They followed Thor down to the ship's holding cells, taking more than one lift to get there. Jack surreptitiously studied Sam as they continued their decent into the bowels of the ship and thought she was looking better, but she was still unconsciously leaning against his chest slightly as he stood behind her. She obviously still wasn't 100% and they needed to get back to Earth as soon as possible so she could get proper care. As they continued to descend, Jack finally asked the question that he had been the most curious about since Thor had rescued them. "Hey Thor, how the hell did you find us?"

Thor turned around and blinked. "After you were taken, your government contacted me and asked me to come immediately. I made it to Earth within a day of your abduction and was able to pick up on the Ion trail of the ship that had taken you. I followed it for months, but they always seemed to elude my capture. I assume I got close enough one day and was able to pick up your locator beacons. The rest, as you say O'Neill, was history."

Jack smirked at the Thor's use of an Earth euphemism. "Well I think I can speak for the both of us when I say, Thank you."

"It was my pleasure, O'Neill. I consider us to be good friends and allies and I was going to do my best to find you." Jack smiled as he felt the lift come to a stop. Grateful for the little alien and his naked ass.

Thor stepped out of the lift and led them down to the holding cells. Jack chuckled out loud at the sight. There were at least ten Furlings stuffed in every one of the ten cells and they were looking at Jack and Sam murderously as they made their way over to them.

The Commandant stood up, pushing others out of his way to get to the front of the cell, "What is the meaning of this Asgard?" He said Asgard with a sneer in his voice. "You have no right to treat us like enemies."

Thor blinked, showing no outward emotion; not that he was capable of much any way. "You have kidnapped our allies and performed unsanctioned experiments on them. What would you have me do Furling?"

The Furling narrowed its furry eyebrows, "We have every right to do what we believe to be necessary for our race. Humans are beneath us and you as well Asgard. Why do you ally yourselves with such a weak race?"

Jack had been watching their exchange with interest but bristled at that last statement. "Hey, stop talking about us like we're not here. We get you think that humans are beneath you, but can you quit insulting us? News Flash...WE. GET. IT."

Thor and the Commandant both turned at the same time, but it was the Furling that spoke first. "You do not understand the reasons behind your and Carter's abductions, so I would suggest you don't talk unless you are qualified to."

Jack started walking towards the Furling; he was going to wring its scrawny neck. At the last moment Sam grabbed his elbow, "Sir, why don't we hear them out before we do something we might regret." He looked back at her and sighed. She was right, but he still didn't have to like it.

He put his hands up in resignation, her hand falling away from his elbow,"Fine, Carter, we'll do it your way."

She smiled faintly and addressed the Asgard, "Hey, Thor, do you mind if we ask some questions first?"

"Not at all Colonel Carter, would you like me to leave while you question them?"

Sam shook her head, "No, you can stay, they'll probably be more likely to answer our questions if you're here."

The Commandant snorted in the background and mumbled something that they couldn't make out.

That made Jack angry all over again and he stalked toward the Furling, "What was that furball? You wanna repeat what you just said?"

The Furling glowered at him and said nothing, so Jack continued, "We have some questions for you guys and you're going to answer them or I'll have Thor send you back to your ship with no oxygen, and you'll die a slow death..you got that?"

The Commandant reluctantly nodded its head, obviously figuring out they weren't ever going to get out of the cells unless they answered some questions.

Sam walked over to Jack and stood next to him to show the Furlings they were a united front.

Jack started with the most obvious question, "Why did you impregnate Carter here? He nodded his head at her.

The Furling grimaced and was silent for more than a few seconds, but then reluctantly began, "We haven't been in contact with any other races for generations. We hid from our allies for our own reasons and completely stopped exploring."

Jack was confused and wondered what this had to do with Carter, "Why?"

That made the Commandant mad, "Do not cut me off anymore O'Neill, or I will not answer any more questions!"

"Sorry furball." He gestured with his hand in a waving motion, "Carry on."

The Furling took a deep breath and continued, "The high council decided that the only way to save our race from Goa'uld invasion was to fake our races' demise, move to a new home planet and completely shut down space exploration. The Goa'uld were slowly starting to take over our galaxy, so it seemed like a wise decision at the time."

It walked closer to the bars and continued its tale, "Fast-forward 2,000 years and here we are. We have no idea what's out in space anymore, nor how any of the races function. Our information is over 2,000 years old, so our council decided it was time to quit living in fear and ordered us out into space to gather as many races as possible, a male and a female from each. Then we were to impregnate each female with the male's seed and have her come to term, then take the offspring and raise them on our planet so we could study them further, while returning the male and female to their planets. Not ever being fully aware of what had happened to them or that the female had given birth."

