Found - part 5
Here's chapter 5! Enjoy!
Sam settled into bed beside Jack in their bedroom. It wasn't the two-room wooden hut they'd had when they first arrived, but a four-room brick house, complete with three bedrooms, a large bathroom, and a living area with space for Sam to work.
Jack lifted his arm and Sam snuggled against his body, with her head in that familiar nook between his neck and shoulder.
"They can't make us leave, can they?" She asked him worriedly.
"Nah. If Kennedy is really gonna stick his oar in with his precious orders, I can pull rank. And if he doesn't accept that, then he's denying that my rank still stands and we are therefore not part of the air force and not under their jurisdiction."
"If we're still considered part of the air force then he can just arrest us."
"For what?"
"Breaking regulations."
"What regulations?"
Sam gave him a look. "Fraternization."
"Oh come on, we've been here eighteen years, for crying out loud! They can't possibly arrest us for that!"
"Why not? There's no time limit on the regs."
Jack went quiet. "He can't force us to leave." He said firmly. Sam looked up at him.
"He can't force us because Daniel and Teal'c wouldn't back him up, and dollars to doughnuts Haley wouldn't either. He wouldn't stand a chance against the six of us." Jack reasoned. Sam sighed.
"I hope you're right."
She closed her eyes and took deep breaths, inhaling the comforting, familiar scent of her husband. "You know, there is something that makes me want to go."
Jack stared at the ceiling and sighed. "Yeah, I thought of that too."
"Would it be fair to Tally? To ask her to give up everything she's ever known on the off-chance that the SGC is willing to expend resources to help us?"
Jack rolled over to look at her. "Would it be fair to Luke not to?"
Tears filled Sam's eyes. "What do we do?"
Jack pulled her close and buried his face in her hair. "I don't know. But we'll figure it out."
Tally lay in bed, listening. She could hear her parents talking quietly, but she couldn't hear what they were saying. She sighed and sat up, pulling on a pair of trousers under her night-shirt. Very slowly and quietly, she made her way to the window, opened it, and climbed out.
Outside, she ran softly through the maze of houses that made up the village of Amdra, following a route so familiar it was almost automatic. Approaching a large brick house, she cautiously peered through the window.
The silhouette of a young man appeared in it, walking out of the darkness.
"You're late tonight."
"We had to –" Tally started.
"It's OK, I know." He cut her off. Tally climbed through his window elegantly, and the eighteen year-old boy pulled her into his arms, kissing her softly. Tally sighed.
"I missed you today."
"I missed you too. What are the Earth people like?" He stroked her face softly.
"Daniel and the woman are nice. The jaffa is too, but the Major's a jerk." Tally scowled remembering him. The boy chuckled at her expression.
"How many times did you hit him?"
"I resent that! I do not attack everyone who classifies as a jerk!" Tally argued.
"No, but from what I hear, this guy has been getting at you since you met, and is incredibly sexist."
"Who told you that?"
"It was a rumor. Everyone's hearing it from everyone." He told her. Tally leaned her head against his strong, solid chest.
"I only hit him once."
The boy grinned. "Go Taz."
She shivered slightly in the draft from the window, and he wrapped his arms around her more tightly, laying his cheek against her soft, blonde hair.
"I love you, Jase." She whispered softly. Jase kissed her forehead tenderly.
"I love you too."
Kennedy and Daniel sat at one of the trestle tables at breakfast, arguing. Teal'c and Haley sat with them, but chose not to join in. Jack, Sam and Tally sat together further down the table, out of ear-shot.
"When Dr. Weir gave that order, she didn't anticipate that they'd want to stay. If she knew that, she'd take it back, and you know she would." Daniel argued. Kennedy shook his head in frustration.
"You don't get it Daniel. An order is an order. If I disobey that order, I could be court-martialed."
"Not if you explained to her that they wouldn't leave. You can't force people to leave their homes if they don't want to. You'd have to physically drag them and I doubt you'd manage to overcome one of them, let alone all three."
"That girl caught me off guard yesterday. If I didn't have a principle about hitting women and children I'd have flattened her."
"Somehow I doubt that. You heard her, she's been training for six years, and Jack and Sam taught her. Don't underestimate her."
"Daniel, I can take a seventeen year-old girl." Kennedy said, annoyed.
"She's not any old seventeen year-old. She's Sam and Jack's daughter."
"So you keep saying." Kennedy sighed. They obviously weren't ever going to agree. He doubted Teal'c would take his side either, and he couldn't say for certain that Major Haley would follow an order to help him take them against their will. Oh well, he thought, I'll just have to do this alone.
Further down the table, the O'Neill family were having there own difficult discussion.
"Tally, your father and I had a talk last night, about what Kennedy wants us to do." Sam started. Tally ducked her head.
"You want to go back." She whispered.
"We think it's worth considering." Jack told her.
"Why? You said that this was your home now! You said you didn't want to go back!" Tally said desperately.
"There are other factors to consider." Sam said gently.
"Such as?" Tally demanded.
"Luke." Jack said simply.
Tally's mouth opened in surprise, and then she looked at the table, a little ashamed.
"We think the SGC might be able to help us find him." Sam said eventually. "At the very least, our chances are infinitely better if we go back to Earth rather than stay here."
Tally nodded, unable to speak.
"I'm sorry honey." Sam said, squeezing her daughter's hand. Tally gave her a half smile, and laid her head on Sam's shoulder.
"I understand."
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