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Lacy here. Alright onto the next chapter. Desperate Measures. Sam gets kidnapped and Jack has to work with Maybourne. This is going to be interesting. Have fun.

Disclaimer: *shakes head*

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Grace sat in the window at Janet's house looking for her mom's car. Grace had slept over the night before and Sam was supposed to pick her up on her way to the mountain. Well Sam was supposed to be at the mountain twenty minutes ago. A quick call to her father told Grace her mom had left for the gym nearly two hours before. Grace turned when she felt a hand on her shoulder. It was Janet.

"Come on Grace, I'll drive you to the base and we'll see if anyone's heard from your mom." Janet said.

Grace nodded and grabbed her bag. Slinging it over her shoulder she also grabbed her duffel that had everything she had brought for the sleepover. Janet pulled Grace's hair from under her bag strap and ran her hand over Grace's head.

"I'm sure she's just running late." Janet said. "We'll get a call when we get to the base. You'll see."

Grace put on a brave smile and nodded again. "You're right. She probably got distracted thinking about one of her alien things and forgot where she was going."

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Janet placed a blanket over Grace and walked out of her office where George and the rest of SG-1 were waiting.

"She and Cassie were up late and finding out about Sam just wore her right out." Janet said. She looked at Jack. "You can go check on her in a few hours."

Jack nodded and crossed his arms. "Thank you Janet."

Janet placed her hand on Jack's arm. "You'll get her back."

Jack gave a small smile and Janet returned to her office, closing the door so any noise wouldn't wake Grace. Jack looked at George.

"What do we do now sir?" Jack asked.

George sighed. "Jack I want you to head to where Sam was last seen."

Jack nodded and left the infirmary. Daniel watched him go before looking back at George.

"We have to find her." Daniel said. "Jack and Grace won't survive if we don't."

George sighed again. "I know son. We'll bring her home."

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Grace stood with her arms crossed as Jack filled a crate with magazines.

"Let me come Dad." Grace said. "You're just meeting with Maybourne. He wouldn't be stupid enough to do something out in the open."

Jack sighed and looked at his daughter. She just had to go and get a perfect combination of his stubbornness and Sam's need to help.

"Fine but you are staying in the truck." Jack said. "No arguments."

Grace nodded. "Deal." she looked at Jack's face. "I just want to help bring Mom home."

Jack put the crate down and knelt in front of Grace. "I know you do Gracie but you know there are going to be times where it's going to be too dangerous for you to help and you're going to have to stay behind."

"I know. But this isn't one of those times." Grace said. "Maybourne won't touch me. He likes his life too much."

Jack smiled and hugged Grace. "Some times you are too brave for your own good."

Grace smiled into Jack's chest. "So are you and Mom and Uncle Daniel and Uncle Teal'c."

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"Why does she get to sit in the front?" Maybourne whined from the back seat.

Grace turned to look at him. "What are you five? I don't even complain about that any more."

Jack smiled. "To answer you question Harry, she's my daughter and you're a wanted criminal. Not to mention there are less chances of me shooting you when you're back there."

Grace smirked. "Back seat still seem all that bad?"

Maybourne glared at her. "I pity your parents when you become a teenager."

"Hey watch it Maybourne." Jack said. "None of that."

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Grace stood outside at the command post with Reynolds next to her. She kept tapping her foot and pacing.

"Grace relax, your dad will find your mom." Reynolds said.

Grace nodded but didn't stop her nervous movements. She froze however when Reynolds' radio crackled.

"Colonel O'Neill has been shot. Need medical assistance." Came Sam's voice. "Repeat Colonel O'Neill has been shot."

Grace looked up at Reynolds. He nodded and quickly picked her up and followed the medical team into the building. Reynolds held onto Grace with one arm and had his 9mm in the other hand, just to be safe. They arrived at where Sam and Jack were and Reynolds put Grace down.

"Mom! Dad!" Grace said, running over to them.

Sam turned and caught Grace. "Hey Gracie."

Grace clung to Sam. "Don't ever do that again Mom." A cry of pain from Jack pulled the two apart. "Dad, you were supposed to get Mom, not get shot."

Jack gave a smirk. "Trust me Grace, this was not part of the plan." he looked at Reynolds. "I thought I told you to keep her outside."

Reynolds smiled. "Yeah right Jack. Once she heard Sam's voice not even Teal'c could have kept her outside."

Jack looked at his daughter who was doing her best to give an innocent look. He shook his head but couldn't stop a smile from spreading across his face.

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After being checked out and checking in with Hammond, SG-1, Grace, Janet and Cassie met up at the O'Neill house for dinner.

