A/N: wow, I ddin't realize it's been like a month! I'm so sorry! I had all thsi band stuff, and then my beta Amanda took forever to actually get to this, but she is very sorry! So I should have my next chapter up in the next few days to make up for it, and hopefully thsi chapter was worth the wait!
On another note, I FINALLY saw "Threads":-D Wasn't it fantastic:)
Enjoy!
Amends -Chapter 10-
Sam's eyes wandered over the man standing before Jack. She'd never seen him before, but by Jack's greeting and shocked expression, she knew that Jack obviously had.
"What on Earth are you doing here?" Jack asked. He was still shocked to find the young man standing before him on the Goa'uld ship.
"We are not on your planet, Colonel." Alexis frowned. He was unsure if the Colonel had been injured and was unsure of his location.
"What? Oh, I mean, how did you get here? Please tell me you brought the cavalry."
"Cavalry? I have brought no such thing. I went to warn Lord Caineth of Marin's deception, when I was discovered and transported to this vessel." Alexis explained.
"Sir?" Sam looked bewildered at her CO as she stood.
Jack looked to Sam. He'd forgotten that she hadn't met Alexis yet. "This is Alexis. He's the one who helped me find you." He explained to her.
"You must be Major Carter." Alexis smiled warmly at her. "And, may I say, you are a very beautiful woman." He added rather bashfully.
"Wow, uh, thanks." Sam forced a smile. She had been taken by surprise by that comment.
A corner of Jack's lips curved up, and he leaned closer to Alexis. "Keep it in your pants." He said in a low voice, although it was still caught by Sam who raised her eyebrows.
"I do not understand Colonel, what do I have to keep in my pants?" Alexis looked at Jack confused.
Sam couldn't suppress the laugh that escaped her lips and Jack had to bite his tongue to refrain from replying, "No giggling." He laughed to himself as Alexis looked between them in confusion.
"I still do not understand."
"Never mind." Jack grinned as he took a seat. "So, I take it Teal'c and Jonas took you back to Earth?" He pulled the conversation back to the matter at hand. "And how did you know that Marin is the one responsible for all this?"
"Teal'c and Jonas witnessed you being captured. They are on their way to rescue you… well us now."
Sam sat down next to Jack and looked up at Alexis. "So, they know about Ba'al?" She shared a surprised look with Jack.
"He is the gold man, right?" Alexis questioned.
"Goa'uld." Sam corrected him.
"How long did they say they were going to take?" Jack asked eagerly.
"3 days."
"And it's been…" Jack urged him on with a twirl of his hand.
"It has only been 2." Alexis frowned.
Jack looked to Sam, "We can't wait for them."
"We can't just escape and leave before they get here, just to have them arrive and search for us."
"Carter, there's a chance this ship may not even be here when they arrive! We can escape in a glider, and wait for them."
"What good will that do? A glider can be detected by the ship," Sam reasoned.
"Hopefully they'll be too busy with whatever they're doing on the planet." Jack shrugged.
Alexis stiffened at this comment, but neither Air Force officers noticed. He was still worried about his people.
"Or, we can get out of this cell when the rebel Jaffa guys come, and hide somewhere on the ship until they get here." Jack continued.
Sam shook her head. "How are we going to know when they arrive?"
"God Carter! Do you have to point out every flaw in my plans?" Jack asked, only a little irritated.
Shrugging, Sam gave him a small smile. "That's why I'm here, isn't it?"
"Ah huh!" Jack suddenly exclaimed, jumping up. Alexis jumped at the sudden outburst, and moved out of the Colonel's way. Jack rushed over to the other bench. "The answer, to how we know when they'll get here…" He grabbed the radio which he'd hidden out of site of the entrance. Jack held the object up in triumph and waved it at her.
Several hours later, Alexis had fallen asleep, and Sam and Jack were talking quietly.
"They should've been here by now." Jack mumbled irritably.
Sam kept her mouth firmly shut, and sighed inwardly. His whining was beginning to grate one her nerves. Jack O'Neill was not a fun person to be with when he was bored.
"Why would they take my yo-yo? It's not like I'm going to beat them over the head with it. Although, I could strangle them with the string. I bet they're in another room, playing with it right now." Jack complained.
Sam closed her eyes in exasperation and leaned against the wall. At least her body wasn't aching in pain anymore; that was always a plus.
After a few minutes, she realized that Jack's irritating whining had stopped. She opened her eyes to see him grinning at her mischievously. Now that was never good.
"Sir?"
