Jack swiftly tore through the brush and created a steady enough path for Sam to follow. Adrenaline began to pump through his veins as he broke through the forest barrier just as the shadow whipped by and just in time for him to tackle Luca. Sam flew out after him and turned so fast jack never saw her feet touch the ground. He grabbed Luca by the collar and threw him over. "Stop him!" Jack yelled through clenched teeth.
"You are mistaken, Jack! I have no control over him!"
"You lie." Jack whispered as he pulled Luca into a tight head lock. "I'll snap your neck."
"Do it." Jack hesitated. "Too bad." Luca grabbed Jack and flipped him over at a speed that Jack forgot to hold onto Lucas head. Luca then kicked him several times in the stomach. He attempted one more but Jack grabbed his leg and pulled Luca forward. Luca crashed to the ground. Thunder rumbled in the distance.
Sam's feet moved fast, she didn't know she could even move that fast. She knew she couldn't keep this up long. "Jake!" She called out to her son. He looked back and his eyes widened when he saw her. He swung around and dodged Uden. He grabbed Sam by the arm and dragged her with him.
"What are you doing here?" He asked. She saw his other arm was limp by his side.
"I had to stop you!"
"You're foolish!" He yelled back. He pushed her to the side and into some grass just as a sharp black object pierced through his shoulder. His second arm fell limp to his side. Jake flew around and faced off with Uden.
"No where to run, boy!" Uden taunted.
"Look whose talking!" Jake shouted back.
It started to pour and the field soon turned into mud. Jack grabbed Luca by the arm and pulled him up, but not without allowing Luca to eat some mud first. "What do you mean you have no control?"
"I mean I trapped Uden in the box and now Jake has to kill him!"
Sam stood and pulled out her Zat. She had it ready. "Put your weapon down woman!" Uden yelled at her. "It has no effect here." Sam did not listen, she kept a poker face. Uden swarmed and flew at Jake who strategically stepped aside. They did this several times and all at once moving faster. Until Sam could only see blurs.
She heard splashing and she looked to see Luca and Jack running up. "I thought you were going to get him to stop Uden?" She shouted through the dense rain.
"He claims to have no control!"
"Then he's lying!"
"I am not!"
"Ugh!" Jake hit the ground hard. Sam tried to run over but both Luca and Jack grabbed her arm.
"He'll kill you." Luca said.
"Are we helpless observers then?" She asked dishearten.
"For now," Jack answered.
Jake rolled over in the mud, Uden nearly hit him. Jake jumped up and threw his whole body into Uden. There was a flash and the ground beneath their feet shifted. Jack caught Sam and threw her onto the land, but in doing so he fell over the edge into the newly forming crevices.
Luca threw his body to the ground and grabbed Jacks hand. Jack dangled above and open pit. He looked at Luca who merely offered his other hand. Jack took it. Sam moved beside Luca ready to help pull Jack up when Uden screamed. Sam whipped around. Jake had his arm stretched out, how he could make hi arm move again Sam didn't know. Uden however was trapped several feet in the air by a dark void.
That's when Sam noticed. Uden had returned to human form. He was naked, as seems the custom of descending, but his face was like Lucas, except he had dark green flaming hair and piercing red eyes. He screamed in pain again. Jake closed his hand into a fist. Sam left Luca just as Jack was coming to the edge.
"Stop it!" Sam yelled at Jake, but he didn't. She tried to get close to him but a barrier prevented her. Then white flaming balls surrounding Jake. He growled at then and tightened his grip. Uden screamed in pain and then vanished into a white ball that had been circling him.
Now the ones surrounding Jake were attacking him. "Hey!" Sam turned to Luca. "A little help?" Luca's grip was going. Sam ran over to them and grabbed Jack's other hand. Sam and Luca pulled but something else was pulling down. Then suddenly Jack was yanked from Sam's grasped so hard that she fell in after him.
Way down, way down
Jack felt the cold rushing past him. The crevice seemed to get smaller and more rectangular. He saw roots and things he didn't expect this deep. He had been falling so long he wondered if he ever was going to hit the bottom.
Way down, way down
Sam twisted her body around so she didn't have to see the bottom come at her. But as she did she say a huge flash of white light, like a giant explosion. She panicked, did they kill Jake? Luca was gone once the light faded. Then she was completely surrounded by darkness and she let her tears flow.
Way down, way down
Finally Jack hit the bottom with a sickening hollow thud. The wind was knocked from him but he managed to count no broken bones. This was odd a fall like that should have killed him. He blinked a couple of times and realized he was in a rectangular hole, there were many stars visible. Then six feet above him he saw a worried Daniel peek over the edge.
"Jack?" Daniel called down worried. Jack looked to his side and realized he had fallen onto a beautiful oak casket. Sam's casket. Then there was a giant flash of white light.
Way down, way down
Jack and Sam were in complete darkness. Neither aware that they other was beside them. A deep voice rang out and echoed around them. Sam didn't understand the language, but she knew what they were saying. They were ascended; one of their own took human form. Something about Uden, then something about Jake. Jake would be alright, but he needed to stay with them. Jake would come back some day, hopefully. Jake is sorry for your pain. Sam frowned. Then the final words came out, "All will be erased, all will be set right, and will forget but you."
Another flash of white light and both Sam and Jack were standing. It was night, there were candles, and people in chairs looking ahead concerned. A priest and SG-1 were surveying a hole. That's when Jack noticed a hand interlaced with his own. He looked out of the corner of his eye at Sam.
Sam searched the crowd for Luca. He could not be seen. If this was her funeral where was Luca? That's when she felt Jacks hand. She glanced at it. His left with her right, then she looked at her left hand. No wedding band to be seen.
Way down...
That's when the crowd heard something behind them. "What's going on?" A simple question, in a simple curious voice. Daniel whipped around to see Jack standing beside Sam holding her hand. There was a long silence before Daniel answered.
"I don't know."
AN: Okay don't panic its not over yet there is at least, one possibly two more chapters depending in your comments and how I feel. Because you see after math is important especially in a story like this.