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Chapter 9 : If this is the end...

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O'Neill was running in the corridors when a red light caught his attention. He stopped and saw that the countdown had been activated.
There were 2 minutes left.

He started running again hoping that he would reach the underground in time.
He heard Teal'c's voice through his radio.
"O'Neill ?!"


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Sam was trying to find out where they were. The surroundings were lit up by lamps as well as a few rays of the sun passing by some sewers.
She guessed that they were near the electrical central because of the noise she could hear. Their radios were also making strange noises, Sam rolled here eyes when she recognised Teal's voice calling for O'Neill.
At first the others didn't pay attention to it, but they were not counting on Elliot's experience.

Allan -who had left the radio on to talk to Paul- went to switch it off when Elliot stopped him with a sign of his hand.
"Gimme it." he ordered.
He grabbed the radio and listened more carefully.

"O'Neill!" he heard again.
Elliot glanced at Sam who was trying to remain stoic.
"Colonel O'Neill, what are you doing ? Get out of there now !"
"No Teal'c I'm sorry." Sam froze when she heard her CO's voice.
He was to about to add something when Elliot switched off the walkie-talkie.

He looked at her and smiled coldly.

"You know them, don't you?" he didn't wait for an answer, "I wonder why a colonel would be involved.....unless....you're his wife?"
Sam glared at him but remained silent.
Elliot stepped forward, making Sam gasp in surprise, as he reach out and put his hands on her neck.

He pulled out her dog tags.
"A marine. That explains a lot."
Sam bit her lip and looked in his eyes.
"I'm Major Carter, from US *air force*." she replied coldly.

"Woo...I'm scared" Elliot laughed for a second, the sound echoing deeply in the corridors.
Elliot didn't move his eyes from Sam's and with a slow movement placed the detonator in front of her.
From the corner of her eyes, Sam saw him pushing the red button.

An enormous explosion was heard and she felt the ground trembling under her feet. She knew that the bank was now just a heap of dust.
Through her tears she saw the evil smile of Elliot. She couldn't turn her eyes away from his.

She saw his lips moving but couldn't hear anything, too shocked by the death of Jack.
She guessed that Elliot had ordered his partners to leave them as she sensed them moving away.

Sam felt paralysed with shock, feeling like she didn't care if she died anymore.
Deep inside she'd always known that if Jack died, she would die too, in spirit if nothing else. Every time she'd sworn that she would never let their chance pass by again and every time it did, lying as much to herself as to him.

She saw the man facing her grabbing his gun, scarcely shuddering when Elliot pressed it against her chest.

A few seconds later, a rapport of a gunshot disturbed the heavy and sombre atmosphere....

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