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Lt. Col. Samantha Carter was eyeing the machine in front of her curiously. It was the time machine contraption that SG-1 had used last year. She was able to get it out of the puddle jumper that they had also used, which proved beneficial since she was able to gather more information than she already had uncovered. This time, however, instead of going back in time, they were thinking of going forward. The "they" were the Department of Homeworld Security. So far she discovered that it would work and it would probably help especially when concerning the Ori. In the past weeks, the Ori were getting stronger and occupying more worlds. This didn't sit well with the President.
As Dr. Daniel Jackson came in, she had just figured out what to do. "All we need is someone with the Ancient gene."
"Isn't that kind of hard with only a limited amount of people that we actually know." Daniel said. Skepticism was written on his face.
"We could see if General O'Neill can assist on such a mission." Sam inquired. It would probably undermine Mitchell's leadership on the mission if SG-1 were assigned it.
"Well we can ask Landry right now. We have a meeting and Vala is going to be included." Daniel said with a wince.
As they headed to the debriefing room, they talked about how they could include the fact that O'Neill would be helpful to find the answer the DOHS were looking for. To their surprise, O'Neill was sitting in the head seat at the table with Mitchell and Landry on one side. This left Vala on the opposite side. Sam walked around and sat next to Mitchell, which Daniel walked and sat next to Vala.
"Hey Daniel. Carter." O'Neill said in his own jovial self.
Daniel and Sam both responded at the same time with their own replies.
"General O'Neill had come to assist in SG-1's mission to travel forward in time to find a solution to the Ori problem. He'll be observing the mission on behalf of the Department of Homeworld Security." General Landry told SG-1. Sam and Daniel looked excited to have their former leader to come back. "He won't take over as leader of the mission, that is still in the hands of Colonel Mitchell."
"Thank you sir." Mitchell responded.
"What do I do?" Vala spoke up. Up to this moment, she had been quiet. Daniel was impressed that she had grown to be quiet since her time on Earth.
"Who are you?" O'Neill asked curiously.
"Vala Mal Doran." She told the general.
O'Neill still looked confused, so Daniel tried to explain quickly. "She's the one who kidnapped the Prometheus last year with me aboard it."
"Oh yeah. Now I remember it." O'Neill started to get ansy. This would be his first mission since he left Stargate Command. "Is that all now?"
"Yes. I'm sure it is. Be ready by 0900 tomorrow. You're all dismissed." General Landry informed them. Each walked their own way to prepare for the trek.
Today had been a good day for Mal Reynolds and his crew. True, they had been a gunfight but no one was injured and they were able to get off the moon without a damage to Serenity. This helped because Wash wasn't there anymore and they had a formerly mentally damaged girl at the helm. At first, everyone was skeptical until River was able to maneuver her way out of a nasty Reaver attack.
At the moment, Mal was checking the cortex on the bridge. River was up there also, but she was checking if all was working well on her end. Kaylee was checking on her own end. The two conversed back and forth in Chinese. When they were done with checking everything, Mal checked to see if anyone was going to come to the bridge. He walked up to River and hugged her from behind. "How's everything going?"
"She's holding up. She'll continue to fly true." River turned around returned the affection the captain was giving her. They stood there for several more moments. It was comforting for what they had been used to for the past month. The crew had been given two hard blows to their spirits; each occurred within days of the other. "They're coming." She spoke in a whisper.
"Who's coming little albatross?" Mal asked, backing up so he could see her face.
"You'll find out when they come." River said with a half-heartedly smile. She left his warm embrace and sat down in the co-pilot's seat. Mal looked at her curiously. She was truly out of her mind, but almost always what she said made sense later on. The captain hoped this was the case on this occasion.
"Well, I hope it ain't the Alliance or Reavers. Might I add that you fly good for a first timer." Mal complimented the girl.
"Thank you. So do you."