Title: For Our Country
Author: Jemma
Story Status: Complete
Series/Sequel Info: None
Season: Five
Spoilers: It's brought about by Between Two Fires
Categories: Angst...angst... angst... hehe...
Pairings: Sam and Jack
Rating: PG
Content Warnings: Um...angst:)
Summary: Sam brings about and end after the events of Between Two Fires.
Archive Permissions: Please ask.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters relating to Stargate. They belong to MGM and any of their associates. I'm just playing around with them for a little while!
File Size: 24 KB
Authors Note: Okay...this one is truly depressing... and sorry folks! There will be no happy ending!! Haha!!! Angst ahoy!!!! Ahem... well... read! Oh...and it's for Annie, who ordered me to write this when I told her about the idea!!!!

04/01/2002 (re-published for you now!)

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My heart pounds as I read the note in my seldom-visited office.
'Riki's. 9pm.'
That's all it says.
Its cryptic and clear all at the same time, and it doesn't take a genius to work out who wrote it.

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I wait for her in a booth at the back of the bar, slowly sipping my beer.
After all this time; five years to be precise, I can think of only one thing that she would want to talk to me about.
And it looks like I'm about to find out for sure.
She's conservatively dressed in black jeans and leather coat, and is walking slowly over to where I'm sitting. The look on her face confirms to me what she has yet to say.
'Hey Sir,' she says barely above a whisper.
'Hey,' I say slowly.
She carefully takes her place in the seat opposite me. She hasn't ordered a drink, and she's yet to remove her coat, so I can only assume that what she's here to do is going to be quick, and hopefully painless.
God I hope so.
As she begins to speak the rest of the noise from the bar fades away.
'I lost someone close to me today,' she begins. 'That's something I'm going to have to live with for the rest of my life.'
I shift and sit up in my seat slightly, looking her dead in the eye. She returns the look.
'I don't want to have to go through that again.'
The woman who I think the world of is sitting before me, and I know that the next words that come out of her mouth are going to damn me for years to come.
'We have to end this now Jack.'
OK. Deep breath.
'We have to end it for good.'
The finality of her statement is almost frightening.
I look down at the table through my beer.
'And what exactly are we ending Carter?'
She takes a shuddering breath.
'We're ending whatever we had. Whatever might have been, whatever could have been. We're ending it for the good of us both. You know that.'
I can't help the smile that spreads across my face as she continues.
'We're ending it for now.'
My head shoots up and I look at her blankly.
Those last few words gave me hope. It's just for now.
I nod my head slowly, letting her know that I understand why she's doing this. Why we have to do this.
She slowly stands and turns. After a few small steps she stops.
'We're doing it for our country, for our world.'
As her heels resume their walking I feel a cold seep in me and rest in my gut. I know she's right.
But it just makes me love her more...knowing she had the strength to do this first.

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That's it!! I've done it!! Finito!! Hope you've enjoyed it, and as always...FEEDBACK me:)