Memories of the sweetest kind
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Sam felt a surge of emotion run through her a mixture of fear and relief as her eyes met those of Jack. Pain was evident in his eyes, fear also. However, something else, she recognised the gleam defiance in them, he was going to fight Baal to the end and he was willing her to do the same. If they were going to get through this they only had each other. She willed herself to break the intense look though she felt loath too. She felt another pair of eyes on her and finally breaking the gaze shifted her sight to the shadows by the wall. Baal stepped forward, and walked slowly toward her, his face twisted into a sadistic smile. She read a sick pleasurable feeling in the smile and was repulsed by the look. She forced herself to watch him as he approached. He walked around the right side of where she lay blocking her view of Jack and bent over her, running a hand along her arm, towards the band, pressing it softly as he leant over to look into her eyes. She pressed her lips tightly shut as he leant over, his dark eyes looking into hers. He was mocking her with them; he had seen the look between Jack and her. She flinched as she felt the pinpricks from the band pressing into her upper arm as Baal's fingers squeezed round the band tighter. His face contorted into a smirk.
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He smiled deeply as she flinched, from the pressure on her arm as he pressed the thin metal band further. Breaking her look of defiance into slight pain. He could always break them. She was strong; he would enjoy finding out how strong. Releasing his grip, he stood up from her and walked around the solid table where she lay approaching the table by the wall. Dal'ric had placed the instruments on the table ready for use. His picked up a small thin pen shaped like instrument, the size of his palm and turned to face his two prisoners. Stepping over to the female, standing at her head, he looked over to the male as he ran his left hand down the female's cheek, fingers fingering through her hair softly.
"Such a beautiful female you have brought to me Tauri"
His eyes glistened as he felt Sam tense under his touch, he continued to caress her, fingering the thin metal band placed near her temples as he did so, following the line as it passed over her forehead.
"Tell me Tauri, did you tell her of your last encounter here?"
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Jack watched as Baal stepped away from Sam to the table to the left of her. She looked over to him once more and he tried to convey some sort of hope with his eyes to her. He knew she could read him like a book on most occasions. 'Were gonna get of this Major' he thought to himself and to her sounding more positive in his mind than he felt. He hoped his eyes did not betray the fear he felt as Baal stepped into his line of vision behind Sam. He watched as the Gould ran his fingers over Sam's forehead and cheeks watching for his own reaction no doubt. The Gould's voice was chilling.
"Such a beautiful female you have brought to me Tauri"
Jack brought his eyes up too meet Baal's, met with a gleam in his eye. 'Oh yeah he was gonna make them suffer'
"Tell me Tauri, did you tell her of your last encounter here?"
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Jack pursed his lips, thinking back, he had written a report skirting around the torture parts and totally missing out the whole Daniel encounter. Sam had read the report as the whole team had and had let it slide. He knew she knew he hadn't told everything, but like her usual self had kept quiet, maybe in the hopes he would eventually tell her more. Yup read him like a book. On one of the rare occasions, she'd taken him up on an offer to go to his for a beer and watch a game. For weeks, his conscience, strangely enough sounding like Daniel had been telling him to tell her. And so she'd came but instead of sitting to watch the game he suggested they sat on the back porch and he finally was able to tell her all that had went on, bar the Daniel part. As he finished telling her, he had become aware of her fingers intertwining into his, and he brought his eyes up to meet hers and they had shared one of their special moments. The kind of moments they treasured. Where they weren't airforce, weren't work colleagues, they were just two very close friends who cared a whole lot about each other.
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"She knows"
Jack managed to croak out; his throat felt like it was slowly closing up. Baal watched him.
"Memories of the sweetest kind" he said mockingly
Jack stared back at him, biting back the sarcastic remarks on the tip of his tongue.
"If you tell me what I need to know she will not have to live through the same experience"
"What do you want to know?"
Jack managed to reply, ''may as well find out from the start, see how we can skirt around the answers later'
"Why did you come here?"
"We found out your were building a new place, decided to come for a visit" came the sarcastic, defiant reply.
Jack could have bashed his head against a brick wall, his traitorous tongue letting the words slip before he had a chance to check himself. He watched as Baal's smile slipped from his lips replaced with a set evil look to make Jack regret any other smart comments. Jack watched as Baal lowered his right hand holding the instrument to Sam's right temple.
