Carol stood up "I'm going to- Whoa" she said abruptly as she started to sway

"Carol?" Mark asked rushing over to her.

"I'm fine" She assured him but then promptly fainted.

Mark and Jack rushed her to the hospital

Later...

Carol shook her head "I'm fine, I just fainted Mark! Calm down"

Mark was pacing up and the room "EXACTLY! When was the last time you fainted?"

She smiled "When you proposed to me"

Jack looked at her incredously "you FAINTED?"

She blushed "I uh um wasn't um expecting him to" she said sheepishly.

She was saved from more teasing by the appearance of the doctor.

Mark tensed "So what's wrong?" he demanded

The Doctor's eyes twinkled "nothing nine months can't cure".

All three of them gaped at him. He gave them a fatherly smile "Congratulations!" he said warmly then left.

Jack turned to Carol "congrats Carol, boy won't Jacob be surprised"

Mark's eyes widened "oh man, I forgot, Dad will be here any minute!"

Jack stood up "I'll go ask the doc if you can leave now"

"Thanks Jack" Mark called after him

Carol looked at him "I'm scared Mark" she said as soon as Jack was out of the room.

He looked at her "me too baby"

"what if-"

"No what if's Carol" he said firmly.

She nodded " no what if's" she whispered softly.

"Jack's dead? He can't be! Isn't there a stickin' sarcophagus on this planet? No of course there isn't... maybe the Knox could help him? God I'm hungry, Jack's dead"She looked around the empty room.

"Jack's not dead!" She told herself repeatedly. She tried to get her hands out of the handcuffs. Pain shot though her hands. She looked down at them. They were starting to bleed.

"Jack, I need you" she cried silently.

"Still crying?" John asked walking towards her. She looked at him, her expression unreadable.

"Samantha, let's make a deal. Just tell me the address to the Knox's homeworld and you can have this" he said placing a tray next to her.

She looked at it. There was fruit, a sandwich and some bread and water. She looked back at him "92X-" she began haltingly

"Yes?" he prodded her.

She sgihed "298"

"There that wasn't so hard, now was it?" he said lifting the tray on to her lap then walked out of the room.

Carter on the outside looked dejected but inside... "will it work? will it work?"

"Dad!" Mark cried opening the door "and guests" he added hastily

"Mark!" Jacob said giving him a hug

"Hi, we are friends of Sam." Daniel said " I'm Daniel and this is Murray"

"Pleased to meet you." Mark said shaking hands with Teal'c.

"Indeed." Teal'c said

"Is Jack here?" Daniel asked. Mark shook his head.

"He went back to his motel room to shower or something"

"Oh" Daniel said looking back at the car "Murray andI are going to catch up with him"

Jacob nodded.

"See you later!" Mark yelled at them.

Teal'c inclined his head and continuedwalking back to the car.

"Samantha Carter where are you? I need you Sam! I need you more then anything else!" He thought to himself. He looked into the mirror. "I don't deserve her." He said quietly. There was a knock on the door. He jumped then he walked over and answered it.

"Daniel? Teal'c? What are you doing here?" Jack asked surprised.

"We came to help find Sam." Daniel said looking around the room, as if he expected to see her.

"How did you get here so quickly?" Jack asked letting them in.

"We flew." Daniel said sitting on the bed.

"Oh, that's nice. So, are they going to pay the ransom?" Jack asked.

"Yeah" Daniel said pushing up his glasses. Jack nodded

"Well,I'm going out for a drink. You two go back to Mark's and play with the kids. You'll love them" he said jogging out the door.

"Ok..." Daniel said looking at Teal'c. "I guess we have to find our way back to the Carters house.

Jack pulled into the first mini-mart he saw. He walked in and grabbed a six packof beer then went to pay for it. He was walking out when he saw someone. "It's him!" was his first startled thought...

Thanks for all the reviews! I hope you like this chapter! I'm sorry if anyone seems a little out of character.