Title: SG1 - 1 After New Order
Chapter 1: In One Piece
Warnings: Language, Sexual Situations, AU
Pairing: Jack/Samantha
Summary: (After the episode New Order, but before episode Lockdown)
A/N: This is my first attempt at a Stargate fiction. This answers my own question of what happens between the episodes. Guess this is what happens when I ask a question then find I am the one answering it. In my own personal dimension, this is how it goes. Enjoy. Edit 2013
SGC
After what had become a very long day, Carter was walking to the elevator glad at the chance to have a few days off. She rounded a corner in the corridor and came across Daniel and Teal'c.
Daniel was the first to turn and see her, "Hey Sam, ready to get out of this place?"
Samantha started looking around them to the elevator then back down the corridor, "Something's not right for some reason."
Daniel scrunched his eyebrows and tipped his head at her, "Yeaaaa, doesn't feel right leaving. We should stay here every second of the day. Every day for that matter." He said in a whimsical tone and smiled with sarcasm.
Inclining his head, Teal'c wanted to determine if it was a potential problem or just the usual uneasiness Sam had when leaving the base. "May we be of assistance?"
She could not get her mind to tell her what the problem was so she could solve it. "No, Teal'c, I know you and Daniel were off to explore that new museum, and I am supposed to go out with Pete. You guys go on ahead. I just have to go back to my office and have a look. I may have left my computer on or something."
Teal'c smiled at her, "Very well Major, I mean Colonel Carter. We will see you tomorrow." At that Teal'c and a still squinting Daniel, got on the elevator.
Once inside her office, she looked at everything to make sure it was in place. Her computer was turned off. All of the files she had been working on were in their proper place.
They are going to see me tomorrow? We don't have any plans to be together tomorrow? What are they up to?
She turned to leave and realized what had made her have to come back, her journal. Samantha unlocked a drawer on the other side of the room and took out her new journal.
Ever since her altercation with the human Replicator Fifth, she had been having disturbing dreams.
Yesterday, she had called a friend of Dr. Frazier's that she had introduced her to a few years ago. Samantha told her she had been experiencing nightmares since a troubling ordeal and asked for any suggestions of how to fix it.
The doctor told her that the night terrors may be trying to tell her something or bring up things that Samantha might want to deal with before putting it behind her. In the end, Samantha took the advice of keeping a journal that included dreams.
She placed the journal into her bag the second she heard footsteps.
I locked my office door didn't I? No one should be in here but me.
Her heart started to speed up as fear overtook her. She could not force herself to turn and look. The person walked up behind her and for a moment she thought it was Fifth. Then she heard a familiar voice.
"Hey, you locked the door, but didn't pull it shut. What's up? I thought you were leaving today with Teal'c and Daniel."
"Hi sir, I just had to get a few things I have been working on." She struggled to get the words out.
"That can wait. I ordered SG1 to take a few days off. That includes you, Carter." General O'Neill smirked and held the door open for her. He noticed she looked a little more nervous than usual. "Where you off to, fishing?"
"No, sir." She grabbed her bag putting it over her shoulder and stepping out the door. There was an ever growing smile on her face at the thought of her going fishing with her time off.
"No, you won't answer or no as in no fishing?" He had a serious look on his face, but his body language told her that he was up to his old tricks.
To that, she started relaxing and felt better that he had come looking for her. "No to the fishing. I have a meeting later today."
"A hot date? No that's right, I remember now you're going out with Pete. Hey, Teal'c and Daniel are coming over to my place tomorrow night for pizza and a movie, want to join us?" Jack's obvious ability to cheer her up always left her feeling comforted.
"I don't know if that's such a good idea." Samantha pressed the button for the elevator.
"Oh, I don't know. If you're worried about what movie we're going to watch, don't be. Teal'c is picking the movie. Has to be better than last time when Daniel picked some documentary about flowers." O'Neill looked pleased with himself.
"You mean Florence, Sir?" Samantha started reconsidering going to his place with the group. After all, she needed things to seam normal like they had been, since everything had been turned upside down so much lately in her life.
"Whatever, you know you can bring Pete if you want. It's just a suggestion." At this point he was desperate for her to come over and hang out. What did I just say? Bring Pete? I don't want him in my house. He held the elevator door open as he looked into her crystal eyes and saw a sort of sadness.
"I'm sorry, sir. I already have plans. Thanks for inviting me." She stepped into the elevator and turned to face him. He's trying to help me. What I can't tell him is just his being around helps me. Makes me feel safe. What am I thinking? I should not be thinking like that, but I am. She continued looking into his eyes and she could sense a longing in them. How long have we been standing like this? Her mind started to race a panic. "Sir?"
