Chapter 17
"There's enough death on these hands already. What do you think another will matter?" he was almost laughing. Then there was a moment of silence, like the world was holding it's breath.
A single shot rang out.
They both fell like stones to the floor.
Blood pooled behind Jonas's head; Sam moved, pushing the weight of Jonas's arms off her and turned to see the gun in his mouth and his brains splashed across the ground.
Captain Jonas Hanson was dead.
Not even the Gou'ald could put his body back together after this. She doesn't say a word, she just gets to her feet and slowly turns away.
The military are there. The guns are still held ready, orders are shouted, medics run in, but Sam simply walks away from the body. In a daze, though this isn't the first death she's seen, not by a long way, she is a soldier after all, but this one was personal and close. The reality won't hit her till later but when it does it will hit hard.
She stood alone staring out into the countryside, as the medics swept in to pronounce what everyone knew, that Jonas Hanson was dead by his own hand.
Jack approached her, "Penny for your thoughts?" He asked causally, as she stared out into space, away from the scene.
"I had the chance to end this, Sir. He literally asked me to do it" She didn't make eye contact, just spoke, her voice flat but with just a hint of the emotion locked away somewhere.
"Killing a man is no badge of honor, Major"
"I know, Sir. I think Jonas knew it too, that's what drove him here" her voice remained calm as he moved around to face her.
"So just remember every time you cross that line, you take one step closer to here"
"How do you go on? Doing what we do, knowing that"
"Because as long as you still know that you'll never become Jonas"
"Thank you, Sir"
"Anytime" Then she turned away from him and walked towards the medics and the mess, only looking straight ahead, desperate to shut out the impact of the scene before her.
Authors note: Sorry this chapter is a bit short, More to come, but please continue to review, i love hearing from you, I'm still ironing newpapers 6 days a week so i need the support!!!