They stayed in each others arms for hours. Neither of them wanting the night to end. Both wanting so much more, but it would have to wait for the right time. Jack broke the sweet silence.
"Hey…why don't I start you a warm bath" he said.
He needed to step away from the situation before he couldn't control himself.
"mm..that sounds great just about now?" Sam replied. She looked at him. Oh how she loved this man. She smiled and he smiled back, as he made his way to the bathroom.
"Oh My God" she said to herself. Is this really happening? Did he just kiss me? did I just kiss him back? She was in total awe. Her very dream had come true. She sat there and began to day dream. Oh how she wished her fantasies would come true. But all in good time, all in good time. As he returned from the bathroom, all ready for her to soak and bathe, he could see her on the sofa, day dreaming. He had an inkling of what she was dreaming about. How he wished he could make it reality, but that time would come soon enough.
"hey" he called out to her. She didn't respond. He didn't want to startle her so he came closer to her and touched her shoulder. No success. She jumped.
"Jack…I didn't see you come out of the bathroom" she said.
"Ah Yea..i kind of got that…..dreaming were we" he said with that sinister smile of his.
She didn't say nothing. But the shade of red that she was turning completely gave her away. He knew exactly where her mind was. Why? Because his mind was there was well.
"Your bath is ready….it's not to hot or anything…just warm enough to soak in…." He tried to lighten the mood.
"Thanks Jack…" she said as she tried to get up from the sofa. Obviously needing, help he came to her side and lifted her up.
"You gonna be ok in there?" he asked. Wondering how she was going to get down in the tub. He should of thought about that sooner.
"Ahh…Yea..I'll be fine" she said.
"O.k. Well we are running low on groceries…so…." He said pausing. They were able to be apart for longer periods. Several hours apart were o.k. now. So he felt it was o.k. to go get some stuff, and he needed the time away to cool himself down. He grabbed his keys, and checked on her one more time. She was already in the bathroom so he just shouted through the door.
"Sam you need anything?" he asked.
She heard him through the door. She didn't respond quickly because she honestly wanted to say "you jack, You I need you" but she digressed..
"No..I'm good…Thanks Jack" she replied.
"You sure your betcha" he replied back. Oh this man was a happy man. He even had an extra kick to his step. He had finally said it. He had finally kissed this women that he had loved for so long. Could life get anymore better.
Sam was soaking in her bath. That he made it for her, made it the best bath she had ever had. She just sat and soaked. Her rubbed her belly with body wash, and started to hum. She even shocked herself. But she started to hum, the song her mother used to sing to her. Realizing that all the fears and uncertainties she had for so many months, were just melting away. Jack loved her. He wanted her and this child even if it wasn't his. Just thinking of it made her grin from ear to ear. She started to doze when she suddenly heard a bang outside the door.
"he must of forgotten something" she said to herself.
"Hey you…did you forget something?" she yelled out, as she started to get out of the bath, and dry herself off. She made her way to the door, only for it to slam open. It wasn't Jack. She screamed only for a man dressed in black to cover her mouth. She fought as hard as she could but she didn't have the strength, before she knew she was fading. She was unconscious.
Several Hours Later……..
Sam slowly began to wake up. She was groggy and confused. "Where am I" "What's going on" she verbalized. Suddenly it all came back to her. She immediately tried to get up, but she was strapped to the bed. She tried to focus to get her bearings, but she was still too groggy. She remembered the Mistressa, and how it said it would protect her. So she began to try to communicate with it.
"Are you there" she said to herself. "can you hear me?" she asked her. "We're in trouble. These people are bad, they want to hurt us" she said, but nothing happened. She knew that the Mistressa had gained strength, since jack could be away from her and she didn't grow ill. But they were never apart for more than a couple of hours. Now she worried that she would get weak and ill again. As she struggled with the constraints someone walked into the room.
"Good Morning Major Carter…I hope you slept well" he said.
"Who are you? What do you want…let me go" she yelled back. Fighting against the strap that held her down.
"Ah, AH, ah,…..you don't want to hurt yourself or that baby of yours do you" he said. She knew that she had to be careful Her life wasn't he only one at stake here. So she calmed down.
"now you need to rest. This baby is almost here and we want it in the best of health" he said. This might be the very thing that will give us world domination" he said.
"Who are you?" she asked. "Now Major carter. I know you already know, the answer to that question" he said.
"You're NID aren't you" she said. "get the lady a prize" he said sarcastically. She glared at him wanting to tear his head off. She knew she had to find out as much information about who had abducted her if she had any chance to get out of there.
Meanwhile at the cabin….
Jack's head was spinning in circle. He came home to find his door slammed in and Carter missing. The house was swarming with agents combing the area for clues as to where or who could have taken her.
"Colonel what happened?" Hammond asked. He knew that this could be a matter of national security so even he came out to investigate.
"Sir.. I just went to get groceries.. I wasn't even gone an hour" he said.
"What were you to doing before you left" Hammond asked. He looked at Hammond.
"We were just sitting on the sofa talking. I ran her a hot bath. She was sore and uncomfortable, so I thought that would help. Then I left for the store" Jack said just leaving a few details out.
"As of late we noticed that we could be apart for short spurts of time and she would be o.k. I didn't see it being a problem just running to the store" Jack said as he threw his fist to the door.
"Son…take it easy" Hammond said. "We'll find her". He knew that the two of them had grown close.
"I was supposed to protect her Sir…great job I did at that" Jack said, rubbing his knuckles. That definitely was going to leave a bruise, he thought to himself.
The people were all over the house, collecting samples of almost everything they could get there hands on. Jack just watched. He was hating himself right now. Then suddenly a voice came from the distance. It was Sam's.
"Jack help us please" she begged.
"Sam" he yelled.
"Colonel" Hammond asked. "You ok"
"You did hear that?" Jack said.
"Hear what" Hammond said.
"It was Sa-," "it was Carter, Sir" he said to Hammond.
"Colonel….there was no one saying anything" Hammond stated. He was starting to worry about his Commanding officer.
"Sorry Sir, I could of sworn I heard Carters voice" he said. Realizing he probably just imagined it. He wanted her back so badly.
Only for him to again hear her voice……"Jack..please hurry.." she said.
"ok..what the hell is going on?" Jack yelled.
"Sorry..i can hear her…she keeps telling me to hurry…to help her" Jack said.
"Son…you" Hammond started to speak only to be interrupted by Daniel.
"Wait…Sir…that might be it…" He said. Hammond looked perplexed.
"Jack..if she calls out again…call to her..answer her…" Daniel said.
For a brief moment, Jack looked at him awkwardly. But he knew that he was connected to Sam and the only way that was, was through the Mistressa So he waited. They all looked perplexed. But all they cared about was getting Sam back safely. So if they had to stand on their heads, they would stand on their heads. So Jack waited. They stood in silence hoping that Jack would hear her voice again.
