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Amends -Chapter 12-

Alexis peered timidly back at the group. Held in his arms was the bundled up robe. His eyes opened wide at the site of Jacob, Jonas, and Teal'c, but he didn't say anything of it.

"Or… Alexis can get us out." Jack remarked smartly.

"How did you know the code for the door?" San frowned. Jack wondered why she was dealing with such a trivial matter, but he listened nonetheless.

"I saw some of those Jaffa open up another room with the same code. I also found these in a room where I was hiding." He emptied the contents of the bundled up robe onto the seat, and revealed three zats. "They are weapons, yes? I only took three, I did not know that the others were here." He looked at Jacob and company again.

Jack looked at the weapons stunned. He hadn't expected that from Alexis. He'd actually expected him to get caught. His gaze shifted to Alexis, and he broke into a grin.

"Way to go Alex!" Jack clapped him on the back.

"Alexis," He corrected him quietly.

Ignoring his comment, Jack grabbed the zats and threw one each to Sam and Teal'c, and kept one for himself. "So Alex, you think you can take us to where you found these?"

Alexis didn't even bother to correct Jack as he nodded. "It is not far from here."

"Lead the way."


They encountered no resistance during the short journey to the armory. When they arrived, they were surprised to find Jacob, Teal'c, and Jonas' confiscated belongings had been deposited since Alexis' visit. That left them with 3 P-90's and 3 flak jackets, and vests.

Teal'c had already grabbed himself a staff weapon, so Jack handed Jacob and Sam a P-90 each, and threw Jonas and Alexis each a zat'.

"Teach Alexis how to use it, Jonas."

Carter began pulling puling a jacket on when Alexis quickly stepped forward.

"Please, allow me." He said and held her jacket to help her into it.

Jack was practically glowing, and Sam threw him a glare. Jack looked over to Jacob who was also watching bemused.

"Uh, thanks." Sam mumbled when he was done.

"You are welcome, Samantha." Alexis flashed her a toothy grin as his face turned several shades darker.

When they were all ready to go, everyone looked to Jack expectantly, waiting for his orders.

"Teal'c, I want you to take Jonas and Alexis back to the Cargo Ship," Jack ordered, and Teal'c nodded his acquiescence.

Jonas looked at the Colonel like he was about to object, but he kept his mouth firmly shut.

"What are we doing, Sir?" Sam questioned.

"We," Jack began fishing in his vest pocket. "Are going to do as much damage to this ship, with these." He pulled some C4 out of his vest pocket, and set the time detonation for 40 minutes. Jack stuck the explosive underneath the weapons case. He then grabbed two of the radios and threw one to Teal'c, keeping the other for himself. "Radio when you're on the ship."

Teal'c nodded, and left with Alexis and Jonas in tow.

"Ok, kids! Let's go." Jack grinned as he took point.

"I don't think that calling a man several years older than yourself a kid is such a smart idea, Jack." Jacob commented, and took up the rear.

"Yes, that would be several years older than me." Although Jack's back was to her, Sam could practically see his grin spreading from ear to ear.

"Careful." Jacob warned, sporting a grin of his own.


"Carter, how much time do we have left?" Jack asked as he pulled another C4 out of his vest pockets.

"20 minutes, Sir."

Jack planted the C4. "We should probably head back to the ship now, I think we've planted enough. Where are the closest rings?"

"This way," Jacob said, taking point.

They'd gone about five minutes down the hallway when the radio sputtered to life.

"O'Neill, do you copy?" Came Teal'c's deep voice.

"Yeah Teal'c, go ahead." Jack spoke as he grabbed the radio.

"We have made it to the ship without encountering any problems."

"That's good to hear. We're on the way now. ETA approximately 10-15 minutes. O'Neill out." Not more than 10 seconds after he'd spoken, a staff blast zapped barely centimetres from his head. The sound of gunfire quickly followed as Jacob returned fire.

Jack saw several Jaffa at the other end of he corridor, and he quickly moved to the side of the hallway, and gripped his P-90 firmly as he fired a rain of bullets down on the enemy. He was vaguely aware of Carter on the opposite side of the hallway, firing her own weapon.

As if out of nowhere, a tremendous force hit his shoulder, sending him flying to the ground. A searing pain followed only moments later, and shot through his whole body. A cry of pain, which he couldn't hold in, escaped his lips.

Sam didn't see him go down, but she heard the painful yell, just as more Jaffa joined the fallen, down the corridor. She snapped her head to the side to find her CO lying on the ground. His shoulder was wounded by a staff blast. "Sir!" She yelled, over the ruckus, in fear.

"I'm fine! Just get rid of those damn Jaffa!" Jack yelled back, and pushed himself to his feet, just to prove his well-being.

Relief flooded through Sam as she heard his voice, and saw his movement. She returned to aid her father with fighting the Jaffa.

