-1AN: Thanks for preserving with me and hope you enjoy this chapter.

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Previously:

"Is he dead?" Sam asked.

Janet look up into the anxious faces of Daniel and Sam with Teal'c standing seemingly unmoved beside them.

"Yes."

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Thor transported Jacks body up to his ship along with the other members of SG1 and Dr Fraiser.

"Janet are you going to leave Jack like that?" Daniel asked pointing in disgust at the scalpels and knives sticking out of Jacks body.

"No I am going to remove them." Janet began by removing the scalpels that had been thrust into the normally vibrant brown eyes of the leader of SG1.

Thor stood back and watched as Janet worked, even though he knew that he would have to inform the High Council of all that had happened.

"That's the last of them." Janet announced. "Now its just a question of time before he regenerates again, I hope."

The members of the SGC stared down at there unresponsive comrade and friend each lost in there own thoughts on the horrifying fate that had befallen him. Thor took the opportunity to leave to make his report.

"Can you do anything else for O'Neill?" Teal'c enquired looking down at the still form.

"No, not at this time." Janet replied.

The four sat around the body waiting for some sign of life, each hoping that the return to safety for the battered tortured warrior would occur soon.

A gasp signalled the return of life, brown eyes almost reluctantly opened and slowly surveyed the surroundings.

All waited with baited breath before the three Tauri rushed forward.

"Nooooooooo" howled Jack as he scrambled away from them.

"Jack your safe." Daniel softly spoke reaching out a hand beseechingly to his friend

"O'Neill, J, Colonel, USAF."

"Colonel. It's ok your safe." Janet slowly approached.

"O'Neill, J, Colonel, USAF." desperately repeated.

Head shaking Jack backed himself into a corner curled tightly into himself and began to rock and chant over and over again.

"O'Neill, J, Colonel, USAF."

Janet beckoned the others away from the Colonel and turned her back on the distressing sight.

"He is clearly traumatised and I believe that it maybe better if we returned to the SGC where the Colonel can be allowed to rest." Janet announced.

"I do not agree DoctorFraiser." Teal'c spoke up before the others had a chance. "I believe that O'Neill will be safer here, he should not be allowed to come to further harm."

Turning to face the still chanting man, Janet came to a decision.

"OK Teal'c maybe it would be better if the Colonel stayed here for now, but I am going to give him a sedative to him sleep and relax."

Sam starred at her CO, hardly able to believe that he was once again safe back with her and the other members of SG1.

"I have to report to the General and advise him of the decision to remain here." reluctantly Sam went to locate Thor.

Daniel eyes welled up with unshed tears as Jack continued to rock and mutter his name and rank.

Janet moved to the medical equipment she had brought with her and filled a syringe with a sedative which would hopefully help. Then she slowly advanced pausing she bent down and gently took Jacks arm, blank brown eyes watched in detachment as she injected the drug.

Gently rubbing Jack's arm Janet could feel the tension slowly ebb from him. Teal'c moved closer, but before he could squat down to Jacks level, panicked brown eyes registered the large shape towering over them.

"Won't scream!!!" Jack yelled trying to squeeze further into himself.

Shocked Teal'c halted and began to back away in an effort to calm his brother. Daniel also stopped moving any closer while Janet could feel all the tension return to the rocking form.

"No, no never scream." Jack ground out now trying to move away from Janet too.

Janet moved away from Jack again moving slowly and calmly so as not to upset him further.

"I am going to increase the sedative I have already given the Colonel as it is not working. " she told them.

"I did not realise my presence would upset O'Neill." Teal'c quietly spoke.

"I don't think it is you so much as the towering over him." Daniel suggested.

Janet again advanced to administer more sedation and gently did this, Daniel and Teal'c stayed back until Jack slumped against the diminutive form of Dr Janet Fraiser.

Moving the unconscious form onto what the Asgard considered a bed Janet began to gently clean and put medication on the wounds covering the majority of Jacks body especially his lower half.

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Jack eyes opened and he rolled out of bed, getting dressed, he collected his fishing gear and made his way out of the cabin to the lake outside.

After quietly fishing for what felt like hours Jack realised he was not alone, a two glowing balls transformed themselves into a young boy and a middle aged serious looking man.

"Hello O'Neill." The boy beamed.

"Shifu."