TITLE: Forget Me Not
AUTHOR: Sanny
E-Mail: Sanny_c24@hotmail.com
STATUS: Complete
RATING: R
SPOILERS: Stargate Motion Picture, Children of the Gods, Cold Lazarus, A Matter of Time, The Nox, The Broca Divide, Beneath the Surface, Upgrades.
CONTENT WARNING: Drama, Hurt/comfort, Graphic medical situations, mention of torture, rape and sexual content.
DISCLAMER: I do not own SG-1, though I wish I had, this story is for enjoyment purposes only, no money was exchanged, the Stargate characters are owned by MGM, GEKKO and ShowTime, any other characters and the story belong to the author.
AUTHOR NOTES: Please read and review, reviews mean a lot to me so please don't be shy and leave one.
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Forget Me Not – Chapter four
The knock on General Hammond's door brought him back to the present, he lifted his head off the report he was reading, "Come"
"Good morning, Sir" Jack entered the office saluting his commending officer
"Good morning Col. O'Neill" he returned the salute "what can I do for you Col.?" "Request to resume active duty Sir"
"We have a meeting today Col., we'll see what the doctor's say" when he saw Jack's face hardened with disappointment he added "but it looks very good" Jack nodded and stepped out.
At 13:00 SG-1 minus Col. O'Neill, DR's Fraiser and Macanzie and General Hammond were seated around the table in the briefing room.
"Well Sir, his memory is back, all of it mostly, but there are some personality changes"
"Yes I've noticed something odd about him"
"No sarcasm" Sam added
"Yes and he is acting too much the USAF officer"
"Yes Sir, though it may return in time, for now this is the Jack O'Neill we are going to deal with"
"Do you think he's fit to resume active duty?"
"Yes Sir, he needs to get back to work, especially given that he is an impatient man",
"very well people, SG-1 is on standby, but keep it simple for a while longer"
"Yes Sir" the rest of SG-1 said unanimously and stood up as the General dismissed them. Jack was pacing impatiently out side the briefing room waiting for the verdict to be in.
"Well?" he asked as the door opened and Teal'c was the first to step out.
"We are on standby O'Neill"
"All right" Jack smiled as the others stepped out as well; Sam came out last her face was unreadable "isn't it great Major Carter? We're back on duty"
"Yes Sir it is" she replied and walked past him.
As his memory returned his behavior changed, the constant military officer was here and she missed him hugging her and holding on to her hand for security, he was no longer a scared clinging little boy, and she missed the new sensitive Jack as much as she missed the sarcastic Jack when he was in a coma. Jack followed her at a distance; she went to her quarters and closed the door behind her. She lay in her bed and exhaled slowly, there was a soft knock on her door.
"Who is it?" she asked
"Col. O'Neill"
"I'm off duty at the moment Sir" she called through the closed door not even rising from her bunk. He hesitated for a moment and then did something he though he would never ever do especially to a female officer and of a lower rank then his, he opened the door and stepped in closing it behind him.
"Sir" she quickly rose to her feet, "this is my private quarters and I would like you to leave please"
"Why are you acting like this, so distant and cold all of a sudden?"
"I'm not Sir, I'm acting like myself, an officer in the USAF just like you are"
"You are that true, but, I thought we were also friends"
"We are Sir"
"Then act like one"
"I thought I was Sir"
"You were until about a week ago"
"I'm sorry Sir; I don't know what you mean"
"Yes you do, now that I'm all better your attitude towards me has changed"
"I'm sorry you feel that way Sir, but I don't think I'm acting any differently. I'm just behaving as I would any superior officer"
"That's exactly it Carter, we were more friends then subordinate/superior officer" Sam didn't answer. While looking at her Jack suddenly felt something stir within him, something that has been lost the past 2 months, he felt something more then friendship towards her, he felt his heart skip a beat, she had already turned away from him when he grabbed her by the shoulders and turned her to face him, he then bent down and captured her lips with his own, lingering softly on her mouth and savoring her taste, sweet warm soft lips. The first touch of his lips upon her own was frightening, her mind told her to pull away, but her heart said something else stay like this forever it said as her heart took over her mind and she began to reply as her arms rounded his back, when he felt her respond to him his arms circled her entire body, pulling her closer to him as he tilted his head down and captured her lips again, this time the kiss was more passionate then the first, Sam suddenly realized what they were doing and pushed him away from her as she stepped back as well.
"What have we done" she was shaking.
"What I think we should have done 4 years ago, when I first realized I was in love with you, Sam" he whispered, as her eyes grew wider.
"The regs. Sir" she whispered.
"I don't care anymore Sam; if I have too I will retire again just to be with you"
"Don't do that Sir; you are a valuable asset to the Air Force, to us"
"I would rather be with you" he said in a low tone, she said nothing, simply looked at him as he walked to the door, holding the doorknob he turned to stare at her
"I'm gonna talk to Hammond" he opened the door and stepped out
"About what" she asked as the door closed behind him and she remained alone with her thought's and the feel of his lips on her own.
