Chapter 8

Having been trying to go to sleep after spending time with his wife, Jack was becoming very annoyed that his cell phone was once again ringing. He had already unplugged his apartment phone and turned off his pager. Growling in annoyance, Jack grabbed the offensive device from his nightstand and was about to throw it at the wall when he noticed the name of the caller, SGC.

"This had better be damned important!" O'Neill bellowed into the phone, waking Sarah in the process.

Taken aback by the gruffness of the person on the other end, Walter fumbled for what to say. "Uh, sir, this is Sgt. Harriman at the SGC. Sorry to disturb you, but General Landry wanted me to call you and let you know we have an issue."

"What kind of issue sergeant?" Jack said scrubbing and hand down his face while Sarah looked at him, irked.

"Dr. Jackson has been brought into the infirmary in a medical emergency, sir." Walter replied not liking to be the delivery person of this message. "It was shortly after he turned in his resignation this morning."

"WHAT?" Jack yelled. "What is wrong with Daniel? And what is this about him resigning?"

Seeing that her husband was becoming very angered and seemingly worried simultaneously, Sarah started rubbing her hand up and down his left arm to try and sooth him.

"About 0230 this morning, Dr. Jackson entered and exited Gen. Landry's office. When I went in to check the office and found a red folder on the General's desk. Checking to see if it was something to be filed, I opened it and found Dr. Jackson's resignation letter." Walter said taking a quick breath. "About 5 or 10 minutes after that I was informed by the SFs up top that Dr. Lam and an orderly had rushed off to Dr. Jackson's house in an ambulance on a medical emergency. 30 minutes after that she came back to base and took Dr. Jackson directly to the infirmary. I have been trying to contact you since right after Dr. Jackson turned in the resignation letter."

"Shit!" Jack said jumping up for the bed and heading to his closet for clothes. "Do you know how Daniel is now?"

"No sir." Walter replied taking a gulp. "I was ordered by General Landry to contact Teal'c and get him here from Dakara, and to locate Colonel's Carter and Mitchell using their transponders because they could not be reached by phone since my initial call to Colonel Carter."

"Initial call?" Jack asked pausing in getting dressed.

"Yes sir, after Dr. Jackson turned in the resignation, I attempted to contact Colonel Mitchell first as his CO, and then Colonel Carter as one of his teammates to let them know." Walter said getting worried.

"Walter, listen…is the Odyssey in orbit?" Jack asked knowing he was about to break some major rules.

"Yes sir." Walter replied figuring where this was going.

"Give me 5 minutes, and then beam me straight to the SGC infirmary." General O'Neill ordered.

Gulping, Sgt. Harriman responded. "Yes sir…5 minutes and counting sir. I will relay the order to the Odyssey immediately."

Hanging up the phone, Jack continued pulling on his jeans and a t-shirt as he headed over to talk to Sarah.

"What is going on Jack?" Sarah asked worried.

"Something has happened to Daniel, he is in the SGC infirmary." Jack said sitting down on the bed to pull on his shoes, and then turning to look at her. "I have to go."

"Yes, oh god yes." Sarah replied. "I hope everything works out."

"So do I." Jack said shaking his head. "So do I."

As Jack stood up from the bed, he prayed that everything would work out. Just as he smiled to his wife, he was surrounded in a bright light and disappeared from his apartment in DC to arrive in the middle of the infirmary.

Spinning around and facing towards the source of the sudden flash of light, Sam and Carolyn both squeaked at seeing Jack being teleported in. Landry and Mitchell smirked. "Where is Daniel?" Jack demanded.

The announcement of off-world activation over the base intercom forestalled any further talk.