So Much For My Happy Ending

A/N: Yeah, I know I haven't posted a chapter in a while (I haven't forgotten about it yet!) but I haven't been able to use the computer except for like one minute every other week. So, here I am. Finally

Synopsis: It is SG-1's last mission together. Find out what happened.

Setting: PT4-162

Pairing: S/J ship + (OC-OC) – hate that show now that I've seen it.

Disclaimer: Stargate: Not mine My Happy Ending: Not Mine Hard For Me to Say I'm Sorry: Chicago The only things that belong to me are the Very Basic Plot of this story, JC, Dre, Teresa, and the other villagers.

Spoilers: None

Just to make it easier to type and read:

Dre/O'Neill DON

JC/Carter Carter

Chapter 4: It's Hard For Me to Say I'm Sorry

2100 – Both Quarters

JC and Dre fell asleep almost immediately. All day they were put through more tests, and didn't get a chance to see Jacob. And, of course, it would be 2300 at Chicago. And, perhaps they fell asleep for a different reason, subconsciously.

PT4-162

As the team advanced through the Gate, they seemed to be in a small cave.

DON started looking around with Teal'c while Carter and Daniel were looking at the walls.

"It looks like a Dark Ages...there's a cross and a picture of a...church." Daniel was mumbling.

"You are SG-1, are you not?" a soft female British accent said from somewhere in the cave.

DON swung his/her gun toward the noise.

"Who wants to know?" she/he asked.

"Forgive me," came the voice again. A striking sound was heard, and a torch lit up the cave, revealing a small girl of about sixteen or seventeen.

"I am Teresa of Hidelya. You are SG-1 of Earth, are you not?" she asked.

"Yes...um, who is your leader here, you're god?" Daniel asked the obvious question. There must be some Goa'uld controlling this world, otherwise, how would she know about them?

"We serve no one. But I do know much of you, Colonel Jack O'Neill, Major Sam Carter, Dr. Daniel Jackson, and the Jaffa Teal'c."

"No need to introduce ourselves, then." DON said, giving a thin smile.

"How do you all know about us?" Daniel asked.

"We do not, though I do. I have seen you each in my dreams. My people have not yet figured out how the Stargate works."

"And you have?" DON asked, skeptic.

She nodded. "Yes. I have known for a time now, Colonel, but I do not have the—what you call—DHD to make it work."

"You know who we are?" Daniel asked.

"Yes. You are the ones who will perform the Sacrament, and save our people. You are the ones from my dreams." Theresa said, with certainty.

"The Sacrament?" Daniel asked.

"Yes. In these caves, our archaeologists have found a tablet describing a prophecy. We have not yet finished translating it, but with some help we may. I believe it is written in a language called Gould. I do not know this language, but I know that you do, Dr. Jackson, and Teal'c."

"Major Carter and Colonel O'Neill, if you will, I will check all four of you to our inn, where I will trade any knowledge that I know. As for you two, I can show you to the tablet."

As Theresa led the two, DON and Carter stayed behind. "Are we just gonna leave them like that?" DON asked.

"I think we have to, sir. As long as we're staying here...Theresa said there is no DHD. We'll probably have to—"

"Let me guess. MacGyver our way to finding a way to bring electricity to power the Gate so we can dial it manually." sHe said, giving a wry smile. sHe was referring to the time when the DHD fell into the ocean and they had to dial out manually by using wire and a lightning bolt.

"Yes, sir. Our best option is to hang tight and do what the people say, so we don't have ourselves killed."

"And you think that'll happen?"

"I don't know, sir. But I don't think we should find out either."

"Which means we'll probably have to stay here a while, and our iris codes will be locked out." DON said in a-matter-of-fact way.

"Yes, sir."

"Well, then why don't we fix it now?"

"Because...we don't have a powerful enough source of energy, sir."

"Well, didn't the MALP show that there wasn't a DHD here?" sHe asked.

"No, sir, but I thought there was one here—"

"You thought? You thought! Well, now we're stranded on thisdamn planet, because you thought there was a DHD here? Well, you thought wrong, Major!" sHe yelled, and immediately regretted that.

Carter looked down at her/his feet, in a hurt look. "Yes, sir." Carter said, and walked away.

"Aw for cryin out loud..." sHe mumbled. (Way ta screw things up) sHe thought.

Carter was talking with Theresa, near Daniel and Teal'c. "Do you guys have a source of power? Electricity? Machines?"

"Yes...but I am afraid to go in there. John and my sister were the only ones who ever..." she sighed as tears welled up in her eyes. "For the Sacrament..." she mumbled softly. "I know of one. We call it The Shield. It is a power source that can protect our planet from evil. But please do not destroy it. Our people do not know how to fight. I fear that if it is destroyed, the Gould will try to enslave us."

