As Jack left the room, Carter slept. Her eyes flew open at a sudden change of lighting. A white glowing light was beside her. She was startled and shot upright. The light faded and left a figure in its place. A figure she recognized.

"Orlin?" she asked stunned

"It's good to see you Samantha" he nodded

"What are you doing her? How are you here? Why are you here Orlin?" she asked

"To help you" he stated

"Help me?"

"Your journey ends here Samantha, I am here to help you through it" he explained

"Ends? I'm ascending? Shouldn't Oma be here?" she asked searching the room

"I'm sorry Samantha, ascension is only possible once you release your burden" Orlin stated in a solemn tone.

"Jack" she muttered realizing "he is my burden isn't he?"

"Sorry" he nodded

"Well then what's going on here?" she asked and suddenly found herself standing next to him. She turned towards the bed and saw herself lying there as Janet was trying to revive her.

"I'm dying" she whispered in shock and Orlin nodded placing a hand on her shoulder. She watched as Jack stared helplessly.

"You did this! It was you who stung me and that's why there was no mark" she accused

"No Samantha. Many things ascend. Creatures too ascend and sometimes they attempt to interact with those who have not ascended. You weren't ready and this is the result of a part of the creature remaining in you" Orlin explained

"Like a bee sting" she muttered "bees leave their stingers in the skin and the venom keeps flowing into the system. We couldn't remove it because we didn't know it was there and we had no way of finding it" she explained and Orlin nodded again. Sam watched as Janet called Sam's time of death and Jack's expression changed from panic to dread as he stared at her in disbelief.

"Orlin, you have to do something!" Sam snapped at him

"I'm sorry Samantha, there are rules…"

"Break them!" she yelled

"It's too late" he explained looking at her compassionately

"That's it! I just die! You're just going to let me die!"

"I can't help you Sam" he sighed

"Well what's going to happen?" she asked and Orlin bowed his head

"I am sorry Samantha" he said to the floor, when he looked up again she was gone. Samantha had died, despite her efforts to live.

"You will always be remembered" Orlin stated watching Jack.

Colonel, are you alright?" Janet asked standing beside him. He didn't turn to look at her. He kept his eyes on Sam. Janet wasn't sure he had heard her, she touched his arm and he turned to look at her. He opened his mouth to talk but decided against it and closed his mouth again. He pushed past Janet and left the room.

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Jack sat in Carter's lab, reading over boring reports and paperwork. He was reading her writing, picturing her typing away at her computer for hours at a time. He read her notes, imagining her grace as she scribbled down the words. He didn't absorb any of the information he read. He just read it aimlessly, wishing she were here.

"Jack" Daniel's voice disturbed him. Jack looked up briefly and then looked back at the papers. Daniel eased his way into the room and sat in a chair near him. "How are you coping?" he asked breaking the silence. Jack raised his eyes to Daniels and stared through him.

"What do you want Daniel?" Jack asked

"I'm worried about you" he admitted

"Don't be" Jack grumbled

"Jack, this is hard on everyone" Daniel tried "but it's no secret that Sam meant more to you. You're allowed to be upset"

"Daniel" Jack began "you're not helping" he sighed putting down the papers.

"I didn't think you'd be reasonable" Daniel muttered and Jack glared at him "well Hammond wanted me to tell you that Jacob is on his way. He doesn't know yet" Daniel explained "I'll tell him if you want me too" Daniel offered

"Don't bother Daniel" jack said getting up "I'll tell him" he said heading for the gate room.

Jacob walked through the gate smiling and eager to see his daughter. He hadn't been to Earth in months and was looking forward to a little father-daughter time. Jack waited for him at the base of the ramp. To Jacob's surprise, Daniel, Teal'c and Hammond stood next to him. The look on their faces that greeted Jacob was of agony at best. Pure dread was all Jacob saw on their faces. He stopped half way down the ramp, his heart jumped in his chest and he held his breath.

"Where is she?" was all he asked and Jacks solemn expression told him everything he needed to know

"How long ago?" he asked walking down the remainder of the ramp

"This morning" Hammond admitted "0613 hours" he explained

"Major Carter's death is unfortunate" Selmak cut in "it is a great loss for Jacob" he added

"If only we could all hide behind the snake" Jack scowled

"Jack, don't be an ass" Daniel growled at Jack. Jack ignored him and fled out of the gate room and back to his sanctuary in Carter's lab. He went back to his planning the impossible. He was determined to find a way to bring her back. Nothing presented itself but an idea came to mind. A risky idea that certainly wasn't legal.

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AN: sorry it's such a sad way for it to turn out. sorry this chapter is short. i will post more soon. i promise.

i dont like hurting Sam. dont hurt me. (looks around for the angry mob)

R+R