When Jack walked into the room he saw his mother sitting on the bed. Sam was lying with her back to her curled up in a ball. The big duvet was covering her bruised and battered body.

When Lea saw Jack she rose from her position and moved to him. There were no words needed, but she laid a hand on his arm before moving out the door. He moved over to the bed and sat on the bed where his mother had previously been.

"Sam," it was a horse whisper, weaker than he thought possible "I'm so sorry" he said sadly.

Sam turned and looked at him, "They told you?" she asked. He nodded slightly and she moved over to him; he laid his right hand on hers.

"I asked them" he said, but she wasn't listening and he knew it, a tear slipped down her cheek.

"I lost my baby" she whispered. Jacks heart tore, he knew what it felt like to lose a child; but not like what Sam had gone threw. She'd had to feel the child die inside her. He couldn't stand seeing her cry and he pulled her into a long hug and she cried into his shoulder.

When she had finally stopped crying she lifted her head to look at him. "Why don't you try and sleep" he said. She nodded and carefully moved to lie down, as she was still very tender from the wounds Pete had inflicted earlier. He went to stand when her hand shot up and grabbed his wrist.

"Please don't go" she said in a panicked voice. "Please stay with me" she lifted the covers up to get him to join her under them.

"Sam, are you sure?" he asked, she nodded. So he did as she requested and took of his everything but his t-shirt and boxers. Sam lay on her side with Jack next to her. He gently put his arm around her because us of the bruising around her ribs and abdomen. It wasn't long before the two were asleep.

Jack woke a few hours later and when he looked down to check on Sam, he found her still asleep. He carefully untangled himself from her, and went to the bathroom. When he came back out Sam was sitting up slightly. "Hey" he said, moving towards the bed "How are you?"

"A little sore, and hungry, but I'm ok" she said.

"Ok well I'm going to go down and grab us some dinner." A flash of fear crossed Sam's face and Jack reached out and took her hand. "Its ok, I'll only be a few mints" she relaxed slightly and there was a knock on the door. Jack move to open it and when he did he saw his mother. He opened it wider to let her in.

"Hello dear, I thought you two might be hungry" she said holding up a tray. There were two dinner plates heaped full with roast beef, mash potatoes, and vegetables.

"Yum, I was just about to go down and get some food for us" Jack said

Lea moved over to the bed "Here you go, a good meal will do you both some good" she put the tray on the bed, and turned to leave. "I'll come and get it in awhile, oh and Jonathan your father wants to speak to you" she said before closing the door behind her.

Both of them ate the delicious food and Sam even cleaned her plate, which surprised Jack, but he didn't say anything. Lea came back soon after they had finished. "Hey mum will you stay with Sam while I go see what dad wants? I'll take the tray down as well."

"Of course dear, if Sam is ok with it" Sam just nodded.

Jack went down to see his father; his mum had said he was in the office. He made a slight detour to go and put his and Sam's plates in the kitchen.

When he entered the office most of the men of the family were sitting or standing in the room, "Umm, dad?" he asked confusedly.

John, who was sitting behind the desk looked up at Jack, "Jack, I was hoping to talk to you"

"Yeah, so mum said, what's going on?"

"Well, we found this on Samantha's Dress Blue jacket" he said holding up a small object. Jack moved closer to have a better look at it. It didn't take him long to realize what it was. Jack looked up at his father, "Where is he?" Jack asked thru gritted teeth

"Most of the airmen that were here had to head back to the States. They offered to escort Shanahan back with them and Dave called your CO, General Hammond, and told him what happened; there will be personnel from Cheyenne mountain waiting for Detective Shanahan at Andrews Air Force Base, who will be taking him back to Colorado springs" John said.

Jack nodded "Ok, is there anything else?"

"Yeah, sib and Mel had a look threw Sam's clothes and found three more of these trackers" Dixon pointed to the item in Jack's hand. "But there doesn't seem to be anymore." Jack nodded and moved to the door.

"Oh, what time is it by the way?" Jack asked at the door.

Mac answered "23:40, the two of you slept most of the day" Jack just nodded and left the room.

When Jack arrived back in his bedroom, Sam was nowhere to be seen. He looked at his mother who was sitting on the end of the bed. She stood up and walked toward him, "She went to have a shower." She said as she walked past him, but when she reached to door she turned and looked at her eldest child "Alex's Last Will and Testament will be read at 10:00am in the living room" she said. "Oh and Jack" "Hum" he said "She will be ok now" and she walked out the door, leaving Jack more than slightly confused.

Sam came out of the bathroom about five minutes later. Jack found it hard not to notice that she was now wearing one of his t-shirts and his sweat pants. She gave him a small smile, and moved towards where he was sitting on the bed.

"Hey" he said as she sat down.

"Hey" she echoed back to him.

"What did my mum say to you?"

Sam looked him in the eyes and what Jack saw made him smile; there was humour in them "What?" he asked.

"She was telling me stories" she replied. Jack gowned "Like thinking you could fly" she said in a light tone "Oh and then there was the fishing incident." Jack lay down and buried his head in the pillow while Sam recanted the funny stories Lea had shared with her.

Sam moved to lie next to Jack and he lifted his head up and looked at her; they both smiled. Lea was right, Sam would be ok. Jack knew his mum had said something to her other then the stories, and he hoped someday she would tell him, but he wouldn't push her now.

They both knew that she would need to see a shrink, but she didn't have to look far because she had her own personal shrink lying next to her. One who cared about her a lot more than he was supposed to and also understood what it meant to lose a child.

TBC…