-Chapter 12-
"Please Daniel! You've died the most, and you're always getting injured. Do you need me to make a list?" Sam laughed at Daniel.
"No, I don't think so, but if you continue like you have been lately you'll be able to give me a run for my money."
Daniel sat his newly emptied bottle on the tale where it joined numerous others.
"I've drank several bottles already and I'm not even drunk yet." Daniel looked at Sam. "I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or not."
Sam laughed at him and stood. "Let me get more then." She entered the kitchen and opened the fridge. Somehow, no matter how many bottles they took out, it was always full.
In the living room, Daniel picked up the remote and turned on the TV. Finding his favourite show on as soon as the screen flickered to life, he settled comfortably against the cushions.
Glass suddenly shattered in the kitchen and Daniel laughed. "I guess I'm the only sober one here!" He yelled into the kitchen.
"Sam?" He called again when there was no reply. His voice took on an edge of concern.
"Sam, you ok?" He stood and peered over the ledge into the kitchen. Sam stood infront of the refrigerator. The two bottles of beer she'd just gotten were now shattered at her feet. Her face was pale and unusually full of fear. She flickered before him, disappearing for a moment before reappearing.
"Damn!" Daniel ran into the kitchen. "Sam!"
"I can't-" Before she could finish, she disappeared.
"No, I'm sure I can figure this out."
Jack, Teal'c, Janet, and General Hammond all looked at Dr. Lee.
"Honestly."
They'd all returned to the room with Jack, and Dr. Lee was going over the results collected from his failed test.
The base klaxons suddenly wailed to life.
"Code Blue in the Isolation Room!" Came an announcement through the speakers. "Dr. Fraiser, please report to the Isolation Room."
Jack's entire body froze. His hairs stood on end. It couldn't be.
His eyes focused on Janet's for a brief moment before he ran out of the room. As fast as his legs would carry him, he ran to the Isolation Room. He was vaguely aware of others scurrying after him and SGC personnel moving to the side of the hallways.
His fear was confirmed when he reached the corridor outside of his destination. An endless, monotonous tone met his ears.
Inside the room several nurses were rushing around in a panicked frenzy.
She lay in the middle of all of the chaos; still, soundless.
Janet entered moments later, yelling orders around the room.
Jack was pushed out of the way. Hammond and Teal'c joined him but he didn't acknowledge them. He couldn't tear his eyes away.
The paddles were charged.
"Clear!"
Her body lifted off the bed. The paddles were charged again.
This couldn't be happening. There had to be something he could do. He'd saved her every other time. Now wasn't any different.
"Clear!"
The dame line wouldn't move!
Voices began invading his mind. Everybody's thoughts plagued him. No! They weren't going to give up!
It was a jumbled mess. Which thoughts were even his?
'I'm sorry, Jack.'
Was that-
"Sam!"
Jack turned, along with several others, to see Daniel jump awake.
The young archaeologist jumped out of bed and rushed to his friend's bedside, but, just like Jack, he was simply pushed out of the way.
"What happened?" Jack asked Daniel.
"I don't know." He looked at the man standing next to him. Although Jack was a lot older, he never really looked it, until now. He looked like a worn, heartbroken old man.
'She told me that she'd felt herself slipping for a while now.'
Jack was so surprised to hear Daniel's voice that it took him a moment to register what the voice had really said.
'What! Why didn't she say anything to me?'
'She didn't want you to worry.'
'Yet she wanted you to?'
'You know why, Jack!'
'Please enlighten me.'
'I saw you two kissing, but believe me, I figured it out a long time ago.'
Jack's head dropped and a small sigh escaped. The façade crumbled.
'Daniel, I don't… I can't…''I know, me either.'
'Yet we're just standing here.' Jack felt like punching a wall.
It felt liked he'd been standing there forever, when in reality it had barely been minutes.
"General Hammond, Sir!"
Dr. Lee came rushing into the room. He stopped to catch his breath in front of the General. Behind him another scientist walked in pushing a cart with the mens mentis on top.
"I don't have time for this now, Doctor." Hammond looked at Lee
"I think you do, Sir." Bill boldly replied. "I know what I did wrong and this time I'm 200 sure this is going to work."
"There's no time to test it! Everybody out!" Jack ordered.
"General?" Janet looked away from Sam for the briefest of moments.
"Do it! I want everyone to leave the room." Hammond said.
"Same as before." Bill said before leaving, "Just hit the enter key."
Reluctantly, Janet left Sam's side. "Good luck," She said to Daniel and Jack who remained behind.
"Thanks," Daniel replied.
Seconds later the room was emptied except for the three members of SG-1.
A crowd grew in the Observation Room.
'This will work, Jack.'
'It has to.'
Jack took a lingering look at Sam, and hit the button.
A/N: well, this is the second last chapter. I had the option of either having one long final one, or two short ones with a huge cliffhanger. Obviously I chose the latter. But before you come running with the torches and pitchforks, I've already finished the last chapter, and I'm planning to post it early next week, so no long wait!
Let me know what you think:-D