Epilogue
So…I finally made it…sob it's all over! (There will be a sequel! – read more about that at the end)
The prologue is thoughts from about half way through, but this is the end of the road – these are the thoughts from after the end of the Touched.
To be honest, I had this ready at the same time as the last chapter, I was just curious as to how high the toll of death threats would go! ;-p ROFL!
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Cassandra
I still can't believe that Sam's gone. She's the one that brought me here, that saved me from being alone. She gave me a mom and Jack gave me a dog! It might not seem like a lot to some people, but it means the world to me. I go visit Sha'uri every day after school; Jack says it's my duty as her Godmother. I don't really know what that means, but it seems real important so I don't care. Jack says that if anything ever happened to him then, because me and Daniel are her Godparents, we'd have to look after Sha'uri. I don't mind that, but I don't want Jack to go away.
Mom says that he's getting worse, more desperate. I heard her telling Daniel that she's worried about him. I don't like that Jack looks so sad, he always smiles at me but he's so unhappy. He'll find Sam, I know he will and I'll help him if I have to. I owe it to them.
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General Hammond
I've lost a very valuable member of my team, a very loved member of our family. I don't think we will ever stop looking for her, but due to the circumstances of her disappearance, there's not much I can officially do. I'm worried about Colonel O'Neill. His desperation is beginning to interfere with his work and he won't take the time off. So far, we've found nothing. There was no trace of the Elders or of Nilke's people on P4X-989; it's as if they were never there. I know that the Colonel is getting desperate but it's my job to make sure that he comes home to his child at the end of the day. I can only hope that I don't have to do anything too drastic to make sure that that happens.
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Janet
Every day gets harder. I feel like I've lost my best friend. What am I saying, I have lost my best friend. This woman gave me my daughter, she was the kindest, nicest person I've ever known, and she's gone. I try to keep on a happy face for Cassie's sake; I try to make sure that she thinks I believe Sam will come back to us, but I don't see how. There's no one to help and I know that Daniel isn't getting anywhere with the book, it's hopeless. It's hopeless…
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Jacob
My daughter is lost but I've seen a lot of things in my life, more so in the recent years and if there's one thing I know, it's that Jack will get her back. I've seen how much he loves her, hell if I hadn't I wouldn't have let him anywhere near her. I know that sometimes love can be enough, and I have to believe that this is one of those times. I'm looking, but my duties are to the Tok'Ra, to helping save the Universe, I can't even stop to look for my daughters. God, sometimes I hate my life.
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Teal'c
I have lost a part of my family but this is one time where I will not allow that loss to pass me by. There is something that I cannot explain, but I know that MajorCarter is alive and wherever she is, I know that O'Neill will find her. Every day I watch him grow more desperate, but he will succeed and I will be by his side to help when he does.
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Daniel
I hate this. I hate that the answer could be at my fingertips, could be within my vision and I just can't understand it. I've never been as frustrated as I feel right now, it's like there's something I could be doing and I just can't figure out what it is. This book is trying to tell me and I just can't see it, I just don't know what it means. I hate watching Jack, watching Shay and knowing that it's my inability to figure this out that's keeping them from having their family together; that's keeping Sam from them. I've lost a best friend and I'm not intelligent enough to get her back. I don't know how much longer Jack can go on without her, and Shay needs her mother. I don't care what means I have to go to in order to get her back, but I will not allow Jack to lose Sam, I know what that's like and I will do whatever I can, by any means necessary to get her back.
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Jack
It's hard to believe that everything started to long ago, it feels like only yesterday that we travelled to that planet, P6X-989, I actually remember the name if this one – how could I possibly forget. I can still see her in my mind, smiling at me from the ground of the forest floor. I still remember everything about that day, just as I remember everything that followed. I've always said I'm not one for words, I'm an action kinda guy, but memories? Those I have in abundance – always preferred pictures, I guess.
I spend every day looking for her. We've travelled back to that planet twice and nothing. Empty. An entire culture disappeared in a matter of months, the settlements gone, the people gone and the mountain that housed the Elders – gone. We're stuck with nothing but a red book that Daniel's finding harder and harder to translate. He thinks I don't know, but I'm not as stupid as I let people believe.
Sha'uri gets bigger every day and all I can think is that Jacob was right, she may be an O'Neill, but she's Sam through and through. Sam's missing out on so much of her life and I hate that. I hate that I'm here experiencing every day with my daughter and Sam's missing out on it. I know she'd hate that; I hate it. I love Shay more than anything in this universe just as much I love her mother and I'm gonna make sure that my little girl grows up with both her parents.
I won't give up, she's out there somewhere and I'm gonna find her. I don't care what it takes, but I will find her and I will bring her home to us. I promise you that, Sha'uri and I promise you, Samantha. Wherever you are, you're coming home to us.
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The End
AN: The sequel can be found under my profile. It's called The Awakening.
Original Author Notes: If you've enjoyed this fic than thanks, I hope it was worth the read and I'd like to thank you all. Reviews make writing feel worthwhile, so if you have a few minutes, I'd love to hear from you.
Well, it's finally all over. It's done, my ickle baby is all growed up! Okay, so it needs a sequel and it will get one, I promise it will get one! I hadn't planned on starting it any time soon, but Kezzer was the first person to read chapter 20 and if her reaction is anything to go by, I may not live to write the sequel if I delay it for very long! So guys, keep your eyes peeled for "The Awakening". I'll likely post chapters at my Yahoo! Group first, so if you don't think you can stand waiting 'til I post at then the group is
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