Authors Note: This is a really short chpater telling about what's going on back home, just to let you know that they do not know where Jack is and are searching for him. SG-1 aren't going to leave him hanging.

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/Meanwhile at the SGC/

"Major, any progress in locating the whereabouts of Colonel O'Neill?" General Hammond once again asked the said colonel's 2IC. It had been two days since he had disappeared. When SG-1 had shown up at his office, concerned that something had happened to him, he sent two security teams to his house. They had found it in shambles, with a couple windows shattered, furniture overturned and broken into several pieces, and several personal items strewn across the floor, but what most concerned him were several different bloodstains on the wall, floor, and front door and handle. It was obvious that there had been a struggle, but when the blood results came back, none of them matched Colonel O'Neill. They had corresponded with several shady characters known to the FBI and CIA as hit men who were currently under investigation. O'Neill had vanished without a trace.

"No sir," she was obviously strained, his whole team was. They were worried sick that he had been captured right under their noses, and the fact that they had absolutely no leads in the search.

Daniel kept saying how he couldn't believe it. They were fighting a war off-world, but when they stepped back through the gate to earth, they were supposed to be safe. He knew that the colonel had pissed off a lot of people, but he couldn't imagine who would be stupid enough to take out one of the most important soldiers who were fighting for their safety and right to exist.

"Okay people, get yourselves some rest. You won't do Colonel O'Neill any good if you burn out when he needs you most. Tomorrow, we'll make a fresh start." A round of yes sirs and a nod from Teal'c followed as they filed out of the room.

"We will find him. I am certain of it," Teal'c tried to reassure SG-1's two scientists. They were all tired after trying to come up with a very long, and incomplete, list of who the colonel made enemies of. There really wasn't much they could do. It was all so sudden and there were far more questions than answers at that point.

The General let out a sigh, then got up and went to sit behind his desk in his office. He'd be damned if he was going to lose one of the finest officers he'd ever met and had the pleasure to command. He picked up his phone and started to place a few phone calls.

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I'm sorry guys, I am going through a really tough time right now in my life. Everything is going wrong for me so it will be a little while before the next update. I'm sorry.