SG13 The Suicide Squad

by Cesar A

First in series. Prisoners form SG-13, the lives of the members of SG-1 and the SGC will never be the same again. Characters from JAG and West Wing appear.

4. Part 4

Chapter 7: The next mission

"You got me, this whole place seems weird to me. Come on let's get back to the hotel."

"I wonder what's going on though." Mac asked as they walked the through the passageway. When they had arrived, it had been empty with the exception of some guards and a lot of what looked like civilian scientists, yet the guards were all armed to the teeth. What could they be doing here, Mac wondered to herself, noting that the empty halls were now alive with activity.

Suddenly an Airman stepped up to them MP-5 in hand "Ma'am, Sir, I've been ordered to escort you to the surface."

"That's not necessary airman we know the way." Rabb waved the man away

Holding the rifle higher Rabb saw the look in the young man's eye, he saw a trained special forces soldier ready to do his duty and shoot them both if they tried anything.

"I'm sorry sir, but I have my orders from the general himself."

"Okay airman lead the way." Rabb made to follow the man

"Sir" the guard made his way over to the elevators when they suddenly opened and SG 1 stepped out.

"What's going on Jack?" Daniel asked

Jack shrugged"I don't know Danny boy but the general said it was urgent."

Sarah Mackenzie stared at the man approaching her, talking to an older man, "Daniel?" Mac said surprised "Daniel Jackson?"

Daniel stopped immediately recognizing the woman "Sarah?" his jaw was hanging open, just as shocked to see a face from his past.

Rabb stared at the man in front of him, Harm shook his head, this guy seemed very much out of place here. A major stopped behind him and from the looks she was throwing at Mac, she obviously wasn't pleased.

Daniel stepped over and hugged the woman "Sarah, it's been a long time."

Sarah hugged him back "It sure has, what are you doing here? I thought that you said that you'd never join the military."

Daniel blinked "Oh I'm not, I'm sort of a civilian contract."

"I figured you'd be in Egypt or some place like that." She said amazed to see Daniel again, and of all places a military installation. And, Sarah admitted, he looked better and more handsome than ever.

"Daniel?" Sam came up from behind

"Oh Sam!" Daniel almost completely forgot about her, a fact that he saw didn't please Sam "Major Samantha Carter, this is Sarah Mackenzie."

"Lt colonel Mackenzie." She said shaking hands with Sam

"We went to school together." Daniel told her "I thought that you were going to law school."

"Yes I'm with JAG, I'm sorry this is Commander Rabb my partner."

Harm returned her salute "Major"

"Commander" Sam saluted then shook hands "Daniel we don't have time briefing is in twenty minutes."

"Okay Sam"

"It was a pleasure to meet the both of you." Sam smiled tightly showing Mac that it was anything but and saluted once more.

"Major" Mac returned her salute and turned to Daniel "Daniel can we get together, you know talk about old times." Out of the corner of her eye, Mac saw the female Major come to a screeching halt and tense up.

Daniel felt a wave heading his way and was unsure if he should get out of its way or not. Mac saw his hesitant posture and understood, the memories.

"Please Daniel, I need to talk to you." She begged grabbing his arm, Harm was surprised Mac seemed nervous to see this man

Finally, Daniel relented "Sure, how about lunch on Saturday." He said

Mac smiled and agreed "I'm staying at the Hilton in town room 412, give me a call if you can't make it for some reason."

"Okay, it was great seeing you again Sarah." Daniel said rushing down the hall "Oh and nice meeting you Commander." He said as an afterthought

Rabb looked at Sarah "He doesn't seem to be your type Mac."

Mac blushed "Harm, it was a long time ago in college."

"Ma'am?" their guard reminded them of his presence

"Lead the way airman." Mac said following the soldier to the elevators.

In the elevator, Sarah continued, "I was a freshman in college and Daniel was working on his first PhD."

"First?" Harm asked

Mac smiled "Yes Daniel is a genius, he had two the last time I saw him. One in Egyptology and one in linguistics. He used to learn different languages for fun."

"He doesn't look that old."

Mac shook her head and told him, "He isn't, he was 19 when he was working on his first PhD."

Harm whistled, "How many languages does he speak?"

"Fifteen, sixteen." Mac shrugged

"Twenty-three" The airman supplied with a smile "And Doctor Jackson has three PhD's"

Harm blinked impressed "Damn, I can barely speak English."

"You know him well Airman?" Mac asked surprised Daniel was usually the shy retiring kind of man.

"Everyone here knows Dr. Jackson." He said with a secret smile saying no more

Leaving the guard topside Mac and Harm made their way to their rental car

"There is something really weird going on here Harm." She said looking back at the imposing mountain.

"What do you mean, because of your old boyfriend?" Harm asked getting into the car

"Precisely, you don't know Daniel. He hated the military, that's one of the reasons that we finally broke up, because I was going to join up. Also look what we have here, a brilliant linguist and historian, another historian in Dr. Fuentes, an Astrophysicist in Dr. Yates."

Harm nodded his curiosity peaked as well "Well when Dr. Jackson calls you, you can pump him for some information." He suggested reasonably

Mac smiled as they drove past the last checkpoint "Unless I miss my guess the next time that I see Daniel, he is going to have a certain Major with him. I doubt that I'll be able to get anything while she is there." Pausing she continued, "Harm, I need a huge favor."

"What?" he asked suspiciously wondering if she wanted him to cover for her for a weekend with her old flame.

"I want you to come with me to lunch on Saturday."

Harm was surprised, why would she want him there "Are you sure? I figured that you'd want to go alone."

"No!" Mac said quickly, too quickly

Harm stared at her and finally saw "You're afraid" he said shocked "Why did he hurt you?" he asked ready to turn the car around and kill the guy.

Mac shook her head "No, it was I that did the hurting to him." She told him truthfully, "I need you there for moral support."

"You want to tell me first?" he asked pulling the car over on the side of the road, "I'm a pretty good listener you know."

"I know" Mac smiled and began to tell him the story. It was hard at first; some of the memories were buried deep in her soul. She opened up and told Harm things that she'd never told a living soul, what she'd been like, the things she'd done. Finally, it was just too much and she broke down.

Harm wrapped his arms around her; he had known some of the things. But he'd never suspected that Sarah could ever act that way and obviously she was ashamed.

"It's alright Sarah." He told her "You'll see it'll be okay, I'll be right by your side." He promised

Sam and Daniel made their way to the briefing room. Sam was silent but curiosity was burning deep within her. Who was that Lt colonel and what did she have to do with Daniel's past?! She wanted to ask badly, but felt it really was none of her business, except that the woman had invited Daniel out and he accepted!!

Daniel looked over at Sam and saw the troubled look on her face. Looking at his watch, he saw that they had fifteen minutes until the briefing. Pulling her aside he faced her.

"What do you want to know?" he asked her

"It's none of my business." Sam made to keep walking but Daniel stopped her

Daniel stood in front of her not allowing her to pass "Sam you are the most important part of my life." Daniel whispered to her "You have every right to know."

Curiosity got the better of her "Who is she?"

"Sarah?" Daniel turned and walked slowly towards the briefing room "She and I dated for awhile in college, I've seen her once since that time and even then it was a quick five minute conversation." Daniel told her truthfully

"Why do you want to see her?" Sam asked jealously

Daniel looked surprised "Sam, of course I'd bring you with me." He told her, much to her relief "Sarah and I remained friends after we broke up, although I haven't heard from her in a good seven or eight years besides a Christmas card or two. I just want to catch up with her see how she's doing, that sort of thing." Daniel stopped her again looking around he saw that they were alone "You are more than enough woman for me to handle, I love you Sam." He told her

"Dammit" Sam muttered seeing personnel passing by "You would have to say that here, where I can't throw my arms around you and kiss you to death."

Daniel laughed, "There will be time for that after we get home." He promised her

"Oh you bet your ass there will be." She said then entered the briefing room

"About time you two got here." Jack looked amused and curious "Well Daniel who was she?"

"Who was who? Jack." Daniel asked innocently

The door to the general's office opened "Later" Jack said to him

General Hammond stepped out of the office quickly followed by colonel Kennedy and SG-13. Kennedy and SG 13 didn't stop they made their way towards the door and kept going a determined look on their faces.

"General?" Jack asked still standing

"Sit down everyone." George sighed, this wasn't going to be easy "SG 13 has been given a new assignment, and you are going to be the back up on this one." He informed them

"We are the back up." Jack looked surprised "Not that I mind sir, but usually it's the other way around."

"I know you'll understand shortly." The general promised "A little over three hours ago we received an emergency transmission from the Tok'ra."

"Oh-oh" Jack muttered this wasn't going to be good

"My father?" Sam began getting worried

Hammond nodded and continued "Jacob/Selmack were on a recon mission to talk to the Tollan, to sound them out on a peace treaty. Naream was the representative for the Tollan. They met on a pre-determined planet two days ago and were captured by a group of Jaffa."

"Dad!" Sam gasped and Daniel quickly grabbed her hand to lend her support

Feeling for her Hammond told her the truth "Yes Major both Naream and Jacob were captured by Apohis Jaffa."

"But he's dead!" Sam cried

"Yes" Teal'c agreed, sorry to see the pain in his friends eyes, "But the Jaffa believe that Apohis is a God and that he will return. The Jaffa are merely continuing the orders, the last orders that Apohis left them until he returns."

"That will be a long time." Jack muttered

"Exactly Colonel." The general agreed "Now Tok'ra spies place them on planet P3X 739, it is still an unexplored planet by us." He told them pointing the planet out on the map.

"So we are going through the gate to bring them back." Jack guessed at the nature of the mission.

"That would be suicide O'Neill." Teal'c told them "That is the designation for the planet Tra'kar is it not General Hammond."

"Yes it is Teal'c, you have heard of it then?" Relieved to finally have some Intel on this place and not just supposition.

"Indeed" The Jaffa spoke turning to the others "The stargate is in a room very much like our gateroom, and is always heavily guarded. We would not stand a chance to get through the gate, we would be cut down immediately."

Hammond cursed silently and told them "Just what our intelligence has told us. Also the compound, for lack of a better word, is like a fortress and is on top of a mountain."

"Oh great" Jack sighed "Exactly how are we going to get Dad and Naream back. By the way, why can't Naream escape like he did here?" Jack wondered remembering the problems that the SGC had with trying to keep the Tollans where they were supposed to be.

Hammond nodded at the good question "Our Tok'ra spies tell us that Naream was immediately stripped of his clothing and his technology is now in Jaffa hands. Without it he is as helpless as anyone of us."

"So what are we going to do?" Sam asked worried for her father and friend

"SG 13 is going to get them."

Jack's head snapped up, "Whoa general, do you mean that you are sending them through the gate to get blasted at." Jack asked incredulously staring at his commanding officer.

Hammond nodded "They will take the brunt of the attack, then SG teams 1,2,3 and 6 are going to follow and mop up the action. Free Jacob and Naream and get back the Tollan technology if possible and return."

Teal'c looked surprised at the general "That is suicide for SG 13 General Hammond."

Hammond did indeed know, suddenly feeling every one of his years.

"If you have a better suggestion Teal'c, I'm all for it, but right now we don't have much choice." Hammond admitted not liking the plan anymore than the others.

"And let me guess, the Tok'ra aren't supplying any people for the attack?" Jack asked already knowing the answer

Hammond shrugged helplessly, "They are spread too thin right now, the only help that we can expect is from their undercover spy on the scene. You are to link up with her and accomplish your mission."

"Off world Gate activation" the speaker blared out

Hammond sighed tiredly "That will be Anise." He said

Gabriel sat in the rec room watching the video images that the Tok'ra spy had supplied. It was very accurate; it showed the layout of the Jaffa gate room in explicit detail. But more importantly, the Tok'ra spy also included outside shots as well, there was even a shot of the mountain and the fortress sitting on top of it. Popping out the tape he headed in search of Sgt Siler and his computer geeks, a plan forming in his mind. His team wasn't just going to stand there and allow themselves to be blasted at by anybody. Not if he had a say it the matter.