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His right hand held the thin instrument poised between his fingers and he lowered his hand to the female's right temple. The Tauri was too quick witted for his own good. Nevertheless, he would soon learn to give direct honest answers. He straightened the female's head, fingers at either side of the thin metal strip. Taking the instrument, he placed it at the end of the metal next to her temple. Compressing a small button on the side of the instrument.
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Sam held her eyes tightly shut as Baal's fingers caressed her face.
"Tell me Tauri did you tell her of your last encounter here?"
She listened to the small silence after the comment. She and the others had been relieved when her CO had finally walked back through the stargate accompanied by the to'kra. They had stood vigil at his bedside as he recovered. In addition, she had read the report he had had to write up. Written in the same nonchalant manner she was used to when reading anything from O'Neill. However, reading between the lines she knew there was more too the story, but knowing if she pushed him on it he'd just skirt around the subject as usual. Best thing, when he was like that was let him approach her, she hoped he would. Eventually he'd asked her over for a beer and to watch a game and she'd taken him up on the offer. If she wanted him to open up to her she would have to be there for him. She'd arrived they'd popped open some beers, had gone through the normal small talk but instead of sitting to watch the game he had suggested they sit out on the porch. 'Figured it was time you knew the truth' he had said, she sat beside him as he began. Watching his face as he spoke, looking into the distance, remembering the events. As he spoke she had reached over and held his hand, the pain and anger in his voice was something she feared herself. It was one of the rare occasions he opened up to her, and it was strange too see her CO so open and fragile. When he finished he'd turned to face her. His fingers gripping tighter onto hers, a thanks for her support, his eyes piercing into hers, knowing she cared. They had held the gaze for a long while, happy in each other company. It was the one and only time they had ever spoke of the subject. She held onto the memory.
"She knows"
Jack's voice broke into her thoughts bringing her back to the reality she was in.
"Memories of the sweetest kind" Mocked Baal "If you tell me what I need to know she will not have to live through the same experience"
His fingers still caressed along her brow as he spoke, she had opened her eyes watching Jack force the words out of his mouth
"What do you want to know?"
"Why did you come here"
"We found out your were building a new place, decided to come for a visit"
Sam smiled inwardly, at least the O'Neill she knew was still there. She watched as his face contorted into a wince, maybe not the right time to be pushing the Gould though. Baal forced her head straight so she was looking up at him; he lowered his right hand, his face losing its smile. 'Losing patience' she thought to herself. Baal pressed an instrument he held between his fingers against where the metal ended at her right temple.
The pain was blinding; she lost vision as a current of electrical heat hit her temples. She felt like it was piercing her skin and hitting the nerve endings. Her body tensed as her throat uttered a groan. She tried to close her eyes but they would not submit. Instead, black darkness then bright light filled her vision. She honed in on the pain, feeling a small thread of heat piercing through the sides of her skull near her eye sockets. It felt like a sharp thin knife was cutting into the nerves of her eyes.
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Jack watched in horror as Baal pressed the thin instrument to Sam's temple. Sam let out a heart-rending groan as the small instrument let out a small gleam of light, a small pulse of energy connecting between it and her temple. His body reacted by trying to drag himself from the gravity well that held him, a bad move in itself as the pressure increased. He watched helplessly as Sam uttered pain filled sounds, he watched as her body squirmed and tensed in the binds that held her. Her eyes wide, face contorted in pain. He shifted his gaze to Baal, who was watching her intently. Baal ran his hand along her throat as she groaned in agony. His fingers pressed around her throat and he leaned over close to her, looking into her eyes. He removed the small instrument and Jack saw the beam cut off, Sam blinked gritting her teeth small moans of pain escaping through them. Baal ran his fingers over her throat and along her cheek. Raising his head to look at Jack a twisted smile on his lips.
"See what your insolence gets you Tauri" His fingers again rubbed softly over Sam's cheek shifting his gaze to look down to Sam who looked dazed and confused. "Now again, tell me. Why are you here?"
