Chapter 8
"Stand up!" One of the burly dark haired men ordered her.
Sam was slowly trying to get up, bracing herself against the tree for assistance. Sadly, she wasn't fast enough and the man grabbed her by her free arm and hoisted her up. Sam's ribs objected to the jarring by causing a sharp pain. "Ah!" She cried out in protest.
Another man, a little shorter than the first with light brown hair approached them. "Leave her be Daman, can't you tell she's injured!"
Keeping a grip on Sam's elbow, Damon turned to his friend. "Then it will be easier to get information out of her Kavan."
Sam didn't like the evil smile on his face when he said this, all she knew was that she had to keep her cool and wait for an opportunity to present itself. That opportunity seemed to have the name of Kavan. "Please let me go, I don't know what you want with me."
Kavan could tell this light haired woman, who was very beautiful was afraid and in a lot of pain. He knew he should keep her safe if not for their laws, but also because it was the right thing to do. He went to stand next to Sam. "If you would please come with me Miss, I shall accompany you." He then pushed Daman's hand off Sam and offered her his own.
Sam smiled at Kavan, and stepped beside him. "I still don't know what you want from me?" Sam thought if she played it dumb and weak she may garner some more sympathy, at least it was working on Kavan, and playing weak wasn't going to be too difficult to do at the moment.
"You know Kavan, once we get to Cronus' Jaffa at the stone circle, it won't matter how nice you are to her right now." Daman spat out. She was his prisoner, and he was going to make sure he got credit for capturing her.
"We'll see when we get there Daman." Then Kavan looked at Sam. "Do you have a name Miss?"
"It's Samantha, but my friends call me Sam." She smiled at him, as he helped her walk through the woods, heading towards the path. 'Boy I hope the colonel and Teal'c get here soon' Sam was not looking forward to an encounter with the Jaffa; but at least she'd be close to the gate if anything happened.
As they approached the gate, Sam kept an eye out for any sign of her team in the woods, without drawing attention to what she was doing. "Could we stop for a moment? I need to catch my breath." She said breathing hard.
Kavan stopped the group and moved Sam over to a large rock, and helped her sit down. "What is wrong…Sam. Why do you have trouble breathing?"
Kavan was showing his obvious concern for her, but she couldn't tell if any of the others were as compassionate. "I injured my ribs in a fall, and all this moving around is making it a little difficult to breath."
"But why do you have your arm bound in a piece of cloth?" Kavan seemed puzzled by Sam's injuries and appearance.
"I also hurt my arm in that fall; it was quite a nasty fall." She didn't want to tell him that she was struck with a sword while helping her team escape from their village, no need to make more enemies.
"Enough of this! We are almost there, let's get moving." Damon had enough of waiting around, he wanted to get to the Jaffa and make his report. He went to grab Sam's arm again but was halted by Kavan blocking him.
"Come on Sam, we have to go." Kavan said sadly, as he helped her to stand up.
They walked the rest of the way to the gate with Damon leading the way and setting the pace. Once they got there, Damon approached the two Jaffa by the gate. "My lords, I have captured this stranger hiding in the forest." He said as he bowed his head and pointed to Carter who just stood there, but did not bow her head.
"Well I guess you should be proud of yourself, capturing such a pathetic looking woman." The first Jaffa said then burst out laughing with his comrade. He looked at Carter, judging by her looks, he didn't think she could even fight off one of the small woodland creatures living in the forest.
"Sire she is a stranger to our village, she could be one of those you are looking for, and she has been injured."
The Jaffa approached Sam, and grabbed her face looking into her eyes. "Who are you and what are you doing here?"
"My name is Samantha, and I came here from another village…"
"You lie!" He said, as he grabbed her left wrist looking at her watch. "This is not the technology of the Goa'uld, or these people." He pushed her arm down and brought his staff weapon up pointing it at her head. "What world do you come form?"
"I told you I came from another villa…" Sam was cut short by a blow from the staff weapon coming into contact with her stomach causing her to double over. She tried to catch her breath and breathe through the pain; but wasn't given enough time before she was forced on her knees and her upper body was pulled straight; up so she was looking up at the Jaffa. He noticed the bulky area under her shirt on her right side. He moved behind her and ripped the shirt over the area exposing the bulky bandages. He had an evil grin on his face as he put his hand over her shoulder. "You will tell me what I want to know. " He said as he squeezed the area under the bandage. Sam tried to stifle a cry of pain but was unable to. "Ah! You son of a…" She could feel the pressure and pain increasing, then she felt the bandage being ripped off, as the Jaffa used his fingers now to penetrate the wound. She cried out again, but this time as the Jaffa moved his face closer to hers, she spat in his eye.
