Sam was off like a shot when she heard the scream. It was a female scream, that's all that pounded through the Colonel's brain.

She came to a stop in the lab and part of her let an internal sigh loose as she saw it wasn't Janet or Cassie who had screamed. She let the two Lieutenants with her check on what had been Nirrti as she went over to the device's control panel and quickly found the off button. She knelt down next to Kerry and felt for a pulse, her eyes closing reflexively as she found a strong one.

A young blonde woman, a Major, entered the lab. "Colonel, we found where Nirrti was keeping the Doctors Fraiser. We show two life signs and are disabling the door right now."

Sam stood, "Good. Major Hailey I want Doctor Weaver taken directly to the infirmary, and Nirrti to an Iso room."

"Yes, Ma'am."

Sam narrowed her eyes at Jennifer for a moment, then shook her head. "And make sure they remove the control crystal that's in Nirrti's chest fully intact." With that she went down the hall, following the sound of cursing.

She moved the man gently to one side and spoke as she worked. "You need to keep the..." The door opened and Sam was the first one in, "Doctor Fraiser, Cassie... if you wanted to take a trip home, you could have gone through proper channels."

Cassie stood slowly and helped her mother stand, "Is Kerry okay?"

"On her way to the infirmary."

Janet grimaced as Sam supported her with an arm around the waist. "And Nirrti?"

"Dead again."

"Good riddance. Both the Goa'uld and the host?"

Sam got them out into the hall, "All will be explained Janet. Let's get you and Cassie feeling better."

******

"She's alive."

Abby's head popped up and pinned Rachel Greene with a look, "How do you know?"

Rachel handed Abby her iPhone and pointed at the story on its screen. Abby raised her eyebrows at Rachel. "An iPhone, really?"

Rachel shrugged, "Pretty sure Elizabeth lojacked it somehow."

Abby shook her head and squinted at the small screen, "How in the hell can you read this thing?" Rachel didn't respond and Abby quickly read the short news blurb, "Someone reported seeing her?"

Rachel took back her phone and slipped it into her pocket. "Yeah. That's good right?"

Abby sighed, "I don't know. People see Elvis all the time, now they'll probably start seeing MJ all the time. And that would mean that Kim was wrong, and..." Abby put her hand to her head, "I don't know Rachel. This is all giving me a hell of a headache. Have you seen Tony, or Wes?"

"Doctor Howard? I thought I saw Wes going over to the Jumbo Mart to meet his wife and son for... is it lunch or dinner time?"

Abby smiled, "Ah, Med School. I'm so glad I'm not a med student any longer. Before you go, could you go over there, tell him that while I appreciate the need for family time..."

"...he should get his ass over here. Got it Chief."

Abby cut Rachel off, "Don't... please, don't call me that."

Rachel looked sheepish, "Sorry Abby. I'll tell him."

Rachel left the ER and Randi appeared behind Abby, "Hey, you okay Abs?"

Abby sighed but didn't turn, "Long hours. Could do with a little TL..."

"Mommy... I'm back!!!"

Abby turned with a smile, "Joe." Joe went from Randi's arms to his mother's. "What're you doing here again bud? Gonna do this every day now?"

Joe threw his arms around Abby's neck an hugged with all his strength. Abby hugged him back.

After a minute he let go and looked at Randi, "Was that right Randi?"

Randi smiled as Joe climbed back into her arms, "Perfect munchkin. We should..."

The entire ER shook as an explosion sounded in the distance. Abby went into work mode. "Clear the trauma rooms and get someone from Surgery on the phone. Not that they don't know they're gonna be needed with that explosion."

Randi picked up the phone with her free hand and dialed Surgery's extension, as it was ringing she put Joe down in a chair and Abby spoke to him, "You sit there and don't move. Do you understand Josip?"

Joe nodded quickly, "Yes Mommy."

******

Kim stared down at Kerry. They were in an infirmary on a ship in space on the other side of the galaxy. She leaned over the redhead and kissed her forehead, her hair draping over Kerry's face like a curtain. She whispered in her ear. "I'm sorry."

A throat quietly cleared behind Kim and she slowly straighted back up and turned. "Colonel."

Sam came all the way into the infirmary, "Sorry to interrupt. Just coming to check on my patient."

Kim smiled gently, "That's how she talks about her ER. If someone's in the County General ER, they're her patient. She's been better at delegating, at letting some things go, saying no. But not too much better."

"Not to mention, her do it all attitude is what you love about her too."

Kim sighed, "Yeah, I do. But I screwed it up. I... the afternoon after she got transported away. Of course I thought she was dead, but that afternoon I slept with an ex."

Sam made a face, "Really."

Kim sank down into a chair by the bed. "I'm an idiot."

"That's putting it lightly." Sam leaned against a second unoccupied bed. "Are you going to tell her?"

"I have to."

Sam nodded, "Other people know."

"That's not..." Kim sighed, "Yes, they do. But that's not why I have to tell her. If I lie..." Kim shook her head, "Then everything I've preached in our relationship, this second part of it, then I didn't mean any of it."

"She'll probably break up with you."

Kim stared down at her hands, "I know." And back up at Sam, "Wouldn't you tell Janet?"

"I wouldn't do it Kim."

Kim stood again as she regarded Sam, "So you were just celibate all this time then?"

