A/N: OMG I have made the biggest mistake!! AAH! I didn't want him to take a Death Glider HOLY CRAP! I'm such an idiot I can't believe…that's what I get for writing fan fic @ 1am!! *slaps forehead* I meant a Tel'tak!! I've edited all the other chapters and I'm soo sorry bout that mistake!! Thanks for pointing that out JD11!! I really wasn't thinking…moving on…

OMG I can't wait to see Death Knell next week!! Hehe looks so cool!! Next week…I mean in TWO AND A HALF DAYS YAAAAY! Sorry hadda share lol!

On to the next chapter

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Watch It Count Down To the End Of the Day

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Jack stared out the window of the Goa'uld cargo ship at the Earth disappearing below him. "How far away is this planet anyway?"

He turned to face Sam who was fiddling with some crystal things.

"Uh…not far sir…half a day?" she replied.

"Half a day…now isn't that a waste of time?" Jack replied.

"Sir…?" Sam looked at him with a worried expression. "You've been…a bit…off since we left the SGC…"

"Just Hammond…he seemed kind of – out of character? Don't ya think?" Jack said.

"Didn't notice, sir," she replied.

"You've seemed kind of distant yourself today…" Jack said after a moments pause.

She didn't reply.

"Carter?" Jack asked.

"It's nothing, sir…just this whole 'end of the world' thing…sometimes I wish it'd just go away and we could all settle down, have normal lives, a nice house with a white picket fence and two little kids running around…you know?" she said, shoving the crystals back where they came from and standing up.

"Yeah I know," he replied, holding her gaze.

There was a sudden bump from outside. They both looked at each other again…but this time in a different way.

"Jacob, what was that?" Jack shouted.

"Goa'uld Death Gliders! But we're cloaked they shouldn't be able to see us!" Jacob replied.

Jack and Sam both moved into action. Sam headed for the co-pilot controls and Jack…well he did his Jack thing and stood behind them watching for any more ships.

"How do they know where we are?" Sam asked.

"We're bugged!" Jack said all of a sudden.

"What!?" Sam said, turning to face him. "How do you know?"

"I don't…but it's the only explanation…" he replied.

"But…who would do that?" Jacob asked.

"Well McKay was a Goa'uld – who's to say there aren't others?" Jack said.

"Others?" Jacob said, but was distracted by another glider coming in and shooting at them.

"Others…" Sam repeated quietly, then she turned back to face Jack. "Sir, when we were in the power room – I sensed something."

"You sense something? As in a snakehead?" Jack asked.

"Yes, as in a snakehead," Sam repeated.

"And you didn't say anything?" he asked.

The ship swerved to the right knocking them both off balance for a couple of seconds. Their eyes met.

"I thought it was you," Sam replied.

Jack didn't reply. His mind was suddenly whirring with activity. An unusual occasion but it happens…

"Hammond! It's Hammond! That's why he sent us off! He was acting all weird in his office – and now he's sent us away so there's no one there to figure it…" he was cut off as he was thrown to the floor by a sudden swerve Jacob did.

They all remained silent for the next few minutes as the Death Gliders attacked them and Jacob did some fancy flying to get out of the way.

"I'm going into hyperspace," Jacob said after a couple of seconds of silence, pressing a few buttons and the ship zoomed off towards the planet where the machine that could destroy the Goa'uld was located.

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"I win!" Jonas said, grinning at Teal'c who had just lost his eighth game of Spit in a row.

Teal'c dropped his cards back into the sand. "I must surrender JonasQuinn, I do not believe I am any good at this game."

"Should we uh, try the Stargate again?" Jonas asked, looking at Daniel who was yet again trying to figure out the machine.

"DanielJackson, do not press anything if you are not certain of it purpose," Teal'c warned him. "You would not want to wipe out the Goa'uld without permission."

Daniel ignored him and continued pressing buttons. "This should activate the device…but it doesn't work."

He pressed the large square again. Then he picked up his notebook and reread his notes. "It should work."

"You know how to play Snap?" Jonas asked Teal'c.

"Indeed," Teal'c replied.

Before they'd even had the chance to shuffle the cards a sound of some kind escaped Daniel's mouth. They both looked back at him.

"Goa'uld!" he shouted, this time it was clear what he was saying.

They all looked at the sky to see a Goa'uld cargo ship heading their way. They gathered all the cards and ran for the cover of the few trees there were on the island. The Goa'uld cargo ship had already spotted them though, it landed on the beach right in front of them.

The door opened…but instead of seeing the feared sight of armed Jaffa they saw…

"Jack? Sam?" Daniel said. "What're you doing here?"

"We came to rescue you," Jack said, grabbing on of their bags and turning back towards the cargo ship. "And we're off."

"Off?" Daniel said. "But…what about the machine?"

"Do you wanna go home or not?" Jack asked.

"Sir, if they don't make the machine work there'll be no home…" Sam said.

"And if Hammond's a Goa'uld then Earth's only line of defence has been compromised!" Jack replied.

They glared at each other for a moment. Daniel and Jonas exchanged a knowing look.

"We have to make this machine work Jack," Daniel said.

"Well press the on switch and lets get outta here…" Jack said.

