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Italic represents the present. Bold Italics represent Sam's thoughts in the present. Everything else is a flashback.
Previously:
Sam ran…
Sam hesitated a fraction of a second, until a staff blast hit the wall by her face, forcing her into action. The last thing she saw was O'Neill's eyes closing as his life left him.
Sam ran. She was so close to the Gate that she could see it through the trees. She had not seen any Jaffa since she escaped from the castle. The absence worried her. Either they're hiding near the Gate, or…are the bringing him back? If the Jaffa could resurrect Apophis again, all of the sacrifices were a waste.
Tears started to pour down Sam's face and sobs ripped from her chest. Hold it together! Hold it together, dammit! She spotted the MALP and skidded to a stop beside it. The radio was right were she expected it to be.
She bit her lip hard to control her breathing. Slowly, Sam crept to the clearing where the Gate stood. It was completely empty. Refusing to consider what that might mean, Sam dashed for the DHD. She punched in a code for a planet she vaguely remembered as empty and ran through the wormhole.
Once she was on the other side, Sam screamed. The lifeless terrain echoed with her despair. All of the grief she had suppressed overwhelmed her and she fell to her knees. She had witnessed the murders of her three closest friends and she did not know how to go on.
Daniel! she sobbed. I'm so sorry! We failed you. We let him get you. Apophis had made it hideously clear that some part of Daniel had survived the hosting process but Sam had no idea how to save him. Her friend might exist as a shadow in a nightmare, powerless to stop it, forever.
Daniel, Teal'c, O'Neill. Daniel, Teal'c, O'Neill. DanielTeal'cO'Neill. Their faces raced around and around in her head. She saw Teal'c fighting for breath before the First Prime fired his killing blow. She saw the Colonel gasping his last order to her, thinking of all the others that had to be saved even while he died. And she saw Daniel, destroyed by his most hated enemy, but brave until the end, trying to give his friends time to escape.
Finally Sam's terrible grief burned itself out. Clearer thoughts came to her mind. Time had had no meaning while she curled on the ground, crying, but now she remembered that she had a mission to fulfill.
Sam dragged herself over to the DHD and punched in the code for Earth. When the event horizon had formed she clicked on the radio. "This is Major Samantha Carter of SG1. I am requesting emergency entry to the SGC, emergency access code Omega Chi Beta 1. Please respond."
Sam waited. She had never had to use this method to get home and was unsure how long it would take to get a response.
Finally, her radio crackled. "This is General Hammond. Access granted, please step through."
Sam walked through the Gate. As she expected, there were about 50 SG guards pointing an array of weaponry at her. She stopped at the head of the ramp while the wormhole disconnected.
"Stand down, stand down!" Hammond ordered. He walked up the ramp and took Sam by her arms as she swayed from exhaustion and shock. "Major, what happened? Where is your team?"
Sam was barely able to reply, "Dead sir. I think they're all dead."
This story continues in The Host, Part II: Something Of The Host Remains.