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During the night Sam had the same dream again, with Tom Carson raping her. She was yelling and screaming and thrashing around in her bed. Mark and Jacob ran into her room and turned the bedside lamp on. Jacob knew what she was yelling about but Mark didn't. He went to grab her wrists before she did any damage to herself.

"Mark, let go!"

Sam was able to get one hand free and she punched Mark in the eye, which caused him to let go of her other wrist and he landed on the floor.

Jacob knew that Jack was the only one who could calm her down, so he picked up the phone and press speed dial one; he knew that it was Jack's telephone number.

"O'Neill" Jack answered sleepy

"Jack, its Jacob."

Jack was wide-awake and he could here Sam in the background and he knew what was going on.

"I'm on my way" then he hung up and climbed out of bed.

Mark got up from the floor; they both looked down at her.

"Dad what's going on, what's wrong with Sam?"

"I'll tell you after Jack gets here. In the mean time you should put some ice on your eye."

"Yeah, I should. I forgot that she can throw a mean punch."

Jacob chuckled and showed Selmac the image of when Sam and Mark were young and how Mark got a broken nose. Mark left to get some ice, while Jacob watched Sam thrashing about in her bed. He closed his eyes; he knew that Jack was the only one that could help her.

He opened his eyes when he heard Jack's truck pulled up. He went and opened the door for him. Jack ran up the steps, taking his jacket off as soon as he saw Jacob put his hand out. Jack passed the jacket to him and walked past him to Sam's room.

Mark watched with one eye since he had a small bag of ice over the other eye. He then walked in to Sam's room to see Jack sitting on the side of Sam's bed. He saw Jack grab one of her hands in his. Mark was just about to warn him when he saw Jack put his other hand on the side of her face.

She calmed down for a bit and he then turn to see his father standing next to him. Mark then turned to look at what Jack was doing; he could hear what Jack was saying.

"Shh Sam, I'm here, you're safe, he's not going to hurt you anymore."

He stroked her face and wiped any tears away and then she calmed right down.

"Jack?" after she opened her eyes.

"Yeah, I'm here sweetheart, you're safe now."

She then quickly sat up. Jack knew she would; he let go of her hand just before she sat up and put her arms around his neck and started crying. He wrapped his arms around her waist, rubbing her back for her and she soon stopped crying and opened her eyes to see Mark and Jacob still standing in the doorway, looking at them.

"Mark, why have you got my tea towel over your eye?" she asked.

"He forgot that you throw a mean punch. You hit him while you were having the nightmare" Jacob said, smiling.

Mark removed the wet tea towel to reveal the black eye.

Jack and Sam pulled apart and Jack turn around to have a look.

"Ouch, that has got to hurt" he said, making Sam giggle.

"Yeah. Now I know not to get on the bad side of Sam."

"True; I have seen her in action and trust me, you don't want to be around her when she is in a bad mood, I know."

Sam put her head down on Jack's shoulder, trying not to blush.

"Do you want to talk about it now?" Jack said rubbing her back. She looked at him.

"It was the same dream, the one where you aren't in it."

"Oh Sam!" he wrapped his arms around her and held on to her.