Sorry for the slight delay in posting this chapter I had family stopping over. Hope you enjoy it.
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Last time,
General Hammond's phone rang he put down the reports he was writing and answered it,
"Hammond……yes……..yes……ok…….tell him he can't and he needs to leave now……oh he is, is he……..right……very well…..thank you…..yes I'll go see her now…..yes someone will be there very soon to deal with this……thank you bye".
Hammond slammed down his phone he was not a happy General he sighed and picked up his phone again to call the infirmary.
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Chapter: 3
Janet entered the infirmary and sighed at the sight she saw, Sam sat in the chair next to O'Neill's bed with her head and arms resting on the bed, her hand was holding his underneath her so no one could see.. Janet knew it was so that no one could see the contact between them, unless they looked closely that is or they knew to look for it. She was fast asleep still unwilling to leave him, Janet crossed the infirmary unwilling to let her friend put herself through this any longer, she was going to ask her to go home and rest as a friend, and if she didn't listen she was going to make her go home and rest as her doctor. Placing her hand on her shoulder, she gave her a slight shake,
"Sam, Sam",
Sam stirred,
"Mmmmm, Janet?",
Sam sat up, when she realized that she was holding Jack's hand she released it quickly glancing at Janet guiltily, wondering if she saw the unprofessional contact, Janet smiled,
"Hey Sam you look tired",
"I'm fine Janet"
Janet shook her head and held up her hand,
"Not this time Sam you're going home you've been here for three days I'm not willing to let you sit here any longer"
Sam frowned and started to protest,
"But Janet"
She was interrupted by Janet's phone ringing,
"We're not done here Sam; I'll be back in a minute",
Janet crossed the infirmary to answer her phone,
"Dr Frasier……yes sir she's right here sir"
Janet turned and looked over to Sam, Sam looked back and frowned,
(What could the General want me for?)
"Yes sir I'll just get her for you"
Janet motioned for Sam to come over to the phone and she complied taking the phone from her,
"Carter, is everything ok sir?"
Sam winced and looked at Janet then closed her eyes and dropped her head; it was Janet's turn to look puzzled, Sam sighed,
"Yes sir…… I understand sir… I'll go right away sir…….thank you General……I will bye".
Sam hung up the phone turning to Janet she sighed again, Janet frowned,
"Sam, are you ok, what's happened?"
Sam walked back over to Jack's bed and stood beside it; looking down at him she said,
"Janet I have to go; General Hammond just got a call from the SF's on the surface"
She paused and Janet's frown deepened,
"So what's that got to do with you?"
She asked,
Sam cringed,
"It's Pete",
Janet looked shocked,
"Pete, Pete, as in"
Sam nodded,
"Yeah, apparently he's on the surface demanding to see me; he wants to know why I'm late back from my mission",
She paused and rubbed her hands over her face; she was too tired to deal with this right now,
"General Hammonds *really* pissed; said he's considering throwing him in a holding cell for attempting to gain unauthorized access to the mountain, and threatening behaviour towards the SF's on the surface".
She sighed
"He wants me to go get him away from the mountain; he said if he leaves quietly now he won't throw him in a holding cell".
"Oh"
Janet said shocked, Sam huffed
"Yeah, as if I didn't have enough on my mind he has to go pull a stunt like this"
Janet frowned
"Sam, hadn't you better get going".
Sam looked to Janet then back to Jack who was still asleep in the bed; Janet gave her a small smile,
"Sam I'll call you the minute he wakes up"
Sam looked to her; she pressed her lips together in a slight smile and raised her eyebrows,
"You promise Janet"
Janet nodded,
"Of course Sam"
Spearing one last look at him, she sighed and started to leave the infirmary; she paused at the door and looked back to Janet giving her a small smile,
"Thanks Janet"
Janet nodded,
"You're welcome Sam"
Sam nodded and left the infirmary headed for the lift.
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As she stood in the lift heading towards the surface, she felt sick with anger; anger at him for doing this and for humiliating her, but mostly, mostly for making her leave Jack's bedside. She clenched her hand into a fist at her side as she fought to control it; taking a deep breath to rein in her emotions as the lift neared the surface.
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As the lift doors opened she could hear yelling, as she made her way out she could hear that it was Pete and one of the SF's.
"I want to see Sam Carter right now",
"Sir if you could just be patient and wait here someone will be with you soon",
"Well if you won't let me see her I'll just have to force my way in",
"Sir that wouldn't be a very wise idea",
Sam heard a struggle, and one of the guards shouting
"Sir, please stop or we *will* shoot you".
Sam grimaced and groaned quietly as she saw the two SF's holding Pete at gun point.
"At ease solider"
She called as she walked towards them; the guards looked at her and complied,
"Yes ma'am".
