He was sitting there in his giant office in Washington when he got the call; he was supposed to be packing. The big red phone on his desk started to ring; he figured it would be about some boring meeting to discuss possible replacements for him, but it was from the SGC, Daniel in fact.
"Hello Danny Boy, what's up?"
"Jack, something's wrong with Sam."
"What? What happened to Carter?" he stood up.
"Well, we don't know."
"Well, where is she?"
"She's at home."
"She's at home? Why is she at home?" he was confused.
"She's refusing to come into work. Janet tried talking to her, but to no avail, you need to talk to her. She's already disobeyed a direct order to come in."
"She did what? Why do I need to talk to her, I haven't spoken to her since the last time I dropped by the SGC."
"She'll listen to you, you know that. Jack, please?"
"I'll be there as soon as possible."
"Thanks." They hung up.
Jack grabbed his jacket and exited his office; he paused to talk to his secretary.
"Listen, I have to fly to Colorado, can you arrange a plane for me ASAP? It's an emergency."
"Yes sir." She picked up the phone and pushed a button. "What about the meetings for you replacement?"
"They can be conducted without me." He turned and left. His driver took him to the airport where he boarded the plane that would take him to Colorado, to Sam. On the way there he thought about Sam. Samantha Carter was his second in command when he led SG1. She was a doctor of astrophysics and was super smart. She pulled answers out of nothing. She was different than the other scientists, maybe because she was military, maybe because he worked with her all the time. They had been through a lot together, sometimes with the rest of SG1, sometimes, just the two of them. She understood him more than the others, including Daniel, his best friend. She knew that he just played dumb, but went along with it anyways. They had grown close, closer than they were supposed to, but it never turned into a sexual relationship, they knew the regs, the court marshal they would face. They had grown to love each other, even through her engagement and his fling, they still loved each other. They just couldn't act on their feelings because he was a colonel and she was a major. Then he got her promoted to Lieutenant Colonel after he was promoted to Brigadier General. He loved her and now that he was retiring, hopefully she still loved him.
"We are about to land, General." Came a voice over the PA system. He buckled in. When he got off, he saw Teal'c standing there.
"Hey T, bring the truck?"
"Indeed. It is good to see you again, O'Neil."
"Same here buddy." He accepted the keys to his truck from Teal'c.
"Lets go get Carter." They drove off. Twenty minutes later, they arrived at Carter's house. "Let's go see what the fuss is about." Jack walked in and found Daniel outside her bedroom door.