Author's Note: Well I decided to take pity on you guys especially since you have been awesome reviewers. Here is the next chapter and the wedding is still coming in the next chapter. If enough of you review and I will post it on Saturday.
SGAussie (): After writing so many SG-1 stories in a row I find that I worry about two things. One when they tell Jake they are getting married and the wedding. I find I want to make each of these events special and different each time. Glad to see that I manged okay with one of them. Let me know how I did with the wedding that is still to come. dp(): Thank you enjoy this one too!
It didn't take long to locate Sergeant Miller. Once the SFs had him cornered, they radioed Jack. The Goa'uld was very afraid by this time and was reacting irrationally.
Jack stepped forward, "Where is the girl you took? We want her back. That is all we want. If you tell us where she is, we will let you go."
"No, let me go now. I need to leave this place immediately." and he rushed the line of soldiers. One of them panicked and shot the Goa'uld.
Jack watched it fall to the ground wondering how they would find Morgan with their only lead dead, "Cease fire." he waited another long heartbeat to make sure he would not get shot, and then stepped over to the prone Goa'uld, feeling for a pulse. There was none, it was dead.
Sighing, he dropped his head and looked at the floor. This meant that they had to begin a full search of the base. Raising his head, he caught Sam's eye. She must have just arrived. He could see the question in her eyes, but he had no answer for her, so he just shook his head.
Sam stared at the dead Goa'uld, wishing that he had just told them where Morgan was. She stayed there for a moment and then decided to let Jake and Charlie know what had happened. With a heavy heart, she headed to the briefing room.
When the door opened, Charlie and Jake stood. They had heard the rush of the soldiers out in the hallway and thought that maybe Morgan had been found, but when she wasn't with Sam, they feared the worst.
"Is she all right?" Charlie asked.
"Did you find her?" Jake asked, almost on top the boy's words.
Shaking her head, Sam said, "We don't know yet. Miller was cornered when he tried to access the hatch to the surface. He was killed before he could tell us anything." Sam drew a long slow breath, "I hope he didn't hurt her." she rubbed her arms, hoping that it would help stop the feelings of fear.
Before Jake could move to comfort Sam, Charlie was already there. "Morgan is strong. She's had to be. She'll be just fine, you wait and see. Where did they find Miller?"
"Level 20, he almost had the hatch to the top open, not that it would have done him any good. As soon as Jack put the base on lock down, the code to access the hatch changed, and only a few know the new code. That means she could be anywhere between here and there. It's a lot of ground to cover. I should go help. She's here somewhere, we just have to figure out where he might have hid her." Sam turned to leave the room to rejoin the search, but Charlie caught her arm.
"I know where she is. Follow me." without waiting to see if Jake and Sam were coming, he headed out of the room and ran down the corridor.
Charlie ran through the halls and paused only long enough to wait for the elevator, and that was where Jake and Sam finally caught up with him, just as the doors closed. Sam grabbed Charlie so he couldn't leave without explaining what was going on, "Where are we going?"
"Morgan's hiding place. She had one on every floor. That way, Mom and Dad knew that she had a safe place to go in an emergency. That was where she would go if she got away from the Goa'uld. You guys taught her what to do in a situation like this. When we retreated to the base, it was always a possibility that the Goa'uld would be able to penetrate the defenses eventually.
The elevator stopped and the doors opened, Sam let go of Charlie, and he took off again. He ran through the corridors and stopped at a door. The light was on inside, and Morgan was curled up asleep on the pile of towels.
Sam felt tears in her eyes and she scanned the little girl. There seemed to be nothing wrong with her. Bending her knees, she crouched down beside her. Shaking the child gently she said, "Morgan it's Mom. You can wake up now, I'm here and you're safe."
Sleepily she opened her eyes and rubbed them, "Mommy?" her eyes focused on Sam and she launched herself into her arms. "I knew that you would find me. I just had to wait."
Picking up the girl she asked, "Dad, can you radio Jack and let him know I found her? Tell him to meet me in the infirmary. I want Janet to check her out." then she headed off down the hall with her little girl in her arms and Charlie following behind.
Jake pushed the button on the radio, "Jack this is Jake."
"Yeah Jake, what can I do for you?" came Jack's reply.
