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Chapter Three

Sam yanked open her old locker and threw her clothes inside. She saw something sitting at the back of her locker, jammed between the shelf the wall. Somehow she'd missed it when she'd clean out her locker after the war.

She reached forward and pull it out. It was an old photo. It was of her and Jack sitting on a planet, there were large mountains in the background and some kind of temple, which had been the whole reason Daniel had taken it in the first place. But he'd given her the photo, almost suggestively, and she'd kept it.

She turned it over.

P3X-490 12/05/03

She sighed and put the photo on top of her clothing, slamming her locker door shut and sitting down on the bench behind her. The last week had brought back all these emotions she'd thought she'd left behind when the SGC shut down. She wasn't supposed to have ever seen him again, to be in this place, fighting the Goa'uld.

She stood up and stared at her locker. The faded letters stared back at her.

S. Carter

Only he called her that now. The name Carter had been left behind with the SGC. She'd never planned on changing her last name…but she couldn't hear it without thinking of Jack. She didn't want to be reminded of him every moment so when she'd married Pete she'd changed her last name.

She'd never felt like a Shanahan, deep down she'd always be a Carter. But that was all in the past, and there was nothing she could do to change it.

"Carter, you ready?" came a voice from behind the door.

She sighed and walked over to the locker room door, pulling it open.

"Yasureyabetcha," she muttered, walking past him.

"Hey, you don't have to do this," he said.

"Yes I do," Sam replied, stopping in her tracks but not turning to face him. "You said it yourself, you need me for the technobabble stuff…"

Jack seemed about to say something, but then changed his mind. Instead they walked silently together towards the Gateroom. Sam felt the familiarity of walking the route she had every day for 8 years of her life, next to the man she'd worked beside for 8 years of her life…

The rounded the corner into the Gateroom and the memories became even more vivid. She'd seen so much happen in this room, so much had happened to her. And yet somehow they'd all walked away, gone back to living normal lives.

She suddenly felt extremely comfortable as they walked up to Daniel, Jonas and Teal'c.

This was where she belonged…where she should be. She didn't belong in a classroom teaching teenagers simple physics.

The stood there in silence, the MALP sitting still next to Daniel. They all watched as the familiar dialling process started. The inside wheel of the circle began turning, each chevron locking into place on a constellation. Sam looked back at Sergeant Walter Davis sitting behind the computer, announcing as each chevron engaged.

"Chevron seven, locked," he said as the wormhole established.

The MALP went through first and they waited for the all-clear from Walter. It came within thirty seconds.

Jack was the first to step up onto the ramp and head towards the gate. Sam followed closely behind him. He stopped at the even horizon. She walked up and stood next to him.

"It's like we never left," Sam muttered.

"I was thinking about the first time we went through actually…you and me," Jack said.

"You pushed me," Sam said.

"Yeah," Jack smiled slightly. "You wouldn't shut up about…fluctuations or something…"

Sam grinned.

"Ladies first?" Jack said.

"Yeah sure, go ahead," Sam replied.

"If you insist," Jack said, stepping into the wormhole.

Sam grinned and followed him. The other three weren't far behind them. Sam stepped out the other side into the familiar Alpha Site. It hadn't changed, although it had gathered a large amount of dust.

"Wow these computers are ancient," Jack said, wiping the dust of the old, chunky screen.

"Jack don't touch anything," Daniel said.

"Why not? It's our planet," Jack replied.

"It was," Daniel said. "Remember the Goa'uld tried to wipe out everyone living here?"

Jack pulled his hand away from the computer screen. "Right…I'd forgotten."

"O'Neill, the ships are this way," Teal'c started walking towards the old ship 'garages'.

Jonas and Daniel unattached the Naquadriah from the MALP and followed him. Sam followed in their footsteps, only to find Jack next to her again.

Suddenly he couldn't leave her side.

Or maybe it was the other way around…

She shook her head. They just happened to end up walking next to each other, it had absolutely nothing to do with anything else.

"Hungry?" Jack asked, handing her a chocolate bar.

She looked at him in surprise. "Not really….but I'll keep it for later."

"I bought it and then realised it was caramel…I'm not really a caramel person," Jack replied.

