A/N: Hey guys!! I'm in the middle of nowhere Australia at the moment, there are pretty mountains outside my window but there isn't really all THAT much to do which gives me plenty of fan fic writing time! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Chapter Seven

Jack jumped into the pilots seat of the old cargo ship. Teal'c took the seat next to him.

"Jacob coming?" Jack asked, turning around to face Sam.

She shook her head. "The Tok'ra haven't exactly sanctioned this mission, sir."

"Ah," Jack replied. "Off to see the wizard then."

"I hope Jacob's deactivated the tractor beam," Daniel muttered.

"He will have," Jack replied, switching on the engines.

Within a few seconds they found themselves out of the Tok'ra mothership and on their way to resume their previous mission. Jacob had only left them with two rules. Don't get noticed and don't intervene with the Tok'ra's own plans.

"T, how long till we reach their fleet?" Jack asked.

Teal'c consulted the screen in front of him before turning to face Jack. "Approximately seven hours and forty-two minutes."

"Great," Jack said, only half sarcastically. "I'm gonna have a sleep."

OoO

"Sir, we're about to exit hyperspace."

Jack looked up to where Sam was standing in the doorway of the room he'd been sitting in. He hadn't really been doing anything, but he was still annoyed at the interruption. Had it been anyone else he may have made a snarky comment, but instead he felt a feeling of dread come over him. They were about to enter a Goa'uld fleet and rescue someone and even if he had promised Jacob they would leave the Goa'uld alone there was no way he was getting off that ship without having planted enough explosive to kill the thing.

"You got the naquadah?" Jack asked.

She stared at him for a few moments. "I thought…"

"I love your Dad, really Carter I do, but it's our planet at risk, and I personally don't wanna put the entire planet in jeopardy just cos Jacob said to not interfere," Jack said. "We defeated the Goa'uld, I know we can do it because we've done it before."

"Does that mean…" she trailed off, not knowing if she wanted to finish her sentence.

Jack looked up and met her eyes. An understanding came between them. He knew what she was asking and she knew what his answer was.

He decided to confirm it anyway. "Yes."

He saw her entire mood change before his eyes.

"There must be another way," she said.

"Carter…" he stopped and looked away. "I need the naquadah."

She stood there for a few moments before moving slightly. "I'll get it for you, sir."

"Thank you," he said.

Then she was gone from the doorway. He stood up, throwing aside his book about fishing, he'd caught his last fish and he'd probably never see that book again. As he walked out a thought hit him. He returned to the book and opened it to the first page, pulling out a pen he scribbled something in it.

It was the least he could do.

He grabbed his stuff and left the room, knowing it would most likely be the last time he ever walked out of this room. He walked through the corridor and reached the peltac where the rest of SG-1 were already assembled.

"Ready to go?" he asked, looking pointedly at Sam.

She nodded. "Yes, sir."

There was complete silence as Jack walked over and leaned over Teal'c's shoulder. "Ready?"

"Indeed," Teal'c replied.

There was a familiar jerk as the ship dropped out of hyperspace and was quickly cloaked by Teal'c. Jack turned to his left, looking at Jonas.

"You gonna be OK by yourself?" Jack asked.

"Sure thing, General," Jonas replied.

Everyone fell silent as the ship neared the Goa'uld fleet. It was bigger than any fleet they had ever encountered during the Goa'uld reign. There was a tension feeling the air. Jack was planning his own sacrifice, which only Sam was officially aware of, but he was sure Daniel and Teal'c at least knew him well enough to guess what he was going to do. There was the added fact of them betraying the Tok'ra, and the fact that they were out to save the planet again.

But first they had to save the girl from Earth.

"We are in position O'Neill," Teal'c said, then he turned to Jonas. "It will be necessary to de-cloak the ship when we are ringed aboard, you will then have to lose the fighters before re-entering hyperspace."

"And I'll be back as soon as possible to pick you up," Jonas replied.

"Sure you can fly this thing?" Jack said.

"Positive," he replied.

"Good luck," Jack said, patting him on the shoulder. "Try not to smile too much."

Jonas smiled at this comment as Teal'c stood up and the four original members of SG-1 made their way to the ring room. Standing within the circle, zat guns raised in case of resistance met at the other end. They watched as Jonas pressed the button to send them and smiled at them.

"No smiling!" Jack said as the rings rose around them and they were transported to the ship.

They reintegrated at the other end of the rings and aimed their weapons in case of Jaffa.

There were none there.

Sam frowned. "That's odd."

"Very," Jack replied, moving forward to get a better view of outside the room.

He instantly pulled back in and signalled for everyone to hide. Sam took the other side of the doorway while Teal'c and Daniel disappeared behind a bunch of storage boxes. Jack stopped breathing as the two Jaffa came and stood extremely close to the door, eyeing the ring room. After a few moments they decided it was safe and continued walking.

Jack signalled for everyone to follow him silently.

They crept silently into the corridor and made their way along the wall. Jack signalled for Daniel to come with him and Sam and Teal'c to head in the other direction. Sam nodded but before she left pulled something out of her pack, handing it to Jack.

