A/N: Okay guys! This is the last chapter. tear Sorry about the time it took to update, I got busy and distracted. Stupid real life getting in the way. Anyway I'm thinking of writing a sequel, what do you all think? Feedback is much loved, appreciated and wanted. Virtual cookies for all the reviewers!

Onward!

For the second time that day, Jack O'Neill had been wheeled off to the infirmary on a stretcher. For the second time that day, Jack O'Neill was lying unconscious in the infirmary, but this time, no one quite knew what was wrong.

Sam, Daniel, Teal'c General Hammond and R'aine had assembled in the infirmary at Doctor Fraiser's request. "The only thing that I can tell you is that I've found some traces of the substance in R'aine's blood in the Colonel's." She paused and shook her head. "That's the only thing that could possibly explain what happened. Other than that, he's in perfect health."

R'aine's face fell. "I always knew that this day would come, but I never thought it would be like this." She let out a very long and exasperated sigh and looked down at the floor. Sam grasped her firmly by the forearms.

"What's going to happen to him?"

R'aine looked a little frightened and backed towards Daniel, who made a quick break for Jack's bed to 'check up on him.'

After a long moment, she hung her head, letting her glossy purple hair cascade down over her face. When she spoke it was an unsteady and dreadfully quiet voice. "He will die, or I will die."

Sam's expression was somewhere in between rage and sorrow. She didn't know how she was supposed to react. In order for Jack to live, someone else had to die. Daniel came over from his hiding spot and placed a sympathetic hand on her shoulder, which she covered with her own.

R'aine must have read Sam's expression perfectly, because she smiled. "Do not fear Samantha, my time has long since come. I will sacrifice myself so that your Jack may be given a chance to live." It seemed to calm her. R'aine turned her head to Daniel, and gave him a very long, sad look.

"You will do no such thing!" General Hammond broke the silence in the room, prompting an extremely grateful look from Daniel.

Turning to the balding general, R'aine glided over. She said nothing, only placed her hand in his, looked into his eyes with her own multicolored ones, and shook her head. He knew that he could order every SF on this base try and stop her, but there was really nothing anyone could do. General Hammond looked defeated. He nodded slowly and did not argue.

Janet on the other hand was absolutely livid. She had here, two people who could both potentially die and there was absolutely nothing she could do about it. In fact, she didn't even understand what was wrong with them. That little alien had both Jack's life and her own in her hands, and now, she was going to have to watch at least one of them die. She took deep breaths, trying to tell herself that it was okay, but it just didn't sit right.

General Hammond, Janet, Sam and Teal'c all received hugs and comforting words from R'aine. As he watched, Daniel was dreading his turn. When R'aine finally got to him, he squirmed slightly.

"I will miss you the most," she paused. "Daniel." She kissed him on the cheek and pulled him into a hug. Daniel tried his best not to cringe. He patted her on the back awkwardly until she pulled away and smiled at him.

Daniel forced a smile. Oh god, Jack would have loved to see this. "Thank you for everything. R'aine."

R'aine gave one final, sad smile to the entire group. A pale blue light began to emanate from her. It started at her feet and crept up until it had completely engulfed her body. Then, it disappeared and R'aine wavered slightly. Instinctively, Daniel caught her before she collapsed.

The room was deadly silent. General Hammond was looking at the floor, Sam was near tears, Teal'c was, not surprisingly, expressionless as usual and Janet was livid once again. She was obviously still having a hard time with the thought of standing by and watching someone die. And then there was R'aine, dying in Daniel's arms. He couldn't help but feel some remorse for the poor girl. All she wanted to do was help, and it was going to cost her her own life.

With what was obviously every ounce of her strength, the dying girl reached up and touched Daniel's arm. "My beloved." She whispered. Her voice was almost inaudible.

Daniel decided to go along with it for just a little while. She was dying; it was the right thing to do. He tried to look as sincere as he could under the circumstances. "I'm here." Was all he could muster at that point.

"You will have your Jack soon."

"Shhh. I know R'aine, I know." Daniel brushed some purple hair from her ivory face.

The moment before the mysterious alien girl died, she looked perfectly happy. It surprised Daniel a little bit, actually. It almost seemed as if she weren't even going to die at all. Mind you, he had no idea what kind of afterlife these… people… had, so maybe she was going to a better place after all.

Her multicolored eyes finally fluttered shut, and she went limp on Daniel's lap. Nobody seemed to know what to say, so every person in the infirmary stood perfectly still and completely silent.

"Sam?" someone muttered. "What happened?" Jack sat bolt upright in his bed, he hadn't looked this lost since the last time Sam had tried to explain to him the basics of quantum mechanics. But he had woken up. "What the hell is going on?"

"Sir!" Sam rushed over to his side and began to recount the events of the last hour or so while he had been asleep.

Daniel summoned the will to stand up, bringing R'aine's body up with him. On the floor underneath her was a marking. It was in the shape of a teardrop. Or more appropriately, a raindrop. Daniel mused.

"Daniel Jackson, it appears that R'aine has left a gift for us." Teal'c said, nodding at the floor. "And it appears that she has left you one as well."

Daniel looked down at his arm. On the place where R'aine had touched him was a raindrop shaped mark.

Sam had finished retelling the day's events to the colonel, and waited for his reply. She hoped he understood that there was nothing anyone could have done to convince R'aine not to sacrifice herself for him.

"Wow."

She nodded. It had been a very long, very dramatic day and her eyes were filling up with tears. "I'm glad you're back, sir."

He smiled. She liked it when he smiled. "Now, Carter, I believe I owe you a hug."

Sam smiled. Perhaps a little too widely, but that didn't matter right now. "Promise not to pass out this time?"

"Promise."