5After Avatar: Part Three

'Fence Defense'

Bubo's House

It was almost time to eat and Sam was wondering if any of SG-1 or the General was going to show up. She had been standing with Pete, but he had just left to go help Sandy with the things he bought. Dottie had stormed into the house and was just now coming back out.

"Hey, Sam, care to help a minute." Dottie yelled.

Sam ran up behind her, as she was glad to get away from the new topic the guys were discussing. "Yea, what's up?"

"When Sandy got back, they were parked along the front of my house and even parked in front of my driveway. We used these signs when my sister got married. They say, 'Huston Parking Only.' I want to put these along the edge of my front lawn to keep them away. I'm tired of it. Bubo says not to make them mad cause he gives them beer and then they help him with his hard work and stuff. I don't care anymore." Dottie stomped down the hill with signs under her arm and Sam carried a few herself.

Their yard was fenced off and they had a gravel area between the fence and the actually road. "I guess we can just use this wire to attach the signs to the fence." Dottie smiled as she was standing on the gravel in front of her fence.

"Sounds good to me, Dottie." Sam walked out the fence gate, and it closed back on its own. Sam had no idea why, but she really liked Dottie. It made her kind of feel like her old friend Janet was nearby. Janet's death had devastated her, and she had an empty place in her heart that she found Dottie filled.

Dottie was standing close to the corner of the fence that marked where their yard was that divided it with the neighbors. She was determined to put a sign about two feet over from the corner to mark it as their gravel area. The neighbors did not have a fence and she thought that had been obvious enough to determine who owned the area, but she was proved wrong all the time. She had spent some money that was suppose to be for their vacation to put the gravel down to cover the muddy area in front of the fence.

The sign was in place and Dottie smiled even more at how ingenious she was. That way when she asked them to move their cars off of her land she could say, "Read the sign." As she said those few words out loud, she heard a screeching sound of a vehicle. She slowly turned to see a pick-up truck headed straight up the hill aimed directly for her. All she could do in that mere moment was raise her hands to her face as a shield and let out a screech.

Sam had also heard the large truck pulling up. She seen it aimed in a straight line at Dottie standing on her own land in the gravel. Sam's instincts were to get her out of the way and fast. All Sam could do was lunge at the smaller woman and knock her and herself over the fence into the grassy yard. When they flipped over the fence, part of a jagged metal bar caught Sam's arm. It cut a sizable gash on her bicep. She had twisted as they landed so Dottie would land on her.

The wind was knocked out of Dottie, and she started breathing in anguished gasps while lying on the ground holding her stomach.

Sam rolled over and made sure Dottie was ok, before she noticed her own arm was bleeding. She took of the cloth belt she was wearing and wrapped her arm to stop the bleeding. She touched her hand to the back of her head where the pain was emanating from. She then looked at her hand and seen blood. Sam glanced past her hand to the rock she had banged her head on and seen blood there also. It was then that the adrenalin rush wore off and darkness set in.

Dottie's husband Bubo watched the entire thing happen from the porch and could not believe his eyes. He seen the truck come close to running his wife over, but Sam managed acrobats to help her escape being plowed over by the truck's wheels. The same truck pulled up alone the fence and even scrapped it in doing so. Bubo let out a growling yell that caused every single person at the barbeque to come running and see what happened.

Pete ran out the door in time to see Sam holding her arm on the ground with bright red blood covering her arm. He looked up to the truck and a tall guy stepped out. A friend of his also got out to the truck that was the same height, but about twenty pounds over weight. Pete and Bubo started running down the hill at the same time, cursing as they went.

The guy who was the neighbor's brother, Ted, paused to look at the women laying on the ground. "Stupid women, always standing in the road talking."

Ted's friend, Rodrigo yelled over his shoulder. "Keep your as out of the road next time." Ted took about three more steps to get around the fence and into the yard of his brother when his eyes went wide, and he stumbled back into Rodrigo.

What caught his attention was a Hummer plowing up the road. The large military vehicle slammed into his truck at high speeds and sent the smaller truck flying down the other side of the hill flipping and rolling as it went. Glass flew everywhere and the sound of the impact caused everyone to cover his or her ears and wince. The Hummer then raced after the truck that was laying on its side and ran completely over it causing the mettle to crunch and two tires of the pick-up to explode.

