End of the Line Chapter 5: End of the Line 5: Nightmare Begins, a stargate: sg-1 fanfic

Title: End of the line (part five) Nightmare begins

Rating: PG-13

Spoilers: The Devil you Know, Meridian

Summary: Following on from part four, Jacob and SG-1 receive a nasty shock. But is all as it seems? (NB: 'Divide and Conquer' never happened, Martouf is still alive!)

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~ End of the line part five: Nightmare Begins ~

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"NO!" Jacob yelled, as Sam's body slumped lifelessly to the floor. "YOU SON OF A BITCH! I'LL KILL YOU!"

Apophis laughed. "I would like to see you try, Tok'ra Shol'va!"

Jacob crawled across the floor and pulled Sam's body into his arms. Tears rolled down his cheeks and into her soft, blonde hair. He stroked his hand down her pale face and looked up at Apophis, anger in his eyes.

"You will pay for this, Apophis!" said Selmak, trying to neutralise her host's anger.

"A Tok'ra showing emotion towards a Tau'ri?" laughed Apophis, "You care no more for your host's daughter than you do for your host!"

"You lie!" said Selmak, feeling her own anger rising.

"Jaffa!" said Apophis, motioning towards Sam.

"No!" said Jacob, falling weakly to the floor as Sam's body was pulled out of his arms. "Where are you taking my daughter? You son of a bitch!"

"Silence, fool!" said Apophis, and threw Jacob across the room, with some help from his ribbon device.

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"Ow!" groaned O'Neill, rubbing a sore spot on his back.

"Did I not try to tell you to sit down, O'Neill?" asked Martouf.

"Uh…yeah, but you've told me to do things before and you've landed us in trouble."

"Colonel, the lives of Samantha and Sel…"

"Is it really Sam you're concerned for, or is it just the memories of your precious Jolinar?"

Jack's sudden, angry outburst silenced Jonas and Teal'c.

Martouf's eyes darkened. "I have a deep love for Samantha. Her memories of Jolinar are valuable to me yes, but I have come to treasure her presence and her love more than those memories."

"And, doesn't Lantash have something to say about that?" asked Jack.

"Lantash feels the same way about Samantha as I do."

"Lucky woman," said Jack, sarcastically.

"Just because you are jealous, O'Neill, it does not mean that Samantha would not be flattered."

"Oh, yeah, she'd be so pleased to have a snake in love with her!"

Martouf's eyes flashed angrily, and Lantash spoke.

"I do not feel the need to continue this discussion further, Colonel. Your opinion has no bearing on my and my host's feelings for your friend Samantha."

"Well, ya see, we're not exactly friends any more," said Jack. "We had an argument. I haven't spoken to her for days."

To the surprise of everyone on board, Jack's last few words were tinged with sadness, not anger. He missed her too, he was just unwilling to admit it.

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Jacob huddled his body against the wall, grief still filling him. Selmak was as distressed as he was, but she realised her host's need for sleep.

You must sleep, Jacob.

"Why?" he asked, "It won't bring Sam back, will it?"

She would not have wanted you to give up like this, Jacob.

"Give up? Selmak, I just sat back and allowed my daughter to die! I could've told him what he needed to know!"

Samantha would not have wanted that.

"How am I gonna tell Mark and the grandchildren?" he asked, tears spilling down his face, "Dammit, Sel, I killed her! I let her be killed! What kind of father am I?"

It was not your fault, Jacob. You must rest in order for me to heal you.

"I don't want to sleep," he said, "I want my little girl back again!"

At that point, Selmak gave up and waited for her host's exhaustion and grief to take proper hold. It did not take long before Jacob was unconscious.

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"There!" said Martouf, "It is Apophis' vessel!"

"Right. I'll contact George," said Jack, standing up and walking out of the room.

"Uh…Apophis can't see us, can he?" Jonas asked, nervously.

"We are in stealth mode," said Lantash, "However, in order to ring up Samantha and Jacob we will have to un-cloak briefly."

"Isn't that a bit risky?" asked Jonas.

"The risk is worth taking, in order to save Major Carter and Jacob," said Teal'c.

Just then, Jack came back into the main bridge.

"George says to wait for back-up, kids."

"How long will it take for this back-up to arrive?" asked Teal'c.

"I dunno. 24 hours at least," said Jack.

"Samantha and Selmak will most probably be dead by then," said Martouf sadly.

"That's not a very positive attitude, is it Marty?" asked Jack.

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Sam opened her eyes in horror.

The all-too familiar doors of the sarcophagus opened and revealed an all-too familiar face looking down at her with an evil smile on his face.

"You will soon become host to my new queen, Tau'ri!"

Sam screamed, but Apophis clamped his hand over her mouth.

"No one can hear you!" he grinned, but he was wrong…

-TO BE CONTINUED-

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