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Chapter 9

"Alright let's get going" Jack said as he walked out the door. They had been stuck in the apartment for a few days now and Jack decided to let Janet go and visit the little girl she had treated at the shelter just before the torrential rainstorm. This time however they were all going.

Jack kept a watchful eye on Sam and Janet as the two girls walked down the street together talking. Teal'c was just ahead of them and Daniel was walking next to Jack. They reached the shelter quicker this time around since Jack and Janet both already new where they were going.

"Hello Calardon" Jack said as they arrived at the shelter to be greeted by a young man. Jack and Janet had met him the other day.

"I am glad to see you have returned" Calardon said.

"Well Dr Frasier wanted to check on Lissia and we brought some more food" Jack said indicating the bags that he hand Sam were carrying.

"Wonderful"

Janet went to check on the little girl immediately with Daniel and Teal'c staying close to her.

Jack and Sam went with one of the volunteers at the shelter to unpack the food they had brought with them. Jack had already seen the horrible condition some of the people here were in when he had been here with Janet a few days ago. He had been horrified by the sight that had greeted him. This place wasn't exactly in great condition, it was overcrowded and a lot of the people here were sick. He and Janet had warned the others about what they would say but the look on Sam's face as they walked through the shelter told him she hadn't expected it to be this bad.

They walked into what could pass for a kitchen and they both helped to put all the food they had bought into storage.

- - -

"Hey Lissia" Janet said as she approached the little girl she had seen a few days ago.

"Hi" the little girl said cheerfully.

"Do you remember me?"

The little girl nodded and Janet noted how much better she looked. When she had seen her before the little girl had barely been able to breath.

"These are my friends, Daniel and Teal'c"

"Hi" Daniel said with a smile.

"Hello" Lissia said more quietly and shyly than she had greeted Janet.

"Is it okay if I take another look you?" Janet asked and the little girl nodded again. Janet gave the girl a quick examination before declaring that she was almost better.

"Words cannot express my thanks to you" said a woman who was obviously Lissia's mother.

"It was my pleasure Melody" Janet said as the woman hugged her.

Jack and Sam walked over and Jack knelt down to say hello the little girl who happily greeted him with a hug.

"Aren't you looking much better" Jack stated and the little girl nodded her head with a huge smile on her face.

"Lissia, this is another friend of ours, her name is Sam"

"Hello" the little girl said quiet and shy again.

"Hello" Sam said.

"How is she then Doc?" Jack asked.

"Much better"

"I can't believe how bad things are here" Sam stated and the others nodded.

"Tell you what why don't we stick around for a little while? Calardon said any help we could offer would be welcomed" Jack said

"Sounds like a good idea"

- - -

Sam was helping to hand out food to the shelters occupants. She and the others had been at the shelter for over an hour now and Sam had found her time there to be extremely rewarding. She had enjoyed being able to help these people and they had all be really grateful. Jack was next to her also helping to hand out food and appeared to be enjoying himself to as he talked with a young man who was staying at the shelter.

Teal'c was helping to move some supplies which had just been brought in by a couple of the cities citizens. When he had done that he was going to go and help bored up a window that had been smashed and was allowing a lot of cold air in. Daniel and Janet were wondering around doing whatever they could medically.

"I can not thank you and you're friends enough for the help you have given us today, you have made a big difference here" Calardon said.

"Well I think it's great what you do here and I'm glad we could help"

"If only there were more people here like you, we would not have so many problems"

- - -

"Okay Lissia, can you pass me the blue bottle form there please" Janet asked the little girl who had been following her and Daniel around for the last hour helping them.

"Here you go" The little girl said and Daniel watched her hand Janet the bottle she had asked for.

"Thank you, why don't you go see if Daniel needs help?" Janet said to the little girl.

"Okay" Lissia said happily as she skipped over the short distance to where Daniel was sitting on the edge of a bed about to dress the wound on a mans shoulder.

