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"You didn't sleep at all last night did you?" came a soft voice from the doorway of Major Samantha Carter's lab. Sam looked up from her laptop and blinked past the blur. Her best friend, and base doctor, leaned against the door frame staring at her.
"Is it morning already?" she asked with a grin.
"Sam, you gotta quit doing this, its not good for you." Janet lectured as she walked in and sat down on the chair nex to her. "You have a home. I know I've seen it. You should visit it once in a while."
"I do. You know me Janet, I go crazy if I don't have something to do. I can only do so much at home."
"Plant a garden or something."
"Janet, I killed a chia pet. I think a garden is a bit greener then my thumb."
"Okay," Janet raised her hands in mock surrender, "I'm just sayin, a little bit of a social life won't kill you." Janet stood to leave. "At least go topside for a bit. You look like you could use some fresh air."
After Janet left, Sam clicked a few more keys on her laptop before clicking save and closing the lid. She stood up to stretch and swayed a little, the blood rushing to her brain. Janet was right. She needed to stop pulling so many all nighters. She grabbed her jacket and made her way to the elevator. She rode silently in the elevator for the 26 levels to the surface. A guard met her at the top with a crisp salute. She returned it and walked through the gate to the parking lot. She hadn't remember it snowing.
A thin layer of powder light snow covered the ground. It crunched under her feet as she walked across the parking lot. A small movement caught her attention. She looked up from her feet and caught sight of a little black and white fur ball curled up against the wheel of her car. As approached, it lifted its head and gazed at her with its little blue eyes and shivered.
"What are you doing out here little guy?' she asked crouching down next to the little puppy. It sat up and shivered again. She gently ran her hand down the back of the puppies head and scratched behind its ears. "Where's your people?" she asked as the puppy walked over and climbed into her lap, nuzzling its nose into her elbow.
That had done it. Sam Carter melted into a puddle of puppy loving goo. She stood up, with the small puppy in her arms and looked around for any sign of someone that might own this adorable little puppy. Not seeing anyone, she walked back to the gate.
"Airman, has there been anyone wandering around up here today?" she asked.
"No Ma'am, its been quite all day. Something I can help you with?"
"If someone comes around looking for a puppy, call me." she said as she carried the puppy to the elevator.
Sam carried the puppy down the hall toward the infirmary, gaining a few odd looks from people trying to make out what it was she had in her arms. She entered the empty infiramary and stopped, looking around for Janet. She spotted the top of the doctors head, sitting down at her computer in her office. Sam walked around the counter and entered her office, taking note Janets eyes were closed and her head rested on her hand.
"and I get lectured!" Sam said causing Janet to jump. She turned her head in her hand and looked at her friend. Her eyebrows furrowed as she focused on the tuff of fur poking out of Sams arms.
"either you found a pet, or you're starting to mold." Janet said eyeing her.
"I found him under my car." she said, pulling up a chair and sitting the puppy in her lap. Janet let loose a huge smile as the fur ball took on the shape of tiny Husky puppy.
"No collar." she stated as she picked up the dog and cuddled him to her chest, smiling as he tilted his head up and licked her chin.
"I wonder where he came from? Can't be more then 9 weeks old."
"I told the airmen at the gate to call me if someone came by looking for him. Not exactly the kind of dog people don't miss." she said as Janet set the puppy down on the floor and watched him as he layed down at Sam's feet.
"He likes you." Janet smiled.
"Not very active for a puppy."
"He's probably hungry. He could have been sitting under your car for a week. Not like you would have known." Janet teased. She took her water bottle and dumped some water into a comissary bowl and set it on the floor. The puppy looked at it before jumping up and gulping it down, looking up at Janet for more.
"No way. You're not puking on my infirmary floor cause you drank it to fast." she scolded. The puppy's ears perked up, making his head seem too small. They both laughed.
"Can you keep on eye on him for a few? I'm gonna go see what I can find for him to eat." Janet nodded and Sam walked out of the office. She quickly grabbed the puppy as he tried to chase after her.
A few minutes later, Jack walked aimlessly down the corridor, looking for no one in particular to bother. He hated when things were slow like this. Only 2 teams were off world, and everyone else was on downtime. He had stopped at both Daniel and Sam's labs only to find them empty. So his next stop was the infirmary. He heard the clicking of the doctors heels before he entered.
"Hey doc, whatcha doin?" he asked from the door.
"Afternoon Colonel, what can I help you with?" she asked looking across the room at him, knowing full well he came down to bug her.
"Oh nothin. You seen Carter anywhere?"
"She's in the mess hall."
A movement caught Jack's eye as something scurried across the floor.
"Uh, doc.."he stared, "You got some big ass rats." the doctor gave a sideways glance, and went back to her supply check off. Jack walked over to the dog and looked down at it. It stared back up at him, tail wagging crazily.
"What do you want?" he said. The let loose a high pitched bark, causing Janet to jump and Jack to grin. Its tail again swinging back and forth. Jack crouched down and pet the puppy. "Bring your pet to work day doc?" he asked
"Not mine sir. Actually Sam brought him in about 20 minutes ago."
"I didn't know Carter had a dog."
"She found him under her car. No one seems to know where he came from."
"Hmm, good lookin dog." he stood and the dog barked again. "Shhhh." the puppy wagged. "Somebodys gotta be missin him. Husky's aren't cheap."
Suddenly the puppy bolted full speed out the door of the infirmary, Jack and Janet jogging after it. Its feet slipped as he rounded a corner. Jack made the corner, then found himself in the air, having made contact with someone. Sam had been walking back to the infirmary with some bread and a bottle of water, when the puppy rounded the corner and stopped at her feet. As she bent over to pick him up, someone flew around the corner slamming into her at full speed. The Colonel went up, she went down, and he came down on top of her hard.
Sam landed flat on her back with a thud, her head bouncing off the concrete floor. Her knee twisting in an odd angle as she was knocked from her feet. Jack's elbow made contact with the wall as he tried to prevent himself from falling on top of whoever he had run into. All of it in vain, as he went down, ladding none too gently on top of his 2IC.
He lifted his head and found himself face to face with his Major. Her face twisted in a grimace as she reached her hand to the back of her head.
"Sorry Carter," he grunted rubbing his elbow
"Colonel? Sam?!" Janet gasped as she rounded the corner, met with the tangled and mangled looking pair. "Are you guys alright?" she helped the Colonel untangle himself from Sam and stand up. She looked him over quickly and crouched next to Sam.
"Are you okay Sam?" she asked taking in the look on her friends face. Sam brought her hand from the back of her head, revealing a small amount of blood on her fingers. Janets eyebrows shot up and she helped Sam sit up, quickly examining the back of her head. "Its just a small gash. You know how head wounds bleed though." She helped Sam to her feet and was worried at how much of her friends weight she had actually had to lift to get her there.
"Tweaked my knee pretty good," she offered at Janets gaze.
"God, Sam I'm sorry," Jack said holding his elbow as it bled.
"Okay, both of you to the infirmary." Janet said as she helped Sam hobble down the corridor. "I was having a slow day." she grumbled. The puppy trotting behind them, leaving a few shocked airmen in the hall.