"Did you see the way Alexis was making eyes at you? He's got a bit of a crush on you, Carter." Jack was practically gloating.
"He was just being nice!" As soon as the words escaped her mouth, Jack's grin grew. She'd taken the bait.
"I think he's going to ask you out when we get back." He teased.
"Please! He's a little young! He's like 20!"
"Yeah, he's young enough to be your son." Jack replied.
"Excuse me!" Sam was astonished. "I'm not that old. I think you had us mixed up for a second there!" She expected him to yell, or at least defend himself of that one, but his grin never wavered.
"I'll feel sorry for your kids."
She knew he was only messing with her, and she couldn't help but smile, as much as she tried to hold it back. "What if I call the kid 'Jack'? Then would you feel sorry for him?"
"But what if it's a girl?"
"Then I'll call her Jackie." Sam was grinning along with him now.
Jack shook his head in all seriousness. "No, I think you'd have to call her 'Danielle'," He said name exactly how Share used to pronounce Daniel's.
Sam started laughing. She opened her mouth to reply, when the door slid open. One of the rebel Jaffa from before walked in, as the other one stood guard in the hallway.
"'Bout time!" Jack said, jumping up.
"I am sorry; we could not free you until now. We could also not procure any weapons for you. You must leave now, but we will not be able to come with you."
Jack nodded as he grabbed the radio and the robe. He threw the robe at Alexis. "Alexis! Time to go!"
Alexis jumped awake and looked down at the robe lying on his lap, confused.
Jack was amused with the boy's expression, but only for a moment before he repeated his message. "Time to go, and carry that for me would you?"
Alexis' eyes snapped to Jack as he remembered where he was and why he was there.
"There should be a glider in the bay. Although, there may not be two." The Jaffa said, looking at the three of them.
"Thanks, but we can figure something out." Jack walked out of the cell, followed by Sam and Alexis. The Jaffa wished them luck and left.
"Where to, Sir?" Carter looked to Jack.
"How about we see if that Cargo Ship they dropped us off in is still hanging around, huh?" He threw Carter a quick grin, "After all, Cargo Ships have cloaking devices, so the ship shouldn't spot us."
Sam nodded and led the way.
"We'll be there in a few minutes!" Jacob called to Jonas and Teal'c who were in the back eating.
They both ambled out to him, both looking surprised. For Teal'c, it was about as surprised as a Jaffa could look.
"I thought we still had many more hours." Jonas said.
"I pushed the generators to 117" Jacob explained casually.
That caused an eyebrow raise from Teal'c and two eyebrows raised from Jonas.
"That was a most unwise decision, Jacob Carter." Teal'c informed him.
Jacob turned to look at them. "Yea, well it's done now, and we're almost there."
"Yeah, if we don't blow up in the next few minutes." Jonas mumbled.
"Dropping out of hyper speed." Jacob announced. He chose to ignore Jonas' comment. The alien had only been on Earth two months, and he was already catching onto Jack's sarcasm.
The ship exited the hyper drive window and instantly cloaked. The three of them peered out at the ship that lay before them. Its size was several hundred times greater than their tiny Cargo Ship.
Jacob could practically hear the smile that he knew would be on Jonas' face. "First time seeing a mothership, Jonas?"
"Yes, Sir." Jonas beamed. "Look!" He exclaimed suddenly, pointing to the ship. "Are they gliders?"
They all looked to the small dots flying out of the ship, and towards the planet.
"Indeed, Jonas Quinn. They are most likely assaulting an attack on the planet." Teal'c stated.
Jacob turned to walk by them to the Ring Room. "Well, let's just hope Alexis succeeded, and the Jaffa won't find anybody on the planet." He called over his shoulder.
Jonas and Teal'c followed him into the room and began to gear up.
"So, we're going to ring onto the ship?" Jonas asked as he slipped on his vest. Jacob nodded.
"Should we not leave somebody to watch over this vessel?" Teal'c inquired. He stood with a staff weapon in hand, ready to go.
Jacob zipped up his vest, and began clearing the rings. He'd been thinking about that for the last few hours. He didn't want to leave the ship unoccupied, but he definitely wasn't staying. He also didn't want to go onto the ship without Teal'c's man power, and there really was no point in leaving Jonas on a ship he can't fly.
"No, we're all going."
Teal'c nodded his head and took his position on the platform.
"Ready?" Jacob asked, and, with their nods, he entered the code, and joined them as the ring engulfed them.
A/N: Hopefully that was good! Umm... J/W if you guys think I'm being true to the character? I'm trying to make this a little shippy, but not over-do it. Please let me know what you think?
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