All Goa'uld language depicted in this story is purely made up by me, please
do not email me saying that it's wrong because I have no idea how to say it
really so you'll have to bear with my excruciating knock off. Oh and any
technical or defensive actions involving cargo ships and gliders are also
not fact. THANK YOU
P4M 576 0446
When Jack jumped from the Stargate the first thing he noticed were the great number of Jaffa that lay on the ground in front of him motionless. Teal'c, Daniel and Sam were standing in defensive positions around the Stargate with their weapons at the ready, Sam with her P 90, Daniel with a zat gun and Teal'c with his always preferred, staff weapon.
"Carter, are we right?" Jack asked, referring to being able to take their suits off without becoming victims to the poisonous gas they had thrown through the gate. Sam pulled the meter from her pack and circled the surrounding area taking readings.
"Yes sir, the gas has cleared." Her voice muffled by the apparatus in front of her face. Daniel pulled of his mask gratefully; glad to feel the cool breeze on his face. The rest of SG1 disposed of their suits, revealing their normal "battle" khakis underneath. Jack pulled his lucky hat over his forehead.
"Alright, Teal'c and Daniel, head east, if you find anything give a shout. Carter you're with me, we'll take the west." Jack divide his team in two as usual to cover more ground, they would be able to find the nearest ship quicker if they split up. Clutching his P 90 in his hand defensively, they took off towards the surrounding forest area, Sam walking close behind him. She always felt secure near him, and on a highly populated planet of Goa'uld that was definitely a good feeling to have. They trudged through the dense underbrush of the area, Jack slicing through the thick vines that grew across their path. It had been over half an hour and Sam was surprisingly beginning to become bored.
"So, sir what else have you done in the time loops?" she asked casually, her interest had piqued when she was told they were in another loop but never had the audacity to ask him about it.
"Oh nothing much, you know, same old, same old, predict this, break that, you know the usual." Jack lamented not taking his eyes off where he was going. Sam smiled,
"Are you sure sir, I mean you could have done, anything without worrying about the regulations or consequences?" She reminded him. Jack stopped mid chop and turned to face her.
"You are beginning to sound like Daniel, Major, it's not a good thing." He told her, jokingly.
"Sorry sir, I'll try harder not to sir." She promised, not able to stop herself from smiling. Jack ducked his head, feeling a blush coming on as he saw that beautiful smile, memories from his previous loops coming to the forefront of his thoughts.
"Good, let's press on shall we?" He suggested, turning back towards the plant wall that was blocking their path. As Jack went back to chopping through the dense underbrush Daniel's voice came over the radio.
"Jack, come in." Daniel whispered, indicating he was in a potentially vulnerable position.
"Go ahead Daniel." Jack replied, hoping for good news, looking at his watch self-consciously. Since the time loop began he seemed to be looking at it more than he had in his entire lifetime.
"Teal'c and I have found a cargo ship, it's guarded by a couple of Jaffa." Daniel reported, the ship only a few feet away from their current position.
"Alright, stay put, Carter and I will be there ASAP. O'Neill out." Jack ended the transmission.
It took Jack and Sam only 20 minutes to jog to Daniel and Teal'c's position. They were crouched behind a line of waist-high shrubs on the edge of the forest. Jack and Sam immediately lay down in the long grass beside them. Through the shrubs they could see a group of seven Jaffa pacing defensively around the craft, each holding a staff weapon in their hands ready, their eyes wandering around the area searching for any signs of intruders. Jack shifted his body weight onto his elbows, positioning his P 90 directly in front of his eyes to get the best shot.
"Alright, nothing fancy, let's do this." He ordered, whispering. Jack pointed to Sam, and then out to two of the Jaffa on the far left of their position, she nodded, sliding silently further away from the group to get into a better firing position. Next Jack pointed to Teal'c and then out to the Jaffa closest to him, Teal'c nodded in agreement and moved into position, holding his staff weapon at is side. Daniel pulled out the zat gun and held it up symbolically, showing Jack he was ready. Jack nodded, pointing to two of the Jaffa, assigning them for Daniel to take care of. It left Jack with only the two Jaffa that stood directly in front of him. SG1 moved into position, Jack looked down the line to make sure they were ready, holding his hand up; he counted down on his fingers, 3, 2, 1. Suddenly they sprang up from their positions, taking the guards by surprised. With ease, both Jack and Sam fired 6 rounds from their weapons, taking down two guards each. Daniel fired two quick shots at the two guards in front of him, ducking to narrowly avoid a staff blast that flew by his head. Teal'c only took one shot from his staff weapon to take the remaining Jaffa down. They stepped into the clearing where the Jaffa lay motionless, each of them scanning the area cautiously to check that there were no more guards waiting nearby. After a couple of minutes, Jack lowered his weapon, satisfied they were alone, the rest of SG1 doing the same.
