The group continued to watch through Sam's point of view as Ba'al tortured her repeatedly. Every time he made a new injury he would follow it up with inserting more 'trinkets'. Her memories flew across the screen and they had no idea how much time had actually passed but, Sam never answered any of his questions. As the pain continued she lost the physical ability to fight back but, her mind remained sharp. She wasn't hindered by the addictiveness of the sarcophagus and she put Jack's ability to antagonize the Goa'uld to shame.
They were interrupted by Siler walking meekly into the Iso room. "Sir, we've got the MALP ready. General Hammond thought you might like to be present when we send it through."
"Are you ready now," Jack asked, looking from Sam's memories to the woman curled up in the bed who cried and screamed constantly.
"Yes Sir."
Jack looked up to Janet and was rewarded with a tight nod. He didn't have to ask, she wouldn't leave Sam's side. As he left the room Jack patted Selmak's shoulder, trying to give Jacob a bit of comfort. Daniel and Teal'c followed his lead but, not a word was spoken between the three as they walked to the control room.
Everyone gave them sympathetic looks. Samantha Carter meant a lot to everyone but, she was a part of their team. She was theirs. Everyone also knew that she meant more to Jack than she was supposed to. They would do whatever he and SG-1 asked them to do.
Everyone returned their attention to the gate room as the Gate locked and the event horizon came into place. Hammond gave the order and they watched as the MALP slowly made its way up the ramp and through the Gate. It took just a moment for the image of the planet to come through but, when it did everyone simply stared in disbelief.
"Walter, I want to see everything."
Walter panned the camera around but, they were only greeted by more Jaffa. From the limited range of the camera they could only see a sea of Jaffa, circling around the Gate. Just was Hammond was about to order the Gate shut down a single Jaffa, the First Prime according to the gold mark on his head, stepped forward.
"I am Mal'tec," he offered as he bowed his head at the MALP. "Former First Prime to Ba'al, the false God. We pledge our allegiance to the Tau'ri."
"Where is Ba'al," Hammond asked.
"Ba'al is dead."