"The Goa'uld?' Carter asked. "You know about them?"

"Yes," Theresa replied. "I have seen you fighting them. Their eyes glow. You were once taken over by one, Jollinar, were you not? But she was one who was good."

"How do you know all of this?" Carter asked.

"I know many things about you four. I have told you; I have seen you in my dreams. I do not know everything about you, but just enough to know that you are the chosen people, the ones to perform the Sacrament.

"And once, when the world seems to be lost,

Two chosen will come and save us from, none the cost.

Through sorrowful moments, they'll save us, lest we die

And their souls be lifted high.

They will perform the greatest task, yet small,

The greatest Sacrament, known to all."

"That is what we have translated from the Sacrament. There are still four more lines to translate, but that is all I know from it. I have studied this tablet day and night hoping to find the answer, but I can come up with none. Can you find anything, Dr. Jackson?" she asked.

"Uh, not really. This seems to be a mix of Goa'uld with looks like Spanish, English, and Arabic. It could be hard telling what it is...but with a little more time...I think this word is 'through'. It's weird, the first six lines are in English, and the last are...'sorrow', I think this one is." he said, writing it down in a notebook.

"'Through...something...sorrow. Again, 'through' something..." his voice trailed off. "Guys, this might take a while." He looked up at them.

"I can show you the cave where it is, then. Major Carter, Colonel O'Neill. Please." Theresa said, in a calm yet authoritative voice.

DON gave another wry smile, then followed Carter and Theresa out the cave.

It was pitch-black. The shadows of the trees were all over.

"This is a swamp area. Many trees grow here, so the caves are not clearly visible unless you know they are there." Theresa explained.

She stopped, about a kilometer away from the original cave. "Here," she said, pointing.

"Aren't you gonna go in?" Carter asked.

"I am not allowed in at night, nor will I want to go there. Fierce creatures hide in the caves that not even your weapons can penetrate their armored skin."

"Then why bring us here?" Carter asked cautiously.

"Because it is almost morning. The animals will be clear in less than an hour. Please, make yourselves comfortable." she said, and they waited an hour.

Back at the caves, Daniel and Teal'c were still translating the text.

Daniel read his notebook twice. "Oh, my god, we gotta get there."

They ran out of the caves.

"So, Theresa, do you spend much time at the caves?" DON asked.

"I do, though I have only recently because of John and Adrenia …" Theresa stopped.

"What happened?" Carter asked.

"He was my brother, she was my sister. They loved the caves, spent every waking hour at the one to which we are going. They wanted to figure out that machine so badly…so I told them to wait at the cave and I would meet them there at night. But I never got there. My friend and I had gone to…and they never returned. It wasn't until before I had only discovered the Stargate. I hoped that they had traveled to another planet, where they would be happier. But…it was only day after…that they…found the…bodies in this forest. We had only recently lost my mother so, I never told my dad…" Theresa's eyes were wet.

"It wasn't your fault, Theresa," DON said.

"I know, but my people put family before friends. If I had only remembered, I could have come back for them…" Theresa said. "My brother is the one who found the shield. I think they finally figured out that machine, but he never told me. He didn't want me near it."

When they heard noises, and saw it was the ugliest animals they have ever seen leaving the cave when the sun came up, they headed into the cave.

As they entered the cave, Theresa walked faster, silent. The two, lagging behind, did not face each other.

"Look, Carter, about earlier, I feel kinda bad for what I said—"

"It's all right, sir. Apology accepted."

"Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah! Who said anything about apology? I'm not apologizing for what I said. I've known you for what, six and a half years? I know your smart enough not to make a mistake as big as knowing if there was a DHD here."

"One little mistake, sir! I mean, it's not like I can make a little mistake." Carter said, glaring at DON.

"Little! Jeez, you blew up a sun for cryin out loud! And you can't find a DHD?" he walked faster.

"Ya blow up one sun and suddenly everyone expects you walk on water," Carter murmured before speeding up as well.

About five minutes later, Theresa stopped, as did they when the others caught up to her.

"What is it?" Carter asked Theresa, looking at the barrier.

"I do not know. It has never—" but she never got to finish her sentence. A strong earthquake shook the cave.

"Let's go!" DON said, and they started running as a second blast shook the cave.

They ran out of the caves. Everything was still intact.

"Daniel, Teal'c what the hellwas that?" DON yelled into his radio.

Static cackled into his radio. A faint noise like the sound of a voice came through. Then the line was dead.

" Dammit. The blast must have blocked it. Let's head out." DON said.

But another blast hit the trees about 100 yards away.

"The cave is stable, we must seek refuge in there!" Theresa yelled.

So they went back in the cave, up to the point where they were blocked.

"Do you see that?" Carter asked.