The next morning she was working in the lab when one of the junior officers entered the lab
"Major Carter?" the young Air Force man saluted.
"At ease private" she saluted back from her seat.
"General Hammond requests your immediate presence in his office, ma'am" she nodded turning off her computer after hitting the save button and smiling at the young officer she walked out of the lab followed by the officer as her heart was racing what reason does General Hammond have to call me unless Jack talked to him? She knocked softly on his door.
"Come" he called from within.
"General Hammond you wanted to see me?" she entered saluting her commanding officer.
"At ease Major, sit down please" he gestured the chair across from his table and waited for her to sit down before starting to talk "Col. O'Neill came to see me about an hour ago and told me that…"
"Sir, before you continue, you have to know that I didn't…"
"Please don't interrupt me Major" she hushed fearing for what's to come.
"The Col. told me that he has feelings for you that transcend friendship…" he paused for a moment "feelings he would like to explore further. Do you feel the same way?" she didn't know what to say so she simply bowed her head. "Well there are several options we can take into consideration. First do nothing, Second you be promoted to lieutenant Colonel and Col. O'Neill be demoted to Lieutenant Colonel, Third option is that one or the both of you retire from the Air Force, any other suggestions Major?"
"No Sir"
"Do you have anything to say on the subject?"
"No Sir"
"Major, what ever you say to me now stays within these 4 walls and between friends, so, as friends, Sam? Do you have any feelings for Jack?" she hesitated a moment before nodding and whispering.
"Yes, I love him"
"But?" General Hammond pressed for more.
"But I don't want to leave here and I don't want him to retire either, nor do I want him demoted"
"I can't believe I'm about to say what I am but, will you be able to work together and make the appearance of officers on base and keep a separate… love life?" Sam's eyes grew wide with his blunt words, she didn't answer him and he finally added "very well Major, neither Col. O'Neill nor you came to see me today, I have no idea about anything and I'm blind to what goes on outside this base, you are dismissed, Major". All confused she rose from her seat and walked out the door, forgetting to salute before leaving, she reached her quarters and stepped in, leaning heavily against the door, a knock behind her startled her and she jumped slightly.
"Who is it?" she asked.
"Col. O'Neill". Came the response; she hesitated but finally opened the door a crack peering out.
"May I enter Major?" she stepped back and opened the door wide to allow him access, she shut the door behind him and as the door closed he wrapped her in his arms and started kissing her passionately, at first his lips were intoxicating and she couldn't bring her body to resist his warmth, finally she pushed away panting heavily "what are we doing?" she heaved.
"Kissing" he answered with a mischievous smile. "I can't keep my lips off yours Sam"
"We can't do this, especially here, on base I mean"
"You mean we can off base?" he looked at her intently smiling as she nodded slightly. Then he grabbed her waist and pulled her in for a kiss, slowly she gave in to his touch again and wrapped her arms around his neck.
A knock at her door startled them both as
they jumped away from each other
"who is it?" she asked trying to sound as calm and normal as always
"It's Daniel" the voice on the other end spoke; she opened her door a fraction and looked out at Daniel.
"Sam I really need to talk to you, may I come in?"
"Oh no, it's a mess in here, let's go talk somewhere else" she stepped out pushing him backwards and closing her door behind her, Daniel, a bit surprised at her strange behavior said nothing, he shrugged his shoulders, he needed his computer anyway to show her what he was talking about, as they where walking he started explaining "Teal'c came to me and told me that when you where attacked on 427 he caught a glimpse of the aliens"
"He did?" she was shocked "why hasn't he come forward until now?"
"He did! We just thought it best left alone as long as Jack's life where hanging by a thread, we didn't think it was that important"
"Does General Hammond know?"
"He's the one who told us to say nothing"
"So why are you telling me now Daniel? And why only me what about Col. O'Neill?"
"Jack is different; we don't want him to know just yet"
"You can't do that Daniel, he's fine now, his memory's back he's healthy and…."
"And he is still not himself Sam, he's changed and until we know how he'll react to what I'm about to tell you, we don't want him to know"
"Fine" she was still angry "so why do you need me for?"
"We need your help"
"What kind of help"
"First I want you to see something" they stepped into his office, he turned his computer on "Hello Dr. Jackson, you are online" said the female sexy voice of his computer, Sam tried to hide a grin and Daniel turned completely red, he logged on to his program and showed Sam the computer generated sketch he and Teal'c worked on for 3 days when Jack was still in the I.C.U.
"What the hell is that?" Sam's eyes widened at the image staring at her from the screen, it was horrific beyond belief. The most captivating thing about that image where the eyes, she couldn't take hers off it they were totally black evil eyes, the skin was transparent-white snakelike skin and the veins and arteries or what ever flowed inside these things was shining red through the fair skin, they seemed to be taller then the average man and they had 3 claws instead of fingers, they had no hair and their head's appeared to be bigger, they were your typical aliens if you can say typical to any aliens they ever encountered while traveling off world. But the eyes were terrifying, the hair's on the back of Sam's neck where standing at attention.
