Authors Note: Sorry for the delay. Mother's Day weekend was chaotic! I spent Sunday chasing after my 2 & 3 year old godchildren… I don't know how you mothers out there look after toddlers full-time. I was shattered by the time I got home!

Again, thank you for all your feedback. A special thanks to blutschwinge :)

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The Virus

Chapter 15

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Sam woke to a hand trailing up her naked side, she wriggled away from his touch with a groan. She wanted to keep sleeping.

"Wakey, wakey." Jack told her brightly. She cracked one eye open to glare at him and then rolled further away. They had been up incredibly late last night, actually it was more like early hours of the morning if she remembered rightly. The two of them had decided to spend their last night out at the clearing where they had spent their first night together. It was a romantic notion and normally not her thing to be honest – but Jack had suggested it and she surprised herself by being flattered.

Of course one thing led to another and they did a lot more than star-gazing while they were out there. She didn't know where the hell Jack got his energy from because he should still be asleep too. "Sam, we have to get up." His voice was serious this time and she turned to face him, reluctantly opening both eyes to look at him.

"Why?" She was not awake enough to think about it, easier to just ask him.

"It's D-day" he grinned and bent down pressing a quick kiss to her lips before throwing the sleeping bag off both their naked bodies, a rush of cool air made her snatched the sleeping bag back and wrapped it around her cold body.

"Hey what about me?" He tugged at the edge of the sleeping bag but she pulled it out of his hands with a grin.

"You are the one who threw it away."

"I was just trying to get you up."

"I'm up." She shuffled on her knees across the tent with the sleeping bag still wrapped around her attempting to get to her clothes that were yet again scattered around the tent. Before she reached them strong hands grabbed her around the middle and pulled her backwards.

"That's not fair." He growled in her ear. She felt another shiver, but this time it wasn't from the cold. She managed to get free of his arms and turned to face him. She looked up through her lashes at him and sucked in her bottom lip seductively.

"What are you going to do about it?" She asked huskily. Once more the sleeping bag was taken from her, but this time she didn't mind because she didn't have time to get cold.

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"Good morning," Jack sung out and dropped himself onto a log by the fire. Cassie looked up blearily at him and Sam rolled her eyes.

"Someone is in a good mood." Sam turned around to find Daniel looking down at her, a knowing look on his face. She felt a blush rise to her cheeks and she reached for the mug of coffee Cassie was now handing her.

"Thanks Cass," Daniel set about making a coffee for himself while Cassie, Jack and Sam drank theirs in silence. No-one was truly awake before their first coffee – well apart from Jack that was.

After breakfast and a second stronger coffee, Sam finally felt motivated to start her day. She began by enlisting Cassie's help to drag the logs they had been using as seats back out to the forest. While they did this Jack put out their fire and began packing their food into their chilly-bins.

By the time she and Cassie returned after discarding the last log, Jack was beginning to drag out their bags from his tent. She felt butterflies begin to flutter in her stomach. She looked over the rest of the camp at the tents being dismantled and the piles of bags and boxes. Just after lunch they would be heading to Iso and then home. She headed over to help Jack empty out their tent telling Cassie she would give her a hand as soon as they had all their things together.

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Sam had a bad feeling. Iso was absolute chaos. There were children running between legs and jumping over bags and boxes and the noise of conversation was giving her a headache. People were beginning to yell over each other to be heard and the people waiting at the gate were arguing about which group was going through the gate first.

"For crying out loud." Jack suddenly yelled. "Everyone SHUT UP!" Her eyes widened in surprise as the people who had heard him actually followed his order. "QUIET!" He yelled. This time even more people heard him and turned to face him.

"Everyone needs to calm down." She spoke loudly to those nearest. She and Jack began walking into the crowds of people and Jack continued to tell everyone to shut the hell up. She bit her lip to keep from laughing. He was being a little over-the-top but hey it was working.

"Where is General Hammond?" He asked her out of the corner of his mouth, before shushing a group of children who were giggling at something.

"He hasn't arrived yet." She told him with a shake of her head.

"Right, let's get these people sorted then."

"You all know what colour you are." He called out. He received a few nods in return and he rolled his eyes. "Blue, stand over there." He pointed to the right. "Well away from the gate please." People began moving to where he pointed. "Red, you are over there." He pointed back towards the Iso tents. "And green, you are over here." He pointed to the left. "Everyone needs to remain calm and listen for further instructions." Sam ducked her head and laughed quietly. Everyone seemed to be doing as he asked and she could see the smug look on Jack's face. He was enjoying himself. Cassie poked her in the ribs and Sam looked over to see Cassie with a big grin on her face.

"That was so cool." Cassie exclaimed and gave Jack a thumbs up.

"Sam, Jack!" She turned at the sound of Daniel's voice and her jaw dropped. Standing beside him was Teal'c!

"Teal'c!" She couldn't hide the excitement at finally seeing their friend again. She closed the gap between them at an almost-run and threw her arms around the large man. He stiffened in surprise before finally wrapping his arms around her in a quick bear hug before letting her go.

"Good to see you buddy," Jack shook Teal'c's hand. "Where the hell have you been?"

"I have been on Chulak."

"We know that… I mean why didn't you visit us?" He slapped Teal'c on the arm jokingly but then winced and moved away as if expecting Teal'c to hit him back – which would have sent him flying. Teal'c just shrugged his shoulders.

"General Hammond asked that I refrain from visiting until you returned to Earth."

"Strange," Sam frowned. "Why would he say that?"

"Because he may have been carrying the virus." Daniel suggested, pushing his glasses up his nose a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Well, whatever the reason. I'm glad to see you Teal'c!" Sam told him seriously.

"It is good to see you too Major Carter." Teal'c bowed his head and gave her a smile.

"There's the General." Jack pointed behind them. "It's time."

TBC.