Rest and Recuperate
Janet covered the sleeping Colonel with a blanket and exited the room. She should have insisted on having him return too his own quarters but she didn't have the heart. From his reaction before she knew the two had been through a lot and Jack seemed to be perking up. He somehow was conveying the fact that he wanted and needed to be with Sam and Janet had no objections as long as he himself was improving. Jonas was still asleep in the adjacent room and Tealc had had to retire himself to kelnoreem. She had awoken only twenty minutes ago herself but the forty five she had managed to get for herself in the comforting arms of Tealc had perked her up slightly. She had found Jack dosing in his seat and after a quick check over Sam, she decided to leave them for now. She entered her office and picked up the telephone dialling for the outside line and then her own home number.
"Hello"
"Hey Cass its mom"
"Oh hey mom, I was just about too call. I was starting to wonder where you'd got to. Which team is in dire need of your help this time?"
Janet had kept the disappearance of Sam and Jack from Cassie not wanting her to worry. And she was still reluctant to say, especially considering Sam's condition.
"Oh you know honey, Sg-7 couldn't resist the temptation of checking out a few close views of staff blasts and zat nikatels and Sg9 thought they have a look too!"
Janet hoped she sounded as perky as she was trying to be. She was rewarded with a chuckle from Cassandra.
"So don't expect you home soon then mom right?"
"Sorry honey I'm not to sure what time I'll be home, have you eaten?"
"Yeah I had a pizza out of the freezer. Mom, when you see Sam ask her to call me. She promised we'd go shopping on her next downtime but she hasn't called in like a week. I know she gets busy but gee's."
Janet held back a choke of oncoming tears and tried to shake herself together.
"I will honey. SG1 have been pretty busy as of late, I'll tell her you want to speak to her when I can. Well honey I have a stack of paperwork to do, are you gonna be ok by yourself or do you want me to send someone over?"
"Would it be ok to invite Nikki over? It's the weekend so its not like we have school."
"Sure honey that would be fine. Just don't trash the house, and no boys!"
"Mom"
Janet smiled at the whining voice of her sixteen year old daughter.
"Ok Cass I'll phone you in the morning ok, call me if there's any problems"
"Bye mom, love you"
Janet smiled as was about to say love you back but heard the familiar click on the other end as her daughter put the telephone down. Placing her own receiver back in its place she shifted her desk lamp to a better position and started on her paperwork.
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Sam opened her eyes and flinched softly as the light of the room attacked them. She squeezed them shut and opened them again focusing. She lay for a moment a thought of horror crossing her mind as memories of past events flashed, and then she relaxed. Hearing the familiar sounds of machines whirring and voices in adjacent rooms. She turned her head slowly and smiled slightly as the form of a sleeping C.O came into view. She lay watching him, memories of Daniel fresh in her mind also. She thought back over their conversation as she watched Jack sleep. They did need each other, they all needed each other but she and Jack had something special. Jack jumped, his eyes flying open. He looked disorientated for a moment before focusing and resting on Sam, as his eyes met hers she smiled and reached a hand out from the bed. Jack sat up, pushing the blanket away and grasped her hand in his.
"Hey"
"Hey"
"Welcome back to the land of the living. How you doing?"
Sam considered how she was for a moment.
"A little tired, a little drowsy. My head feels fuzzed up and yet I can remember everything so clearly."
Jack looked at her concerned. Sam shifted and gazed about the room. Hadn't she been in another room when they arrived back?
"When was I moved in here?"
Jack wondered whether to wait for Frasier to rejoin them but decided Sam would find out eventually and he did not want anyone disturbing them now.
"You were in shock Sam. You have been out for hours now. Janet had too give you some sedatives to calm you down. You had us worried for a while."
"Sorry Sir."
"No need to apologise Major, you went through some pretty rough stuff. Sg1 are on downtime indefinitely till were all ok"
Sam looked at him worry framing her face, her blue eyes searching his. Had something happened to Tealc and Jonas as well? Jack could have kicked himself and made a mental note to rephrase certain things.
"Don't worry they got back ok, but they were worried about us. Apparently pushing themselves to exhaustion trying to get us back and worrying themselves to death when nothing but waiting was to be done."
Sam didn't lose the worried frown and Jack gripped her hand tighter in his and ran his free hand over her forehead softly.
"Sam their ok. We're ok. We're home and we're fine."
