A/N: I am so very sorry for the delay, my comp crashed and I had to wait for it to come back to life. I hope this makes up for the delay.

Sam turned to run and got 5 steps away from the door before Pete wrapped his arms around her and dragged her back into the house. He slammed the door with his foot and threw her down the two steps into the living room. From her stop on the floor, Sam saw Jack laying on the floor near the patio doors, face down and blood around his head. She had to fight back the tears as she felt Pete grab her hair to force her to look at him.

"So a date with your Col., took you long enough. I have to say you do look great though."

"How did you get in?"

"I have my ways, now let me see we have a few options now. You see, he's over there bleeding, no doubt from where I hit him on the head, he more than likely needs medical attention. So here are your choices. You come with me, I call 911 and they come and save his life. Second choice is I shot you then call 911 to save him, and he has to live with out you."

"What no third option?"

"I could kill you both, but then where would be the fairness in that?"

"You know that you can't get away with this."

"I already have."

"Indeed you have not." Teal'c said standing behind him with a zat pointed at him. "Please stand Pete Shanahan and release Maj. Carter."

"Your buddies to the rescue again I see." Teal'c zatted him before he could say anymore. Soon he went to the door, where Daniel came in holding his gun followed by the MP'S. Pete had apparently done a few things that were technically considered government property so they had jurisdiction over the case. Sam didn't release her breath until she saw the cuffs on his wrists. Then it hit her like a ton of bricks. Jack.

"Jack, come on wake up. Jack."

"I have called Doctor Fraizer, she is waiting for us. An ambulance is also on its way."

"Thank you Teal'c."

She gently rolled him to his back, instantly she saw the spot where Pete had struck him. He looked so peaceful almost like he was sleeping, Sam's only hope was that it wasn't a permanent sleep.

The ambulance took him back to Cheyenne Mountain where Janet was waiting. It took only a few hours to stop the bleeding and repair the damage that Pete had done. Sam was fidgety. She had yet to change out of her dress, the General came by and told her to take a break and go get changed. He dress was now covered in blood, Jack's blood when she got to the locker room and pulled out her uniform, she cried, there had been no word on Jack's condition and no one was telling her anything. The dress she had bought to impress him was now ruined and the date they had planned had never happened. She cried and whispered silent prayers that maybe one day t would happen.

Sam went back holding a cup of coffee, it was going to be a long night and she would not leave until she knew that he was going to be alright. Janet had finally allowed her to see him around 1 am. Upon entering the room, Sam noticed the bandage, almost in the same spot the butterfly bandage had been a week ago. Ironic she thought. He looked so peaceful, resting there waiting to wake up.

"How is he?"

"We're waiting on a few tests to come back."

"Janet, please tell me."

"It doesn't look good. He took quite a hit. I'm afraid that if he doesn't wake up in the next few hours, that he may not wake up at all."

"I did this to him."

"No you didn't, you couldn't have known that Pete was going to show up at the Col's. and do this."

"Who's idea was it to have Teal'c follow me?"

"Jack's, he didn't want anything to happen to you."

"Can I stay with him for a while?"

"Yeah. I'll be in my office in case you need anything."

"Thanks Janet."

Janet walked away and into her office in case Jack woke up. Sam pulled up a stool and sat there next to the bed and held onto Jack's hand waiting for him to wake up. Somewhere in the night, she laid her head down and fell asleep waiting for him to wake up. That night however, he didn't wake up, much to everyone's disappointment. In fact by the end of the week he hadn't stirred at all, Janet feared that the damage that Pete had caused was too extensive and that he wouldn't wake up at all.

General Hammond had placed SG1 on stand down that week, but the next week he put them back into the rotation without Jack. Daniel was upset and Sam was inconsolable. Teal'c was Teal'c and did as he felt was best to honor a warrior such as Col O'Neill. They mostly went on fact finding trips through the gate, the Gen kept it light in case something happened. He didn't want them somewhere where they were bound to get hurt and have Jack wake up only to kick his butt.

Sam had taken the job as head of Research and Devolpment at the SGC and still stayed part of SG1. But the position that she took was so that she and Jack could be together, and with him comatose and no signs of waking up, she wondered if taking the job was the best thing to do. Since she was third in command, she ended up taking over a lot of Jack's duties, but having to do his work made her feel worse, she needed desperately for him to wake up and tell a bad joke. Anything at this point. Sam still harbored the guilt that she had done this to him. Everyday that they were on the planet, she went by to check on him. Then one day after being off world for two days she was upset at what she didn't find in the SGC infirmary.