Chapter 10: Losing a Friend

"NO!" Sam screamed. Jack was waiting for the blast to come and closed his eyes. However, it never came. Jack opened his eyes and gasped.

"Daniel!" Jack gasped.

He caught Daniel before he hit the ground and Sam shot Horus with the zat gun and tied him up so when he wouldn't escape when the pain wore off. Sarah ran over while Jack held Daniel. "Daniel, damn it that shot wasn't meant for you," Jack groaned.

"I know it wasn't, but I already lost two women that I loved, I didn't want Sam to lose someone she loved and go through the same pain I have been going through for awhile," Daniel answered.

Jack looked at the wound and tried to get it to stop bleeding. "Jack, don't!" Daniel hissed in pain.

"We have to save you," Sam insisted.

"No...no, my time has finally come at last. Please, leave it be," Daniel murmured.

"Daniel, when you say that you don't want Sam to lose someone she loved. What about Sarah, Cassie and Jenny? Don't they deserve to have the person they love?" Jack asked.

Daniel looked at Sarah and held onto her hand. "Sarah, tell Jenny and Cassie that I love them. I love you, Sarah, please forgive me for leaving you like this," he whispered. Sarah held onto his hand with tears in her eyes.

"I love you, Daniel Jackson, so much," she whispered.

Daniel smiled and placed a hand on her face. "I will always be with you, remember that," he murmured. Sarah nodded before his eyes closed. Jack stood up and leaned against a wall. Sam walked over and placed a hand on his shoulder. Jack placed a hand on hers and looked at her. Then they got Daniel and Horus out of the room. They had missed Nefertem and Sam called Jacob to give Sara back to them.

After they took the Goa'uld out of Pete, Sam walked into Daniel's office to see Sarah, Jenny, and Cassie packing Daniel's things away. "Sarah, I'm really sorry about Daniel. He meant something to all of us," Sam grieved. Sarah gave Sam a glare before continuing packing.

"You should apologize," she sneered.

"Excuse me?" Sam demanded.

"It was your fault that Daniel's dead."

"No, it wasn't, he was protecting us all."

"NO! HE WAS PROTECTING YOUR HUSBAND! IF YOU WEREN'T SEKHMET IN THE FIRST PLACE THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED!"

"I had no choice but to become Sekhmet. Nefertem is still after me."

"Nefertem deserves to die just like Pete."

"Pete had no choice either."

Sarah didn't answer, she just kept packing when Sam felt the pain hit her heart at Sarah's painful words about Daniel's death being her fault. "Sarah, you of all people should know what its like not to be able to control yourself when you're a Goa'uld. For crying out loud I almost killed my own husband, the man I loved because I was a Goa'uld. You almost killed Pete, Daniel, and me. You should know what its like not to be able to control your body because a creature was taking over it," Sam snapped. Sarah stopped packing and placed her hands on the desk with tears in her eyes. Sam nodded to Cassie and Jenny and watched as they left. She walked over to Sarah and placed a hand on her shoulder. Sarah looked at her with tears in her eyes.

"I never wanted to lose Daniel. I loved him so much," she murmured.

"I know, we all loved Daniel. He was like a brother to us all. However, you loved him much more and I understand that. Think about how Cassie and Jenny are feeling. They lost their father and their mother because of the Goa'uld."

"Dr. Fraiser was killed by the Goa'uld?"

"Yes, didn't Daniel tell you that?"

"No, he just told me that she was killed, but he didn't say how."

"Janet died in Daniel's arms when a staff weapon shot her. Daniel was heartbroken because he lost two wives because of the Goa'uld."

Sarah understood now, Daniel was never the same when Janet died, it was all because of the Goa'uld. "I'll miss him," she mumbled.

"We all will miss him," Sam assured.

Sarah then cried against Sam and Sam just held Sarah in a sisterly way. She looked over at the family photographs taken on Daniel's desk. One version was with Janet holding Jenny and Daniel had his arms around Cassie. Then she looked over at the one with Sarah holding Jenny and Daniel was holding Cassie the same way. They all lost a good friend, a father, and a lover.

Daniel's Funeral

Jack stood at the podium looking at the casket that held Dr. Daniel Jackson. "Dr. Jackson was a great man. Everyone that got the chance to know him knew that he had a great gift to learn any language in the galaxy. We all know that Daniel lost a lot during the past nine years. He lost his first wife, Sha're, when she taken by the Goa'uld and he lost his second wife, Dr. Janet Fraiser, was killed by a Goa'uld staff weapon. He did all that he could to raise his two beautiful daughters, Cassie and Jennifer Jackson. He did his best to find Jennifer a mother and chose a woman by the name of 'Sarah' (AN: I don't know her last name.) to be his third wife when this tragedy happened. Although, he may be gone, everyone who knew him will remember him forever. These names are: General Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter/O'Neill, Teal'c, Katherine Langford, Jonas Quinn, General George Hammond, Jacob Carter, Sarah, Jennifer, and Cassie Jackson," Jack explained. Sam watched as they buried Daniel with tears in her eyes. Sitting on her hip was Sara and beside her was Sarah holding Jenny with Cassie standing beside. Jonas had come from his planet to be at the funeral as were Teal'c and Katherine. Jack stood next to Sam and then the soldiers that were around the casket saluted while the casket was lowered into the hole. Once they said their final goodbyes, Sam watched as Sarah kneeled in front of the now filled up hole and placed a hand on the gravestone. Beside him was the supposed headstone of Dr. Janet Fraiser/Jackson. Jack took Sarah and the girls home before taking Sam and Sara home.

That night, Jack couldn't sleep, he just held Sam in his arms as she cried herself to sleep. He was hurting of course, but he was dealing with it his own way. He knew that he would have to help Sam and protect her against Nefertem. When he finally fell to sleep, he fell into a dreamless sleep with sadness in his heart.

AN: I know that this chapter was very sad. It took me two months to figure it out. I hope you guys enjoyed it nonetheless. The next chapter will be up soon.