The Jaffa wiped his face, "I admire your boldness, but you will tell me what world you are from." He said as he continued to dig his fingers into the wound.
"I told you…" Sam panted. "I'm from this world just another village." She said as her voice became weaker. Then an idea came to her, if she was unconscious, then the pain would stop; at least for a time. She slumped over as if crying, then she reached into her boot and retrieved her knife, in one fell swoop; she managed to thrust her knife in the Jaffa's massive thigh. He stepped back and cried out in pain as he instinctively struck out and hit her across the face, causing her to lose consciousness.
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Jack and Teal'c finished planting their little surprises, and headed back to where Daniel and Carter were waiting for them. They made sure they were very careful making their way back, trying to be as silent as possible. When they reached the area, they noticed that Daniel and Carter were gone. Teal'c looked around the area, staring at the ground. "O'Neill it looks like they may have gone this way." Teal'c pointed in the direction the tracks went, hoping it would take them to their teammates. O'Neill scratched his head, looking where the tracks were supposed to be, but he couldn't make them out. 'Thank God Teal'c was able to find the tracks, must be a Jaffa thing' Jack thought to himself, as he followed Teal'c deeper into the forest. Teal'c raised his arm to halt O'Neill, then pointed in a direction behind a tree. O'Neill nodded and went to the right as Teal'c went to the left. They had their weapons drawn as they came around the tree. They stopped in their tracks as they saw Daniel sitting on the ground holding his gun.
Jack let out a sigh of relief. "Hey Daniel, where's Carter?" He saw Daniel's face go pale.
"She…she got captured." Daniel said with fear in his eyes.
"What! What happened?' Jack said with disbelief.
"A group was coming right at us, Sam said there was no way she could get away from them,…if someone was going to be caught it should be her. Since I would be able to get away. She didn't want us both to be caught… She even made it easier for her to be seen by giving me back my jacket. She wanted to make sure I got away. Oh God Jack we have to get her back!"
Jack could see Daniel's eyes were moist and he knelt down beside Daniel. "How long ago did this happen Daniel?" He was trying to be as easy as he could on Daniel, but he needed the information now.
"We spotted them about an hour ago; I don't know how long it was before they found her though. Geez this is all my fault, we have to do something." Daniel pleaded.
"We will Daniel, we will. Are those Carter's weapons?" Jack said noticing the extra guns hanging form Daniel.
"Yea. She said she didn't want to give the enemy superior weapons. She went in there unarmed Jack."
What the hell was she thinking, all they had to do was stay out of sight for a little while, and watch each other's backs. Then he thought about it, if he were in the same situation, being injured, he wouldn't want his teammate to be captured because of him slowing them down; he would have ordered them to go too. Not to mention he didn't know how Daniel would handle being captured. He wasn't a soldier; he didn't have any training. The last time they had been held prisoners on Chulak, Daniel wasn't able to control himself or think straight. This must have been the only way Carter was able to watch Daniel's back, to make sure he stayed safe. He didn't like it, but he understood it.
"She did the right thing Daniel, I know it's hard to handle, but she did what she had to do. If she fired her gun, it would have brought all the Jaffa down us" Jack patted Daniel on the back, and then stood up. "They'll probably take Carter to the gate, if we hurry we should be able to catch up to them, and figure out a plan to get her back."
Teal'c led the way with the other two following, Jack bringing up the rear. Before they knew it, they were at the path leading to the gate. Teal'c looked at the footprints and confirmed that they indeed were heading towards the gate, with Captain Carter. They went back into the woods and followed the direction of the path, hoping they would run into Carter and the others. As they came into view of the gate, they noticed a larger group gathered there. In the centre was Carter and a fairly large Jaffa who held Carter's face in his grasp. O'Neill inched closer so he could hear what was going on; apparently, Carter was pissing off the Jaffa. He heard the lie she came up with; not bad, he thought. Then O'Neill could swear his heart stopped when he saw the Jaffa point his staff weapon at Sam's head. Only Teal'c's quick thinking kept Daniel from springing out of the bushes. If they reacted now Carter would get her head blown off. Teal'c held Daniel down as they watched in horror as Carter was hit with the staff weapon and watched as the Jaffa continued to interrogate Carter, the methods used made Jack cringe, never had he hated a Jaffa as much as he did right now. Then he saw Carter stab the Jaffa in the leg. He couldn't but help but grin at this, until he saw the next blow knocking Carter out.