Jack was surprised at how chatty the Furling was being, but figured it just wanted to get it all out and once so it didn't have to keep answering questions from an "inferior" race.

Sam was fuming at his side, "That's ridiculous! Why couldn't you just ask us to give you that information?"

"As we have stated before Human, we do not speak to inferior races and we learn best by actual doing, not simply reading words off a page."

She clenched her jaw and fists and stood there ram-rod straight in silent fury. Jack didn't blame her, he was pissed too. He put his hand on her shoulder, squeezed it gently then whispered, "Sam, you need to calm down, I understand why you're mad, but staying mad isn't going to help in this situation."

She turned her head and glared at him, but he just looked at her until her features finally relaxed. "You're right, Sir. These hormones are already playing havoc with my emotions." He ran the hand that was on her shoulder down her back and rubbed her lower back for a moment. She looked over at him in question and he realized he was being a little too touchy-feely and removed his hand with a small smile, then turned back to the Furling.

"So why are we different? Why did I wake up?"

It frowned, with a perplexed expression on its face. "We do not know O'Neill, you should not have."

Jack smirked, "Well if you guys would have done your homework, you would have found out that I'm part Ancient."

That got the expected reaction he hoped for from the Furlings as they all started chattering in a different language at once.

The Commandant held up its hand and all the Furlings all stopped talking at once. "How is this possible, Human? The Ancients would have never bred with an inferior race."

Jack grinned triumphantly and shook his head, "Why should I tell you anything that you want to know?" I think I'll let you guys figure the rest out on your own."

He turned to Sam, "Carter, do you have any questions for the furballs?" She shook her head. She had already heard more than enough.

Jack nodded and turned to Thor, "Hey buddy, I think we've gotten all the information that we're gonna get. Can you take us home now?"

"Indeed, O'Neill, we are already on our way to Earth. I plan on obtaining reinforcement from Orilla then returning to where the Furling ship is, transporting the Furlings back over to it, and then following them to their home planet. We will then try to find all these offspring that have been born of different races and return them to their home planets." Jack opened his mouth to ask another question, but Thor continued before he could ask it. "Do not worry O'Neill, now that we know the Furlings are not actually extinct, we will keep a close eye on them."

Jack wasn't convinced that the Asgard could actually control them, but wasn't going to say that and risk insulting him.

Sam had been silent through most of the conversation, and he figured it was because she had other things on her mind. Not that he could blame her.

He put his hand under her elbow and pulled a little. She startled, as if her thoughts had been a mile away. "Are we going home, Sir?"

He nodded and tugged her elbow again to get her walking. She fell into step beside him as he answered her question quietly, "Yeah, supposedly we're almost there, Carter." He hesitated, "I don't know about you, but I don't trust the Asgard's ability to control the Furlings."

She grimaced, "I agree, Sir. I think we need to be very careful in the coming months."

The last thing he wanted to be doing was to be constantly worrying about whether or not the Furlings were going to come back and steal Sam and the baby.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

As Jack and Sam made their way out of the holding cells they didn't notice the Commandant glaring at them. He made a vow to take the human's offspring when it was time. He wasn't going to fail his superiors orders. He smiled at his self-reassurance and watched Thor leave behind the humans. He would get his revenge with the Asgard too.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

With his hand back to resting on her lower back, Jack and Sam made their way to the bridge, seeing Earth rotating in front of them for the first time in months.

Sam smiled serenely and said, "I've never been so glad to see Earth."

Jack nodded in agreement and they stood there looking at it until they heard Thor speak up, "O'Neill, Colonel Carter, I have contacted the SGC and apprised them of the situation. They told me that you are expected to transport down as soon as possible."

Jack dropped his hand from Sam's back, turned to Thor, and knelt so he could be eye-level with the tiny gray alien. "Just wanted to say Thank you, buddy."

"Think nothing of it, O'Neill, I am just glad that I was able to locate the both of you. It is time to go now."

Sam spoke up, "Wait, Thor, can I give you a hug?"

Thor looked as terrified as a blank face could look and Jack laughed internally.

"If you wish Colonel Carter."

Sam knelt next to him and hugged him gently, "Thanks so much for everything, Thor. We owe you our lives."

"You are welcome, now it is really time for you to go."

Sam stood up and walked back over to Jack's side, waiting for Thor to transport them home. Thor walked over to the console, "Goodbye my friends, until next time."

They nodded and felt the familiar tingling sensation as they transported down to Earth.

Author's Note: Thanks for reading. I appreciate all the comments supporting this story. It makes me want to write faster for you guys! Please let me know what you think about this chapter. I appreciate you reading it. Have a great Tuesday (or Wednesday).