Title: Blue pt 5
Rating: Teens for some swearing
Archive: SJD yes, just ask if you want to!
Spoilers: Everything up to season 8
Season: After season 8, the four still are SG-1
Summary: The govt puts pressure on the SGC to find more ancient information, and the team must deal with the fallout. S&J
Disclaimer: Not mine don't sue me!
AN: Wow! Thanks for all of those who reviewed! I had some extra time, so I figured I'd be nice and not leave it at a cliff hanger for TOO long ;-)
ProudAthena: Is this fast enough for ya?
Natters: Thanks! I hope you like this one too!
Ellie 5192: lol! I was hoping to get that reaction out of people! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I hope your mouth doesn't hurt anymore
samcrazed: Why yes. I am cruel. I take it out in my writing hehe!
Foxyfeline: Again, yes. I am evil. And I enjoy it ;-)
7 League Boots: I love writing the dialogue more than anything! Jack is my favorite; we're both sarcastic and dry. And you guessed it- not just smut, there is an actual plot for them!
Melissa: Thank you! Oh I know what you mean. It's been over 100 degrees here in Wisconsin for the last three days:-&
Once Daniel told him to get out of his ropes, Jack struggled with everything he could muster. The attackers were preoccupied with trying to kill their teammate to pay them any attention. He wiggled his hands low enough to get the knife he kept in his boot by the time they had Sam out in the water.
"Don't let her go!" he heard himself shout at no one in particular.
Back and forth, keep it slow he kept telling himself. He felt the rope loosening and hurried his pace. Seeing Sam struggle before she went under was the last drop of adrenalin he needed to pull his ties off.
Before he could oh-so heroically save his teammate, a loud explosion erupted on his left into the main group of attackers. Looking over, he saw a similar looking man but with long, dirt colored robes shooting at their attackers with the same weapon.
Not wanting to loose his gifted opportunity, Jack dashed into the cool water. Diving down after he couldn't run anymore, he started his search. Really big fish he would like in his pond to the right, seaweed to the left; he wasn't finding her! A blond tuff of hair caught his attention below him. By the time he made it down by her, she was already unconscious.
He took his boot knife and started sawing like mad at the binding around her ankles. After a quick eternity, the rope let loose and he pumped as fast as he could to get them to the surface. Gasping for air, he lugged Sam's dead weight to the surface.
"Teal'c! Daniel!" he cried for help.
He was holding her in a makeshift hug from behind and under her armpits, and Teal'c came and grabbed her legs. While he laid her down on the cold earth, he didn't notice their visitor.
"Cut the ropes around her hands," he told Daniel who ran into the action.
He checked her pulse, and when he found none, he tilted her head back to breath for her. Blowing in three long breaths, he turned to Daniel who began to pump.
"Damnit Carter," he panted out between breaths.
"Come! On! Sam!" Daniel called out for each pump.
Teal'c's worried face did not go unnoticed either. One question did rise in Daniel's mind: How long should they continue? They had been breathing for Sam for ten minutes before he decided to say something.
"Jack," he said to the distraught man.
"Damnit Daniel keep pumping," Jack grunted out.
"Jack, it's been ten minutes. She has no pulse. She's gone." He didn't want to give up on her, but he couldn't keep the fantasy of her alive much longer either.
"Keep pumping!" he tried to order.
"Jack." It was enough to stop the man in his tracks. Daniel saw the lack of ability to deal with this situation. Jack was not ready to lose Sam, much less a teammate. The pent up angst in his eyes made tears come to Daniel's.
"Perhaps I can help." Three heads whipped towards an unfamiliar voice. The robed man came to them and knelt down on his left knee at Sam's feet.
"Go for it," Jack granted permission to the waiting man who scared off their attackers.
Taking out the bulbed weapon, he leveled it at her. Daniel put a hand on Jack at his impending protesting, exchanging a glance with him. Jack looked to Teal'c for his opinion.
"We have witnessed many extraordinary events in our time together," he agreed. Jack slowly nodded his head and the stranger began.
The bulb that originally turned angry red started to glow with a soft, light bluish hue. A beam was emitted over Sam's dead body, slowly rejuvenating her broken cells. After a minute, Jack was getting nervous. Shouldn't it be working now, he thought? The man shut down the weapon and quickly stood up.
"Well?" Jack asked impatiently.
Without warning, Sam's eyes shot open and she coughed up water. Jack carefully helped her turn to the side to cough the water on the ground. Not that it really mattered, she was still soaked. Groaning, she carefully sat up with Jack supporting her from behind.
"There are easier ways to get my attention than to try and drown yourself Carter. I though you'd realize that after the first time," he joked in her ear.
"Major Carter, are you well?" Teal'c asked.
"Oh sure," she offered, involuntarily coughing.
"I am glad to hear so," the stranger said, making his presence known. Sam took a very confused look around at her situation, and looked back at him.
"Sam! This man helped save your life. This is…" Daniel didn't even know his name.
"Caucas."
"Caucas. That's Powhatan for….." Daniel tried.
"Counselor. I am the leader of these people."
"Ah. Well then it's your ass I should kick." Caucas looked pointedly at Jack.
"Jack!"
"Well Daniel, the welcoming committee needs some work. I mean yeah, we've been attacked off of the bat before. But usually there's some threatening or defying of gods or something interesting. I there was nothing! I say D for effort. You guys need to step it up a bit."
"You must forgive my people. More brute than brains they are. Come! I will show you our home," was his only offer of apology. Standing abruptly, he started to walk in the same direction the team was headed.
"Jack?" Daniel asked for permission, for once.
"Go on," he sighed resignedly.
Daniel grasped Sam's hand and quickly said how happy he was she was alive befor running after Caucas. Teal'c nodded, and went after Daniel. He wasn't stupid; he knew the two would want a few seconds together.
"Are you ok?" Jack asked seriously.
"Yeah," she lied while trying to push away her headache and leaning back.
Jack was more than welcome to be the stable force for her right now. Sighing, she tried to drown herself in Jack. Jack's arms, having a mind of their own, loosely wrapped themselves around her, trying to protect her from anything and everything. Sam breathed out into his chest, her head under his chin. Goosebumps rose on her arms from the feather-light stroking from Jack's fingers.
She suddenly snapped her head up after the goosebumps shot down her spine. The gasp that followed sent one down his. Raw emotion of 'what if's' and 'could have's' ran rampant in their eyes. Jack slowly ran his left hand through her semi-dry hair and tucked it under her right ear.
"Sam," he purred deeply, making her entire being shiver.
He slowly, very slowly, lowered his head- he didn't have much room to go, to meet her uprising one. She felt herself melting when the feather light touch of his lips was brushed on her. It was so soft that she thought she almost imagined it. And she could feel his want to go deeper…
"Jack! Are you guys coming?" Daniel's voice asked from the radio.
"God damnit Daniel we'll be right there!" he barked into his radio.
"Ooooookay……"
Taking a second to regain themselves, Jack mentally kicked Daniel right in the ass. He was always threatening him with it, maybe it was time to start doing it. Oops, sorry Danny. It was an accident.
"Well. Shall we?" Sam slowly nodded, trying to hide the confusion and disappointment in her eyes behind her wall-o-defense.
Jack stood up quickly and slowly helped her up. Sam was still a little uneasy on her legs. Once she gained her balance, he let her go. They walked in the same direction as their friends in a thankful compatible silence, questioning what they would see at the village. For some reason, Jack couldn't get rid of the tumultuous feeling in his stomach about Caucas.
TBC….. I didn't want to leave everyone with ANTOHER cliffhanger. But trust me, there are more to come! Feedback loved!