Anise sat listening to general Hammond's plan for retrieving the prisoners from Tra'kar. It sounded dangerous and worse suicidal, well as long as it wasn't Tok'ra that were going through.

"This sounds like a most dangerous plan general, with little likelihood for success."

Hammond nodded in understanding "Yes, I realize that it all depends on the first team through, to take out as many guards as possible, before..." Hammond stopped not liking the plan but not having any options

"Before they die." Anise finished for him "Then there is the problem of the other Jaffa."

"Do you have any idea as the sort of numbers we would be facing?" Jack asked not especially liking Anise too many memories.

"A couple of hundred, from what I can gather, perhaps more."

"Couple of hundred!" Daniel was shocked

"Sir we have got to rethink this." Jack leaned his elbows on the table "I mean the element of surprise is out the door the minute the gate activates."

Angrily Hammond nodded "I agree Colonel, Anise why didn't you tell us this before that there were so many Jaffa there?"

Anise shrugged helplessly "We just learned of this ourselves, our spy there can get very little information out at a time, any more and the Jaffa would intercept the transmissions."

"Any word about the condition of the prisoners?" Jack asked looking at Sam knowing how worried she must be.

"Only that they are in good health for the moment. They are not even being interrogated yet."

"They will wait." Teal'c told them "This is a great coup for them, they will think that Apophis will be pleased and return, they know that he will want to question them himself. They will wait perhaps a week before they begin interrogation without Apophis."

"Okay people that gives us five days to find and implement a plan." Hammond said looking around the room.

Colonel Kennedy entered the room "I think that we may have one sir."

Hammond looked up "What do you mean colonel?"

"Dr. Fuentes has an interesting idea that he would like to run by you sir."

Hammond smiled "By all means Colonel, I'm all ears right at the moment."

Kennedy turned and stopped "Did you tell them General?"

Hammond frowned, this wasn't going to be easy, and he didn't want to hurt Sam intentionally but the truth had to come out eventually.

"No, I was about to." Turning to face the gathered group "No one is to tell SG 13 who they are going after, they think that it's two aliens named Selmak and Naream, code named Butch and Sundance. No one is to mention Jacob Carter to them."

"Why not sir?" Sam asked, "Why not tell them it's my father?"

George sighed he should tell her, but no that is Jacob's job "If SG 13 were to find out that it is your father they were going after. They might not go." Worse yet Gabriel might really want to go very badly. George thought to himself.

"Why not sir?" Sam asked again staring at the general, she could see immediately that this subject made General Hammond very uncomfortable.

"Let's just say that Dr. Fuentes doesn't like your father very much." He told her "That is all that I will say on the matter, that is between Dr. Fuentes and your father. If you want to know about it, you have to ask Jacob. I repeat no one is to say a word of this to SG 13." He said looking around the room

"Yes sir." Sam dropped it, but she would definitely be talking to her father about this later.

Hammond turned to Kennedy "Okay colonel bring him in."

"Yes sir."

Kennedy returned a few minutes later with both Gabriel and Sgt Siler.

"General, SG1" Gabriel nodded to them

"Anise, may I introduce you to Doctor Gabriel Fuentes. He is in charge of SG 13."

Anise looked at the man interestedly "Ah, the leader of the infamous Ghosts."

"Ghosts?" Jack asked noting that Anise was practically licking her lips staring at SG 13's leader. For a second he considered handing her a napkin so she could wipe away the drool, then thought better. The general wouldn't appreciate it, sometimes the general seemed to lose his sense of humor.

Anise continued running her eyes up and down Gabriel's body, no one missed it, even the general was becoming uncomfortable, "Yes we have received reports of a Tauri stargate team that seems to elude the Jaffa and system lords at will. Some of the Jaffa have begun to call them Ghosts because they seem to vanish into thin air." Anise told them continuing to undress Gabriel with her eyes.

"Nice to be appreciated for your work." Gabriel smiled at the admittedly beautiful woman, then turned serious again, this was not the time to have his mind wandering in the gutter "General, I think that I may have found a way to extract Butch and Sundance without getting us killed."

"Explain." The general ordered trying to get the meeting under some semblence of order.

"It depends on one thing though sir. Anise are there any stargates near P3X-739?"

Anise nodded "Yes, one day by ship. It is on a small moon that orbits the planet"

"Is it possible to get a ship out there?"

"We have one there already, it is a shuttle that is there for escape purposes for our spy on P3X-739 as you call it. This way the Goa'uld will not learn of the coordinates to our base."

"Big enough for four people and our equipment, plus we'll need a pilot."

"That is not a problem, what is your plan doctor?" Anise asked getting herself under control again.

"Sergeant if you will please." Gabriel went over to the board and pulled out a marker "This is a dangerous plan but it has more likelihood for success. First we don't gate to P3X-739, we gate to that nearby planet. We fly the shuttle to the planet we enter from the opposite side of the planet and skim the surface to a position of five klicks from the mountain. SG 13 will then climb the mountain. Sergeant." He said to the others startled gasps.

Siler linked into the main projector showing a computer image of the mountain and fortress.

Using the marker Gabriel plotted out a course "As you can see here, the east face of the mountain has a path cut right into the side of the mountain. The workers who built the fort probably used it. Using computer imaging, we can see that the path is no longer in use and with the amount of vegetation growing there, it is probably not patrolled often if at all. Using this path we go up the side of the mountain to the fort, I figure that it would take two to three days at the most using the path. Now the Jaffa will be expecting an attack from within from the stargate, they won't be expecting anyone stupid enough to climb the mountain. We will wait for nightfall; gain entrance to the fort meet your spy. Now this is important Anise, you must get word to your spy that we are coming and meet up with us. He will guide us to Butch and Sundance and the Tollan technology. Then if we are not discovered by this time we will egress by the west side of the mountain. As you can see, it is completely sheer and vertical and unclimbable in the time we have. But with Glider chutes, we can be down the mountain in a couple of minutes. We then meet up with the shuttle and be gone before anyone knows we've even been there."

"What happens if you are discovered before you can egress?" Hammond asked

Gabriel shrugged, this was the hard part of the plan "We pack enough fire power to make it to the stargate." He told them all "We will still have the element of surprise, since we are attacking to get out and not in. Catching them off guard will hopefully give us enough time for your spy to open the gate back to earth. Hopefully."

"Sounds dangerous." Jack told the general

"A hell of a lot better than running straight into staff weapons." Gabriel pointed out

"Can you get into the fortress though?" Sam asked

"No problem" Gabriel told them confidently "Like I said they are expecting us to come through the stargate, if we come at all. They won't be expecting a small force getting into the fortress from the outside."

Hammond looked at Kennedy "They are your men colonel."

Kennedy didn't like the idea of sending his men into certain death, this way they at least had a fighting chance.

"How soon can you be ready?"

Gabriel recapped the marker and stood up, "Three hours, I'll need a pilot to stay with the shuttle and hopefully someone to guard it."

"That will be SG 1" Jack told the group "With your permission of course General." Jack added

"Granted"

"Good" Gabriel thought of what he needed "We'll need rope, climbing gear, seven glider chutes, weapons, weather reports for the area especially for the mountain, a map of the inside of the place if possible. As soon as we have that we are ready."

"I'll get the climbing gear together" Kennedy volunteered

"I will get the latest weather reports." Anise announced "And a schematic of the fort."

"Good" Gabriel turned "We will get our weapons then. Three hours and we are a go General."

SG 1 was kitted out and ready to go when SG 13 showed up at the armory.

"Colonel, Danny." Gabriel smiled "Sam, Teal'c you guys ready?"

"Waiting on you." Sam told him still wondering what Gabriel could have against her father and wanting to ask. However, the general was right, it was better to ask her father about this.

The armorer smiled "My favorite team." He said rubbing his hands

Jack looked shocked and just a little hurt "I thought we were your favorite team."

"You were sir." The Lt on duty answered "But SG 13 always asks for something different and out of the norm. It's fun to see if we can fill the order, and if not we will have it for next time."

Smiling Gabriel went forward "The usual side arms and silencers plenty of clips, oh we'll need laser sights."

The armorer smiled "Just got them in." he said passing out the weapons

Gabriel sighted the weapon and pressed the trigger a bit and a pencil thin green laser beam shot out.

"Green" Gabriel smiled

"Yes you said that they were better." Lt. Drake pointed out

Gabriel nodded to the man putting the weapon away "For night time incursions they are, red is too bright and can give you away to easily." Gabriel explained to them

"Next"

"Automatics and zats."

"This sounds like the regular stuff." Jack complained

"Just wait sir." The armorer promised passing out the weapons and extra ammunition

"Throwing knives and stars."

Jack's eyes widened as the armorer passed out the deadly objects, which were hidden in various locations around the body.

"Smoke and grenades"

"There you go."

"Garrotes, preferably wire and sharp."

"See what I mean." The armorer smiled passing them out

"Jacks"

"I had a hard time finding these things." The armorer told him "But you're right they are a tricky little weapon."

Jack picked up one of the 'jacks' a small jack like the ones he played with when he was a child, except these Jacks besides being slightly larger; all had pointed tips that were extremely sharp.

Taking them Gabriel put them in his pocket. "If someone is chasing you, you drop these behind you, first they slip on them and then they land on the points, you can even dip the tips in poison if you like. Also good for blowing out car tires."

"Ouch." Jack shuddered at the thought of hundreds of small nails impaling his body. It wouldn't kill but it would definitely incapacitate.

"Small tactical nuclear weapon."

The armorer's jaw dropped

"Only kidding." Gabriel laughed at him "Just bring me my baby."

The armorer turned and came back with Gabriel's sword

Smiling Gabriel took it and attached it to his back

"Anything else we need guys?"

"Grapple rifle" Sam mentioned

"Good idea, you have any bear claws?" Gabriel asked curiously

"Bear claws?" the armorer shrugged never having heard of it before

"Yeah it's a Japanese type of glove with four metal curved spikes, it's used for climbing and ripping out throats." He explained

"No, but I'll get them for next time." The armorer promised

"Anything else? Okay let's move out."

Entering the Gate room, they saw that Kennedy was waiting with a group of guards.

"Right ankle." The guard said

Lifting up his ankle Gabriel waited

"SG 13 you will have seven days to accomplish your mission, one day to fly to the planet, one day back and four days to make your way up and down the mountain, one day to make sure you have enough time."

"Understood."

"Good luck." Kennedy walked out of the room

Suddenly from above they heard General Hammond "Your climbing equipment is on the FRED." He said as the stargate began to spin. When the gate came to life the general finished.

"SG 1 and 13 good luck, Godspeed."

Coming out on the other side of the gate the two teams found themselves on a barren wasteland of a planet. Rocks and craters everywhere. There seemed to be no life anywhere in sight, the planet was dead.

Annie shivered "This place gives me the creeps."

"You and me both." Sam agreed, "This way the shuttle is two klicks away in a cave."

"Let's move out campers." Jack smiled leading the way. "Finally a planet with no trees." He said gleefully

"You know how to fly this thing." Annie asked Sam as they made their way through the wasteland

"Yeah, the Tok'ra showed me how." She told them as she jumped over some rocks

Fifteen minutes later, they found the cave and made there way inside. A large lump sat in the middle of the large cavern covered in a tarp. Grabbing it the two teams pulled revealing a medium sized shuttle, not large by any means but large enough to hold them all and the FRED.

"I'll do a pre-flight check." Sam told them heading for the cockpit

"Good" Jack turned to the others "Okay let's get this stuff put away."

An hour later, they were in space heading for their final destination. Annie went forward and sat in the empty co-pilot's seat. Her mouth wide open she stared at the stars awed by their majesty. Sam looked over and saw the look on Annie's face, she recognized it easily enough. She had worn the same one the first time that she'd come out into space. That feeling of being one with the universe that she'd spent her whole life learning about. To do the one thing that everyone said was impossible, to travel the stars.

