CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Watch Time Go Right Out the Window

A/N: Close to the end now :(!! THANKS FOR THE REVIEWS :D:D

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Jacob Carter sat up and looked around. For a moment he had no idea where he was.

Selmak? He talked in the way he usually did to the Tok'ra.

No reply.

"Selmak…" he said out loud.

This time he didn't expect a reply.

A part of him was gone. OK so maybe he hadn't wanted the thing in the first place…but just maybe he'd also begun to like the company of his other half.

And now Selmak was gone.

"No…" he said out loud. "No, no, no…."

Then another thought hit him.

The Goa'uld were gone.

"Sam!" he said, making himself stand up.

He ran to the shore of the island and spotted the raft Teal'c, Jonas and Daniel had built earlier.

Ten minutes later he had paddled his way to the main shore and run up the hill to the Stargate. He dialled Earth and waited, hoping with all his remaining strength that everything was OK there.

It didn't work.

"Damnit!" he cursed, immediately beginning to punch the numbers in again.

Then it sunk in. Even if he did get through…he didn't have a GDO…he would be squashed the second he stepped through the even horizon.

Suddenly the Stargate starting dialling in.

He stepped back, thinking it could be the Goa'uld, not the SGC. Then it clicked. There were no Goa'uld…

The event horizon opened with a large whoosh and Jacob stood there, waiting. Through it stepped Jack and Teal'c. Jacob smiled, a smile of relief that they didn't look too upset.

That meant Sam was in safety.

"Boy am I happy to see you," Jacob said.

A boyish grin spread across Jack's face. "Good to see you alive too."

"Did it work?" Jacob asked.

"Yeah…did…I mean is Selmak…?" Jack didn't exactly know what to say.

"He's gone…" Jacob said, a sadness in his voice. "But he died saving the galaxy…so I guess that justifies it."

"He died for a noble cause JacobCarter," Teal'c said.

Jacob smiled slightly. "Thank you Teal'c. So, should we get back to base?"

"I guess so…" Jack said. "Dial it up Teal'c my man."

Teal'c raised an eyebrow at him, but did so anyway.

"How's Sam?" Jacob asked.

"She's good," Jack said, a slight smile edging on his lips.

"It's over, isn't it?" Jacob said.

Jack looked at him questioningly.

"The war…" Jacob said.

"Yes I suppose it is," Jack said.

"And that means that the SGC won't be useful anymore will it?" Jacob said.

"I supposed not…" Jack said. "What're you getting at?"

"Well that means that SG-1 will no longer be a team, and certain Air Force regulations won't apply anymore," Jacob said.

The wormhole opened and Jacob walked away from Jack. Leaving him to figure out what he had just been told for himself.

He shook his head to himself and muttered, "Jacob you little…"

Then he grinned.

Jacob had just given him permission to do something he had wanted to do for a long time.

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Sam looked up as Jack and Jacob wandered into the infirmary. She smiled. They had so much to be happy about. Their only problem was the missing McKay.

"Dad, I'm glad you're OK," she said, jumping off the bed where she was seated and giving him a big hug. "I was worried."

"She wasn't the only one," Jack said.

Sam looked up and met his eyes. There was hidden meaning behind his words, he wasn't only talking about Jacob. She smiled slightly and he returned the smile.

"Jack's been telling me you wouldn't let him take you to safety…that wasn't very smart Sam," Jacob said sternly.

"But I'm OK now Dad, so I made the right decision didn't I?" Sam pulled away from the hug and smiled at her father.

"I'm not going to argue with you right now," he said, also smiling. "I'm just glad everyone's OK."

Sam looked up as Daniel, Teal'c and Jonas entered the infirmary. Janet was standing in the corner grinning at them all.

Beside the fact that they were all now practically out of a job, they were happy. The war was over, they'd saved thousands of people. They'd destroyed evil and they'd protected Earth. Now all they had to do was deal with the press that would suddenly know their every move.

"Feeling better MajorCarter?" Teal'c asked.

"Much, thanks Teal'c!" Sam said.

Daniel handed over a box of chocolates. "We brought you these."

"Thanks guys," Sam smiled. "Any news about McKay?"

"He was picked up on a highway south of here, he's in custody…" Jonas relayed the information.

"Are they gonna de-Goa'uld him?" Jack asked.

"What's left of the Tok'ra are coming to do so tomorrow," Daniel said.

Sam nodded.

"So who's up for a party at my place tomorrow?" Jack asked.

Everyone looked around.

"Sounds good," Sam said, meeting Jack's eyes again.

This time he didn't smile, he just looked into her eyes as if he was trying to tell her something. But she couldn't figure it out.

They were safe.

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A/N: Please review! Epilogue is just around the corner, sorry this chapter is so short.