Chapter 1: Battlefield (Sam's POV)

Gun fire roared all around me, Daniel lay bleeding on the floor a few feet away but I couldn't help him. I was too busy occupied with the three Jaffa surrounding me. I shot the first as Teal'c fired down the second, I turned my gun to the third but as I fired I caught sight of the blast and felt its damage in my right leg. Fighting back tears of agony I released the bullet and watched the Jaffa fall.

Another five took the first three's place. The last five known to be left, their 'God' Ba'l had abandoned them and was in hiding but these sort of beings were clearly too scared of the consequences to give up on him, Ba'l would have sure of that, showing them what the Goa'uld were capable of.

I tried to calm myself, 'I've been in worse situations, haven't I? I've done this sort of thing millions of times before and I've always survived?' Daniel had stopped moving now, as he lay there he reminded me of how I had once seen Jack fall and lie during a similar battle. The same one as where I lost Janet, my best friend. I remember how glad I had been to see him survive and the emotional hug we had just after; but now when I think of him a small sense of anger and a whole lot of pain wells up inside me. I was prepared to give up everything for him, I thought that we could be together for ever from then on, I thought that he loved me. Tears blurred my vision and a worse pain now resembled the reopening of the massive gash in my heart, just like every time I think of him.

'Focus Sam'

Back in reality, two of the Jaffa had been shot down by Teal'c. One of the surviving blasted the gun out of my hand and it landed far away from me, out of reach. I fumbled in my pocket for anything as I saw Teal'c falll to the ground unconscious and wounded. The three Jaffa turned to me, weapons raised, waiting for me to beg for mercy and surrender. When I did neither, one asked me if I had any last words, so I told him I did and said how I would like to blow us all to hell as I dropped the grenade I had found in my pocket a few moments earlier. It blasted the earth around me and all I remember seeing was a blinding white light… the last thing I would ever see, as I prepared to die.