"Impressive isn't." Sam smiled

Annie wiped her tears away awed by the sight "It is the most beautiful sight that I have ever seen." She told her friend "I've waited my whole life for this moment. To think that when I went to prison, I thought that I'd never get the chance to do this. I feel so insignificant all of a sudden, but at the same time..."

"You feel like you're a part of the cosmos itself. Like you're one step closer to God himself." Sam finished

Annie smiled nodding "Exactly."

"I felt the same way the first time I was out here." Sam admitted

"This almost makes going to prison worth it."

Sam looked over at her friend

Annie smiled, "I said almost."

Both women laughed

"Here take the controls." Sam offered

"I can't Sam." Annie protested

"Come on, we have a long trip ahead of us. I'll teach you how to fly this puppy."

Jack, Daniel and Gabriel were sitting together going over the rough sketch of the fortress that Anise had been able to supply to them.

"It's going to be tricky." Jack told them

"Yeah" Gabriel admitted, "I was hoping that the technology was going to be near the prisoners."

"But" Daniel pointed out "According to this the technology is down two levels from the prisoners, and you'd have to pass a hell of a lot of Jaffa to get to it."

Jack shook his head "I say screw it, forget the stuff."

"We can't let that stuff fall into Jaffa hands Colonel." Gabriel pointed out "If they can duplicate it we would be in a world of hurt. With that phasing equipment they could walk right through the iris on earth."

"He's right Jack." Daniel hated to admit it, but Daniel also knew, if the Jaffa were able to reproduce the phasing equiptment. Then it was game over for earth.

"Link, Sammy." Gabriel motioned them to come closer "Listen, and don't interrupt." He began which automatically made them worry.

"You two and Annie are going for Butch and Sundance, I'm going for the cargo."

"You can't go alone." Sammy protested

"I can and I will." He told them "I have been trained for this, stealth is a way of life for me. I have to go alone; two of us will get caught. Don't worry, our spy says that the halls aren't bright and there are a lot of shadows. I'll be fine. What I need from you guys is to get Butch and Sundance and go straight to the egress point, it will be silent comms all the way, pings only. One ping means yes, two means no it also means escape route one and two. When you get the prisoners out, you give me one ping on the headset. You wait five seconds if you haven't been discovered you give me one more ping to tell me that you are heading for escape route one. If I hear two pings at anytime after that, I will take that to mean that you've been discovered and are heading to route two, you break radio silence only if you are pinned down or are caught. Same for me when I get the cargo, I'll give you one ping, I'll then head for route one, again one ping. After that, if you hear two pings I've been found out and am heading to the gate room. By then, you should be on the roof, and you will get the prisoners out and leave me behind. Do you understand?" he ordered them, both men stared at him as if he'd lost his mind.

"SG 13 stands together, we won't leave without you Gabe." Link protested

Gabriel patted his friend on the shoulder "Don't worry about me, my happy ass is going to be waiting for you back on earth." He smiled

"Okay Gabe." Link shook his head "I don't like it, but you order, I'll follow."

"That's right boss, you just make sure that you meet us on that roof." Sammy told his friend.

"I promise. Now go grab some sleep." He ordered

Both men nodded and headed back to get some rest, as did Daniel who was extremely worried for his friends.

Jack stared at the young man before him wondering if he could really pull this off, or if in fact this was the last time, he was going to see him. "You sure that's a good idea." Jack asked, "To split your team that way, I mean we can go with you." He offered

"No" Gabriel shook his head "We don't have enough chutes for that anyway, no I'll make it out if I can." Lowering his voice so that the others couldn't hear "Jack if I'm trapped and can't make it back, I'll destroy the technology before I go. Let Kennedy know, that I destroyed it. One last thing Jack." Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out two letters.

"No Gabe" Jack protested having seen too many letters like that before.

Gabriel pressed it into Jack's hand "One is for Josie, the other is for Daisy."

"I hate these things." Jack said putting them away

"So do I." Gabriel admitted, "Let's try and get some sleep."

"Yeah right." Jack muttered knowing that sleep wasn't going to come anytime soon.

Instead, Jack made his way forward to fill Sam and Annie in on the change in plans. As he approached, he could hear the two women talking.

"So this controls the thrusters." Annie was thrilled to be actually piloting the shuttle.

"Yeah, this is your vertical lift and this one here is to bring you down." Sam pointed out the controls.

"Having fun ladies?" Jack asked as he took a seat

"Oh yeah" Annie smiled excitedly, like a five year old on Christmas morning playing with her new toy.

Taking a deep breath, he continued "There's been a change in plans." He told them and began to lay out the plans to them, leaving nothing out.

Annie sat in shock, that stupid son of a bitch. "Sam take over please." She said softly

Making her way back to where Gabriel was sleeping she roughly grabbed him and lifted him up by the collar.

"What do you mean that we're splitting up?" She demanded

Gabriel blinked surprised "Annie?"

"We stick together, the four of us." Annie said angrily

"Not this time." Gabriel told her

"Every time" she protested, "We watch each others back."

"We can't achieve our objective unless we split up, and I have a better chance of making it to the cargo by myself." Gabriel pointed out reasonably

"And if you get caught?"

"I won't." Gabriel said quietly, not wanting to tell her the truth

Annie shook her head "How can you be so...." She stopped and realized what he was saying

"You are going kamikaze, you're going to make sure they don't take you if you can't get away."

Gabriel stared at her hard, "It's bad enough that I have to live in a cell on earth for something that I didn't do, I won't live in their cells." He told her seriously "And I sure as hell am not going to let them put one of those snakes in me, and I sure as fuck am not going to betray my country so I'm dead anyway. The only thing left is how I go out."

Annie nodded angrily with hands on hips "In a fucking blaze of glory huh?"

Gabriel nodded just as angry "If I have to, we cannot let this technology fall into their hands." Then smiling he gently added "But this is last resort stuff were talking about, I'll make it out."

"Gabe" Annie warned calmly catching her breath "You had better make it out. I've already lost one brother, I don't think that I could stand losing another."

"Little sister, I'm not planning to die just yet."

"Just make sure you don't, I don't want to have to look at your daughter's face when she finds out."

"It won't come to that." He promised "Now get some rest, we've got a long day tomorrow."

Annie sighed, "I'm not tired yet, I'm going back and fly this ship some more. I'll sleep in a couple of hours." She promised

"Okay." Gabriel lay back on the floor to get some more sleep

Annie made her way forward again and retook her seat

"You two straighten everything out?" Sam asked having heard every word of their conversation. Sam didn't like it either, but Gabe was right. It was just too dangerous to leave that advanced technology with the Goa'uld. Looking at the colonel, she saw that he was just as unhappy at overhearing the conversation as well.

Annie shook her head angrily, "Yeah, I don't like it, we should stick together. But Gabriel's right we can't leave the Tollan technology behind in their hands. It's way to dangerous."

Sam nodded and let Annie take control again

An hour later Jack yawned, "Well I'm going to get some shut eye. Carter, Teal'c is going to take over in a couple of hours for you, so you can get some sleep."

"Okay colonel."

Sam waited another hour until she was sure that the colonel and everyone else was asleep except for her and Annie. She couldn't wait any longer, she had to know what was between Gabriel and her father and just maybe Annie knew.

"Annie, I have to ask you something, something very important."

Annie saw the serious set in Sam's face "Sure go ahead."

"How much do you know about Gabriel's life before he went to prison?"

Annie shrugged "A lot, being locked together in a room for twenty hours a day, you get to know your roommates."

"Has Gabriel ever mentioned having met a General Carter?" She asked

Annie laughed "Oh yeah, Gabriel would love nothing more than being locked in a small room with him for a few minutes alone." Annie stopped laughing realizing the truth "Samantha Carter, are you any relation to him."

"He's my father." Sam admitted

"Oh shit." Annie said simply

"And one of the men we are going to rescue is my father."

"OH SHIT." Annie looked back and could just see the sleeping figures "Don't you dare tell Gabriel, or your father won't make it out of there alive."

Shocked Sam had to ask, "Why Annie, why does he hate my father?"

Looking back, one more time to make sure they were alone "Is there an auto pilot on this thing?"

"Sure" Sam said locking it into position

Annie took a deep breath and leaned over to whisper to Sam

"Eleven years ago, your father was stationed in Norfolk right."

"Yeah" Sam remembered slightly "He was part of some joint Navy/Air force operation. I was in school at that time."

"Right, Gabe was there helping to train Air force officers to become Black-Ops. You know hand to hand, survival techniques that sort of thing."

"Yeah so he worked for my father."

"Gabe was there about a month when the general started ordering him on a lot of overnight missions and weekend training missions." Annie was being purposely vague hoping that Sam would get it on her own. She didn't want to hurt her friend.

"Again so what?" Sam shrugged not seeing the point

Annie shook her head, please don't make me say it, Annie thought to herself "Are you sure that you want to hear this, because it won't be easy to hear." She warned

"I have to know." Sam stared straight at the woman before her.

"Okay" Annie shrugged "But don't say I didn't warn you. Gabe came back early from one of those weekend missions, a couple of guys got hurt and had to be bought back. Gabriel went home, found Josie sitting playing with her dolls in the living room. Gabriel heard something that didn't sound right, and he went into the bedroom..." Annie paused

"And" Sam asked still lost

Annie closed her eyes and told her "He found your father in bed with his wife."

"No" Sam protested immediately "That is not possible." Unwilling to believe it of her father.

Annie shrugged "Gabe said that it happened that way, he closed the door went into the other room and got his gun. Went back into the bed room, he was going to kill your father, Sam."

"So what happened?" Sam asked staring straight out into space shocked

"When he got back the general was already climbing out the window, with Gabe yelling that they dared to do this in front of his daughter. It took ten MP's to take Gabe down; it was hushed up because of your father's position. That was when Gabe filed for divorce, and that is how he got custody of Josie. A few months later, his wife disappeared and your father accused him of murder. Got the NIS to search his house and found that knife. Gabriel was handcuffed in front of his six-year-old daughter, and your father put him on trial. From what I hear and this is not just from Gabriel, you met those JAG officers right?"

"Yeah." Sam whispered still staring out into space

"Well one of them was his defense lawyer from the original trial. Commander Rabb told me that a lot of the evidence that could possibly have proven that Gabriel was innocent was not allowed into the record. Commander Rabb believes that your father might have influenced the court either knowingly or unknowingly and had that evidence excluded." Annie shook her head "Sam, your father is the reason that Gabriel was on death row."

"My father would never have framed anyone for murder, he must have done it." She protested in his defense.

Annie took a deep breath before she continued, "Sam, Gabe is a trained killer. Since he was six years old, his uncle taught him the art of assassination. Do you really think that Gabriel would be stupid enough to keep a bloody knife in his home for over two months?"

Sam shook her head tears streaming down her face "He wouldn't have done it."

Annie shrugged "Commander Rabb says that your father might have unknowingly done it." Annie put her hand on Sam's knee "How many military officers would love to move up the ladder by making a two star general happy. Maybe your father was in love with Gabe's wife, I don't know, but your father was mad at Gabe. The guy in charge of the trial might have seen his chance to get in good with the general and sided with the prosecution more than he should have. That doesn't mean that your father personally took a hand in it, he probably honestly believes that Gabe killed her. But his trial was rigged Sam that is why those JAG officers were here, they have reopened the case, not just his but mine and Link's as well."

"Sam?"

Both women whirled around and saw Gabriel standing there

"Oh shit." Annie muttered to herself, she hadn't heard a thing, damn the man's quietness

Sam turned away looking out the window suddenly ashamed.

Gabe nodded to Annie, who got up and made her way out.

"I'm sorry Gabe."

"Just don't let me catch sight of him." He told her continuing to stare at Sam.

"You won't." Annie promised and made her way out

Gabriel moved over, sat down in the now empty seat, and stared out into space. The silence seemed to go on forever, but it was only a couple of minutes really.

