Thanks for the reviews. GateSeeker2, not this chapter, but later, I think.
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Chapter 3- Flight to safety
"Sam!" Cassie cried out when she saw Sam's arm. Her whole arm was covered in blood, and more was dripping.
Sam just stared at her bloody arm. Jack grabbed her good arm and moved her to the couch. "Sit down." He pulled out his knife and cut off her shirt around the shoulder, keeping most of her privacy intact but still exposing the wound.
"You were lucky, Carter." He went to work cleaning and bandaging. She put her head back and closed her eyes, grimacing as the pain began to register.
No one spoke as he worked. Cassie, Sara, Sarah, and Daniel all just watched. Teal'c guided the Scout Ship out of Earth's atmosphere.
Sarah was struck by the intimacy she saw. Neither Jack nor Sam seemed fazed by what for most people would be a rather compromising position. This was obviously not a first time for either of them. After about five minutes, he was done.
"How's that?"
"Fine, sir. Thanks." She struggled to get up, but fell right in Jacks lap.
"Easy, Carter. Just stay still for a little while. How are you feeling?"
"A little tired."
Daniel said, "No surprise there, she's lost a lot of blood."
"Yeah. Sarah, you think you can keep an eye on her? Danny, why don't you explain what's going on to our guests. I need to talk to Teal'c." He extricated himself from Sam.
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"What is our course of action O'Neill?" Teal'c said after Jack had closed the door behind him.
"Well, we return the Scout Ship, for starters. Then we have to find a place where our non-combatant companions," motioning to the door, "can stay in safety. After that, I have no idea."
"Do you believe we will be able to return to Earth?"
"I wish I could say yes, Teal'c, but with the NID playing dirty now, and Kinsey on the Vice Presidential ticket, I doubt we'll have any say in the Stargate program for very long."
"Indeed."
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Sam opened her eyes to see Sarah staring back at her. "Hi."
"Hi."
Daniel had moved his Sara and Cassie to the other side of the room so that they could talk without disturbing Sam.
"What happened?"
"I got shot." Sam wasn't really in the mood to talk about it.
*So like Jack* Sarah thought, *He never spoke about anything either.* Sarah wasn't sure if this was the time to discuss it or not, but she knew that she and Sam were going to need a woman to woman talk soon. She tried and easy question. "How long have you worked with Jack?"
"Almost seven years." Sam moved from her lying position to sit upright, legs curled up, facing Sarah. "You still love him, don't you?"
Sensing that Sam felt the need to talk as well, Sarah answered. "Yeah. I guess I do. We split because of Charlie, true, but it was also because he couldn't tell me anything about what he did. He would leave at anytime, come back at anytime, and I had no idea where he was going or what he was doing. I knew he was in the Special Forces, and that just made the waiting worse. I never knew if he'd come back. But, yeah, after all this time, I do wish we could get back together." Their eyes connected. "Will I be getting in the way of something?"
Sam sighed. "Not really. I mean, in a way. We've never really had a personal relationship, because of Air Force regulations. He was, and still is, my Commanding Officer. Maybe if he wasn't... I tried to move on, just recently, with another guy. It didn't work." Sam's eyes took on a faraway look. "I still care about him. A lot."
There was an awkward pause, "So..."
Sam shook her head. "I don't know. I'm not sure if he even feels that way for me anymore. We both kind of hid it from each other. I'm not sure why." She yawned. "Oh, sorry. I'm still tired."
Sarah smiled. "That's okay. You should probably sleep." She didn't think they had resolved anything, but she felt better with it out in the open.
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Jack and Teal'c entered the back room, having set the ship on auto pilot. "Ok kids, huddle up." For once, he realized, the guys were outnumbered. Sarah woke Sam, and helped her sit up. "We're headed back to Chulak for now. After that, we'll take the Stargate to the Land of Light. It's peaceful there, so we can stay there as long as we need to before we move again."
"Move to where, sir?"
"Hopefully, Earth, but that's doubtful. What we will need is a place that's safe, out of the Goa'ulds way, but where we can still keep an eye on things. Sara," both women looked up, but he was talking to Sara Gardner, "can you still use one of these?" He held up a Tok'ra healing device that he had found in the control room.
"Oh, why yes, I believe I can." She immediately took it from him and moved over to Sam. Conversation stopped while the device hummed. Sam visibly relaxed.
"Thank you so much."
