A/N: Okay people, this chapter's gonna jump around a bit, prepare yourself, and try not to get lost!

Chapter 12: Helping Hands

"Clear!" Shouted Fraser, giving Jonas a jolt with the paddles. The young man's body jumped, but there was no change on the monitors.

"Damn it Jonas, come on!" Yelled Jack, he moved in closer so he could get a better look as another shock was administered to the man.

Sam was shaking slightly, well aware that she may have been watching her friend's death. She moved in behind O'Neill. Carter gasped slightly at the sight of Jonas's pale, still face, as he was shocked yet again.

Jack heard her gasp and reached to her shoulder, gripping it reassuringly. She leaned into his touch, and watched the scene play out before her.

Jonas was still gripping Mollie's hand tightly, but her grip was failing and he felt himself slipping.

"Jonas, pull yourself up!" Mollie pleaded.

Jonas tried to do so, but only managed in pulling the girl further to the edge.

"I can't!" Jonas shouted in panic.

"Yes you can! Just do it!" Mollie cried, tears running down her delicate cheeks.

"If I do, you'll end up falling as well, just let me go!" Jonas yelled, not wanting to die, but most of all not wanting to kill Mollie . . . again.

"No! I won't do it!"

Colonel O'Neill watched the scene before him, desperately wishing there was something he could do to help, but knowing that these two had to get through this on their own.

"I won't kill you again Mollie, just let go!" Jonas yelled.

The girl stopped instantly, not letting go, but not pulling either. Her face was blank, and her eyes, still moist from her tears, glistened now in a different way, astonishment, surprise, confusion, or a mix of all.

Jonas and Mollie locked gazes and held the lock for a few short seconds.

"Jonas, no! You didn't kill me." Mollie replied, her voice quivering.

"Yes, I did. I should've come to your call earlier. I should've believed you the first time I heard you. Maybe then you wouldn't have died, your grip wouldn't have been weakened from hanging on. I could've saved you if only I'd came sooner." Jonas said, knowing very well that he was near death, but also wanting Mollie's forgiveness for what he'd done so many years ago. Something that he saw now, she clearly didn't blame on him.

"Jonas, don't blame yourself, it wasn't you." Mollie said softly. Jonas slipped again from her grip, and she screamed in fear. Jonas looked up at her through wide, and terrified eyes.

"Again!" Fraser yelled.

At that moment, Teal'c hurried into the room where Sam and Jack stood, frightened over losing a friend.

"What has happened?" Teal'c asked, watching the scene with a bit of shock.

"He flat-lined, damn it! His heart stopped!" O'Neill yelled in frustration.

"Have the efforts to revive him not been successful?" Teal'c questioned, he was clearly a bit frightened over the whole ordeal as well.

"No!" Jack shouted again.

There was a faint beep of the monitor.

"I've got a rhythm!" Fraser shouted victoriously.

"It's weak, but it's there." She finished.

"Yes!" shouted O'Neill, a smile coming to his face.

The monitors still showed a weak rhythm and Jack grabbed Jonas's hand in a comforting gesture. Sam did the same thing, but slightly higher on the arm.

At that moment, the heart rate began to jump sporadically, and soon fell back to a flat line.

"No!" Sam yelled in frustration. "Come on Jonas, stay with us!"

Jonas struggled to pull himself up, to no avail, and at that moment two more hands grabbed his, although he didn't know who's they were.

He looked up into the faces of Colonel O'Neill and Major Carter. The faces were fuzzy and distorted though, like they weren't really there, he also saw Teal'c standing behind them.

"No! Come on Jonas, stay with us!" Yelled Sam. Jonas then realized, he was seeing what was going on around him in the waking world, and that's why his friends' faces weren't as clear as Mollie's, because they weren't really there.

"Pull yourself up!" Mollie called. Jonas tried again, slipping slightly, but soon finding the strength from within him to struggle up, bit by bit, with the aid of Carter and O'Neill's hands, unknowingly, his team mates were helping Mollie in her efforts to save Jonas, Teal'c also reached forward to aid in the action.

Jonas forced himself to use all the strength he could muster to pull himself from the pit, and onto the edge, where he slid forward, Mollie sobbing in relief.

Carter, Teal'c and O'Neill's forms vanished at that moment.

The monitor lines jumped again and fell into a rhythm that made Fraser feel better.

"He's back. Jonas is a fighter, I can tell you that. However, he's not out of the woods yet." Janet said, her face showing the strain that she was feeling.

Carter, Teal'c and O'Neill visibly relaxed as Jonas's heart fell into a steady beat.

Jonas lay on his back looking up into Mollie's smiling face, and also into Colonel O'Neill's relieved expression.

"That was scary." Mollie replied.

"Let's not do that again." Jonas gasped out as he caught his breath.

"Good idea, maybe next time you'll listen to me and not rush into something you know nothing about." Jack replied.