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Chapter Two

"Thanks Cassie," Sam said, picking up the half-asleep four-year-old and resting him on her hip. "I owe you."

"It's fine!" Cassie said. "Wasn't doing anything tonight, and he slept the whole time! So what was the meeting about?"

"I can't tell you that…" Sam replied.

Cassie stared at her for a long moment, examining her face. "It's SGC related?"

Sam nodded.

"So he was there?" Cassie asked.

Sam nodded again.

"Awkward?" Cassie asked.

"Oh yeah," Sam replied. "Look I really have to get Jonathan to bed…"

"Yeah, sure…I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Sure thing," Sam said, turning around and walking down the steps of Cassie's house.

She drove home quickly, she only lived a few blocks away, and immediately carried Jonathan up to his bedroom.

"Mom I'm hungry," he said as she turned to leave the room.

"Not now, Jonathan," Sam said. "Go to sleep and when you wake up I'll have Frootloops ready for you."

Jonathan grinned weakly. "Yay. Goodnight."

"Goodnight," Sam said, turning the light off.

But she didn't leave the room, she walked over to the arm chair in the corner and sat down, staring out the window. She used to sit there when Jonathan was younger and he wouldn't sleep properly, waiting for him to go to sleep. Pete had always brought her coffee.

She felt a tear roll down her cheek and she wiped it away. She was sick of crying, she always cried. Since Pete had gone she felt alone, she had no real friends except for Cassie and Daniel, who was always away. She'd let them all go when she'd joined the SGC and now that was gone…the day she'd walked out of her lab for the first time, it had seemed like her life was completely gone. She left so much behind there.

She looked at the constellation she knew included the Pegasus Galaxy, she wondered how they were going in their battle against the Wraith. They were the reason the Stargate was still kept on power, in case they ever managed to return.

Sometimes she wished she was still out there, fighting.

She sighed.

She was.

But this time she was fighting for her son, so he could live.

She still missed it all though, the SGC, the Jaffa, the Tok'ra…

She hadn't seen her Dad since her wedding.

She reached into her pocket and pulled out the note Jack had given them all. They were to meet at 0800 Monday morning. Sam looked at the calendar on Jonathan's wall. She had five days.

She pulled her knees up and rested her chin on them, staring out the window.

Where had everything gone wrong?

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"So T…anything you wanna do while you're on Earth?" Jack asked, aiming the ball of paper at the bin and missing. "D'oh…"

"Nothing," Teal'c said.

Jack looked at him in surprise. "No rings of jello?"

"No," Teal'c replied.

"No fishing?"

Teal'c raised an eyebrow and smiled slightly. "Never."

"Dang…there goes my plans for my final days on Earth," Jack muttered.

Teal'c smiled again. "We could consume donuts."

"Or not," Jack replied, then changed his mind. "Actually…lets go get some."

"It is 0100 hours," Teal'c stated.

"I know," Jack replied. "I know a Donut King that'll be open till two…come on."

He stood up and grabbed the car keys, heading out of his house. Teal'c, feeling extremely confused, followed.

"O'Neill…" Teal'c said as he got into the car.

"Yes, Teal'c?" Jack asked.

Teal'c paused for a moment, considering whether he should even ask.

"What?" Jack asked, turning to face him.

"What happened between yourself and ColonelCarter?" Teal'c asked.

"You mean Shanahan?" Jack said coldly.

Teal'c didn't respond, he was waiting for Jack's answer, knowing it would come if he remained silent.

"Look, T…things just happened," Jack replied.

"I had always thought you had feelings for each other as more than friends," Teal'c said.

"Yeah…me too," he mumbled, starting the engine. "Let's get those donuts huh?"

The four-wheel-drive screamed out of the driveway, not in a hurry, but obviously driven by someone in a bad mood. The moment they left there was a bright flash of light that lit the garden for a moment before the figure hidden in the bushes disappeared into the night sky…

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Sam pushed the door to her classroom open slightly. She heard voices inside and paused.

"Please Alex?" it was Tom's voice.

"I can't," Alex replied.

"Why not?" Tom asked.

"I just can't!" she replied.

"Why?" Tom asked.

"Well to start with I already have a boyfriend," she replied.

"Oh…I'm sorry…you still call that dickhead of an excuse for a boyfriend a boyfriend?" Tom replied sarcastically. "He doesn't care about you Alex, I heard him bragging to his friends bout you the other day."

"I just can't," Alex said.

"Fine," Tom replied.

"Fine," Alex said.

Sam decided this was a good time to break up the argument. She pushed the door fully open and walked in, acting surprised to see them in her classroom.

"Uh, what're you guys doing in here?" she asked.

"Nothing," Tom muttered, grabbing his books and storming out.

Sam turned to face Alex.

"What was what about?" she asked innocently, sitting down in her usual spot.

"That little argument you were having," Sam replied.

