AN Hi guys this is chapter 5. I hit a wall in my revision and was so bored I was reduced to counting my spork collection : D And since I can't stick to them I will stop making promises about when I will update bows head in shame but anyway...

Enjoy!

Chapter 5 – Taking it Personally

The three men were ushered through the door and the soldiers spread out along the walls of the small room. The guy Jack had smart mouthed opened one of the small, square metal doors on the walls and threw a blue jumpsuit to each of them.

"Change."

Daniel and Teal'c obeyed without comment and Jack, who was still pissed about the guy hitting him in the head glowered darkly for a moment before grudgingly pulling off his jacket and BDU pants.

Once changed, they were herded through the next door into a bathroom, carrying their BDUs.

"Wash your hands and faces." Jack couldn't keep his mouth shut at this and spun on his heel to face to guard who's colleagues quickly stepped up behind him. Jack wasn't going to pick a fight with seven armed men but he wasn't going to be a pushover either.

"Y'know, I tried not to take it personally with the change of clothes thing but now your making me wash. If you got something to say, then just say it okay, I can take it."

"Wash!" He raised his weapon threateningly, so Jack took the hint and turned towards the sink nodding his assent to the Daniel and Teal'c, who stood waiting behind him. Daniel rolled his eyes at Jack who had to quell the urge to stick out his tongue. Daniel could be insufferable sometimes. The water flooded form the spray jets, a bright blue.

Daniel turned wide eyed to the guards.

"Uh, why's the water that colour? Only, where we come from, it's not... that colour."

"It has a cleaning agent in it." The three men washed their hands and faces, watched carefully the whole time by their entourage of guards. When they were finished, they were pushed through yet another door and left alone in the huge room beyond, being told,

"You will wait here until the others arrive." before the door was shut and locked behind them.

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Sam had been alone in the room she had awoken in since Hyden had untied her and left. All she could see from the window was a vast city scape and the same mountain, from the other side now. She had tried, without success, to open the door Hyden had left through. Now she sat on the couch staring around the room waiting for somebody to arrive and explain things to her.

The light from the window was dimming when Hyden finally returned and sat smiling on the couch beside her. Sam edged away.

"I hope that I have given you enough time to come to terms with your new situation."

Sam stared at him with Yeah right written all over her face.

"I don't even get what my 'new situation' is and I'm sorry but I won't settle with one that doesn't involve going home with my friends."

"You don't understand. That is not an option. All who invade our planet become testers. You are extraordinarily lucky that I have saved you from that life."

"No! I won't stay here with you, while they're prisoners. I don't even know what you expect me to do here for the rest of my life." It seemed to be impossible to phase this guy because now a bright smile lit his face again.

"You can do what you want. Because of me you can be a citizen her and you can stay with me and we will be happy." Sam was sure that the look on her face must be readable to anybody but Hyden seemed determined to stay blind to the obvious.

"Happy? You can't expect me to ever be more than a prisoner here." His mile faltered Finally

"You are very lucky that I have helped you." he reiterated and carefully replaced his smile before continuing. "One day you will understand how much you owe me and I am confident that you will return the way I feel for you." He reached and covered Sam's hand where it lay, with his own. She withdrew it quickly and stood, her patience fast running out.

"No! I won't. Ever. You can't keep a person, or their friends prisoner and expect them to love you and I will not play happy families with you up here while my friends are acting as your slaves!" She finally looked back and was shocked by the change in him. He now sat, his hand still rested where hers had been but his expression was hard and dangerous.

"Then you will suffer the same fate as your friends." He strode to the wall beside the small desk and hit a button. "I saved you and offered you a free life and you are ungrateful. Perhaps when have lived the alternative you will see what I have done for you and understand how lucky you are that I chose to help you." Two bulky men in the Familiar gray uniform strode into the room, looking to Hyden for instructions. "She is to become a tester." The soldiers gripped her upper arms, almost lifting her from the floor. " When you are tired and ill and realise what you have forsaken, you need only tell the marshals that you have changed your mind and perhaps I will consider extending my generosity again."

The men began to haul her from the room but Hyden held up a hand to pause them in their tracks. Leaning close into her personal space, he spoke softly. "You can still change your mind now, Major Carter." Sam kept the disquiet she felt at having the man so close to her face hidden and looked back into his dark eyes with her jaw set.

"Not a chance." Hyden stepped back sharply and Sam thought he was about to turn away when completely out of the blue he struck her sharply across the face with the back of his hand, the ring he wore drawing blood. Sam was shocked, and it showed. Until now she had still held vestiges of pity for the apparently naive governor.

Now the fury showed white hot in her eyes as her watched the guards drag her through the door and down the steps outside.

AN Dunno when I will update but I think it will be soon. Hope you enjoyed it. I know a lot of people were looking forward to Sam rejecting this guy good n proper – hope it worked for ya but y don't you click the friendly review button and tell me instead of leaving me in suspense.

TTFN – prometheus246