Chapter 27: Recruiting
Cris had dropped Sam and Anise off at his house while he took Daniel and Teal'c to the destroyed building and Jacob and Jack to the Alkash. They knocked on the door and were greeted by Hysta's smiling face.
"Sam come in. Is everything all right?" she asked leading them to the back garden where Jules was up rooting some vegetables.
"Yea everything's fine." Sam replied.
"Mum, Sam and her friend is here." She shouted.
"Hi dear do you want a drink?" Jules said standing up.
"No thanks Jules" Sam said.
"How about your friend?"
"No thank I had one just before I came." Freya said.
"I'm sorry but I have to go I was on my way out to see Kilsh and thank her for the beautiful food." Hysta said then turned to leave.
"Wait." Sam said making Hysta turn around. "We need your help yours too Jules and Glens."
"Well what's up?" Jules said looking worried she started to walk towards her. "What's Jack done now?"
Sam smiled as she replied "Nothing it's just my friends came yesterday to take us home, but to do that we need to find something that was buried under the rumble of the building we were found near."
"And you want us to help you find it and dig it out?" Hysta said.
"Yea I know it's a lot to ask after everything you have done for us recently but…"
"No Sam no it's not we'd love to help you get home we just don't want to see you leave forever." Jules said giving Sam a quick hug. "You've become one of best friends and I know a lot of the others would say exactly the same."
"Good 'cause we need as many people as we can get." Freya said.
"You won't be going and never coming back will you?" Hysta asked looking sad.
"No of course not but if we can't find the thing we need to get home I still have a way of getting home just no-way of getting back, so we really need to find it." Sam said giving Hysta a hug. "We still have to find it yet that could take a while. So don't worry we'll have chance to say goodbye, a proper goodbye."
"I see a reason for another party." Jules said with a smile. "So what do you want us to do?"
"Help me and Freya here to recruit people to help us dig it out, we will also need regular food and drink breaks we could make it into a right party. It'll be fun." Sam said.
"It will be if I have anything to do with it, Hysta go and tell your father we need a ride into town. Also tell him what we're up to I'm sure he'll love to help." She asked Hysta.
"Yes mum" she went into the house and a couple of minutes came back. "He's ready."
"Ok then lets get this show on the road." Jules said leading them back through the house and out on to the road where a carriage and a couple of horses where stood getting strapped up.
"Hi Glen thanks." Sam said giving him a hug before getting in the carriage which was an open top.
"No problem I just understand while you'd want to leave us." He asked as everyone else got into the carriage.
"We won't be leaving forever it's just I have family and work back home and anyway we'll becoming for holidays." Sam answered. The carriage got moving and they started riding into town.
"Ok guys, there is where they were found. I'm guessing whatever you're looking for will be under there." Cris said as he indicted to the building.
"Yea I remember. Did they ever find out what happened?" Daniel asked looking at where a big old building used to stand.
"They think it was structural weakness caused by weathering and recent activity going on inside. What was being held in there?" Cris asked
"Our way home, a portal called a Stargate it's big round and when it is open looks like water." Jack said from inside the coach.
"Cool so it can take you home and bring you back?" Cris asked
"Yep whenever we want to." Daniel told him.
"Great so that means we could come and see your world." Cris said excitedly
"We will have to see now can you please take us to the ship so I can get something on my head." Jack said. Cris turned just as Jacob said "How about a mask that could cover head and your face."
"Funny Jacob you know you like me really." Daniel heard Jack say sarcastically as Cris got the horses moving.
"Ok then we better get to work can you remember where about the gate stood before the building came down."
"I think it was over here Daniel." Teal'c replied walking over some of the rumble.
"Ok then we'll start there. I just hope Sam gets here soon with the recruits." Daniel said picking up some wood and throwing it to the side.
"Hi Sam what are you doing here? I thought you and Jack would be spending the day in bed doing what couples do." Kasty said letting them in.
"I'd love to but we have to get home. That's why I'm here we need help digging out our way home. It's under the building that we were found near." Sam said.
"You are joking right? You seriously need help digging out something that was destroyed and buried under a building." She said looking shocked.
"Yep" Sam said simply.
"Ok then I'll go and find my husband and some of his mates and we'll meet you there." She said standing up.
"Great you don't know how much this means to us." Sam said hugging her.
"Just make sure I'm in your will that would be great compensation." She said with a playful smile.
"Agreed." Sam said shaking her hand they then left to get some more recruits. As they left Kasty had one more question.
"So when you go will we be seeing you again, I'd love to see the baby when its born." Sam put her head in her hands then looked at Freya.
She looked back at Kasty when she replied. "Yea of course we will, we will have it christened here just so you can come."
"Great" with that Kasty headed down the road. Sam, Freya and Jules got back in the carriage.
Freya was the first to speak. "You're pregnant Daniel and Teal'c will be hurt that you haven't told them yet."
"Yea I know don't say anything to them we want to tell them ourselves when we feel comfortable." Sam said with pleading eyes.
"I won't tell them, I promise." She said.
Hysta then spoke the real reason why they hadn't told them. "Your dad is going to flip, especially after what he was like yesterday."
"Hysta don't say things like that." Jules said shocked at her daughter's forwardness.
"She's right he is going to go berserck so Freya don't tell him please till I have some way of making sure he can't hurt Jack." Sam said looking defeated.
"I promise but the longer the wait to tell him the worst it will be." Freya pointed out.
"I know that's what I'm afraid of." Sam said.