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Colonel Samantha O' Neill was sitting in her lab when the gate activated. She ran to the gate room to find it in total chaos. The iris had been disintegrated and the blast doors blown to shreds and the whole gate room filled with smoke. Her husband, Major General Jack O' Neill, was right behind her. When the smoke cleared, they found that the gate room was covered in with burn holes from staff blasts. A majority of the SFs in the room were killed or seriously wounded.

O'Neill ordered all remaining personnel to fall back. A series staff blasts hit the glass and shattered it, showering them with glass. After they got back up, Jack looked around for Siler, who was against the wall.

"Siler, what the hell happened?" asked O' Neill.

"We don't know, Sir. The gate just activated and staff blasts came through right after a huge explosion disintegrated the iris!" Sam, being herself, ran to help the wounded SFs. She's just makes it to the door when she's hit by a staff blast.

"SAMMM!" O'Neill ran into the gate room without thinking for his safety, but for Sam's. O'Neill takes an M – 60 from one of the wounded SFs. He starts firing wildly, but all of the shots hit.

The next thing everybody sees as the smoke clears if all of the Jaffa dead and O' Neill carrying Sam to the infirmary. Janet runs to Jack trying to take Sam from him, but with little success.

"Get a gurney down here STAT!" Janet yelled. "General, can you carry Sam until we meet up with the gurney?"

"Yeah."

"O.K." They meet up with the gurney halfway. Jack walks the rest of the way holding Sam's hand. Janet rushes her into surgery. It takes 3 hours, but Sam lives. Jack sits out side and waits. Janet says he can go see her now. He slowly walks in.

He asks if he can have a few moments alone with her. Janet nods and leaves with the rest of the staff from surgery.

"Sam, I need to tell you something. When I saw you were hit, I thought you were dead. It tore me apart. It felt worse than after Charlie. I couldn't stand it. I just wanted to give up. I just wanted to sit there and wait for a blast to hit me. I saw you move a little and I realized you were alive. So I ran into the gate room and took an M – 60 and ran to you. I didn't even realize what I was doing until I had actually done it. Sam, I love you and I don't want to see you hurt like that again."

Sam wakes up to find O'Neill crying. He doesn't even notice that she's awake. When he finally looks up, he sees here looking at him.

"Sam!" He starts to kiss her.

"Jack, you need to see this." Daniel walks in. "Oh. I'll just come back later." Jack and Sam stop to look at him.

"As always, Daniel, your timings sucks."

"Anyway, these Jaffa have no symbiotis." Daniel said.

"What do you mean?" asked Sam.

"They have trytonin."

"That's not possible!"

"Why not?" asked Daniel.

"The only Jaffa that have trytonin are the rebel factions and they are our allies." Sam replied, "How would –"

"Unscheduled Offworld activation!"

"I'll be back." Jack says. Jack and Daniel run to the control room.

"It's the Tokra, Sir."

"Open the iris."

"Yes, Sir"

Jacob walks through.

"Jack, what the hell is going on?"

"Well, hello to you too, Jacob." Jack replies, "We had an ambush. The gate activated and Jaffa came through before we could close the iris. They killed several SFs and wounded Sam. I got pissed and ran in there without thinking."

"How's Sam?"

"She should be fine, according to Frasier. A few days in the hospital and she'll be home free."

"Can I see her?"

"Ask Frasier." Jacob walks off to find Janet. He meets her just as she is leaving Sam's room.

"How is she?"

"She's sleeping."

"O.K. Can you tell her I came by to check on her?" Jacob asks.

"Sure thing, Jacob" Frasier says.

Jacob walks off with Jack and he starts to tell Jacob about what happened.

"The gate activated and a huge explosion disintegrated the iris, a few seconds latter, staff blasts started to come through the gate, followed by Jaffa. They wounded several SFs and Sam ran into help get the wounded out of the firefight. Just as she was pulling one to safety, she was hit in the side by a staff blast. I was so concerned with her safety that I ran in there without thinking. I was so mad at the Jaffa who came through that I took control of one of the M – 60s and in five minutes, all of the Jaffa were dead and I was carrying Sam to the Infirmary."

Jacob just stares at him and nods his head. "At least Sam is alive."

"You right about that, 'Dad'." Jacob just shakes his head. He walks back to see if Sam is awake.

"Hi, Sam. How are you?"

"I've been better." Jacob just chuckles.

