Will the Band Ever Get Back Together?
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Chapter 1 (Sam Journal Entry)
So that's it. He's gone. They're all gone. They've all left me. Daniel's died/ ascended whatever. Teal'c's gone home to Chulak to be with Rya'c and the Colonel, MY Colonel, is now leading the brand new Zeta Site. He's also gone and gotten married. I know I should be happy for my former teammates but I can't help but be upset. I can understand with Daniel as his only choices were death or ascention but Teal'c and Jack, why did they have to leave as well? Colonel Jack O'Neill's leaving hurts the most though. Has he really stopped secretly having feelings for me? Does he really not love me anymore? Why did he stop dreaming of that some future day when the regs would no longer be an issue and we could be a we? I guess I'll never know that though.
So, now what about me, then? What should I do? Should I be a "good girl" and stick around the SGC, become the 2IC of SG-1's new commanding officer and be part of that team? Should I transfer to R&D at Area 51? Should I transfer to a strictly scientific position within the SGC? Leave the Stargate Program all together? Should I resign from the Air Force? Move in with the Tok'ra? Take a post at the Alpha, Beta, Delta, or Gamma Sites? Become an Ambassador to Warrick's people? Move to another human world? Or should I join this new black ops/Tok'ra combo team?
You know, the combo team does actually sound good. It'll get me off world where there won't be a chance that in one of his check in's on Earth I'll see Jack. Plus, there will not be any "don't you miss going off world" stuff, or trying to fit in with a new team. Black op's does tend to be bad though, but at least I won't be haunted with memories of how things used to be. I'll tell them that I want to be able to help Earth directly when possible too, so that if/ when there's a major crisis, I can be around to help fix it.
Later
It'll all settled now, I'm getting promoted to Lt. Colonel by taking this post and am being fast tracked to Colonel/ Brig General +.
Goodbye Jack, I'm moving on now. Hope your life is exactly how you dream it to be. Goodbye SCG, I'll miss you lots. It's all about the future now.
Chapter 2
"Yo Danny Boy! Decide that Ascention isn't what you thought did you?"
"Indeed it's good to see you alive again Daniel Jackson. Your presence has been sorely missed. O'Neill, how fares things at the Zeta Site?"
"Great! Good! Fine 'n Dandy! Wonderful! Colonel Wilson's going to have a FANTASTIC time their."
"Um, guys, where's Sam?"
"We have no idea Dr. Jackson. The Tok'ra said they'll inform us as soon as her team checks in with them."
"Carter got another snake stuck in her head General?"
"Jack, what happened?"
"Not exactly Colonel. Dr. Jackson, not long after you ascended, a lot of things changed around the SGC..."
"I was recalled back to Chulak by Master Bray'tac"
"I got married."
"You WHAT Jack!?"
"I got hitched to a pretty girl on the planet of the Zeta Site and moved there to take command of it. We had two kids together, but we're divorced now."
"What were you thinking doing that Jack? You do realize Sam was waiting for you don't you know that? She, at least, was, in love with you. That must have broken her heart. Why do the Tok'ra know more about her were abouts than we do any ways?"
"I do not know Daniel Jackson. It has only been word of your return that has prompted me to return to Earth for the first time in seven years."
"Jack?"
"How the hell am I supposed to know? What do you think I am? Her babysitter?"
"No but she was your second in command for six years so..."
"Colonel Samantha Carter left the SGC three days after your marriage Jack, to join a combined team of Tok'ra, Jaffa, and Black Ops people."
"Carter would never join the Black Ops. Especially after that looser Jonas."
"I never thought I'd see the day when Sam would resign from the Air Force and leave Earth either Colonel."
"Sam resigned?"
"I concur. This seems most out of character for Samantha Carter."
"I received her letter of resignation through Jacob two years ago. He was the one who packed up her things and sold her house as well. According to him, Sam decided she was ready to move on to different things and wanted to be freed from all air force regulations. Though she will officially receive her promotion to Brigidier General the next time she actually is on an Earth Base."
"Carter was a major seven years ago. How the Hell did she earn three rank advancements so quickly?"
