"Carter, it's okay! It's me."
The sarcophagus opened and she looked up into Jack's eyes.
"Jack?"
His eyebrows raised in surprise. "Jack?"
"Sir, are you…are you…"
"Real?" He asked, offering her his hand. "Yes."
She got up out of the sarcophagus to find her father standing beside Jack. "Dad!"
"Hey, Sam!" He said, giving her a hug. They pulled apart and Jacob studied his daughter's ragged uniform. "You know, you don't look so good."
"Thanks."
"Whaddaya say about getting outta here?" Jack asked, his P-90 hanging from its supports.
"Good idea." Sam said, trying not to be conscious of the missing parts of her uniform that showed aspects of her physique that were somewhat embarrassing to have exposed.
Her father handed her a gun while Jack handed her his jacket as he looked away, conscious of her modesty. Tears moistened her cheek as she put the jacket on. "Thank you."
He shrugged. "Let's go."
She nodded, cocking the small pistol in her hands. They hurried down the hallways. "If I may ask, sir, how were you able to find me?"
'We came with you." He said, confused.
"No…I remember that…I meant…how'd you get in?"
"We set up a little distraction." Her dad answered.
"I must have been in the sarcophagus. I don't remember hearing anything."
"Really? Because I could have sworn that we loaded Ba'al's personal chambers with enough C-4 to blow him to kingdom come."
"Ba'al's dead?"
"We assume so, but…you know how it was with Apophis…he just wouldn't die. However, if we're correct, he went in there about three seconds before we detonated the explosives."
"How long was I in there?" She asked.
"Don't know." Jack said as they got outside. "There may be a bunch of Jaffa guarding the gate. Stick close to me and your dad."
She nodded, and with that, Jack took point, Sam following close behind, and Jacob bringing up the rear.
"Carter, dial it up." He said, as a Jaffa patrol came out of the foliage around the Stargate.
She ran toward the Stargate, pressing the seven symbols into the DHD, Jack and Jacob covering her. A staff blast hit her in the shoulder as she pressed the center button to activate the wormhole.
Jack pressed in his iris code, as he grabbed Carter who had fallen against the DHD. "You okay?" He asked, helping her to run through the even horizon.
She nodded as she clutched her elbow to keep her arm immobile. Jacob covered them, following closely behind them. They arrived into the Gate Room to find General Hammond, Teal'c and Daniel at the bottom of the ramp. The iris was closed just milliseconds after Jacob got through the Gate.
"Nice!" Jack said to the Gate technicians.
Sam walked down the ramp after Jack let go of her collar, dressed in the ragged, blood-soaked clothing. She felt her head spin in dizziness.
"Nice to have you back, Major."
She tried to clear her head. "Thank you, si…"
She collapsed into Jack's arms.