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Chapter Sixteen: Abrupt End

"Is Johnny okay?" Ben asked.

Daniel smiled at his father-in-law, "Jack's got him. Sometimes he gets scared."

"Because of his special abilities?" Ben whispered.

Daniel shrugged not wanting to discuss it where people could possibly over hear. He went back to eating for a while, surprised that Jack had not returned, most times these vision fits didn't last long but then this was the first one he'd had since he came here so it was probably freaking out all over again.

"Doctor Jackson, may I speak to you for a moment in private?" someone asked and Daniel looked up to see Henry.

"Sure," Daniel responded quietly. He'd come to the wedding and Jack made it very clear that none of his family were going to be welcome unless they could approve of Daniel so he nodded to the table at large though he noticed the apprehension on Ben's face. He followed Henry out another door, finding them outside so Daniel moved farther away from Henry to allow him to say what he was going to but he tried not to be stupid most of the time. He was trying to be cautious but this was Jack's brother.

"What can I do for you?" Daniel asked gently.

"You destroyed my hero, Jack has always been my reason for striving for more and now he's a faggot! How can I possibly look up to him now!" Henry hissed. Daniel reared back from the passionately angry reply but crossed his arms and held his ground as best he could.

"Jack is still a man, a good man despite what you think to be true. Who someone loves despite gender does not make a man less masculine or less of a good man. I'm sorry you feel the way you do, please don't return to the banquet hall." Daniel replied then stepped towards the door and reached down to pull at the door handle before Henry ripped his hand away and turned to slam Daniel up against the outside wall of the building with enough force to smash the back of Daniel's head sickeningly into the concrete. Daniel gasped as the pain spun through his head and suddenly there was a hand around his throat and alcohol soaked breath in his face.

"Maybe you are just worth the turn, are you?" Henry hissed and moved close to inhale the air around Daniel's neck where not too long ago Jack's loving touch was present. Daniel struggled against the hold but Henry slammed a knee between Daniel's thighs to hold him unbearably still.

"Don't do this!" Daniel husked around the hand that was tightening to cut his air supply off slowly. He wheezed.

"Is that what you sound like when his cock is inside you, that sweet little voice turning him from his wife and son! Is that why he turned to you? You seduced him!"

Daniel tried to shake his head but he was trapped thoroughly and it was like Hathor all over again only this time it was going to hurt Jack, this was going to devastate them both if Daniel didn't fight with every fiber of his being. His struggles push Henry to action, pulling back a tight fist and punching Daniel across the mouth, blood flying from the split it caused as Daniel continued to fight. He wished that it were Jack's hands around him, not this angry person who claimed to do this for Jack.

The same fist flew again, striking at Daniel's temple and Henry loosened his hold long enough to slam Daniel back into the wall again with another crunch and Daniel's vision wavered before him. He shook his head, trying not to lose consciousness because if he stopped fighting back he might not survive this to get back to his children and Jack. Daniel's hands clawed at the one gripping his throat but flowing blood and sweat was making everything slippery and the airflow was becoming increasingly constricted once more. Daniel tried to get enough force behind one of his legs to kick out against his attacker but with Henry's knee pressed up painfully against his crotch, there was nowhere to go, especially slammed against the wall.

"Don't…do… this…Henry! Jack will… never forgive." He struggled to speak. Then realized saying Jack's name somehow set off Henry all over again. He pulled Daniel away from the wall and punched him again around the temple and Daniel struggled to maintain some sort of upper hand but Henry turned him around and slammed him back into the wall, sliding the sensitive skin of his face against the wall, giving him road rash across his left cheek even as Henry pressed his body up against Daniel's back once more. Daniel pressed his hands against the wall to push off but one of Henry's hands was still against the back of Daniel's neck and the other was coming around the front of Daniel's pants and he squeezed his eyes shut against the horror of this beautiful day of love being ripped away from him.

"No, stop this Henry! Jack will love me no matter what you do to me; he won't throw me away because of this! You won't get what you want! Stop this and I won't press charges."

Henry laughed harshly at that, pressing close against the back of Daniel's neck and bit him there. Daniel cried out, trying to pull away from the grinding teeth which came away bloody and Daniel couldn't stop the tears from slipping down his face then the cold air wafted across his ass and legs and he screamed bloody murder for all of thirty seconds before Henry gripped his hair and cracked Daniel's forehead into the wall which jarred Daniel enough to stop the scream.

"No don't do this!" Daniel shouted through gritted teeth, still trying to fight the inevitability of this moment. Jack would never forgive himself for Daniel getting hurt because of him. That's how Daniel's loving partner would view this.

"I'll always love you Jack," Daniel whispered to himself just before he went to that happy place he used in his head to hide from the monsters of his childhood. He didn't want to feel Henry's hurtful hands on his body, he didn't want to feel the pressure of the unforgiving body pressed close, getting ready to take something that had only ever been given with love to Jack.