"Ok, we're gonna have to get one of those for ourselves once we return this one to its owner along with the ship. Sara, you just became our doctor." Addressing the crowd once more, he said, "We will be OK, people, but we're going to have to stick together."
The few hours of sleep before they arrived on Earth hadn't helped SG-1 much, and the others were exhausted as well. The sleeping arrangement was a little complicated, because there were seven people on a ship designed for four. It only worked because they were already a pretty intimate group, and nobody had any qualms about Co-ed bunking or sleeping on the floor. The only one who felt slightly uncomfortable was Sara, but that problem was solved when she fell asleep holding and being held by Daniel. Sam and Cassie got the two beds. Sarah once again fell asleep next to Jack. Jack fell asleep for the first time in a very long day, a day that, for him, had begun way back at the SGC, more than 36 hours ago. Teal'c Kelnoreemed in the control room.
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He woke when he heard an agonized gasp. Looking up, he realized that Sam had fallen off her couch, landing on her bad arm, which hadn't been fully healed by the hand device. She was moving slowly to get back to her feet. He got up and helped her. "Now Carter, are we going to have to put a barrier on your bed so you don't fall out?"
She giggled at his joke and sat down on the couch/bed. "No sir, I don't think so."
He smiled.
She smiled.
Then both looked away.
"Um... you should probably sleep again."
"Yeah." She agreed, but neither of them moved. She didn't want him to leave, so she gingerly rested her head on his shoulder. He put his head back against the wall and closed his eyes.
Several hours later, Sarah woke to find them in that position.
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"O'Neill, we have arrived." Teal'c woke Jack from his slumber, never an easy or particularly safe thing to do.
"Oh f' cryin' out loud. Already?"
"It has been nearly four hours, O'Neill."
"Yeah, Yeah, okay. Sam, wake up. Come on, I need my shoulder back." She slowly stirred, as did the rest of the ships occupants.
They landed, returned the ship to it's owner, and headed for the Stargate.
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What they found there did not please. Four armed Jaffa surrounded the Gate, and Jack was quick to notice several more hiding in the shadows of the nearby buildings.
"You shall not pass."
"Oh, but why not?" Jacks voice was one of a whining child being told he couldn't have desert before dinner.
The Jaffa did not blink. "Our master will soon arrive, and we intend for you to come with us." The Jaffa in the shadows came up, essentially surrounding them. Eight in total, counting the four at the Gate.
"Hmm, let me do the math. Eight of you minus the four of us with guns, ummm... I think you have us at a disadvantage, so why don't you give the rest of these people here some weapons, and then we can fight it out. What do you say?"
The Jaffa were not in the mood for jokes. The nearest reached for Cassie when suddenly staff blasts flew in from somewhere, hitting two of the Jaffa in the first barrage.
Thinking fast, Jack tackled both Sara and Sarah with his left arm and body, while simultaneously drilling the nearest Jaffa through the head with his P-90.
Teal'c also blasted one of the Jaffa with his staff weapon. Daniel grabbed Cassie and pulled her to the ground beside Sam, who was raising her gun to fire. She found no targets, as the rest of the Jaffa had been hit by whoever it was that had come to their rescue.
Looking around, Jack saw a familiar shape. Teal'c saw it also, and moved over to greet, "Master Bra'tac. It is good to see you."
"Al ways, Teal'c. Colonel." Bra'tac nodded at Jack.
"Hey Bra'tac, not that I'm complaining or anything, but where did you come from?"
"We have had many problems in recent months with Jaffa informants, who sell information to the Goa'uld. It is not surprising that they would be interested in your arrival, and so I took several warriors with me to ensure your safe departure." They noticed several Jaffa standing in the shadows where Bra'tac had come from."
"Well, thanks." Jack extended his arm.
"Anytime, my friend. But you must hurry and go now. Their ruler," gesturing to the bodies on the ground, "could arrive at any time."
When he heard that, Daniel moved to dial the Gate. As it wooshed open, Bra'tac took Jack aside. "O'Neill, be warned. Word came to the Jaffa at the Alpha site just yesterday to be on the lookout for you and your team. A reward was offered. I will never betray any of you, but many Jaffa might. I would also be wary of any Tok'ra you meet."
Looking deep into his eyes, Jack said, "Thank you, Master Bra'tac. Do me a favor?" Bra'tac nodded. "I'll send Teal'c back here this time next week. Can you meet him here to give him any important news?"
"Of course."
"Thanks, man." He turned and followed the others up the steps to the gate.
