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"Oh for crying out loud!" The familiar shout made Daniel took off his glasses and place the book he had been reading on the table.
Days had changed to weeks, weeks slowly to months and she had not yet returned. The first days after her leaving had been the worse, with Jack being forced to stay in bed because of his wounds. The only company he had allowed to stay with him had been a stubborn teenage girl. Cassandra had ignored his orders to leave him alone completely, sitting on his bedside at his home, reading out loud the books he had hated.
"I promised to Sam." She told her mother.
A week later he returned back to work. And two weeks later he was laying in the infirmary wounded, again, right next to Daniel. And this time he was going to stay there, and not released under Sam Carter´s care.
Two weeks had passed since that.
"That´s it." Jack said from the doorway. "I´m going to get her home."
"Jack." Daniel said slowly, studying at his friend´s face. He looked tired, frustrated, and he missed her like hell.
"You´re gonna tell me where she is?"
"I´m not sure."
"Danny, I miss her. I... I want her back." Jack lifted his hands to rub his tired face. "I´m going to lose it, I can´t sleep, I... I´m driving everybody crazy... I just want her back."
"I don´t know where she is." Daniel said softly. "I wish I did, but I don´t."
"Then who does? Somebody must know. We have contacted them before, why can´t we now?"
"Because Jacob didn´t take her to be with the Tok´ra. He took her away from here, away from work, away from you."
"I know." Jack said quietly.
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Jack sat on the bed in the infirmary, glaring at the nurse who cleaned his wounds. He felt the worried eyes of Janet Frasier on his back, knowing there would be a lecture and a painful shot waiting for him, and not necessarily in that order.
"Colonel," Janet started softly as the nurse finished with him and left them alone. "Sixth time in this month."
"Yeah, you know me, Doc." He moved his arm, grimacing as the pain shot through his upper body.
"I do know you, Jack, and I am getting worried." She said quietly. "What should I do with you?"
"Hey, this time it wasn´t my fault... not entirely anyway."
"I´m not talking about this, I am talking about Sam." Janet said and reached to help him with the buttons of his shirt.
"I know what you are talking about." The tone of his voice was quiet, almost sad.
"She will come back, she just needs her time."
"Yeah, well, she has been gone for four months now. You´d think she´d have had her time by now." He regret the harshness of his words. "I´m sorry, I´m just tired."
"That´s understandable." She turned to take the injection from the tray, biting her lower lip to hold back a chuckle as she watched him leaning back a little.
He glared at her as her lips curved into a smile and she wiped his arm before sticking the needle in. It hurt, and he was sure she did it on purpose.
"Now, you lay down at least for an hour, and Colonel, if I see you out of that bed even a second earlier, so help me god..."
"Yes, ma´am."He saluted before lying back against the soft pillows.
End of Part III
"Oh for crying out loud!" The familiar shout made Daniel took off his glasses and place the book he had been reading on the table.
Days had changed to weeks, weeks slowly to months and she had not yet returned. The first days after her leaving had been the worse, with Jack being forced to stay in bed because of his wounds. The only company he had allowed to stay with him had been a stubborn teenage girl. Cassandra had ignored his orders to leave him alone completely, sitting on his bedside at his home, reading out loud the books he had hated.
"I promised to Sam." She told her mother.
A week later he returned back to work. And two weeks later he was laying in the infirmary wounded, again, right next to Daniel. And this time he was going to stay there, and not released under Sam Carter´s care.
Two weeks had passed since that.
"That´s it." Jack said from the doorway. "I´m going to get her home."
"Jack." Daniel said slowly, studying at his friend´s face. He looked tired, frustrated, and he missed her like hell.
"You´re gonna tell me where she is?"
"I´m not sure."
"Danny, I miss her. I... I want her back." Jack lifted his hands to rub his tired face. "I´m going to lose it, I can´t sleep, I... I´m driving everybody crazy... I just want her back."
"I don´t know where she is." Daniel said softly. "I wish I did, but I don´t."
"Then who does? Somebody must know. We have contacted them before, why can´t we now?"
"Because Jacob didn´t take her to be with the Tok´ra. He took her away from here, away from work, away from you."
"I know." Jack said quietly.
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Jack sat on the bed in the infirmary, glaring at the nurse who cleaned his wounds. He felt the worried eyes of Janet Frasier on his back, knowing there would be a lecture and a painful shot waiting for him, and not necessarily in that order.
"Colonel," Janet started softly as the nurse finished with him and left them alone. "Sixth time in this month."
"Yeah, you know me, Doc." He moved his arm, grimacing as the pain shot through his upper body.
"I do know you, Jack, and I am getting worried." She said quietly. "What should I do with you?"
"Hey, this time it wasn´t my fault... not entirely anyway."
"I´m not talking about this, I am talking about Sam." Janet said and reached to help him with the buttons of his shirt.
"I know what you are talking about." The tone of his voice was quiet, almost sad.
"She will come back, she just needs her time."
"Yeah, well, she has been gone for four months now. You´d think she´d have had her time by now." He regret the harshness of his words. "I´m sorry, I´m just tired."
"That´s understandable." She turned to take the injection from the tray, biting her lower lip to hold back a chuckle as she watched him leaning back a little.
He glared at her as her lips curved into a smile and she wiped his arm before sticking the needle in. It hurt, and he was sure she did it on purpose.
"Now, you lay down at least for an hour, and Colonel, if I see you out of that bed even a second earlier, so help me god..."
"Yes, ma´am."He saluted before lying back against the soft pillows.
End of Part III