I took parts of the actual show in this one. However for this one a chapter will be posted from here on out once a week, due to RL... Hope you're enjoying it.. Please leave your comments :)
Running up the drive behind Charlie, Jack grinned at Sara and stopped on the steps as Charlie ran inside.
"I'll just get changed and get my glove!" He yelled out and then disappeared into the house.
"Are they his photo's?"
"Yeah," Jack grinned and sat behind her letting her taken them as they both looked at them. At the sound of a gun going off they both froze. "CHARLIE!" Jack yelled running into the house before Sara had a chance to move.
Not being able to find his glove Charlie huffed, and ran into his parents room, going through their closet he sighed when he came up empty again. Turning he noticed the desk. His father's desk. Standing on the chair Charlie grinned as he found not only his glove but his fathers as well. Grabbing both, he hadn't noticed the gun wedged in next to them.
As it fell his eyes widened. He tried to move but lost his balance on the seat. As the gloves fell to the floor his hand clipped the trigger of the gun, and at the force of his fall the gun fired. Falling instantly Charlie knew he was dying. He remembered his father coming to his side, he remembered staring at him.
"Charlie! It's gonna be alright!" He stated ripping his jacket off and pressing it to the wound in his chest. Not hearing or understanding him Charlie simply stared a him.
"Love you," he whispered as sirens were heard wailing in the distance. No sooner had the ambulance arrived was Jack pushed out the way and his son was pronounced dead.
Running into the house Kawalsky and Lou ran to Charlie's room to only pound on the locked door. They had managed to work the lock to open it half an hour later and froze when they saw Jack holding the very gun that took his son's life. He hadn't left the room since the incident and Sara had left him. He knew there was going to be divorce papers somewhere around the house but he didn't care.
"Jack," Lou stated staring at him.
"Jack, come on..."
"Come on where?" Jack muttered staring at the gun.
"We have a mission Jack. We have a briefing in two days! Remember the stargate project?"
"Tell 'em to get someone else,"
"Jack the teams are assembled!"
"Then un-assemble them CHARLIE!" He yelled glaring at his best friend.
"I promise you Jack. If you come you might get a second chance," and with that Kawalsky and Lou left.
"Charlie, what did you mean by that?"
"I ran into Sam, the other day, Lou."
"WHAT?" He yelled stopping and grabbing Kawalsky's arm. "Are you gonna tell him? Did you tell her he's alive?"
"No and no,"
"Why?"
"He needs to get over this somehow, and promising Sam, when I don't know if she even knows about the program or not isn't fair on him. And she didn't seem to want to know. Charlie was a spitting image of Jack, she met Charlie, so she could have guessed."
"Not if you think someone's dead! Christ Charlie! These last ten years she's thought Jack was dead! If she met his son, she wouldn't have connected the two if her life depended on it! How the hell can a dead man have kids?"
"Just drop it Lou, please," and with that Kawalsky headed to their car.
"XAN!" Sam yelled that evening when she walked in the front door.
"Mum!" She called back and ran down the hall to greet her. Smiling Sam hugged her daughter tightly.
"Have you been good?"
"Yep!" She grinned. "Grandad was so funny this afternoon!" She laughed following Sam into the kitchen.
"Really?"
"Yes! He picked me up and on the way here, we had to go somewhere, and he got lost! He told me not to say anything but it was too funny!" She giggled.
"Is that so?" The man in question, asked from behind her. Spinning around she laughed, and ran to hid behind Sam.
"Hey I'm not getting involved!" She laughed trying to move out of Xantheia's grip.
"But mum you have to help me!" She laughed.
"No way angel! You walked into this one!" She smiled. "I have groceries to put away, come on," she sighed looking at her daughter hands full of vegetables and milk. Sighing Xantheia moved away from her, but kept away from Jacob.
Laughing when she went to run past him and he wrapped a small baby yellow blanket around her and tickled her, as Sam looked up. Upon seeing the blanket she gasped. Eyes wide. Both parties stopped and looked at her.
"DAD!" She stated moving to him and pulling Xantheia from his arms, before gripping the blanket and taking it from him.
"What? Sam it's hers and its her favourite!"
"It's not her's its mine!" She hissed, quickly looking the blanket over to make sure it was still in one piece.
"Sam,"
"Mum, I'm sorry," Xantheia stated looking at her mother sadly, before bowing her head.
"It's ok Xan," she stated folding the blanket up. "Go put it back where it belongs ok,"
"Ok," she whispered and took the blanket back to Sam's room.
"Sam,"
"Apart from Xan it's all I have dad! I thought one day when I find someone, who loves her as much as me, I'd have more children. But right now there are only three names on that blanket and I want it left that way."
"Some things bothering you," he stated watching her. Sighing she shrugged, as the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Captain Carter?"
"Yes,"
"Sorry to do this to you Captain but your transfer has been delayed. Something is wrong with the commanding officer. This mission, or at least your involvement will not be needed at this time. Everything has been cancelled and you are to return to work here next month and your daughter to her school, after summer."
"What?" She gasped.
"I'm sorry captain I was just given this news as of ten minutes ago."
"Yes sir, sorry sir,"
"I understand your response Captain. No need to apologise. I'm glad to have you back!"
"Yes sir," she stated and ended the call. Sighing she shook her head.
"What is it?"
"The assignment to the Springs has been called off for now. My new CO is, I don't know dad. The general said something had happened to him, so its all off," she sighed and shook her head.
"Oh Sam I'm sorry honey!" He stated and hugged her tightly. Nodding she sighed in his embrace and hugged him back.
"Lou did you hear yet?" Kawalsky stated as they walked into the pub.
"Yeah they must really want Jack on this mission!"
"Yeah I know! But every things just so damn screwed up! I bet their only stopping it because they know he'll agree with their orders and do anything!"
"Like stay behind and blow himself up?"
"Well someone's gonna need to stay back and set the bomb Lou!"
"They're using Charlie's death against him! In the worst god damned possible way too!" Lou chided, and sighed.
"Tell me about it! I just wonder how many other people's careers are now on hold! I mean I'm back stationed in the Springs so that's fine for me! But you're now stuck here in DC for how much longer?"
"I'm ok with it! I mean if you ran into Sam, it means she's working here somewhere, maybe I'll be lucky enough to run into her too! It's been a while after all!"
"Things change Lou, don't forget that!"
"So did she mention her kid? Her father make her adopt it out?"
"Little girl, and she's still with her. Apparently her father was sold the second he held his grand daughter!" Kawalsky laughed.
"I bet!" Lou grinned. And so the rest of the night was spent in a dark corner in a dark pub drinking and reminiscing on old times! Four captains and one beautiful nineteen year old.