"All right campers, let's get going, Carter get those co ordinates into the computer, Teal'c you take the helm." Jack ordered. Daniel, Sam and Teal'c all went over to the smallish cargo ship. The door slid open and they each stepped inside, Jack brought up the rear, walking backwards towards the craft slowly keeping an eye out just in case any nasty surprises came running from the forest. When they were all inside Teal'c took his position in front of the crafts controls while Sam pulled the paper out of her pockets, her fingers running furiously over the controls as she programmed the co ordinates for P6Z 435. Jack run into the main room and slapped Teal'c on the back,
"Teal'c, get us outta here." He requested, a small amount of urgency presenting his voice. Teal'c nodded, reaching for the controls. The engines began to fire only seconds later, the craft lifting off from the planet's surface. Jack smiled to himself,
"All right!" he exclaimed, happy that at least one thing was going right for him today. But down below on the planets surface on of the Jaffa guards opened his eyes, clutching his stomach where the projectile had hit his body. As he sat up he saw the ship he was protecting begin to fly away from sight. He slowly and painfully reached for his communicator; a gruff voice on the other end of the line answered his call.
"Kree! Sholatika! Sholatika! Kalertiu!" He said, reporting to the major military base on the planet that intruders had stolen a spacecraft from his current position.
P6Z 435 HORUS' MOTHERSHIP 1244
Sam stood with her arms out to the side while three servant women insisted on dressing her in the finest clothes, fit for a queen. They wrapped black material with gold trim around the top of her body, crossing over in front of her chest to maximise the showing of her cleavage. Over her hips, they first placed a knee length skirt of gold coloured silk and was then covered with a very thin, black skirt the fell to the floor. As the servants chatted excitedly among themselves, Sam stood perfectly still; her pale, drawn face remained unchanged throughout the whole exercise. For the final touches she was given flat sandals to wear and a gold tiara with a falcon symbol engraved onto it, a long train of black material falling from the tiara down Sam's back. When they had finished, the servants stood back from Sam and looked at their work. They all nodded in satisfaction, rushing over to Sam and pulling her towards her door.
"Where are we going?" Sam asked, startled slightly by the sudden rush. One of the girls leaned over and whispered into Sam's ear.
"You are to be married now." She told her, giggling excitedly with the rest of the girls as they pushed Sam out of her room and down the corridor towards her husband. Horus was waiting eagerly in the main dining hall for his soon-to-be Queen.
P4M 576 0543
"Carter, you got those co ordinates into that computer yet?" Jack asked, pacing across the control room floor, thoroughly annoying Daniel who was standing behind him.
"Almost sir." Sam inputted the last code into the terminal and the co ordinates flashed back to her on the screen.
"Done." She reported. Jack sighed,
"Excellent Major." She applauded her. Sam smiled, she always liked when he complimented her on a job well done, she knew although through all her lengthy briefings and explanations of technologies to which she was usually greeted with a "move it along Major" he did appreciate and respect how much she worked. Teal'c was still at the ship's controls when a sudden blast sent the ship rolling to the left; Sam, Jack and Daniel's legs were thrown from under them as they slid along the floor of the craft, slamming into the wall. Jack groaned as pulled himself back onto his feet, his head throbbing from the impact against the unforgiving metal.
"What the hell was that?" he cried out, helping up Sam and Daniel from the floor while maintaining his own balance as the ship again tilted violently to one side.
"It seems that we are being pursued by a number of Gliders, O'Neill." Teal'c reported. Jack made his way over to where Teal'c was sitting and was looking over his shoulder.
"How many are we talkin'?" he asked nervously. The screen in front of Teal'c showed pages of Goa'uld that Jack could not read. Teal'c read the data carefully before answering,
"There seem to be three moving towards our current position, I suggest that you all find seating at once, Major Carter I will require your assistance." Teal'c recommended, taking control of the situation as another blast flew ever so close to hitting the small ship. Jack and Daniel stumbled over to the two chairs that sat behind the helm, Sam falling into the co pilot's chair, she immediately began to run a whole systems diagnostic.
"They've taken out the shield generator sir, we are completely vulnerable." Sam reported.
"Teal'c can you shake 'em?" Jack raised the question, they had come so far, he wasn't about to get turned into Goa'uld fish food when he was so close to saving his friends.
"I believe so O'Neill." Teal'c replied confidently, as the ship sped further towards the planet's atmosphere. They continued to fly around the planet's atmosphere, the ship spiralling in all directions in an attempt to lose their pursuers but after 10 minutes or so Teal'c was no more successful in eluding them. Suddenly another blast hit the back of the cargo ship causing sparks to fly from the ceiling, showering them. Sam looked back at the computer screen,
"Weapons have just been disabled!" She yelled over the sound of sparks and crushing metal around them. Jack decided to take charge,
"Teal'c, give me a go." Jack stood up and immediately swapped places with his Jaffa teammate, grabbing the controls he felt an instantly surge of adrenalin flood his body.