"I've hated your father for a long time." Gabriel began "I blamed him for so much, I lost my fiancée, my daughter and my freedom and my honor, because of him."

Sam refused to face him but still defended her father "He wouldn't have done what you say he did."

Gabe leaned back into his chair looking out the side window "It still seems like yesterday to me." He began "I remember coming home a day early, Josie was playing with her dolls in the living room, she ran to me when I walked into the room. That's when I heard some strange sounds coming from the bedroom. I put Josie down and asked her where her mother was and she smiled and said 'mommy's with uncle Jacob'." Sam winced imaging the scene, disgusted that a small child had to witness the whole scene. "I know I don't have a brother Jacob and neither did Amanda, so I went in and found them together." Gabriel reached up and wiped away a tear before Sam could see it, but she had seen and it hurt her all the more "I'd heard stories from others about Amanda and other men, but that is all I took them for stories. I didn't want to believe that she would do that to me. That was the first time that I had actually seen it with my own eyes. I'll admit it now that I lost complete control then, if it hadn't been for those MP's showing up, well I don't know." Gabriel shrugged, knowing that he probably would have killed the general "Then Amanda disappeared, at first I thought that she'd run away. I mean her behavior since the divorce was erratic to say the least. There were times that I actually believed that she'd lost her mind completely. When she disappeared, I was relieved, it had gotten to the point where I was afraid to leave Josie alone, afraid of what Amanda might do. About a month later, I was coming home from a movie with Daisy and Josie to find the NIS going through my house, at the insistence of your father. They found the knife and your father had me arrested in front of my daughter, I was dragged away while my daughter was crying hysterically. Thank God, that Daisy was there to take Josie home with her; otherwise, they would have put Josie in foster care. I was bought to trial and all the evidence that my lawyer tried to introduce was thrown out as immaterial."

Sam faced him "You did it, you had to have done it. My father wouldn't do such a thing, he wouldn't let an innocent man go to jail." She cried feeling lost and hurt and confused by all of this new information and insight into her father.

Gabriel stared at her for a moment, then turned towards the window again "Did you know that I had an alibi for the night that Amanda disappeared? I was the officer of the day and I was on the quarterdeck. The prosecution found that I was away from the desk for fifteen minutes when I went to get some coffee. He said that in those fifteen minutes I had plenty of time to kill her and dispose of the body later even though she lived across town, twenty minutes each way. The insurance man who made out the life insurance policy on my wife could not identify me as the man who purchased the insurance. His testimony was considered irrelevant and the prosecution only produced the document with my name on it. Case closed, guilty, sentence to death by lethal injection."

Sam sat shaking in her seat, tears falling not even knowing how to feel. Gabriel was her friend; he'd risked his life for her, to save her and her friends. It was Gabriel who told a frightened Daniel to take a chance and to tell her how he felt about her. Dammit, she liked Gabriel, and she liked his daughter. But Jacob is still her father, he'd helped create her, raised her, yes there were times when they had been fighting and couldn't see eye to eye. Still when she had found out he was dying of cancer; she had found a way to save him. It was her father; she had to save him if she could. But what about all of this?

Gabriel stood up to leave, he was sorry to hurt his friend. Maybe he should have realized earlier who she was and avoided her. But at least she now knew the truth.

"He's damn lucky to have you for a daughter." Gabriel whispered "Because I would have killed him the moment I set eyes on him. Now because of you, I can't do that, you are my friend and I won't hurt you that way."

Sam looked up at him wiping some of the tears away "Can you forgive him?"

Gabriel shook his head slowly "I don't know Sam, I've hated him for so long. You don't know the things I had to do in prison to survive. Every minute of everyday watching out to make sure that I didn't get gang raped. Fighting for my survival day after day, year after year for something that I didn't do. The months that I spent in solitary confinement in a room that was completely dark that was four by four. Torturing myself picturing Daisy in the arms of another man, raising children that should have been mine. Missing the most important years with my daughter, having her believe that I was a murderer who killed her mother. I just don't know if I'm strong enough to forgive him." Turning away, he walked back into the main area and went to Daniel waking him up.

"Wha-What's up Gabe?" Daniel asked confused

Gabriel shook his head sadly "Get up to the cockpit quick, Sam needs you."

Immediately worried Daniel stood up and put his boots on "What something happen?"

"Yeah something bad, you'd better hurry."

With that Daniel was off like a shot heading forward

Gabriel sat down trying to forget the past. It was just so damn hard to do.

The shuttle landed at the predetermined zone without incident. The planet was as always covered with...

"Trees." Jack shook his head "Why does it always have to be trees." He wondered to no one in particular.

The two SG teams quickly set about cutting down branches and using the local flora and fauna to cover the shuttle. It was almost midday before they finally had the ship covered and the equipment all broken out and distributed amongst SG 13. Most of the work had been done silently; by this time word had gotten to all of them, whom they were rescuing and why it was exactly that Gabriel hated one General Jacob Carter. It wasn't easy for anybody, SG 13 hated the fact that they had to go and save the life of the man who put their leader into prison. SG 1 hated the fact that they might end up having to protect the general from SG 13. Especially since SG 13 had to go alone and rescue the general, there was no way for them to protect the General then. They could gun down the General and say that the Jaffa had done it. They could take out Naream as well and with no witnesses they could say simply that the Jaffa had killed them during the escape attempt, and there would be no way to disprove it. All this did was to build up the tension between the entire group, finally they decided to eat lunch before heading out.

They sat together, no one really talking or very interested in the food that they were eating. Gabriel hated the silence, and he could feel the tension rising up between the two teams. Looking back over his shoulder, he could see the mountain rising up behind him. The weather reports were promising; this portion of the planet was enjoying a nice warm summer so it wouldn't be that cold on the mountain. Gabriel knew that they had to move fast up that path they had discovered, he just hoped that most of it was still intact to make the climb easier. Turning back, he saw that Sam had been watching him; she quickly lowered her eyes back to her MRE but not fast enough for him not to notice the worry on her face. He knew that he had to lay her fears to rest.

"Sam" he began

Everyone stopped eating and just stared at the two friends who were now seemingly pitted against one another.

Taking a deep breath Gabriel looked her straight in the eye "You have my word of honor, that your father will come out of this alive."

"You promise?" she asked worriedly

"Yes, not I nor anyone under my command will harm him." Pulling out his knife, he quickly cut his hand "I swear it to you with my blood."

Sam quickly went over pulling out a handkerchief wrapping his hand. Looking him straight in the eye

"I believe you." She said tears falling; Gabriel was a man who lived by his honor. She knew that she could trust him with anything once he gave his word. It also sadden her to see what this was costing her friend, she knew that it couldn't be easy. To be asked to save the life of the man who put him in prison.

"Good" crushing this empty MRE package he got to the business at hand, violently pushing all his thoughts aside "Okay, one last time" he told the others "First base is the base of the mountain, second base is when we get to the top of the mountain and are about to go in. Then radio black out until we get to the roof with Butch and Sundance that's third base then we jump, and SG 1 is home plate."

Everyone nodded in understanding and put their waste into a plastic bag to take with them. They wanted to leave no evidence that they were ever there.

Gabriel stood up shouldering his bulging pack and equipment "Okay guys let's move out. We've got a lot of ground to cover and not much time to do it in."

"Good luck SG 13." Jack waved to his friends as they walked away from camp.

The trek to the mountain took just under an hour; they had purposely taken a route through the undergrowth as not to leave any tracks that could be followed. This delayed them, but they figured that the delay was worth it. This way they could avoid any Jaffa patrols that might be around. The group moved in silence, always scanning the foliage to make sure that no one was around them. It was just two pm EST (Earth Standard Time) when they reached the base of the mountain. Halting the group, they all gathered together.

"Okay let's find this path that leads up." Gabriel ordered

It took twenty minutes; the path was well covered by time and growth of the local plant life. Finally, Link located it and the team gathered again.

"I take lead." Gabriel ordered, "Sam you got the back door, Annie, Link in the middle." Pressing his earpiece, he spoke "Coach, this is home team do you copy?"

"Got you home team."

"Have reached first base and are going up."

"Understood out."

Heading towards the path the others followed

The climb was long and tedious, and often times treacherous. Parts of the path had eroded with time and had worn down to barely a ledge that they could shuffle across laden down with equipment. At other points, the path had fallen completely away forcing them to almost a crawl, as they had to climb across to where the path started again and then pass the equipment by rope to the other side and then the rest of the team had to climb across. It was nightfall of the first night when they finally called it for the night. The path was just too dangerous to attempt to go at it in the dark. They made camp as best they could on the ledge and pulled out a small portable heater to try to keep warm on the mountain. Taking out a camouflage tarp that blended in with the rest of the mountain, they ate dinner for the most part in silence. Finally, Annie broke the silence.

"At this rate we are going to go past the dead line." She observed

Gabriel hated it but he agreed with her assessment "We have to be on the move by first light." He told the group "We have a lot of ground to make up I want us at least three quarters of the way up if not more by tomorrow night."

Link rubbed his hands by the heater "Well hopefully the path ahead is in better condition than what we have faced so far. That is the only thing that is slowing us down." He pointed out.

"Let's hope so." Annie agreed, "Let's get some sleep."

"Okay I got first watch." Gabe announced, "Sam second, Link third, Annie you got last." Slipping out of the covering, Gabriel put on a pair of night vision glasses and watched and waited.

It was a half an hour before sunrise that Gabriel felt the tap on his shoulder. Opening his eyes immediately he saw Link holding out a cup of coffee out to him. Taking it Gabriel drank the brew gratefully as he felt the caffeine glide through his body waking and warming it up. Sitting they all had their breakfast and just as the sun began to rise, they began their trek up the side of the mountain again. The path was a lot less strenuous than it had been the day before. The group made up plenty of time, the path although still treacherous, at least now there were no pitfalls and they are able to speed through. By nightfall of the second day, they were eighty percent up the mountain, and now it was even colder due to the high altitude. Setting up the watches, the team went to sleep early that night, because they knew that by tomorrow night they would be entering the fortress. By midday, the next day the group sat just out of sight of the fortress. Studying it Gabriel shook his head, the place was immense. A whole lot bigger than it looked on the video that they had watched before they had left on the mission. Staying out of sight, Gabriel took out his comms gear.

"Coach come in."

"Go ahead."

"We've reached second, we go in tonight. Stand by for pickup on our next signal, out." Turning to the others "okay let's study this place." He told them.

Daniel put the radio back on standby but making sure that the chAnniel was still open, and made his way outside where the rest of the team was located. Stepping out into the sunshine he saw that Sam was still sitting away from the others worried that something had happened to her father. It had been two days like this now and no matter how much he tried to alleviate her fears, Sam would continue to be afraid for her father not from Gabriel, they had his word. Her fear was that the Jaffa would soon start the interrogations. Daniel was worried for her and he hoped that it would be over tonight. Shaking his head feeling a deep frustration that he couldn't help the woman that meant more to him than his own life. He made his way to Jack and Teal'c.

"Jack, they've reached the top." He told them, Sam got up and came over to the group to listen.

"Already?" Jack turned towards the mountain as he moved to the one non standard piece of equipment that he'd bought with him. A telescope. Searching the summit, he carefully surveyed the entire area.

Sam grabbed Daniel's arm "They really made it to the top?"

Grabbing her hands he smiled cupping her cheek "Yes, they are going in as soon as it's dark."

"Gottem" Jack announced stepping back he motioned for Sam to look

Looking through the telescope Sam could see the team moving around doing their recon before the nights raid. Breathing a sigh of relief, she turned around and hugged Daniel.

"It's almost over." He told her hugging her tight

Sam nodded "Yeah but now comes the hard part." She reminded him

"Your father is going to be just fine." Daniel told her stroking her hair

"You promise?" she whispered into his shirt

"I promise." Daniel whispered into her hair "Now come with me." Leading her to the sleeping bags, he forced her down on one of them. At her protest, Daniel shook his head.

