The Adventures of Daniel and the USB Coffee Warmer

Daniel sat in his office at his computer, revising the latest pictures taken by SG-14. He stared at the screen, observing the ruins that had been discovered. They were covered in the writing of the Ancients. He copied down the symbols and set to work translating them.

'A nice birthday present,' he thinks, in every bit of seriousness. It was his birthday that day (A/N: no duh). After only translating one word of the text, Sam entered, hiding something behind her back.

"Happy birthday, Daniel!" she exclaimed, procuring the present which was wrapped in boring brown paper with a colourful card stuck to the front. She handed it to him and watched carefully as he opened the well sticky-taped box. Within it was a thing wrapped in bubble wrap. He glanced at Sam and she grinned. Daniel unwrapped the gift rapidly. His face dropped when he was what it was. It was a round silver circular about three centimetres high and had a little stick thing that was unknown to Daniel on one end. Sam saw this drop in enthusiasm.

"You don't like it?" asked Sam, sounding a little offended.

"Uh, no, I like it, I like it…I just, uh, don't know what it is," said Daniel.

Sam smiled. "Well, that's OK." She took the gift from Daniel and went over to his computer. She plugged it into his computer; into a place that was previously unknown to him.

"You got coffee?" she asked. Daniel looked confused, and gave her the cup of coffee that was sitting on his desk, right next to the computer, by Sam's left hand.

She put the coffee on the metal plate thing that she had bought him. She turned back to him and smiled, as if to say, "It should make sense now (!)"

Obviously, it didn't.

"It's a USB Coffee Warmer-fanfare-!" she said, gesturing at her gift.

Suddenly, the alarm sounds and a voice came over the PA system.

SG-1 to the briefing room immediately. Repeat, SG-1 to the briefing room, stat.

The message sounded urgent, so Sam and Daniel dropped everything and left for the briefing room.

Briefing Room

O'Neill, Teal'c and General Hammond were in the briefing room by the time Sam and Daniel arrived. They sat down in their customary positions and Hammond said, "SG-1, we have a problem with the Stargate."

The team looked at the good General with expressions of query on their faces.

"What's wrong?" asked Sam. "I performed a diagnostic last week!"

Hammond shook his head. "No, they've found something in the Stargate."

O'Neill placed the palms on his hands flat on the table to look more official.

"What is it?"

To be continued…

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