Thanks everyone for reviewing! A lot of this chapter is from the transcripts of Death Knell but I added my own content in here. I hope you like it.
Sara Loughlin beta'd both this and the last chapter... three cheers for Sara!
2 days later...
Samantha Carter waited impatiently for her 'babysitter' to immerge. "Daniel!" She called.
The door flew open, "Sorry Sam," Daniel mumbled, "I got caught up in a translation last night and-"
She handed him a cup of coffee. "You ready to go?"
He nodded.
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"Jannnneeetttttt!" She whined, "Come on, I've rested the two days, the Colonel wouldn't even let me look at a BOOK the first day!"
Janet sighed, "You are physically fit but..." She didn't finish, "Headaches?"
"Nope."
Janet flipped through her file, "You know Sam, you could go tomorrow..."
Carter sighed, "Dad can only stay a few days Janet."
Janet sighed, "All right, off you go."
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"Be careful Sam."
"Chevron five encoded!"
Carter adjusted her 'pack, "Yes Daniel," she said patiently, "I'll be careful."
"Chevron six encoded!"
"Well Carter," Jack began, "Don't stay up too late."
She grinned, "I won't sir."
Teal'c gave her a slight bow, "Until we meet again."
"Chevron seven... LOCKED!"
Carter gave them a quick wave before disappearing.
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"Colonel Riley sir!"
"Major Carter..." He greeted, "It's good to see you."
She smiled, "Is my dad here?"
He shook his head, "Not yet I'm afraid. Let me show you to your quarters."
She nodded and followed him. Truth be told, since she had helped design it, she knew exactly where to go-
Riley's 'talkie jumped to life. "Colonel Reynolds sir?" She heard.
"This is Riley, what is it?"
"The Stargate just activated. Jacob Carter is here sir."
"Bring him to the lab. I'll drop off my bags and meet him there." Carter said as he looked at her indecisively.
He nodded and hurried away. She continued her way down the hall and stopped at the first 'VIP' room. She dropped her bags on the beds and sighed.
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Two days later...
Jack jogged into the control room just as the wormhole disengaged. "How's Carter?" he asked.
"She's fine Colonel."
"Jacob?"
"He's fine too. They've made progress on the weapon."
He nodded. "That's good."
George nodded.
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Jacob opened a door and slammed it closed. He repeated this several times before finally asking, "Where's the matrix crystal?"
"Next to the primaries," she said pointing absently.
"I can't find anything in here," he complained. "I had a system back at the old Alpha site."
"The location of the old Alpha site was compromised when Anubis used his mind probe on Jonas. You didn't really wanna hang around there did you?"
"I just want to be able to work as efficiently as possible. Anubis' drones are kicking the crap out of the System Lords and we're next. This prototype should have been done weeks ago."
"It's done, it's just not 'finished'." She said doing air quotes.
Jacob raised an eyebrow, "Interesting distinction."
She stifled a groan, "We only got Telchak's device a month ago, I'm surprised we were able to come up with something so quickly."
"In its current configuration, the weapon is only 70 percent effective at countering the reanimation technology."
"The power unit you were using hasn't been properly calibrated, this one will be better." She said with a barely detectable trace of smugness.
"Maybe."
Carter set down her tool. "Have you not had your coffee this morning?"
Jacob fidgeted. "Selmak doesn't like coffee." He said finally.
"You gave up coffee for your symbiote?" She asked staring at him, "I didn't know that." She mumbled.
"We never talk anymore, Sam."
As she began to retort, sirens began wailing. Before they could do more then exchange startled glances, a young man rushed into the room.
"Lieutenant Glen, what's happening?" She demanded.
"We're under attack," he said quickly, "we just picked up Goa'uld ships entering the atmosphere. Colonel Riley has ordered an immediate evac to beta. We're bugging out right now."
Carter turned to see her dad staring Lieutenant Glen with fear in his eyes.
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Jack burst into the control room, "What happened?" He demanded.
The General sighed, "Approximately 20 minutes ago, the approach of Goa'uld ships prompted the evacuation of the Alpha site."
"Sam was doing research there." Daniel said staring at the gate.
"She and Jacob were working on a weapon to neutralize Anubis' new soldiers. At the moment we have no idea what happened to either of them."
"How many people got out?" Jack asked. Did Carter? Did Carter?
"Casualty reports are still coming in from the Beta site, but at least 90 people are still missing including the base commander Colonel Riley."
Jack's eyes narrowed. "I thought the location of the Alpha site was secret." he commented.
"They'd gotten there in a Tok'ra ship, it's a completely new address." Daniel said. "Sam gated to another planet and was picked up by a Tok'ra ship then dropped off."
"Yet evidently, somehow the Goa'uld have discovered its whereabouts." Teal'c said, ignoring the latter part of Daniel's speech.