Alex sighed. "I dunno…I like him I just…I like Ben too…"

"And you don't know who to chose," Sam finished. "Sounds familiar."

Alex raised her eyebrows and looked up. "You been there?"

"Oh yeah," Sam replied. "Except I made the wrong choice."

Alex seemed to study her for a long moment. "That guy who was here yesterday…."

Sam nodded slightly.

"He was your CO and it was against regulations…" Alex observed. "So you chose the other one?"

Sam nodded again.

Alex sighed. "I guess I feel more strongly about Tom, but he's such a good friend…I don't wanna screw it up."

"You won't," Sam replied, just as the door opened and a bunch of people walked in.

"Thanks," Alex replied, smiling.

"You're welcome," Sam replied.

She flicked through her books, waiting for the entire class to arrive. She noted that Tom didn't take his usual place next to Alex, but sat at the back of the classroom with another friend. She watched as the last student walked through the door and it shut behind her.

"I have something to announce," Sam said. "Starting next Monday I won't be here for…a long time…I might never come back. Mr Allan will take over your class."

The class went completely silent. Mr Allan gave a lot of homework, and wasn't particularly popular with students or staff.

"Why?" Alex asked, a look of shock on her face.

"I can't discuss that with you," Sam replied. "I just wanted you all to know. Now, we're going to move onto Chapter 10…"

No one moved.

"Why does it have to be Allan?" Tom asked.

"He's the only other physics teacher," Sam replied. "Chapter 10…now."

The all reluctantly opened their books and turned to chapter ten.

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Monday 0756

Stargate Command

CheyenneMountain

Colorado SpringsUSA

Jack looked out of the briefing room at the Stargate. So many years had been spent travelling through the stone circle. He'd never thought they'd be how they were now, separated, brought together again only to fight an enemy they had thought defeated.

He could hear Teal'c breathing quietly behind him at the briefing room table. Beside that there were none of the usual noises. Being there reminded him of the noises that should have been surrounding them. The alarms, the constant noise of Siler's machinery, the beeping of computers. Instead it was completely silent.

He heard footsteps and turned to see Daniel appearing at the top of the staircase.

"Uh…hi…" Daniel said, sitting down next to Teal'c. "So…"

"Just waiting for Carter," Jack replied, walking to his familiar General chair and sitting down. "Unusual for her to be late."

"Yeah," Daniel replied. "She's probably making sure Jonathan's OK."

"Ah," Jack said, fiddling with his hands.

At that moment they heard the footsteps on the stairs and Sam appeared, dressed in a blue skirt and a white t-shirt. "Sorry I'm late."

She sat down opposite Daniel and Teal'c and avoided looking anywhere near Jack.

"So…" Daniel said. "What's the plan?"

"We gate to the old alpha site where we left a few ships…that's close to where our buddy Atum is mounting his forces," Jack said. "We fly the cloaked cargo ship near Atum's Mothership and them ring ourselves onboard."

"Uh…how?" Daniel interrupted.

"I don't know Daniel, I haven't figured that out yet…" Jack said.

"And once we're on the ship?" Daniel asked.

"I haven't figured that out yet either," Jack said.

"So basically we have no plan," Sam said.

"Yeah," Jack replied.

"Great," Daniel muttered. "Where's Jonas?"

"Went back to his people," Jack replied.

"Why?" Daniel asked.

"To get some Naquadriah," Jack replied.

"Why?" Daniel asked.

"Did anyone ever tell you how annoying you are?" Jack asked.

Daniel opened his mouth to reply but was cut off by Sam.

"You're going to use the naquadriah to destabilize the engine of the ship…." Sam said.

Jack nodded.

"Like we did to Baal and Anubis," Sam replied.

Jack nodded again.

"We barely escaped then, what makes you think we can do it again?" Daniel asked.

"I stay behind and detonate it, you guys escape," Jack said.

"No," Sam said without thinking.

She met his eyes for the first time since she'd walked into the room.

"We all leave," Sam replied.

"It's not possible," he replied.

He felt the stupid emotions rising within him again. He had to do something to save her, and the only way of doing that was to hang back, to blow up the fleet himself and let the others escape. Let her escape. There was nothing left for him on Earth, he might as well be the one to blow himself up.

"We won't leave you, sir," she replied.

"Yes you will," Jack said.

"No I won't," Sam said.

They glared at each other for a long moment. Suddenly the alarms started blaring and the turned to look at the Stargate. They ran down to the control room where Walter Davis was sitting in his old spot. He'd been assigned to guard the place while it was in use again.

"It's SG-1's iris code," he said.

"Open it," Jack said.

He watched as Jonas came through the gate, followed by a trolley full of Naquadriah. The gate shut down and he stared up at them. They had everything they needed.

"Gear up," Jack said, turning and walking down the stairs to meet Jonas.

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A/N: Reviews are greatly appreciated!!! Sorry this has taken so long to update, I been on holidays in New Zealand