A/N: Thanks for all the reviews, and Captain Morgan I don't mind the little reminders they let me know your waiting patiently (or impatiently for an update). BookWorm37 I do know that the gate room is on level 28 which I think is enough, all the other floors don't really matter anyway. LOL. I'll tell you though I was debating myself whether that blanket should have slipped and having Jack singing Blue Moon.

Chapter 19

"So Carter you just about done?" Jack had been watching Sam working methodically at the computer for a while now. It looked like she was drained and about ready to fall asleep.

"All done Sir." Sam said leaning heavily back into the chair.

"Ok then Carter, let's get to bed."

Sam had to blink at what she just heard and couldn't help but grin. "What ever you say Sir. Do you think there's room for both of us?"

Jack looked at her in surprise, then realized what he just said. "Oh you know what I mean Carter." He said shaking his head. "Now grab the pole." Jack saw Sam start laughing. "The IV pole Carter, the IV pole. Geez you can be really evil sometimes." Jack said turning a little red.

Sam couldn't help but start to laugh at O'Neill's embarrassment, and could tell he was getting a little annoyed.

"Laugh now Carter, but remember who's going to be helping you into bed. Wouldn't want any little accidents now would we?" Oh yea that did it; Jack got Carter and could see the look on her face change as she took a gulp.

"Sorry Sir."

"Yea well I'll forget it this time, but remember no giggling Carter."

"Yes Sir." Sam answered, she knew O'Neill was putting it on but didn't want to take any chances he'd want a little revenge.

General Hammond had given Harm and Mac an interrogation room to work out of, for their investigation. They had piles of personnel files in front of them as well as print outs of lists of who was on and off base at the time of the attack.

"Boy this is going to take a while Mac." Harm said sighing as he looked through another file.

"You got that right Harm; so first up is Dr. Daniel Jackson." Although they had already met Daniel for a short time they still read through his file to get a better idea of what the man was really like.

"So are we ready for the interview?" Harm asked putting the file down.

"I think so." Mac said getting up and going to the door calling Daniel in for his interview.

"Please take a seat Dr. Jackson." Mac said going to take her own seat.

"Wow, so I guess we're being really formal for this, Colonel Mackenzie."

"Sorry but we have a job to do, and it is a serious one." Harm answered.

"So Dr. Jackson, we need to know where you were from 7 to 7:30 this morning?" Mac asked watching the man closely as he answered the question.

"Well I stayed in my quarters last night and went to my lab this morning. I'm not sure what time it was but it had to be around 5:30 and I was there when I heard the announcement over the PA system." Daniel said calmly.

"Do you always start work so early Dr. Jackson?" Mac asked.

"Well actually sometimes I even pull an all nighter; so the answer would be yes I do work long hours."

"Did anyone see you in your lab around that time?" Harm asked.

"I don't know, when I'm working I tend not to notice what's going on around me." Daniel was starting to feel a little angry at being a suspected.

"So there's no one who can vouch for you?" Mac said.

"Look Colonel, Commander in case you forgot, I've been working on trying to find out who tried to kidnap Sam…and yourself, for the past few days. We may have some people in custody, but we still don't know how many more people are out there, or where Colonel Kennedy is. Attacking that man would be counter productive; we need him to help us find the answers. I would think you would want to make that a priority not trying to place blame on me for something I didn't do." Daniel's face was starting to go red and felt like he'd had enough, all he wanted to do now was to get out of there and go talk with Jack.

"Well thank you Dr. Jackson, that will be all for now; if you think of anything else please let us know." Mac said as she watched the man get up and leave the room.

"Well he's certainly passionate." Harm said to Mac.

"Yea, you saw how he reacted in the briefing; his passion could have gotten the best of him."

"Yea but Mac, we were all quite affected by that briefing. If we didn't have a stone cold alibi we'd be on the top of the list too, and we didn't do it."

"Well let's just put him in the pile of possibilities and move on to the next person.

Teal'c sat stoically at the table facing Harm and Mac; other than telling them that he had been in his quarters he had not answered any more questions. "Come on Teal'c, we just want to know what you're feelings were about Stan." Mac asked feeling exasperated that he was not answering any more questions.

"Alright Teal'c I can see this is going nowhere, you can go for now." Harm said running a hand over his neck.

Teal'c got up, bowed and left the room; still not uttering a word. "Geez, he's not making this easy." Mac said.

"Yea well I've been reading his file, and somehow I don't think he'd be able to access the computer and hack into the security system."

