Chapter twelve

Janet hurried to the VIP room that Megan was staying in.

Pushing the door open she saw Megan sitting on the floor leaning against the bed sobbing.

"Megan, what's happened? Do you know who took the boys?"

Janet asked while she frantically searched the room for any sign of the twin's whereabouts.

"I don't know Janet, they were gone when I woke up." Megan replied.

"Oh god, Daniel isn't back yet is he, he might have come and taken them so I could sleep in. Yes it had to have been him Janet."

Janet kneeled down next to the distraught mother and offered her some tissues.

"No sweetie, SG1 hasn't returned as of yet.

Helping Megan to her feet, Janet helped her get dressed.

After she had splashed some water on her face and changed Janet took her straight to General Hammond's office.

Entering the office after hearing a faint Enter called from inside, Janet helped Megan sit in a chair opposite the General.

"What's wrong Dr? Is Megan ok?" He asked taking in Megan's appearance.

"Sir it seems the babies have been taken from Megan's room in the VIP quarters. She awoke this morning and they were missing. Can I request that we check the security cameras from the hallway outside her room, and recall SG1?" Janet answered.

Picking up his phone the General called the security room, and after a short conversation ordered the tapes of the hallway to be reviewed straight away.

"On the other matter Dr, I can not recall SG1 as they are undercover and as of this morning we have no idea where they are. Last we heard was that they had been taken aboard a ship heading towards the planet where Jacob is."

Megan who had been sitting back watching all of this, pulled her self together.

She wiped her face free of tears, stood up and adjusted her clothes so they looked somewhat decent and turned to the general.

"Sir my children are missing, I would like to request that somebody please check on Cassie and Caitlyn as they are looking after Johnny for me at the moment. I am fully prepared to search every house in a 100 mile radius if need be to find my boys. And I can tell you this now that when I find who ever did this too me, that after I'm done with them they will only be recognizable by there dental records." (Thanks to EyeCandy for that one.)

"And with your permission sir I would like to go and view those tapes."

"Granted, Captain, but before you go."

"Yes sir?"

"Well make sure you leave a little bit more than teeth. I need something to throw in the brig."

Megan left his office quickly with Janet closely on her heels,

"Megan, are you sure you should be doing this? You should still be resting."

"Janet what would you do if somebody had taken Cassie away from you. You would hunt them to the ends of the universe and beyond. That's what I intend to do. Who ever the hell did this is about to learn that you don't get an O'Neill angry."

"Well just promise me you will take it easy. And I am not leaving your side until we find the boys."

Entering the surveillance room, Janet introduced Megan to the two men sitting at the console.

"The general said that he had spoken to one of you about reviewing the security cameras from floor 21 outside room 4. Can we see it airman?" Janet asked while taking a seat and motioning for Megan to do the same.

Silently they all watched the tape from the time Megan had entered the rooms with Janet and the twins until someone in a large dark jacket with a hood slowly walked past the room.

Then a few moments later turned around and walked back past the other way. On their third pass at the door, the person stopped and carefully slid a key into the lock and turned it.

The person knew where the camera's were, not looking up once.

After entering the room, about ten minutes passed before the figure exited the room, with two noticeable bulges under their jacket.

"They must be using those baby sling things. Can we follow them, through the facility?" Megan asked one of the airmen.

"Yes mamm. It will just take a few minutes."

Megan turned to Janet with a mixture of absolute rage and pure fear shining in her eyes.

"Janet what do I do? How am I supposed to tell Daniel that I slept while somebody stole our children?"

Janet responded by pulling the woman into a hug.

"Megan don't you dare feel guilty, don't you dare blame yourself for this."

"Mam, we have followed the person through the facility, they seem to have headed straight for the elevator and to the surface. It looks like a she. Mam here you can see that she looks up in the elevator at the floor indicator apparently. Wait a sec ill see if I can freeze it. There we go. Do you know that person?"

Megan looked at the image and couldn't believe her eyes. Pure rage took over as she left the room, tipping her chair over as she left.