"Sam you've barely gotten any rest since we started this mission. We need you to be ready tonight" His tone left little room to argue.

Sam blinked and nodded settling into the sleeping bag to grab some much needed sleep. This was another of the little reasons she loved this man. Jonas would have yelled at her and ordered her to sleep and would have made her feel like a two year old who had disobeyed daddy. Daniel's tone although stern, was full of concern and fear for her well-being. Daniel appealed to the level headed part of her brain, the part that knew that she had an important part to play in the mission ahead and he wanted her to be at her best. It spoke volumes about the amount of love, respect and trust that he had for her.

"Will you stay with me?" she asked already succumbing to sleep

Daniel ran his fingers through her golden locks "I'll always stay with you." He promised

A few minutes later Jack walked over and saw Daniel sitting on a fallen log by Sam's side who had finally fallen asleep.

"About time she grabbed some shut-eye." He whispered handing Daniel a cup of coffee.

Daniel nodded his thanks and gratefully swallowed a mouth full. "Yeah, this has been hard for her." Then looking down at the woman, who meant more to him than his own life, shook his head sadly.

"And I think that it's only going to get worse before it gets better." He said wishing that he could take her pain away, wishing he could take away the knowledge that she now had. Spare her from the pain to come.

"You mean that thing between Gabe and her father." Jack agreed, surprised that Jacob would do such a thing to his own man "That is going to be a rough one alright. You just make sure that she knows that she doesn't have to go through it alone."

"I will." Daniel promised

Night finally fell and SG 13 prepared to go into the fortress. They had studied the fortress all day, watching the movement of the guards. As Gabriel had hoped they had very little use for guards on the outside of the fortress, just three guards that patrolled the exterior of the fort. In addition, from what they could see there were no guards on the roof either. Gabriel paused at the top of the mountain one more time studying the layout to make sure that there were no guards around. Going back, he spoke one last time.

"Okay we got ten minutes to get to the top of the fort. From here on out, we are silent. Sam go."

Running forward, Sam stopped ten feet from the fort. Raising his rifle, he aimed carefully and launched the grappling hook over the side of the building. Grabbing the end of the rope, he quickly attached his oversized pack to it then tested the rope to see if it would take his weight, and he began to climb. Reaching the top, he quickly pulled out his silenced pistol and scAnnied the area; seeing that it was indeed clear, he took the grapple and secured it better. Leaning over the side, he waved the others ahead.

Gabriel slapped Annie on the shoulder and she ran forward grabbing the rope, she also attached her pack to it then she made her way up. Reaching the top, she also pulled out her pistol and took up position by Sammy. As soon as Annie had disappeared, over the top, Gabriel slapped Link on the back and he too made his way forward and up soon followed by Gabriel himself. Once on top he and Link pulled up the rest of their equipment then coiling up the rope he motioned the group to the west side of the building. Making their way over they began to lay out the glider chutes to have them ready for their escape. Gabriel then made his way over to the roof access with the team right behind him, pausing he quietly rapped his knuckles on the door. It was opened quickly revealing a young woman of about twenty-five with short red hair and a very shapely figure. Immediately Gabriel put his gun to her head.

"Who is the 'Iron Horse?'" he whispered.

"Lou Gherig" she whispered back suddenly very afraid

Lowering his gun, he went to her, "Any changes?"

Breathing a giant sigh of relief now that she knew that she wasn't going to die "None, by the way I'm Liranda."

"Good, I'm Gabriel. You lead my people to the prisoners, I'm going for the cargo." He whispered

Liranda shook her head "No it is too dangerous."

"You do as we say, or you're dead." Gabriel warned raising his pistol

"Don't be a fool." She warned staring at the gun, suddenly very afraid.

"Any trouble out of her, dust her." He told the others and made his way down the stairs

Annie came up and took over "Move it, we don't have all night." She said motioning to her with gun in hand.

Liranda shivered at the coldness of the Tauri, this is not what she'd heard about them, Mako her simbyont protested "Liandra pay attention we must move quickly."

"Yes you are right", she answered silently turning to the others "This way, there are seven guards."

"Okay, let's move."

The inside of the fortress was dark just as Liandra had told them it would be. Annie and her group silently made their way over to the cells, hiding in the shadows. Standing outside the cellblock Annie checked her watch. Twenty minutes of creeping and crawling.

"Well Gabe" she thought silently "That's all the time that I can give you."

Reaching for a small mirror, she slipped it into the room and saw the guards standing around whispering amongst themselves. Angling it, the other way she saw the two prisoners sitting on the floor of their cell. Turning back Annie mimed their positions to the Link and Sammy. Both men nodded and pulled out their second pistols. Annie nodded to them and silently mouthed one, two, three!

The three ran into the room taking up a different position, quickly they shot the guards before any of them could get off a shot. Jacob Carter and Naream stood immediately stunned to see what had happened in just seconds. Annie pulled out her zat and nodded to the others who did the same. Liandra and Naream were sickened to watch as each guard was disintegrated ruthlessly. Annie shot the lock on the cell door three times and led the two men out.

"General Carter?" She whispered

"That's me, who are you?" he asked staring at the woman wearing camo makeup

"SG 13" she told him "We are going to the roof, we have chutes waiting for us and transportation waiting to take us out of here."

"What of my equipment?" Naream asked, "We cannot leave..."

"It's being taken care of, now come on we don't have much time." Annie told them pointing for Sammy to take point. Reaching up Annie tapped the comm button one time, then waited five seconds and tapped it again. Waving to the others, they made their way out of the room.

Gabriel silently made his way past a group of Jaffa who were sitting at tables eating and drinking. Hugging the shadows he made himself part of them, moving swiftly and silently he found the room where the cargo was said to be being held. Reaching for his gun, he flicked the toggle on the door and it opened silently up. Rushing into the room he saw only one guard and he quickly shot him in the head. The man went down as if his strings had been cut. Gabriel rushed to the table, found the equipment, and quickly began to shove it into the satchel he wore. Gabriel stopped midway through when he heard the first ping in his ear followed by the second ping a few seconds later. Gathering the last of the Tollan technology, he made his way out. He had to hurry now; there wasn't much time, reaching up he let loose the first ping, then the second.

Annie halted the group as she saw Sammy stopped ahead. Turning Sammy pointed around the corner and making hand signals, Annie knew that there were two guards around there. Annie was about to go ahead when she heard the first ping followed by a second a few seconds later. Pointing to Link, she mimed her message to him, nodding Link pulled out his garrote and hid on the other side of the doorway. Annie pushed the general and Naream against the wall and waited. A moment later two Jaffa guards passed through the doorway. The moment that they passed they struck, Sammy and Link jumped out of the shadows with wire garrotes ready. Quickly they slipped it around the Jaffas heads. Before either Jaffa could react, the wires were pulled tight. Annie pulled out her gun and watched as both men struggled and finally succumbed to death. Immediately Link and Sammy pulled out zats and finished the job just to be sure. Link gave her the thumbs up sign and Annie motioned them forward again.

Gabriel was silently passing by the guards meal room again, looking he saw that the Jaffa were still at it and were pretty much ignoring everything that went on around them. Continuing on he made his way to safety, checking his watch he saw that he would have to hurry or risk being left behind. Still clinging to the shadows he made his way to the next passageway. He was almost out of sight when he heard it.

"Halt, who goes there?" A voice yelled through the hall

Gabriel winced at the volume the man used; he was certain that more guards had heard and were on their way over. Gabriel quickly dropped to one knee and rolled coming to his feet he fired three times catching the Jaffa warrior in the head and face. Without even stopping to see if the man was dead, Gabriel turned and ran flat out before more guards showed up.

Annie and her group made it to the roof and over to the west side of the building.

"How are we getting out of here?" Asked the general looking over the side and seeing the straight drop below.

"Here" Annie said slapping a parachute into his hands then grabbing two more she headed towards Naream and Larinda.

"You've got to be kidding." He said slipping the chute on

"You two over here." Annie ordered and handed them two chutes "You do as I do and you listen as I explain." She went on to tell them how the chutes operated

Five minutes later with her chute on, she took covering position for Link and Sammy while they were kitted out.

Naream looked nervously at Jacob "Who are these people Jacob/Selmak. They seem extremely dangerous."

Jacob shrugged "I don't know and yes they are dangerous. But they are here to get us out, they must belong to general Hammond and the SGC.'

"They work with Samantha." Naream nodded and made sure that his chute was tight.

"How long do we wait for Gabe?" asked Link while watching the roof access door.

Annie looked at her watch and knew that with each passing second it was becoming increasingly dangerous for them.

"We give him five minutes then we contact home plate and go." Annie decided, hoping that it was enough time.

The general made his way to the SG team "What are we waiting on?" he asked wondering why they were still here.

"Our boss is still inside getting the Tollan technology that you guys lost." Annie explained

Jacob nodded as Selmak took over "It is time for us to leave here. If your commanding officer can make it out, he will. Our being here will be of no use."

Link shivered in disgust at the otherworldly voice of the Tok'ra "We are here to provide back up if he needs it."

"We go now." Selmak ordered "General Carter..."

Sammy put his gun under Jacobs chin "Right now we really don't give a fuck about the general. So shut up, and go over there and wait like a good little snake."

Jacob Carters eyes blazed indignantly "This is outrageous, I am a general in the US air force."

"SHUT UP" all three soldiers told him suddenly from down below they could hear automatic fire and explosions that sounded suspiciously like staff fire.

"Move" Annie ordered the General "Get into position, you don't jump until we do, after that you follow us down and out."

Pulling out her rifle she jacked in the first round and reached for her comms, "Home plate come in home plate."

"Home plate go ahead."

"We are under fire I say again team two is under fire we are about to evac, recommend that you come and pick us up."

"Understood" Jack said quickly as Sam rushed past him to start the ship "We will be airborne in two minutes, is anyone hurt?"

"That's a negative home plate both Butch and Sundance are all right, we will give you two minutes and then we jump. Over and out."

Switching to the alternate frequency Annie decided to chance the transmission. "Gabe we have the evac coming to us we jump in ninety."

Gabriel burst through the roof door, turning he opened fire down the passageway. Link and Sammy ran over and took over.

"Go get your pack on. We'll hold'em." Link yelled firing down the passageway

Annie threw the parachute to Gabe who quickly began to put it on.

Jacob finally saw the face of the man in charge; he couldn't believe it "You!" General Carter spit it out venom dripping from those words.

"Yeah me" Gabriel spat back "Don't get your panties in a bunch General we are outta here in twenty seconds, you wanna start something then I'll be more than happy to oblige." Pulling out four grenades Gabe headed back to the door.

"Guys" he called out holding up the grenades

Link and Sammy pulled the pins while Gabe held them

"Go!" he yelled to them "I'll cover and am ten seconds behind you. Annie jump."

"Okay people like I told you before, you jump count to five, pull your chute, and follow me in." Annie moved about twenty feet from the edge. Running full speed, she jumped off the side of the mountain.

"This is insane." Naream yelled as he watched the woman drop away.

"Yes it is now move Naream." Jacob ran full speed and jumped into the darkness as well

Gabriel waited and at the last moment tossed the grenades down the stairwell. Turning he ran full out towards the edge of the building and jumped. As some of the Jaffa made their way onto the roof before the explosion.

Gabriel saw the others below him heading towards the ground. Pulling his ripcord, he felt the satisfying pull as his chute deployed. Not bad for a nights work. He allowed himself a moment to relax, but that moment was all he got. Suddenly staff fire began to shoot past him. Looking up Gabe saw three Jaffa's had made it to the roof before the grenades had gone off.

"Shit, I'm a sitting duck." Pulling out his machine gun he began to fire, he knew that he was too far away for it to make any difference but he had to try something. Looking down he saw that the others had reached the ground and that in another hundred or so feet he'd be out of danger. Suddenly one of the blasts hit his chute and caught on fire. Looking down Gabriel saw that he was still a long way from the ground.