He could feel his own eyes welling up as he looked into hers. Relief was sweeping over both of them. They would be fine eventually. Tears fell silently down Sam's cheeks and he stood settling himself on the side of her bed. She lifted slightly and he hugged her too him, her face in his chest as she sobbed softly against him her arms sliding tightly about his waist. His own face buried into her hair and silent tears of his own fell. They held each other silently for a long time they didn't need to use any words. They had gone through it together, they would recover together.
Their silent embrace was interrupted as the door softly creaked admitting someone. Breaking their grip but not the hold, they both turned their gaze to the door.
General Hammond walked toward them relief that Sam had awoke showing on his face. He approached the bed and Jack slipped his grip from Sam and sat once more on the chair by the bedside. George came by the other side of the bed and took her hand.
"Glad to see your awake Major"
"Thankyou Sir"
"How are you feeling"
"A little dazed and tired. Colonel O'Neill has filled me in on some of the details of what happened after we arrived back"
"Just as long as your ok that's the main thing Major."
He looked at both of them and continued.
"Sg1 is on downtime and I'm ordering you off base as soon as the doctor has released you from the infirmary. I want you all too go somewhere together and rest. I was thinking that maybe you should all go to Colonel O'Neill's cabin. Its quiet, secluded and will give you all a well deserved break."
"Sounds good Sir" replied Jack. The General was right, they all needed the break and being in each others company would help he and Sam cope better. The worse thing was to be left alone with such thoughts Baal had left them with.
"What about reports and debriefings Sir?"
Jack and George both smiled, no matter what the woman had gone through she was still thinking about rules and regulations
"Don't worry about it Major. What I'm concerned about is getting my flagship team back in working order. You can write reports and debrief me when you've rested and recuperated. Until then I'll hear no more about it."
"Yes Sir"
Sam closed her eyes and George looked down at her weary face, he motioned Jack to come with him to the door.
"Is she going to be ok Jack?"
Jack smiled looking at the concern on George's face, which reflected his own.
"Yes George, she'll pull through. She always does. It may take us a little longer but we're family and we'll help each other."
George smiled and nodded, if anything the whole team was stubborn and he knew they would pull through eventually. He patted Jack on the arm and left heading for Doctor Frasier's office too inform her Sam had awoke.
Janet covered the sleeping Colonel with a blanket and exited the room. She should have insisted on having him return too his own quarters but she didn't have the heart. From his reaction before she knew the two had been through a lot and Jack seemed to be perking up. He somehow was conveying the fact that he wanted and needed to be with Sam and Janet had no objections as long as he himself was improving. Jonas was still asleep in the adjacent room and Tealc had had to retire himself to kelnoreem. She had awoken only twenty minutes ago herself but the forty five she had managed to get for herself in the comforting arms of Tealc had perked her up slightly. She had found Jack dosing in his seat and after a quick check over Sam, she decided to leave them for now. She entered her office and picked up the telephone dialling for the outside line and then her own home number.
"Hello"
"Hey Cass its mom"
"Oh hey mom, I was just about too call. I was starting to wonder where you'd got to. Which team is in dire need of your help this time?"
Janet had kept the disappearance of Sam and Jack from Cassie not wanting her to worry. And she was still reluctant to say, especially considering Sam's condition.
"Oh you know honey, Sg-7 couldn't resist the temptation of checking out a few close views of staff blasts and zat nikatels and Sg9 thought they have a look too!"
Janet hoped she sounded as perky as she was trying to be. She was rewarded with a chuckle from Cassandra.
"So don't expect you home soon then mom right?"
"Sorry honey I'm not to sure what time I'll be home, have you eaten?"
"Yeah I had a pizza out of the freezer. Mom, when you see Sam ask her to call me. She promised we'd go shopping on her next downtime but she hasn't called in like a week. I know she gets busy but gee's."
Janet held back a choke of oncoming tears and tried to shake herself together.
"I will honey. SG1 have been pretty busy as of late, I'll tell her you want to speak to her when I can. Well honey I have a stack of paperwork to do, are you gonna be ok by yourself or do you want me to send someone over?"
"Would it be ok to invite Nikki over? It's the weekend so its not like we have school."
"Sure honey that would be fine. Just don't trash the house, and no boys!"
"Mom"
Janet smiled at the whining voice of her sixteen year old daughter.
