Time for Drastic Action
Chapter 1: Beam Them Up, Scotty!
Disclaimer: Only my stuff is mine. The rest is not. Damn.
A/N: Okay, so my second attempt at a Stargate fanfic. I have a ton of ideas and chose this one first. So, let me know what you think!!
BTW: Extreme OOCness for the Asgard
ENJOY!!
"Jack!" Daniel called, yelling after the general. Jack stopped and turned around.
"Daniel…I have leave." Jack tried to stave off the inevitable. No doubt Daniel was about to tell him something that would keep him from leaving the base. Maybe the world was ending…or there was some alien entity attacking personnel…but, with any luck, Daniel was just going to say that the cake today was chocolate. His favorite.
Too bad it didn't feel like a lucky day.
"I know." Daniel said reaching Jack and pulling a box out of his pocket.
"Daniel?" Jack asked, eyeing the box suspiciously. Daniel saw where he was looking and chuckled.
"Don't worry, nothing's wrong. You can still go home." Daniel smiled and handed Jack the box. Hesitating for a second, Jack took it.
"What's in the box?" he asked rolling the box around in his hand.
"I don't know."
"You don't know." Jack stated holding the box at arm's length.
"No, but Sam told me you would." Daniel raised an eyebrow and looked at him questioningly.
"She did, did she?" Jack tucked the box in his pocket.
"Uh…yeah." Daniel crossed his arms and continued to stare at him.
"What?" Jack asked, exasperated. He just wanted to go home, for crying out loud.
"Do you know what's in the box?"
"Maybe." O'Neill drew out the word, inching backwards towards the elevator.
"Jack--,"
"Daniel." O'Neill warned.
"Jack, what's in the box?"
"Nothing."
"Nothing?"
"Yeah." The General was seriously considering just turning tail and bolting for the elevator.
"Why are you and Sam passing secret boxes?" Daniel used his 'I-know-something-you-don't-want-me-to' voice.
Jack squinted his eyes at Daniel. "We're not."
Daniel gave an exaggerated gasp. "Yes, you are."
"Not!"
"Are!"
"Not!"
Daniel opened his mouth to say "Are!" again, but shut it and shook his head. Jack had that 'one more word and I'll bolt' look about him. He sighed. "What's in the box?"
"It's…nothing." Jack said again, dangerously close to the elevators now.
Daniel gave him a look and O'Neill sighed. "It's my watch."
"Your…watch." Daniel repeated just to make sure he had heard correctly.
"Yeah." Jack shrugged. "It stopped working the other day and I asked Carter to fix it. She's good with the tinkering and…stuff." He said evasively, visibly jonesing to press the up button.
"You asked Sam to fix your watch?" Daniel repeated again. "Doesn't that kinda seem like…" he trailed.
"Like what?"
"Like you're using her?" Daniel narrowed his eyes at Jack, calculatingly.
O'Neill looked at Daniel, shock evident in his eyes. "Say what?"
"I don't know, it kind of seems like you're taking advantage of her. What with her ability to tinker and…stuff."
"Daniel!" Jack and Daniel turned around at the sudden shout.
"Carter." Jack said as she caught up to them.
"Sir, hi. You're still here?"
"Yep." He bounced on the balls of his feet. "Daniel here was just accusing me of using you." He looked at Daniel with a 'hah, that shows you' expression.
"Oh." Sam looked at Daniel.
"Well, you fixed his watch." Daniel shrugged as if that explained everything.
"And how was that using me?" she asked glancing from Daniel to the general and back again.
"Well…I…uh…" Daniel faltered and looked around helplessly. "I was kidding."
"Uh-huh." Sam drew out the word. Shaking her head she continued. "Anyway, Daniel, I need you to translate that tablet we got on P4X-989."
"Now, look who's using who." Jack said, a self-satisfied smile on his face.
Sam smirked and opened her mouth to reply when Teal'c came up behind her. "O'Neill, has something transpired?"
"No…not yet, anyway." Jack said inching towards the elevator button again. "Why?"
"Because you have not left yet. Was it not just a few minutes ago that you were dancing about--,"
"I was not dancing!" Jack broke in.
Sam laughed. "Well, sir, looks like you get a send-off from everyone. Have a goodnight."
He nodded. "Yes, same to all of you. What with your translating…"
"Thank you, sir."
"Yes, thank you, Jack." Daniel agreed sarcastically.
"Goodnight, O'Neill." Teal'c gave a slight bow and prepared to turn away.
However, none of them got very far for, at that exact moment, a bright light filled the corridor. They squeezed their eyes shut and threw their arms over their faces.
"What the--!" General O'Neill yelled before blackness descended upon SG-1.
TBC