"Bind her arms and take her to the village! Saran will interrogate her there, he will get the information from her; she will beg to be put to death when he finishes."
Jack saw one of the villagers use her sling that was on the ground to tie her hands behind her back; then another two lifted her up from under the arms and start to drag her away from the gate. "Good, they're splitting up; this will be our chance to get Carter. Once they get far enough away form the gate, we'll make our move. We're going to have to be very quiet and take them off guard. No guns, just knives, we have to take them out quick and quietly. Daniel you hang back, and go for Carter when the opportunity appears." Teal'c and Daniel nodded their agreement to the plan and then all three of them headed out.
About forty minutes later Jack picked out a spot for their ambush. He and Teal'c picked out spots on either side of the path, while Daniel stayed a little further back. It wasn't long before the group approached their positions. Jack and Teal'c jumped out of the bushes and went for the two men whose hands were free. Teal'c easily grabbed the man around the neck from behind he twisted his head, and let go as the man fell to the ground.
O'Neill also got the drop on his guy from behind, holding his knife at his neck. The man was so shocked he couldn't move, then O'Neill grabbed his pistol and hit him in the head with the butt, sending him to the ground.
One of the men that had been dragging Carter quickly let go of her and tried to run away. Who knew a Jaffa could run that fast, as Teal'c caught him, grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled him to the ground, then put one of his large feet on the man's chest while holding the man's own sword at his neck.
Jack watched as the first guy let go of Carter and started to run; to his surprise the second guy holding Carter, tried to compensate for the change in weight, and attempted to ease her to the ground, but was caught off balance and both ended up on the ground. He held his hands up in front of him, showing a sign of surrender. "Please, don't hurt us …"
"What!" Jack said angrily, "I may hurt you, but there's no way in hell I'll hurt Carter!" Jack now had his knife resting against the man's chest, while looking over at Carter.
When Daniel saw the first man run, and the second man fall to the ground he made his move and ran towards Sam. "Sam, Sam are you okay?" Daniel was holding Sam's head and gently patting her face to try to revive her. "Come on Sam, open your eyes." His voice was shaky and almost pleading, as he looked to Jack.
Jack looked over at her and saw the large red area where she had been struck and winced. "She could have a concussion Daniel; hopefully she'll wake up soon." Then Jack looked back at the man at the end of his knife. "What were you going to do to her?" Jack couldn't hide his anger as he grabbed the man by his collar and started to shake him, knocking his head against the ground.
"It was not I Sir, I tried to keep Sam from this fate, but it was only I against so many. I could not have stopped it." Kavan said. "There are five more Jaffa in the village, they have taken over our town; and we can do nothing to stop them."
Jack's attention was brought back to Carter as he heard her moan. "Ah, what the hell is going on?" Sam said as she moved her jaw around to assess the damage. "Why do I feel like it's the morning after one hell of a party?" She said as she looked from Daniel to the Colonel. She saw the colonel holding a knife on Kavan. "Sir stop! Put the knife down."
"Hey Carter, nice to have you with us again, you know you have to stop doing this?" He grinned at her. "How are you feeling?"
"Oh you know, could be better. Thanks Sir, guys for getting me away from them." Then she tried to move, and found it difficult. "Ah could someone untie my hands?"
"I don't know Carter? It seems to be the only way to keep you out of trouble."
Sam noticed that the colonel was still holding a knife on Kavan. "Sir, you can put your knife away. This is Kavan, and he tried his best to help me out."
Jack relented and took his knife away from him, then noticed Daniel was having a problem untying Carter's hands. "Here Daniel let me." He said as he moved over to Carter. He saw the knots, then decided the best way to free Carter was to use his knife, he carefully cut the bindings, making sure he didn't cut her. Once she was untied, he asked her about the other guy Teal'c was holding.
"Him, you can do what ever you want to Sir." O'Neill could sense the anger in her words, but had to control his own temper, or he might just the kill the guy himself.
"Teal'c tie that guy, and the other one over there to a tree. Make it a very thorny tree, and make sure you gag them." He looked back down to Carter. "So do you think you can get up?"
"With a little help Sir." She grimaced as O'Neill helped her to sit up, then let out an expletive as she got to her feet.