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More Sam/Sara/Jack next chapter, I promise!
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Chapter 3- Flight to safety
"Sam!" Cassie cried out when she saw Sam's arm. Her whole arm was covered in blood, and more was dripping.
Sam just stared at her bloody arm. Jack grabbed her good arm and moved her to the couch. "Sit down." He pulled out his knife and cut off her shirt around the shoulder, keeping most of her privacy intact but still exposing the wound.
"You were lucky, Carter." He went to work cleaning and bandaging. She put her head back and closed her eyes, grimacing as the pain began to register.
No one spoke as he worked. Cassie, Sara, Sarah, and Daniel all just watched. Teal'c guided the Scout Ship out of Earth's atmosphere.
Sarah was struck by the intimacy she saw. Neither Jack nor Sam seemed fazed by what for most people would be a rather compromising position. This was obviously not a first time for either of them. After about five minutes, he was done.
"How's that?"
"Fine, sir. Thanks." She struggled to get up, but fell right in Jacks lap.
"Easy, Carter. Just stay still for a little while. How are you feeling?"
"A little tired."
Daniel said, "No surprise there, she's lost a lot of blood."
"Yeah. Sarah, you think you can keep an eye on her? Danny, why don't you explain what's going on to our guests. I need to talk to Teal'c." He extricated himself from Sam.
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"What is our course of action O'Neill?" Teal'c said after Jack had closed the door behind him.
"Well, we return the Scout Ship, for starters. Then we have to find a place where our non-combatant companions," motioning to the door, "can stay in safety. After that, I have no idea."
"Do you believe we will be able to return to Earth?"
"I wish I could say yes, Teal'c, but with the NID playing dirty now, and Kinsey on the Vice Presidential ticket, I doubt we'll have any say in the Stargate program for very long."
"Indeed."
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Sam opened her eyes to see Sarah staring back at her. "Hi."
"Hi."
Daniel had moved his Sara and Cassie to the other side of the room so that they could talk without disturbing Sam.
"What happened?"
"I got shot." Sam wasn't really in the mood to talk about it.
*So like Jack* Sarah thought, *He never spoke about anything either.* Sarah wasn't sure if this was the time to discuss it or not, but she knew that she and Sam were going to need a woman to woman talk soon. She tried and easy question. "How long have you worked with Jack?"
"Almost seven years." Sam moved from her lying position to sit upright, legs curled up, facing Sarah. "You still love him, don't you?"
Sensing that Sam felt the need to talk as well, Sarah answered. "Yeah. I guess I do. We split because of Charlie, true, but it was also because he couldn't tell me anything about what he did. He would leave at anytime, come back at anytime, and I had no idea where he was going or what he was doing. I knew he was in the Special Forces, and that just made the waiting worse. I never knew if he'd come back. But, yeah, after all this time, I do wish we could get back together." Their eyes connected. "Will I be getting in the way of something?"
Sam sighed. "Not really. I mean, in a way. We've never really had a personal relationship, because of Air Force regulations. He was, and still is, my Commanding Officer. Maybe if he wasn't... I tried to move on, just recently, with another guy. It didn't work." Sam's eyes took on a faraway look. "I still care about him. A lot."
There was an awkward pause, "So..."
Sam shook her head. "I don't know. I'm not sure if he even feels that way for me anymore. We both kind of hid it from each other. I'm not sure why." She yawned. "Oh, sorry. I'm still tired."
Sarah smiled. "That's okay. You should probably sleep." She didn't think they had resolved anything, but she felt better with it out in the open.
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Jack and Teal'c entered the back room, having set the ship on auto pilot. "Ok kids, huddle up." For once, he realized, the guys were outnumbered. Sarah woke Sam, and helped her sit up. "We're headed back to Chulak for now. After that, we'll take the Stargate to the Land of Light. It's peaceful there, so we can stay there as long as we need to before we move again."
"Move to where, sir?"
"Hopefully, Earth, but that's doubtful. What we will need is a place that's safe, out of the Goa'ulds way, but where we can still keep an eye on things. Sara," both women looked up, but he was talking to Sara Gardner, "can you still use one of these?" He held up a Tok'ra healing device that he had found in the control room.
"Oh, why yes, I believe I can." She immediately took it from him and moved over to Sam. Conversation stopped while the device hummed. Sam visibly relaxed.
"Thank you so much."
"Ok, we're gonna have to get one of those for ourselves once we return this one to its owner along with the ship. Sara, you just became our doctor." Addressing the crowd once more, he said, "We will be OK, people, but we're going to have to stick together."