"I told you the truth. We heard you were building another fortress we came to check it out" Jack growled through gritted teeth
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Sam felt a surge of emotion run through her a mixture of fear and relief as her eyes met those of Jack. Pain was evident in his eyes, fear also. However, something else, she recognised the gleam defiance in them, he was going to fight Baal to the end and he was willing her to do the same. If they were going to get through this they only had each other. She willed herself to break the intense look though she felt loath too. She felt another pair of eyes on her and finally breaking the gaze shifted her sight to the shadows by the wall. Baal stepped forward, and walked slowly toward her, his face twisted into a sadistic smile. She read a sick pleasurable feeling in the smile and was repulsed by the look. She forced herself to watch him as he approached. He walked around the right side of where she lay blocking her view of Jack and bent over her, running a hand along her arm, towards the band, pressing it softly as he leant over to look into her eyes. She pressed her lips tightly shut as he leant over, his dark eyes looking into hers. He was mocking her with them; he had seen the look between Jack and her. She flinched as she felt the pinpricks from the band pressing into her upper arm as Baal's fingers squeezed round the band tighter. His face contorted into a smirk.
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He smiled deeply as she flinched, from the pressure on her arm as he pressed the thin metal band further. Breaking her look of defiance into slight pain. He could always break them. She was strong; he would enjoy finding out how strong. Releasing his grip, he stood up from her and walked around the solid table where she lay approaching the table by the wall. Dal'ric had placed the instruments on the table ready for use. His picked up a small thin pen shaped like instrument, the size of his palm and turned to face his two prisoners. Stepping over to the female, standing at her head, he looked over to the male as he ran his left hand down the female's cheek, fingers fingering through her hair softly.
"Such a beautiful female you have brought to me Tauri"
His eyes glistened as he felt Sam tense under his touch, he continued to caress her, fingering the thin metal band placed near her temples as he did so, following the line as it passed over her forehead.
"Tell me Tauri, did you tell her of your last encounter here?"
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Jack watched as Baal stepped away from Sam to the table to the left of her. She looked over to him once more and he tried to convey some sort of hope with his eyes to her. He knew she could read him like a book on most occasions. 'Were gonna get of this Major' he thought to himself and to her sounding more positive in his mind than he felt. He hoped his eyes did not betray the fear he felt as Baal stepped into his line of vision behind Sam. He watched as the Gould ran his fingers over Sam's forehead and cheeks watching for his own reaction no doubt. The Gould's voice was chilling.
"Such a beautiful female you have brought to me Tauri"
Jack brought his eyes up too meet Baal's, met with a gleam in his eye. 'Oh yeah he was gonna make them suffer'
"Tell me Tauri, did you tell her of your last encounter here?"
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Jack pursed his lips, thinking back, he had written a report skirting around the torture parts and totally missing out the whole Daniel encounter. Sam had read the report as the whole team had and had let it slide. He knew she knew he hadn't told everything, but like her usual self had kept quiet, maybe in the hopes he would eventually tell her more. Yup read him like a book. On one of the rare occasions, she'd taken him up on an offer to go to his for a beer and watch a game. For weeks, his conscience, strangely enough sounding like Daniel had been telling him to tell her. And so she'd came but instead of sitting to watch the game he suggested they sat on the back porch and he finally was able to tell her all that had went on, bar the Daniel part. As he finished telling her, he had become aware of her fingers intertwining into his, and he brought his eyes up to meet hers and they had shared one of their special moments. The kind of moments they treasured. Where they weren't airforce, weren't work colleagues, they were just two very close friends who cared a whole lot about each other.
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"She knows"
Jack managed to croak out; his throat felt like it was slowly closing up. Baal watched him.
"Memories of the sweetest kind" he said mockingly
Jack stared back at him, biting back the sarcastic remarks on the tip of his tongue.
"If you tell me what I need to know she will not have to live through the same experience"
"What do you want to know?"
Jack managed to reply, ''may as well find out from the start, see how we can skirt around the answers later'
"Why did you come here?"
"We found out your were building a new place, decided to come for a visit" came the sarcastic, defiant reply.
Jack could have bashed his head against a brick wall, his traitorous tongue letting the words slip before he had a chance to check himself. He watched as Baal's smile slipped from his lips replaced with a set evil look to make Jack regret any other smart comments. Jack watched as Baal lowered his right hand holding the instrument to Sam's right temple.
