Author's Note: Last chapter, I hope you enjoy. Remember to continue
reading in this saga in the next story, "Returning Home".
O'Neill cont.:
"Let's go, people", he announced at the end of the ramp, once they had all arrived.
The newly promoted First Lieutenant was smiling proudly and yet not as brightly as she could be. Daniel fixed his glasses on his nose firmly before he'd step through. T was just standing there, as he always was; and Sam looked a bit anxious for this mission.
As soon as they stepped through to the other side, they were pinned down by fire at the gate. This seemed to happen a lot to them. They'd go in to help, and barely make it out alive.
Being the first one through, Liz was taken down with enemy fire and she couldn't pull her weapon out to defend herself in time. Teal'c, being next, shot down many people with his staff weapon, although no one really knew who the enemies were and who the people they were supposed to be protecting were.
Daniel and Sam were next, with Jack bringing up their six as the event horizon dissipated. Jack peppered them with his weapon as Daniel immediately went for his handgun to help.
Carter:
Running over to the downed First Lieutenant, Sam sighed softly as she began to access the situation. She had to see if her friend was fatally injured, or if she'd just gotten winged. Looking down and ignoring the gunfire, Carter realized how bad Tucker's wounds were. She wasn't going to make it. Even though they'd all been wearing their gear, she still managed to be hit...bad.
"Just...my luck," Tucker was saying, "...that the...day I get...promoted...I get shot."
Her expression changed, realizing the look on Sam's face, "How bad...is it?"
"Save your breath. It's bad, but if we can get back, you might be alright." Sam commented, trying to get her friend to cheer up.
"Cut the crap, ma'am." Liz smiled, knowing what Carter was up to.
They both knew she wasn't going to make it.
Jackson:
Once the smoke form the battle had cleared, he realized that he'd come out unscathed. How that happened, he'd never really know. Staring across the field, he could see that there were some fair-skinned people coming; probably the Laknees. Glancing down, he saw Sam hovering over a very limp-looking Tucker, and he immediately knew what had happened. She was dead, killed in this ambush.
"We are sorry for your loss." The tall people said, coming up to them, a few of them carrying Liz away.
"Thank you for your help, kind ones." They said, waving.
The next thing Daniel remembered was waking up in the infirmary. Remembering only that they had lost Tucker in an ambush, and not remembering the people of that world.
O'Neill cont.:
"Let's go, people", he announced at the end of the ramp, once they had all arrived.
The newly promoted First Lieutenant was smiling proudly and yet not as brightly as she could be. Daniel fixed his glasses on his nose firmly before he'd step through. T was just standing there, as he always was; and Sam looked a bit anxious for this mission.
As soon as they stepped through to the other side, they were pinned down by fire at the gate. This seemed to happen a lot to them. They'd go in to help, and barely make it out alive.
Being the first one through, Liz was taken down with enemy fire and she couldn't pull her weapon out to defend herself in time. Teal'c, being next, shot down many people with his staff weapon, although no one really knew who the enemies were and who the people they were supposed to be protecting were.
Daniel and Sam were next, with Jack bringing up their six as the event horizon dissipated. Jack peppered them with his weapon as Daniel immediately went for his handgun to help.
Carter:
Running over to the downed First Lieutenant, Sam sighed softly as she began to access the situation. She had to see if her friend was fatally injured, or if she'd just gotten winged. Looking down and ignoring the gunfire, Carter realized how bad Tucker's wounds were. She wasn't going to make it. Even though they'd all been wearing their gear, she still managed to be hit...bad.
"Just...my luck," Tucker was saying, "...that the...day I get...promoted...I get shot."
Her expression changed, realizing the look on Sam's face, "How bad...is it?"
"Save your breath. It's bad, but if we can get back, you might be alright." Sam commented, trying to get her friend to cheer up.
"Cut the crap, ma'am." Liz smiled, knowing what Carter was up to.
They both knew she wasn't going to make it.
Jackson:
Once the smoke form the battle had cleared, he realized that he'd come out unscathed. How that happened, he'd never really know. Staring across the field, he could see that there were some fair-skinned people coming; probably the Laknees. Glancing down, he saw Sam hovering over a very limp-looking Tucker, and he immediately knew what had happened. She was dead, killed in this ambush.
"We are sorry for your loss." The tall people said, coming up to them, a few of them carrying Liz away.
"Thank you for your help, kind ones." They said, waving.
The next thing Daniel remembered was waking up in the infirmary. Remembering only that they had lost Tucker in an ambush, and not remembering the people of that world.