The few hours of sleep before they arrived on Earth hadn't helped SG-1 much, and the others were exhausted as well. The sleeping arrangement was a little complicated, because there were seven people on a ship designed for four. It only worked because they were already a pretty intimate group, and nobody had any qualms about Co-ed bunking or sleeping on the floor. The only one who felt slightly uncomfortable was Sara, but that problem was solved when she fell asleep holding and being held by Daniel. Sam and Cassie got the two beds. Sarah once again fell asleep next to Jack. Jack fell asleep for the first time in a very long day, a day that, for him, had begun way back at the SGC, more than 36 hours ago. Teal'c Kelnoreemed in the control room.
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He woke when he heard an agonized gasp. Looking up, he realized that Sam had fallen off her couch, landing on her bad arm, which hadn't been fully healed by the hand device. She was moving slowly to get back to her feet. He got up and helped her. "Now Carter, are we going to have to put a barrier on your bed so you don't fall out?"
She giggled at his joke and sat down on the couch/bed. "No sir, I don't think so."
He smiled.
She smiled.
Then both looked away.
"Um... you should probably sleep again."
"Yeah." She agreed, but neither of them moved. She didn't want him to leave, so she gingerly rested her head on his shoulder. He put his head back against the wall and closed his eyes.
Several hours later, Sarah woke to find them in that position.
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"O'Neill, we have arrived." Teal'c woke Jack from his slumber, never an easy or particularly safe thing to do.
"Oh f' cryin' out loud. Already?"
"It has been nearly four hours, O'Neill."
"Yeah, Yeah, okay. Sam, wake up. Come on, I need my shoulder back." She slowly stirred, as did the rest of the ships occupants.
They landed, returned the ship to it's owner, and headed for the Stargate.
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What they found there did not please. Four armed Jaffa surrounded the Gate, and Jack was quick to notice several more hiding in the shadows of the nearby buildings.
"You shall not pass."
"Oh, but why not?" Jacks voice was one of a whining child being told he couldn't have desert before dinner.
The Jaffa did not blink. "Our master will soon arrive, and we intend for you to come with us." The Jaffa in the shadows came up, essentially surrounding them. Eight in total, counting the four at the Gate.
"Hmm, let me do the math. Eight of you minus the four of us with guns, ummm... I think you have us at a disadvantage, so why don't you give the rest of these people here some weapons, and then we can fight it out. What do you say?"
The Jaffa were not in the mood for jokes. The nearest reached for Cassie when suddenly staff blasts flew in from somewhere, hitting two of the Jaffa in the first barrage.
Thinking fast, Jack tackled both Sara and Sarah with his left arm and body, while simultaneously drilling the nearest Jaffa through the head with his P-90.
Teal'c also blasted one of the Jaffa with his staff weapon. Daniel grabbed Cassie and pulled her to the ground beside Sam, who was raising her gun to fire. She found no targets, as the rest of the Jaffa had been hit by whoever it was that had come to their rescue.
Looking around, Jack saw a familiar shape. Teal'c saw it also, and moved over to greet, "Master Bra'tac. It is good to see you."
"Al ways, Teal'c. Colonel." Bra'tac nodded at Jack.
"Hey Bra'tac, not that I'm complaining or anything, but where did you come from?"
"We have had many problems in recent months with Jaffa informants, who sell information to the Goa'uld. It is not surprising that they would be interested in your arrival, and so I took several warriors with me to ensure your safe departure." They noticed several Jaffa standing in the shadows where Bra'tac had come from."
"Well, thanks." Jack extended his arm.
"Anytime, my friend. But you must hurry and go now. Their ruler," gesturing to the bodies on the ground, "could arrive at any time."
When he heard that, Daniel moved to dial the Gate. As it wooshed open, Bra'tac took Jack aside. "O'Neill, be warned. Word came to the Jaffa at the Alpha site just yesterday to be on the lookout for you and your team. A reward was offered. I will never betray any of you, but many Jaffa might. I would also be wary of any Tok'ra you meet."
Looking deep into his eyes, Jack said, "Thank you, Master Bra'tac. Do me a favor?" Bra'tac nodded. "I'll send Teal'c back here this time next week. Can you meet him here to give him any important news?"
"Of course."
"Thanks, man." He turned and followed the others up the steps to the gate.
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More Sam/Sara/Jack next chapter, I promise!