"No, I bet Dr. Jackson could; what if they did it together? From the files, I've read they seem to work well together and have a close bond. All of SG1 have a close bond."

"Yea well it didn't take long for us to bond with them either." Harm said thinking of his time trying to protect Sam.

"I don't know if it was bonding, or admiration?" Mac said shaking her head.

"You know if either one of them is found guilty, Sam's not going to take it well."

"You never know, she still could have been responsible for the computer hacking, with a little help from her friends. We both know she's a genius when it comes to computers."

"Aren't you being a little harsh Mac, she did after all heal you and now you're suspecting her." Harm couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"You know me Harm, I'm always suspicious of everyone it makes me a good lawyer." Mac said with a shrug.

"Yea but come on Mac, this is Sam you're talking about."

"I know, I will forever be in her debt but I can't let my feelings get in the way."

"Do you really think she's capable of being in a conspiracy to commit murder?"

"Harm, you weren't there. You didn't see what she went through; if it was me I surely would want him dead."

"But would you risk your friends' lives and careers to do it.? Would you risk mine?"

"No…no I wouldn't."

"So don't you think Sam would put her friends before herself? She put you ahead of herself to heal you, and you weren't even friends."

"I don't know Harm, I hope I'm wrong but I have to keep the options open."

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"Geez Jack, I'm just so mad! I can't believe they're wasting time suspecting me, when they should be trying to find out who the leak on the base is."

"Take it easy Daniel; go to your happy place." Jack said grinning, hoping a little levity would calm his friend down.

"Argh! I'm just so mad right now."

"I know Daniel but if you keep this up you're going to wake Carter."

"Ooh sorry, I didn't realize she was sleeping. How is she doing?"

"Well I think she tired herself out this morning working on the computer."

"Ah wait why was she working on the computer? She's supposed to be resting."

"I know, but she had a few things to do for Hammond before she gets out of here."

"Wait, out of here? Are you telling me Janet's going to let her out of the infirmary so soon?"

"Well that depends on Hammond, he's supposed to talk her into it. I guess Carter had a talk with Hammond and swayed him on her side."

"She can't get out of here; she's in no shape to take care of herself." Daniel was totally exasperated hearing the news.

"That's where her team comes in Daniel; we're going to help her out for a while." Jack said grinning.

"Are you sure that's a good idea Jack, I mean us being men and uh Sam being a woman and all."

"Why Danny boy is that a blush I see on your face? Come on she's one of us, if you can't depend on your teammates who can you depend on?" Oh yea use the guilt trip Jack, works every time on Daniel.

"So Daniel I need to talk to Hammond for a bit, I want either you or Teal'c with Carter at all times. After all if someone could get to Stan…I don't want to risk Carter being left alone."

"Okay Jack, not a problem; and Teal'c was going to be headed this way when he was finished with his interview."

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"So General, Carter did that little job you wanted her to do."

"Actually Colonel it was actually her idea, I just went a long with it. You know her idea just might work."

"Yea I agree with you there, it's just that I don't like the idea of putting her in danger like that." Jack said running his hand through his hair.

"I know Jack, but you know Sam there's no way she wants to live always having to look over her shoulder. This way we may be able to find those who want to get their hands on her, and clean up the base."

"Well everything's set up on the base, now we just have to get Fraiser to release Cater." Jack said grinning at Hammond.

"You know Jack I may be the general, but I still hate going up against Dr. Fraiser."

"Better you than me Sir." Jack said rubbing his butt.

"Now if you'll excuse me I have a meeting with a couple of lawyers." Hammond said pointing to the door for Jack to leave. As Jack was walking down the hallway, he could hear Hammond telling the sergeant very loudly, to "get those lawyers in here".

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Jack entered the infirmary and saw that Teal'c was seated next to Sam and seemed to be in a state of Kel noreem. "O'Neill." Teal'c acknowledged Jack with a nod.

"How is she doing?"

"Major Carter has been asleep ever since I arrived."

Jack looked around, "Where's Daniel?"

"Daniel Jackson said he had some things to 'get together' if we were to accompany Major Carter home."

"Ah, he just can't leave his work alone can he? Has the Doc been in yet?"

"She has not O'Neill."

As if on cue Janet entered the room, looking rather tired. "Colonel, Teal'c."

"Has Hammond talked to you yet Doc?"

"Yes he has and I'm not happy with it but I guess I don't have a choice."

"No you don't Janet." Sam said just waking up and taking in the conversation.

"Sam you're in no condition to be going home."

