5.
Nothing more was heard before Jack collected Cassie and they left for his home. She was subdued, thought she told him she didn't mind being on base as long as they found Sam at the end of it. Daniel and Teal'c came around and they all watched a movie and had take out. None of them could concentrate on the film, not even Teal'c which was a surprise as it was one of his beloved Star Wars.
They called it a night early, Teal'c left with Daniel planning to sleep in his spare room until the morning, Jack gave Cassie a big hug and sent her off to bed. He went onto the roof and watched the stars for several hours, until he could no longer stay awake, then he descended and went to sleep.
Cassie woke him at 08:00, much to his chagrin, he preferred being the first awake, but she excused his sleep in with the fact that it was Sunday.
She made coffee and they decided to head back to the base straight away as Jack had nothing in for breakfast. They arrived less than 20 minutes after the other two men, by the sign in sheet, and met them in the commissary. Daniel was inhaling coffee and Teal'c had his usual tray full of fruit. He got Cassie some cereal and they all sat around, none of them sure what to do with themselves.
Jack spotted the doctor and waved her over after she collected her tray, he asked if she had been told about the new symptoms, of course she had. She was no closer to diagnosing the problem though. Cassie knew her quite well, having often visited the academy hospital with Janet when she had her clinic, and Jack felt safe leaving the two of them chatting while he headed to level 27.
Hammond was not pleased about something, he was also in his full dress blues, which was unusual to say the least for a Sunday.
He waved Jack into his office as he packed his briefcase. "Jack, I have to go to DC tonight, I have a briefing with the new President tomorrow, our favourite politician is looking to stir trouble up straight away." Jack sighed, he knew he should have shot Kinsey when he had the chance. And now he was vice-president!
Hammond gave Jack, Reynolds and Dixon joint charge of the base, with backups in case of emergencies, none of the three teams was due out until the end of the week, but of course Jack would drop everything if the call came in about Carter.
Hammond left the base before 10, Jack wandered up and down the halls with nothing to do.
SG15 came back at midday, 2 days before they were due to return, but they only came back because they had sprung a leak in their main water tank and the very hot dessert planet they were on was not safe without it. The planet was barren, the ruins they were sent to investigate weren't even interesting… Jack waited… and waited.
At 11:00 Mark Carters wife came back on the line, telling him Sam had contacted Mark again, asking once again about Jacob. Jack told her that he had recalled Jacob from abroad, where he was stationed, and he would be in the US within the next couple of days, he asked if she could get the message to Sam, but she was doubtful she could, and she dare not tell Mark about it because he would know she was in touch with the AF. She DID however have the number Sam had used to contact them, but it was a public phone in a diner in midtown San Diego. Jack took it and thanked her… he had a plane to catch!
In less than 4 hours he was in San Diego, staking out the diner, he had arranged with Daniel to look after Cassie, had called Reynolds onto the base to handle anything that happened there, and had the General updated as he rushed down the mountain. Then he had commandeered a jet from Peterson and flew himself over to the international airport on the coast.
He watched from his hire car as the diner filled and emptied several times, it looked to be a popular place, He was getting thirsty when he heard the sound of a bike approach, he watched as she dismounted and made her way inside, she got a coffee, used the phone and left, she sat on the bike scanning the street while she drank, then with a shrug she started the engine and took off back the way she had come.
Jack waited until a couple of cars had passed and pulled out to follow her. She weaved and threaded through the city streets, he lost her several times, but the traffic always opened up and gave him a glimpse of her just as he was thinking she had disappeared for good! He watched her pull into a cheap motel and go into a room. He waited a while, but when she showed no sign of exiting he sauntered over and disabled the bike, then he went to the reception and asked for details on the pretty blonde from the guy in the grease covered vest. He slipped him a $100 and was told she had registered under the name of 'Sabrina Duncan' he had to smile, he wasn't the only one to watch 70's cop shows!
