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Previously on Stargate SG-1
"Better wave good-bye kid" Sam whispered "I doubt you'll ever see it again"
Sari waved blindly for a moment then collapsed on the floor, sobbing.
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"Our operative will drop them off at a nearby planet, they will return by Stargate. It tis around three of your days"
"Are they ok?"
"Yes"
The gate deactivated and the whole room broke into cheers
And now the continuation...
At the SGC...
The days dragged by slowly for General O'Neill. The staff spent their time decorating th bland walls of the SGC with banners and balloons and the kitchen staff even baked several cakes and added a huge supply of blue jello
On the Tok'ra ship...
The time seemed to fly except for at night when Sari sobbed herself to sleep.
Lena and Daniel were teasing each other like old friends and Teal'c 'updated' Sam on what had happened during her time away. Sari spent most of her time sitting next to Kayan, just staring out the 'window' at hyperspace.
13 hours before their arrival
Sam excused herself from a game of Twenty Questions which the others were playing...
"Hey Sari, you ok?"
She looked up "I betrayed my family Sam! My family!"
"You said they probably would have killed you!"
She looked away
"Sari, if you'd like, Kayan IS going back, he could take you home" Sam began slowly
Her head snapped up "Really?"
Sam looked down. Believe it or not, she had grown very attached to the young girl
Sari studied her "Why are you sad?"
"I've grown found of you" Sam admitted
"Really?"
"Yeah"
Sari gave her a quick hug then wandered off to think
12 hours until Sam is home, 12 hours till she'll be home! One and Eleven hours left until.. only 12 hours left! And 12 hours until-
Knock Knock "Uhh, sir?" came a moment later.
Jack quickly pulled his legs on the desk and sat up like a proper military General was, not that he was one...
"Enter!"
Walter entered "The papers you requested sir"
Jack scanned them briefly "Thank you Walter" he said with a smile
He nodded and left
-she'll be home...
"We are there"
With that simple announcement, chaos began on the ship
"Where's my bag?"
"I can't find my GDO!"
"Hey, there's my granola bar I was eating yesterday!"
Everyone turned to stare at Daniel who was happily munching on it
"What?" he demanded
They shrugged and turned back to their various tasks
Sari pulled Sam aside "I want to stay with you"
"You don't want to go home?" Sam clarified
"I want to go to Earth"
Sam hugged her tightly and then went to inform Kayan of Sari's decision.
5 minutes later
"Sari, before you go, could you please tell me where you buried the crystals?" Kayan asked "I might have to use the Stargate"
Sari nodded "They are buried around the star device. Sam calls it a 'DHD'. Be careful, they are only a few inches under"
He smiled "It will turn alright in the end" he said softly "When I was eleven, the Goa'uld killed my parents. The Tok'ra took me in. My friends considered me a traitor for joining the Tok'ra"
"But I'm not going to be a Tok'ra"
He bit his lip. She looked so honestly confused it was amusing"My point was is that it will be ok in the end"
She gave him a tentative smile "Thank you Kayan"
He nodded "Now off with you" he said gesturing to the ring room where everyone one else was assembled
"Ready?" he asked
They all nodded
He entered the correct code and the rings carried them away.
"INCOMING WORMHOLE!"
With that, all SG members filed into the gate room
"It's SG-1 IDC sir" Walter said trimpuhantly
"Open it!" he ordered running down the stairs and into the gate room
The event horizon ripped as one, two, three, four and then five people entered. The gate dissengaged
"SG-1" Jack began
"WELCOME HOME!" he cried charging up the ramp. Lena and Sari stepping away, alarmed
"T-Buddy" he said slapping him on the back
"It is good to see you as well O'Neill"
"Space monkey!"
Daniel rolled his eyes but accepted the hug offered
"Carter" Jack began
She looked at him "I'm home"
He pulled her into a bone-crushing hug "Don't ever do that again" he whispered into her ear
"Yes sir" she said pulling away
"Welcome home Colonel"
"It's good to be back sir"
"I have a feeling this is going to be a long debriefing"
"Oh yeah"
"And who are these two ladies?"
Sam smiled "This is Sari. Sari helped me escape"
"Escape?" he asked suddenly looking concerned
"I'll explain later" she said
"And this is Lena" Daniel said
"Colonel O'Neill, I have heard much of you" she said clearly extending her hand
"And I of you" he said gallantly
"You have no idea who I am do you?" she said amused
"The name rings a bell"
"I was perhaps introduced to you as Iana of the Tok'ra"
"You are a snake head?" he asked astonished "You are just a kid!"
"16!"
"So?"
She sighed "I do not currently have a symbiote"
"Ahh" he said brightly"Well, we have cake, so cake first then a shower then a debriefing?"
"Sounds great sir"
He smiled "Let's go!"
SAM is HOME!
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