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Two days later Sam was transferred back to the SGC, where Janet could keep an eye on her. Jack was with her all the time.
Teal'c took care of Sam's report, while Daniel helped with the investigations. Mayborne used his own sources to help get all the information that was needed.
Jacob returned to the Tok'ra base. He asked Hammond to keep sending him updates on Sam's condition. He said that he would do that. Hammond was back to being the CO of the SGC. Everything was almost back to normal.
When Sam woke up, Jack was next to her.
"Hey, how are you feeling?"
"Thirsty"
Jack got her a cup of water with a straw; she drank half of it. Once the cup was back up on the cabinet, he held on to her hand once again.
"Still tired?"
"Yeah, Jack what's wrong with me?"
"Doc said that there was enough of those drugs in you to kill two elephants. It's taking awhile to get the drugs out of your system"
"There is something else? What is it?" Sam knew that Jack was holding something back from her.
"Doc is worried about organ failure. Because of the amount of drugs that are in your system"
Sam closed her eyes, letting everything sink in; Jack saw a tear rolling down her check. He got up from the chair and sat on the bed; Sam heard him move and opened her eyes to look at him.
He pulled her into his arms, with tears of his own falling down his checks. They stayed like that, until Sam fell back to sleep in his arms. He moved her back against the pillows, and then he kissed her.
Janet walked in when she saw Jack laying Sam back down and kissing her. Jack got up from the bed and turned around to see Janet over by the door. He walked over to her.
"Doc, give it to me straight"
"Sorry Colonel, there are only two options that will save Sam's life, a symboite, which we know she will say no to"
"Damn straight"
"The other is a sarcophagus.
"Well, I better give Dad a call. What is the time frame we are looking at here?"
"It is really hard to say. All of the drug is out of her system but her liver and kidneys are starting to fail."
"Thanks doc"
Then Jack left to see Hammond; his door was open so just walked in. Hammond looked up to see Jack walk in to his office.
"Jack, how is Sam?"
"Sir, permission to pay the Tok'ra a visit. I have to ask if they know where there is an available sarcophagus."
"Jack"
"Sam is dying sir, her liver and kidneys are failing. The doc just told me"
"Permission granted, good luck"
"Thank you, sir"
Jack left to gear up. Hammond went down to the control room to get Walter to dial the gate to the Tok'ra base. A few minutes later Jack was at the base of the ramp. Hammond showed up with a GEO, he passed it to Jack, as the gate came into life.
"Good luck son and god speed"
"Thank you sir"