A Frozen Surprise

Chapter 13

Several weeks later...

Both Sam and Jack had received symbiotes. It took Sam longer to adjust since she was carrying another life form, but in time she did, and the symbiote was able to heal her. The symbiote  was called Janesh. It was young, but strong. It could see the hurt, pain and anguish that Sam had gone through for so many years. 

"She has suffered much" Janesh said. Jacob stood there and nodded. "She's loved for so long, but, has been forbidden to move in that love". Janesh said with Anguish in it's voice. Jacob looked confused. Loved? who did she.....That's when it all came together. It was there that Jacob realized that Sam had loved Jack for much longer than they were on that planet. But he also knew his daughter would never break regulations, so it was a love she had to bury deep inside. Till they got stranded on that planet. 

"Dad.." suddenly it was now Sam speaking. "Dad...I swear, I never, we never" Sam was worried thinking her father thought they could have broken the regs. "Sam...shh...it's o.k. I know you didn't break regulations.... no need to explain" He said, as he stroke his daughter's cheek. 

Jack was behind Jacob, listening to the tale end of the convo. He squinted at the notion of what the symbiotes were privy too.

 Jack's symbiote was Tarrel. It was able to heal Jack. It too, saw the pain and anguish that Jack had experienced in his life. Not only the loss of his son, but also the love he had for Sam, and couldn't act on it. Jack's symbiote was much older, and had pertinent information to share with the Tokra.  But it also knew that Jack reluctantly agreed to the blending. Tarrel knew this and was uncomfortable with the idea of sharing a host with someone who "disliked" the Tokra so much.

Several months passed..
As Sam tried to adjust to the baby she also had to adjust to yet another symbiote inside of her. But not only inside of her literally, also inside of her mind. And this was exhausting. She tried her best to  assist the Tokra as best she could but, nine times out of ten, she would be dozing off in the middle of a meeting. She was exhausted. Jack and Jacob could see this. They weren't sure how much longer she could handle this. It was one day, that Janesh knew something had to be done.

"Jacob" Janesh said. 

"She is weak. She has tried to push past it but I fear this will hurt the fetus within" Janesh said. 

"We need to find me a host quickly, or I will sacrifice my life, for both of them" Janesh stated strongly.  Jacob knew that if a symbiote was willing to die for its host, that it was a desperate situation. Sam was weak, and getting weaker by the moment. Being away from home, pregnant, with a symbiote in you was too much to handle, even for Sam. 

Weeks went by, and still no host. "Jacob" Janesh said. These days she was doing most of the talking since Sam's grew weaker and weaker. At this point she was in the infirmary. They were monitoring her vitals, and keeping her hydrated, "It is time. I can no longer stay blended with your daughter without hurting her. This body was not meant to host two beings" Janesh said.
"Janesh..wait" Jacob said.

Suddenly Sam vitals dropped. Her heart flat lined, and the nurses rushed to her side. Just then, Jack walked by the infirmary. He had some blue jello in hand, hoping it would make his love smile. He could here the commotion but wasn't sure what was going on. He quickened his step. It was then he realized it was Sam.

"What the hell is going on?" he said as he tried to reach her. Jacob held him back, so as to not disturb the nurses and Doctors. "Jacob" Jack said, fighting to get to Sam. "Jack, let them do what they do" He said. The nurses worked on Sam, as Jack watched. The memories of Jolinar started coming back. Could this be the same thing?

Suddenly a slow but steady heart beat started to sound on the monitor. Sam slowly turned her head. "Jack...Jack" she whispered. Jack ran to her side. "I'm here, Sam, I'm here" he said, caressing her hand.

"She's gone...I...she...she didn't want us to die" Sam said. Janesh knew she couldn't remain in Sam's body, without harming her and the baby, so she sacrificed her life. 

"I...want to go home, Jack, please, can we go home" Sam pleaded.

"Soon Sam, soon" Jack said. Jack still had a symbiote they had to deal with, and she wasn't going home with out him. Jacob looked at them. So many years of love that had to be sacrificed for a country, that most times, didn't appreciate what they did. He knew he had to free Jack of the symbiote and let his daughter live the life she deserved. 

Several days had passed. Sam had recovered, and a host was found for Jack's symbiote. They were both grateful for what the Tokra had done for them, but they missed home. 

"Sam..." Jacob came and stood beside her, and they stood at the gate. "I love you Sam...and am so proud of you" He said to her. "You take care of my grandchild" he said. "I'll come see you soon, o.k?" he said as he leaned and hugged his daughter.

"Jack, you take care of them, you hear me?" Jacob said, with sort of a tone of threat in his voice. But Jack knew exactly where he was coming from. 

"You sure you betcha," Jack said, in his always humorous tone. 

Sam smiled. How she loved this man. The gate swooshed, and Sam and Jack walked through. They turned to look at Jacob, and disappeared into the gate, and walked down the ramp, of Stargate Command. 

"Good to have you back home" General Hammond said.

"It's good to be home, it's good to be home" Jack said, as he held Sam's hand. They both smiled. Finally they would be able to enjoy their life, together forever.