One month later.
Jack was waiting by the phone as was usual these days. Sam and the rest of SG1 minus him of course was an hour over due for their check in.
Jack knew from personal experience that an hour was nothing, it could be something as simple as it taking them longer than expected to hike back to the gate. But he always worried now that he wasn't with his team any more.
He knew that Sam was a more than capable leader. Hell he had known that for years. But it was the waiting that got to him.
He was sitting in his office trying to keep him self busy with the latest reports on the new trainee's. They all seemed to be progressing well, he thought to himself. The foothold situations that they were staging to weed out the personnel that wouldn't handle more stressful situations, seemed to be the best training device to date.
They had only finished one 24 hours ago, and it had proved successful.
The Lt that Sam had saddled him with when he took over the personnel training was proving her weight in gold.
Lt Hailey. She was bright, took orders well and most importantly understood my sense of humour.
It also helped the fact that she still looked like she was sixteen and just a graduate herself, even though she had been with the stargate program for almost a year now. Her young looks helped her join in with the new recruits and work from the inside.
A knock at the door woke him up out of his thoughts just as they had started to drift back to Sam.
"Come." He hollered.
"Nice to see you too Dad." Megan said as she came in the room pushing a double pram with two babies in it and a toddler who rushed in the room.
"Sorry sweetheart." Jack said as he stood and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
Just as he sat down Johnny launched himself into his grandfathers lap, going straight for the draw on the desk that he knew held lollies and other assorted goodies.
"Don't I even get a hello?" Jack said with mock hurt in his voice to the boy on his lap.
Johnny reached up and gave Jack a kiss on the cheek, then continued on his search for goodies.
"What are you doing here? I didn't think you had a check up until tomorrow, so you could pick Daniel up when they get back." Jack asked.
"I came to take Janet shopping. She has the afternoon off, and I was bored sitting at home. But she isn't ready yet. So I thought I would come and bug you for a while."
"Good to know I'm only here to fill in time." Jack said with a smart arse grin on his face.
"So are you still coming over for dinner tonite?" Megan asked ignoring his previous comment.
"I suppose so. What you cooking?"
"What do you want? Your choice."
"I don't know surprise me. So what are you shopping for this afternoon?"
"Johnny needs some more clothes he has grown out of the summer ones that he has and I need to get all three of them some winter clothes. Do you want me to pick something up for you?" Megan asked as she leaned over the pram to clean the faces of the two boys in it.
"Yes you can actually. I have this thing on Lay-away, in at the shopping centre, could you pick it up for me. But I swear to god if either you or Janet mention a word of it ill shoot you both." Jack said as he rummaged through his wallet looking for the receipt.
"Why, what is it?" Megan asked as she took the receipt from her father.
Focusing on the receipt in front of her, Megan looked at the store name so she would know where to go. Looking up at her father as the name registered, she saw the happiest smile she had seen in a long time spread across his face.
"Benson's Jewellers. They are the most expensive jewellers in town. Is this what I think it is Dad?"
"Yep I bought it a couple of weeks ago. I was going to ask you to see it before I proposed any way."
Soon Jack had not only his grandson in his lap but his daughter wrapped around his neck hugging him.
"This is great dad, I'm so happy for you. Have you asked her yet or have you just bought the ring?"
"Just the ring. Your fine with this aren't you?" Jack asked as he unwrapped her grasp of his neck.
"Hell yes. Why wouldn't I be? I think it is great, you two belong together."
Just then the klaxons started ringing warning of a gate activation. Jack got up and told Megan to wait in the office with the children, while he went to see if it was SG1.
Arriving in the control room that overlooked the stargate, Jack looked around and found General Hammond standing behind Simmons's, who was at the computer.
"Know who it is yet sir?" Jack asked as he came up behind the General.
"No Colonel." The General replied.
The wormhole was established and the iris still closed, waiting for confirmation on who had established it.
"I have an audio signal coming through sir's." Simmons said as his fingers flew over the keyboard, as a voice crackled to life over the speakers.
"Can anyone hear me? Is any one there?" Came a muffled voice that sounded panicked.
"That's Jonas." Jack said as he sat down in front of the mike, not waiting for the General's permission.
"Jonas, its Jack can you hear me? What's wrong?"
"Jack, thank god, we have been trying for over an hour to get the gate to work. Sam and Teal'c are injured we need to come through but we don't have the IDC, the local's stole it along with everything else. The MALP is still here but I'm not sure if the camera works."
"Stay put we will just check it out, how badly are they hurt Jonas?" General Hammond replied.
"Teal'c will be fine, just superficial injuries. Sam is a little more worse off. You might want to get Janet there to meet us." Jonas said hesitating on the last part.
"Sir I have visual. No unfriendlies, just SG1." Simmons said over the noise of the machines in front of him.
"Medical team to the gate room, I repeat medical team to the gate room." The General said in to the loud speaker.
"Open the iris." He said to Simmons as he and Jack went down to the gate room.
Upon hearing the call for a medical team to the gate room, Megan left the twins asleep in their pram and Johnny playing with some toys and went into the adjoining conference room that over looked the stargate.