"That's what Teal'c was able to see before he stepped through the gate with you and Jack. We want to know who these things are"
"Pretty accurate for a glimpse" she said amazed "and why is it so important we know who they are? I though the General ordered that planet's coordinates erased"
"They were"
"Then what else can we do?"
"Ask our alias if they know who these things are and how dangerous they are"
"That's your area of expertise Daniel; you're the linguist talking to all our alias",
"Except for Thor Sam, you have a closer relationship with him other then Jack, and you know we don't want him involved yet" she covered her eyes with her hands and sighed deeply.
"So you want me to what exactly?"
"Figure a way to contact the Asgard"
"I was afraid of that" she whispered to no one but herself, her eyes still covered by her hands "I have no idea how" she said to Daniel.
"You have to figure it out Sam"
"What about Jack? Why keep all this a secret?"
"Because Col. O'Neill at the moment is on a need to know basis Major, and he doesn't, is that clear?"
"Yes Sir" she stood to her feet at General Hammond's voice, then his voice softened "get some rest tonight Sam, you'll start first thing tomorrow morning" she turned to leave as she heard him call her and again with his stern voice
"Nothing to O'Neill Major and that's an order" she nodded as she walked out.
When she stepped into her quarters the light was out, she turned it on to find her room empty, Jack was gone, she had no idea where he was, probably in his own quarters, she decided not to search for him, she didn't even know if she would be able to keep from telling him she knew how their attackers looked like. She lay in her bunk with her clothes, too tired emotionally to remove them; she kicked off her boots and curled into a ball before falling into a restless sleep.
The next morning she was hard at work, typing on the laptop, looking through things in her lab how can I contact Thor she kept thinking to herself maybe we can use Thor's Hall of Might on Samaria, will that even work again? How about the device Jack made while he had the knowledge of the Ancient's downloaded into his brain. That might be an option.
"Hey where did you disappear to last night?" her train of thought was severed by the spoken voice of Jack standing in the doorway to her lab.
"Shhhhh" she tried to shush him from speaking so loudly on base.
"So?" he came near "where were you?"
"I was busy" she snapped
"Hey what's wrong with you?"
"I'm busy; I don't have time for anything else but work at the moment"
"Sir!"
"What?" she looked up with surprise
"You don't have time at the moment Sir, don't forget I'm still your commanding officer" and with that he turned and left; Sam was utterly shocked but had no time to dwell on the subject, she'll clear things up with Jack later, for now she had to concentrate on Thor.
Daniel walked into Sam's lab; she looked up at him.
"We talked to the Tollan's and the Nox, we contacted the Tok'ra your father will visit us shortly, SG-3 returned from Samaria, nothing happened when they touched the red pedestal, the Hall of Might must have been destroyed by Thor once first contact was made"
"How do the Samarian's contact him if they need too?"
"They don't need to, remember Samaria is safe again" she nodded
"What did the Tollan and Nox say?"
"They didn't know this creature, they never encountered it before but they will investigate further".
`Major Carter to the gate room` the speakers came to life, she rose to her feet and walked swiftly to the gate room followed by Daniel.
As they reached the gate room the wormhole was established and seconds later her father stepped through, he went down the ramp smiling and hugged his daughter he bowed his head still holding on to her shoulders.
"It is very nice to see you well Samantha"
"It's nice to see you too Salmac"
"We heard about your ordeal, I am sorry we could not be here to help you, we were on a very important assignment concerning a very powerful system lord"
"That's OK Salmac I understand, and we need your help now but first can I talk to my dad?" he bowed his head again.
"Sorry Sammy, Salmac is eager to explain our absence even though I keep telling him that you know how dangerous our work is and that we can't be in contact very often",
"I understand dad, don't worry about it, but right now we do need your help, come with me".
She led him to the briefing room and pointed to an enlarged printout of the aliens Teal'c described,
"What are those?" Jacob was taken aback
"Do you know these aliens?" Jacob shook his head and then bowed it to let Salmac resurface, the strange obscure voice of his symbiot came out
"From Goa'uld history this description matches that of the `Blancuero Negrura Ojo` but…"
"That sounds like obscure Spanish I think it means `Black eyes white skin`" Daniel chimed in interrupting Jacob/Salmac
"I cannot be sure since we never encountered them on any level", continued Salmac "it is told that the Goa'uld tried to use these creatures as hosts but those that went to the planet never returned, it was assumed the blending was unsuccessful and that they all died, but it is possible that they are alive. It was said that these creatures were so evil that not even the Goa'uld were able to withstand the blending. I do not know if those you saw were these `Blancuero Negrura Ojo` and if so are they also Goa'uld but know this, they are told to be so evil you are better to leave them alone and never find out"
"We have" Sam answered "but will they?".
"Sam it has been over 2 months, you really think they will try to find us?"
"I don't know Daniel but if they are as evil as my dad says they are we might be in serious trouble"
"They are that much worse then the Goa'uld?" Daniel's question was directed at Jacob.
"Yes!" he acknowledged.
"Oh boy" he retorted as the room fell silent, pairs of eyes staring at each other.
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TBC