AN: the funeral scene wasn't originally in the story but Vid z suggested I add a description so I did. Thanks.
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Jack stood in his dress blues and looked solemnly down at the grave in front of him that was being filled with earth. The headstone read: Major Samantha Carter. Modern genius, dedicated soldier and much loved daughter, sister and aunt.
His brown eyes were lifeless as he watched the earth cover the woman he loves's casket.
His whole demeanor screamed agony but no-one spoke to him. Nobody had the courage to reach out to the despairing soldier. Everyone wisely avoided him, everyone accept one of course.
"Jack" the worried friend spoke as he stood next to him.
"What Daniel?" Jack asked never lifting his gaze from the grave
"Jack, the funeral was over an hour ago" Daniel hinted "everyone's gone to the wake"
"You're here" Jack muttered as if this excused his unusual behaviour
"I'm still here out of concern for you Jack, are you coming to the wake?" he asked as he studied Jack's emotionless appearance.
"No" Jack replied breathing deeply. Daniel looked down at the grave and sighed
"She shouldn't have been the first" he exhaled "you know, I'm half expecting to wake up and find out that this has all been one horrible nightmare" Daniel added "every time we find ourselves in these situations, we seem to find an almost impossible way to set things right" Daniel sighed and Jack exhaled as his eyes started to well up. He blinked back the tears and adjusted his breathing to calm himself. They stood there in silence for a few minutes before Daniel looked over his shoulder to where Janet, Teal'c and Nina stood waiting.
"You going to be ok?" he asked and Jack nodded "alright, I'll see you at work" he said walking away. Jack waited until they were completely out of sight before he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small jewelry box. He carefully opened the box and smiled a heartbreaking smile at the engagement ring.
"Good bye Sam" he muttered as he tossed the jewelry box into the dirt, ring and all. One of the two men filling the grave looked up at him curiously.
"Bury it" Jack told the man and then walked off.
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"What's this?" Hammond asked eyeing the form Jack had placed in front of him. Jack sighed and sat down in the chair opposite Hammond.
"I've got to catch it George, I've got to kill the bastard that did this to her" Jack stated as Hammond pushed back the paper work for Jack to go off world.
"Colonel, I understand you want to seek revenge over your loss but I'm not about to let you go hunt down an Alien that we don't know anything about.We don't even know if it's hostile"
"George, I'm asking you as a friend. I need this" Jack pleaded. Hammond sighed and took the paperwork.
"Teal'c and Daniel will go with you" he warned and Jack nodded
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"I don't buy for a second that you wanted to come back just for revenge" Daniel stated as they came through the stargate.
"Yeah, I didn't think you would" Jack said as he checked his watch and placed his bag next to the planets DHD.
"What are you planning Jack?" Daniel asked walking towards him. Jack shot him a warning glance and then pulled out the comic book.
"Fine, you don't want to tell me, I won't push" Daniel said as he picked up the book. Jack looked at his watch again. It was counting down.
"You're sending this through aren't you?" Daniel asked as he read the note Jack had left at the front of the book.
"See that sun" Jack said pointing up at the sky "there will be a flare in 4 minutes and 16 seconds" he explained and Daniel shook his head at Jack
"You've planned everything haven't you? You can't just change what happened. She's dead Jack and there's nothing we can do about that"
"Yes there is, we did it before and now I'm doing it again. I'm going to send the book, we will read the note and then we will never cross that river. She won't die." Jack explained
"Jack even if it did work, do you think it would be just? She can't live forever and no matter what you do, you can't change that. You have to accept that one day she will die, there isn't always a happy ending" at his last remark, Jack was taken back to Sam and his last conversation. Something breached boiling point in Jack and without thinking Jack lost his temper and swung his fist at Daniel. When Daniel hit the ground, Teal'c aimed his Zat at Jack.
"Teal'c put that away" Jack rolled his eyes. Jacks watch began beeping and he started dialing the gate.
"You are behaving irrationally O'Neill" Teal'c stated
"Yeah well, you would be too under the same circumstances" he said before pausing "well maybe not you but you get what I mean" Jack said as he finished dialing the gate. The gate activated as the unstable wormhole became stable.
"Jack, don't do this" Daniel called as Jack walked up to the gate. Jack turned to Daniel and looked almost through him as if he was looking inside himself.
"I need her back. She wasn't supposed to die" with that, Jack dropped the book into the wormhole. If this worked, he didn't know.
He only hoped.