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Chapter 9

They drove straight through the night and most of the next day before they stopped at a motel. Sam was exhausted, neither she nor Jack had slept since before they had left and they were both feeling it now. They checked in and went quickly to their room, it was a small, badly decorated room but it had a bed and a bathroom in it so as far as Sam was concerned it was fine.

"Why don't you take a shower first?" Jack suggested and Sam nodded heading into the bathroom. The hot water against her skin felt good and for a short time she could relax and forget everything. She knew this whole nightmare was far from over but she could temporarily forget it had even happened.

When she was finished she reluctantly turned the shower off, wrapped her towel around her and headed back into the bedroom. Jack was lying on the bed staring at the ceiling when she walked in.

"Feel better?" he asked without turning his gaze.

"Yeah, you're turn" she said and he stood up quickly and made his way to the bathroom. He stopped as he walked past her and pulled her into his arms. He held her tightly against his chest, she hadn't realised she needed that until he'd done it.

"It'll all be okay" he told her and she nodded her head, he could almost make her believe it.

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"Come on Jan it'll be fun" Daniel told her

"Indeed it will Dr Frasier" Teal'c added.

"It's better than sitting there worrying all night again and Teal'c is staying especially for this" Daniel continued, he and Teal'c had spent the last five minutes trying to convince Janet to play on the Play station with them.

"Fine"

Daniel and Teal'c grinned triumphantly as Teal'c plugged Janet in and she sat down next to Daniel. She rolled her eyes at their almost childish expression but was glad for the distraction. She had been worrying none stop since Jack and Sam had left last night. She had barely slept and neither had Daniel or Teal'c.

There was nothing any of them could do now, their friends were on their own and she had no way of knowing if they were okay. They had the number for Jack's new phone but it was only for absolute emergencies so she couldn't use that to check in on them.

Daniel started showing her the controls for the racing game they were about to play and Janet listened carefully. Satisfied she knew what she was doing the game began. As soon as the word go appeared on the screen she knew they were both going easy on her and she decided to take full advantage of it. Her car sped ahead of the other two and by the time they had gotten over their shock she was miles away.

Several minutes later her car crossed the finished line followed by Teal'c's and then Daniel's. Both men looked at her in shock and she burst out laughing and leant back on the sofa.

"Rematch" Daniel demanded but it was several minutes before Janet regained enough self control to pick up her controller and race them. She won again only this time the race had been much closer and she had tried unsuccessfully not to laugh at the expressions on their faces again.

"Oh game on" Daniel declared.

"Indeed" Teal'c agreed and Janet just laughed even more. Clearly their pride had been wounded and they would not rest until they had won.

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They had both barely slept last night but they had at least gotten a few hours of rest. They were leaving again now though; it wasn't safe to stay in the same place to long. They walked out of the motel with their bags over their shoulders.

There was a piece of paper on the window of Jack's truck which he picked up and unfolded to reveal a red heart.

"Guess he didn't want suing for damaging another car" Jack said sarcastically. He quickly checked the car for any signs of danger, bombs or serial killers before he told her to get in the car quickly and they drove away from the motel.

Her feelings were conflicted, a jumbled mess. She was terrified that he was still following her and that she had come all this way and he still found her. At the same time though she was relieved, if he was out here with her then he was nowhere near Janet, Daniel or Teal'c. Her friends were safe and that meant more to her than anything.

TBC