"I know you're already late. Just think of it as an open invitation." He took a step back and for some reason could not take his eyes from her. I love you, Sam.
The doors started to close and neither took their eyes away.
When the doors to the elevator finally closed, both of them took deep breaths. Samantha put her hand on the elevator door and closed her eyes. Jack turned back toward his office and forced himself to walk. He sat down at his new desk that was covered with memos and reports.
A familiar alarm started to sound and then he was on his feet to the Control Room. He walked in and up to the person on duty. "What have we got?"
"Unscheduled off world activation. It's the Tok'ra." The man on duty seemed to be enjoying working the controls.
"Ok, open the Iris. Let's see what they want from us." He walked out of the room and down to the Gate Room.
He approached the ramp with about a half a dozen armed men. Out of the blue liquid appearing horizon of the Stargate, stepped what he considered a troublemaker. "Hello Anise, to what do we owe this unexpected pleasure?" He slightly bowed and ushered her into another room as she came through the gate alone.
"As you may have deciphered, I have been acting in a way as an ambassador of the Tok'ra to the SGC. And as I have found you prefer to talk to the host…" She blinked a few times and he voice became normal. "Here I am. Can we talk?"
Anise had intentionally worn an outfit that was medium tan and skintight showing off as much skin as she could get away with. She did so in order to try to tempt Jack.
The last time she had walked up to him while he was in a holding cell and offered sex. To that he backed away and got her out of the room as fast as he could. She had offered to check on Earth's customs. He didn't respond. Anise found that on Earth, men usually initiated romantic interludes. She found that limiting.
Once inside Jack's office, they sat down. A lieutenant came in looking for a file. Jack fumbled with the papers and files on his desk trying to locate it. "It's here somewhere. There it is." He appeared to be out of his element with all the documentation and reports covering the desk.
As the lieutenant left, Jack started wondering if she was ever going to tell him what was going on. "What ya need?"
"Well, there was something that I wanted to ask you for. I am not sure if you are allowed to give me clearance or approval. Your rules here on Earth can be so confining, but it is the only thing I have been able to think that would help."
Anise would have continued for another fifteen minutes he was sure, so he jumped right in. "If you want something, just tell me what it is already." Jack had started taping a pen and tuning out what she was saying.
Great! What if she is trying to ask me about sex again?
His eyes looked slightly down her outfit to where it seemed like her breasts were about to pop out at him and say hi.
Please don't say sex, I don't think I could handle that conversation again. Didn't she ask about groups too? If anyone hears about this, it will look like I'm trying to start a Tok'ra brothel.
He inhaled a deep breath.
"I was wondering if you would grant me a few days here on Earth." Anise folded her arms and remembered to lick her lips slightly as she had been instructed.
"You want to hang out here in the SGC for a few days? Well, I will find someone to escort you around base. Cause ya see, I have given SG1 and myself the next four days off." Jack started trying to look everywhere except at the outfit that Anise was wearing. He knew he would be gone and not have to deal with her. He started smiling to himself at how ingenious he was.
"No need to find someone. You will do excellent as a guide. Wonderful, I would love to look around your planet and get a better understanding of how things operate." She started smiling also thinking that she could better get under his skin with some personal experience dwelling among Earth people.
Jack almost did a back flip getting out his next words. "Dismissed! I mean I don't think, so you can go home now. So sorry it could not work, scamper on." He leaned forward and waved his hands at the door.
She appeared not to understand what he was getting at and decided not to accept defeat. "What I am proposing is, for you to allow me to accompany you off the base. If the Tok'ra can have a better understanding of how Earth people, we can start to share the information we have in trust. You have asked for information before, and I am sorry to admit that my leaders do not tell me everything. I am hoping that in this way both peoples will confide in one another as true allies and equals against the evil Goa'uld."
All Jack heard was 'I am proposing,' 'trust' and 'confide in one another as true allies,' and wondered why he was considering it. "It's all about bust, I mean trust. So what do you want?" At this point he had started staring at her outfit again as her body was starting to distract him.
She shifted in her chair and unfolded her arms leaning forward to show him more since he was interested. "To accompany you off base for a few days is all I want."
"Then you'll tell me little Tok'ra secrets and go home?" Jack was wondering if he could just dump her off with Daniel as her other half liked him.
"If that is what you wish, yes." She stood up with him and wondered when they would be alone together off base.
"Ok, give me about an hour. You can wait in the conference room if you like." Jack could not believe he agreed to take her around.
Couldn't pass up on that Tok'ra secret thing. Brothel 101.