"Alright, let's lose these puppies." Jack shouted, pushing back on the controls and sending the ship into an immediate dive towards the surface of the planet. At what felt like light speed the ship hurtled towards the ground, the Gliders following close behind. Sam looked over at Jack, terrified and saw the sheer concentration on his face. Just as the ship seemed to be on a collision course with the surface of the planet, Jack wrenched back on the controls, causing the ship to flip backwards and fly back up into the atmosphere. Explosions could be heard behind them as two of the Gliders smashed into unforgiving terrain, causing a pillar of fire and smoke to rise into the air.
"That's two sir, we still have one on our tail." Sam informed him, a hint of exhilaration in her voice.
"Carter, if I was to hit a Glider and I had only one chance, where would be the place to do it to inflict maximum damage?" Jack asked her, not taking his eyes off where he was going for a second. The ship flew out of the planet's atmosphere and headed deep into the blackness of space. Daniel looked up from where he had been focussing on the floor of the ship with a look of surprise on his face. Sam turned her head at looked at her CO in shock; neither of them could remember when they had heard such a technically coherent sentence come out of Colonel Jonathan O'Neill's mouth. When he didn't receive an answer, Jack looked over at her with a confused expression, still flying the craft through the air at top speed, swerving randomly to avoid the Gliders fire.
"What?!" He asked, not knowing why she was staring at him with a completely blank face when they were in the middle of a life or death situation. Sam snapped out of her momentary state of shock, and smiled to herself.
"Nothing sir, the main engine systems are located in the central area of the ship underneath the rear wings." She recalled from her many briefings with the Colonel about the X 302 and it's capabilities against Death Gliders. Jack was lost in thought for a moment, a plan starting to take shape in his mind, after only seconds a smile crawled to his face as he turned back to the window where he had to swerve to narrowly avoid a blast from behind.
"Okay kiddies, hold onto you diapers!" he exclaimed as he readied himself for a manoeuvre he had never tried before. Daniel looked over at Sam, his eyes silently asking her if she knew what Jack was going to do. Sam shook her head quickly, pulling herself further back into her chair in readiness for anything Jack might do. Following Sam's lead, Teal'c and Daniel did the same; Daniel leaned his head back and closed his eyes in a vain attempt to hopefully keep down the muffin he had eaten before they left. Jack took a deep breath before beginning to slow the ship down. Feeling the sudden deceleration, Sam looked over at him, alarmed.
'Sir?!"
"Trust me Major." Jack replied mockingly, not taking his eyes of the screen in front of him for a second. He stared at the tiny image of the Glider on the screen in front of him drawing ever so close towards his position.
"Showtime, 3, 2, 1." He mumbled before he completely stopped the ship dead in its tracks, floated in mid air without moving. The whoosh of the Glider's engines scraped the top of the craft as it narrowly avoided ploughing into them. Jack, seeing the Glider in front slow down made his decisive move, grabbing the controls and immediately thrusting the ship forward on a direct collision course with the rear of the Glider. Sam and Teal'c shut their eyes, turning their faces away, unable to look at Jack sending their ship ploughing into another. As the two crafts clashed, the scraping of metal against metal let out an ear-piercing screech as the Glider in front of them began to explode, the engine catching on fire as flames engulfed the whole craft. Jack began to reverse away from the crash scene and all he could do was watch as the enemy craft began to drift slowly down on a collision course with the planet's moon.
"Woo! Always wanted to try that!" Jack exclaimed happily. Sam opened her eyes slightly, seeing the Glider falling from the sky, she opened her eyes fully and watched intently as it closer and closer towards the moon. Even from their position, Jack and Sam could see the twisted metal of the craft collided with the surface of the moon, a cloud of space dust flying into the air around the moon. A bright light suddenly flashed in front of Jack's eyes and when it disappeared he looked over and saw that Sam was longer beside him. He looked back quickly to where Daniel was cowering but his seat too was empty. Jack let out a sigh of relief when he saw that Teal'c was still sitting in the same position. Teal'c opened his eyes slowly and looked around in confusion.
"Carter? Daniel?" Jack called fruitlessly; he knew they were no longer on the ship. Teal'c titled his head to the side as a thought came to mind.