"Oh..." he never got to finish the thought as his chute ripped in half "Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!"

As soon as they landed Annie tore off her chute and ordered the flares, Link and Sammy both fired off sets of flares to alert the shuttle to their location. Looking up Annie saw to her horror what had just happened "Gabe!"

Helplessly they watched as Gabriel plummeted to the gound he literally bounced then landed with a sickening thud.

The shuttle spotted the flares and immediately landed by them. Jack and Teal'c were out and making their way to the team. Jack saw that Gabe was down and that he was bleeding profusely with both legs at the wrong angle. Reaching for his radio, he called out quickly.

"Daniel we have a man down bring the medical equipment. Bring the back brace and Hurry." He ordered as he reached Annie's side by Gabriel.

"What happened?" he asked Annie as Link worked to stop the bleeding

Daniel ran to the group, dropping by Link, he handed the bag to him. Immediately Link opened the pack and got to work.

Annie was unable to tear her gaze away from her friend, "Gabe came under fire from above, I guess one of the staff weapons hit his chute cause it went up in flames and he came down." Annie told them feeling her heart in her throat

Jack grimaced knowing that had to have hurt a lot "How far did he fall?"

Annie shrugged "Seventy five a hundred feet." Turning to Link she saw that he was setting up IV's and locking him down on the back board "Okay let's move and get outta here I'll set his legs on the shuttle on our way back." Link shook his head at Annie's unasked question "I'll know more once were outta here and I can look properly."

"Okay move out." Jack ordered as he grabbed one end of the backboard

"Sam?" Jacob called out on board the shuttle

A blonde whirlwind collided with her father "Daddy, your safe." Sam breathed a sigh of relief. SG 13 had succeeded and kept their promise to her.

Jacob smiled and hugged his daughter "I'm fine Sammy, just fine."

"Move, move we got a wounded man here." Jack called out

Sam and Jacob moved out of the way when the stretcher was bought on board.

"Gabe!" Sam went to his side, which shocked and infuriated her father

"SAM!" roughly he pulled her away from the man's side "You don't know who that man is."

Sam's eyes blazed "Oh yes I do know who he is, and he is my friend." She informed him much to his surprise.

"Family reunion later dad, Carter get us the hell out of here." Jack ordered

Sam made her way to the cockpit; Jacob started to make his way forward when Daniel grabbed his arm.

"She knows Jacob, she knows about your history with Gabe." Daniel warned him

Jacob visibly paled at the news patting Daniel on the shoulder he made his way to the cockpit.

Link worked feverishly trying to determine the extent of the damage to the best of his ability.

"Roll him." He ordered feeling down the spine he let out a deep sigh of relief "No sign of spinal damage as far as I can tell. We'll need an x-
ray to be sure." Feeling around his neck, "Neck seems intact as well."

Gabe began to come around and began to thrash.

"Goddammit Link knock him out, before he hurts himself some more." Annie ordered

Reaching into the pack Link pulled out the morphine and injected him

"Oh wow." Gabe muttered relaxing almost immediately, "I feel good." He said and smiled at the others.

Link smiled "That's right baby you just float in the clouds for now and let me finish up. Needle and thread." He ordered to Daniel "We got to sew up this gash on his head, then we set his legs and arm."

"How does it look Link?" Jack asked grimacing as Link sewed Gabe's head back together.

Link shook his head "This is the luckiest motherfucker that I've ever met, sir. Barring any internal injuries, which I can't feel at the moment, he has no spinal damage, which was the first thing that worried, me, his neck isn't broken and neither is his back. He's badly broken both legs though and his left arm and about six ribs and he's going to need a lot of stitches for this head wound."

Jack winced feeling the pain himself "And that's lucky?"

Link looked up "He's alive sir, these other things heal. But still I'll feel a lot better after we get him to doctor Fraiser and run him through an MRI and some x-rays to rule out anything that I might have missed."

"Good work Link." Annie sighed relaxing for the first time, mission eleven was over successfully.

"Your friend will be okay?" Asked Naream worried for the people that saved him

"We hope so, we have to wait and see." Annie shrugged and pulled a bag that she had taken from Gabe "This your stuff?" she asked him.

Naream looked into the bag and sighed relieved "Yes" he said checking it all over "Thank goodness it is all here, I was afraid what might happen if the Jaffa were to use or replicate this equipment. Looking at the woman before him he smiled and held out a hand, "My name is Naream of the Tollan."

"Antoinette Yates." She smiled taking the offered hand

"Sam?" Jacob sat down in the co-pilots seat

"Is it true?" she asked determinedly avoiding his gaze

"Is what true?"

Sam's eyes blazed "Don't play this game with me father, did you sleep with his wife?"

Jacob looked down at his hands not knowing what else to say "Yes" he told her

Sam stared at her father opened-mouthed, "How could you do such a thing?" Sam asked her father

Jacob shrugged helplessly "It was a difficult time for me Sam. Your mother was gone; you were at school your brother wasn't speaking to me. I was lonely, and along came this beautiful vibrant young woman who made me feel alive."

"The fact that she was someone else's wife never entered your head." Sam shook her head disgustedly "You the man who said that anyone who cheats on their spouse is scum."

"Do you know the rest of it?" he asked

Sam nodded staring out at space "I know the whole story Dad, how you ran and he chased you with a gun. How his wife disappeared and how you bought him up on charges and how he was sentenced."

"He killed her." Jacob fumed

Sam shook her head "I don't know that for sure, I never met the woman. But I know Gabe and he doesn't strike me as the type to kill a woman like that. The one thing that really bothers me about this whole thing, is how could you do that to one of your men, in his house, in his bed, almost right in front of his daughter." Sam shook her head disgustedly "You are supposed to look out for the people under you command, not screw their wives."

Jacob shivered at his daughter's tone of voice. Over the years, they had fought tooth and nail many times, especially after her mother died. This however was the first time that he'd ever heard her disappointed in him.

"You used your position, to make sure that he'd be away so that you could meet with his wife. How could you do such a thing?" Sam continued ruthlessly

"I don't know." Jacob admitted how could he explain it to her when he still didn't fully understand it himself, the feelings and emotions that Amanda Fuentes had been able to stir within him. "For ten years I've gone over and over it in my head. I was crazy about her, Sam. I wanted her to leave Gabriel and come live with me, but she said that she would never leave him. That yes she fooled around, but that didn't mean that she didn't love her husband." Looking back at his daughter, he found her staring at him "I loved her Sam, like I hadn't loved a woman since your mother passed on. I was a fool to do so, but there it is."

Sam had to know the rest "Did you influence his trial?"

"What?" Jacob's eyes opened wide "What ever put that idea into your head."

"Did you?"

"No!" Jacob said emphatically "I never even attended the trial, it was thought better that I distance myself from the entire situation. I was kept informed by the prosecutor and the judge." Looking at his daughter, he continued "The evidence was there, he did it, don't you let him con you into thinking otherwise. What the hell is he doing with the SGC anyway?" he demanded to know.

"He's part of the suicide squad." Sam told him relieved that her father hadn't done anything wrong "Dad who was the judge at his trial?" She asked him

Jacob thought a moment "Colonel Bixby, you remember him don't you?"

Sam did remember the opportunist, she hated the man, she remembered how he would always be at the house trying to brown nose her father by bringing his daughter little gifts.

"He made general didn't he."

"Yes, not to long after the trial as a matter of fact." Seeing the look in Sam's eye he held up a hand "Don't you even think it."

"Why not dad." Sam asked her father "The man was the biggest brown nose I ever saw. He would do anything to get ahead."

Jacob Carter shook his head angrily "Gabriel Fuentes is guilty, there was no question about it at the trial. Jarod Bixby told me so himself."

"Then why is JAG here investigating it?" she asked

"JAG is here?" Jacob asked confused

Sam nodded "Yes and they have reopened the case, it seems that a lot of evidence was not allowed into court."

Jacob shook his head like he was in some bad nightmare "What evidence, Jarod told me it was an open and shut case."

"I don't know all the evidence." Sam admitted "But I've found out that Gabe was on watch the night his wife disappeared. Also, there was some question about who exactly bought the insurance policy. The agent who sold it couldn't identify Gabriel as the man who bought it. His testimony was thrown out. There is probably more, JAG is waiting back in Colorado Springs they want to talk to you."

"I don't believe this." Jacob told her "There has to be some sort of mistake. He did it."

"Why?" Sam asked her father

"He hated her, he was afraid of what she might do to their daughter." Jacob told her

Softly Sam told him "He was going to be transferred overseas, he had his daughter and he was getting remarried. Why would he throw all that away."

Jacob shook his head refusing to believe a word of it "I'll talk to JAG and straighten this whole thing out." He said, "He did it, I know he did."

Sam shook her head staring at her father, Annie was right, he really did believe it.

Chapter 8: Aftermath

The wormhole opened up and Jack stepped through first.

"Welcome back SG 1, I hope you were successful." General Hammond called out from the control room

"Yes sir, general we need a medical team here fast." Jack told him as the others came through the wormhole.

"Medical emergency in the gateroom." The voice boomed through the complex

Gabriel was carried through the gate and was gently placed on a gurney as Link called out vital statistics to Janet running out of the room. Naream and Jacob stepped through the gate and made their way forward as Hammond entered the gateroom.

"Good work Colonel, SG 13. Get cleaned up debriefing in three hours." He ordered

"I'll see you later dad, I want to get cleaned up." Sam kissed him on the cheek then waited as Annie deposited her weapons with the guards and they removed her explosive pack.

"Come on we'll get cleaned up quick and head to medical." Sam told her worried friend

"Okay." Annie smiled gratefully

"Jacob." Hammond smiled at his friend

"You told her." Jacob accused his friend

Hammond held up a hand "I told her nothing, I told her she would have to ask you about it. She must have asked Gabe instead."

"I'm sorry George." Jacob sighed, "I thought that after all this time that it wouldn't matter anymore."

Hammond shook his head "It does Jacob, it matters very much. It matters to him, to me and especially to my daughter."

Jacob winced, that was the hardest part of all of this, his best friends daughter had been hurt "Sam was telling me that JAG is here?"

Hammond turned and headed toward the door Jacob by his side, Naream and Larinda stayed well back and let the two men talk.

"Yes, you have an appointment with them at 0900 hrs on Monday. That will give you the weekend to relax."

"General Hammond?"

"Naream, a pleasure to see you again." Hammond turned and shook hands with the alien "We will contact your people immediately and let them know that you are safe."

Naream smiled at the thought of going home soon, but still he had to meet with the people who saved him and thank them properly. "Thank you general that would be most appreciated."

Hammond shook his head smiling at the alien "Not at all, oh by the way I'd like my medical people to give you a once over just to make sure that you are okay."

"Very well." Grateful for the concern of the Tauri, it was just too bad that these people weren't more advanced than they were. Naream for one liked these people, and admired their courage in the face of the enemy.

Motioning to one of the guards the man snapped to attention "Guard, please escort these gentlemen and lady to the infirmary." He ordered

"Yes sir, Sirs, ma'am this way please." He said motioning towards the door.

"You do very good work Mr. Washington." Janet complimented the man, knowing that it couldn't have been easy treating someone in the conditions that they found themselves in. Lincoln Washington had expertly set Gabriel's legs and arm and took care of the head wound. It saved Janet the trouble of doing either and got her patient into x-ray that much quicker. Looking over she saw that Daisy was already sitting by Gabriel's side holding his one good hand her face a mask of fear and dread.

"Thank you doctor, what's the prognosis?" Link asked worriedly staring at the petite doctor.

Janet shrugged "Rest and a lot of it, he's not leaving here for a while at least. He is also going to need a lot of rehab for his legs. His MRI is clear and his x-rays show no damage to his spine and no internal injuries. I'd say that he is one lucky man."

Colonel Kennedy entered the infirmary making his way directly to the doctor "How is he doctor?"

