Chapter Two

Adam was seated in his favourite bar in town, granted it wasn't anywhere near as good as Joe's bar, but then again he wasn't getting free beer so it wouldn't be. He downed the last of his beer listening to the early eighty's music that was playing not so discreetly in the background. Some off duty Air Force officers were talking loudly in the far corner by the pool table making his mind drift momentarily to Sam at work in her lab deep in the bowls of Cheyenne Mountain.

He checked his watched realising he was running late for meeting Joe back at Sam's house. He had no idea what Joe wanted just that when he phoned to let him know he was on his way to town he sounded worried. The only times Adam had known Joe to get that worried was when Duncan was in trouble but Adam knew that Duncan was fine as he'd talked to him not two hours ago.

Getting up from his seat he placed a few notes on the bar equalling more than enough to pay for his two beers and headed to the exit thinking to himself he'd have to bring Sam here when he had the chance as they looked like nice meals from here.

Walking out into the parking lot he quickly made his way over to his car and getting in with the light from O'Malleys shining in his rear-view mirror. It was only a short drive back to Sam's house and he managed it in no time at all and found Joe leaning against his parked car, walking stick in hand. Adam could tell the moment he saw him that he looked extremely annoyed for being left waiting for him to turn up.

"Sorry Joe, lost track of time" Adam said as he got out the car.

"I don't expect anything less from you Adam…"

The front door was quickly opened and the both of them headed into the warmth of the house and the fresh smell of wild flowers that greeted that. "Can I get you a coffee Joe?"

"Sure… thanks."

"Ok… you can go sit down, just through there… I'll just be a second" Adam left towards the kitchen and Joe headed in the direction Adam pointed, heading into the living room. He almost dropped on to the sofa in fatigue but he managed to soften his landing.

"So what's up Joe… you sounded really worried on the phone" Adam jumped straight to the point, coming to sit on the sofa opposite Joe after placing the coffee in front of him.

"I need your help."

"My help… why not ask MacLeod… he's the resident Boy Scout."

"Mac's going to be helping as well… but this is something that needs more than just MacLeod"

"What can be so bad that it needs both me and Mac to help?"

"I have a friend in England… I've just received some information that his daughter is going to be in danger in the next few weeks… I can't let anything happen to her."

"And let me guess you want me and Mac to go keep an eye out and make sure no harm comes to her"

"Adam… you have to understand that if anything happens to her it would destroy her father… I can't let that happen, especially when they're going after her to try and get to me."

"Why do they think they're going to hurt her to get to you?"

"I don't know why for sure, all I do know is that I got this note and I believe it… they're going to go after her and you have to stop them… you and Mac"

Joe handed Adam the note and let him have a quick read.

"Dawson,

I've waited a long time to get my revenge and it looks like I've found a way, even if it will be indirectly. After all the trouble you've caused me I'll finally get the chance to repay you.

You remember Louise Robinson from Leeds? Well it looks like she's not going to make it to her twenty sixth birthday after all."

"When does she turn twenty six?"

"Four weeks"

Adam didn't respond, he just got to his feet and started pacing for what seemed to Joe for forever.

"Are you going to help her?"

"Yeah… I'll help, I'll need all the information on her and her address and a picture… I plan on keeping and eye out for her from a distance."

"I've got all that in the car… thanks Adam…"

"Yeah well forget it…"

Just then the front door opened and Sam came bouncing down the hall towards the living room. "Adam… are you here?"

"In here Sam"

Sam walked in to the living room and noticed Joe on the sofa and his being a face she hadn't seen before she looked confused at Adam.

"Errr… Hi" she finally managed to spit out, trying not to be rude.

"Sam this is Joe… Joe, Sam."

"Nice to meet you Joe" Sam came and sat down next to Adam, her coat now off you could clearly see the bump that was showing even through her baggy T-shirt.

"Yeah nice to meet you too… I would say I've heard a lot about you… but I've heard nothing about you from Adam and only bits and bats from Mac."

"That's ok I know how hard it is to get Adam here to talk about things."

"Yeah it's almost like he tries to make himself a myth or something." At that Adam gave Joe an evil look while Sam just looked on with interest.

"Well that just looks like another story of your life that your going to spill, isn't it?"

Adam sighed in defeat and just nodded his head, knowing that once Sam has set her sights on something it was impossible to change her mind.

"So you know Mac then?"

"Yeah I've known both Mac and Adam here for a few years I'd have to say it's been an interesting life with those two about."

"Yeah I can only imagine, I've only known them for a little over seven months and I've had almost as much happen in my personal life than I do most of the times at work."

"Oh I guess you have a fun job then?"

"You can look at it like that I guess, I was going for life endangering but fun it is sometimes too."

"That's bad"

"She's in the Air Force, Joe."

"Oh… interesting job for definite then."

"Yeah"

"So… when's the baby due?"

"In another 3 months" Sam couldn't help the smile that graced her face and the excitement in her voice when talking about the baby.

"Not long then"

"Sam… Joe's come to ask me to do him a favour… I'm going to have to go away for a few weeks."

"But what about…"

"I'll be back in plenty of time for the birth"

Sam nodded her head but still didn't look happy about the whole situation.

The room drifted into silence as each of them drifted into they're own thoughts. A few minutes later the ringing of the phone interrupted the quiet. Adam rose from his seat and headed to it picking up the cordless phone.

"Hello… Yeah she's here Jack, I'll pass you on."

"Carter… Yes sir… has the General any idea what it's about… ok then I'll be there in thirty minutes sir" Sam spoke into the phone once it was passed to her.

"You got to go back to work at this time?"

"Yeah sorry… we've just received an unexpected visitor and he refuses to talk to anyone apart from me and Colonel O'Neill… and he won't settle for just one of us, he wants us both to be there."

"Ok then but try not to be too late tonight."

"I'll try" Sam rose to her feet coming towards Adam, she gave him a quick kiss before moving off into the hallway and Adam and Joe heard the front door open a few minutes later.

"So…"

"Methos what you doing here?… it's not like you to get stuck down by a pregnant partner."

"It's complicated…"

"What I want to know is why you're sticking with her… you've known her for what… a little over seven months and she's six months pregnant… she's not trying to convince you that it's yours is she?"

"Joe… let's just say I know everything that's going on… her doctor's a old… acquaintance of mine… so I know everything that's going on."

"Ok then I know you can look after yourself… so when are you going to travel to England?"

"I'll try to get a flight out tomorrow… can you call Mac and get him to get a flight out himself… we'll meet up in Leeds at this address…" Adam said noting down an address and handing it to Joe.

"Ok I'll do that… Thanks again Adam… I'll owe you one."