Chapter 13 – With You

Spoilers: Threads – Season 8 - MU (my universe!!) from thereon

Pairings: Jack & Sam of course

Thank you so much to everyone who has reviewed so far. I really appreciate it.

I don't anything. I wish I owned RDA, but alas I don't, so I'll just have to continue drooling over his pics!!…

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

Next Chapter: Chapter 13

Jack found what he was looking for and quickly assimilated the information before him. With deft hands and the knowledge of a race long extinct, he quickly checked the device he had been looking for. Testing that it was still working, he gathered it up and travelled as fast as he could back to the Star Gate, hoping that his visit had gone unnoticed. He was quickly beginning to feel the effects of the knowledge in his mind. He could feel his body starting to shut down as he began to struggle to remain upright. Even though he could no longer speak English, his thoughts, strangely enough we still in English. He began to wonder if he would survive this latest encounter with Ancient memories. The previous times has been harrowing in themselves and each time the recovery was so much harder. "Thor old buddy, I sure hope you can pull a rabbit out of your hat again" he though to himself.

Meanwhile… back in orbit around Earth, Samantha sat feeding Janet. Suddenly Daniel burst into the room.

"Sam come quick, we've found Jack, well not actually found him, but think we've found the address he gated to in the Ori home galaxy"

"Oh god Daniel, do we know if he's ok?"

"No, not yet, all we know is that soon after the wormhole disengaged, as massive energy weapon discharged and has destroyed the entire Ori race"

Racing to the control room, her face a grim reflection of her inner emotions "Have you found him Thor?"

"The Asgard ship in the vicinity has scanned the planet and has located a single life sign. We are not sure if it is O'Neill, but given that we are not picking up any Ori life signs on the planet, we can only hope that it is indeed O'Neill"

"When will we know?"

"We should know shortly, the ship is about to beam them onto the ship"

Turning to Daniel, Sam was unable to contact her emotions any longer "Daniel, it has to be him, please let it be him, please let him be Ok". Taking her into his arms, he comforted her in the only way he knew how. With soothing words and gentle caresses, reminding her of the joy and love she had shared with Jack and even though it had been brief thus far, asking that wasn't it worth it, even though, he may not come back to her this time, that she would have all those memories and a constant reminder of him, in the form of their baby.

"Colonel Carter, I have just received word that the body beamed from the planet is indeed O'Neill, however, he is extremely unwell and has many injuries from the energy discharge. I have instructed Commander Odin to meet us as soon as possible, but as his ship is not as fast as this one, we will meet him half way. In the meantime I have instructed them to put O'Neill into a stasis pod to preserve his life. I have to be honest with you Colonel Carter, I am unsure if he will be able to recover from this last interaction with Ancient technology, his body took much more work to restore last time than on the previous occasions. We will try our best to return him to you un-scared"

Without turning to look at him, he face still buried on Daniel's chest, her replied was more of a sob "thank you Thor, for everything"

"You are indeed welcome Colonel Carter, or do you prefer to be known as O'Neill?"

"I'll answer to either, but please, do all you can, I just don't want to loose him Thor"

"I understand. If you would like to wait in your room, I will contact you as soon as we receive further information regarding O'Neill".

Daniel led Sam away and Thor returned to his task and getting to Jack as soon as his ship would travel.

Meanwhile… Commander Odin had just finished putting Jack into stasis. He was very interested to see the brain wave patterns on the monitor. It appeared that Jack was dreaming….

"No Jack, I mean take care of her. Make her happy. She can be happy with you. She loves you, ya know?"

"Make her happy Jack, make her happy. For me"

Is the Air Force the only thing keeping you two apart? Rules and regulations? Because if it is, you're making a very big mistake

"Jack, please, I've never felt more at home in my life".

"Sam, I wanna get one thing straight, no matter what, it's always been you"

"I couldn't marry him, when I .. when I… ".

"When you're in love with someone else?"

"I love you Carter, always have"

"Jack I'm pregnant"

"I knew you'd come back me, to us"

my life is complete

Suddenly the monitors starting beeping like crazy and the alarmed Commander Odin contacted Thor immediately.

"Commander Thor, I fear we are losing O'Neill, his brain function is erratic, I do not know if we can sustain his life"

"Odin, we are now within beaming distance, beam O'Neill directly to our command deck. Dr Jackson and Colonel Carter are awaiting his arrival"

At his command Jack was beamed immediately to where Daniel and Sam waited for him. Sam couldn't hold back her sobs when she saw him in the stasis pod. The monitors were going crazy and then suddenly, stopped, one breath-taking moment passed before they began to beep again.

Without further adieu Thor began working over Jack, pushing buttons and moving stones. Many hours passed and when he finally stopped, he raised his large black eyes to Sam and slowly shook his head. "I have done all that I can, the rest is up to him"….

TBC

Sorry to leave it here. Will try to finish it soon.