in our environment and now these Nebulium couldn't phase shift or talk here either."

"Fair point. Day after tomorrow on that folks."

"Excuse me Sir, theres a call for Colonel Carter."

"Carry on."

"Sir."

Colonel Carter took off down to the Control Room. She wasn't gone long. While she was still on the stairs leading up to the Briefing Room she began to speak.

"Sir that was Doctor Brigham. Everyone on Base has been tested. We're all clear Sir."

"Nice."

"Sir she was telling me Louis is in a very bad way. It seems the Nebulium was unable to eject itself completely, we think due to the oxygen, leaving a piece of its chemical nature still inside Louis. This 'piece' of Nebulium has lost all integrity, probably because of the aerobic condition of Louis's own system. Sir this 'Nebulium' is breaking down and is breaking Louis down with it."

"Aw no.. ..is there anything we can do Carter? There must be something, some way to at least stabilise him."

"We can try to filter it out, which is exactly what Doctor Carmichael's been doing with Nick. Full transfusions."

"Keep me informed."

"General."

"We've all had a hard and difficult long day, Arduous. However its not over yet. We need to take full advantage of the lockdown situation and press on with these clean sweeps. As soon as everythings been checked and double checked you each need to report back to Medical for clearance. Once you're cleared through Medical you're done.

Colonels, Doctors, Teal'c, thank you. Majors, Lieutenants, Sergeants, thank you. Everyone dismissed and fall in with your Teams. You all know your routes. We're looking for all clear!"

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