A/N: Okay, this is my first fanfic that I've posted, so please be kind. Enjoy!
"Carter," Sam said as she answered the phone in her lab on the second ring.
"Sam? It's me, Jack," a male voice on the other end said. It took Sam only moments to recognize the voice of her younger brother, U.S. Marshall Jack Carter.
"Jack? What's wrong? I haven't heard from you in a while," Sam said, keeping half her attention of the phone conversation and the other half on the report she was supposed to be writing about SG-1's latest encounter with the Ori.
Mitchell walked into Sam's lab, about to inform her something important, but when he heard her say the name 'Jack' he stopped dead. He was about to turn and leave, but Sam waved at him to hang on for a minute.
"Well, I got a promotion," Jack said, looking at the scene before him in despair. The hole he was looking at was the main reason he was calling his sister for help.
"That's great Jack, where are you stationed now?" Sam said, motioning for Mitchell to take a seat on one of her stools.
"Eureka," Jack said hesitantly, not really sure if he was doing the right thing by involving his sister in the latest problem the town was facing. But the more he thought about it, the more he realized that involving Sam was the only way to actually solve the problem.
"What?" Sam nearly yelled. "You're actually there? Jack, what the hell have you gotten yourself into?"
Jack was a little surprised at the fear and anger in his sister's voice, "I'm not sure I can tell you that, Sam. But I need your help with something."
"Jack," Sam growled, causing Mitchell to feel sorry for whoever was on the other end of that phone conversation, "I've known about Eureka for the past fifteen years. Now, do I have to get the President to authorize me paying you a little visit in California, or are you going to tell me what's going on?"
Jack's eyes grew wide. Allison was beckoning to him, so he said, "You might want to get the President on that one, Sam. I gotta go, bye."
"Bye, Jack."
Sam sighed as she hung up the phone. "What do you want, Mitchell?"
Mitchell smirked at Sam, "Who was that?"
Sam glared at the phone, "My younger brother, Jack. Why?"
Cameron shrugged, "Nothin' just thought you were talking to General O'Neill, that's all. So, what's up with your brother?"
Sam shrugged, crossing her arms in front of her chest she said, "I'm not so sure you have high enough security clearance to know that, Cam."
"Oh, well, never mind then. I just came to tell you that General Landry just gave our next mission to SG-2 and wants us to take a week downtime."
Sam frowned, "Why?"
"That would be my doing," a voice said from the doorway. Sam's eyes lit up as she turned around and saw her husband of three months, Jack O'Neill, standing there. "Miss me?" he asked as he crossed the distance separating them in a few long strides.
"Did I ever!" Sam said as she embraced her husband intimately. "I love you, Jack O'Neill," she said as they parted from their kiss.
"I love you, too, Samantha O'Neill," Jack said with a smirk.
Someone coughed and Sam and Jack pulled apart to find Daniel, Teal'c and Vala standing in the doorway, watching them. Daniel scowled at Jack, "How long have you been in town?"
Jack shrugged, "About an hour – I had to get the full briefing from Landry before he let me go. Why?"
"You've been here an hour and this is the first I've heard about it!" Daniel was enraged, "I thought I at least merited a visit."
"Daniel, no offence, but my wife merits a visit before you do," Jack said, pulling Sam closer to his body, still clad in his dress blues. "See? I didn't even change yet!"
Sam giggled at him, stopping only when he glared at her. "So, Cameron just told me that we have a week downtime. Anybody have plans?"
Daniel shrugged, "I was going to see if I could figure out the addresses to those planets the people on Camelot told us about."
Sam frowned, "Can't Dr. Lee do that?"
"Yeah, but I wanted to get a crack at it before I hand it over to Bill."
Jack motioned to Teal'c, "What about you, big guy? Got any plans?"
"I do not, O'Neill."
"What about you, Mitchell?" Jack asked, turning around to see the younger man.
"Nothin' much planned, sir. I just found out myself. I'll probably finish unpacking my stuff and catch a few movies."
Sam grinned, "Good. Then you all won't mind going on a road trip with me."
"Where?" Vala asked, jumping at the chance to see more of the Tau'ri's home world.
"Northern California."
Jack looked at her strangely. He had a very good idea what would draw her to the Pacific Northwest, but that didn't mean it was right to take the whole group along! "Why?"
Sam's grin grew more and more stressed, "To see my brother."
"Why would you invite us to go see Mark?" Daniel asked. "You never have before."
"I'm not going to see Mark, Daniel. I'm going to see my other brother, Jack."
Daniel grinned, "You have a brother named Jack?"
Sam sighed, "Yes, Daniel, I do. It's part of the reason it took me so long to actually call General O'Neill 'Jack' while on downtime."
"I'd love to go, thank you Colonel!" Vala said.
"Indeed. I, too, would enjoy meeting the younger sibling of Colonel Carter," Teal'c said with a small smile playing on his face.
"Sure, why not?" Mitchell shrugged, "It sounds like it should be fun – especially after that conversation you just had with him."
Sam glared at him, but it was Jack who spoke next, "So, Danny? What do you say? You up for a road trip?"
Daniel sighed, "Fine. I'll go."
Sam grin was large and smug, "Good. We're leaving in two hours. You all better go pack and get ready."
Daniel groaned as he left the lab to go pack his clothes and books that he 'just couldn't live without for a week'. What had he gotten himself into?
A/N: So? What do you think for a first try?