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Chapter 16

They knew their friends had been captured, they had been gone almost a day but they decided to give them more time. Knowing Jack and Sam they would probably find a way out. It was of great relief to all of them when the two of them came stumbling through the trees.

"What did we miss?" Jack asked looking at Teal'c who had regained consciousness several hours ago but was still in pain from his injury.

"Guard patrols spotted us" Daniel explained.

"Is everyone else alright?" Sam asked as she and Jack mentally checked everyone for injuries, their eyes resting on Janet.

"Hey Janet you're back with us" Jack said cheerfully and Janet returned his smile.

"Yeah Jack"

"It was so weird" Kaleth explained "When Teal'c got shot she just snapped out of it"

"I wouldn't say I just snapped out of it"

"That's our Janet" Jack said cheerfully and proudly as he put an arm around her shoulder and began to walk away with her. "Oh and by the way we found the stargate" Jack declared as he walked off chatting to Janet.

Sam and Daniel both smiled and shook their heads. Daniel and Kaleth helped Teal'c to walk and Melody and Lissia were right behind them and Sam was at the back.

It was a half an hour walk back to the gate and they were almost there when they heard the sounds of people following them.

"Time to pick up the pace" Jack said and everyone sped up.

They made into the clearing and were relieved and overjoyed to find the stargate standing there.

"Yes!" Jack exclaimed "I love this thing"

His celebration was cut short by gunfire as they approached the DHD. Sam and Jack fired back and Daniel told Melody to help Kaleth with Teal'c before he joined them. Melody sent Lissia to Janet who was dialling the gate and sending the iris code through.

"Let's go" Janet shouted as she took hold of Lissia's hand and ran through the gate with little girl. Teal'c, Kaleth and Melody were next and Jack, Sam and Daniel followed them thorough backwards as they continued to fire at the council guards.

"We'd almost given up on you" Hammond said joyfully as he strode into the gate room and Jack had a feeling it would take a chisel to remove the grin from his face.

"Well you know we have nasty habit of walking straight into trouble and then getting back out of it again"

"Did SG2 come back through the gate?" Sam asked remembering that they had never known what had happened to the other team.

"Yes they did. We sent teams through the gate looking for you, they found no sign of you or the city, Colonel Mann said the stargate had been moved"

"It was moved but apparently they moved it back when you stopped coming through the gate"

"Go to the infirmary, get cleaned up and changed and I look forward to your debriefing"

"It's going to be an interesting one sir" Jack said glancing at Sam which did not go unnoticed by Hammond who had to hide his smile.

"I'm sure it will be Colonel" Hammond stated looking his team over "SG1, Dr Frasier welcome back"

"What are you talking about General, Janet is a part of SG1" Jack stated and Hammond's grin grew wider.

"That she is"

"How about that" Sam said "You're an honorary member of SG1"

Janet shook her head as Daniel placed an arm around her shoulders and left in the direction of the infirmary. Jack helped Teal'c to follow and Sam turned to their new friends.

"Don't worry, you're safe here, come on"

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"That was a long briefing" Jack stated as they all sat at his house eating pizza.

"We were gone a long time, a lot happened" Janet said.

"Yes it did" Jack said turning to Sam who was sitting next to him. The General had been quite visibly trying not to laugh at the expressions on their faces as they told him about their new relationship. They had decided only minutes before the debriefing that they did want it to be a relationship.

He said he had it all been worked out and not to worry about it. That had been followed by the news that Kaleth, Melody and Lissia had been granted permission to stay on earth and that homes were being set up for them. That had then been followed by the best news of all, two weeks down time.

"So since we have downtime who wants to go…"

"We're not going fishing Jack" Daniel stated firmly and everyone agreed.

"Then what are we gonna do?"

"Well you're all coming to my house tonight to spend some time with Cassie" Janet stated and everyone smiled and willingly agreed.

"Then I propose a toast" Jack said as he raised the glass of wine at his side they had opened to celebrate their return home. "To family"

Everyone smiled and joined in "To family"

The End

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