"Megan, where are you going?" Janet asked as she quickly followed the smoldering woman out the door.

All of a sudden Megan turned on the spot and composed herself slightly.

"Where does she live Janet? Tell me her address."

"I'm not going to tell you Megan, we will get a team to go over there. Go back to your room, while I go and inform the general what is going on."

Seeing the look of determination in Megan's face Janet told her again to go to her room and wait.

Realizing that she couldn't get any further with the doctor Megan agreed with a short nod and turned in the direction of the elevators.

Janet followed her as far as that and then took off as fast as her high heels could carry her towards the general's office.

Once Megan was in the elevator she hit the floor number for where she wanted to go.

Stepping off on floor 20, Megan headed straight for Sam's office where her laptop would get Megan the information she needed.

She only made one more stop on the way to the surface after finding the information that she needed.

She stopped by the SG1 locker room to pick up the keys to her fathers truck out of his locker. He had told her that they were there if she needed them for anything.

After finally getting thru all the check points Megan came to the conclusion that it was harder to get out of the complex than to get in.

Driving down the mountain road, Megan tried to think of a way to approach the bitch that had taken her children.

Should she just knock on the door and then knock her out or should she really beat the shit out of her.

Deciding that she didn't have a clue as to what to do, she decided to wing it.

Quickly navigating her way through the streets toward the desired address Megan sped up as she neared her destination.

Pulling up a few houses away from the street number that she wanted Megan winced as she got out of the car.

She thought that she might have pulled a couple of stitches from her caesarean incision. Nothing she could do about it now.

Megan might have been only a Captain in the air force but she was well trained in hand to hand combat and had done some level three training in that field.

It also didn't hurt that her father originated from the black ops or that her stepmother taught the level three courses.

Slowly navigating her way around the outside of the correct house, Megan noticed a few things.

There was only one light on, and she could hear babies crying. Positive that they were hers, Megan got as close to the window as she could and covertly looked in.

The bitch that had taken her children was laying on the lounge with the remote, turning the volume up on the TV.

Suddenly she started yelling at the screaming children to shut up.

Apparently giving up she turned back to the TV.

Megan didn't know what to do, does she go in directly or does she try and sneak in and steal the boys back.

It's not like bitch face would hear a bomb go off at the moment anyway.

Satisfied that she couldn't see any weaponry in the direct area she decided on the former.

She snuck around to the front of the house and tried the front door. Megan couldn't believe how stupid this woman must be to leave the bloody front door unlocked.

Lucky for me, stupid for her, she thought to herself.

Back on the base.

Janet had just reported to the general on what had happened she was on her way to stay with Megan when the alert for unscheduled off world activation sounded.

Running to the gate room, Janet arrived just in time to see Jacob Carter thrown from the open gate at a high velocity.

Six other people hurled through the gate at equal speed. Janet counted the four members of SG1 and the two tokra operatives that had first arrived on base yesterday.

Unconsciously checking each member of the group over with her medical eye, Janet noticed that Daniel wasn't getting up like the others.

Quickly moving to his side Janet noted that he appeared to have had a blow to the head, judging by the amount of blood running down his cheek.

Calling for a gurney, Janet looked up from him for a moment to take in the various wounds of the others.

Jack appeared to be limping rather badly, not that he would ever admit it.

Sam seemed to have hurt her left arm, judging by the way she was cradling it with her right.

The others appeared to have minor bruising and cuts.

There was nothing that couldn't wait a moment.

Daniel was halfway out the door being pushed by some orderlies towards the infirmary.

Just then the general's voice could be heard above the other clatter and noise ordering the rest of the SG1 to the briefing room immediately.

Janet followed Daniel straight to the infirmary silently glad that he wasn't awake for the news the other members of his team would be getting in a moment.

"Colonel O'Neill, I see that you were successful in your task of rescuing General Carter." Hammond stated as he, Teal'c and Major Carter entered the room.

"Please take a seat." Once everyone was seated he continued.