Jacob appeared at the door of the cargo ship. "What about the Tok'ra – anyone think about us?"

"Wait, wait," Daniel said, running back to his notebook and picking it up. "It says here…anyone protected by the shield of Tok'ra tunnel crystals will not be hurt."

"What else does it say? It doesn't actually kill the Goa'uld? It's all an evil ploy to get SGC personnel stuck off-world?" Jack said sarcastically.

"It also says many other things, if you'd given me the time to finish translating I might be able to tell you that!" Daniel shot back.

"Well fine you stay here, Carter, Teal'c, Jonas we're going home," Jack said, turning away and walking into the cargo ship.

"Colonel!" Sam shouted, running after him.

"Don't give me any crap. I'm going back to protect our planet I don't care what you all wanna do here, working with your stupid machine thingamajig," Jack shouted.

Sam stopped in her tracks and stared at him. Had he just said that? Did he mean that? Her face wore an expression of confusion and of hurt.

"Jack," Daniel said. "Give me twenty minutes to finish translating this and we're out of here."

Jack avoided Sam's gaze. "Fine," he said glaring at Daniel. "Have it your way."

Sam sent one last glare in Jack's direction and walked over to where Daniel and Jonas had immediately started to translate the last part of the transcript.

"Have you got it to turn on yet?" Sam asked, reading through Daniel's notes.

"No," Daniel said.

"It's almost as if it doesn't want to let Dr Jackson turn it on," Jonas said.

Sam looked confused and walked around the side of the machine. She found the square on button and pressed her palm against it.

The machine lit up.

Daniel and Jonas jumped up and backwards.

"How…?" Daniel asked.

"You did it!" Jonas said at the same time.

"I didn't do anything," Sam said, looking confused. "Where's the power settings?"

Daniel sat back down to continue translating as Jonas walked Sam around to the other side of the machine, pointing to five circular buttons.

"There," he said. "First button effects only this country, second - this whole planet, third - the solar system, fourth – the galaxy, fifth – the entire universe."

"Sounds simple," Sam mused.

"Sam…how many different…aliens…have naquadah in their system?" Daniel asked.

"Hopefully only the Goa'uld and the Tok'ra," Sam replied.

"So why would someone build a machine that needs someone with naquadah in their system to activate it?" Daniel said.

"What?" Sam and Jonas said at the same time.

"Someone with naquadah in their system has to activate the machine," Daniel repeated.

All their gazes shifted to look at Sam.

"No," Jack said.

Everyone turned to face him.

Jack and Jacob were standing next to each other.

"I'll do it," Jacob said.

"Wait…" Daniel said. "Does it just kill the Goa'uld – or both the Goa'uld and the host?"

"Anything with Naquadah in its blood…which would be just the snake right?" Jack replied.

They all looked at Sam.

"We have to get you to Tok'ra tunnels before anyone activates this device," Jack said.

"I'm activating the device," Sam replied. "Dad, this is my job, I have to do this."

"No, you're not doing this," Jacob said. "Look if we're right then only Selmak…only Selmak won't make it."

"You don't know that," Sam replied.

"Sam you still have your life ahead, don't you dare think I'm going to let you sacrifice yourself when it can easily be done by an old man like me," Jacob said.

"He's right," Jack said. "We'll find some Tok'ra tunnels, hide you in there and then you can go home and live happily ever after with a nice house, white picket fence and two small kids running around."

She looked up at him and met his eyes. For a moment there was utter and complete silence.

"OK…" she whispered.

She turned to face her father. "Dad…"

"Sam, no goodbyes," Jacob said, he scribbled something down onto a piece of paper. "Here – go to this planet, there's a Tok'ra base there – warn them what's about to happen so they can all hide."

"But…" Sam started. "What if you can't figure out how to use it?"

"Sam just GO!" Jacob shouted.

She stood her ground.

"Jack…" Jacob said, looking at him.

"Carter – we're going," he said grabbing her arm.

"No!" she tried to shake him off. "I'm not going."

"Carter he'll be fine," Jack said. "Come on."

"I'll give you six hours to reach the planet," Jacob said. "It's not far from here."

Jack nodded and pulled Sam's arm. "Come on Carter."

Teal'c, Daniel and Jonas were standing in a line watching it.

"JacobCarter," Teal'c said suddenly. "It was an honour to serve."

"Yeah, Jacob….good luck," Daniel said.

"Good luck," Jonas echoed.

"Dad…" Sam repeated.

"Jacob, have fun and we'll see you when we get home," Jack said, letting go of Sam's arm.

With that Daniel, Teal'c and Jonas headed into the cargo ship while Sam remained standing in front of her father.

"I want you to know…I'm sorry for everything…" she started

"I know," Jacob said, cutting off anything else she was about to say. "I'll see you tomorrow back on Earth."

"Come on Carter," Jack said, waiting just a little bit away from both of them.

Sam turned around and walked back towards the cargo ship without looking back. She couldn't look back. They ran into the ship, heading on their way to hide while the device was activated and the Goa'uld were wiped out once and for all.

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A/N: If there's any mistakes in this chapter PLEASE let me know – I made 2 major ones in the last chapter!!

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