CHAPTER FIVE: Keep That In Mind

A/N: Oh thank god exams are over!! Well here you go!! THANKS FOR THE REVIEWS GUYS!!! Lol – this chapter is for Clare because she came up with the first sentence!!

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An apple rolled off the table as Jack entered the room. Sam had her head resting on the table and her slow breathing pattern revealed that she was sound asleep. He gathered from the fruit pile on the desk that someone, probably Daniel, had left her a waking up present.

He sat down on the stool he had sat down on earlier, watching her sleep. He wondered if she thought as much in her sleep as she did in real life. She looked peaceful either way, at rest, at least for now. He looked at the clock sitting on her desk. It was a countdown clock counting down to the time when the Goa'uld were supposed to arrive. 18:45:23 the clock read. Jack sighed, he had under nineteen hours before the world as he knew it was going to fall apart.

He bent down and picked up the apple and a memory of Sam trying to explain to him how a wormhole worked using an apple flashed into his memory. He still didn't understand, but he found it entertaining to watch her try and explain it to him. Freya's earlier words echoed through his mind.

"O'Neill maybe you should take more notice of what is right in front of you before your world or at least the world as you know it falls apart around you."

He looked over at what was right in front of him, sleeping.

Freya was right…he couldn't loose what they had – whatever it was…at least not until they'd had some kind of closure. But the world came first.

The world always came first.

Jack stood up and walked towards the door.

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McKay stood staring out the window of the briefing room at the Stargate. The room around him was a bustle of scientists and engineers attempting to think up some way to prevent the inevitable from occurring. McKay turned and looked at the group of eggheads. Major Carter wasn't among them.

Probably in her own lab talking to Colonel O'Neill, McKay thought to himself. He had given away Jacob Carter's position to Anubis in an earlier – more secret – report given to his First Prime.

"McKay…" came a voice from beside him.

McKay turned to see that geek who had joined SG-1 for a year standing next to him.

"Jonas Quinn right?" he asked.

"Yeah," Jonas replied, smiling. "Do you have any idea what Felger was working on before…it happened?"

"I thought Colonel O'Neill was running that investigation…" McKay replied, suddenly more worried about the alien.

He was smarter than the Colonel.

"He is…I'm just helping him out," Jonas replied.

"Oh I see…no I have no idea – you might wanna check with Major Carter," McKay replied.

Jonas looked at him suspiciously…then smiled in his usual fashion. "OK. Thanks anyway."

"You're welcome," McKay mumbled to himself, watching Jonas disappear from the room at a fast pace.

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Daniel wandered into the infirmary rubbing his eyes under his glasses and yawning.

"You don't look so good," Janet said, looking at him.

He stopped mid-stride. "Oh…whoops…I was looking for the commissary…"

Janet smiled. "I think you should get some sleep Daniel…"

"No I can't, I have to…" he yawned, "…translate the tablet."

"Dr Jackson you do not seem well," Teal'c added.

"Thanks Teal'c," Daniel yawned again. "Oh my god I'm tired. Janet you got anything that'll keep me awake?"

"Coffee," she looked at him. "But I suggest you put aside saving the world just for half an hour and take a break…because trust me you won't be getting any other chance anytime soon."

Daniel suddenly noticed the dead body lying on the table and was fully awake. "Oh that's nasty…any idea who did this?"

"No…but whoever it was, they were extremely strong," Janet said.

"Possibly a Goa'uld," Teal'c added.

Daniel couldn't tear his eyes away from the mangled body. "What makes you think that?"

"No one else could possibly have the strength to do this much damage, not without some kind of machine," Janet said. "And there is no machine."

"But wouldn't Sam or Teal'c have sensed it?" Daniel queried, finally looking at Janet.

She shrugged. "We don't know why they haven't. Maybe the Goa'uld is avoiding them."

"I can no longer sense Goa'uld Dr Frasier…" Teal'c added. "And it would not be hard to avoid MajorCarter at this present time."

"That's a good point…so all we gotta do is cancel down the list of suspects who have been spending time around Sam," Daniel said. "Which cuts out all of us, Jonas, Jack…McKay…General Hammond...some other people…"

"Hey," came another voice from behind them.

It was Sam.

Janet froze up. "Sam I don't know if it's a good idea for you to be in here…"

"It's OK Janet, really," Sam replied, glancing at the body and getting a glazed look over her eyes.

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Jacob looked up from his position in the cell. The guard walked past again clanking his feet along the ground. He had to find some way to contact Earth, warn them of what was happening. He had to warn Sam that she was a possible target for a Goa'uld spy.

The guard walked passed the door again.

Jacob watched him carefully. There had to be some way…something he could do…

The guard stopped.

Jacob stared at him.

The guard looked around and then threw a small brown ball through the gaps in the cell then continued walking along the cell block.

Jacob picked it up and turned the device towards him. It was a long range communication device. Next thing he knew he was facing Anise.

"Selmak what is it?" she asked.

"Anise, someone…someone posing as a scientist is out to kill all the other scientists, including Sam…you have to warn them," Jacob whispered.

Just then the guard walked back across the paused.

"I gotta go," Jacob said.

Then he rolled the device back to the other Tok'ra operative and went back to figuring out how to get out of the hell hole.

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"Colonel O'Neill."

"Yes Jonas…" Jack asked, looking up from his list of people who were possibly a Goa'uld which Sam had delivered to him.

"It's McKay," Jonas said.

Jack blinked and raised both his eyebrows. "McKay? Jonas I know he's evil…but seriously…McKay? He's no Goa'uld. Plus he's been around Sam as much as everyone else…it can't be him."

"Unless she's drugged?" Jonas suggested.

Jack rolled his eyes. "I think she'd notice if she was being drugged Jonas…"

"OK then…there's another explanation…I know!"

Jack looked at him again. "What now?"

"The town…when you were a Tok'ra – we went to this town…and there were these Goa'uld clones…without Naquadah in their systems…" Jonas pondered this for a minute. "But they were all destroyed…unless…gotta go."

With that he disappeared out of the room.

"Damn scientists…" Jack mumbled.

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Jonas rounded the corner into Sam's lab. "Hey Major, I think I found why you…"

He jumped out of the way as a zat blast was aimed towards him. McKay had Sam's throat gripped in his hand and was pressing her up against the wall.

Jonas grabbed the shotgun he had attached to his belt and fired at McKay.

"How dare you," McKay said, in a very Goa'uld-like-voice.

"I knew it," Jonas muttered.

McKay shot at Jonas again with his free hand, this time hitting him and he fell to the ground with a thump, his body limp and unconscious.

Sam made some kind of noise as McKay turned back to her.

"Now precious…it's your turn…"

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A/N: Oh you hate me now don't you? *grins evilly* Gotta love cliffhangers…and reviews *nudges and winks*