He continued to fill out paper work and solve little dispute problems. After making a quick phone call, he left with Anise to go drop her off with Daniel for a few hours.
Samantha Carter's Home
Sam pulled up in her driveway and felt alone. Pete had just called her on her cell phone to say he had to work that night, but would see her tomorrow.
She sat there in her car looking straight ahead. Images of how her life would be with Pete started to flash before her mind's eye. She saw herself coming home and he would be making them sandwiches. They were talking about what happed during the last four days since they hadn't seen each other. A little girl ran by and said, "Hi mommy."
I would be an absent parent like my father had been to me.
Feelings she had not dealt with for a while started flooding her senses as she stopped the imaginary world in her head.
Sam put her hands over her face and took a deep breath then got out of the car. While entering her house, she remembered her journal and sat down on the couch. Without as much as a drink or a snack, she started writing.
After she wrote everything down, she started thinking of what her life with Jack would be, "Wonderful and complicated." She paused and realized she was speaking out loud and started writing.
When Sam was done, she started imagining what she had written about. Just like the Samantha who came through the device that was married to Jack in another dimension, she had long hair and worked inside the SGC. Thoughts and feelings melded as she envisioned them working there and taking lunch breaks together and the occasional off world trip. Dropping children off at the babysitter, grocery shopping together and at home a somewhat normal life. Waking up in the morning with her head on Jack's warm chest and having the first cup of coffee together on the porch seemed almost perfect.
She smiled with feelings of acceptance and love. "A Folgers moment with the General?"
She entered that last comment down in the journal. Sam set the journal down as she lay down on the couch for a quick nap. She had been feeling exhausted and as such fell directly into sleep.
In a dream that felt as if it was real, she walked the halls of her house. Pete came around a corner and told her it was time for dinner. She walked to the table and Janet took her by the arm. Her dear friend who had passed away told her to be very careful and to ask herself if she was being honest to the one that counted. The room she was in turned dark and it was hard for Sam to see the table that Pete was sitting at. "Pete what's going on?" She found it hard to breath when she seen the paintings and tapestries on the wall start to melt.
Still in a dream she could not believe what was going on. Pete's teeth started to get longer and sharper then he dug his fingers into her shoulder. "I thought you knew my sweet Samantha. Your mine now and forever." He began to change shape as Sam started trying to get away from him.
When she looked back at him as he had one hand on her neck, it was no longer Pete. Fifth, the human Replicator, was standing in her house trying to control her. For the briefest of seconds she remembered he had tortured her because she was forced to leave him on his planet. Her mind flashed in an explosion of all the things he had caused her mind to take in. She bashed him in the head with a vase and managed to get herself free of his icy grip.
She ran from the house that had turned into an almost murky swamp that stuck to her feet. She heard footsteps. She let out a screeching cry of pain. Utter despair sounded on her lips as she fought for consciousness that only existed outside of her house.
She woke up and slid off the couch while stifling her latest yell to only a whimper. The footsteps had faded into the sound of her phone ringing. Sam wiped the tears from her face and went to the phone. "Hello?" Her voice was still shaky, and she was dabbing off her nose at this point.
"This is Luke Skywalker. Use the Force.,," Sam quickly cut off the male voice on the phone.
"Who is this? What the He do you want from me?" She took the phone away from her ear and looked around her house trying to determine if she was asleep or awake. Anger started to take over her fear.. Dream or no she was determined to fight for her sanity.
"It was only a joke, Carter. Are you ok? What's going on?" Jack's thoughts started causing him deep anxiety. If anyone were hurting her, he would hunt them down and end their life.
"Oh, sir. I'm sorry. It's just so real. He was chasing me. I couldn't get away. Then I did. I'm still in one piece." Sam had calmed her anger at hearing it was Jack who had called. She felt immensely relieved and safe. The hints of desperation and fear were present in her voice.
"Who's chasing you? Are you hurt?" Jack was on the verge of exploding with rage.
"No, it was a dream. I keep having these bad dreams about Fifth." She was more composed now that she felt reality around her. The dream was gone, but the thoughts and the memories lingered.
"I have something to do then I will be right over. I just want to take a look around and make sure for myself that everything is ok." Jack started to calm a little now that he knew it was not some intruder or Pete who had harmed her. He shook his head thinking that Pete would not be capable of that. Smothering her with attention…yes. Smothering her with a pillow…no.
"Sir, it's ok really." Sam was sitting in a chair slightly rocking trying to regain control over herself.
"No, I'm coming over. Be there in a little." To that Jack hung up the phone and quickly called Daniel for help.
A/N: Well, for my first Stargate fiction how did it go? I always thought that Anise could not have given up so easily. Am I the only one who has thought about that?