Part 7

The next two days Jack stayed on base and away from Sam. He did, however, watch the security tapes and seen Sam take pills seven different times, but he didn't know how many at once. On some level he was glad for that.

"Colonel O'Neill to the control room. Colonel O'Neill to the control room."

He stopped the tape and headed towards to the control room.

"Open the iris." Hammond ordered.

"Sir?"

"It's the Tok'ra."

As Jacob stepped through the gate, Jack went down to greet him.

"What's so urgent that me and only me had to be here immediately?" Jacob questioned, then looked around. "Where's Sam?"

"She's fine. Actually, I'm the one that needs to talk to you alone." Jack responded.

"Sure." Jacob agreed.

"How about topside?"

"Lead the way."

The trip to the top of the mountain was made in silence. Jack led Jacob to a place that was a little secluded and far enough away so the guards wouldn't hear.

"What is it, Jack?"

"I want you to take Sam and stay with the Tok'ra for a little while."

"What's wrong?"

"I've tried talking to her. Janet has tried talking to her. We just cant get through to her . Now with Tori here all we seem to do is fight. She's got a couple things going on with her that I can't help with, mainly because she won't talk to me about it. She just needs to get away someplace where she doesn't have access-"

"Jack. You're rambling. I'm not understanding what you're saying. You want me to take Sam to live with the Tok'ra without her knowing about it?" At Jack's affirmative nod, Jacob continued, "Why?"

"You remember the mission that took Sam off SG-1?"

"Yeah. I came here to try the healing device, but there was still damage that it couldn't repair."

"Well, everything seemed fine. Sam was getting better. We bought a house together and rented hers, since she didn't want to sell. The pain pills Janet gave her ran out months ago. Then about two months ago, she started getting these mood swings. At first I thought it was just because the realization was setting in. Then Tori came-"

"Tori?"

"High school girlfriend." Jacob made a little noise and Jack continued, "The day Tori came to the SGC, Sam just took off. She left a note saying she was getting together with Janet. I got a call that night from Janet saying Sam was in the hospital."

"Is she alright?"

"She was fine. She just had four glasses of wine with a high dosage pain killer."

"I thought you said her pain meds ran out?" Jacob asked, confused.

"That's what we thought. Only we didn't know she was seeing a doctor outside the SGC. She has mood swings. Her attitude has been going downhill and she hardly talks to anyone, especially when we bring up the pills. She's showing every sign of-"

"Addiction. You think my baby girl is addicted to pain pills?" Jacob said in disbelief.

"Someone approached Janet and told her they witnessed Sam taking three of those pills at once. I've watched the security tapes from the last two days. She took at least one pill seven different times.

"Let me go talk to the high council." Jacob said, getting up from the big stone he was sitting on. He started walking away, but turned back towards Jack who was still sitting there. "You do know if the high council approves of her coming, she's going to be mad at you for this."

"She'll be mad because she'll know I'm trying to stop her from taking the pills. As long as I know that you're trying to help her and there's a sliver of hope she'll get better, I'll be okay."

"Thank you for telling me about this. When I look at you and Sam I see her mother and me. You two are going to make it. You've had too much against you to ever give up."

"Thanks Jacob. That means a lot."

TBC...