"Nice language Carter." Jack joked.
"Sorry Sir, but I'm not the linguist here." She kept a hand on O'Neill's arm to steady herself. "Oh I've got to stop drinking," she said with a slight grin.
"I hear you Captain." Jack said as he patted her on the shoulder, only to have her wince and let out a moan. "Oh gee I'm sorry Carter, you alright"
"I will be once we get home Sir, if we get home."
Jack and Daniel looked at Carter's shoulder, where the Jaffa had done his damage. Jack saw that it was inflamed and had started oozing. "Daniel get another bandage from the med kit." Jack took a good look at his 2IC, her face was flushed; probably with fever, she kept her left arm against her side, and her right arm was drooping at her side, not to mention a nice coloured bruise on her face. He looked over at Teal'c, and saw he had tied the two men to a tree, and was keeping an eye on the one Carter had called Kavan. When Daniel brought over the bandages, the two of them quickly got the wound cleaned and covered. Jack saw that her shirt was hanging off her shoulder as well; he took his jacket off and helped her into it. "This time I want you to keep the jacket on until we get back home. Is that understood Captain?" he said using his stern commanding voice.
"Yes Sir, understood." Sam winced, but not from the pain this time.
Just them their radios crackled, "SG1 this is SGC command, come in"
"This is SG1 niner, nice to hear from you Sir. Over"
"Colonel, you've missed your check in, what's your situation?"
"We've run into some trouble with the locals, and there is a Jaffa presence; also have one team member injured. The gate is being guarded by two Jaffa and five natives. The indigenous people here have inferior weapons, we didn't want to cause a blood bath, but I'm beginning to change my mind Sir."
Do you want re-enforcements sent in colonel?"
"Right now they would be sitting ducks for the Jaffa Sir, but we do have some things planned Sir. When we dial the gate, we'll be coming in hot Sir, and will need medics waiting for us." O'Neill looked at his watched and thought for a moment. "Sir, give us forty-five minutes, then check in again; better have three teams waiting as back-up sir."
"Will do SG1, SGC out."
"Well that went well Jack, what do you expect to have done in forty-five minutes?" Daniel asked perplexed
"Oh I don't know, maybe go with our original plan, and if the villagers are in the way so be it." Jack said with no hint of emotion.
"Jack you can't be serious, we have to at least give them a chance, they're not bad, they have no choice with the Jaffa taking over their village."
"Do you have any suggestions Daniel?" Jack's voice was now harsh, he'd had enough of these villagers, and didn't quite care if they got in the way.
"Why don't we send Kavan in, to warn his people to let us go?"
"O'Neill, I hear something." Teal'c informed Jack.
All members of SG1 raised their weapons, as O'Neill gestured them to take cover. Sam used all the strength she had left to run and hide behind a tree; she still had her weapon raised. Kavan also went to hide near Sam. Jack took out his binoculars and searched the area the sound came from. He was shocked to see five Jaffa and a group of villagers following them. 'Oy, this day just keeps getting better.' Jack thought to himself. He looked at Kavan, "There are five Jaffa headed this way, and a few of your friends."
"They must have called for help, when Sam stabbed the Jaffa." Kavan informed them.
"Let's fall back closer to the gate, so we're in position when all hell breaks out." He saw that Kavan had offered to assist Carter, and thought it was a good idea, that left Daniel able to assist in the fighting if needed. "So Carter, how good a shot are you?"
"I have a sharp shooter classification, Sir." She said through gritted teeth.
"Really, very impressive Captain." Jack was obviously amazed by this information.
"Ah, it's in my file Sir."
"Yea well your file hadn't arrived yet, before we left. Do you think you'll be able to shoot accurately, if we get you situated in a good spot?"
"Yes Sir, that shouldn't be a problem." She said as she wiped the sweat from her forehead
They reached the area close to the gate, and each took their positions. Carter was behind a tree, leaning against it for support, her gun easily accessible. Jack and Teal'c were on the ground covered by bushes, but closer to the gate. Daniel was a little further behind them, but off to the side. (Jack didn't want to take any chances with Danny's aim, having him directly behind them,) and Kavan stayed hidden behind a tree close to Sam. Jack whispered into his radio as he saw the reinforcements reach the gate. "The general will be dialling in, in about ten minutes. In five minutes I'll set off the explosions, hopefully the group will split up, when the gate dials in, that's when we take out remaining hostiles, and cover our incoming back-up."
