Author's Note: This one is short I know but I may be persuaded to post again this week if enough of you ask nicely. :0) Anyone want to take a guess who Sam keeps seeing and why? Oh and I'm going to make sure I post the right chapter this time.

Thanks to purpleshrub as always for the great beta.

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Chapter 4

A rough hand shakes me awake, and I force my eyes open. Rolling over, I see Janet crouching beside my cot.

When I don't respond immediately, she shakes me again, this time harder. Her voice is low and raspy as she looks back over her shoulder. "Samantha, we have to get you out of here now! They're going to hurt you if I don't get you."

Sitting up, I try to make sense of her words. My body still aches but I force myself to sit up. "What-" I stop speaking, vomiting over the side of the bed. It's mostly just dry heaving. Finally it ends and I wipe my mouth with the back of hand, wishing for a drink of water.

With surprising strength, she hauls me to my feet and starts across the floor. "Samantha, we don't have much time! I have to get you out."

Janet keeps changing into the curly haired woman. Feeling confused I stop, looking down at my bare feet, and my mind runs off on that tangent. Why take my boots and socks? Did they think I was a suicide risk? I rub my arms shivering. Something is very wrong.

"What happened to my boots? When did they take them?"

Her voice is impatient. "When you went all wonko, Sam. Put these on." She drops a pair of boots next to my feet. "There isn't a lot of time. Come on."

This time I don't resist and allow her to lead me though the open cell door. As we crossed the threshold I hear those three notes again and Janet falls unconscious to the floor. Once again, she changes momentarily to the airman, but this time she's wearing form-fitting black leather.

Jack stands in the doorway holding the zat, whistling those three notes. "Come on Cater. It's time."

I move toward her, curious, but Jack catches my arm with a smug smile on his face. "Not now Carter."

As we walk past the unconscious woman is Janet once more. My head starts to throb as the world spins out of control. "What 's happening to me?"

Jack grabs me and pulls me down the hall. "Come with me, I need you to explain a few things." He shakes me lightly. "You need to tell me where it is. They want it."

I frown, trying to process what he said. After a moment I step away from him. "What are you talking about?"

Jack shakes his head. "Come with me. It's time to go." He takes my hand and pulls me down the hallway.

As we sneak through the strangely empty corridors, I realize in place of his usual BDUs, he's wearing jeans and a navy windbreaker. He doesn't exactly blend in.

Needing answers, I stop. "Where are we going, exactly?"

"Away, it's not safe for you anymore," is all he says.

I open my mouth to ask more questions but he shoots a look, causing me to swallow my words. I shiver. Following him down the hall, I hope the feeling in the pit of my stomach is wrong.

Jack lifts his zat before slipping out onto the landing. After a moment, he waves me forward. We take the stairs two at a time. Moving out into the hallway alone, Jack makes sure the coast was clear.

I try to follow but there is a slight prick in my arm like a needle.

At the last minute I hear two men talking. "Who was she talking to? No one was there."

"I don't have a clue. She's flying so high right now I don't want to see what happens when she hits bottom in a few days. That's why they are moving her tonight." Then I hear two off-key notes of whistling.

The world begins to fade. I call out to Jack as he steps out of the shadows but he doesn't hear me and I am helpless as they drag me away into the darkness.

My eyes close; this is killing me. She has to be alright, it takes a lot to knock Sam Carter down and keep her there. I have to believe and hang on to hope that she's alright.

This was why I resisted being made a General. Once I sat down behind a desk I couldn't be out there protecting my team any longer, I have to trust that I gave them the skills they need toget them back home. Carter will come back if she's alive, but I can't let my mind think that way.

I whisper, "Carter, come back to us."

I have two more chapters of this story posted on my personal website. To find it just Google my penname. You can also follow me on facebook (you want my page not my profile(I created that and have no idea how to get rid of it, I never use it) to get updates other than here. (When I post a new story I post it there two-three weeks before I post here.) There used to be a link on my profile but it seems to have disappeared. This site won't let you post outside links in the story that's why the address isn't here.

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Also I have now published my second work of original fiction on kindle. It's a novella called Red Colony: Odyssey. If you search for my real name, Kelli Bullock on amazon you'll find it and my first novella.