"Jack, I am going to be frank here. Megan awoke this morning to find that the twins were missing out of her room." Before it fully registered, the General continued.

"Johnny is fine he is at Janet's house under guard with Cassie and Caitlyn."

"What the hell? What do you mean that they were missing, are they still missing and where is Megan?" Jack stood shouting towards but not at the General.

"Megan is in her room in the VIP quarters, and no Jack they have not been found. We are pretty sure who has taken them she was caught on security camera leaving Megan's room. We have dispatched the police to the address of the woman, a Lt Alison Baxter. She is a nurse in the infirmary and it appears that she threatened Megan last night, and followed that with stealing the children."

"Permission to go to the address and bring my grandson's home, sir." Jack said as he stood to leave.

Major Carter and Teal'c who both stood and informed the General of their intention to go as well quickly followed him.

"The only place you three are going is either the infirmary or to Megan's room to tell her that you arrived home safe. Now dismissed, and Jack if I find out that you are even contemplating leaving the mountain then I will lock you in the brig. Be there for you daughter, she needs you Jack. I'm going down to check on Daniel." The general finished off as he left the room.

The remaining occupants of the room took off to find Megan, except Teal'c who followed the General to check up on Daniel at Jack's order.

Arriving at the room, it took all of three seconds for the soldiers to realize that the room was empty and had been for a while.

Heading straight for the infirmary the two did not speak until they arrived and quickly reported their findings to the General.

"Sir, he is just regaining consciousness now." Janet said to General Hammond.

"Can everyone please leave the room except Colonel O'Neill?" The General ordered not asked.

"Son, are you awake, can you concentrate on what I'm saying." The general said quietly while he watched Daniel's face for any recognition that he was being heard.

"Oy, Danny boy, wake up." Jack tried with a little less dignity.

That seemed to get the attention of the archaeologist. His eyes slowly opened and focused on the two men by his bed.

"Hey Daniel it looks like you bumped your head, but can you concentrate on what I'm saying." Jack asked a little more insistent this time.

Daniel slowly nodded while he took in his surroundings. Realizing that he was in the infirmary Daniel looked toward the room where Megan had been staying.

"Where is Megan?" Daniel asked still half in a daze.

The General and Jack both looked at each other deciding who would tell Daniel.

Jack took the lead.

"Daniel, last night while Megan was asleep, someone, one of the nurses broke into her room, and stole the twins. The general told me that they have dispatched the Military Police to her residence and are going to bring the boys home."

Jack sat down on the bed next to Daniel waiting for his mind to catch up with everything that Jack had just told him.

"Where is Megan? Is she alright? I have to go and find her." Daniel quickly blurted out as he tried to get out of the bed.

Pulling on Jack's arm so he could lift himself up to a sitting position.

As soon as he was sitting Jack had to quickly grab him before he fell forward of the bed.

"Daniel don't be stupid, you are no help to anyone if you hurt yourself more. Megan is in her room asleep, Janet gave her a sedative the same kind she is going to give you." With that, Jack nodded to Janet to inject the sedative into Daniel's IV tube.

After the archaeologist had fallen in to a fitful sleep, Jack motioned for the Doctor and the General to follow him outside.

"General, where is Megan, she wasn't in her room." Sam asked in a minor panic as the general exited the infirmary.

"But Jack just said that she was asleep in her room." The General responded.

"Sir, she wasn't in her room, I only said that so Daniel would calm down." Jack replied.

"General, permission to go and find my daughter." Jack asked already heading down the hallway to the elevators.

"Granted, you two go as well. Jack. Be careful."

General Hammond watched as Colonel O'Neill, Major Carter and Teal'c went to find Megan and her sons.

Arriving in the locker room first, Jack opened his locker and pulled out a jacket and looked for his car keys.

"Shit she must have taken the truck. The keys are gone. Carter can we take your car?"

"Yes sir, got the keys lets go. I got Baxter's address from Janet while you were talking to Daniel."

The three of them headed for the surface and to the address of Lt Alison Baxter.

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