She watched the iris open as her father and the General walked into the room, closely followed by Janet and her medical team.
Moments later, four figures practically fell through the wormhole. Daniel had Sam in his arms walking down the ramp and Jonas the newest member of SG1 had Teal'c leaning on him as he followed Daniel.
Sam's normally blonde hair had a blood red tinge to it and her face looked like a big bruise. Just metres before the gurney that Daniel was heading to with Sam, he fell to his knees.
Jack rushed past the medical team to his side in an instant followed by Janet.
When Jack took Sam from Daniel's arms he noticed the amount of blood covering the younger man. Thinking it was all Sam's, Jack took her and put her on the gurney.
Janet obviously thinking the same, turned on her heel to take in Sam's injuries.
Teal'c was helped onto another gurney just as Sam was rushed through the huge steel doors to the infirmary.
Megan watching down from the observation window, stood there with a dumbfounded look on her face watching the scene unfold. It took her a few moments to register that Daniel wasn't getting up. She watched Sam get hurried out of the room with Janet.
Her father was hot on Janet's heels following along with Jonas and Teal'c on the second gurney.
"Can you please keep an eye on my children in Colonel O'Neill's office?" Megan said to the ever-present guard in the room as she turned to head down the stairs.
"Yes Mamm." Was all she heard as she headed down the stairs two at a time.
Reaching the stargate level, she rounded the corner through the steel doors so fast she almost took out one of the SF's as they were leaving the room.
"Daniel, what's wrong?" Megan said as she slid to her knees in front of him.
Daniel looked into her eyes but he wasn't really focusing on her. Megan raised her hands to cup his face, when she felt a presence behind her.
Looking over her shoulder she saw the General was still in the room and was hovering over her with a worried look on his face.
"What happened son? Are you hurt?" The general asked as he went down on to one bended knee beside Megan.
Daniel's gaze shifted from Megan to the General, but he still didn't say a word.
Suddenly his eyes rolled back in his head and he fell to the side.
Landing heavily on the ramp his glasses clattered off as Megan reached over to him.
She pulled open his jacket and realised that all the blood wasn't Sam's.
He had been beaten.
His under shirt was in shreds, it looked like he had been whipped.
Megan gently slapped his face trying to rouse him, as the General called for two of the SF's to carry him to the infirmary.
Thank you again for your patience I said this one would be loaded with in a week and here it is. I thought it was time for more of a dramatic turn. Let me know if you like it. Ellie Mae.
Jack was waiting by the phone as was usual these days. Sam and the rest of SG1 minus him of course was an hour over due for their check in.
Jack knew from personal experience that an hour was nothing, it could be something as simple as it taking them longer than expected to hike back to the gate. But he always worried now that he wasn't with his team any more.
He knew that Sam was a more than capable leader. Hell he had known that for years. But it was the waiting that got to him.
He was sitting in his office trying to keep him self busy with the latest reports on the new trainee's. They all seemed to be progressing well, he thought to himself. The foothold situations that they were staging to weed out the personnel that wouldn't handle more stressful situations, seemed to be the best training device to date.
They had only finished one 24 hours ago, and it had proved successful.
The Lt that Sam had saddled him with when he took over the personnel training was proving her weight in gold.
Lt Hailey. She was bright, took orders well and most importantly understood my sense of humour.
It also helped the fact that she still looked like she was sixteen and just a graduate herself, even though she had been with the stargate program for almost a year now. Her young looks helped her join in with the new recruits and work from the inside.
A knock at the door woke him up out of his thoughts just as they had started to drift back to Sam.
"Come." He hollered.
"Nice to see you too Dad." Megan said as she came in the room pushing a double pram with two babies in it and a toddler who rushed in the room.
"Sorry sweetheart." Jack said as he stood and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
Just as he sat down Johnny launched himself into his grandfathers lap, going straight for the draw on the desk that he knew held lollies and other assorted goodies.
"Don't I even get a hello?" Jack said with mock hurt in his voice to the boy on his lap.
Johnny reached up and gave Jack a kiss on the cheek, then continued on his search for goodies.
"What are you doing here? I didn't think you had a check up until tomorrow, so you could pick Daniel up when they get back." Jack asked.
"I came to take Janet shopping. She has the afternoon off, and I was bored sitting at home. But she isn't ready yet. So I thought I would come and bug you for a while."
"Good to know I'm only here to fill in time." Jack said with a smart arse grin on his face.
"So are you still coming over for dinner tonite?" Megan asked ignoring his previous comment.
"I suppose so. What you cooking?"
"What do you want? Your choice."
"I don't know surprise me. So what are you shopping for this afternoon?"
"Johnny needs some more clothes he has grown out of the summer ones that he has and I need to get all three of them some winter clothes. Do you want me to pick something up for you?" Megan asked as she leaned over the pram to clean the faces of the two boys in it.
