A/N - Was writing in my diary at camp when this hit me. Wrote it in about 15 minutes. This one is most definitely PG2, as it will be set after my version of the SG-1 season 10 finale. So until I have written that, this may not fully make sense. Hope you like it anyway!

Sam's birthday as shown in 'Entity' is the 29th of December.

Please R&R!

EDIT: Just to let you guys know, I didn't use Phoenix as a ship name after the powers that be of Atlantis used it. I named this ship in September last year so I don't know if they'd already come up with theirs, but at the very least we hadn't heard any information about it until months after I wrote this.

"Working on your birthday, Carter?" Jack asked, wandering into her lab. Sam looked up and did a double take; just as she had done for the past few weeks since his change in appearance; before shrugging.

"Couldn't resist!" she replied, grinning, "Sir." She added.

"Bit cheeky there…" Jack warned playfully.

"Learnt from the best!" Sam returned with a grin. Jack smiled back at her before remembering the folder he held.

"Ah! Brought you this," he said, handing it to her. Sam took it and read the contents. As she read the smile on her face slipped slightly.

"Atlantis?" she asked.

"Yep," he responded with a nod.

"But I only just got back from there," Sam pointed out.

"The President thinks you're the best to look after things while Weir's incapacitated," he explained.

"But what about Sheppard? He knows the place and he's already there," she asked. Jack looked sceptical.

"With Elizabeth hurt? You think he'd be able to look after anything?" He asked.

"I guess…" Sam mused. Jack grinned once again.

"Means I get to promote you again," he prodded.

"Really?" Sam asked excitedly, looking up from the folder.

"Yeah. Full bird now… Almost catching me up!" Jack joked.

"Not likely…" Sam replied.

"Well, just think about this," Jack said, heading for the door.

"I will," Sam answered sincerely. Just before the he left the lab he turned again.

"Oh… did I mention that you get to command a ship to get to Atlantis first?" he said, before disappearing out the door. Sam frowned, looking down at the contents of the folder once again, searching… And found it.

'…Command of Prometheus-class science vessel, the Phoenix.'

Sam grinned, shaking her head.

"Prometheus class?" she mused out loud, before shaking her head again, "Betcha he named it too…" Placing the folder on the desk beside her, she went back to work, leaving it open to her next big adventure.

-tbc-

A/N2 - I named the ship Phoenix because of the fact that the Prometheus was destroyed, and this ship of the same class has been made, just like the mythology of the Phoenix rising from the ashes. However, in the PG2 'universe' Prometheus class has been refitted as science vessels.