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Good day dear readers! Erm, ignore me I'm weird. Okay this is a sort of sequel to Deception and Subterfuge, you don't absolutely have to have read it to read this as I'm slipping in explanations along the way, but it'd probably help to have read it.
That's it really, so on with the story, enjoy! . . . .
Sam Carter loved her job, every day came with new surprise and challenges. She also loved her team, they were her family. But recently she couldn't help but notice them drifting apart. She tried to tell herself it happened from time to time, it was nothing to worry about, but there was that little voice inside her which knew the truth and it just wouldn't shut up.
She knew the Colonel had been avoiding them, all of them, since the incident a few months ago with the Goa'uld spy in the Pentagon. Again she tried to tell herself he was still coming to terms with a close friends death, after all he and Captain Anne 'Tal' Corrigan had known each other since they were children, her death was bound to have an impact on him. But the not so little voice spoke up again.
He was ashamed, and she knew it, they all did. Part of her grumbled that he had good right to be, they hadn't got specific details but they'd got the general picture. He'd been involved with something very unethical and very illegal, but then again they'd used his dodgy contacts to save the world.
She shook her head and sighed. She saw Daniel glance at her out of the corner of her eye but he said nothing. She stared absently at the back of her CO's head as they continued to trudge through the long grass back to the gate. Not even the mission could change her train of thought; a simple survey mission, nothing of interest to report.
What annoyed her most of all of course, was that far from attempting to solve the problem, they were just making it worse, as they too, ashamed as she was to admit it, were avoiding him. Apart from talking 'shop' they didn't really speak to each other. She thought back to this morning before they had left to go on their mission, and to the most in depth conversation she'd had with him in weeks.
She gave him a small smile when the elevator doors opened and let him in.
"Carter."
"Sir."
"Good weekend?"
"Yes thank you sir. You?"
"Good thanks."
She closed her eyes in exasperation. This was getting desperate, they needed a team building exercise. She racked her brains for something suitable. It was difficult as their usual 'team-building exercises' consisted of pizza, beer and TV. This didn't exactly give her much to build on.
She sighed and began to pick up the pace, trying to decrease the ever growing gap between them and the Colonel.
Okay hope you enjoyed it, i know its short but it's only the prologue, so get reviewing if you'd like more, thanks x