Jack knelt and checked the man's pulse and found it strong.

Buffy turned her back on the men, "He's still alive even if he doesn't deserve it." She looked at the astonished and grim General. "That's why I brought Willow, she's a witch and she can find them. They keep bringing Hayden back to life somehow and torturing him in front of Jay."

"God." Jack breathed, having been through it himself to know how bad it could get. The General exchanged a somber look with Jack.

Simon stirred and Jack called the security to come get the injured man. "Take him to Doc Frasier, do NOT let him out of your sight, then take him to a holding cell."

Ireland looked back at the people in the office with hate in his eyes, "It's not over Buffy." He snarled. "I've made the phone call and it's begun. Everyone compromised has to die." And he was dragged off.

Jack looked at the General, "We need more information."

Buffy smiled grimly, "I have an idea, can I use your phone?"

The General moved his phone over, "I'm going to place you on speaker phone."

She nodded and dialed.

"Gino's Pizza." Came the young man's voice.

"Hello, this is Buffy. I have Simon Ireland, if you want to know why have your General call back in five minutes, the number is.." she paused as the General quickly wrote it down. "303-653-4500."

"I'm sorry, this is Gino's pizza."

"I know." And Buffy hung up.

Jack looked at her with a smile, "Are you sure?"

Nodding Buffy sat down, "This is the way they do it." She leaned over to Willow and whispered, "This better work, the last time I tried this was when Spike was still alive." Willow smiled reassuringly.

4 minutes later the General's phone rang and the General pressed the speaker button, "This is General Hammond. To whom am I speaking?"

"Tex?" came a deep voice.

The General looked surprised, "Billy?"

"Hey Tex! I heard you were at the mountain working on deep space telemetry." came the amused voice, "I was told that the Slayer was at this number?"

"Oh, she is. We have Sgt. Simon Ireland in custody. He's accused of killing someone on base."

"Uh huh." Skepticism loud and clear. "Deep space telemetry and a murder. Well, he was under Professor Walsh, my unlamented predecessor. She's dead and her second in command, some light Colonel named Dickerson is in the wind." Came the voice, more serious now.

Buffy spoke up, "I'm Buffy. He's threatened more people because I recognized him and stuff came out about the Initiative. My boyfriend and two of his friends now know."

"Military?" came the voice.

"Actually, I'm military, so is Coburn, but the other is a civilian specialist." Jack replied.

"Coburn? Oh yeah, we tried to recruit him once or twice. And who is this?"

"Colonel Jack O'Neill Sir."

"The Colonel Jack O'Neill?"

Buffy grinned at the look of surprise that crossed Jack's face.

"Um, yes Sir."

"Tex, you old bastard. You got Coburn and O'Neill first!"

General Hammond laughed, "Yep. Deep space telemetry needs 'em Billy."

A hearty laugh then, "Well, I know Dickerson and he'll probably go after the civilian first."

"Daniel!" Buffy and Jack gasped, they stood and raced out of the office, Willow on their heels.

"What's the matter Tex?"

"I'm not sure Billy, give me your number and I'll ring you back." The General said, a pit of fear in his stomach.

Daniel took a long sip of his coffee then put the cup down to type some more when his door was opened. He looked up with a smile, expecting Jack.

"Can I help you?" he asked the unfamiliar man in his dress uniform.

"Dr. Jackson?"

"Yes." Daniel was puzzled.

"I have a message for you." The man pulled up a pistol with a silencer and fired one shot.

Daniel felt the incredible punch to his chest and then the fiery pain. As he fought against unconsciousness he saw the man come closer, then his head come up at a sound, making him turn and leave quickly.

Jack and Buffy burst in to see Daniel slumped in his seat, covered in blood.

"Danny!" Jack wailed and went to his best friend who was dying before his eyes. He slapped the red alert button that started klaxons wailing all over base, dialed the phone, "Medical emergency, Dr. Jackson's office now!" He bellowed, then taking off his shirt to place it against the wound firmly, causing Daniel to moan in pain.

Willow came in and gasped, then both she and Buffy moved forward to help Jack lay Daniel on the floor. "Sit back." Willow said. She closed her eyes and raised her hands over Daniel's still body.

Buffy took Jack by the shoulder, not realizing that her hand was bloody. "Wait."

"What's she doing?" Jack asked.

"She's going to help him." Buffy said absently.

Daniel's eyes fluttered open, "Jack, he wore a dress uniform." He gasped.

Buffy spun on her heel only to almost run into a mountain of an angry black man.

"Colonel O'Neill."

Jack looked up, his eyes devastated, "Teal'c, Danny's been shot, a guy in a dress uniform."

Buffy looked at him, "We'll get him Jack."

Teal'c and Buffy stepped into the hallway, "Quickest way out or place to hide and finish the job?" she asked.

Teal'c raise an eyebrow, "Hide." And he turned left. They ran down the hallway, then saw a flash of blue heading around the corner and they sped up. Racing around the corner they confronted the shooter pointing his gun at them. Buffy didn't stop but dove for his legs, knocking him to the ground. He fought desperately but Buffy took the gun and tossed it to Teal'c.

"You compromised us! They need to die to keep the secret!" Buffy recognized him now, LtCol. Dickerson.

"You idiot! Professor Walsh is dead because of her experiments. She compromised you, not me." She had her arm to his throat, pushing, wanting, almost tasting his death then grunted in disgust and stood up. "I can't kill you for what you did to Daniel, though I wish I could."

He sneered, "You were always too soft Slayer! I'll keep coming and coming until you are all dead!"

Teal'c took out his weapon and fired 3 times, making the man disappear. "You will not."

Buffy stood there and took a deep breath. She held up her hands and when she saw that they were still a little bloody she wiped them on her jeans. "Let's go see Daniel. He should be ok by now."

Both of Teal'c's eyebrows raised, "Daniel Jackson was mortally wounded." His deep voice was resigned, having seen enough death to recognize it.

"Willow can heal him." Buffy replied and they both jogged back to the office.

Jack was on his knees, holding Daniel's hand, desolate that this was the time he would see Daniel die. He watched in shock as Willow's eyes turned black, her hair turned white and the bullet floated out of Daniel's chest to hover in the air.

Willow concentrated on making sure that everything healed perfectly, reveling in the purity of the soul that was Daniel Jackson. She saw his love for his friends, his love for his work and more that she could never speak of but understood.

Daniel gasped, then opened his eyes.