"O'Neill, did Major Carter not say that this time loop was caused by a planetary body that interrupted the connection to P6Z 435?" Teal'c recounted. Jack nodded,
"So?" Teal'c smiled to himself,
"The impact of the crash may have caused the moon to shift, thereby causing the time loop to be disabled." Teal'c hypothesised. Jack sat deep in thought for a moment, processing the idea. No more time loop, no more constantly repeating days, but it also meant no more stolen moments with Sam, moments that would remain with him forever.
"Yeah." Jack replied with sadness in his voice. Teal'c, hearing the sadness in his voice looked over at Jack curiously.
"You do not wish the time loop to end O'Neill?" he asked, confused by Jack's sudden change of heart. Jack closed his eyes and for a second relived the highlights of the time loop. Seeing Sam's face when he proposed to her, throwing Twinkies through the Stargate, that unforgettable kiss they shared at his cabin. Jack smiled to himself but quickly pulled himself back to reality, he was a Colonel and she was Major, those memories were for him, and him alone. Putting on his "Colonel" face he turned to face his friend.
"Oh yeah definitely. Let's go get Carter and Daniel and go home." He suggested, letting Teal'c take back control of the ship for the long trip ahead of them, collapsing into one of the seats behind the helm, as the remnants of their time in the loop slowly began to fade away from his mind.
P6Z 435 1244
It took them nearly 5 hours before they reached P6Z 435; Jack had dozed off 10 minutes into the flight, leaving Teal'c to amuse himself with a song he use to sing to Ry'ac as a baby. As Teal'c landed the ship onto the surface of the planet, the sudden bump of the ship hitting the ground caused Jack to jolt from his very pleasant dream, sitting up dazily, rubbing his eyes.
"We have arrived on the planet O'Neill." Teal'c reported, making the final adjustments to ship settings before grabbing his pack from the floor and making his way out of the ship onto the sandy terrain, the Stargate could just be seen far in the distance, in the shadow of the setting sun. Jack shivered as he was greeted by the black, coldness of night on the eerily silent planet. Jack scratched his head thoughtfully.
"Okay Teal'c we may as well hole up here for the night, at sunrise we'll start off and find Daniel and Carter." Jack decided. Teal'c nodded in agreement, as the cold wind began to sweep across the low lying desert area Jack and Teal'c proceeded back into the ship, closing the hatch behind them. Jack had offered to take the first shift in keeping watch; Teal'c had gone to Kelnoreem until his watch in three hours time. Jack sat in the pilot's chair gazing out to the sky where millions of stars shone brilliantly through the blackness of space.
"Please be all right Sam, hang on for me, I'm coming." He whispered to himself as a shooting star streaked across the sky in front of him.
CAVES SAME TIME
Daniel rubbed his hands together as he inched his body closer towards the small fire he had managed to start. On the planet the days were boiling hot but the nights were the worst. The temperature dropped alarmingly low in a very short time, Daniel could feel every inch of his body freezing, all the clothes he had brought with him were now on his body and he still shivered uncontrollably. All day he had spent on the edge of the forest area, studying the area around Horus' ship for any sign of Sam amongst the hundreds of slaves the Goa'uld had working for him. As night fell Daniel had no choice but to make the painful and slow journey back to the caves for the night, his burn on his leg had become infected and was healing ever so slowly. As he pulled his body into his sleeping bag he crossed his arms over his chest and laid his head on what use to be his pack but was now his makeshift pillow.
"Please god, I hope Sam is safe, I hope we get out of this alive." He prayed before closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep.
SAM'S QUARTERS HORUS' MOTHERSHIP SAME TIME
Sam laid her head on the fluffy pillows that sat at the head of her new bed. The tears that rolled down her cheeks soon created a large wet patch on the fine silk fabric under her head. This was how life was going to be, she was married to a Goa'uld System Lord, forced to love someone that she despised for who and what they are. What made her heart ache was the extreme loneliness she felt, the vulnerability of living anywhere else but back home, to her little house in Colorado where she could just be herself and not have to worry what others may think of her. She missed them all so much, Janet, Cassie, Daniel, Teal'c, General Hammond but most of all she missed him. His little one liners that always made her smile, that cheeky grin that he saved only for her, his big, round brown eyes that were the windows to his soul. She even missed the times when he would come into her lab when she was working and ending up fiddling and breaking everything he touched. She shivered from the cold that came through the vent above the bed; she pulled the covers up to her chin and snuggled down further for warmth. As another wave of tears escaped from her eyes she closed her eyes and prayed silently to herself.
Dear God,
Please, please let me see him just one more time to tell him how much I miss him and love him. I have been too scared before now to reveal my feelings because of the regulations but I cannot go on living without letting him know how much I care about him and if he still cares about me. My heart breaks every second my brain reminds me that I will never see him again. Please let me see him, if it can only be for a minute, it would be a minute that I would treasure and never forget for the rest of my life.
Amen.