~~~~~~
His right hand held the thin instrument poised between his fingers and he lowered his hand to the female's right temple. The Tauri was too quick witted for his own good. Nevertheless, he would soon learn to give direct honest answers. He straightened the female's head, fingers at either side of the thin metal strip. Taking the instrument, he placed it at the end of the metal next to her temple. Compressing a small button on the side of the instrument.
~~~~~~
Sam held her eyes tightly shut as Baal's fingers caressed her face.
"Tell me Tauri did you tell her of your last encounter here?"
She listened to the small silence after the comment. She and the others had been relieved when her CO had finally walked back through the stargate accompanied by the to'kra. They had stood vigil at his bedside as he recovered. In addition, she had read the report he had had to write up. Written in the same nonchalant manner she was used to when reading anything from O'Neill. However, reading between the lines she knew there was more too the story, but knowing if she pushed him on it he'd just skirt around the subject as usual. Best thing, when he was like that was let him approach her, she hoped he would. Eventually he'd asked her over for a beer and to watch a game and she'd taken him up on the offer. If she wanted him to open up to her she would have to be there for him. She'd arrived they'd popped open some beers, had gone through the normal small talk but instead of sitting to watch the game he had suggested they sit out on the porch. 'Figured it was time you knew the truth' he had said, she sat beside him as he began. Watching his face as he spoke, looking into the distance, remembering the events. As he spoke she had reached over and held his hand, the pain and anger in his voice was something she feared herself. It was one of the rare occasions he opened up to her, and it was strange too see her CO so open and fragile. When he finished he'd turned to face her. His fingers gripping tighter onto hers, a thanks for her support, his eyes piercing into hers, knowing she cared. They had held the gaze for a long while, happy in each other company. It was the one and only time they had ever spoke of the subject. She held onto the memory.
"She knows"
Jack's voice broke into her thoughts bringing her back to the reality she was in.
"Memories of the sweetest kind" Mocked Baal "If you tell me what I need to know she will not have to live through the same experience"
His fingers still caressed along her brow as he spoke, she had opened her eyes watching Jack force the words out of his mouth
"What do you want to know?"
"Why did you come here"
"We found out your were building a new place, decided to come for a visit"
Sam smiled inwardly, at least the O'Neill she knew was still there. She watched as his face contorted into a wince, maybe not the right time to be pushing the Gould though. Baal forced her head straight so she was looking up at him; he lowered his right hand, his face losing its smile. 'Losing patience' she thought to herself. Baal pressed an instrument he held between his fingers against where the metal ended at her right temple.
The pain was blinding; she lost vision as a current of electrical heat hit her temples. She felt like it was piercing her skin and hitting the nerve endings. Her body tensed as her throat uttered a groan. She tried to close her eyes but they would not submit. Instead, black darkness then bright light filled her vision. She honed in on the pain, feeling a small thread of heat piercing through the sides of her skull near her eye sockets. It felt like a sharp thin knife was cutting into the nerves of her eyes.
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Jack watched in horror as Baal pressed the thin instrument to Sam's temple. Sam let out a heart-rending groan as the small instrument let out a small gleam of light, a small pulse of energy connecting between it and her temple. His body reacted by trying to drag himself from the gravity well that held him, a bad move in itself as the pressure increased. He watched helplessly as Sam uttered pain filled sounds, he watched as her body squirmed and tensed in the binds that held her. Her eyes wide, face contorted in pain. He shifted his gaze to Baal, who was watching her intently. Baal ran his hand along her throat as she groaned in agony. His fingers pressed around her throat and he leaned over close to her, looking into her eyes. He removed the small instrument and Jack saw the beam cut off, Sam blinked gritting her teeth small moans of pain escaping through them. Baal ran his fingers over her throat and along her cheek. Raising his head to look at Jack a twisted smile on his lips.
"See what your insolence gets you Tauri" His fingers again rubbed softly over Sam's cheek shifting his gaze to look down to Sam who looked dazed and confused. "Now again, tell me. Why are you here?"
"I told you the truth. We heard you were building another fortress we came to check it out" Jack growled through gritted teeth
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