Home Away From Home



by



CritterKid



TITLE: Home Away From Home

AUTHOR: CritterKid

EMAIL: ckid1@juno.com

CATEGORY: H/C, Angst, Action/Adventure, Drama

SPOILERS: Entity, The Crystal Skull, Deadman's Switch, Urgo. Anything through season four is fair game.

SEASON / SEQUEL: Anytime during season 4 after Entity

RATING: PG-13

CONTENT WARNINGS:

SUMMARY: Everyone at the SGC gets an adventure this time.

STATUS: Complete.

ARCHIVE: Anywhere, just let me know where it's going.

DISCLAIMER: Any person, place, thing, object, etc. you recognize is property of Showtime, Viacom, Double Secrets etc. I am just borrowing them for a minute. This is for entertainment only, no money has been made from this. No copyright infringement intended and any other legal stuff that I missed.

AUTHOR'S NOTES: This is my first fanfic so please don't be too hard on me. I would love feedback on this story. Good feedback will convince me to keep writing. Bad feedback will help me learn what I'm doing wrong so I can fix it (but there's really no such thing as bad feedback, is there.) I hope you like it.



Colonel Jack O'Neill yawned as he stepped into the briefing room. It was 07:30 and way to early for a mission briefing. As he sat down, he glanced at the three other people who made up his team. Major Samantha Carter, the team astrophysicist, sat next to him, reviewing her notes. Across the table Doctor Daniel Jackson, the team linguist and anthropologist, was helping himself to another cup of coffee. And then there was Teal'c, the Jaffa who turned against his God in order to join them and help free his people. This strange group made up SG-1. "So, what's everybody gonna be doing for the next few weeks?"

Sam glanced up from her notes. "I was planning on sticking around and helping out with the upgrades."

"Carter, we've been going practically non-stop for the past three weeks and you expect me to buy that you want to spend your vacation hanging out at the base installing new computers?" After the Entity had basically fried most of them, it was decided that the SGC would be upgraded. New science and medical equipment was being brought in, along with new computers for the control room. General Hammond had decided to shut down the SGC while the upgrade was taking place. As a result, everyone was getting a two-week vacation.

"Oh no sir. It's just that the current rumors are saying that someone was going to ask me to go to a cabin for some fishing and I thought I better find some excuse for saying no again." She laughed as she saw the hurt expression on his face. Daniel was chuckling too while Teal'c raised one eyebrow in understanding. "I'm just kidding sir. Actually Janet, Cassie, and I were going to go into Denver for five days then I have to come back here and make sure they plugged them in right. You know, all that technical stuff."

"Sam, that hardly seems fair. They can't expect you to give up your vacation time just because they don't know the difference between a modem and a monitor."

"Daniel, it's not like they aren't giving me a choice here."

"Really? What options did they give you?"

"They said I could either have a five-day trip and come back to make sure everything was working before anyone else got back or I could stay and help out the entire two weeks. It's the price I pay for being a genius."

Jack laughed at that one. "Okay Daniel. What were you planning on doing?"

"I was gonna take a vacation during the vacation."

"Oh. Hey Teal'c, what are you gonna do 'cause I know of a great place to go fishing."

"I was going to join Daniel Jackson on his vacation. He believes this is an excellent opportunity for me to see more of this world. I do believe we were going to visit a place with many yellow stones."

"'Yellowstone' Teal'c not yellow stones. It's a National Park in Idaho."

"I see." The discussion was brought to a halt as General Hammond strode through the door.

"Take your seats people. I know you are all eager for your downtime to start. So let's begin. P4X387. Dr. Jackson, what is your assessment of the planet?"

"Well sir, the UAV didn't detect any signs of a city or town. There were no ruins or any obvious artifacts around the Stargate. I think it's safe to say the planet is uninhabited. There is a group of caves about half a klick from the gate. I would like to examine them. They might tell us if there was a culture that died out or if people just never settled there."

"Thank you Dr. Jackson. Major Carter your report."

"Sir the UAV picked up no radio waves or pollutants in the air confirming Daniel's hypothesis that the planet is uninhabited. Breathable atmosphere, temperate climate may be a tad on the cool side, and plenty of trees for Colonel O'Neill to look at. We did pick up some unusual readings from the planet that could be related to Naquadah. I recommend we do the standard plant and mineral survey."

Hammond glanced at the four people sitting around the table. SG-1 was his best team. The SGC had been quite busy these past few months, and SG-1 did more than their fair share of the work. Everyone needed a break, which was one of the reasons he decided to shutdown the base while the computers were being upgraded. He thought about the mission. It appeared pretty straitforward. Go in, get some samples, and leave. Pretty normal. And normal is just the type of mission SG-1 needed.

"Alright. SG-1 prepare to go to P4X387 for a plant and mineral survey. You ship out at 10:00. Dismissed."



It was almost 10:00 when SG-1 walked into the Gate room. Once they were all there, the technicians began to dial the planet. "So Danny, are you gonna be bored on that planet with no rocks to look at?"

"Jack for the last time. They are called ARTIFACTS. And don't worry about not seeing any right away. If we need to, we can always dig some up."

"We?!? Who said anything about we." Just then the Stargate whooshed to life.

"SG-1. You have a go." General Hammond watched as SG-1 stepped into the wormhole. He had a very bad feeling something was going to happen. Something big. And when weird things happen, nine times out of ten it happens to SG-1. He silently wished them a safe and speedy return as he started climbing the stairs to his office.