"We found Morgan Jack, Sam says to meet her in the infirmary. The little girl was hiding in the utility closet on Level 20."
There was silence for a moment, and when Jack spoke again, you could hear the hardly contained emotion in his voice, "Good. Tell Sam I'll meet her there."
That done, Jake followed the small procession to the infirmary.
Jack was already there when they walked in the door. He immediately took the little girl from Sam and held both of them close. Then he crossed over to one of the beds and laid Morgan down and then hesitantly stepped back to allow Janet access to the little girl.
Sam spoke as she laid her hand on Jack's shoulder, "I think she's alright. I looked her over quickly I don't think he hurt her."
Jack didn't look away from the bed, "I want them out of here as soon as Janet is done. It's too dangerous for them to be here. I don't want them to be hurt."
Sam could hear the pain in his voice and knew that he wasn't just seeing Morgan in that bed, but his Charlie as well. She squeezed his shoulder. "She's fine Jack but I will take them home. How long will you be here?"
This seemed to snap Jack out of his rut, "I don't know. George and I still have some things to go over before the wedding. It should only take about an hour or so. I know most of the stuff I need to already." he touched her face to show that he wasn't mad at her, only the situation.
"If worst comes to worse, you can bring my service dress with you to the Cadet Chapel, and I'll change there. George said he might have the documents for the kids tonight, so tomorrow or the next day we can see about getting them enrolled in school."
Sam shivered, she had forgotten all about the wedding. They were getting married tonight by a friend of General Hammond's, who was a chaplain. "Sounds fine. Call me when you know more."
Jack bent closer to kiss her, but Sam pulled back, "Not here Jack." she looked around to see if anyone was watching them, but no one was.
Dropping his hand from her cheek, he smiled, "All right, no PDA on base." but then he quickly dropped a light kiss on her lips before she could protest.
Sam stepped back and turned to find Janet standing there pretending she didn't see that. Not giving Sam a chance to be embarrassed, she said, "Morgan is fine. She's a little scared, but not like I would have expected. She's more worried about the two of you. She says that Miller was not the only bad man, and you need to find the others."
Jack and Sam exchanged worried looks, and then moved to Morgan's bedside. When the girl saw her, she grabbed Sam's hand. "Mommy, the bad man took me, but I bit him just like you told me to. If that hadn't worked, I was going to poke him in the eye next."
"Morgan, Janet says that you told her that there are more bad men. How do you know that?" Sam asked, holding her daughter tightly.
Getting to her feet, Morgan held out her arms to Sam so her Mom could lift her up. With a sigh, she buried her face into Sam's neck, "I heard you and Daddy talking about it. You said they want to dest-" she frowned as she tried to find the right word, "Destroy the SGC and earth. It's their mission. Can we go home now, I want some 'roni."
After such a serious moment, the little girl's words broke the tension, and everyone laughed.
Sam hugged the girl tightly, "Macaroni it is. Let's go home. Daddy will meet us there later. Okay?"
Morgan smiled Sam's smile, "Okay. Can I give Daddy a hug?"
Sam passed Morgan to Jack. The little girl took Jack's face in her hands, "Don't be too long or there won't be any 'roni for you." then she kissed his nose.
"I'll hurry home to you, Pumpkin. Your Mommy and I have a date later."
Morgan stood as Jack set her on her feet. Putting her arms on her waist she stamped her foot. "I'm Princess, not Pumpkin."
Kissing the girl on her forehead, Jack laughed, "Princess it is. Go with Mommy, so Daddy can get back to work."
"Okay" and the little girl skipped off, only to stop after a few steps, "Mom are you coming?" She crossed the room and tugged at Sam's hand. Together they left the infirmary, with Charlie and Jake following behind them.
Once they had gone, Jack turned to Janet, "If Morgan is right, we need to find out who they are. This could be very bad. I want physicals on every person who steps on this base from the top to the bottom. That includes those NORAD folks, too. I want those snakes found. Give whatever reason you want, but I need it started yesterday."
"Understood General." Janet said, as she saluted, but then she smiled, "Congratulations on the promotion Sir."
He returned the motion and said, "I need to speak to Hammond about this. Let me know what you find out." then he turned and left the infirmary.
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