"Yes you can actually. I have this thing on Lay-away, in at the shopping centre, could you pick it up for me. But I swear to god if either you or Janet mention a word of it ill shoot you both." Jack said as he rummaged through his wallet looking for the receipt.
"Why, what is it?" Megan asked as she took the receipt from her father.
Focusing on the receipt in front of her, Megan looked at the store name so she would know where to go. Looking up at her father as the name registered, she saw the happiest smile she had seen in a long time spread across his face.
"Benson's Jewellers. They are the most expensive jewellers in town. Is this what I think it is Dad?"
"Yep I bought it a couple of weeks ago. I was going to ask you to see it before I proposed any way."
Soon Jack had not only his grandson in his lap but his daughter wrapped around his neck hugging him.
"This is great dad, I'm so happy for you. Have you asked her yet or have you just bought the ring?"
"Just the ring. Your fine with this aren't you?" Jack asked as he unwrapped her grasp of his neck.
"Hell yes. Why wouldn't I be? I think it is great, you two belong together."
Just then the klaxons started ringing warning of a gate activation. Jack got up and told Megan to wait in the office with the children, while he went to see if it was SG1.
Arriving in the control room that overlooked the stargate, Jack looked around and found General Hammond standing behind Simmons's, who was at the computer.
"Know who it is yet sir?" Jack asked as he came up behind the General.
"No Colonel." The General replied.
The wormhole was established and the iris still closed, waiting for confirmation on who had established it.
"I have an audio signal coming through sir's." Simmons said as his fingers flew over the keyboard, as a voice crackled to life over the speakers.
"Can anyone hear me? Is any one there?" Came a muffled voice that sounded panicked.
"That's Jonas." Jack said as he sat down in front of the mike, not waiting for the General's permission.
"Jonas, its Jack can you hear me? What's wrong?"
"Jack, thank god, we have been trying for over an hour to get the gate to work. Sam and Teal'c are injured we need to come through but we don't have the IDC, the local's stole it along with everything else. The MALP is still here but I'm not sure if the camera works."
"Stay put we will just check it out, how badly are they hurt Jonas?" General Hammond replied.
"Teal'c will be fine, just superficial injuries. Sam is a little more worse off. You might want to get Janet there to meet us." Jonas said hesitating on the last part.
"Sir I have visual. No unfriendlies, just SG1." Simmons said over the noise of the machines in front of him.
"Medical team to the gate room, I repeat medical team to the gate room." The General said in to the loud speaker.
"Open the iris." He said to Simmons as he and Jack went down to the gate room.
Upon hearing the call for a medical team to the gate room, Megan left the twins asleep in their pram and Johnny playing with some toys and went into the adjoining conference room that over looked the stargate.
She watched the iris open as her father and the General walked into the room, closely followed by Janet and her medical team.
Moments later, four figures practically fell through the wormhole. Daniel had Sam in his arms walking down the ramp and Jonas the newest member of SG1 had Teal'c leaning on him as he followed Daniel.
Sam's normally blonde hair had a blood red tinge to it and her face looked like a big bruise. Just metres before the gurney that Daniel was heading to with Sam, he fell to his knees.
Jack rushed past the medical team to his side in an instant followed by Janet.
When Jack took Sam from Daniel's arms he noticed the amount of blood covering the younger man. Thinking it was all Sam's, Jack took her and put her on the gurney.
Janet obviously thinking the same, turned on her heel to take in Sam's injuries.
Teal'c was helped onto another gurney just as Sam was rushed through the huge steel doors to the infirmary.
Megan watching down from the observation window, stood there with a dumbfounded look on her face watching the scene unfold. It took her a few moments to register that Daniel wasn't getting up. She watched Sam get hurried out of the room with Janet.
Her father was hot on Janet's heels following along with Jonas and Teal'c on the second gurney.
"Can you please keep an eye on my children in Colonel O'Neill's office?" Megan said to the ever-present guard in the room as she turned to head down the stairs.
"Yes Mamm." Was all she heard as she headed down the stairs two at a time.
Reaching the stargate level, she rounded the corner through the steel doors so fast she almost took out one of the SF's as they were leaving the room.
"Daniel, what's wrong?" Megan said as she slid to her knees in front of him.
Daniel looked into her eyes but he wasn't really focusing on her. Megan raised her hands to cup his face, when she felt a presence behind her.
Looking over her shoulder she saw the General was still in the room and was hovering over her with a worried look on his face.
"What happened son? Are you hurt?" The general asked as he went down on to one bended knee beside Megan.
Daniel's gaze shifted from Megan to the General, but he still didn't say a word.
Suddenly his eyes rolled back in his head and he fell to the side.
Landing heavily on the ramp his glasses clattered off as Megan reached over to him.
She pulled open his jacket and realised that all the blood wasn't Sam's.
He had been beaten.
His under shirt was in shreds, it looked like he had been whipped.
Megan gently slapped his face trying to rouse him, as the General called for two of the SF's to carry him to the infirmary.
Thank you again for your patience I said this one would be loaded with in a week and here it is. I thought it was time for more of a dramatic turn. Let me know if you like it. Ellie Mae.