"Son of a…" Jack's voice was cut out by the loud burst from his machine gun.

The remaining Jaffa fell to the ground. Sam stood from her crouched position and hurried over to Jack.

"Colonel!"

"I'm fine!" He repeated, ignoring her concern. He slowly shifted his eyes to his shoulder, afraid of what he would see. Burnt flesh greeted him, and the pain suddenly intensified as if looking at the wound caused more pain.

Sam cringed at the sight of his arm. It definitely needed medical attention, but it wasn't anything life threatening.

Jacob joined them, and he saw Jack's arm. "Holy Hannah!" He hadn't witnessed Jack being hit, because he had been too far down the hallway. He winced, but Selmak silently reminded him that they'd seen worse.

"We need to get out of here, there's bound to be more on the way." Warned Jacob. "And we should have something on the ship for that." He nodded to the injured shoulder.

Jack nodded, masking the pain that he was in. Always the brave shoulder. "Carter, how much time do we have left?" Jack took the lead down the hallway and carefully stepped over the fallen Jaffa.

Carter looked at her wrist watch as she followed after him. "5 minutes."

"Crap!" Jack began to jog and the others followed pace. That fight had seemed a lot shorter than it was. He hurried down the hallways with his gun clipped to his vest, and he kept it steadied with his right hand.

As he jogged along, Jack released his weapon to grab at his radio. "Teal'c, we got a little caught up, it's going to be close. I'll radio when we get closer."

"Understood O'Neill."

Jack doubled his pace to a run, while trying to keep his injured arm stable.


They were closing in on the Ring Room, and Jack didn't know how much time they had left, but he did know that they were cutting it awfully close.

"Teal'c! We're almost there!" Jack yelled breathlessly into the radio.

"50 seconds, Sir!" Sam yelled from behind him as they reached the door. Jacob punched in the code, and the door slid open.

They rushed into the room, and just as Jack readied himself on the platform, he moved off again. "Wait a minute!" He called as he grabbed another C4, and slapped it onto the wall. The more the better.

Jack stepped back next to Sam and nodded to Jacob, who pushed in he code and joined them as they were transported to the Cargo Ship.

Just as they reintegrated on the ship, Sam's watched beeped.

"They're on board!" Jonas yelled.

Jack quickly brushed past Jonas and Alexis to look over Teal'c's shoulder at the mother ship as it erupted into a great ball of fire.

Teal'c had maneuvered the Cargo Ship to a safe distance from the larger ship, so they all stood and watched the fire show.

After a few minutes, Jack placed a hand on Teal'c's shoulder who was sitting in the seat. "I need you to fly down to the planet, and park near the edge of the forest. We need to check out what Ba'al's Jaffa are up to, and hopefully save Alexis' people."

"Alexis wasn't able to warn his people?" Asked Jacob.

Alexis steed forward, shaking his head. "Lord Caineth would not believe me."

Well, I'm sure he believes you now." Jack said.

"We are entering the planet's atmosphere." Announced Teal'c.

They all directed their attention back to the front as they slowly descended on the planet.

Jack went into the back room to reload his gun, and grab a few extra clips. Sam followed him.

"Sir, let me take a look at that wound, please?"

Jack turned to look at her, then down at his arm. He'd completely forgotten about it during their escape. AS much as he didn't want his 2IC to play doctor, Jack knew that it probably wasn't a good idea to run around with a gaping wound.

Jack mumbled in defeat, "Fine."

Sam located a medical kit in one of the crates. She then helped him out of his jacket and vest.

"You know Carter, I would've thought that if you were to undress me, it would've been in more intimate circumstances."

"I heard that Jack!" Jacob growled from the head of the ship.

Jack laughed while Sam rolled her eyes behind his back. She instructed him to sit down on a crate, and she proceeded to pull the sleeve of his shirt away from the wound. She then pulled some antibacterial wipes from the med. kit.

Jack's eyes fell on the wipes, and he shifted away from her. "I haven't been rolling around in the dirt, Carter! It won't get infected."

Sam sighed, and placed it back in the kit. She understood why the nurses in the Infirmary always prayed that a certain Colonel wouldn't get injured on a mission.

She grabbed a gauze, and placed it over the wound, then grabbed a bandage to wrap it up with. It wouldn't be a masterpiece, but it would do for now.

Jack winced as Sam began to wrap his shoulder tightly. Suddenly, she pulled it really tight, and he yelped, "Geez, Carter!"

"Sorry, Sir." Sam finished wrapping his arm, and helped him into a clean jacket. He grabbed more clips, then they returned to the others.

"Teal'c and I are going to go check out what's going on; do a little reconnaissance. We'll return and figure out where to go from there."

Teal'c bowed his head, and grabbed his staff weapon. "I am ready, O'Neill."

"Ok, we'll be back soon." He told the others before he and Teal'c disappeared out of the ship.


A/N: Only two more chapters to go!