What Would You Give For Him?
Apophis sneered as he dragged the blonde woman to her feet by her hair. If it were not for his Queen's jealousy, he might've had her, but no matter; he planned on turning her over to his jaffa when he was done 'interrogating' her. The women of the Tauri were not as weak and fragile as on other planets, though he would never admit this to even his most trusted jaffa.
Apophis snapped her head back and the woman gave an involuntary whimper, fueling her hatred for him. Her eyes glittered with rage as he leaned forward and whispered in her ear.
"What am I to do with you? You refuse to bow to your god or answer his questions. What to do, what to do…" His breath was rancid, but she held her ground and proceeded to wipe that horrible mocking grin off his face.
"Why should I need to answer your questions? Aren't you all knowing, all-powerful? Ha! My god could kick your clichéd, overdressed ass any day. And the fact that us lowly humans are destroying your ship as we speak just makes it all the better," she said and spat blood in his face.
Apophis calmly wiped the blood and spitout of his eye and dropped her to the floor. He kicked her already bruised ribs and ordered his jaffa to take her back to her cell.
"Make sure she lives and you will find yourselves on the receiving end of a very rare gift," he said to them. Then he lifted the woman's chin and looked her square in the eye. Defiance flashed in her eyes and she raised her chin just slightly.
"You have twelve hours to think about it. After that, I let my jaffa have you. Don't even think about resisting or your team will be killed," Apophis flashed his eyes and his voice resonated slightly as he said, "Then I'll kill you, and destroy the planet Omantia. Oh yes, we know the location of the new Tok'ra homeworld. Do you have anything to tell me before you go?"
In answer, she jerked her arm free and broke his nose in a spray of blood. Apophis jerked back and began to laugh as his jaffa punched and kicked her in retribution for her actions, but maniacal laughter reached his ears as her fist found its way to another's groin and the jaffa doubled over in pain.
As they pulled her back to her cell, the woman Apophis so loathed was heard screaming and laughing simultaneously. Apophis just smiled and sat back in his throne. He would break her tomorrow.
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Major Samantha Carter calmed down a bit as she was being dragged to the cell she shared with her team. Jack was waiting there for her. Sam's head was a little fuzzy at the moment and she blamed her most recent thought on her concussion. She giggled slightly as the jaffa that she had kicked in the balls picked her up and literally threw her into the cell. By some miracle, Jack managed to catch her head before it hit the ground, but she cried out in pain when he tried to move her. The jaffa snickered and dragged Daniel out of the cell. Jack caught his eye and Daniel nodded to him; he would be strong for them. When Daniel was gone, Jack turned back to the woman in his arms.
"Carter," he whispered, "Carter! Wake up!" Sam opened one bleary eye, and then shut it again. She groaned and sat up a little when he shook her shoulder and said her name again.
"I'm alright, sir, it's just the usual. Wouldn't expect anything less from a bunch of shit-eating, power-hungry, snakehead sons of bitches," she ranted softly. Jack smiled sadly, then quickly hid his emotions behind his 'tough colonel' façade.
"It's alright, Carter, but I think you might have a concussion, so you have to stay awake. Carter!" Jack jerked her upright when she dozed off again. Sam awoke with a start and punched him on the arm.
"Hey! That's a quick way to a court-marshal, Major!" He joked. Jack was rewarded with a genuine smile and a grin.
"I'll claim alien influence, sir," she said. Then she reached up and pulled his head down to her. Jack looked at her, desire lighting his eyes on fire.
"Carter-" he started, but was cut off when Sam pressed her fingers to his lips. Then she leaned up and kissed him. It started out gentle at first(Jack was being careful of her ribs),but then Sam deepened the kiss and his control over the situation vanished.
Sam began to cry softly, and Jack stopped kissing her when he felt tears on his face, tears that were not his.
"What's wrong, Carter?" Jack asked gruffly. He wanted to know why she lost all self-control, kissed him, and then started bawling. Was she having second thoughts?
"Nothing," she whispered and desperately kissed him hard on the mouth.
"Carter! Something is wrong, I know you better than anyone else does. Tell me!" Jack wiped away her tears with his thumb, but she refused to look him in the eyes. He was having none of it. Raising her chin, he forced her to look into his eyes.
"I c-can't t-tell you, s-sir!" Sam burst out, losing her Air Force officer composure for a moment. "If I do you'll try to stop them, and I won't let you die! I won't!" She regained control of herself and looked him in the eye, wrenching herself free of his grip. She positioned herself on the other side of the cell, watching him warily with tears streaming silently down her cheeks.
Jack just sat there, suddenly cold and in shock of Carter's uncharacteristic behavior. She was usually so strong and independent. Nothing could get to a woman like that except for the death of a child or lover, but even then…
Oh!
Oh, God!
"Sam, baby, c'mere," he said as he moved to the corner where she sat. Sam looked into his eyes as he held her.
"It's okay, Sam, I know what happened. We'll get through this. He'll pay!" She stared at him in shock. How could he know what Apophis had threatened? Was he there when he tortured her? How had he figured out what Apophis said just because she kissed him?
Oh!
Oh, God!
"No!" Sam whispered in shock. Jack turned to see her better.
"No? You don't want that bastard to pay for what he did to you?" He asked, anger highlighted his words. He turned away from her. He felt strangely betrayed.
