A/N: This is the sequel of "What Happened to Happily Ever After?" Do you need to read it? Not necessarily, but I would be honored if you did.
A special big THANK YOU to my Beta: Slidell! Without her, I would totally suck, and everyone would sound like Teal'c. No seriously, she puts up with my dumb questions and total nonsense… and she corrects me about things like Minnesota.
D/V ship along with the whole S/J ship.
Written before Search and Rescue!
Anyway… onto the story…
Sam sighed hard. "What do you mean you can't fix it, Rodney?" She asked walking into her office, McKay on her heels.
"I'm saying that this isn't good, Sam."
"I'm saying fix it Rodney!" Sam growled as the doors closed, keeping McKay out.
She saw a box on her desk, and a smile stretched across her face. "Mail!" She thought, and happily looked inside. She plugged her first piece of 'mail' from the microburst into her computer. Being the Commander had its advantages. Having all of your personal messages separated and each having it's own home on a memory stick was just one perk. This batch of personal mail was going to do wonders for her soul.
She typed in her password 'penguin' and leaned back in her chair.
Daniel's face filled the screen. He took the camera and held it over a scrabble board. He placed down the tiles, "14 points, plus the triple word score…"
He placed the camera on the desk and was back in full view. "So, how ya been? How's Atlantis? Your turn." The screen went black. She smiled and put Daniel's move off to the side. She would have to remember to take it to her quarters later.
She took out the second one, when a voice came over Sam's speaker. "Colonel Carter? This is Sgt. Miller… Dr. McKay's assistant. Well, there's been a little bit of an accident in the lab."
McKay interrupted, "You called her?" She heard him take a breath. "It's ok Sam. I have it under control."
Sam was already walking towards the lab. She had pretty much learned her way around the personnel; learning all their quirks and triggers. Unfortunately, she knew a few too many of Rodney's.
Samantha Carter was having a bad day.
When she was finally able to return to her office, she saw the mail sitting on her desk. She smiled, and plugged the next one in.
"Colonel Carter, I am sorry that I have to do this over a microburst transmission, however, time is of the essence. The IOA has decided that due to recent developments on Atlantis, it would be in everyone's best interest for you to be reassigned. Richard Woolsey has been assigned to the Atlantis Base. You are due to report to the Pentagon in three days for a full debriefing.
Colonel, this has nothing to do with your performance. Choice of assignments is yours. I look forward to seeing you."
Sam couldn't believe what she heard. She started the transmission from the beginning. By the time she heard 'everyone's best interest' she was angry. By the time she heard 'Richard Woolsey' she was downright pissed off.
She called Colonel Sheppard into her office and apprised him of the situation. To say that John Sheppard was shocked was an understatement.
"But …Woolsey?" John said.
"Try not to give him too hard of a time."
"Aren't you the least bit upset by this?" He countered.
"To be honest with you, I am completely livid. But what is that going to do for you? Or me for that matter? What matters is that the transition is as smooth as possible. What matters is you keeping Ronon in check." She smiled at him.
"It has been an honor to serve with you Colonel Carter." John said as he saluted her.
She returned the salute. "You too Colonel."
-o-o-o-
As Sam was packing up her quarters, she was getting more and more infuriated. Finally she was throwing things into cases. She was muttering under her breath. Yes the whole "Michael" situation was a little hairy there for a while, but…
"For cryin' out loud!" She said to an empty room. A slow sad smile stretched across her face. She continued to pack in silence.
-o-o-o-
"Welcome to the SGC Colonel Carter." General Landry said as she appeared through the wormhole.
She smiled, and saluted him. "It's nice to see you, Sir."
"Sam." A familiar voice greeted her.
"Cam."
"I'll leave you two alone." General Landry said and walked out of the gate room.
They started to walk towards the room in which Sam would spend the night before her flight to Washington.
"So… uh… where is everyone?" Sam asked. "Not that I don't appreciate your company Cameron." She flashed him a smile.
"Teal'c's on Chulak, and Daniel and Vala are in Washington."
"Washington?"
"Yeah, some archeological dig found some stuff that just might be… well not for the general audience of the Smithsonian. So he went to check it out …and took Vala with him." Cameron looked at Sam; her face had fallen, although she did try to hide it. "Let's go out and grab some dinner." He said.
"Cameron…"
"You can't tell me you want what's in the commissary."
"I haven't been debriefed yet." Sam said. "But truly, thank you for the invitation."
"Cards then?" He pulled a deck out of his pocket and flashed her a smile.
TBC
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