Janet sighed "Two badly broken legs, broken wrist and left arm, severe concussion, two broken ribs and another three cracked."

"He will recover?" Kennedy asked genuine concern in his voice.

Janet smiled at the man "Yes it will just take time, oh could you remove the explosive pack so I can cast up his other leg please."

"Immediately" Kennedy made his way over and removed the pack

"Mr. Washington." Kennedy removed that one as well "You'd better get cleaned up, debriefing in two hours."

"I'll be there." Washington promised

Daniel stopped at Sam's office before heading to medical to check on Gabe. Knocking on the door, he heard her say to come in. Entering the room he saw Sam putting on her fatigue jacket on, seeing him put a smile on her face.

"We didn't have much of a chance to talk on the way back." Daniel told her walking to her, he held out his arms.

Still smiling Sam entered his arms and wrapped her own around his neck. Hugging him, she could smell the fresh smelling soap he used.

"I'm glad you're here." She whispered needing to be held at the moment

Smiling Daniel asked, "Where else would I be?" Looking into her eyes he asked, "You want to talk about it?" knowing that she needed to talk about this.

"Later." She told him staring into his worried eyes "When we go home." She promised, "Right now I just want you to hold me and tell me that you love me."

Holding her tighter, he leaned down "I love you." He whispered into her ear

"I love you too Daniel." She smiled and she leaned into him for a kiss losing herself in the feelings that the kiss evoked.

"Sam..." The door opened and Jacob Carter walked in

Sam jumped away from Daniel, seeing who it was she grabbed her chest "Dad, you scared the hell out of me."

"Me too." Daniel blushed crimson; he'd never been caught by his girlfriend's father before he felt like he was a teenager again.

Jacob smiled, Daniel he thought, DANIEL! Well he was quite a change from the type of men that his daughter usually dated. Although he had to admit, it was a good choice. He knew Daniel enough to know that the man would never hurt his daughter. He also knew that Daniel was a better choice than another soldier, at least with Daniel, Sam had someone that she could talk to and have someone that could actually understand what she was saying. Closing the door, Jacob walked over.

"So how long has this been going on?" he asked his daughter

"Six months" Sam told her father unconsciously grabbing Daniel's hand

"Six months?" Jacob asked incredulously "And you never told me?"

"Well" Daniel pointed out "Um, you haven't been around lately for us to tell you."

Jacob laughed, "You have a point there son." Looking at his daughter, he smiled gently "You happy?"

Sam nodded "Happier than I ever thought that I could be."

Hugging his daughter, "That's good" he said and held a hand out to Daniel "Treat her right, that's all I ask."

Daniel smiled taking the offered hand "I will, I promise."

Turning to leave Jacob reminded them "De-briefing in two hours don't forget."

"We won't dad." After the door closed Sam smiled putting her arms around Daniel again "Where were we?"

"Just a second." Daniel left her with a confused look on her face, stopping he locked the door and came back "Don't want that to happen twice in one day." He smiled taking her in his arms again.

"Definitely not." Sam agreed

Daisy Hammond sat by Gabriel's bed, listening to the heart-pacing machine sounding out its bleats in a steady rhythm. Daisy worriedly looked at Gabriel's ashen face and broken body. When he was first bought in Daisy thought her heart would stop. She had been so caught up in the way he looked that Janet had to physically push her out of the way to get to the patient. Quickly she got her feelings under control; there would be time later to worry. Right now, Gabriel needed her to be strong and in command of her wits and by God, she would be.

It had been the longest hour of her life, while she waited for the x-rays and the results of the MRI. Finally, they came back and Janet smiled as she handed the results to her. Taking them Daisy immediately studied them and finally let out the breath she had been unconsciously holding. His thick skull was intact and there was no swelling, his spine was still in one piece and there was no internal injuries or bleeding. From what Link had told her, she was amazed that he walked, or rather was carried away, with just some broken bones. Now though watching him, she knew that soon he would be awake and in a lot of pain, which being Gabriel he would try to hide from them. Daisy knew Gabriel's secret fear, the one that he never told anyone but her, the one that she had promised to keep to herself. Was that Gabriel would be given drugs and that he would like them and become an addict like his mother. Or an alcoholic like his father, he figured that he was probably predisposed to either condition and he would never allow that. He was too afraid of what he might do to Josie if he were an addict. Gabriel was terrified that he would ever hurt his daughter the way his father had done to him, or ignore her as his mother had done. Daisy knew that she had to keep an eye on him; it was one thing to avoid taking drugs for the sake of getting high. It was a completely different story to take them just to alleviate the pain. Suddenly a thought entered her head, Josie! What was she going to say to Josie, she had promised the young girl that she would look after her father. Daisy jumped as she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Daniel" Daisy shook her head grabbing her chest "You scared me."

"Sorry" Daniel stared at his friend lying helpless and too pale "How's Gabe doing?" he asked worriedly

Daisy smiled "He's going to be fine, he just needs time to heal that's all, that and a lot of rehab."

"Anything that we can do?" Sam asked looking at Gabriel; she shuddered at all the bandages and the plaster casts that covered his body. Once again, Gabriel had come through for them. He'd kept his promise and her father was safe.

"Not right now." Daisy told them "I was just trying to come up with a way to tell Josie what happened."

"Oh God, I forgot all about her." Sam said a pang of guilt hitting her remembering the young girl, knowing that this would probably destroy her. "Daniel and I can go..." she offered

"Thanks" Daisy smiled "But I think it's better if we wait until tomorrow."

"Tomorrow's Saturday." Sam realized

"Yes"

"No, don't tell her tomorrow, wait until Sunday." Sam asked her

"Why wait?"

"Janet and I are taking her shopping tomorrow, she's been looking forward to it all week. Let's give her tomorrow to enjoy and we'll tell her Sunday and bring her down."

"Okay" Daisy relented "Gabriel should be awake by then and can help Josie deal with it. Besides I'm a coward and I don't know what I'm going to say to her anyway." Daisy admitted hating to be the one who had to tell Josie.

"Has Annie been down here?" Sam asked remembering that she promised to be with her when they came down.

Nodding Daisy smiled "Yeah, she left about twenty minutes ago, she was wondering where you were."

"I got held up." Sam blushed remembering Daniel's tender kisses that drove her wild.

Daniel looked at his watch "Sam, de-briefing in ten minutes."

Sam nodded then turned to her friend, "Okay, we'll see you later Daisy. You hang in there. If you need anything, you just call us, anytime." Sam hugged her

Daisy smiled grateful for the hug, she needed it right now "Thanks Sam, you guys better get going." Daisy waved the two out of the infirmary

Standing up Daisy went over to Janet "Hey Janet, how about I take your duty tonight."

Janet smiled immediately knowing why her junior officer wanted to stay "You sure?"

Daisy nodded "Yeah, I'm not going to get much sleep anyway." She admitted and then added with a smiled "Besides it's been a few days since you've seen a certain someone." She pointed out to her friend.

Janet started to gather her things together "I know not to look a gift horse in the mouth." She smiled, knowing that Cassie was spending the night with Josie and her uncle. It would give her and Jack some much needed time completely alone.

"Anything I should know before you go?" Daisy asked

Janet shook her head grabbing the files for the briefing "Nothing, no one is due back tonight, if anything goes wrong just page me. Otherwise Gabriel should sleep through the night." Janet took her hand "But if you need someone to talk to, don't hesitate to call me at anytime, even if you just need a shoulder to cry on."

Daisy gripped the hand gratefully "Will do." She promised thankful that she had such good friends.

Looking at her watch Janet jumped up "I'd better hurry the de-briefing is in five minutes."

Sam was about to enter the briefing room when she felt a tap on her shoulder. Turning she saw Naream smiling at her.

"We haven't had much of a chance to talk." He pointed out

Sam smiled and shrugged "It seems that every time we meet there is some crisis going on. Either yours or ours. So how's everything on New Tollana?" She asked

"Busy" Naream admitted not wanting to go into to much detail about their new home world or the amount of people they lost to the Goa'uld "I was hoping that perhaps you and I could sit down and have a talk." He offered

Sam bit her lip, she like Naream, liked him a lot. At another time and place, it might even be more than that, but not now. Not with her relationship with Daniel, she couldn't do that to him. More to the fact, she didn't want to do it.

"Is something wrong Sam?" Naream asked seeing her hesitant posture

"I'm seeing someone Naream." She told him

"Seeing?" Naream shook his head not understanding

"I'm involved with a man in a relationship." Sam explained

"Oh." Naream seemed to deflate in front of her "I see, well is he a good man?"

"The best." Sam smiled genuinely

Naream blinked seeing the way his friend lit up "You look radiant." He told her "I am truly happy for you Sam. I hope that this man realizes how truly lucky he is to have someone like you."

"I remind him daily." Sam chuckled to herself

"Then perhaps one day, the three of us can sit down and talk." Naream offered wishing her well

"Perhaps one day we can." Sam agreed, "I think that you would like him."

Holding out his arm, he smiled "Then at least let me escort you inside to the briefing." Sam took the offered arm "You must tell me more of this SG 13 of yours." He told her leading her to a seat "They seem quite ah... what is the word? Capable?"

Sam laughed, "That is one way to put it." As she noticed, that Daniel was staring daggers at the Tollan.

Taking the seat besides Daniel, she reached under the table for his hand and gave her jealous lover a reassuring squeeze. Leaning over she whispered.

"I told him I was taken. Love you."

Immediately Daniel relaxed as the General walked in for the briefing.

The de-briefing was long and tedious with SG 13 going into detail as to how they got in and effected the rescue, two hours later it was finally coming to a close and General Hammond could see that everyone with the exception of SG 13, who had no where to go anyway, was anxious to get the weekend started. Quickly he asked about the prognosis of Gabriel's recovery. Janet gave him a precise answer of how long it would take his bones to heal.

"Good, I'm glad that he will fully recover."

Janet looked up surprised "I never said that General, it is going to take a lot of rehab to get him just to walk again."

The table suddenly went silent and all eyes turned to Janet.

"I thought you said they were just broken?" the general asked

Janet nodded and began to explain, "Yes sir they are, but they are very badly broken in several places. It is going to take time and a lot of hard work on Dr. Fuentes's part to get back into shape, not to mention his wrist. That is going to take rehab also just to pick up a glass and hold it without it shaking."

Hammond was stunned; he knew that Gabriel was as strong as a bull and just as stubborn. He wasn't going to take this news happily, neither was Daisy or Josie.

"What are the chances of a full recovery?" He asked

Janet blinked "Full? As in the shape, he was in before this mission? I'd say fifty percent and that is being very optimistic. Now recovery as in a normal man who doesn't have to do anything as near as strenuous as Dr. Fuentes I'd say his chances improve to about eighty five percent."

Naream stared around at the worried faces of the humans, wishing that he could help them. Staring at Samantha, he saw that she unconsciously gripped Daniel Jackson's hand. Smiling to himself, he shook his head gently. Yes, he would like the man that Sam loved; now he truly wished her well.

"I'll have to inform the joint chiefs." Kennedy announced obviously not happy about the prospect

"Sir!" Annie protested, "Don't make that call." She begged him "They will insist that he goes back to prison. You don't know what that's like sir, especially if you send him back in a weakened condition. He will be fresh meat for the others."

"Yeah" Link agreed immediately "At least wait until we know for sure what is going on with Gabriel. He may surprise us again."

"Explain." Kennedy asked hoping to be spared making that call

Link leaned on the table "Gabe should have died from falling from that height, he didn't. He should have massive internal injuries, he doesn't. He should have snapped his spine or broken his neck, He didn't. Give him a chance at least. Annie's right, if you send him back now, you may as well put a bullet in his brain and call it a mercy killing."

"I agree Colonel." Hammond threw in his two cents "I've known Gabriel Fuentes a long time and he always comes up with a way to surprise me."

Naream looked at Colonel Kennedy "I know that my word has very little weight in this matter." He began

"No please Naream." Kennedy looked at the alien "Believe me I do not wish to send my best soldier back to prison."