"Yes, I mean no, I mean," Sam forced him to look into her eyes, as he had done before, "that he didn't rape me!"
Jack hugged her and apologized, but not before he heard the muttered, "yet."
"Yet?" Jack asked her. Before she could reply, the jaffa stepped back into the cell dragging Daniel, who took one look at them, smiled, and fell unconscious. Jack and Sam's conversation was forgotten as they both checked Daniel's wounds and then fell asleep.
Sam awoke to a huge black jaffa with a golden snake emblem on his forehead shaking her shoulder. Strangely, she did not feel afraid, the time had come where she no longer cared as long as Jack and her team lived.
"Major Carter! Major Carter! You must awaken. O'Neill! The mission was completed, get up!" Relief washed over Sam as she realized that it was Teal'c. The huge jaffa went to all three of them in turn, shaking their shoulders, or whatever seemed the least bruised.
"Teal'c? Did you destroy the new weapon?" Sam asked, standing up and stretching as much as her injuries would allow.
"Indeed," was all he said as he hauled Daniel to his feet.
"Well I'm glad Apophis didn't capture you too, T," Jack said, stifling a yawn as they all snuck out the barred cell door. Teal'c merely nodded
They met with little resistance on their way to the ship's gateroom. Most of the jaffa had been guarding the new weapon that Apophis had been building. The weapon was not destroyed yet; Teal'c had set a C-4 charge inside of it.
O'Neill and Teal'c zatted the occupants of the gateroom just as the ship's alarm went off. While Daniel and Carter went to dial the gate, Jack and Teal'c stood by the door, holding off jaffa.
"Carter, Daniel! Go!" Jack yelled. Then he turned back and resumed firing.
Carter helped Daniel through the gate to the other side while the uninjured half of the team kept up the cover fire.
Not five seconds after Carter and Daniel left, Jack and Teal'c were lying unconscious on the floor.
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Chapter 2-home again
The stargate kawooshed as the wormhole stabilized and General Hammond stood in the control room with Chief Sergeant Walter Harriman and Sergeant Siler. Walter checked something on the keyboard.
"Receiving IDC, sir," he said just as Colonel O'Neill radioed in warning them that SG-1 was coming in hot.
General Hammond ordered, "Open the iris!" Walter didn't need to be told twice! The iris whirled open and staff weapon blasts came through the gate almost immediately. Seconds after evacuating the gateroom, Daniel and Sam came through the gate along with the hot plasma 'bullets'. Sam helped Daniel as they limped over and ducked behind the ramp. Suddenly the firing stopped and the gate shut down.
Walter looked questioningly up at General Hammond. He just nodded and hurried down to the gate. Walter called the medical team to the gateroom.
Major Carter stood up and did her best to stand at attention, while the Sam in her was curled up on the gateroom floor weeping over the loss of her comrades. Carter kicked that particular part of her subconsciounce and told it to get its ass off the floor.
"Major, report," General Hammond ordered gruffly.
Carter hesitated, putting her thoughts in order and deciding how much to tell.
"The mission was nearly a bust, sir," she began, "but Teal'c managed to evade capture and destroy the weapon. We sent a signal to the Tok'ra homeworld to warn them about the impending attack. Luckily, there operative had informed them."
"Was the Tok'ra intelligence faulty?" He asked.
"Not completely, sir, it was…backwards. The schematics, I mean. We discovered it too late and ran into a large jaffa patrol. Sir, we have to go back for them before the ship jumps into hyperspace. Apophis said he would kill them this time because I didn't…" she trailed off, realizing that if she told him what Apophis had threatened to do, he probably wouldn't let her help with the rescue mission.
"Are you in any shape for a rescue mission?" General Hammond asked, taking in her rough appearance and pained expression. Sam raised her chin slightly and straightened.
"Just a few bruises, sir." Just then Doctor Frasier and her med team came hurrying in and led Sam and Daniel to the infirmary.
Sam jumped down off the uncomfortable infirmary bed just as Daniel came in.
"Sam," he said, "General Hammond gave us a go on the rescue mission as long as you're cleared."
"Doctor Jackson, please wait outside, I need to speak to Sam for a moment." Daniel nodded and left. Sam turned to Janet.
"Why?" Sam really needed to go on this mission. It had already been over an hour.
"You havefew cracked ribs, Sam, so I can't let you go on this mission," her friend said wearily.
"What do you mean, I can't go?" Sam raised her voice and backed away from Janet. Janet shook her head sadly.
"I can't risk you breaking the ribs, not to mention the bruised ones and the concussion you sustained on the ship. I'm sorry, Sam, doctors orders."
"Janet, you don't understand!"
"Oh, I think I do, Sam."
"If I don't go back he'll kill them! I know he will!" Sam yelled, tears forming in her eyes. Major Carter sat back and let Sam take over. Lowering her voice, she told Janet everything that had happened on the ship. When Sam was done, Janet sat back and thought about it.
"Please, Janet, I'm asking you as a friend!" Sam begged. She gave her the perfected puppy-dog look she had learned from Daniel. Janet shook her head.
"It sounds to me like you're a liability on this mission." The Doctor Fraiser and Janet warred with each other. On the one hand, it might be the only way to keep them alive. On the other, not telling General Hammond about Apophis's intents may prove fool hardy. Secrets often blew missions all to hell and gone. The friend in the good doctor won.
"Alright," she said," but be careful."