"It is the Shield!" Theresa exclaimed. "Yes. There are symbols all over this cave."

They spent hours in there.

"I got it!" Carter exclaimed, startling everyone. "This is just like the Sentinel. There is a specific code for everything, a mathematical operation to crack this code. I didn't realize it before, everything kept changing. It's the Fibbonacci Sequence. It's a code. We can get in through here, sir!"

She went up to the cave wall, and saw little indentations. She wrote down the next five in order, six, seven, eight, nine, finally, at ten, it opened.

"Sir! The DHD is hooked up to this thing! It may still be connected to the Stargate, but it needs to be concentrated on the Stargate. It may take a few hours," Carter yelled.

At that same instant, DON's radio made a noise. The cave echoed white noise. Again a faint voice was heard.

It clicked off. It went on a second time, this time the voice was louder. "Jack!" Daniel's voice shouted.

"Daniel where the hellare you?" DON yelled.

"Don't exit the cave! There are...coming...they'll...you...if they...Don't leave! They're" the radio clicked off.

"Daniel? Daniel!" DON shouted, and then muttered,"Damn."

"Colonel!" Carter yelled, and sHe heard it too. The faint sound of Jaffa approaching.

"Carter get that damnthing working!" DON yelled.

"I'm trying, sir!" sHe yelled back. SHe was still a bit angry at him still because of what he had said earlier about it being her fault they were all stuck on the planet.

The silver of the Jaffa's uniforms was visible, yet barely.

Then they came. All the pretty maids in a row, DON thought, smiling wryly.

The Jaffa were holding Teal'c and Daniel at gun point. They were also holding several other people hostage, the villagers.

"Father!" Theresa shouted, at one of the men in front.

"Theresa, I am sorry I have gotten you into all of this! Please, forgive—" the man started.

"Quiet, old man," said one of the Jaffa, and hit Theresa's father hard on the back.

"Carter, hurry up already!"

"I'm trying, sir!" sHe yelled as the Jaffa fired at them, hitting way too close for comfort.

Then the Shield started up, lighting up like an arcade machine.

"Nice going," DON said, putting a hand on Carter's shoulder as Carter clutched the Shield. Their eyes met.

"Look, Carter, I'm sorry—"

"Father!" Theresa's shrill scream pierced through the cave. A Jaffa was aiming the staff weapon at Theresa's father, the gun part back, ready to fire.

Then, as the staff weapon went off, and as another attack hit Carter and DON in the back, the entire cave went white.

The Jaffa disappeared, and Theresa's father was alive. Daniel and Teal'c, who were on the ground, got up and ran towards where the Shield was.

But it wasn't there anymore, and both DON and Carter were lying on the ground. The

Shield was gone, as well as the DHD.

"Jack! Sam!" Daniel cried as he knelt toward his friends. He felt both of their pulses,

looked for any sign that they were alive...but there was none. It didn't matter anyway; the staff weapon attacks were too fatal. Both of his friends were dead.

"What of Colonel O'Neill and Major Carter?" Teal'c inquired.

"They're dead, Teal'c. Like the prophecy." Daniel said.

"What are you talking about?" Theresa asked. "You have translated the last four lines?"

"Yeah. To put it loosely, it says

Through the sorrow, through the dread,

Thy saviors' souls to come will not be dead.

They will live again, like an ember from the hearth

And they will be restored by new human birth."

Daniel paused, looking at the two bodies. "It wasn't a Sacrament. It was a Sacrifice. Those two were meant to die."

Another light filled the cave, emanating from DON and Carter. Then, their bodies lifted into the air and their bodies shattered into tiny white pieces, and two small slivers of light shot out of the cave.

"'They will live again,'" Daniel murmured. "I think…"

"Let's follow them!" Theresa said, heading out of the cave.

They ran through the woods and came to the original cave. There, the DHD was, next to the Stargate. The lights stopped, and were in the glowing form of DON and Carter.

"That's it? You guys just died and now you're ascended?" Daniel asked. But the two didn't speak, but rather looked at the DHD.

The Stargate started up, and immediately Daniel recognized the address. The two walked through the Gate, and Daniel and Teal'c followed through.

They got through, the familiar scene before them.

"Did anybody just see two lights going by?" he asked as the wormhole closed behind him and Teal'c.

"Dr. Jackson? Where are Colonel O'Neill and Major Carter?" General Hammond asked.

A/N: WOWWWWWW! That took me a long time to write. I didn't imagine it would take up ten pages on Word. That was a fun chapter to write. Well, right now, I'm just listening to Simple Plan and it's really really late. But I'm gonna try to finish the next chapter if I can.

I know that their fighting didn't seem that genuine, but I had written something really heated, but A: it would have took up to much memory on my CPU and B: it didn't go well with the story. So, sorry, but just grin and bear it.