"Chevron seven locked, wormhole is stable Sir. No radio chatter." Walter announced.
"Send the MALP." George ordered.
"Yes Sir." He pressed a few buttons and the MALP disappeared.
"MALP is on route, receiving MALP telemetry." He stopped and looked at him. "Sir, my instruments are telling me that the MALP is on its side."
"Do we still have camera control?" He asked.
"Yes Sir."
Daniel bit his lip, "If the Stargate was knocked over and is lying face down on the ground, then the event horizon would have excavated a cavity underneath it. The MALP came through, and fell into the hole."
"There is no way to know if the DHD survived the attack." Hammond began.
"If we were to bring an alternate power source we could ..."
"Dial up manually." Daniel finished.
"But you could possibly be under enemy fire." Hammond objected.
"We'll be fine Sir, the gate dug the perfect foxhole." Jack said giving his commanding officer a pleading look.
He gave them a curt nod. "You have a go, good luck Colonel."
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Hours later...
Jack and SG-1 were about to return to the SGC when Jack spotted Jacob trapped under a tree.
"Anubis' drones..." Jacob said, gasping as Teal'c lifted the tree of off him.
"We know." Jack assured him.
Jacob fumbled with his pockets, "Take this," he ordered, handing them the insert that he and his daughter had been working on only hours ago, "It's not a hundred percent, but it's all we've got. It only has a few more shots. Sam has a fully charged power unit."
"Where is she?" Jack demanded.
Jacob gave him a haunted look. "I don't know. I don't even know if she's still alive."
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Jack sent Daniel back with Jacob along with the survivors Reynold's had found earlier. As he and Teal'c silently continued to search, Jack berated himself for allowing her to go to the Alpha site. He should've known something was going to happen. Every time one of them went by themselves to a planet, they were captured by Una's or got stuck on a planet where it was flooding or... chased by a super solider.
"Do not blame yourself O'Neill." Teal'c said quietly, "You could not have prevented this."
"That's where you are wrong T. I could have."
"O'Neill. Have you shared with Major Carter your-"
"Not now T, I'm not in the mood."
The Jaffa nodded silently. They continued walking until Teal'c stopped. "Footprints."
"Standard issue from the SGC." Jack mumbled.
"Indeed. The depth of the imprint is consistent with someone of Major Carter's size."
"There's another set over there." Jack said trying to conceal his concern.
"They seem to be much larger, perhaps a drone."
"Yeah..."
"Do you believe that this prototype weapon will be effective against it?" Teal'c asked.
"We'll jump off that bridge when we come to it."
"What bridge is it you speak of O'Neill?"
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Carter dragged herself behind some trees. She looked down and sucked in a breath. Her leg was severely wounded and shewas thirsty! She flattened herself as the drone passed her.
Jack, hurry...
After what seemed like hours to her, she finally tried to get to the water. As soon as she reached the shoreline, the super solider spotted her. She dove out of the way on the incoming blasts.
As she hurried away, she saw her. The little girl looked worried.
"Grace?" She whispered then ducked as a blast was heard not too far from her. Her eyes widened as she saw a UAV fall to the ground.
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Jack stopped as he was paged.
"Go ahead."
"A UAV has been shot down in your area. It's four clicks away on a heading of three two zero degrees from your present location."
"We're on it." Jack said giving Teal'c a quick look.
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Grace watched as Sam tried to drag herself to the damaged UAV. She ran forward and silently helped her towards it.
"Thank you." Sam gasped. Grace nodded and 'left'.
She quickly set up the missile in the UAV. As she finished, the drone approached. She quickly ducked but too late- the solider had spotted her and was firing. She set off the missile. It headed straight for him.
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Grace appeared in front of Jack. "Quickly!" she gasped. "Hurry, she's in trouble!"
Jack heard the sound of a loud explosion and the two men dashed off.
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Sam sat on the bank staring at the super solider. It was over. It was done. She could-
NO! She internally screamed as the super soldier's arm suddenly came up from the dirt and aimed at her. She dashed behind a rock as Jack and Teal'c appeared on the scene. Jack hurried to her side.
"Carter I need the..." She handed him the weapon insert. "Thank you." He muttered.
He aimed carefully and fired two shots. The solider fell.
"Cover him!" Jack yelled turning to Carter.
"Is it..." she stopped and took a deep breath.
"Yeah, he's dead..." He looked over at Teal'c. "Right Teal'c? He's dead?"
Teal'c kicked the super solider then nodded.
"Yeah, he's dead," Jack said. "You wanna get up?"
"I just need to rest for a minute." She said trying to catch her breath.
Jack looked at her, she looked completely exhausted. "Come here." He half ordered putting his arm around her.
Teal'c looked at his friends then back at the super solider. He clicked his radio and spoke quietly into it. They had found Major Carter and were bringing her home.
Longer chapter but I wanted to get this covered. Now onto Grace!
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