"The elite team she was with, the Joint Chiefs decided, that because of the immense danger they'd be facing non stop, that they deserved to gain ranks and pay faster than any other group in the service. She became a Lt. Colonel the day she joined. Two and a half years later she became a full bird Colonel and then two and a half years after that, right when she was finishing up her letter of resignation, the paper work for her to gain the rank of Brigidier General was going through. If she was still Air Force she'd likely be almost a two star general now."
Chapter 3
"So General, how 'bout we contact the Tok'ra and tell them we need Jacob. Then we'll tell Jacob that he needs to drag Carter's butt back to Earth and you'll reinstate her."
"Jack, you have no idea where she is or what she's doing now. How is it your right to tell her how to live? Who knows, she might have resigned because she fell in love, or had a baby or found a planet where she's able to really use and expand her brain and people actually understand her techno-babbling."
"Carter wouldn't do that. She just needs to know that you're back, T's back, and I'm back at the SGC and she'll come back too. She knows that she belongs on and with SG-1."
"Besides Colonel, Jacob died in a car crash the last time he was on Earth. He'd gone to see Mark and his family as well as to update them on Sam's whereabouts and to tell them that, while Sam had resigned, she's still doing top secret work. All five of them were killed instantaneously."
"Is she aware that her family is gone, General Hammond?"
"I have no idea Teal'c. I honestly don't know."
Chapter 4 (Spoilers for Season 9 & 10)
ON EARTH
"Hey Dr. Jackson! Just the man I wanted to see."
"Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell hey, congrats on being given command of SG-1. Have you picked out your team yet?"
"Nope, but I'm hoping that you'll consider sticking around and continue being part of SG-1."
"Colonel, I'm really sorry but I've been dying to get to Atlantis since I, well, since I came back from the dead, actually."
"It's Cam, Dr. Jackson"
"Okay Cam, call me Daniel. Its what all my friends do. Anyway, do you need a place to live? You can have my apartment."
"Nah, its all good. I hope you'll consider sticking around though."
ON DAKARA
"Have you picked your team yet, Colonel Mitchell?"
"No, though I was hoping to get the original band back together. I'd love to have you on my team Teal'c. I know we could do great things together. You, me, Jackson and Carter."
"You are aware that Samantha Carter has not been part of Stargate Command for ten years now, nor has she been an officer for five years Colonel Mitchell?"
"That's where I'm hoping you and Dr. Jackson will come in. I want to go to wherever it is she's at now and with both of your help, convince her to return and be part of SG-1."
"General O'Neill had similar feelings when he returned to Earth after his seven year absence and found her gone. I am not sure anyone has truly sought her though. I will accompany you back to Earth but I will not promise I will return to SG-1."
BACK ON EARTH AT THE SGC
"Daniel Jackson, it is good to see you again."
"You too Teal'c. Oh, this is Vala Maldoran."
"The prissy prissy queen of De-Nile."
"What's that supposed to mean Colonel?"
"Do we know of any way to contact Carter?"
"Um, yeah, a mutual friend, Warrick, he visits her a fair bit. Actually, he's the only one that I know of that knows exactly where this planet she lives on is. He's passed a few messages from me on to her and gotten her responses back to me. Turns out she no longer goes by Sam. Her name is Amanda Lilly Tapping-Kovacs now and she lives on a planet without a Stargate. She seems really happy."
"Anyway we could convince Warrick to take us along with him on his next visit?"
"I think so. Actually, you know, it would be great to see Sam again. Ten years is a long time not to see in person, such a great friend."
"Agreed Daniel Jackson. Should we not ask General O'Neill and General Hammond to accompany us as well then?"
"Yeah. Yeah. We should. Jack's still pretty pissed that Sam left though but maybe if they actually get a chance to talk, it'll be good for them both."
"Why's General O'Neill pissed with Carter?"
"Ten years ago, the then Colonel O'Neill, got married and moved to the Zeta site without any thought to the feelings of the then Major Carter. As it was after Dr. Jackson's ascention and my return to Chulak, Major Carter decided to make a change herself. She joined a team that was comprised of Tau'ri, Tok'ra, and Jaffa and was with the team for five years. Then, for some unknown reason she resigned from that team, the SGC and the Air Force and has not returned to Earth since. General O'Neill expected her to return as soon as word got to her that he, Dr. Jackson and myself had all returned to Earth and that he was yet again, single."