"Yeah, you have. So… How have you been other than that?"

"I've been just great. You?" Jacob just smiles.

"How have things been with you and Jack?"

"Great. He's really nice. He really shown concern whenever I'm injured. He's kind, gentle, loving, and caring."

"Sorry to ruin the moment but, Jacob, the Jaffa that attacked had trytonin," Jack states.

"How is that possible?" Jacob asks. "Aren't only the rebel groups supposed to have trytonin in them?"

"I was hoping you knew the answer. That's why I asked"

"No, I thought you knew the answer. That's why I asked."

"You're the ones who gave it to them, so you should know the answer."

"Oh, for cryin' out loud, will you two please stop it!" yelled Sam.

"Sorry!" they said simultaneously, "Shutting Up!"

"Thank You! Honestly, it reminds me of Mark and me when we were about Cassy's age."

All of a sudden the gate activates. Jack, Daniel, Teal'c, and Jacob run into the gate room.

"It's SG – 23, sir" reported Siler.

"They're not due back until tomorrow. Open the Iris."

"Yes, Sir!"

"Major Wilson, Report!"

"The Goa'uld knew we were there, sir. The gate was heavily guarded, Sir. We had to plant C4 and draw them to it in order to escape. Other than that, though, Sir, the mission was a success."

"Alright, report to the infirmary."

"Yes, Sir"

"If that's all, I'll be in my office."

Just as Jack enters his office, the red phone rings. It's General George Hammond.

"Hello, Sir. How are things going at the Pentagon?"

"Just fine, Jack. How is it being in charge of the SGC?"

"It's sort of annoying with all of the paperwork."

"I know what you mean."

"What's Homeworld Security like, Sir?"

"Same thing as always, Jack. Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork. I just called to check up on you."

"Appreciate the concern, sir."

"Well, talk to you later, Jack."

"Alright, Bye, sir."

"Say hi to SG – 1 for me, Jack"

"Will do, Sir. Bye."

"Bye, Jack"

Jack sat in his office, thinking over his conversation with his immediate superior. There is a knock on his door.

"Come in." It's Sam.

"You coming, Jack?"

"What?"

It's eleven at night, Jack."

"It is?" Jack asked.

"Yeah. You have been here for over 20 hours."

"I have?" Jack asked.

"Yeah, you have."

"Wow! Time flew! Sam, Hammond says hi."

"O.K. Come on. Let's go home."

"Aren't you supposed to be in the infirmary?"

"Janet cleared me."

"O.K."

----

The next morning, Jack left early. He gave Sam a hug and left to go to the office. He arrived to find the rest of SG – 1 already there and waiting.

"Why are you two here?" he asks.

"For our mission briefing, Jack. P3X – 293."

"Oh."

"Where's Sam?" asks Daniel.

"She's at home. We totally forgot about today's mission. Let me go call her."

"O.K."

Jack runs to his office. He hops on the phone and dials home.

"O'Neill", Sam answers.

"Hi, Sam. I called to tell you about SG – 1's mission briefing for P3X – 293."

"Okey Dokey. I'll be in about 30 minutes. Bye, Jack."

"Bye, Sam!"

Sam arrives at the SGC in 25 minutes flat. She heads to herlab to drop off her stuff. She arrives to see the window that over looks the stargate being rebuilt. She heads toward her seat next to Jack's. She arrives a couple minutes before Jack and the rest of SG – 1.

"Good Morning, SG – 1. Due to yesterday's little "incident", after this mission, I am suspending all gate travel for all SG teams. I wanted you to know that."

"But, Ja-"

"No buts, Sam. That's an order. In fact, I'll be back." He walks to the control room to the mike.

"Attention all SG Teams. Due to yesterday's little "incident", except SG -1's mission in a few moments, I am suspending all outgoing missions unless absolutely necessary. This is an order and I expect it to be followed. That is all." O'Neill walks back to his seat.

"Now, where we're we?"

"What do you mean 'except SG -1's ', Jack?"

"Well, we've all ready had the briefing, so… Due to the nature of the mission, I am also ordering SG teams – 15, -18, & -26 to provide back – up. Dismissed." SG – 1 starts to walk out.

"Teal'c, wait. I want you protect Sam."

"I understand, O'Neill."

"Thank you." Teal'c bows and heads to the locker rooms and armory. Fifteen minutes later, the teams were waiting at the foot of the ramp.