O'Neill looked at his watch, then at Teal'c, receiving a nod. He reached in his pocket for the detonator and counted down to himself.
5-4-3-2-1. He hit the buttons, then they heard the explosions and saw the fire rise towards the sky. They saw four of the Jaffa run towards the fire with half the villagers following behind them. 'Yes!' Jack thought to himself, at least that's half the hostiles gone. They watched as the remaining Jaffa tried to control the remaining villagers, who didn't seem to know where to go. Then as on cue, the gate started to light up. The three Jaffa positioned themselves so they were facing the gate with their weapons ready. Then two shots could be heard, as two of the Jaffa fell to the ground. The third one took cover behind the DHD, firing in the direction of the shots. Carter had to slide down to the ground behind the tree as the staff blasts made contact with the upper part of the tree. Jack and Teal'c tried to get the Jaffa, but were unable to get a clear shot with him behind the DHD. The Jaffa kept firing at the tree, knowing that one of the shooters was hiding there. Jack knew that Carter was pinned down, but couldn't do anything about it. They fired at the villagers' feet forcing them to go running in the other way.
Daniel saw that Jack and Teal'c couldn't get the Jaffa, so he raised his gun and just started firing, hoping that at least one of his shots would connect.
"SG1 this is the SGC, what's the situation?"
"We have one hostile Jaffa hiding behind the DHD; we're unable to get him"
"Do you recommend sending forces through?"
"Not just yet Sir, just hold on a while."
"Will be waiting for your word Colonel"
Jack was about to answer when he saw the Jaffa fall over and grab his leg. "Now! Now!" O'Neill yelled. He got up and started firing, he couldn't hit the Jaffa but he could keep him form reaching his staff weapon.
Then the most beautiful sight he ever saw appeared, armed soldiers started coming through the gate. They immediately pointed their guns at the Jaffa, while others aimed at the remaining villagers, but held their fire.
"Am I glad to see you!" Jack held up his arms and then patted Colonel Makepeace on the back.
"I heard you ran into a little trouble Jack." Makepeace grinned.
"Yea well it's not quite over yet, four Jaffa went in that direction. They could be back any minute."
Makepeace ordered his men to take defensive positions in the direction Jack pointed out. "So what do you want to do Jack?"
"I think we should clean up this little Jaffa problem and head home."
"I heard you had wounded." Makepeace said looking at Jack's face. "Looks like you got smacked around, hope you gave as good as you got." He said with a grin.
"That's nothing, it's Carter who got wounded." Jack sighed sadly.
"The woman?"
"Yes Makepeace the woman who happens to be a captain in the USAF." Jack was a little angry at that comment.
Makepeace just smirked at O'Neill, "You mean with three, ah make that two big strapping guys, the only one to get wounded was Carter? I'm sure the general's going to love this, the only woman on an active SGC team is the first one to get hurt."
"That's enough Makepeace; we have business to attend to." Jack said looking in the direction the Jaffa went.
Their attention was caught by sounds of staff blasts that were impacting all around them. The marines and other two teams started to fire in the direction. The rest of SG3 went into the woods after the Jaffa. O'Neill and Makepeace took cover behind the DHD, luckily, the Jaffa had already been tied up, so he was no problem. "Jaffa Kree," Could be heard from the woods, as villagers came running into the area, covering the Jaffa, so it would be difficult to aim at them. The group of villagers yelled as they charged ahead. The SGC teams seeing that they only had swords shot at their feet, driving them back, but they also had to duck staff blasts. O'Neill and Makepeace heard shots fire from behind them, as they saw two Jaffa fall to the ground, leaving the villagers standing. The other two Jaffa froze, trying to figure out where the shots came from, but before they could aim their staffs another two shots were heard as they fell to the ground. The rest of the villagers seeing the Jaffa fall dropped their weapons and put their hands up.
"Woo Hoo! Now that's what I call shooting!" Makepeace smiled as he got up.
"Yes it is isn't it?" Jack said as he also got to his feet.
The other SGC troops quickly checked to make sure the Jaffa were dead, and the villagers were under control. "So who should we thank for that outstanding marksmanship?" Makepeace said looking at the SGC teams. They all looked around waiting for someone to speak up, but they all had puzzled looks on their faces. One young captain spoke up. "I think the shots came from behind you Sirs."
Jack grinned, as Makepeace looked surprised. "Well Jack, you gonna fill us in on who the shooter is?"