"So he's mad because she refused to come when he called her?"
"Yup! That's exactly it."
Chapter 5
"Daniel. What are you doing here?"
"Convincing you to take a little trip."
"Where is this little trip too?"
"I have no idea. Warrick is the only one that actually knows."
"And you want to go with him, taking me along because?"
"Because we need to see Sam. You especially but Teal'c, General Hammond, Colonel Mitchell and I are going along because Sam's a friend. One we haven't seen in a decade."
"Why do I need to see her? She choose to leave Daniel. She choose to leave without bothering to explain or even tell anyone."
"See! See! You love doing this don't you? You only choose to see things your way, never bothering to see how your actions may hurt others. What do you think it was like for her when you got married and LEFT?! Did you explain to her why you were leaving HER? Or did you just assume that since you were her CO that you didn't need to explain anything to her? Cassie's told me that Sam was heartbroken when you left. That it killed her to attend your wedding. Then to have Teal'c leave not long after, well, don't you think that she may have been feeling a bit abandoned? Hell, Jack! You could have insisted that she be your second at the Zeta Site but did you? NO! And then you had the gall to think that after your second marriage had broken up and you were ready to take over SG-1 again, that she should just be willing to go back to exactly the way things were. Being your ever loyal second, and doing all the same stuff, acting like nothing had ever happened and nothing had ever changed. Did you really think that she'd remain static after seven years? That nothing in her life could have changed? She's barely starting to allow me back into her life now, knowing how different circumstances were with me. Yet I still have hundreds of questions without answers for her. That's why we're going to visit her. See her on her ground. See who she's become in the last decade. Re-bond with our friend. Find answers to questions and let her have answers from each of us to her's. She deserves it, Jack. If you care for her in any small bit at all these days, you'll know that and you'll come. Do it for both of you. Just think about it okay?"
Chapter 6 (Three Months Later)
Amanda Tapping on her cell walking into the studio with Olivia and Michael Shanks daughter "Hey Michael. I kidnapped your daughter again and I'm going to keep her unless you come get her." Looking around, she catches of glimpse of Warrick and some people from her old life.
"Warrick, hey! Brought company this time?"
"Yup! I know that you love surprises. Who are these two girls?"
"This is Alexa, my bestiest friend Michael's daughter and this little cutie is my sweet little daughter Olivia. Both of these sweeties are going to be big sisters in a few months!"
"Sam? You have a kid?"
"Its Amanda now and yes, with another one on the way."
"There's no way Carter. You're too thin to be pregnant."
"I am, its just I've been extremely sick for the past three and a half months, going in and out of the hospital at least once a week; making everything else in my life go screwy as I've been missing work quite a bit. I'm lucky, though, that I work with AMAZING PEOPLE!"
"Mandy! You're back and you brought my snack!"
"ROBIN! You are not touching my candy. Docy say I need to gain lota weight fast. So I eat whatever I want and I want candy. I NEED candy. Candy! Candy! Candy! Candy! I love candy!" (Amanda's jumping around and spinning around)
"Was she ever that way while she was with you guys before?"
"This is most unlike Samantha Carter to behave in such fashion."
"Who's the pals? I know Warrick but who are the others Mandy?" Robin asked more seriously.
"The tall dark guy with the weird symbol on his head is Teal'c. The weird geeky guy with glasses is Daniel Jackson. The funny looking guy is Cami Mitchell. The bald dude is General Hammond, the big boss of my old home and life and the old, gray guy is my former immediate boss Jackie On-el. Don't know the woman though."
"I'm Vala Maldoran cutie. Are you single by chance or are you the daddy?"
"Married to Amanda? No way! Not that any guy with half a brain wouldn't love be, but no, I'm not. Name's Robin by the way."
"Robbie you and Cami are practically twins. You both seem to be experts in loosing your pants."
"Very funny Sam. You look, WOW! The dark hair is a really nice look on you."
"Thank you. Why are you here anyways?"
"For one thing we wanted to see you again. Its been ten years, Sam. Ten years without any contact and for half of them you've not even had any part in anything. Another thing is that Cameron Mitchell thinks he can convince you to return to the SGC and to active duty on SG-1. The third being that I was never able to present you with your first star."