He never thought it would end like this…alone…except for the one love in his pain induced life…lying across from him…bound tightly…asleep.

"Tell me the address to the home world of the Tok'ra or you will feel the true feeling of despair", Baal's voice was dark and broke out from the darkness somewhere behind Jack.

Jack was kneeling down, facing Carter. She was on the cold hard ground of the chamber.

He blonde hair streaked with darkly dried blood and her face scattered with cuts and deeply purple bruises.

She was beautiful, even in this state. Her eyes closed and a look of was peace portrayed over her face.

"You can kill me as many times as you bloody well like, but if you dare lay a measly gould finger on carter…and I'll…I'll damn well make sure I never tell you the Tok'ra address".

It was all too much, the emotions. Colonel Jack O'Neill a fighter, a solider, never showed an inch of emotion, no weakness.

Was at this very moment, unleashing all the emotion he had held up inside him ever, ever since Charlie had died.

Baal laughed, a deep, never ending laugh. A sound rang out in Jack's ears and as he looked over at Carter he boiled with anger to see a large bloodstain forming on her shirt.

"No, this isn't happening", this was Sam after all, the women he had been in love with from the moment her had first laid eyes on her. She was always there, always strong, never showing any weakness. Yet here she was dying right in front of him, and there was nothing he could do to save her. He would just endure, death over and over again. Without ever being able to show her how much he felt for her.

She stirred, waking from her drug induced sleep. "Sir? Sir? What's happenings? Where are we?" but before she could ask any further, she noticed Baal and dropped silent. Her blue eyes fixed upon Jacks. She could feel the weakness seeping from him.

Suddenly the numbness was gone, pain etched every inch if body. Everywhere she felt misery seep through her, she was dying she knew it, and so was Jack.

There had been many moments like this, many near death situations but this was for real. They were both going to die. Before she thought about it the words slipped from her blood soaked lips.

"Jack, I'm so sorry, forgive me"

"Sam I love you" Jack said tears flowing from his red eyes, he etched forward taking her in his arms, but she was gone. Forever. And for the rest of his days he would have to die over and over again without her. Never-ending, eternal and forever.