Chapter Seventeen

Author: roseofthegate

Disclaimer: I'll only type this word one more time after this…

A/N: Okay, so I only received 7 reviews for Chapter 16 but I got 22 for Chapter 15, so. Well, I have to tell you that I've raised my goal for this story. I now desire 240 (or 250 if y'all would be so generous, but I'll settle for 240; I've learned my lesson). So after this chapter there is only a SHORT Epilogue. It's nothing fancy, just maybe a page or so. So as this story winds to a close, please review and make my day! A super big thanks to my betas: Eruannelaviriel and theinvisibleperson2. Ya both are great!

TO: littlemaccyd: To me, most of my chapters are long, and I usually have them written by the time I post the next chapter. I do what I can to make them lengthy, just sometimes…it's not that easy. Thanks for reviewing!

TO: candlewick866: Whoa, there! Calm down, I'm posting. I just have to get over this being lazy thing… ::sigh:: And you're right, Siler is an important character. I mean if he didn't get hurt so much then someone else would!

TO: brandybucktook05: If Sam had heard you say that she'd be grateful, I'm sure. Thanks for reviewing!

Jack's Point of View

I watched my fiancée gain control of her emotions. I know it's bothering her that we have to stop her ex-fiancé. Her jaw clenched and I knew she was ready. I gave the order to intercept Shanahan's path.

We surrounded him, and he knew that he was surrounded. He saw one of us moving into position and tried to shoot the Marine. It was a miss.

"Pete," I called out to him from my position. "Put your gun down and place your hands on your head. We won't hurt you."

I wish we could have zatted him, but the General was leery about exposing him to more alien weapons, so we're all armed with P-90s and your basic SWAT gear.

I watched Shanahan carefully. He was thinking. About what, who knows? But he was thinking and thinking very hard at that.
Finally, he spoke, "I know you're out there, my love. Come with me. We can be married and live together FOREVER!"

I looked at her. She was about 8 feet to my left. She bit her lip and then called out to Shanahan. "Pete…just put down your weapon and…and I'll come out. Just put it down…please." She looked around the wall she was behind. He saw her, raised his pistol and fired. Sam pulled herself behind the wall just in time while the other members of SG teams 1 and 3 aimed their weapons at Shanahan. He saw them and went psycho spraying the vicinity with bullets. So my team, including Sam, and myself returned fire. Pete was hit after a few seconds. The firing ceased only a second after he fell.

Sam ran out to Shanahan's prone form, then. She crouched beside him and felt for a pulse. A moment later she brushed her hand over his face, closing his eyes. She bit her lip to try to keep from crying. She was grieving for him, even though he'd tried to kill her not once but twice. I walked over and put my arm around her shoulders to comfort her. She turned and cried into my shoulder.

The man that had caused so much trouble for her, hell for both of us, was dead.

A/N: Now that I have killed off The Man, y'all should review so that I feel a reason to post the Epilogue. Thanks for all the reviews that have already been submitted and that (hopefully) are going to be submitted.