"Look Janet all you're really doing here is keeping me on bed rest; that I can do in my own bed. Besides its more comfortable and not as noisy as in here."

"We're also giving you meds and you have an IV."

"I'm guessing now that I'm awake, you can take the IV out and just give me the meds in the pill forms."

"You know Sam I know you're a doctor, but just remember who has the MD here."

"She'll be okay Doc, we'll look after her." Jack said trying to break up the little argument.

"Well in that case Colonel come with me and I can give you some instructions." Janet said leading Jack to her office.

Janet entered her office and started to go behind her desk. Jack looked a little nervous as she sat down. When she sat down Janet's brow furrowed in a look of confusion. "Something wrong Doc?" Jack said trying to look as innocent as possible.

"Ah someone's been messing with my chair." She said trying to adjust the offending piece of furniture.

"Ah Doc, can we get back to the matter at hand?"

"Ah yes sure Colonel." Janet said still trying to adjust her chair as she worked on her computer. Which she noticed also had to be adjusted. 'If one of my staff has been playing solitaire on my computer I'll kill them,' she thought to herself.

"So how's your other patient doing?"

"He's still touch and go right now, I may need to bring in a neurosurgeon if his inter cranial pressure doesn't improve."

"Not that I really care, but he could clear up who attacked him."

"Well here's a list of the meds she'll need and when to take them. There are also two types of pain meds. This one she's been taking regularly but this one's stronger if things get too bad. However, don't mix the two together wait for the first one to ware off before giving the other one. She'll also need to keep her fluids up, and do try to get her to eat something. Maybe you'll have more luck."

"Well I'm glad you wrote this down Doc, because I might get things mixed up." Jack said looking at the list Janet gave him.

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Jack was a little nervous; he couldn't believe they were actually doing this. He was driving his truck with Carter next to him and Teal'c on the other side. Daniel said he would be over as soon as he got things cleared up in his office. 'Yea right Daniel, just staying far enough away so you don't have to do anything,' Jack thought. Jack did however realize that Daniel and Teal'c didn't know what was going on yet; he didn't want to take the chance of being overheard when filling them in on the plan. "Ok kids we're home." Jack said pulling into Sam's driveway parking behind her car. The car hadn't been touched since the initial event.

Teal'c exited the truck first getting ready to help Sam down. Jack stayed beside her to give her leverage as she slowly manoeuvred herself to the open door. With a little help from both Jack and Teal'c, she found her self in Teal'c's arms. "Uh I think you can put me down Teal'c."

"I am sorry Major Carter, but I do not think you should be walking."

"He's right Carter, just let Teal'c carry you into the house. Or I could get the wheel chair Janet made me bring." Jack said motioning to the back of his truck.

"Okay, but only this once." Sam said knowing she really didn't have a choice.

Once in the house Teal'c set Sam on her couch. She couldn't help but notice the mess the house was in, chairs were knocked on the floor pictures had been knocked off the wall but what was the worst was the dried blood on the floor.

Jack came in the back door through the kitchen carrying the bags of supplies they would need. He took in the site as he put the bags down on the counter, then he headed for the living room where Carter was. He could tell she was staring at the bloodstain on the floor; he moved towards her making sure she could no longer see the blood. He leaned on the edge of her couch before speaking. "Sorry Carter you had to see this, I thought someone would have cleaned it up for you."

"All that…blood." She said sounding shocked.

"Yea there is a lot, but the good news is it's not yours; its Stan's from when you broke his nose."

"It's just that I thought I'd feel better if I got home, now it just takes me back to the attack. Damn it I'm supposed to be safe in my own home!"

Jack placed his hand on her shoulder, he could see she was upset and had every right to be. "It'll be alright Carter; things will get back to normal you'll see."

"I hope so Sir."

Jack squeezed her shoulder before he got up, "Come on Teal'c we've got some cleaning up to do. Carter you get to supervise."

"Uh, that's okay Sir, I don't expect you two to clean my house." Sam said still looking around in shock.

"Now Carter if this was ordinary circumstances Teal'c and I wouldn't be doing your housework; but this is a little more than just dusting and vacuuming. Besides knowing you, you'd be trying to sneak around and clean it up yourself. So as your commanding officer, I'm ordering you to rest while we clean this up." Jack said motioning with his hand between him and Teal'c.

"O'Neill is correct and it will not take long for us to do so." Teal'c said as he nodded.
"Yea, and where the hell is Daniel, he always seems to be getting out of the dirty jobs?" Jack said grinning. Then he and Teal'c started their task, while keeping an eye on Carter.

