Chapter 12 – With You

Spoilers: Threads – Season 8 - AU from thereon

Pairings: Jack & Sam of course

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Sam awoke with a start; her daughter was still snuggled into her chest, sleeping soundly. Although still in her own bed, but acutely aware that she was no longer in her own room, she began to look around, trying to work out where she was. Panic began to settle in, it appeared they had been abducted, but how? And by who? As she got out of bed, Janet began to stir and gradually woke up. Sam gently took her into her arms and once again began to investigate their surroundings. They were being kept in a room that was well prepared for them. There were supplies to feed and change the baby, a bathroom and a change of clothing for them both. Their abductors had certainly done their homework.

After feeding her baby, Sam settled her again to sleep and began to look around the quarters they had been assigned. After some considerable time and after not being able to ascertain any way out, she decided to sit and wait. What was she going to do any if she could find a way out? It's not like before, it's not like she would be able to fight her way out. She had her child to think about now.

Back at the SGC Jack's heavy sedation what beginning to wear off. He was lucid and in control externally, although internally, he knew what had to be done. The façade he was showing them gave no indication to the planning and turmoil going on inside.

Realising they would leave him alone if he feigned sleep, he did just that and at a little past 0430 he took his chance and left the infirmary. Minimal staff was at the base, it was nearing the end of the graveyard shiftHe made his way to the control room, quickly despatching the technician on duty. Dialling a gate address that he found somewhere in the nether regions of his memory, he ran down the stairs and before the AF's on duty knew what was happening, he had flung himself through the event horizon into places unknown.

Meanwhile, in orbit above the Earth, Samantha Carter-O'Neill was about to meet her abductors. As she sat feeding baby Janet, the door to her quarters opened. She was completely surprised to see the person standing on the other side of the door.

"Daniel?"

"Hey Sam"

"What the hell is going on here?"

"Your guess is as good as mine. I just got here"

"Where is here?"

"You don't know?"

"No, I don't know, we've been here for hours and haven't seen anybody else"

"We're aboard the new Asgard battle cruiser "The Carter-O'Neill"

"Really, Carter-O'Neill? Cool"

"Come on Sam, you're as bad as Jack"

"Ok, why did the Asgard abduct us?"

"Abduct is such a strong word, more like removed you from harm"

Before Sam could speak again, a little grey alien poked his head through the doorway

"Thor!"

"Hello Colonel Carter or is it Colonel O'Neill? Daniel Jackson, I am sorry I was not able to greet you personally, but I have been busy"

"What's going on Thor, why are we here?"

"The Ori have entered Earths solar system. Since you are the spouse of the only person in the galaxy capable of destroying them, we thought it best to keep you in a safe place. I apologise that we were unable to contact you first, but given the time constraints, we thought it best to act first and explain later"

"What do you mean, the only person in the galaxy capable of destroying them, you mean Jack? And these visions he's been having as because of that?"

"Indeed they are. The Ancient's were once able to defeat the Ori. Many thousands of years ago, before they went to Atlantis, the Ancients were in a great war with this newly resurrected enemy. They created a biological weapon that could defeat them. They did not want to destroy the population, however, in hindsight; I believe they were incorrect in doing so. The Ori are a far greater threat than the Goa'uld ever were. O'Neill, has the ability to manufacture the weapon and destroy the Ori permanently"

"But Thor, these visions are making him feel like he's going crazy. Oh my god, he's going to freak out when he finds out that we're gone. You have to let him know that we're safe." Begged Sam

"It would be of no use. We have been monitoring Earth's Star Gate and some time around 4.30am this morning, a single person went through the gate to an address in the Ori home galaxy. Our scans indicate that O'Neill is no longer on the planet".

Once again, Sam was facing the very real possibility that she was going to loose the love of her life. As tears began to fall, she went to the bed and scooped up her precious bundle. Burying the child to her chest, Sam began to rock back and forth in an attempt to appear to be comforting her child, when in fact she was trying to comfort herself. Daniel, not in the slightest convinced by her actions, sat quietly next to her and took them both into his strong arms. Thor just turned and left, he had work to do; he needed to monitor the communications systems so that he could attempt to locate his friend O'Neill. Even though he had a very important mission to complete, Thor was very fond of O'Neill and he not wish to see harm come to him or his family.

Jack found himself in a very alien looking place, although, it didn't appear alien at all to his eyes, in fact it seemed eerily familiar. Without further delay he set out to obtain the device that would allow him to defeat the Ori. He delved into the depths of his memory and found himself making his way to a cluster of ruins. The remains of his human consciousness recognised some of the symbols. They were Ancient; he was in cluster of Ancient ruins! He wondered how far had the ancients spread when they left Earth? Quickly finding the tablet he needed, he read the map and headed to the location of the device that would hopefully bring an end to this war once and for all…

A/N Hope this story is going Ok for those of you who have stuck by me. As usual reviews are greatly appreciated.

Just a small piece of poety here at the end of this Chapter. I wrote it before I wrote the previous chapter. I think it describes what Jack is going through to a "T" He can't control what he is doing, he just knows that he has to do it and eventually begins to wonder is he is in fact still alive!??... It's the whole losing control/being emmersed in the darkness that can somtimes consume us thing, that we've probably all gone through at some stage (except for the younger readers hopefully)!!!... Heavy huh!.. (so much for my penname! ARomanticAtHeart - yeh right!!!)

Hurriedly my heart beats,

My blood is boiling,

I tear at my hair

The colour I see is red

Hotter I feel,

Colder I feel

Numb are my fingers,

Numb is my heart

Am I dead?