The barbeque was going without any problems. As everyone from the SGC arrived, Sam, Daniel, Teal'c, Hammond and Janet, then there was Adam and Duncan and Cassie. Jack was already doing the cooking over the barbecue like the primitive man he liked to pretend to be.
As the night progressed the people that were drinking were well on their way of getting slightly drunk. Cassie and Sam, well they were just drinking pop and although Adam, Duncan and Janet were drinking they were still sober thanks to their immortal immune systems.
The food had been distributed with Teal'c having the biggest portion and it was quickly consumed. One the food had disappeared they all gathered around the table, which Jack had placed in his garden and were chatting away, even the new people to the group were chatting away like they were old friends.
One thing that Jack had seemed to notice was that Janet and Duncan seemed to be hitting it off very well which surprisingly enough seemed to cause a slight twinge of jealousy in the pit of his stomach. Cassie was enjoying herself chatting admirably with Sam about her being pregnant while Adam sat with his arms wrapped around Sam while talking with Daniel, Teal'c and Jack.
General Hammond had left shortly after they'd finished eating as there turned out to be a small problem at the base that only he could deal with.
Sam shivered in Adam's arms, which Adam was unable to not notice with her body pressed against his. He quickly turned around, concern clearly showing on his face. "Sam… are you cold?"
"I'm fine" Sam smiled back.
"You sure?"
She nodded letting him know that she was fine, which Adam accepted then turned back towards Daniel, Teal'c and Jack continuing their conversation.
"So how long have you know Adam then?" Janet breached the subject that she'd wanted to talk about most of the night.
"Well to be honest I've only known him only a couple of years."
"Not that long then… are you sure you know what… he's truly like?"
Duncan couldn't help the small laugh that escaped, he leaned in closer and lowered his voice so that she could only hear. "If you're talking about the whole death and the four horsemen incident… then yeah I know about it… It was in fact me that killed Kronos and Caspian and Adam killed Silas… I then had to stop Cassandra from killing Adam in the process."
"Why was she after killing him in the first place?"
"Well he… well let's just say she met him while he was death and she wanted revenge."
"I know how she feels… but I've got to admit I've seen a different person over the past couple of weeks… I'm truly happy for both Sam and Adam."
"You knew Adam back then?" Duncan asked puzzled.
"Yeah I knew him… I'd have to say though not of my own free will."
"Let me guess… he plucked you from a village and well… you know?"
Janet couldn't find her voice as the memories of that time flashed before her eyes.
Flashback
The winter winds blew the icy air through the silent camp. The women, that were scattered around the camp worked silently afraid that their masters would punish them for talking, were wrapped in what little clothes they were allowed.
The silence of the camp was shattered as four horses came to a stop with four murderous male figures, each of them had a female restrained one way or another, all apart from one was crying. A small woman that looked to be in her late 20's or early 30's was sat with the male with the blue painted face holding her tight as she tried to struggle free.
The three men with the crying women climbed off their horses and took the women with them inside their respective tents while the blue faced man stayed on his horse and waited.
The male, his face with black pattern painted over his left eye returned back to the blue faced man still holding the woman and stood looking up at the other man with a disgruntled look on his face. "You sure you wanted this one Methos?… she looks more trouble than she's worth."
"Yes brother I want this one… she has… sprit… I'm looking forward to breaking it" Methos smiled evilly at Kronas who just shook his head.
"As you wish…" Kronas reached up and pulled the woman violently, at the same time Methos released his hold on her and watched as she fell in a heap to the ground.
Methos got off his horse and another of the other women in camp came and took the horse away. Kronas pulled the woman back to her feet turning her violently so that she was facing Methos.
"You will do as your told or you 'will' be punished… you will remain silent unless told to speak and you will serve me and my brothers with 'whatever' we wish… if you disobey anything you will be punished."
The only response was the saliva that was slowly working it's way down his face. Methos raised a hand wiping the saliva from his face then anger flashed across his face and with the same hand that he had wiped his face moments before he swung out and hit the woman.
The sound of her neck snapping was the last sound she heard as her world turned black.