Pete turned when heard Sam's voice,
"Sam you're alright",
He called to her as he began to walk over to her; but she glared at him stopping him in his tracks and he backed off.
"Sam honey what's wrong"
He frowned and Sam scowled at him.
"Don't honey me, what are you doing here? What do you want Pete?"
She said through clenched teeth. His frown deepened as he stared at her.
"You were late back from your mission I was worried about you",
Sam huffed,
"So you think that gives you the right to do this"
She yelled and threw her arms up.
"General Hammond wants to throw you in a holding cell",
She paused placed her hands on her hips and raised her eyebrows.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't let him"
Looking at him expectantly, he laughed nervously,
"Sam"
He pleaded
"You wouldn't really let him do that would you"?
Sam shrugged,
"He's the General he can do what he wants",
Pete frowned,
"But Sam",
He pleaded again, but she shook her head his pleas were wasted on her, she was in Major mode and she wasn't going to take any shit from him.
"He's willing not to bring you up on charges"
"Oh Sam thank you"
He interrupted not letting her finish.
"On one condition"
"Ok, what's that?"
"You *never* come to this mountain again without authorization is that understood".
He nodded,
"Sure ok",
Sam nodded then turned to the SF
"Call General Hammond let him know that the *problem*",
She spared a glance to Pete then looked back to the SF and continued
"Has been sorted"
The SF saluted her,
"Yes Major"
He glanced to Pete giving him a dirty look then turned to follow out her order.
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Sam walked over to her car and Pete followed,
"Wow Sam I've never seen you in Major Carter mode, it's actually quite sexy".
He chuckled. Sam stopped walking, turning towards him, she glared at him and he smiled,
"Hey, Sam, honey what's wrong".
As he spoke, he took hold of her upper arms, when she flinched and took a sharp intake of breath he frowned.
"Sam, are you hurt"?
She shook her head,
"I'm fine"
"Sam, come on what happened"
Sam sighed,
"We just had a really bad mission that's all",
"So you are hurt"?
She cringed and nodded,
"But the Colonel……"
Sam paused and took a deep breath; Pete scowled and shook his head.
"That stupid arrogant son of a bitch",
He spat,
"How could he let this happen he's supposed to protect you",
Sam glared,
"What"?
"He dropped the ball and you paid the price for his incompetence, and now you're hurt"
Pete shook his head,
"God he's such a self centred ass hole".
Sam swallowed the lump of anger rising in her throat,
"Yes I was hurt, but not even *nearly* as bad as the Colonel was, he nearly *died*. And how dare you claim that I need protection, I can take care of myself; and for the record the only self centred arrogant son of a bitch around here is you; the Colonel risks his life to protect his team and I won't stand here and let you bad mouth him understand".
Pete sighed,
"Yeah ok, I know I'm sorry, It's just…... I love you, and I worry about you out there. Listen, do you want to talk about it?"
Sam took a deep breath and squared her shoulders,
"No I just want to go home"
Pete nodded; Sam got in her car and drove home. Pete got into his car and followed her. As Sam pulled up outside her house, she sighed and dropped her head against the steering wheel as she saw Pete pull up behind her.
"I meant alone Pete",
She mumbled to herself before getting out of her car and dragging her tired body into her house.
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Sam awakened Pete as she thrashed around the bed; he watched her for a moment taking in what she was doing and wondering what she could have been dreaming about. He got his answer as she started to cry out in her sleep,
"No, no, please…."
He started trying to calm her whispering reassuring words to but was shocked and slightly annoyed when she sat bolt up in bed in a cold sweat calling out,
"Colonel",
Sam sat in bed trembling and breathing rapidly. It took her several minutes before she realized where she was, she jumped when she felt something touch her arm she turned to see what it was she frowned when she saw Pete,
"You were having a nightmare Sam"
Sam huffed and shook her head; Pete looked at her confused,
"What it wasn't a nightmare?"
Sam grimaced,
"More like a memory…..a bad memory",
"From your last mission?"
Sam frowned and looked at him,
"How"?
Pete sneered,
"You were calling out for your Colonel"
Sam's face dropped,
"Oh",
"You want to talk about it"
Sam shook her head and rubbed her arm where the staff blast hit, she lay back down slowly but knew, she'd get no more sleep tonight.
"No I'm fine",
She turned away and pretended to go back to sleep, as she lay there she thought about Jack lying in the infirmary and how he had gotten hurt because of her actions.
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The next morning Sam called Janet to check on the Colonel, Janet told her that he was fine and that she had cleared it with General Hammond for her to take a few days off. Sam had argued at first but Janet had insisted, and when Janet got an idea in her head there was no budging her. Sam agreed reluctantly on the condition that any news that she had on the Colonel no matter how small she had to phone her immediately. Knowing that it was the only way to get her to do what she wanted Janet agreed.
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