"You mean when he's dead!?" Jacob demanded.

"Well, you're still not getting him. He's a human being, not a lab rat. And he's done more for this planet in a month then you have your entire career. This in my base and what I say goes." Hammond said.

"This warrant is approved and signed by the Vice President himself. It also gives me the power to enforce punishment on ANYONE who breaks the rules, that includes you, General." Simmons said.

"You won't get away with this." Daniel said through his teeth.

"I already have, I'll be around." Simmons said. Then the NID agents left.

"We can't let him get away with this." Sam and Fraiser said together.

"They won't. I'm not about to sit back and let them dictate what goes on in my base and I am certainly not going to turn over one of my best people to die in the name of scientific discovery. SG-1 and 3, with Jacob and Brainan, get ready to embark." Hammond ordered. Everyone stood to attention.

"What about Simmons?" Daniel said.

"I don't give a damn. This is my base and no-one from the NID is going to tell me how I should run it, telling me what I can and cannot do. Anyone afraid of breaking the rules can leave now." Hammond said. Everyone stayed where they were. "Good, now lets get going." They all began to their separate ways when Jack began to stir.

"Carter?" He said weakly. Everyone looked at him.

"Colonel," Sam said.

"How do you feel?" Hammond asked.

"Terrible. The pain…it's…too much." Jack managed through the pain. They could all see the pain he was in.

"We will find the antidote, O'Neill." Teal'c said.

"Doctor, please…I can't…" Jack managed, but he coughed up more blood.

"I'm sorry, Colonel, I can't. it's the only way to know of you're still alive." Fraiser said. Everyone could see how painful this was, to Fraiser and to Sam.

"Great." Jack said.

"Go now, get that antidote." Hammond ordered. Then Jacob, Brainan, Teal'c Daniel and SG-3 left the infirmary and went to get ready to embark. But not before Jacob stopped to say, "We won't rest until we find that antidote, I promise Sam."

"Hurry Dad." Sam said. Then they all left.

"Carter, don't leave." Jack said. Sam took his hand.

"I won't." She said.

Xxxxx

Meanwhile, in the Control room, everyone was there.

"As soon as the gate in activated, the NID will know. I want you down there, ready to go as soon as the gate in open. You have 6 hours. We'll have the iris set on a timer." Hammond said.

"Yes sir." Castleman said.

"You're taking a big risk, George." Jacob said.

"You try telling me that Jack O'Neill isn't worth saving." Hammond said.

"I can't, let's go." Jacob said. They all went to the gate room. Hammond put his codes into the computer.

"Using my codes, I want this computer locked out and the iris to remain closed until the timer is out." Hammond said.

"Understood." Lieutenant Richards said and he got to work. Once the computer was locked down, the stargate was activated and the gate room was locked down. Soon, Colonel Simmons and the NID entered the control room.

"Stand down General, Deactivate the dialling sequence." Simmons ordered. Hammond didn't move. "Fine," Then Simmons turned to Lieutenant Richards, "Deactivate the dialling sequence, and arrest General Hammond." But the SGC officer's surrounded the NID in stead. "You won't get way with this, General."

"But I already have. Take them to a holding cell." Hammond ordered. The SF's began to take them away. "And for future reference, Colonel, they follow my orders."

"You may as well pack up your things, General, because you are heading for a court-martial and the loss of your commission. Is he really worth it?" Simmons said.

"Take them away." Hammond said. Simmons and his agents were taken away.

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