Sam crossed her arms over her chest, "You know it's two different situations Kim. Anyway, I need to get back to work."

Kim also crossed her arms over her chest, "Okay. You do that."

Sam looked one last time at Kerry, then left the infirmary. She nearly knocked over Janet. "What are you doing up Janet?"

Janet gave Sam a look, "Going to check on my friend and my family. Has Kerry come out of her coma?" Sam shook her head, "I'm on my way to look at her scans."

"You're not..."

Janet cut Sam off, "Yes, I'm not in the Air Force or with the SGC anymore, luckily for everyone, especially Kerry the USS Hammond is under weigh, which means, you're the only opinion that matters."

Sam shook her head and brushed her hand against Janet's, "You're right, of course. If you can do something for her... that'd be good for everyone."

Janet glanced at the door to the infirmary, then back to Sam. "Have you figured out how to resurrect us from the death people no doubt thought we suffered?"

Sam shook her head, "Working on it."

"You'll come up with something brilliant I have no doubt. Now I'm going to try to go wake Kerry up."

Janet continued towards the infirmary, but was stopped by Sam's voice, "Janet." Janet turned, "We're going to need to talk after this is over."

Janet nodded her agreement, "First, I should come back from the dead again though."

Sam smiled and watched Janet disappear into the infirmary and looked up as a voice sounded in her ear piece. "Colonel, you're needed on the bridge."

Sam tapped the ear piece. "I'm on my way Marks."

******

"One more time, 300..." Abby paused, "Clear..."

The heart paddles thumped as the body under them seemed to jump. The flat line jumped as well for a second, then went flat again.

It was Haleh who put a hand on Abby's shoulder. "He's gone Abby. You know it, he's been down for more than forty minutes."

Abby stared down at the man on her gurney. Then up at the clock, "Time of death, fifteen forty three."

She snapped off her gloves and spoke to Chaz. "His wife and son?"

Chaz looked a bit sick to his stomach, but somehow pried his eyes from the gurney. "Exam two Doctor Lockhart. She's on a monitored bed, his son doesn't have a scratch on him."

"She's conscious?"

Chaz nodded, "Yes."

Abby left the trauma room without another word. Chaz looked down at the man on the table, "Wes, how... another son without his father."

Haleh put an arm around the Med student, "John Howard's life will never be the same, but he'll be okay, just like you."

Chaz looked over, "I didn't loose my father, just Greg."

Haleh moved away from Chaz to collect the things they need to use to clean up Wes, "Just Greg. Nice try Chaz Pratt."

******

"Oh, I've got it."

Sam blinked the day dream from her eyes, "Got what Marks?"

Lieutenant Colonel Marks turned in his seat, "You're not gonna like it." Sam stared at Marks, who quickly continued, "Collapse the room. They disappeared from a room, right. Collapse it. Delayed, but proof that a bomb weakened the structure. Then, 'find' Doctors Fraiser and Doctor Weaver. That just leaves the fact that Doctor Legaspi is sure she saw them still in there right before the transport. So, she has to recant. Because they couldn't have been in that room if a small bomb went off."

"Marks."

"Colonel?"

Sam shook her head, "It's a good plan, I knew there was a reason I chose you to be my second in command. Still, keep your day job."

"Yes Colonel."

******

"Mommy..."

Abby pried her eyes open. She was home. She wasn't sure how she'd gotten home, but she smelled something cooking in the kitchen which she hoped meant Randi, not Maggie was cooking.

Abby glanced down at her son, who was curled up next to her. "Joe."

"Will Daddy die like that?"

"NO." Abby modulated her voice, "No... no. Hey, we should call him."

"Now? Right now?"

Abby could hear the joy in her son's voice and she sent a quick prayer to whoever was listening that Luka would be on the other end of the phone. "Right now. Get my cell, okay."

Joe was off like a shot. Maggie appeared a moment later and Abby's face fell. Maggie bit back a smile, "Randi'll be home soon. Are you okay?"

"The Jumbo Mart blew up, Wes Howard, the redheaded rez died."

Maggie frowned, "Wesley died?"

Abby sighed, "I didn't even know he had a family, wife and son, until today. John Howard. Kerry would have known. She..."

Joe reappeared and Abby cleared her throat, "Ready."

Abby nodded, "Go for it kiddo."

Joe got to the number for Luka and waited, and waited. Then his eyes lit up, "Daddy, it's Joe." He practically bounced. "I'm good, are you? Have you seen elephants. We learned about them. Did you know there are more different kinds than just one. Tomorrow we do the lion, I like the Elephant. Which is your favorite."

Luka got a chance to speak on the other end of the phone, but only for a moment and then Joe was off again. Abby closed her eyes and let the words wash over her.

She was jerked to full wakefulness as Joe shook her a few minutes later and handed her the phone. "Here's Daddy."

Abby rubbed at her eyes, "Luka."

"What's wrong Abby?"

Abby closed her eyes, "We're fine Luka. You need to come home. Work anywhere from New York to LA, I don't care, but Joe needs his father in the continental US."

There was silence on the African side of the connection, "And you Abby?"

"I need Joe to have two parents."

Another pause, "It won't be right away. But... if you think it's best for him, for all of us..."

Abby sighed, "Yes."

"Then we'll talk again soon. Good-bye Abby."

"Bye Luka." Abby flipped closed the phone and sighed, tomorrow had to be better.