"Ah, so that's why you're giving me free chocolate," Sam said.

"Sure is," Jack replied. "Why else would I give away good food?"

"I dunno, sir…" Sam said.

A flicker of emotion crossed his face at the use of the word 'sir'. Sam watched him as he stared blankly ahead.

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"This one still appears operational," Teal'c said.

The other four turned around to look at the old Goa'uld cargo ship he had just emerged from. The engines were on and it was hovering slightly.

"That one it is then," Jack said, walking over and giving Teal'c a pat on the shoulder. "Good work."

Teal'c raised an eyebrow as Jack walked past him into the cargo ship. He then turned and followed Jack into the ship and to the pel'tak.

"So exactly how long is it going to take to get to this Goa'uld fleet?" Daniel asked.

"Six days," Jack said.

"Six? Great…" Daniel said. "And I didn't even bring my book."

Jack glared at him. "Daniel we have other things to prepare…"

"Yeah…and what happens if the fleet leaves for Earth before we arrive?" Daniel asked.

"Well it won't," Jack said.

"He's right General, what happens if they do leave?" Jonas asked.

"I'm retired, Jonas…" Jack said. "And I don't know, I guess we'll have to rely on the fact that they'll still be there when we get there."

"Or it may be a trap like in Return of the Jedi," Teal'c said.

"What?" Jack said.

Teal'c opened his mouth but Daniel cut him off.

"Star Wars," he muttered.

"Ah," Jack said. "Carter can you head to the engine room see that everything's working well there."

She nodded and disappeared into the engine room.

"Teal'c, you all ready to go?" Jack asked.

"Indeed," Teal'c replied, sitting down in the chair. Jonas sat down in the seat next to him.

"I haven't been on one of these in forever," Jonas said.

"Neither," Daniel muttered. "Hey I'm gonna go help Sam…"

He also disappeared.

"So what ya think Teal'c? Lets get out of this dump," Jack said.

Teal'c nodded and fired up the engines.

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Sam couldn't concentrate on the engines. To start with it had been years since she'd looked at a Goa'uld cargo ship engine and then there were the memories.

"I know."

The words kept flooding her mind, she couldn't concentrate. She'd stood here, in this exact kind of room, and tried to tell Jack how she felt about him, thinking he was going to die. In that moment she'd been prepared to give up everything, to tell him, even to lean forward and kiss him. But he'd cut her off.

"I trust you. I'll make it easy for you, I resign…You're in charge."

At that moment it hadn't even been against regulations. He'd just resigned for crying out loud, and she'd still been unable to get the words out. Maybe it was her fault that everything had gone wrong. For so long she'd blamed it on him not saying anything, but had she really been any better?

She sighed and pushed the crystal back in.

"Found anything?"

She jumped and looked around. "Damnit Daniel, you scared me."

"You looked like were a bit…out of it," Daniel said.

"Yeah, its hard…being here…" Sam said.

Daniel nodded. She stood up so she was at his height.

"So six days to entertain ourselves huh?" she said. "Glad I packed all that turkey…"

"Sam…you know I'm here to talk to if you need it, right?" Daniel said.

"I'm fine, Daniel," Sam said.

"No you're not," he said, definitively.

She looked at him. "I know."

Daniel smiled weakly. "So how about some of that turkey?"

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Teal'c looked over at Jack. He was staring blankly out the front window of the cargo ship, deep in thought. Teal'c knew what…or more…who…he was thinking about.

"Can you quit staring at me?" Jack said, without looking at him.

"Are you truly going to stay behind?" Teal'c asked.

"Yeah, well someone has to," Jack said.

"Then I will stay with you," Teal'c said, turning to look back out the window.

"No…you'll go back to be with Ishta and Ry'ac," Jack said.

"And what of yourself and ColonelCarter?" Teal'c asked.

"T! We had this discussion," Jack said loudly. "She married him, not me…there is no 'myself and ColonelCarter'…it doesn't exist."

"Then I am staying with you," Teal'c said.

"For crying out loud…." Jack muttered. "I'm gonna get something to eat."

He stood up and walked out of the room. Teal'c returned to flying the ship.

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A/N: There's more coming soon!! Promise!