TBC
Corny I know but I did think I should leave it on that heartfelt moment.
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P.S. The next chapter will most probably be the last so. yeah (trying not to cry)
P4M 576 0446
When Jack jumped from the Stargate the first thing he noticed were the great number of Jaffa that lay on the ground in front of him motionless. Teal'c, Daniel and Sam were standing in defensive positions around the Stargate with their weapons at the ready, Sam with her P 90, Daniel with a zat gun and Teal'c with his always preferred, staff weapon.
"Carter, are we right?" Jack asked, referring to being able to take their suits off without becoming victims to the poisonous gas they had thrown through the gate. Sam pulled the meter from her pack and circled the surrounding area taking readings.
"Yes sir, the gas has cleared." Her voice muffled by the apparatus in front of her face. Daniel pulled of his mask gratefully; glad to feel the cool breeze on his face. The rest of SG1 disposed of their suits, revealing their normal "battle" khakis underneath. Jack pulled his lucky hat over his forehead.
"Alright, Teal'c and Daniel, head east, if you find anything give a shout. Carter you're with me, we'll take the west." Jack divide his team in two as usual to cover more ground, they would be able to find the nearest ship quicker if they split up. Clutching his P 90 in his hand defensively, they took off towards the surrounding forest area, Sam walking close behind him. She always felt secure near him, and on a highly populated planet of Goa'uld that was definitely a good feeling to have. They trudged through the dense underbrush of the area, Jack slicing through the thick vines that grew across their path. It had been over half an hour and Sam was surprisingly beginning to become bored.
"So, sir what else have you done in the time loops?" she asked casually, her interest had piqued when she was told they were in another loop but never had the audacity to ask him about it.
"Oh nothing much, you know, same old, same old, predict this, break that, you know the usual." Jack lamented not taking his eyes off where he was going. Sam smiled,
"Are you sure sir, I mean you could have done, anything without worrying about the regulations or consequences?" She reminded him. Jack stopped mid chop and turned to face her.
"You are beginning to sound like Daniel, Major, it's not a good thing." He told her, jokingly.
"Sorry sir, I'll try harder not to sir." She promised, not able to stop herself from smiling. Jack ducked his head, feeling a blush coming on as he saw that beautiful smile, memories from his previous loops coming to the forefront of his thoughts.
"Good, let's press on shall we?" He suggested, turning back towards the plant wall that was blocking their path. As Jack went back to chopping through the dense underbrush Daniel's voice came over the radio.
"Jack, come in." Daniel whispered, indicating he was in a potentially vulnerable position.
"Go ahead Daniel." Jack replied, hoping for good news, looking at his watch self-consciously. Since the time loop began he seemed to be looking at it more than he had in his entire lifetime.
"Teal'c and I have found a cargo ship, it's guarded by a couple of Jaffa." Daniel reported, the ship only a few feet away from their current position.
"Alright, stay put, Carter and I will be there ASAP. O'Neill out." Jack ended the transmission.
It took Jack and Sam only 20 minutes to jog to Daniel and Teal'c's position. They were crouched behind a line of waist-high shrubs on the edge of the forest. Jack and Sam immediately lay down in the long grass beside them. Through the shrubs they could see a group of seven Jaffa pacing defensively around the craft, each holding a staff weapon in their hands ready, their eyes wandering around the area searching for any signs of intruders. Jack shifted his body weight onto his elbows, positioning his P 90 directly in front of his eyes to get the best shot.
"Alright, nothing fancy, let's do this." He ordered, whispering. Jack pointed to Sam, and then out to two of the Jaffa on the far left of their position, she nodded, sliding silently further away from the group to get into a better firing position. Next Jack pointed to Teal'c and then out to the Jaffa closest to him, Teal'c nodded in agreement and moved into position, holding his staff weapon at is side. Daniel pulled out the zat gun and held it up symbolically, showing Jack he was ready. Jack nodded, pointing to two of the Jaffa, assigning them for Daniel to take care of. It left Jack with only the two Jaffa that stood directly in front of him. SG1 moved into position, Jack looked down the line to make sure they were ready, holding his hand up; he counted down on his fingers, 3, 2, 1. Suddenly they sprang up from their positions, taking the guards by surprised. With ease, both Jack and Sam fired 6 rounds from their weapons, taking down two guards each. Daniel fired two quick shots at the two guards in front of him, ducking to narrowly avoid a staff blast that flew by his head. Teal'c only took one shot from his staff weapon to take the remaining Jaffa down. They stepped into the clearing where the Jaffa lay motionless, each of them scanning the area cautiously to check that there were no more guards waiting nearby. After a couple of minutes, Jack lowered his weapon, satisfied they were alone, the rest of SG1 doing the same.
