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Chapter Two.

They exited the wormhole together with a sure step. And then they faltered.

"Whoa!" Sam exclaimed.

"Umm Sam?" Daniel questioned. Teal'c raised an eyebrow as he scanned their surroundings. "What happened?"

"We're still on P3X 292." Sam said bewildered as she too scanned the area with a practiced eye. It was a fairly fertile planet, lush green fields, the sun-set creating a vast orange and pink glow over the hills at the horizon. On the other side stone buildings could still be seen, the ruins of what was once a city. She raised an arm to point in that direction, "look, there's SG-7's camp just visible…" And then she noticed something, she felt the familiar wait of her P90 strapped to the combat vest she wore. What the…!! She wasn't supposed to be wearing a combat vest, none would fit her anymore and she wasn't allowed, on Doctor's orders, to carry her P90. She didn't want to look down to see what was wrong, she didn't want to allow herself to feel the difference in her body. Terror gripped her heart.

"Teal'c!" She breathed, panic in her voice as she turned to him.

Teal'c saw immediately what had disturbed her so. Daniel seeing the distress flit across Teal'c's eyes, became concerned and moved to Sam, drawing in a sharp breath in shock.

"ColonelCarter!" Teal'c called as he watched Sam's knees buckle, both men helped her sink to the ground, her hands pressed to her now flat stomach.

"The baby!" Sam's wide, terror filled eyes looked into those of her companions as if begging them to tell her it wasn't real, just some nasty nightmare and she should wake up now. They only wished they could.

Sam was going into some sort of shock. She wasn't responding to questions, her breathing was too fast, they could feel her body trembling as they each held an arm and she just kept staring at them in horror.

"DanielJackson, I believe it would be best to return to the SGC immediately." Teal'c was forced to take over command.

"Right. I'll dial, but maybe we should radio through this time." Daniel wanted to be sure they were headed back to Earth. Teal'c inclined his head in agreement as Daniel took the few steps to the DHD and dialled.

Once the event horizon stabalised, Daniel sent SG-1's IDC and then keyed his radio as Teal'c remained by Sam, his hands grasping her upper arms gently in reassurance.

"Stargate Command this is Daniel Jackson of SG-1 do you copy?"

"This is Stargate Command Dr Jackson, go ahead." Came Sgt. Harriman's voice over the radio.

Daniel let out an audible sigh of relief and watched as Teal'c tried coaxing Sam to stand up. Her wide eyes just stared into Teal'c's as she whispered his name in a quiet, desperate plea.

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Sam Carter lay peacefully on a bed in the infirmiry, Daniel and Teal'c watching over her protectively. Teal'c ended up having to physically carry Sam through the 'gate. They had ignored the surprise on the faces of various SGC personell and they strode quickly to the infirmiry. By the time they got there, Sam was openly sobbing and repeating the word 'no' over and over. The doctor said she was suffering acute shock and administered a strong sedative.

"OK, I need to know exactly what happened." Doctor Brightman stated.

"Umm, I…we don't really know…" Daniel stuttered, now that they had gotten Sam back, he thought maybe he was beginning to lose it a little too.

"The explanations must wait for O'Neill's presence." Teal'c stated matter-of-factly.

But the clenching of his jaw told Daniel what the Jaffa was feeling. God! How would they explain this to Jack? How would he react, he'd already lost one child? Daniel started to feel overwhelming nausea and only just made it to the bathroom before emptying his stomach.

"What the hell happened, you only just left?" Daniel heard Jack's gruff voice as he walked slowly back to Sam's bedside.

"You are mistaken O'Neill, we have been off-world for several hours." Teal'c replied, brows slightly furrowed, the only outward sign of his confusion. He opened his mouth to continue, when Jack noticed Sam asleep on the bed and interrupted.

"Doc, what's wrong with Carter?"

"She's suffering acute shock sir, she was hysterical and we were unable to calm her so I administered a sedative to knock her out. Teal'c and Dr Jackson refused to explain anything until your arrival sir." She added, clearly irritated by the fact.

Hysterical! Carter? Jack thought. His 2IC didn't know the meaning of the word, besides they only just left! He turned to SG-1.

"What happened?" He demanded.

"We are unsure O'Neill." Teal'c replied.

"I dialled the 'gate Jack, I swear I dialled the right coordinates but when we stepped through, instead of the SGC we ended up stepping right back through to P3X 292." Daniel explained in a rush.

"What?" Jack winced.

"It is true O'Neill. There is more." Teal'c paused, glancing over to Daniel before continuing. "It is at this time that ColonelCarter cried out in anguish. O'Neill, the child within her…" Teal'c's voice broke, his jaw clenched convulsively as he tried to rein in his own grief. Daniel took over.

"Jack, the baby, it's…it's gone, just gone."

Jack just stared at them both for a long moment, before finding his voice, "the baby?"

Teal'c and Daniel nodded dumbly. They figured he must be in shock otherwise he'd be racing to Sam's side. In fact, through the haze of their own grief, they dimly wondered why he hadn't gone to her as soon as he'd come in.

"baby?" Jack repeated. He stood rooted to the spot, staring at his friends, letting their words sink-in. The baby, they said. Carter cried out and now the baby's gone. 'The baby within her,' Carter's baby. CARTER'S BABY!! Holy…

"What!!!" He roared.

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