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Chapter 5

The SF at the door looked at her strangely when she signed in, and so did a couple other people on her way down to the changing rooms.

She pulled on her BDU's, noting a little tenderness in the arm Pete had squeezed, but didn't take the time to look at it. She pushed up her sleeves automatically as she left the locker room, in search of Daniel, or Jack.

She found Daniel in his office. "Hey Daniel!" She called, trying to act cheerful. He spun around in his chair, and his face fell when he saw her. "What happened to you?" He asked.

"What?"

"You're bleeding! And what the hell did you do to your arm?"

She looked down at the arm Pete had squeezed, A lovely shade of purple, in the form of a hand. With a band that was deeper shade exactly where Pete's ring was on his hand.

Daniel came up to her with a handkerchief, and started wiping at her face. "What happened?"

"What?" A voice came form the hallway. Sam turned, with blood still on her face, and her arm still exposed, to see Jack standing in the doorway. At seeing the state she was in, his face contorted in anger, before he turned around forcefully.

"Jack! Wait!" She called out, racing to catch up with him.

He whirled around. "Did he do this to you?" He asked angrily.

"Jack. I handled it. I packed my stuff, and I left. I told him I'd mail him the divorce papers." She said, slowly, almost pleadingly.

He was almost seething, "You didn't answer my question Sam. Did he do this to you?"

She hung her head. And he turned back around, and proceeded down the hallway. She was about to go after him when a hand fell on her shoulder. "You can't stop him. He wont listen to you."

She turned around and looked up at him, he was glaring after Jack with an intensity she rarely saw in him. But she could tell it wasn't aimed at Jack. "And truthfully..." He trailed off, then stepped around her, jogging to catch up with Jack.

She watched as they both left. She decided to go get her bruise checked. Not to mention, she needed a friend to talk to.

(A/N: In this story, Janet never died. It's my story, so I can do as I like. But she did come very close to dieing that day)

Sam walked into the infirmary to see her friend was in her office, she walked up, and knocked on her door.

"Come in." She said.

Sam entered, and sat down in one of the chairs.

Janet looked up with a smile, but then her face turned to horror. "What happened to you?"

Sam smiled sadly. "Pete wasn't very happy that I disappeared for the weekend. Nor that I was leaving him. So now both our boyfriends are going to beat him up. I tried to stop them."

Janet sighed, before her eyes opened wide. "Your boyfriend? Jack?"

Sam smiled sincerely this time. "Yeah, ever since Friday night."

Janet smiled too. "Okay, let me check you out."

They managed to run into Teal'c on there way to the changing rooms. Jack was to livid to speak, so Daniel explained the situation. Teal'c was more then happy to lend his assistance.

They took Jack's rental Car, But Daniel drove. Jack didn't know where Sam's house was.

"O'Neall. Why have you returned to the SGC?" Teal'c asked, when the were half-way there.

Jack grimaced. "I came because I knew something like this would happen, and I wanted to be here to kick the shit out of him."

"Pete Shanihan?" Teal'c asked. "How did you know he would harm Colonel Cater?"

"Because Teal'c, He has an anger problem, she disappeared for a weekend, and came back to tell him it was over. Things like this tend to happen." He said.

They turned onto Sam's street, to see her house had one light one. The pulled up, and Jack almost ripped the door off in is attempt to get out. He ran up to the door, and busted it open. "PETE! GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE!" He hollered.

The mentioned man was sitting in the living room, drinking a beer and watching television. He turned around and stared at the man that had just entered his home. "You know, there is a phrase for what you just did, it's called 'breaking and entering' and I am a cop."

Jack stomped across the room, picked up the cop by his collar, and slammed him against the nearest wall. "A cop who beats his wife?"

Before Pete could react, Daniel and Teal'c had pulled Jack off of him. "Jack! you getting arrested is not the answer!" Daniel yelled at him. "Why don't we all sit down, and talk about this."

"Talk my ass!" Jack said, and he lunged for the man again. But Teal'c continued to hold him back. "Come on Daniel! You saw what he did to her!"

"Yes! I did, and there's enough evidence to convict him of assault. We don't need you to be in on those charges Jack!"

Pete went to go sit back on the couch. He took a swallow of his beer, while the others joined him. "So, she really did go to you over the weekend. That slut."

Teal'c put a hand on Jack's shoulder to stop him from getting up. But there was otherwise, no response.

"How much have you drank tonight Pete?" Daniel asked.

The man shrugged. "A lot."

Jack was just glaring at him.

Pete shook his head, like he was trying to get water out of his ears, before looking back at Jack. "I'm gonna try and talk with as clear a head as possible, let me say this. I'm a mean drunk. I know that, and I'm sorry that it was directed at Sam. But it wont happen again, she wants you Jack. Not me."

They were all shocked by this sudden change in him. Jack leaned forward in his seat. "Just know this, if you ever go near her again, if you ever put one fucking finger on her, I'll kill you. Don't think I'm bluffing, cause I'm not."

Pete nodded his head. "Get out of my house. Get back to your precious slut General."

None of them were expecting it, so none of them made any move to stop Jack. He had already landed three punches to the mans jaw before Daniel could get up the urge to stop him. Teal'c was just standing there.

"Jack! Let's get out of here alright!" Daniel yelled, prying the Air Force General off the crumpled cop.

He left with them, reluctantly, and he was yelling curses at the man the left behind for the next twenty minutes. But he did go. They drove back to the base.

"I need to pick up Sam, then we're out of here."

Daniel looked at him strangely, "Where are you going?"

Jack shrugged. "Hotel maybe. I don't want to stay here."

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