"Sam…Sam, wake up. Wake up, honey. I'm here."
She slowly begins to open her eyes. Her voice trembles.
"Jack? Where are we?"
She opens her eyes fully to see a small yellow room with two benches and a window, no doors. She looks up to see that they are in a pit of some sort.
"Sam, we are still in the fortress."
"Daniel, Teal'c?"
"They aren't here. I had to send them home."
"What's going on?"
"We made an attempt to rescue you, but it failed miserably. We were cornered. There was no way for us to escape. Bahl gave an ultimatum…either I stay here and Daniel and Teal'c goes home or we all die on the spot. I sent them home. I figure if they went home, they could maybe formulate a better plan to get us out of here. Dead, we all would have been useless."
"Why am I still here? I thought he only wanted you."
"Well, that's what we thought, too, but lo-and-behold, when we got here, he decided it would be more fun to have us both here. I'm sorry. I didn't have a choice, but on the bright side, I think we have a better chance together."
"I don't get it. Why doesn't he just kill us, then? Isn't that what he wants?"
"I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but no. Yes, he wants to kill us, but he wants to pleasure himself while doing it. This man is about torture, Sam."
She tries to stand up, wavers slightly, and falls back down.
"What happened to me? Why was I unconscious?"
"I wish I knew. You weren't there when we tried to rescue you. The best idea I can come up with, and you know how well I do that, is that when he saw the attack coming, he drugged you and placed you in here. You were already lying in here unconscious when I got thrown in, and of course, the nature by which I got thrown in here knocked you around a little, too, not helping matters."
"So what's the plan? What are we going to do?"
"The only thing we can do. Wait for Daniel and Teal'c to come back or for some other miraculous moment of opportunity . We will get out of here, do you hear me?"
"But what if he gets tired of us first?"
"NO, we will get out of here. That's an order, you hear me? From Colonel to Major, that's an order."
"Yes, sir."
"Now, Bahl isn't going to do anything more to us tonight. I say we try to get a little sleep so we are well rested in the morning. We have a big day ahead of us."
He lies down on the floor and pulls her closer. She lays her head on his chest and wraps her arm around his waist. He lets out a sigh of contentment. As miserable as it was in this place, and how much he knew they were going to have to face in the morning, he could not stay upset with her beside him.
"Goodnight, Jack."
"Goodnight, Sam"
"Not how I pictured our first night together 'home'."
"But at least we're together."
"Yeah, that's true….uh, Jack…"
"It's my sidearm."
She raises an eyebrow.
"Really…I swear."
"That's not going to work this time, Jack. Bahl took your sidearm."
"Uh, yeah, well…."
"Goodnight, Jack."
"Goodnight, Sam."