Le jardin de nuit
General O'Neill had been in the debriefing & briefing room which he had now claimed as his office as well. Jack was sitting in his large, black leather chair behind his desk. He was reclined back somewhat with a baseball cap pulled forward and down to conceal his face; his head was tilted upward and his feet were mounted up on the top of his desk. He was supposed to be reviewing mission reports from SG-4' most recent mission to a rather peaceful planet with archeological finds. Jack was able to get a few pages in before he found himself a bit too relaxed. He had fallen asleep and had been doing so for just about an hour before he was awoken by a hard knock at his door. "Oh for crying out loud Walter," Jack said without opening his eyes "I told you. I will have it read before I leave."
"Uh, Jack," Daniel said leaning into the room. "I am here for the briefing. The one that is supposed to start in ten minutes." Jack groaned and quickly took his feet off the desk and sat forward. Daniel walked in and took a seat at the conference like table where the rest of SG-1 would be soon meeting. However, Lorne and Greer were off world with another SG team on a covert mission that dealt with the threat of Sokar and Bastet. It had been a little over two months since SG-1 uncovered the alliance of Sokar and Bastet.
A few brief moments past. Colonel Carter and Teal'c walked into the room and both gave O'Neill a weird look. Sam merely shook her head and took a seat at the table. Teal'c, however raised his brow, cocked his head and gave a nod before taking a seat at the table as well. Jack shrugged "What" he said as he wheeled himself over to the table. "Good afternoon kids" he said with the traditional O'Neill smile. Jack had a stack of four folders already sitting on the table. He picked up one and sat it aside; the rest he slid across the table for the other three to pick their own copy up. O'Neill picked up his copy and opened it up, sliding a few papers out. He looked down at the paper and then at SG-1 "Don't look so enthused" Jack said sarcastically.
He then began the afternoon's business "P3X-203, this planet was discovered recently by our good ol' buddies the Tok'ra. Knowing them, they most likely left something of some importance out of their description of the planet." Jack smirked and then continued his briefing "Technologically, they are of no interests to us. They are friendly folks, if you can take the Tok'ra's word on anything."
Daniel was the first to break in and speak "So" Daniel said waiting for something but Jack just had his mouth ajar waiting for Daniel to finish. "So, what are you sending SG-1 for if you don't mind me asking. I mean, you have Major Lorne and Sergeant Greer on a covert operation and yet you are sending us to some planet for what exactly?" Daniel looked at Jack and Jack looked back at Daniel in an awkward exchange of facial expressions.
General O'Neill then answered the question that Daniel proposed "There isn't any great archeological finds Danny boy so you can calm down." O'Neill looked at Sam as she was the team's leader "When the Tok'ra were there they did discover that the planet is rich in trinium and naquadah." Jack shook his head when he saw Cater's eye's light up "There is a slight problem. The natives are not fond of us just going in and starting a mining operation. However, they are open to trade relations."
"Trade relations Sir,?" Carter asked unsure what to make of the tone that O'Neill used. "What could we trade that they could use that also isn't over their comprehension. Are they all that primitive General? Carter instinctively glanced over at Daniel as if he somehow held the answer to her question but he did not. Daniel was learning about this for the first time as well.
Jack leaned in "They have requested help from our 'healer' for a pandemic sweeping their villages." O'Neill saw the look of confusion and concern on Sam and Daniel's face. "Relax kids, the Tok'ra took blood samples and Anise, sent over the samples for Fraiser to run. Ol' Doc Fraiser says there is no threat to any of you." Sam looked at Jack with her pale blue eyes and He looked back at her "Doctor Fraiser will acompany SG-1 on this mission per the request of the natives whom call themselves the Ma'Baru."
Daniel looked through the file and searched for information about the Ma'Baru. "So, they are definitely alien" Daniel said noting that the native species on the planet Baru were described as being blue skinned and lacking any hair. Their eyes colors varied from shades of blue to shades of purple. "What exactly is there medical situation?"
Doctor Janet Fraiser walked into the room with a file in hand as well. "Sorry for the delay General" she said as she took a seat next to Teal'c. She looked at Daniel "A parasitic disease spread by a insect n the planet. The disease that the insect spreads is relatively close to something here on Earth, African Trypanosomiasis or as its often called Sleeping Sickness." Janet flipped through the pages of a report Anise had sent "There has been an increase in the amount of infected individuals. I believe that we could use medication here that we use to treat Sleeping Disease to what the Ma'Baru are dealing with."
General O'Neill looked at the members of SG-1 and at Doctor Friaser "Suit up SG-1" Jack said as he stood up from his chair. "Departure time in two hours kids" General Jack O'Neill said with a smirk. He missed being the team leader of SG-1, taking on missions to strange worlds and combating the Goa'uld. Jack watched as Sam, Daniel, Teal'c and Fraiser left the room. He thought that he was sending SG-1 to a humanitarian mission with some trade benefits; a true benevolent mission. However, he would soon learn he was making a life threatening mistake.