Jack had waited before sending in the troops. Janet wasn't out of danger yet. In fact, through the scope he could see she was crying and she had that determined look in her eyes. She obviously didn't like the fact that Jacob was getting the crap beat out of him by raccoon eyes! And knowing Janet the way Jack did she wasn't going to stand idly by!
"Shit!" he exclaimed, emerging from his hiding spot and grabbing his radio. "Alpha squadron, move in now!"
Sprinting as fast as his knees would let him, Jack made a b-line for Janet. He knew the kind of man Jacob was. He wouldn't forgive himself if anything happened to Janet or anyone else that he cared deeply for. For that matter, neither would Jack.
Gunfire suddenly erupted. The ground blew up in tiny chunks around his feet as he kept running. His shins started stinging as he felt bits of the concrete bounce off or in some cases embed themselves in the flesh. And Jack was trying to remember if him getting shot at was part of plan A!
'Fuck plan A! Since when does plan A ever work!' he reminded himself while reaching for Janet.
Janet cried out when he wrapped an arm around her stomach, catching her mid stride. She was so focused on getting to Jacob that she didn't realize it was Jack who had grabbed her and was just trying to protect her. And Jack didn't even have a chance to explain himself as her knee shot up fast and hard to his groin. He was so not expecting that as he fell to the ground, holding himself and gasping for air.
'That definitely wasn't part of plan A!' he managed to think to himself as he tried to look up.
"Colonel! Oh My God…I'm so sorry!" she yelped.
In the distance Jack saw the guns aimed at him and Janet. Their sounds filled their air. Reacting totally on instinct and the desire to stay on Jacob and Selmak's good side, Jack grabbed Janet by her arms. Then he yanked her down on top of him…hoping his body would cushion her fall without doing more bodily arm to himself…and rolled over, hoping to shield her from the bullets that were about to fly and praying that the Commandos got their asses in gear!
"AH! That wasn't supposed to be part of the plan!" he growled after feeling a bullet penetrate the left cheek of his ass!
Bullets ricocheted off the ground around them and Jack thought he was a goner when he finally heard Teal'c and the Commandos moving in, taking control of the situation.
"You ok, Janet?" he asked, feeling her trembling in his arms and lying there with her eyes squeezed shut.
She slowly opened them and nodded.
"Then maybe we'd better get up before Jacob sees us like this," he smirked. "Don't want him to get any ideas about you and me!"
"Are you ok?" she asked.
"I'm…fine," he gritted through his teeth as he struggled to get to his feet. "Jacob and Selmak better appreciate the fact that I took a bullet in the ass to save you!"
"Don't worry, Sir. They will," she smiled.
He could see she was anxious. Far be it from him to stand in the way of love…if that's what they had for each other.
"Go on, I'm fine," he winced, giving her a gentle nudge.
Janet nodded and hurried off.
"O'Neill…you are injured!" Teal'c observed.
"Oh, it's nothing. I think my pride took more of a hit than anything," he said as he limped towards his friend. "You know, I think I'd rather have my ass be used as a pin cushion by Fraiser and her staff. Cause taking a bullet there is way more painful!"
"I would not know, O'Neill," Teal'c commented.
"Really? You've never been hurt there?"
"No, I have not."
"Not even a fall?"
Teal'c didn't reply but he did raise his eyebrow.