There was no sense of time it was just emptiness that surrounded her. The blackness seemed to be breaking up and she found herself being taken over by pain that seemed to explode within her head.
"You're awake then?" a strong male voice said but she could barely hear it with the pain that she was in which seemed to also be admitting a loud buzzing noise that blocked nearly everything else out.
She moaned in pain and lifted a hand to her head. "You'll get used to that."
Time seemed to last forever as she laid there in pain but slowly the pain lessened and she was able to take control of her thoughts again. All she could think about was where was she? Who was the male voice? Wherever she was how did she get here? Then the memories of the past day flooded through her mind ending with her neck breaking.
"This can't be"
"But it is"
"I was dead… I heard my neck snap."
"Yes you were?"
"Then how is it that I live?"
"You live because you are immortal"
"That's not possible"
"It is… but I do know of a way to end you life permanently and I will kill you if you continue to disobey me… do you understand me?"
She looked at him and knew that he was deadly serious and now having experienced death she was finally afraid of it and could tell that he also was aware of that fact.
"I am Methos and you will call me Methos… What is your name?"
"Janetta"
"Well now that you are awake you can get to work" Methos shouted another one of the women in and quickly instructed her to show Janetta what to do and then they both quickly left the tent under the watchful eye of Methos.
End Flashback
"Sorry didn't mean to stir up old memories" Duncan's comforting voice said when he saw the look of sadness the drifted across Janet's face.
"No it's ok… I've dealt with that pain long ago… it just saddens me to think why he was like that… and yes I do realise that there's always a reason before he does anything and it's mainly to save his own neck." Janet smiled trying to reassure Adam that she was truly ok with the memories.
It was now starting to get dark and quite chilly outdoors so Jack announced that they were moving the gathering into the house where everyone could warm up.
Cassie had soon drifted asleep while Sam and Adam where cuddled up close together. Janet and Duncan were still talking admirably and Jack was slow drinking himself into oblivion trying to rid himself of the intense jealousy that he was feeling because of it.
Daniel and Teal'c were quietly watching Star Wars, a copy of which Teal'c insisted all members of SG1 keep at their homes for when he was visiting.
Janet on noticing that Cassie was asleep looked up at the clock that was on the mantle noticing the time was going on 2300 hours. She knew that she would have to head home, it was after all a school night and Cassie had to get up early in the morning to get ready for school.
"Well I'm going to have to head home and get Cassie to bed" Janet said standing slowly from the sofa.
Sam and Adam looked up at her then looked at the clock as well, they also agreed with her that it was time for them to head home as well. It wasn't much time before everyone was agreeing that it was getting late and they really should head home as well.
They all gathered up their coats and soon they all went their separate ways home. Adam wasn't surprised that Duncan had managed to get a lift from Janet after agreeing to help her out with Cassie so they didn't have to wake her up.
Sam and Adam soon made it back to Sam's house and made their way silently in. Once they were in the house Sam quickly made her way towards the kitchen and busied herself with making cups of tea.
Adam stayed in the hallway for a second and looked down the hallway towards the kitchen where Sam had just gone then looked away. He pulled the box from his pocket and held it in his hands looking at it. The more he looked at it the more his stomach tied itself into a knot.
"Come old man just go in there and ask her already" Adam whispered to himself then walked towards the kitchen the box held tightly in his hand.
He entered the kitchen and Sam was still busy. Just as she placed the sugar pot back down Adam got hold of her arm and gently turned her around.
"What's up?" Sam looked puzzled at Adam, as he seemed to be extremely nervous.
"Well there's something that I wanted to ask you"
"Ok… what is it?"
"Well you see… I… er I was wondering if you'll well… will you marry me?"
Sam looked at Adam shocked thinking of all the questions he could ask her that one was the last one on her mind. Her heart skipped a beat and she found that she had to concentrate with all her will to breathe.
"You want to marry me?"
"Yeah… that's kind of why I asked"
"And it's not because you feel like you have to because of the baby?"
"No… I… I haven't felt like this in a very long time and… I really want to marry you Sam."
"Ok… yes I'll marry you"
Adam's face almost split into a smile glad that she'd agreed. "I can't wait."
The End