"Thanks," he said, taking the naquadah.

As he did their hands touched.

"You're welcome," Sam replied, not moving her hand and avoiding looking into his eyes.

He was torn between saying something or just pulling his hand away and walking off.

"Good luck," she said, raising her eyes to meet his.

"You too," he said, taking the naquadah and shoving it into his pack.

He turned around and faced Daniel again.

"Let's go," he said.

He took one more glance over his shoulder as the others headed off in the other direction, Sam looked back at the exact same moment. He smiled sadly at her and she smiled back slightly, then they were gone.

OoO

Sam followed Teal'c cautiously along the corridor. So far they had managed to avoid any sign of Goa'uld activity.

"This is most unusual," Teal'c muttered.

"You could say that again," Sam replied, as she pressed the buttons on the control panel to open the door.

They took their positions on either side of the doorway and once the door was open they entered the room, guns raised, just in case. Yet again there was no one in the room.

"This is really odd," Sam said, lowering her weapon.

Just then the door slammed shut behind them. They both looked at it in surprise before Sam jogged over and pressed the code into the door again.

Nothing.

"Damnit," she muttered, pulling the control panel open and looking at the crystals, trying to figure out how to open the door.

"ColonelCarter…" Teal'c said.

Sam turned around. A girl was sitting in the corner of the room, she appeared to be asleep, or at least close to it. Sam recognised her immediately.

"Alex…" she said.

The girl moved and looked up, a bit dazed.

"Mrs Shanahan?" she asked.

Sam cringed at the sound of her name. She'd almost forgotten about her life back on Earth, so easily having slipped into old habits. All of them. She ran to Alex's side and sat down, realising the girl was tied up she untied her quickly.

"What are you doing here?" Alex asked, slightly more with it now she had fully woken up.

"Rescuing you, only I didn't know who you were until just now," Sam said, holding out a hand to help her up.

Alex took it and pulled herself up. "So this is what you were called back to duty for?"

Sam smiled slightly. "Not exactly deep space radar telemetry I know…"

"Much cooler," Alex replied.

Sam looked at her strangely for a few moments. The girl should have been more afraid. As strong a personality she had, there was absolutely no fear or uncertainty coming from her. Sam had a strange feeling inside of her, the kind of feeling she usually got around…

"Goa'uld…" she said, moving quickly away from Alex and raising her P-90. "You're a Goa'uld!"

Alex's faced split into an evil grin and her eyes glowed. "They knew they could trick you if they used someone from Earth as a pretend hostage."

Sam closed her eyes as she heard the door opening. She turned around slowly, knowing what she would find. Sure enough was a small squadron of Jaffa.

"I knew it was too easy," Sam muttered.

Teal'c remained silent, staring at the Jaffa.

"You will come with us to meet your God, Atum," the first prime stated.

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"Jack…" Daniel said.

"What?" Jack asked, closing the door and making his way down the hall towards the next one.

"Don't you think it's just a little odd that there are absolutely no Jaffa anywhere?" Daniel asked.

"No," Jack replied.

"Really?" Daniel asked.

"Well from memory we always found it easy enough to wander around Goa'uld spaceships…" Jack said. "They're just cocky."

"Really…" Daniel said.

"Yes, Daniel, really," Jack muttered, pushing the button on the next door.

Just as he did so they heard the familiar stomping of Jaffa coming in their direction. Jack pulled Daniel into the room and shut the door. They heard the stomping pass and Jack opened the door, looking after the Jaffa.

"See? They do exist," Jack muttered.

"I wasn't saying that they don't exist, just that it's not normal to be able to walk onto a Goa'uld mothership, make as much noise as possible and not be caught," Daniel said.

"Well if you stopped talking we wouldn't be making that much noise would we?" Jack asked.

"I could probably shout at the top of my lungs and not be captured," Daniel said.

"Your point being…" Jack said.

"They want us here," Daniel said.

"They want us here? Daniel…why the hell would a Goa'uld want us to wander around their spaceship?" Jack stopped and turned to face him.

"I don't know…" Daniel replied.

"That's because they wouldn't," Jack said, starting to walk again.

"Think about it Jack," Daniel said.

"Thought," Jack replied.

They rounded the corner to face at least thirty Jaffa.

"Well maybe you should've thought more," Daniel said.

Jack instinctively aimed his P-90 and aimed it at the squadron of Jaffa.

"You may want to reconsider shooting your way out," came a voice from behind them.

They turned around to find more Jaffa standing behind them.

"I told you your talking would attract attention," Jack muttered.

"I told you it was a trap," Daniel said.

"No you didn't," Jack said.

Daniel was going to open his mouth to respond when he was interrupted.

"We have your Colonel Carter," the Jaffa said.

Jack mouthed an 'oh' and lowered his weapon. "Take us to your leader."

The Jaffa smiled evilly. "That was the plan."

Jack swallowed. This couldn't be good.

A/N: There'll be more soon!! Hehe!!