Naream smiled nodding his head "Thank you, as you know we on Tollana do not have crime as you do here on Earth. Neither do I know what this man is guilty of, nor do I wish to know. What I do know is that this man risked his life to ensure that Tollan technology would not fall into the hands of our common enemy. He risked much to do this; I would ask on behalf of the Tollan people that this man be given an opportunity to recover. Before any decision is made about his future."

Kennedy nodded in agreement, he would just have to stall "Very well, I will have to report that he was injured. But I'll stall on how long his recovery will take. Did he ever request a section 13?" he asked his team

"No" Annie sighed relieved that Gabriel hadn't been conscious to ask, "I don't know if I could have done it anyway." She said truthfully

Hammond looked relieved that all went well "Well that's all I have. Colonel?" he asked

"Just that SG 13 have a good weekend and relax. I also would like to wish our guests a safe journey home." He smiled at the aliens "If you will excuse me." He said leaving the room to make that important phone call.

"What's a section 13?" asked Hammond knowing that he wasn't going to like the answer

"A bullet in the head for whoever asks for it." Annie told him and rushed out of the room anxious to get back to medical and her friend.

Hammond shook his head in disbelief "Very well everyone, SG 1 you are on stand down until further notice. Have a nice weekend." Standing up George headed towards the infirmary to see Gabriel for himself also relieved that the man hadn't asked for a section 13.

"I must take my leave from you as well." Naream stood and shook hands with everyone "I thank you again for my life." He told SG 13

"No problem." Link shook the mans hand

"Colonel O'Neill, Sam, Dr. Jackson, Teal'c. I hope that the next time we meet it will be under more pleasant circumstances." He turned and made his way to the gate room.

They all watched the Tollan representative walk down to the gateroom followed by Jacob to see him off. Then to go to his hotel and get some much needed sleep. Kissing his daughter on the cheek, he wished her a good night.

Janet smiled and stood up "Colonel O'Neill a moment in private sir."

Jack nodded and smiled "Of course doctor." They made their way over to the corner, Janet began to whisper, and Jack's smile grew even larger.

"Thank you doctor, I think I'll follow your instructions." He said

"Oh Janet before I forget." Sam began "What time are we going to the mall tomorrow with Josie and Cassie."

"Eleven" Janet answered distractedly "Just come by the house and we'll go from there."

"Okay."

Daniel was surprised "I thought that you wanted to go with me to lunch and meet Sarah."

Sam blanched "I completely forgot about that Daniel, I'm sorry. But we made plans with Josie before..."

"Don't worry about it." Daniel shrugged it off "I'll call her and break our plans."

"No don't do that." Sam told him, and suddenly thought to herself, I'm sending Daniel to have lunch with another woman, a beautiful woman in fact.

"That's okay." Daniel protested not all that anxious to go anyway

Sam shook her head "Don't be silly Daniel, go have a good time."

Jack looked around making sure that they were alone, then he went back to the briefing table "That reminds me, how do you know a female marine Lt. Colonel from JAG?"

Janet sat down immediately "Daniel knows a female Lt Colonel from JAG?" she asked her antenna already extending.

"What's JAG?" asked Daniel confused "Sarah's a lawyer."

"Yeah" Jack nodded "Judge Advocate Generals Corps now don't change the subject."

"What's she look like?" Janet asked

"Beautiful woman." Jack told her

"Really, well Daniel?" Janet's eyes were glittering with anticipation

Sam had to laugh, Daniel looked like the fox that had just been cornered by the hounds

"We dated?" he began

"When?" Janet asked immediately looking at Sam wondering why she was allowing Daniel to see an ex-flame.

"In college, for about two years."

"Two years?" Sam asked suddenly frowning and sitting down staring at Daniel

Shrugging helplessly, Daniel wondered what he'd done now "Sam I told you that Sarah and I had dated."

"Yes but you didn't say it was for two years." She protested, "I've know marriages that haven't lasted two years." Sam stopped suddenly, I can't believe I just said that, she thought, stupid Sam real stupid.

Daniel bit off his response of 'that so did he'; Sam didn't need to hear that reference to Sha're right now. In addition, he didn't need to remind himself about that right now. Sam was the issue here.

"Okay I won't see her." He announced

"I didn't say that Daniel." Sam shook her head

Daniel was more confused than ever, was she jealous or not "Okay Sam, does that mean that I can see her."

"I don't control your life Daniel." Sam said angrily "Do what you want." Standing up Sam quickly left the room.

Daniel quickly stood up "Thanks a lot Jack."

Jack put on a face of complete innocence "Hey don't look at me I didn't date a Lt. Colonel from JAG."

"You better go after her Daniel." Janet warned, "She just needs to be reassured by you that's all."

Daniel sighed in relief, that he could easily do "See you later." He walked out quickly after Sam

"You are going to have to get more details from him tomorrow after that lunch." Janet told Jack

"You sure that Sam's going to let him see her?" Jack asked skeptically

Janet nodded positive she was right "Sure, Sam's just a little jealous. Once Daniel reassures her about his feelings. She will force him to go."

"So you're going shopping tomorrow." Jack asked as he stood up to leave

Janet smiled "Yes, but we do have tonight." She promised "All night, to ourselves."

Jack smiled at the possibilities that presented "How about Thai for dinner."

"Sounds good, now take me home." Janet ordered

Jack stood at attention "Yes Ma'am."

Daniel caught up with Sam on her way to her car in the parking lot

"SAM!" he called out to her

Sam shook her head and kept walking. She knew that she was being unreasonable, she also knew that he wanted her to come with him. Still, two years! That is what really bothered her, then she had to open her big mouth about some marriages not lasting that long. Sam knew that was the wrong thing to say the moment the statement left her mouth. The look of pain that flashed through Daniel's eyes was enough.

"Stupid Sam, how could you say that when his own marriage only lasted a year."

Sam stopped by her car and tried to unlock the door quickly and get away before Daniel could say anything that would kill her. The keys however wouldn't cooperate.

Sam felt his hands on her shoulders "Sam, look at me." He pleaded wanting her to understand that he loved only her.

"No." she said her voice choked with emotion

Startled Daniel forced her around "Sam?" Shaking his head, he wiped her tears with the pads of his thumbs "If this upsets you this much then I won't see Sarah. You mean too much to me, I don't want to see you in pain."

Frustrated Sam roughly wiped her face "It's not about Sarah Mackenzie." Looking up at Daniel, more tears fell "I'm so sorry I made that crack about marriages. I wasn't thinking, oh Daniel I'm so sorry." She begged him, not seeing him but seeing Jonas leering face instead.

"Hey, hey" Daniel understood now, lifting her face he looked into her eyes "I know that you didn't mean it that way. You made a joke, that's all. I surprised you with information that you didn't know, I would have told you sooner, but this mission came up and there wasn't enough time. Then you had enough to deal with about your father." Daniel smiled gently at her "The important thing to remember here is that I love you Samantha. Just you, only you, you can't get rid of me that easily."

Sam threw her arms around Daniel "Oh God I love you Daniel, I'm so sorry I said that. I thought that you'd be mad and I couldn't bare that thought. I couldn't bare the knowledge that I'd hurt you. I mean every other guy that I ever dated would have been. Jonas would..."

Daniel shook his head angrily holding her back at arms length "I don't want to hear that." He told her, Sam suddenly surprised by his anger "Don't ever compare me with that bastard, I would never, ever hurt you like he did." He remembered the nights when she had told him things, like the mind games Jonas would play on her, the pain and confusion that she had felt and he was sure that there was more that she hadn't said. "He used your love like a weapon against you, I'd sooner put a bullet in my head than do that to you." He said hugging her fiercely

Sam reveled in his arms around her, feeling his love radiating over her trying to make her understand that he wasn't like other men. Suddenly the vision of Jonas Hanson disappeared from her sight and she could see only Daniel.

"You are nothing like Jonas." Sam whispered, "You are the finest man that I have ever known. I'm the luckiest woman in the world that you fell in love with me."

Daniel began to nip at her ear and trailed kisses down her neck making her shiver.

"Oh God Daniel" she moaned "I want you, right now."

"Soon my love." Daniel whispered huskily in her ear, taking her keys out of her hand he unlocked the car door and quickly drove the distance to her house, breaking every speeding law in the state. Right now, he didn't care; he needed to make her understand exactly how he felt. Make her see that he wasn't like other men, men who would hurt her, men like Jonas Fucking Hanson, may you rot in hell. He thought evilly

They entered her house, and immediately began to kiss her, their tongues vying for supremacy. Breaking the kiss Sam was left breathless as she felt his hands floating over her body touching her making her want him like she had never wanted any other man. Unbuttoning her pants Daniel slipped his hand down feeling her center whispering what he was going to do to her.

"I'm going to take you into that bedroom." He whispered nipping her ear with his teeth and rubbing her gently "Then I'm going to spend the rest of the night just worshipping your body, I'm going to make love to you over and over again. Anything that you want, I will do for you, anything." He repeated covering her mouth with his hungrily

Sam trembled at his touch, Daniel was raising feelings and emotions that she never even realized that she had.

Breaking the kiss, Daniel began to rub her harder and faster "I'm going to love you the way the you deserve to be loved." He promised

Sam closed her eyes pressing his hand harder on to her center "I'm so hot Daniel. Please take me now." She said trailing hot kisses down his chest rubbing his hardness through his jeans.

Daniel pushed her hand away gently shaking his head "Tonight is about you Sam, not about me. Only you." He whispered again rubbing and caressing her intimately

Sam felt her orgasm building within her; pulling at her pants they fell around her ankles quickly, she stepped out of them and kicked them away without Daniel ever removing his hand. Sam whimpered as she felt herself soaring higher and higher. Daniel was driving her to a place that no man had ever taken her to before. Never, not even when she masturbated by herself dreaming of his hands on her had she ever felt this good. The reality of him was so much more intense than any fantasy she'd ever had.

Sam clutched him harder feeling her juices flowing "Oh God Daniel yooouuu bet-better stttop." She stuttered, she never stuttered "Or I'm going to cum right here right now." She warned him

"Cum for me baby." Daniel whispered into her ear nipping at her neck his fingers finally entering her and moving faster

Sam clutched his shoulders digging her nails into his muscles as she felt herself begin to spasm.

"OH GOD! OH DANIEL, I'm going to CUM!

"Look at me." He ordered her gently

Forcing her eyes open she stared at the raw lust in his eyes, the blue depths of his eyes, she could feel them touching, burning her soul.

"Do you see." He asked as he moved his fingers even faster "Do you see yourself in my eyes."

"YESSSSSS!" she panted on the verge, she struggled to keep her eyes open staring into his.

"Do you see how beautiful you are, how beautiful you are to me, how much I love you." He asked her

She did see, she could see the intensity of his love. Suddenly her eyes closed and she began to convulse her orgasm so intense.

"OH MY GOD, DANIEL!" she screamed throwing her arms around him holding on for dear life.

"Cum for me my love." Daniel pleaded in her ear feeling her begin to buckle

Her body wracked in spasm her knees buckling, she clutched at Daniel. Finally a lifetime later.

She stopped and opened her eyes and found that Daniel was literally holding her up in his strong arms.

Sam buried her head in his shoulder "OH my God, Daniel that was the most intense feeling that I've ever had.", she smiled "Now it's your turn."

Daniel shook his head removing her hand again. Sweeping her off her feet, he carried her to the bedroom.

"Like I said before, tonight is about you, there is time for me later. Tonight is for your enjoyment your needs, your wants, your desires, I can wait."

Sam shook her head unable to understand, no man had ever treated her like this "Daniel that already was the most erotic most pleasurable...." She protested wanting only to make him as happy as he had just made her

Daniel smiled at her, his desire for her ever evident in his eyes "I haven't even begun to worship your body yet."

"You mean it gets better than this?" Sam asked feeling herself getting hot again

"Oh yes." Daniel promised

"Oh my..." Sam shivered