"All right campers, let's get going, Carter get those co ordinates into the computer, Teal'c you take the helm." Jack ordered. Daniel, Sam and Teal'c all went over to the smallish cargo ship. The door slid open and they each stepped inside, Jack brought up the rear, walking backwards towards the craft slowly keeping an eye out just in case any nasty surprises came running from the forest. When they were all inside Teal'c took his position in front of the crafts controls while Sam pulled the paper out of her pockets, her fingers running furiously over the controls as she programmed the co ordinates for P6Z 435. Jack run into the main room and slapped Teal'c on the back,
"Teal'c, get us outta here." He requested, a small amount of urgency presenting his voice. Teal'c nodded, reaching for the controls. The engines began to fire only seconds later, the craft lifting off from the planet's surface. Jack smiled to himself,
"All right!" he exclaimed, happy that at least one thing was going right for him today. But down below on the planets surface on of the Jaffa guards opened his eyes, clutching his stomach where the projectile had hit his body. As he sat up he saw the ship he was protecting begin to fly away from sight. He slowly and painfully reached for his communicator; a gruff voice on the other end of the line answered his call.
"Kree! Sholatika! Sholatika! Kalertiu!" He said, reporting to the major military base on the planet that intruders had stolen a spacecraft from his current position.
P6Z 435 HORUS' MOTHERSHIP 1244
Sam stood with her arms out to the side while three servant women insisted on dressing her in the finest clothes, fit for a queen. They wrapped black material with gold trim around the top of her body, crossing over in front of her chest to maximise the showing of her cleavage. Over her hips, they first placed a knee length skirt of gold coloured silk and was then covered with a very thin, black skirt the fell to the floor. As the servants chatted excitedly among themselves, Sam stood perfectly still; her pale, drawn face remained unchanged throughout the whole exercise. For the final touches she was given flat sandals to wear and a gold tiara with a falcon symbol engraved onto it, a long train of black material falling from the tiara down Sam's back. When they had finished, the servants stood back from Sam and looked at their work. They all nodded in satisfaction, rushing over to Sam and pulling her towards her door.
"Where are we going?" Sam asked, startled slightly by the sudden rush. One of the girls leaned over and whispered into Sam's ear.
"You are to be married now." She told her, giggling excitedly with the rest of the girls as they pushed Sam out of her room and down the corridor towards her husband. Horus was waiting eagerly in the main dining hall for his soon-to-be Queen.
P4M 576 0543
"Carter, you got those co ordinates into that computer yet?" Jack asked, pacing across the control room floor, thoroughly annoying Daniel who was standing behind him.
"Almost sir." Sam inputted the last code into the terminal and the co ordinates flashed back to her on the screen.
"Done." She reported. Jack sighed,
"Excellent Major." She applauded her. Sam smiled, she always liked when he complimented her on a job well done, she knew although through all her lengthy briefings and explanations of technologies to which she was usually greeted with a "move it along Major" he did appreciate and respect how much she worked. Teal'c was still at the ship's controls when a sudden blast sent the ship rolling to the left; Sam, Jack and Daniel's legs were thrown from under them as they slid along the floor of the craft, slamming into the wall. Jack groaned as pulled himself back onto his feet, his head throbbing from the impact against the unforgiving metal.
"What the hell was that?" he cried out, helping up Sam and Daniel from the floor while maintaining his own balance as the ship again tilted violently to one side.
"It seems that we are being pursued by a number of Gliders, O'Neill." Teal'c reported. Jack made his way over to where Teal'c was sitting and was looking over his shoulder.
"How many are we talkin'?" he asked nervously. The screen in front of Teal'c showed pages of Goa'uld that Jack could not read. Teal'c read the data carefully before answering,
"There seem to be three moving towards our current position, I suggest that you all find seating at once, Major Carter I will require your assistance." Teal'c recommended, taking control of the situation as another blast flew ever so close to hitting the small ship. Jack and Daniel stumbled over to the two chairs that sat behind the helm, Sam falling into the co pilot's chair, she immediately began to run a whole systems diagnostic.
"They've taken out the shield generator sir, we are completely vulnerable." Sam reported.
"Teal'c can you shake 'em?" Jack raised the question, they had come so far, he wasn't about to get turned into Goa'uld fish food when he was so close to saving his friends.
"I believe so O'Neill." Teal'c replied confidently, as the ship sped further towards the planet's atmosphere. They continued to fly around the planet's atmosphere, the ship spiralling in all directions in an attempt to lose their pursuers but after 10 minutes or so Teal'c was no more successful in eluding them. Suddenly another blast hit the back of the cargo ship causing sparks to fly from the ceiling, showering them. Sam looked back at the computer screen,
"Weapons have just been disabled!" She yelled over the sound of sparks and crushing metal around them. Jack decided to take charge,
"Teal'c, give me a go." Jack stood up and immediately swapped places with his Jaffa teammate, grabbing the controls he felt an instantly surge of adrenalin flood his body.
