Chapter 8: Fighting Back

Jack woke up with a gasp and then looked around. "Boy that was weird," he mumbled. Nefertem entered the room with an evil grin.

"I see that you're still alive," he sneered.

"Well, you should ask my wife, she watched me die a lot of times and I always come back," Jack snapped.

He groaned when he got a punch in the stomach. "Yep, that's going to hurt during the next week," he groaned.

"Where is my mother?" Nefertem asked.

"I'm never going to tell you," Jack snapped.

He was being tortured again and again until he fell unconscious. When he opened his eyes, he saw Daniel standing there. "Daniel?" He asked.

"I'm here, Jack," Daniel assured.

"How's Janet?" He asked.

"She's doing fine, unlike you."

"Thanks."

"I offered to get you ascended."

"Well, I'm not ready to die just yet, Danny boy."

Daniel chuckled slightly before walking in front of his friend. "Daniel, just please tell me how to get out of here," Jack mumbled.

"I can't show you, it's against the rules. I don't need to be sent back again. I'm enjoying to be with Janet again," he assured.

Jack sighed and groaned in pain. "For crying out loud, Daniel. Please help me. I need to go back to protect my family," Jack urged. Daniel sighed and then looked at his friend.

"I cannot get involved, Jack," he reminded.

Jack sighed and felt the pain go through his back. He began to struggle against his binds. "Fine, I'll find a way out. If I need to be ascended, I'll look you up," Jack snapped. Daniel shook his head before disappearing. Jack pulled onto the chains. "Damn it," he cursed. He struggled much harder against his chains.

Another day passed, it was a long night for Jack. He winced when he tried to move. He looked at his arm to see a deep bloody gash looking back at him. He felt more cuts and bruises on his body. He groaned in pain. Nefertem entered the room again with his soldiers behind him. "You will tell us where you have hidden my mother and the child," Nefertem ordered.

"I'll never tell," Jack spat.

Just then a smoke bomb was thrown into the room. "JAFFA KREE!" Nefertem yelled. Jack held his breath as the smoke came into the room. Nefertem and his men transported themselves away, leaving Jack to what they thought to his death. Jack felt a mask being put onto his face and his chains were broken.

"General, we have come for you, sir," Major Johnson stated.

Jack nodded to his men and then two soldiers swung his arms over their shoulders to help him move. "We have to free Dr. Jackson and Teal'c," Jack ordered.

"Yes, sir," Johnson agreed.

They hurried down the halls and got to the cells.

Jack groaned in pain when he was set on the floor so the soldiers could free Daniel and Teal'c. Then Teal'c helped Jack off the floor. "Thanks, Teal'c," he groaned.

"We must get you back to Dr. O'Neill and the children O'Neill," Teal'c commented.

Jack nodded before they hurried Jack towards a Stargate.

When they came through, Sam ran over and gasped to see her husband beaten pretty badly. "Jack!" She gasped. She kneeled next to him and he looked at her.

"Sam, is that you?" He asked.

"Yes, Jack, I'm here," she assured.

He reached up and touched her face. "It feels great to touch you again," he whispered. She kissed his cheek before helping him.

Later that day, Jack woke up and saw Sam sitting next to him. "Sam," he whispered. She placed her arms around his neck and let her tears soak into his shirt. He wrapped his arms around her and sighed. "Sam," he repeated.

"I'm here, Jack, I'm here," she sighed.

"I fought Nefertem," he stated.

"Actually, you escaped with some help."

Jack held onto her hand when Grace and Sarah ran in. Jack hugged his daughters tight with a sigh. Sam smiled before putting the girls into bed. She sat next to her husband and held onto his hand. "You certainly have a way with people, Jack O'Neill," she commented. She kissed his cheek before she fell asleep next to him.