A/N: I wrote this chapter a bit different, hope you guys like!


I hated fighting with you, it hurt my soul to listen to you shout at how 'stupid and ignorant' I was. You thought I was in love with someone else, but really, it had been you all along-

Jack leaned heavily against the wall fighting the emotions running through him, old memories assaulting his mind and wearing him down to the empty husk he was. Loosing energy he sunk to the floor not even noticing the tears streaming down his face and the screams of agony spilling from his mouth. Then someone ran into the infirmary sliding to a stop in front of him and knelt down, his eyes traveled up their boots to their familiar face.

"Sam."

'Sam?'

'You're in love with her aren't you!' Sarah shouted accusingly slamming her hands on the table, 'She can't have you and my son!'

Confusion kicked me in the face, 'Sarah, what are you talking about? I love you, not Sam.' But she wasn't listening she was pacing the room shouting and Charlie was sitting on the stairs crying. I wanted to go to him but she beat me there and pinned me with her eyes sending daggers into my heart.

'You're trying to kill me-'

"Kill me," Jack gasped clutching Sam's shoulders as his own shook with sobs, "Kill me Sam."

Sam's eyes widened and watered with unshed tears, "Jack listen to yourself!" She grabbed a hold of his shoulders and shook him, "I'm not going to kill you!"

Kill you? I couldn't even bring myself to say the words as you sat there cradling our son's head to your chest. I couldn't even remember what had brought this whole conversation up. You just exploded and I don't even know where the ammunition for that came from either.

"Jack, can you open your eyes for me please?" Doctor Frasier was kneeling on the floor where Sam had just been, she had an empty syringe in her hand, one that had probably just been full.

He gaped at her feeling the effects of the sedative almost instantaneously, his vision blurred and before he fell unconscious he saw Mac walk in the room.


"What the hell was that about?" Sam snapped still shaking from what she had just witnessed. She had never seen the colonel fall apart like that before, well once, but it was nothing compared to what had just happened in the infirmary.

Janet sighed heavily and Sam could see that she too was a little shaken up as well, "I don't know. Daniel and I had just been in there not too long ago and he seemed okay."

"Maybe he was still worked up about that fight he had?" Sam suggested and Janet eyed her warily.

"You heard about that?"

Sam nodded, "Daniel told me he was fighting with Mac."

Janet sighed softly, "That's what Jack said. Honestly Sam, there's nothing medically I can do for him at this point. He's got to work it out on his own, all I can do is give him meds that may or may not help him."

"Hopefully this will all just pass." Sam said softly knowing that was just wishful thinking, as did Janet, but she nodded nonetheless.

They stood there in silence both mulling over what could happen and what might happen to the man they had grown to admire. Their head's both jerked up when they heard soft crying come from the other room.

Janet looked at Sam warily, "I gave him enough sedative to keep him out for at least two hours." She said softly neither moving to look inside.

The crying grew louder becoming clearer that it was the sound of a child crying not a full grown man; they both exchanged confused glances and walked into the infirmary finding it empty.

"I wasn't hearing things just now, was I?" Sam asked softly not wanting to disturb the sleeping colonel.

Janet shook her head, "Maybe it was the pipes?" She asked hopefully.

"Pipes?" Sam eyed her, "Come on Janet, we're both intelligent individuals, we can figure this out." She said moving from the room then froze as the crying started again.

"I'm sorry Daddy…"

Their eyes grew wide and slowly they turned around finding the room still empty but the childlike voice continued on, "I made mommy mad and I made you sad… I don't want you to die too."

"You think it's the pipes?" Sam whispered as a shiver ran down her spine.

Janet shook her head as they nearly ran from the room.


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