"Alright, let's lose these puppies." Jack shouted, pushing back on the controls and sending the ship into an immediate dive towards the surface of the planet. At what felt like light speed the ship hurtled towards the ground, the Gliders following close behind. Sam looked over at Jack, terrified and saw the sheer concentration on his face. Just as the ship seemed to be on a collision course with the surface of the planet, Jack wrenched back on the controls, causing the ship to flip backwards and fly back up into the atmosphere. Explosions could be heard behind them as two of the Gliders smashed into unforgiving terrain, causing a pillar of fire and smoke to rise into the air.
"That's two sir, we still have one on our tail." Sam informed him, a hint of exhilaration in her voice.
"Carter, if I was to hit a Glider and I had only one chance, where would be the place to do it to inflict maximum damage?" Jack asked her, not taking his eyes off where he was going for a second. The ship flew out of the planet's atmosphere and headed deep into the blackness of space. Daniel looked up from where he had been focussing on the floor of the ship with a look of surprise on his face. Sam turned her head at looked at her CO in shock; neither of them could remember when they had heard such a technically coherent sentence come out of Colonel Jonathan O'Neill's mouth. When he didn't receive an answer, Jack looked over at her with a confused expression, still flying the craft through the air at top speed, swerving randomly to avoid the Gliders fire.
"What?!" He asked, not knowing why she was staring at him with a completely blank face when they were in the middle of a life or death situation. Sam snapped out of her momentary state of shock, and smiled to herself.
"Nothing sir, the main engine systems are located in the central area of the ship underneath the rear wings." She recalled from her many briefings with the Colonel about the X 302 and it's capabilities against Death Gliders. Jack was lost in thought for a moment, a plan starting to take shape in his mind, after only seconds a smile crawled to his face as he turned back to the window where he had to swerve to narrowly avoid a blast from behind.
"Okay kiddies, hold onto you diapers!" he exclaimed as he readied himself for a manoeuvre he had never tried before. Daniel looked over at Sam, his eyes silently asking her if she knew what Jack was going to do. Sam shook her head quickly, pulling herself further back into her chair in readiness for anything Jack might do. Following Sam's lead, Teal'c and Daniel did the same; Daniel leaned his head back and closed his eyes in a vain attempt to hopefully keep down the muffin he had eaten before they left. Jack took a deep breath before beginning to slow the ship down. Feeling the sudden deceleration, Sam looked over at him, alarmed.
'Sir?!"
"Trust me Major." Jack replied mockingly, not taking his eyes of the screen in front of him for a second. He stared at the tiny image of the Glider on the screen in front of him drawing ever so close towards his position.
"Showtime, 3, 2, 1." He mumbled before he completely stopped the ship dead in its tracks, floated in mid air without moving. The whoosh of the Glider's engines scraped the top of the craft as it narrowly avoided ploughing into them. Jack, seeing the Glider in front slow down made his decisive move, grabbing the controls and immediately thrusting the ship forward on a direct collision course with the rear of the Glider. Sam and Teal'c shut their eyes, turning their faces away, unable to look at Jack sending their ship ploughing into another. As the two crafts clashed, the scraping of metal against metal let out an ear-piercing screech as the Glider in front of them began to explode, the engine catching on fire as flames engulfed the whole craft. Jack began to reverse away from the crash scene and all he could do was watch as the enemy craft began to drift slowly down on a collision course with the planet's moon.
"Woo! Always wanted to try that!" Jack exclaimed happily. Sam opened her eyes slightly, seeing the Glider falling from the sky, she opened her eyes fully and watched intently as it closer and closer towards the moon. Even from their position, Jack and Sam could see the twisted metal of the craft collided with the surface of the moon, a cloud of space dust flying into the air around the moon. A bright light suddenly flashed in front of Jack's eyes and when it disappeared he looked over and saw that Sam was longer beside him. He looked back quickly to where Daniel was cowering but his seat too was empty. Jack let out a sigh of relief when he saw that Teal'c was still sitting in the same position. Teal'c opened his eyes slowly and looked around in confusion.
"Carter? Daniel?" Jack called fruitlessly; he knew they were no longer on the ship. Teal'c titled his head to the side as a thought came to mind.
"O'Neill, did Major Carter not say that this time loop was caused by a planetary body that interrupted the connection to P6Z 435?" Teal'c recounted. Jack nodded,
"So?" Teal'c smiled to himself,
"The impact of the crash may have caused the moon to shift, thereby causing the time loop to be disabled." Teal'c hypothesised. Jack sat deep in thought for a moment, processing the idea. No more time loop, no more constantly repeating days, but it also meant no more stolen moments with Sam, moments that would remain with him forever.