She had paid cash and was paid up for 2 more days. The man had a Texan accent, so Jack made his way to her door and knocked, she asked who it was through the door and he copied the tones of the man he had left, explaining there was water leaking into the room next door and he had to check her bathroom. She opened the door and as soon as she saw him her face lit up with a huge beaming smile, then it slid off her face, Jack pushed his way in before she could react, closing it behind him.
She was dressed in a very VERY short top no more than a sports bra, and her jeans rode low on her hips. He gulped at the sight of so much Carter skin. She looked good enough to eat! His hands itched to touch her, but the look on her face said he better not try, he had almost never seen the look in her eyes before, and the few times he had, it had not been directed at him.
"What are you doing here Sir?" she asked
"I could ask you the same thing Carter" he replied "Not like you to go AWOL" she started, her eyes widening. She had not realised she had done it, he figured, something was seriously wrong with her.
"Oh god!" she whispered
"It's OK, we just need to get you back to base, a lot of folk are worried about you you know?" he reached behind him and locked the door, so if she got past him she could not escape. He moved into the room, she backed up until the back of her knees hit the bed and she sank onto it.
She looked at him, her eyes filling with tears "What's wrong with me?" she whispered, he moved next to her and sat beside her.
"C'mere" he said and pulled her into a hug, God she felt good, and she smelt good, his dick gave a twitch even though there was no way in hell he was thinking of sex… well not rational part of his brain anyway.
"I need to talk to my dad" she said "something… is wrong…"
"Like what?" he asked tucking her head under his chin
"I…I… don't know, I remember things, that are wrong, I called Mark, I knew his number, but his address wasn't right, I went around and they told me he moved 5 years ago. I work from DC but when I left the infirmary I knew where the locker room was, and the base I was in was in Colorado Springs, at NORAD! And my uniform has oak leaves, but I am a Captain. I went to a house, I didn't know why, but my bike was there!"
Jack absorbed it all, she had been in DC before joining the SGC, working on the project, but not at the mountain as it had been mothballed due to the inability to connect it to any other address.
"And me?" he asked, he had to know… did she remember him? Why had she kissed him?
"You are…" she shook her head "I… my head hurts; you are Jack, my husband," he tightened his grip in shock when she said that "But at the same time I know you aren't, I know you are a Colonel in the AF"
"We aren't married Carter, I'm your CO" he told her softly, she started to cry harder, clinging onto his shirt.
"I remember though! I remember us getting married, I remember every detail about you, but when I woke and kissed you, you looked so shocked, you called me Carter not Sam… I couldn't…" she sobbed heavily.
The doctor had given him some sedatives for her in case she objected to being returned, he gave her the pills and rose to get her a drink from the bathroom, keeping an ear out for movement. When he returned she had not moved, he gave her the water and she swallowed the tablets. He held her for half an hour until she fell into a sleep, he lay her on the bed and pulled the blanket over her to cover all that tempting skin.
He called Brightman and then Hammond, then he updated Daniel. He arranged for them both to catch a transport from the nearest AF base, and to get her back as soon as he could. His watch said 20:30 hours, the transport wouldn't be ready until 03:00, he lay back on the bed and thought about all she had said.
He must have dozed off slightly, the next thing he knew was a hand cupping his rapidly stiffening dick, the pressure was just right and the movement… Oh god he was going to blow in his pants if this continued, he thrust into the hand just as he came fully awake and realised what he was doing, he jumped off the bed, Sam was still asleep, her hand continuing to move even though he wasn't there, he groaned and rearranged himself, no way in hell was he going to take advantage of her when she was like this!
She smiled in her sleep and made small movements under the blanket, her hand suddenly moved back under the covers and made its way to the junction of her thighs! He couldn't watch, but he really couldn't stop himself. He rushed into the small bathroom as she started to groan and brought himself off while listening to her slight moans as she did the same for herself in her sleep, he heard her call his name softly as she came. He banged his head against the wall, HARD!