Author's Note: I was struggling with the dialog for Chapter 11 in Flames of Temptation when I came up with this short story. As always let me know what you think.

Rated M for the usual language/sexual situations

Spoilers? Nope.

Insert the I don't own any of characters speech here!

-- d3vilish

Man on a Mission: Chapter 1 - Berry Blue Jello

Her stomach grumbled. It was a little louder than last time, but she glanced around to make sure that no one else heard it. Daniel was running the briefing as slide after slide of carvings and ruins flickered across the screen. It was interesting... for the first hour and something but it just didn't end. Daniel never seemed to tire of it. There he was pacing back and fourth, jacket open, one hand holding his file folder of notes as the other animated his words. On any other day she could put up with it… just not today.

Looking around she noticed that Colonel O'Neill had zoned out ages ago by his glazed over expression and his hand's absent minded interest in his pen. Teal'C had an eyebrow raised - whether it was in complete interest or boredom she couldn't yet decide. Another growl interrupted her thought process. She placed a hand over her stomach hoping it would somehow defy the laws of physics and completely dampen the sound threatening to emerge once again. She noticed a curious eyebrow lift in her direction. Two actually. Both Teal'C and Colonel O'Neill had directed their attention to the obviously hungry Major.

It wasn't that loud was it? She lipped the word "sorry" ending all curiosity as they both reverted to their motionless states. All she knew was that she was hungry and had an uncontrollable craving for berry blue jello.

Oh no. The cravings had started. Come on Daniel… wrap things up already!

The lights flipped on. Daniel sat down and the briefing was over... finally!

Sam tuned out the concluding statements of the briefing. All she could think about was the blue jello that would be waiting for her in the commissary. That was the mission. Get the jello. Eat the jello. Lock self in lab for the next 24 hours.

Sam beelined for the exit before General Hammond could complete his token "dismissed".

Entering the Mess hall Sam headed straight for the dessert fridge. There was pie, cake, fruit salad, green jello, red jello, some more green jello, ... but where was the blue?! There was always at least one left by lunchtime. The kitchen staff would always save her one.

Rummaging through the rows of jello in the quest to find the blue one she called out, "Hey James. Do you have any more blue jello?"

"Sorry Major, Colonel O'Neill just took the last one."

Her head popped up from the shelf and hands stilled. That son of a bitch. "He didn't!"

"I told him that we usually save the last one for you but he said that you wouldn't mind. He even said you insisted."

Clenching her jaw, Sam spun around - her mission had been changed slightly. Find Colonel O'Neill. Strangle him. Secure the Jello. Eat the Jello. Lock self in lab for the next 24 hours. "Alright, thanks James." She called out behind her to the kitchen attendant.

"Anytime Major!"

Sam went to Daniel's office in search of the man who stole what was rightfully hers. He was usually bugging someone out of complete and utter boredom by now. Making record time to Daniel's office she noticed he wasn't there. "Hey Daniel. Have you seen Colonel O'Neill?"

"Hey Sam. No, I haven't seen him since the briefing."

Sam turned around. Teal'C she thought. He was probably sparring with Teal'C.

"Is everything okay?" Daniel asked.

"Everything's fine Daniel." She answered back as she headed straight for the gym.

She scanned the gym quickly finding no sign of Teal'C or Colonel O'Neill. "Airman. Have you seen Colonel O'Neill?"

"No ma'am."

The infirmary maybe? He hated the infirmary… was always afraid of getting needles. Big ones. But she checked anyways… maybe Janet ran into him earlier.

"Hey Janet, have you seen Colonel O'Neill?"

"Nice to see you too Sam." Janet shot at her obviously perplexed friend. "Haven't seen him since his return from your last mission. He's quite good at avoiding the infirmary." She noticed Sam's face turn slightly sour. "Why, what's bothering you?"

"Oh, nothing really." She lied. "He just has something that belongs to me and I wanted to catch him before he left the base for the day." Okay so not technically a lie.

"Well if I run into him, I'll tell him you're looking for him."

"It's okay Janet, I'm sure he already knows I'm looking for him! Maybe I'll go check Hammond's office. Thanks anyways Jan!"

That sneaky bastard. Where the hell did he get to so quickly? Sam checked the briefing room, General Hammond's office, the gate room - she even went so far as to enter the men's locker room. No sign of him or the blue jello. Retracing her steps she asked every SGC personnel to walk past her if they knew Colonel O'Neill's whereabouts. He was good. Very good for that matter. No one had spotted him. Damn black ops training. He hadn't cleared security as yet which meant that he had to be somewhere on the base.

She had wasted an hour searching for that sneaky bastard when her hunger reminded her of more persistent matters. Retiring in defeat to her lab she marched straight over to her desk and slammed both palms onto the cold surface in frustration. It took her a minute before noticing that something was incredibly wrong. She had been so focused on how many ways she planned on getting back at Colonel O'Neill that she let her guard down. The heavy metal door closed behind her and his smell completely invaded her senses. He was waiting for her in her lab the whole time. Approaching her from behind his words dripping with victory, "Looks like you'll have to settle for red today Carter." His voice hummed through her body, low and sexy.

Her hands fisted on the desk as she remained perfectly still.

"You son of a bitch." She said rather calmly considering she was contemplating the many ways she would hurt the man.

"I could write you up for insubordination Major." He smiled nonchalantly taking a few steps towards his angry Carter. Oh how he loved teasing her when he knew that everything she wanted was in the palm of his hands. She turned slowly, a look of pure revenge pasted on her face taking one slow step at a time. "You sneaky, conniving…"

"Carter…" Now he was backing slowly away from his Carter.

"…god damned…"

"Whoa, easy now…" One hand in the air in complete innocence and surrender.

"…smug…"

"Okay, fine, smug – I can see that."

"son of a bitch."

Taking small slow steps towards him, he took another spoon full of the wobbly Jello teasing her entirely. "Oh, I'm sorry did you want this?" He asked innocently offering her the spoon. She kept on approaching not removing her gaze from his face. No answer. "No? You sure? Cuz it sure seems like you do." Oh he was sooo pushing her buttons. Her eyes drilled past his attempt at diversion as he toyed with the jello in a balancing act on the spoon.

Time for plan B. In one swift move he had spun Sam around and pinned her to the closed lab door. The cold metal sent a chill up her back as the heat from his hands radiated through her standard BDU shirt. She barely registered that her head impacted the door as hard as it did. Wide eyed, she realized how vulnerable she had become in the blink of an eye. In an instant he had turned her from predator to prey.

Leaning into her slightly, watching the hesitation in her eyes he continued "…Or is it, Major, that you actually want something else?"

to be continued...

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