"Really Sam you can't do that again." Daniel said. "Jack's hard enough to handle when you're around."

Grace laughed when Jack threw a bottle cap at Daniel. "He's right Dad."

Jack gaped. "Is no one on my side? My wife was missing, I was allowed to be irrational."

"So what's your excuse for the rest of the time Uncle Jack?" Cassie asked.

Everyone started laughing and Cassie ducked behind Grace for cover. Grace giggled as Jack smiled sweetly at her.

"Grace honey could you move for Dad?" Jack asked. "I have to have a word with Cassie."

Grace looked around, as if looking for someone. "Sorry Dad, I don't see Cassie."

The others started laughing again and Cassie hugged Grace.

"Thanks Gracie." she said.

Grace patted Jack on the face. "It's ok Dad, I still love you."

Jack laughed. "I love you too Grace."

Cassie sat back in her seat. "So Aunt Sam, how did you meet Uncle Jack?"

Sam looked at everyone. "Have we never told that one?" they shook their heads and Sam looked at Jack. "I pass it to you Jack. You remember more then I do."

Since they were all sitting on the living room carpet, Jack leaned back on his hands with a sigh.

"Ah let's see if I remember." Jack said. "We met in a military hospital about a year and a half before Grace was born."

"Why were you in the hospital?" Daniel asked.

Jack laughed. "I managed to injure myself playing hockey and was coming to have my knee checked out."

"I had an accident on the training grounds." Sam said. "I can't remember quite what happened. I hit my head pretty hard and screwed up my left ankle."

Jack smirked. "I know the details but since Cassie and our daughter are sitting right here I'll keep them to myself."

Janet mimicked the smirk. "You'll tell me later right?"

Jack shrunk a bit under the glare Sam shot him with. "Uh for my own safety I'm afraid I can't doc."

"Back to the story Jack." Sam said, turning her glare to her best friend. Janet waved at her. "I'll deal with Janet later."

Jack and Daniel chuckled and even Teal'c seemed to smile some.

"Right well I was waiting to be taken into x-ray and Sam was begin brought back from CT I think." Jack said. "I'm telling you she was doped up on some pretty good pain meds and saying the weirdest things. Turns out it wasn't actually weird I just had no clue what she was talking about."

"So that's where Mom's technobabble started." Grace said.

Jack nodded. "That's right Grace. So I sat listening to her for a while before some people showed up. I'm assuming they were friends. Shortly after that I was taken to x-ray." Jack grumbled. "I swear I was there forever."

Janet snorted. "That's what you say every time you have to have an x-ray."

"Well it feels like forever." Jack said. "As I was saying, once I got back Sam was alone again and the drugs seemed to be wearing off. She wasn't talking any more but she was glaring at her foot. I asked her what on earth she was doing."

Sam smiled. "And I told him that I was cursing my foot because now I was going to have to rely on someone for a while and as you all know if there's one thing I hate it's letting people help me when I know I could do fine on my own."

"I told her I knew how she felt cause if I kept messing up my knee I'd be in a wheelchair and would very likely go nuts." Jack said. "First time I got her to laugh at something I said."

Sam smirked. "Actually Jack I was laughing at the image of you in a wheelchair."

Jack gave Sam a look. "Just couldn't leave that one alone could you?"

Sam laughed and shook her head. "We kept talking until our doctors came and talked to us." Sam looked at Janet. "If you think he doesn't pay attention when you talk, you should have seen him that day. I don't think he looked at his doctor once."

"Of course not." Jack said. "I knew my knee was screwed up again, I didn't need some doctor telling me that. No offense Janet."

Janet held up a hand. "None taken."

"What were you doing while the doctor was talking?" Cassie asked.

Jack looked at Sam. "I was trying to figure out how to ask Sam out."

Grace smiled. "Really? But you didn't know Mom that long."

Jack shrugged. "Didn't matter to me. She was, sorry is beautiful and had a good sense of humor."

Daniel looked at Sam. "Why'd you say yes?"

Sam smiled. "He promised to let me do everything myself. Said he didn't want a glare like the one I was giving my foot aimed at him."

Grace leaned against Cassie and they both smiled. "Awww how cute."

Jack blushed some. "Thanks girls."

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Ok the end bit there with Sam and Jack's first meeting was for Samvalasam. There you go. Let me know what you think, flame policy still stands and thanks for reading. Next up on the list is Rite of Passage.

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Sarah here! And slightly in pain. One word, wrist. okay two, brace. Making? That's right, wrist brace. But enough about me, onto the story. Love having Grace be the source of Maybourne's demise. It's hilarity all on it's own. Okay, I think that's it! KiSsEs~SaRaH