"Janet told me to see if I can help" Lissia told him with a smile that Daniel couldn't help but return.

"Okay" he said as he lifted the little girl onto the bed where she smiled at the man who also returned the smile. "Can you talk to him for me whilst I put his on his shoulder; it's going to hurt him a little"

"I can do that"

Daniel looked at the man on the bed, he had already warned him that this would hurt a bit. He wanted to give Lissia something to do though, the little girl was really enjoying being able to help them. The man nodded his head in understanding as Lissia moved to sit next to where the man was leaning against the wall behind.

"It's going to be okay" Lissia told him in a compassionately causing the situation to feel much better in a way only a little girl could. Daniel quickly dressed the wound with only a small wince from the man who thanked him and Lissia.

Daniel lifted Lissia down from the bed and she took his hand in hers as they made their way over to Janet.

Janet smiled at the two of them as they walked over "How's it going?" She asked them.

"Okay, Lissia was very helpful"

"That's great well done" Janet said and Lissia smiled proudly "I believe, Jack and Sam are currently handing out food so why don't we go and get something to eat"

"Yay" Lissia said as she ran towards the kitchen dragging Daniel along with her. Janet smiled at the sight of them and quickly followed.

- - -

Jack and Sam were still handing out food when they heard the familiar, excited voice of a little girl.

"Come on Daniel" They both looked up and had to smile at the sight before them. Daniel was being pulled along by Lissia.

"Glad to see you're making friends Daniel" Jack said as the two of them stopped in front of them. Janet was right behind them.

"Lissia has been helping me and Janet treat people, haven't you Lissia?" Daniel said and the little girl nodded with a huge proud grin on her face. They all suspected that she didn't get to smile like that very often.

"So we thought we should allow her to take a break since she's been working so hard" Janet said as she walked up next to Daniel.

"Well what would you like?" Jack asked the little girl who shrugged and looked confused, it was like she had never been asked the question before and was just used to getting what she was given.

- - -

Jack and Sam walked out of the shelter and down the alleyway. Calardon had told them the dumpster was just down the alleyway and around the corner. They rounded the corner and spotted the dumpsters immediately.

"It's unbelievable how much of a difference we've been able to make" Sam said as she threw her bag of rubbish into the dumpster.

"I know and I've really enjoyed being able to help" Jack answered as he to threw the bag of rubbish he had been carrying into the dumpster.

"Lissia seems a sweet kid" Sam said thoughtfully.

"Yeah, it's a shame she's stuck here. Have you seen how much she's enjoyed helping Daniel and Janet out today? Under different circumstances she might have grown up to be a doctor"

They both turned to walk back around the corner "It hardly seems fair that she" Sam was cut off as Jack grabbed her arm and put a hand over her mouth. Her pulled her around the corner and pushed her against the wall. She looked at him confused for a moment before she heard the voices that had probably caused his action.

"I thought you said you heard a woman's voice down here"

"I did I swear, she was talking to someone"

"It doesn't look like there's anyone here now. Besides when was the last time we were actually able to grab a woman from down an alley. They've all learnt not to come down them"

"Let's just go"

Jack listened as the voices slowly faded away. His hand was still covering her mouth and he was standing in front of her, his body still holding hers against the wall. The contact was causing him to struggle to focus on the fading voices. Looking at Sam she seemed to be in a similar predicament. When he could no longer here the voices and was satisfied that it was safe he moved away from Sam and risked looking around the corner.

"They're gone"

"I hate this planet" Sam said as her senses finally came back to her. The close proximity to Jack having sent them all spinning.

"Let's just get back"

- - -

They all walked back into the Kaleth's apartment to see him sitting on the sofa.

"I returned several minutes ago and was worried when I saw you were not here"

"Oh sorry, guess we didn't think" Daniel said.

"Yeah we decided to stay at the shelter for a while and help out"

"I am sure they are most grateful. How is the young girl?"

"She's fine, much better"

"That is wonderful news"

TBC