"Ok Cass I'll phone you in the morning ok, call me if there's any problems"
"Bye mom, love you"
Janet smiled as was about to say love you back but heard the familiar click on the other end as her daughter put the telephone down. Placing her own receiver back in its place she shifted her desk lamp to a better position and started on her paperwork.
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Sam opened her eyes and flinched softly as the light of the room attacked them. She squeezed them shut and opened them again focusing. She lay for a moment a thought of horror crossing her mind as memories of past events flashed, and then she relaxed. Hearing the familiar sounds of machines whirring and voices in adjacent rooms. She turned her head slowly and smiled slightly as the form of a sleeping C.O came into view. She lay watching him, memories of Daniel fresh in her mind also. She thought back over their conversation as she watched Jack sleep. They did need each other, they all needed each other but she and Jack had something special. Jack jumped, his eyes flying open. He looked disorientated for a moment before focusing and resting on Sam, as his eyes met hers she smiled and reached a hand out from the bed. Jack sat up, pushing the blanket away and grasped her hand in his.
"Hey"
"Hey"
"Welcome back to the land of the living. How you doing?"
Sam considered how she was for a moment.
"A little tired, a little drowsy. My head feels fuzzed up and yet I can remember everything so clearly."
Jack looked at her concerned. Sam shifted and gazed about the room. Hadn't she been in another room when they arrived back?
"When was I moved in here?"
Jack wondered whether to wait for Frasier to rejoin them but decided Sam would find out eventually and he did not want anyone disturbing them now.
"You were in shock Sam. You have been out for hours now. Janet had too give you some sedatives to calm you down. You had us worried for a while."
"Sorry Sir."
"No need to apologise Major, you went through some pretty rough stuff. Sg1 are on downtime indefinitely till were all ok"
Sam looked at him worry framing her face, her blue eyes searching his. Had something happened to Tealc and Jonas as well? Jack could have kicked himself and made a mental note to rephrase certain things.
"Don't worry they got back ok, but they were worried about us. Apparently pushing themselves to exhaustion trying to get us back and worrying themselves to death when nothing but waiting was to be done."
Sam didn't lose the worried frown and Jack gripped her hand tighter in his and ran his free hand over her forehead softly.
"Sam their ok. We're ok. We're home and we're fine."
He could feel his own eyes welling up as he looked into hers. Relief was sweeping over both of them. They would be fine eventually. Tears fell silently down Sam's cheeks and he stood settling himself on the side of her bed. She lifted slightly and he hugged her too him, her face in his chest as she sobbed softly against him her arms sliding tightly about his waist. His own face buried into her hair and silent tears of his own fell. They held each other silently for a long time they didn't need to use any words. They had gone through it together, they would recover together.
Their silent embrace was interrupted as the door softly creaked admitting someone. Breaking their grip but not the hold, they both turned their gaze to the door.
General Hammond walked toward them relief that Sam had awoke showing on his face. He approached the bed and Jack slipped his grip from Sam and sat once more on the chair by the bedside. George came by the other side of the bed and took her hand.
"Glad to see your awake Major"
"Thankyou Sir"
"How are you feeling"
"A little dazed and tired. Colonel O'Neill has filled me in on some of the details of what happened after we arrived back"
"Just as long as your ok that's the main thing Major."
He looked at both of them and continued.
"Sg1 is on downtime and I'm ordering you off base as soon as the doctor has released you from the infirmary. I want you all too go somewhere together and rest. I was thinking that maybe you should all go to Colonel O'Neill's cabin. Its quiet, secluded and will give you all a well deserved break."
"Sounds good Sir" replied Jack. The General was right, they all needed the break and being in each others company would help he and Sam cope better. The worse thing was to be left alone with such thoughts Baal had left them with.
"What about reports and debriefings Sir?"
Jack and George both smiled, no matter what the woman had gone through she was still thinking about rules and regulations
"Don't worry about it Major. What I'm concerned about is getting my flagship team back in working order. You can write reports and debrief me when you've rested and recuperated. Until then I'll hear no more about it."
"Yes Sir"
Sam closed her eyes and George looked down at her weary face, he motioned Jack to come with him to the door.
"Is she going to be ok Jack?"
Jack smiled looking at the concern on George's face, which reflected his own.
"Yes George, she'll pull through. She always does. It may take us a little longer but we're family and we'll help each other."
George smiled and nodded, if anything the whole team was stubborn and he knew they would pull through eventually. He patted Jack on the arm and left heading for Doctor Frasier's office too inform her Sam had awoke.