"Dial it up, Walters." The gate activates and the SG teams walk through the gate. Jack watches them all walk through the gate, hoping that they will all be safe. 'I have faith in Teal'c and the other teams.'

O'Neill walks back to his office. He sits down and starts on the paperwork for the mission. He finishes at 9 o'clock at night. He stands up to go to the control room to wait for the teams to come back. He falls asleep. At about 10 o'clock, the teams come back. Jack wakes up when he hears the gate activating.

Jack walks into the gate room to meet up with the teams. He hugs Sam and thanks Teal'c again. Sam looks at him with a puzzled look.

He says "I asked T to watch over you. I know you can take care of your self, but I wanted to be sure. Let's drop it and go home."At their home, they went to sleep.

Jack wakes up to find Sam making breakfast.

"What are you making, Sam?"

"Eggs and bacon."

"Yeah, right, Sam," he says in disbelief, "It smells way better then just eggs and bacon."

Sam just chuckles. She fills up two plates and puts them of the table in front of him and her spot. They start to eat, when Hammond pulls up. He starts to walk to their front door and rings the bell. Jack walks to the door.

"Oh, hello, sir."

"Hi, Jack. Is this a bad time?"

"Never for you, sir. Come on in." Hammond walks in and noticed that they are just finishing breakfast. "I have some bad news, Sam. It's about Jacob. I'm afraid that he is gone. His last words were: 'I'm just glad I got to see Sam happy.' I'm so sorry."

Sam just sat there crying. Jack pulls her intohis arms. He just let her cry for a few minutes.

"Shh, Sam. It's okay."

"I'm sorry, Jack, it's just it hurts so much." 'It hurts even more because in a couple of weeks was our first anniversary.'

"I figured that you would want to make the funeral arrangements," says Hammond, solemnly. Sam nodded.

"I think he would want full military honors, because he was the same rank as Jack."

"O.K."

"I'll call Mark." She heads back to their room. They watch her leave.

"Jack, follow her. That's an order."

"Yes, Sir." Jack walks back to their room and looks in to find Sam crying. 'It pains me to see her this way,' he thinks. He walks up to her and puts his arms around her.

"Shh, Sam, it's O.K. I've got you." She turns around and just cries into his chest.

"Thank you, Jack, thank you for being there for me."

"Hey, that's what I'm here for. Let's just stay home. O.K.?"

"Uh huh." Sam calls in sick for her and Jack. Jack just holds Sam until she falls asleep. He walks out and closes the door behind him.

"I'll leave now, Jack."

"O.K., sir. Thank you for letting us know." Hammond gets up and walks to his car. Jack just stands there, watching Hammond pull away. He walks back to their room and finds Sam asleep. He kisses her forehead and walks out, closing the door behind him.

----

Three weeks later, they were at Jacob's memorial. Vice President Kinsey was not invited, much like Jack and Sam's wedding. Everybody had at least, one thing to say. Jack walked up to the podium and started to talk about what Jacob was to him.

"Jacob was like a father to me long before he was my father – in – law. He was someone who would listen. He could be annoying at times, but I'm glad I got to know him." He continues on about what Jacob did for him.

Sam walked up to the podium as Jack came down.

"Here's a list of people who are still alive today because of what Dad did for them: Major General Jack O'Neill, Colonel Samantha O'Neill, Lieutenant General George Hammond, Dr. Daniel Jackson, Teal'c, Dr. Janet Frasier, President Henry Hayes, and Vice President Robert Kinsey, much to our disappointment." Everybody laughs at that. "There are a lot more, but those were the major ones. The last words that my father spoke were: 'I'm just glad I saw Sam happy for once in her life.' I just wish that he could be here today so I could tell him how much that means to me. But, I found another way to celebrate Dad's life." A couple minutes later, a cart from the café is wheeled down. "I propose a toast. To Dad."

"To Dad."

"To Jacob."

"To Jacob." Everybody raises their glasses in Jacob's name.

Sam walks down and another person walks up. This goes on until the end of the line. Everybody starts to walk out solemnly. Sam walks out, but Jack stops her and puts his arms around her. She just cries onto his shoulder. He lets her cry for a few minutes.

"I just miss him so much, Jack."

Jack looks at her, "So do I, Sam, so do I. Let's go home. O.K.?" They walk back to each of their offices together and grab their stuff. Jack and Sam walk to his truck and drive home. Jack and Sam decide to skip dinner and just go to bed after what happened today. TBC…