"Well Robert, I'd be happy to, you seem to owe your ass being saved to one very feminine member of SG1." Jack's grin only widened, as he saw the astonished look on Makepeace's face. "Well Robert, you got everything handled here? I have to go check on my team."
"Yea sure Jack, Major Griff seems to be handling things fine, I'll come with you."
They noticed Teal'c first who was at Daniel's side, helping him up. "You two alright?" Jack asked.
"Yea I'm fine." Daniel said as he was brushing the dirt off of himself, and Teal'c just nodded.
"That's two down, one to go." Jack said as he headed towards the tree Carter had been hiding behind, with the others following him.
When Jack arrived, he saw that Carter was leaning against the tree, and had her left arm around Kavan's shoulder. "Are we interrupting something?" Jack said with a grin, which didn't last long when he saw how she looked.
"Ah Sire, I was just helping Sam, she was about to pass out." Kavan informed Jack.
"Yea I can see that." Jack said as he and Teal'c came up beside them and took over for Kavan. "We can take it from here Kavan, thanks."
Makepeace stepped forward; he didn't like having a villager that close to the group without having a weapon on him. He held his gun at the ready in case something happened. Then he saw Captain Carter. "Geez Captain, you look terrible."
Sam just lifted her head up slightly to look at Makepeace, "Why thank you Sir. You on the other hand look wonderful to me."
Jack laughed a little, "By the way nice shooting Carter, here let me help you with that." Jack unclipped her P90 and handed it to Makepeace. "Think you can make it back to the gate?"
"Yes Sir, with Teal'c's help I'm sure I can."
"We could always get you a ride back Captain, no problem getting a stretcher; you can even have your own honour guard." Makepeace offered.
"That's okay Sir, I'd like to make it back to earth on my own two feet."
O'Neill and Makepeace understood where she was coming from, and nodded their agreement.
"So Colonel O'Neill, what about my people?" Kavan asked.
"They're fine; they gave up as soon as the Jaffa were taken care of." Jack informed him.
Once they reached the gate, they saw that the villagers were all grouped together, and looking frightened. Teal'c helped Sam sit down on the steps by the DHD. Daniel saw the confusion the villagers were in, and felt he should lend a hand. "People, please listen. I know you are confused right now, but the Jaffa are gone; you can have your lives back"
The group just looked at each other, then one man spoke up. "More will just come back."
"Not if you don't call them, and bury your gate. If you do this, then no one will be able to come through." Daniel told them.
"But Martan will call them, like he did before." another man called out.
Jack had had enough. "Look Martan was not elected to lead your people; you don't have to follow him. You need someone who cares about your people and doing what is right; and from what I've seen there's only one man who fit's the bill." Jack walked over and put his hand on Kavan's shoulder. "This is your man right here."
Kavan just looked astonished at what was just said. How could he lead his people? "I…I'm not sure I can do this."
Daniel stepped forward, "Kavan, I think you're the only one ready to take on this responsibility, you don't want to leave Martan in charge do you?"
"No we've had enough of Martan's justice; two of our people have already died for his mistakes." He looked at Teal'c but not with anger, but understanding. "You're right, we have to take back our lives, I am ready to lead you if you will have me." Kavan said to the group of villagers.
A resounding cheer of "Yea's" was yelled out as the villagers accepted Kavan as their leader.
"Kavan, you need to destroy that small circular object that's used to contact the Jaffa. Then for your safety you should bury the gate." Daniel told him.
"Kavan, there's a very nice lonely lady living in exile, I think she would appreciate being welcomed back into the village." Jack told him.
"Ah you mean Anika, yes I know; I think as Magistrate I will give her back her house that Martan had taken over."
"What are you going to do about Martan?" Jack asked.
"Besides leaving him tied to the tree, I think we will have a town meeting to decide his fate; as well as the Jaffa's." He then went over to where Sam was sitting and knelt down in front of her. "Sam, I am so sorry for what happened to, and I wish to thank you for all you've done to help us." He then reached for her hand and kissed it. Then he went back to O'Neill.
"Well if you two are finished, we should be headed home." Jack said as he headed over to Carter. He watched as Makepeace gathered the men and got ready to head out, "Daniel if you would be so kind as to dial up the gate."
Daniel did so as Jack and Teal'c helped Carter up, and the four of them entered the gate together.
A/N : Ah they finally made it home. Safe and Sound. Or Not? Should be another chapter coming up dealing with what happens when they get home.
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