Chapter 6: The Plan

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"I think she's finally out of it now," Jack said, and he plunked himself down onto a chair in the dining room. Teal'c stared at him unblinkingly from across the table.

"What do you suggest we do now?" he asked. Jack paused to think for a moment.

"Well, although it seems like she's fully asleep at the moment, she could wake up at anytime and if she finds that you're not here, I hate to think what she might do." Jack shuddered at the thought.

"So should we stay here?" Teal'c asked, and Jack nodded slowly.

"Yeah. Since me and her are going to that cruise thing tomorrow morning, we'll drop you off at the base first in my car, then we'll go down to my place. From there, I'll ring a cab and get it to drop us off at the airport with out things."

"It is a good plan," Teal'c commented, and Jack perked up slightly.

"You think so?"

"Yes."

"I can't tell whether you're being sarcastic or not."

"Sar… castic?"

"Sarcas… never mind."

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Jack ended up falling asleep in the lounge room while Teal'c placed himself in a corner of the room and sat there quietly. Jack ended up waking at midnight (thanks to the alarm in his watch) and threw himself off of the couch and quietly made his way over to Sam's room to wake her up. Teal'c opened his eyes to see him tip-toeing outside.

"Why are you up so early?" Teal'c asked. Jack jumped and turned around.

"Jesus Christ, Teal'c, never do that again!"

"I give you my apologies. Why have you awoken at such an hour?"

"I've gotta leave at two, remember?" Jack stated. "And Sam's gonna need at least an hour to get ready-be prepared, she's gonna be grumpy." Jack walked over to her bedroom and opened the door silently, before walking over to her bed as quietly as possible.

"Samantha," he whispered into her ear. She sniffed.

"Sam," he repeated, a little louder, and he began to shake her slightly. She attempted to shoo him away, her arms flailing pathetically.

"Stand down…" she mumbled thickly.

"Carter, wake up!" Jack whispered loudly. Sam's eyes fluttered open and she blinked for a couple of moments before her eyes seemed to bulge out of her head.

"OH MY F%CK!NG GOD!!!" Teal'c looked up, alarmed, and looked towards the direction of Sam's bedroom.

"Oh… oh God… oh my God… my head… I'm exploding… my God, I'm exploding…"

"I suppose this is what Colonel O'Neill meant," he said to himself.

"Oh God, my head," Sam uttered, clutching at her forehead painfully. She looked up blearily and noticed for the first time that Jack was standing beside the bed.

"Colonel!" Sam shouted, sitting up straight.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

"Wake up call," Jack stated with a cynical smile.

"If you've forgotten, which I'm sure you have, we have to take a plane to San Francisco in two hours, then board a ship so we can attend the 'partnership cruise'." Sam groaned and buried her head underneath her pillow.

"I don't want to go on some stinkin' cruise," she mumbled, and Jack put his hands on his hips.

"Ah, had a change of heart, have you?"

"Stop talking, please stop talking…"

"Come on, get up. You're only going to be able to beat it if you fight it," he said, and he just managed to hear her say

"I don't want to fight it, I want to sleep. I want to die." Jack pulled the pillow off of her and she peered up at him.

"Don't say that. Now get up, come on."

"I can't move."

"If you don't get up, I'll carry you."

"Go ahead. My head… oh, God, my head…" Jack knelt down beside the bed and brushed a lock of hair out of Sam's face, before looking into her eyes.

"Sam, I know you, and I know who you are-one of the strongest people I know. We've been through much worse, and I know that you can do this. You can fight this."

"You make it sound like I have cancer."

"You do too, but you don't, do you?" She gazed at him.

"I'll need a lot of help," she said finally.

"That's why I'm here."

"I must warn you, I'm going to complain a lot," she cautioned as he began to help her out of bed.

"That's okay, I just won't listen."

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A/N: I didn't want to rate this R for language, so I added a few signs. Is that allowed? Oh well. More is coming, I swear! : )