Ted yelled like a small child when the Hummer then revved its engine and turned back toward him. He waved his arms backward and fell onto his brother's property. Rodrigo stumbled after him and tried to get him to his feet. The beer in Rodrigo's hand spilt all over Ted.

Pete and Bubo got to Sam and Dottie when Ted fell. Dottie got her voice, "Sam, Oh God, Sam open your eyes."

The men were looking at Sam's arm as well. She had lost a considerable amount of blood from the deep wound. Pete kept asking Sam if he could look at it, and Bubo just grabbed his wife's shoulders staring at her.

Dottie spoke again as she seen Sam getting pale with her eyes glazing over. "Stop Pete!"

Pete froze as he was removing Sam's cloth belt. Dottie undid her own belt and tied it at the top of Sam's arm tightly.

The Hummer pulled up and Jack jumped out of the driver seat. "Good thing we changed vehicles. Is she ok?"

Pete looked up at Jack with terror in his eyes as he was trying to remain calm. "She's bleeding everywhere."

Daniel came around the Hummer with a cell phone in his hand. He had not seen Sam's condition, but he knew it was not good. "Hey, the helicopter will be here in three minutes. What should we do till then?"

Teal'c peered down at Sam and his face became grave at the amount of blood on the grass. He had never known a time when Sam was not in complete control of a situation. That was when Teal'c seen the smaller gash on her head. Not only was she bleeding from the wound on her arm, but she also had a head wound.

Bubo's hoarse voice exploded into the conversation. "My Dottie is an operation room nurse. Do what she says Dottie knows what to do."

Dottie made a few orders, and they were followed. She told them that every thing that could be done was since the helicopter would be there in a minute anyway. It had all happened so fast. Bubo was well aware if Sam had not intervened that, his pretty, young wife would have died.

There was a yell from the other side of the fence. Ted raised his fist at the group, "My truck is destroyed! I'm going to sue, and your going to pay for it!"

Bubo turned even brighter red if it was possible and growled like a ravenous wolf. "You almost destroyed these two women's lives by murdering them for standing in their own yard!"

Jack stood up, as he was aware that Dottie was going a great job helping Sam. "Are you out of your mind? I'm going to get you for attempted murder of a Colonel's life."

"He didn't come near you, and I doubt you're a Colonel. All he did was scare that stupid blond and Dottie. And you're going to pay for his truck." Rodrigo yelled back.

Jack took a step toward the fence. "I happen to be a General and the blond you refer to is Colonel Samantha Carter."

Jack then leaned around and made eye contact with Anise who was standing near. He remembered telling her not to interfere with anything under any circumstances. "Anise, remember what I made you promise on your life?"

Anise's eyes never once glowed and she had not used any abilities or technology she had. "Yes."

"I relieve you of that promise this once. I know what is in your lipstick case, use it." Jack's voice was as low and edgy as an earthquake parting the ground. He turned back and took a step toward the fence again looking at Ted and Rodrigo who looked smug and drunk.

Daniel was shaking with anger when he seen Anise kneel next to Sam. She reached into her little backpack she was carrying with her Daisy Duke outfit. She hid what she took out and pressed it to Sam's neck. Instantly, Sam's wince softened and she became more alert.

Anise spoke with a gentle tone as she whispered into Sam's ear, "Relax, it will be ok. You will heal. Nothing will happen to you now." Anise rested her fingertips on the opposite side where the head wound was. "Can you hear me?"

Sam's voice was as soft as the wind, "Yes."

Daniel yelled out in an almost strangled voice, "Jack! She's awake. Sam will be ok once we get her to the hospital. Here comes the helicopter now. Jack, don't!"

Jack turned to see Teal'c, Pete and Bubo following him, "Ok, Daniel." He reached around, removed a concealed gun, and dropped it on the ground. Pete dropped his gun also. "I won't kill them, not all the way."

Jack turned to walk to the fence then jumped over it. Teal'c, Pete and Bubo followed his lead.

A car pulled up at the bottom of the hill and Bubo seen four of Ted's friends get out. He recognized them, "Friends of Ted, they are baseball players like I was."

Jack could hear the helicopter hovering near and knew that Daniel would see Sam to the hospital. He had a few things to do at the moment, and it looked like he was going to have help, not that he needed it.

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