Disclaimer: I own none of these characters, the stargate crew or Orange County lot. I wish i did but I don't. sigh

Carter in Orange County

It was a hot day in Colorado, but under levels of concrete the temperature was always constant. Samantha Carter was in the commissary searching for a table, all she wanted was her morning coffee. As her eyes scanned the hall she heard a shout,

"Sam, over here!" and she saw Daniel, 'typical' she thought, 'trust Daniel to be the first in for coffee; but then he was probably the one who finished the last pot, and started the new one.'

"Hey Daniel", she sighed as she sat down. It felt so good to just stop for a while.

"So, what time did you start work this morning?" Daniel asked, with a underlay of concern, Lieutenant Colonel Carter picked up on this and her response sounded sheepish even to her.

"I haven't actually stopped yet", she told him, "it's just that the devices brought back by SG-13 were so interesting that I couldn't put them down, and then I realised that the anomalies in the results were showing up because the devices contain a new element, I have never seen anything like this Daniel", she continued, "just don't tell the General okay? You know what he is like."

"Its only because he doesn't want you to crash and burn Sam, but just go and get some rest and I promise not to say a word."

"I think I might just do that", and with a yawn Samantha Carter, the world's leading expert on the Stargate, got up to go to her quarters at 9:00 AM. Daniel watched her go with a fond smile.

It was half an hour later, at 9:30, when Colonel Carter was woken to hear her name being called on the PA system.
'Colonel Carter to General O'Neill's office. Colonel Carter to General O'Neill's office'

Sighing, Sam rolled off her bunk, and was running before she hit the floor.

'Now what?' She thought.