"Yeah." Jack replied with sadness in his voice. Teal'c, hearing the sadness in his voice looked over at Jack curiously.
"You do not wish the time loop to end O'Neill?" he asked, confused by Jack's sudden change of heart. Jack closed his eyes and for a second relived the highlights of the time loop. Seeing Sam's face when he proposed to her, throwing Twinkies through the Stargate, that unforgettable kiss they shared at his cabin. Jack smiled to himself but quickly pulled himself back to reality, he was a Colonel and she was Major, those memories were for him, and him alone. Putting on his "Colonel" face he turned to face his friend.
"Oh yeah definitely. Let's go get Carter and Daniel and go home." He suggested, letting Teal'c take back control of the ship for the long trip ahead of them, collapsing into one of the seats behind the helm, as the remnants of their time in the loop slowly began to fade away from his mind.
P6Z 435 1244
It took them nearly 5 hours before they reached P6Z 435; Jack had dozed off 10 minutes into the flight, leaving Teal'c to amuse himself with a song he use to sing to Ry'ac as a baby. As Teal'c landed the ship onto the surface of the planet, the sudden bump of the ship hitting the ground caused Jack to jolt from his very pleasant dream, sitting up dazily, rubbing his eyes.
"We have arrived on the planet O'Neill." Teal'c reported, making the final adjustments to ship settings before grabbing his pack from the floor and making his way out of the ship onto the sandy terrain, the Stargate could just be seen far in the distance, in the shadow of the setting sun. Jack shivered as he was greeted by the black, coldness of night on the eerily silent planet. Jack scratched his head thoughtfully.
"Okay Teal'c we may as well hole up here for the night, at sunrise we'll start off and find Daniel and Carter." Jack decided. Teal'c nodded in agreement, as the cold wind began to sweep across the low lying desert area Jack and Teal'c proceeded back into the ship, closing the hatch behind them. Jack had offered to take the first shift in keeping watch; Teal'c had gone to Kelnoreem until his watch in three hours time. Jack sat in the pilot's chair gazing out to the sky where millions of stars shone brilliantly through the blackness of space.
"Please be all right Sam, hang on for me, I'm coming." He whispered to himself as a shooting star streaked across the sky in front of him.
CAVES SAME TIME
Daniel rubbed his hands together as he inched his body closer towards the small fire he had managed to start. On the planet the days were boiling hot but the nights were the worst. The temperature dropped alarmingly low in a very short time, Daniel could feel every inch of his body freezing, all the clothes he had brought with him were now on his body and he still shivered uncontrollably. All day he had spent on the edge of the forest area, studying the area around Horus' ship for any sign of Sam amongst the hundreds of slaves the Goa'uld had working for him. As night fell Daniel had no choice but to make the painful and slow journey back to the caves for the night, his burn on his leg had become infected and was healing ever so slowly. As he pulled his body into his sleeping bag he crossed his arms over his chest and laid his head on what use to be his pack but was now his makeshift pillow.
"Please god, I hope Sam is safe, I hope we get out of this alive." He prayed before closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep.
SAM'S QUARTERS HORUS' MOTHERSHIP SAME TIME
Sam laid her head on the fluffy pillows that sat at the head of her new bed. The tears that rolled down her cheeks soon created a large wet patch on the fine silk fabric under her head. This was how life was going to be, she was married to a Goa'uld System Lord, forced to love someone that she despised for who and what they are. What made her heart ache was the extreme loneliness she felt, the vulnerability of living anywhere else but back home, to her little house in Colorado where she could just be herself and not have to worry what others may think of her. She missed them all so much, Janet, Cassie, Daniel, Teal'c, General Hammond but most of all she missed him. His little one liners that always made her smile, that cheeky grin that he saved only for her, his big, round brown eyes that were the windows to his soul. She even missed the times when he would come into her lab when she was working and ending up fiddling and breaking everything he touched. She shivered from the cold that came through the vent above the bed; she pulled the covers up to her chin and snuggled down further for warmth. As another wave of tears escaped from her eyes she closed her eyes and prayed silently to herself.
Dear God,
Please, please let me see him just one more time to tell him how much I miss him and love him. I have been too scared before now to reveal my feelings because of the regulations but I cannot go on living without letting him know how much I care about him and if he still cares about me. My heart breaks every second my brain reminds me that I will never see him again. Please let me see him, if it can only be for a minute, it would be a minute that I would treasure and never forget for the rest of my life.
Amen.
TBC
Corny I know but I did think I should leave it on that heartfelt moment.
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P.S. The next chapter will most probably be the last so. yeah (trying not to cry)