Luckily Sam hadn't quite given up just yet and in a complicated move suddenly got Xylena under her and was holding the previously mention dagger to Xylena's neck. The crowd bursted out in loud cheers as Janet let out the breathe she had been holding.
Sam bent down until she she could be heard by Xylena over the shouting, "I don't want to kill you or anything, I just wanted to free my friend." Xylena sneered at her, but was cut short as Sam was swept up onto the crowd's outstretched arms and carried off, the crowd cheering her name. Sam searched the ground where Xylena had been laying as the crowd walked away, but couldn't find her. "Quiet!" Sam yelled out and the crowd obeyed, lowering her to the ground in the new silence. "Where did Xylena go?" she asked, Sam really didn't want to see her hurt.
A women stepped forward and at Sam's nod spoke, "she ran into the desert, your grace. Don't worry, there's already people living out there. She'll be fine," she continued, noticing Sam's concerned expression.
Just then Janet caught up to Sam, "are you alright?" She asked breathelessly.
"Yes!.... I did it Janet!" Sam said, just then realizing what she had done, shaking slightly from the realization.
Janet grinned at her exhuberant expression still etched on her face, "I knew you could do it!" Sam grinned back at her then turned to the upturned faces before her and instantly sobered up, how was she going to get them to take a new system of gouvernment just like that, she wondered silenty to herself before taking a deep breathe and plunging in. The crowd listened silently as Major Carter began talking to them in her distinct and deceptively calm voice. They listened, amazed, as she told them about her country's gouvernment, their democracy and their equalness between men and women, to name a few. The crowd stood spell bound while she described it all and after she had finished they agreed that they wanted to try the same type of democracy. With that said Sam sent a group of women to get the men whom had been in that jailhouse all their lives. As all this went on Janet watched amazed as Sam had the women accept her ideas. When she had finished Janet couldn't believe it, "you did great Sam," she said encouragingly.
Sam turned towards her best friend and smiled sadly, "it wasn't that much, Jan. Anyone could've done the same... I just hope that Jack alright..."
"I'm great, all thanks to you," a voice interupted her lamentations... could it be? she asked herself as she slowly turned around, but before she could turn completely a hand grapped her arm and twirling her around quickly completed the one eighty that she was in the midst of completing, then brought his mouth down and kissed her.
Sam, surprised pushed him off, "what are you doing?" She asked, though they both knew and had longed for this since they had first met.
"Sam, sam," he said softly, playing with her hair fondly, "I though of many things when I was in there and...well.. here," he said tossing something over to Janet, which she caught, though off gaurd. "I'm now resigned," he finished, shrugging self-consciously then grinning at the expression that had come over Sam's face. He caught the realization that creeped over her face after he had finished talking, but his view was cut short when she pulled him back down to complete what he had already started. Janet grinned at them then looked down and then grinned even broader (if that's possible) as she read the charcoal words etched barely legible on the torn piece of fabric. She then pulled out an object she had kept hidden from Sam all this time, just in case it proved useful...like now. The two people entwined in their kiss never even noticed the flash when it went off.
Sam bent down until she she could be heard by Xylena over the shouting, "I don't want to kill you or anything, I just wanted to free my friend." Xylena sneered at her, but was cut short as Sam was swept up onto the crowd's outstretched arms and carried off, the crowd cheering her name. Sam searched the ground where Xylena had been laying as the crowd walked away, but couldn't find her. "Quiet!" Sam yelled out and the crowd obeyed, lowering her to the ground in the new silence. "Where did Xylena go?" she asked, Sam really didn't want to see her hurt.
A women stepped forward and at Sam's nod spoke, "she ran into the desert, your grace. Don't worry, there's already people living out there. She'll be fine," she continued, noticing Sam's concerned expression.
Just then Janet caught up to Sam, "are you alright?" She asked breathelessly.
"Yes!.... I did it Janet!" Sam said, just then realizing what she had done, shaking slightly from the realization.
Janet grinned at her exhuberant expression still etched on her face, "I knew you could do it!" Sam grinned back at her then turned to the upturned faces before her and instantly sobered up, how was she going to get them to take a new system of gouvernment just like that, she wondered silenty to herself before taking a deep breathe and plunging in. The crowd listened silently as Major Carter began talking to them in her distinct and deceptively calm voice. They listened, amazed, as she told them about her country's gouvernment, their democracy and their equalness between men and women, to name a few. The crowd stood spell bound while she described it all and after she had finished they agreed that they wanted to try the same type of democracy. With that said Sam sent a group of women to get the men whom had been in that jailhouse all their lives. As all this went on Janet watched amazed as Sam had the women accept her ideas. When she had finished Janet couldn't believe it, "you did great Sam," she said encouragingly.
Sam turned towards her best friend and smiled sadly, "it wasn't that much, Jan. Anyone could've done the same... I just hope that Jack alright..."
"I'm great, all thanks to you," a voice interupted her lamentations... could it be? she asked herself as she slowly turned around, but before she could turn completely a hand grapped her arm and twirling her around quickly completed the one eighty that she was in the midst of completing, then brought his mouth down and kissed her.
Sam, surprised pushed him off, "what are you doing?" She asked, though they both knew and had longed for this since they had first met.
"Sam, sam," he said softly, playing with her hair fondly, "I though of many things when I was in there and...well.. here," he said tossing something over to Janet, which she caught, though off gaurd. "I'm now resigned," he finished, shrugging self-consciously then grinning at the expression that had come over Sam's face. He caught the realization that creeped over her face after he had finished talking, but his view was cut short when she pulled him back down to complete what he had already started. Janet grinned at them then looked down and then grinned even broader (if that's possible) as she read the charcoal words etched barely legible on the torn piece of fabric. She then pulled out an object she had kept hidden from Sam all this time, just in case it proved useful...like now. The two people entwined in their kiss never even noticed the flash when it went off.