Teal'c got Jack's attention while in the kitchen and spoke quietly to him, "O'Neill, I do believe Major Carter is in a lot of pain."

Jack looked over his shoulder at Sam and realized that she was in more pain than she was showing earlier. "Let me handle this Teal'c." He said as he headed to the couch. "Hey Carter, how are you doing? I know the trip must have been hard on you."

"I'm okay Sir."

"Ah by the looks of you I'd say you're not. How about some pain pills and not the mild one's either."

"No it's fine Sir, I'll be alright." Sam didn't want to admit the trip home had caused more pain than she expected.

"Well Carter, I don't think you are, so I'm going to go get the pills and you're going to take them." Jack said leaving the room, not giving Sam any chance to object. As he walked back to the couch he heard a crunching noise as his boot stepped on something. He looked down and saw that he had stepped on some broken glass from a picture frame. With his free hand, he picked up the picture and looked at it. "Ah Carter, this was on the floor, the glass is broken but the picture seems to be fine."

Sam took the picture that was still in the frame and held it to her chest.

"You know we can always get another frame for it."

"Yes Sir I know, it's just that it's the last picture we took of my mother before she died." Sam said looking once again at the picture to see if had been ruined.

"She was one beautiful lady Carter; I can see where you inherit your looks from." Jack said now holding out the pills to Sam.

"Yes she was Sir." Sam said sounding depressed not even noticing the complement Jack gave her. She looked up at him and saw him holding out the pills. She didn't have any fight in her so she just accepted the pills and water.

Jack was beginning to wonder if this 'plan' was such a good idea, seeing how Carter was reacting now that she was at home. "Say Carter do you think you'd be more comfortable in bed?"

Sam tried moving a bit on the couch, "Yes Sir actually I might." Sam took one last look and placed the picture on the coffee table.

Jack moved next her and helped moved her into a sitting position then eased her arm over his shoulder. "Okay up we go." They slowly made their way to Sam's bedroom; he pulled down the covers and helped her sit down.

"So did you want to change first or something?" Jack said feeling a little uncomfortable.

"Well Sir if you could help me a few more steps to the bathroom I could take it from there."

Jack waited for Carter sitting on her bed and looking around. The bed wasn't that big, but would sure be cosy for two. He never thought that he'd be in Carter's bedroom like this. He always had thoughts of it being more romantic. He was brought out of his musings by the sound of the bathroom door opening. He saw Carter leaning up against the doorjamb wearing long pyjama pants and a longer tank top than the one he remembered in the men's locker room. "All ready?" He asked getting up from the bed and going to her side.

"Yes Sir." Sam said now sounding tired, the pills obviously starting to take effect.

Jack helped her to the bed noticing that she was even less stable on her feet than before; he helped adjust the pillows and pulled the covers over her before heading for the door.

"Thank you Sir." Sam said yawning and closing her eyes.

"You're more than welcome Sam." Jack said quietly not knowing if Sam was awake to hear it.

When Jack entered the living room, he saw that Daniel had arrived and was helping Teal'c clean the blood off the floor. Teal'c had done good job straightening out the house. "So Daniel it's nice of you to show up."

"Sorry Jack, I was going to leave earlier but Janet stopped me and explained everything we have to do for Sam. How is she doing?"

"She was a little upset seeing her house and we noticed she was in a lot of pain so I gave her the stronger meds." Jack said going into the kitchen making sure not to step where Daniel and Teal'c had just cleaned.

"You know Janet told me Sam sometimes has a bad reaction with those pills." Daniel said sounding a little worried.

"Really, she didn't mention it to me." Jack said sounding a little worried.

"Yea she may get somewhat confused."

"Oh that's just great. Just when she needs to be somewhat clear headed."

"Ah, why Jack? I mean if we're here she should be alright." Daniel said.

"Okay I guess now is a good time to fill you two in on the plan."

"What? A plan?" Daniel said confused.

"Of what plan are you speaking of O'Neill?" Teal'c asked looking at Jack.

"Well actually Carter came up with the plan and convinced Hammond to go a long with it; that's why she had Janet release her from the infirmary so soon." Jack said moving to sit down at the table.

"You mean Sam would still be in the infirmary if it wasn't for this plan?"

"Yea, it seems Carter has set herself up as bait to catch those after her."

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A/N: I hope everyone had a nice holiday, it was Thanksgiving here in Canada and boy am I turkeyed out. I had Daniel stay behind so I could actually give Teal'c a few more lines.