Authors Note: Oh boy. So I did my best to avoid spoilers from the very first day that I started watching Stargate SG-1. I finished all 10 seasons and recently re-watched them because I'm geeky like that… I started Stargate Atlantis after that and made the assumption that Sam would be in both season 4 & 5… so of course on finishing the first episode of season 5 I had the sudden urge to bawl my eyes out. No more Sam? No more Jack? *cries* I guess I'll just have to re-watch episodes and focus on reading/writing fanfiction. My poor little heart feels like it's shattering into a million pieces. A few months of Stargate goodness and I'm hooked. Anyways, enough babbling.
Someone mentioned the group of child survivors reminded them of Star Trek… is Star Trek good? It is something else I have not watched.
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Sam found Jack in the kitchen. He was leaning casually against the bench watching the door and raised his eyebrows the moment entered the room. She quickly glanced behind her to ensure Lucy hadn't followed and then shut the kitchen door behind her.
"She ate too much. She's obviously emaciated beneath that sweatshirt. I should have warned her not to eat too much so fast." She sighed and set about making the girl soup.
"It's not just your fault." Jack helped her by pulling out a tray and placing a fresh water bottle on it. "I didn't think to say anything either. She's a tough kid by the looks of things. She will be fine." He shot her a reassuring smile but Sam turned away from him. She frowned at the microwave where she had just put Lucy's soup. She wasn't sure whether Jack was right on this. Yes, Lucy was tough... but Sam had the sinking feeling Lucy would never be 'fine'.
"I think I'll talk to her alone, if you don't mind." She pulled out the bowl of now warm soup and placed it on the tray, finally raising her eyes to meet Jacks. Ultimately he was still in charge, so she couldn't do this without his permission.
"Yeah, go ahead." He shrugged. "I'll go see how Dana is doing."
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Sam found Lucy staring at the doorway much the same way Jack had been in the kitchen.
"Hey," She sat across from her and slid the tray over. She wanted nothing more than to wrap her arms around the girl and hold her until all the pain within her was gone. Lucy gave the impression she was tough, and that she didn't give a shit... but after the 'vomiting' incident Sam knew better.
"There are a group of adults," Lucy didn't look up from her soup. She took tiny sips from the spoon and then stirred the soup, swirling it round and round until Sam got dizzy and had to look away. "I don't know how far away they travelled but they brought all of us kids to the Centre… Me and a few others came by plane. I'm from DC." Sam remained silent and felt her heart sink. This was sounding ominous so far. "At first we thought the adults were rescuing us." She put emphasis on the word adults. "But they started testing on us..." Lucy then fell silent for a long time, seemingly lost in her own memories. She finished her soup and took a few sips from her water bottle.
"Are you okay? You don't have to tell me."
"I never had a mum, you know?" Lucy finally looked up and gave Sam a small smile. "Thanks for helping me back there…" She waved vaguely at the door.
"That's what friends do." Sam smiled back. Lucy frowned at this.
"We aren't friends. Not now anyway. I hope I can trust you though." Lucy but her lip. "Anyway... long story short... kids started disappearing from the Centre. Me and a bunch of other kids snooped around a bit... found out that some of the kids were still at the Centre but the tests had made them... crazy... and the other kids died." Lucy sighed and rubbed at her hair. "You got showers here?"
"Yes we do. I'll show you to them. Do you think I could just ask you a couple of questions?"
"Yeah,"
"When you say you came by plane... where did the plane take off and land?" Sam asked.
"Don't really know. It was dark... I was given something to make me sleep 'cause I was... upset... you know?" Yes, Sam thought she might know. Despite how brave Lucy was... watching the entire population of Earth get sick and in most cases die around you... well that would make ANYONE upset.
"Okay.." Lucy placed both hands on the table and Sam reached over without thinking, taking one of her hands in her own she gave it a gentle squeeze. Lucy looked down at their hands and her expression went from one of surprise to one of horror and she yanked her hands back into her lap with a scowl.
"Sorry..." Sam sighed internally. Earning Lucy's trust was going to be a long process. "One more question... do you know what they were testing for?"
"For a cure, of course." Lucy looked at her like she was the stupidest person she had ever come across. Sam pressed her lips together to keep from laughing. If wasn't often in her life she got that look. She had of course assumed the testing had something to do with the virus. She just needed confirmation from Lucy.
"Alright I'll show you to the showers."
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Sam snuggled down in her cot and turned to face Jack. He lay on the cot beside her. Daniel and Teal'c shared the quarantine room with them. There wasn't any point in going through the rigmarole of the decontamination to get down to their quarters and again in the morning to go back outside.
"You okay?" He whispered.
"Yes I'm fine." She gave him a small smile. It kind of felt like 'the old days' having him lying so far - yet so close. She knew a night sleeping without his arms around her wouldn't kill her... hell she had spent years sleeping alone wishing she could curl up in his arms... but knowing she could if it weren't for the tiny cots they slept on being too small for both of them... it was rather frustrating.
"Lucy put up much of a fight when you asked her to stay here tonight?" He asked, again in a whisper so as not to wake Daniel and Teal'c.
"No... I was surprised. I think she's exhausted. We went to see Dana then the nurse set her up in one of the infirmary beds so she could be monitored."
"Good. Poor kid probably needs a good night's sleep." By this stage she herself was having trouble keeping her eyes open, it had been a long day. She heard Jacks murmured 'sweet dreams' and gave in, closing her eyes. Tomorrow would hopefully bring them more answers.
TBC.
Authors Note: Sorry I haven't updated much. My granddad just died so I have been crazy busy with funeral preparations. :( I should have the next couple of chapters up this weekend though. :)