Part Two
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A/N: So very sorry! I couldn't update till today. I went to Halloween Horror Nights in Universal Studios over the weekend and didn't pay to get internet connection. Phooey. Actually, my dad refused to pay for the connection. Double phooey.
So, here's part 2. Obviously. Hope you like! Thank you all so much for reviewing!
ENJOY!!
Jack glanced at Carter when her knee knocked against his in her body's natural reaction to being cold. She threw him an apologetic look and he quirked his mouth, silently telling her not to worry about it. He noticed her cheeks flush, before dropping her eyes and visibly tensing her jaw to keep her teeth from chattering.
Jack, himself, was doing the same thing. Wrapping the now damp jacket tighter around his shoulders he peered at the rest of his team, Jacob, and Davis.
"So, dad," Jack cocked his head and adopted his trademark wry tone. "When you said you didn't do it…" he waved his hand in a so on and so forth gesture.
Jacob shot Jack an amused, slightly reproving look, but answered him anyway. "I meant…I didn't do it."
Jack waited for the older man to continue. When no further explanation came, he rolled his eyes. "Well, then who did?"
Jacob shrugged and inclined his head towards Major Davis. "Davis, over here, thinks it has something to do with the virus that seems to have infected the ship computer system."
"Davis?" Jack looked to the Major for confirmation.
"That's right, sir." The younger man was bent over the control crystals, examining the seemingly 'dead' power relay.
"Sir…" Sam started, a familiar faraway look in her eye. The look that said she had just connected those proverbial dots. "What if…what if the virus isn't a virus at all?" She frowned, her eyes locking onto the colonel's. But Jack had a feeling she wasn't really seeing him.
Jack's brow furrowed. "What if the virus isn't a virus." Jack repeated, rolling the words around on his tongue. Sam nodded her head absently and bit her lip. Jack had the sudden desire to grab her and kiss her senseless.
But that probably wouldn't end to well. Regulations aside…Jacob would have him for breakfast.
"Yes, sir." Carter's voice broke him out of his less than appropriate thoughts. "Why did the door open just as we were about to drown?"
"A little sooner would have been nicer." Jack quipped.
Sam smiled, causing her nose to crinkle. "Yes, sir." Sam continued to look into his eyes. This time Jack was very sure that she was actually seeing him. He gave her a boyish grin and she ducked her head, blushing attractively.
Jacob, watching the unspoken interaction, began to feel slightly like a voyeur. He liked and respected Jack…he really did. But…Sam was his little girl. No one would ever be good enough for her.
But, Jack came pretty damn close.
Jacob cleared his throat and kept his eyes fixed on a point above Jack's head. "So, how do you figure the virus isn't a virus?"
Sam jumped a little as the nearly tangible tension between the colonel and herself was punctured by her father's voice. "Um…" she struggled to re-gather her thoughts. "Well, it didn't hesitate to make sure the ship was rendered uninhabitable, but disengaged the self-destruct and delivered it right into Earth's atmosphere. Sir, I think it recognized us. That's why the doors opened enough for the water to rush out."
"Recognized?" Jack asked. He loved her to death...but, god, she could be confusing. Her thought processes were always so far ahead of everyone else's that she usually had to break the whole thing down so people could catch up with her.
Sam bounced her head from side to side, thinking. "Or at least, recognized what we weren't." At the questioning looks being sent at her from all directions, she sighed. "Sir, I think it realized we weren't a threat. I think…" she trailed as a light dawned in her eyes. She turned excitedly to the colonel, her knees pressed against his thigh. "I think it's Thor!"
"What?" Five male voices chorused in response to her words.
Jack stared at her. "Carter…Thor is back on the Asgard homeworld." He paused for effect. "In a coma."
Sam closed her eyes, and Jack had the distinct impression that she was counting to ten. "I know that, sir." Her legs hadn't moved from his. "But, that's just it. He's in a coma. Nothing the Asgard have done has gotten any response from him. What if that's because his…consciousness…is actually here?" She gestured around the room. "In the ship?"
"In the ship." Jack repeated again, his voice flat.
"Indeed." Teal'c cut in, his brow furrowed.
"T?" Jack turned his head to his Jaffa friend, careful not to dislodge Carter's legs. Hey, he'd take any contact he could get…even if she didn't seem to realize they were in contact.
Teal'c turned his eyes to regard Jack solemnly. Understanding also lit his eyes. "O'Neill, this ship previously belonged to Anubis."
"So?" Jack frowned. If they were going were he thought they were going…
"So," Sam jumped in. "If this is the ship you, Teal'c, and Thor were trapped on…it's possible that Thor never left." At Jack's carefully blank stare and her father's raised eyebrows, she continued. "We know the Asgard can't reproduce sexually, they have to download their consciousnesses into new cloned bodies. Thor has the technological capability to download his "essence" into…well…anything." She paused. "In this case; the ship."
She finished and looked around the room, eyebrows raised in an expectant expression. Teal'c was inclining his head to her in silent concurrence, Jonas was leaning against the wall, arms crossed and frowning; thinking about what Sam had said. Jacob was frowning, apparently in silent deliberation with Selmak, Davis was watching Jacob's reaction, and Jack…well, Jack was staring at her.
Just staring.
He wore a practiced bland expression, but Sam k new he was turning over her words in his mind.
"Sir?" Sam asked, touching his arm. He eyes traveled up her arm from where it touched his and eventually met her eyes. "Do you know if this is the ship you were stuck on?"
Jack gave a half-smile and cocked his head when she didn't move her hand. "To be honest, Carter…they all look alike to me." Sam inwardly rolled her eyes. He was screwing with her. She couldn't help but give him a reproving smile. He was too damn sexy when he looked at her like that.
"I believe it is, Major Carter." Teal'c said when Sam didn't say anything. Her eyes were still fixed on the colonel's. He wore a smug expression; like he knew exactly what he was doing to her.
With a seemingly great effort she tore her gaze from the colonel's amused one and smiled gratefully at Teal'c. By the look her father was sending her…her stare hadn't actually been discreet.
"You're sure?" she asked for clarification. When Teal'c nodded in the affirmative Sam turned her gaze to Davis. "Major, I want to see if I can clean up the voice on the intercom. I'd appreciate the help."
Davis nodded. "Of course." He grabbed his pack and moved to the door. When he saw that Sam wasn't following him he turned back. Jacob was turned towards the front bay window, studiously examining…space. Teal'c was facing his comrades with a small knowing smile on his face. Jonas was sitting against a wall, leafing through some of the manuals he had brought with him. Though his face was half-hidden by the book, Davis could swear that the man was grinning.
And as for Sam and Jack…they didn't seem to realize anyone else was in the room. Jack's head was cocked, studying his 2IC with a tenderness that defied any allegations that Jack was a just a cold military bastard. His mouth was quirked in a gentle, but smug, smirk; he was watching the pink flush on Sam's face creep across her cheeks.
Sam's knees were still against the colonel's thigh and her eyes were fixed on his. They seemed to be having some sort of deep…conversation.
With just their eyes.
Davis cleared his throat loudly and hurriedly turned away, not wanting to witness these two heroes tear themselves from a moment of peace. Davis was aware of the feelings between the two military members of SG-1.
Anyone who spent two minutes with them was.
Davis secretly resented the regulations keeping them apart…but he would never say anything. That was all he could do. That was all any of them could do.
They couldn't acknowledge what was between these two heroes. They couldn't even acknowledge that they wouldn't acknowledge it. Davis knew that everyone at the SGC (and quite a few at the Pentagon too) knew about the "situation." He also knew that no one would ever say a word. They would protect the two officers and would never ask for anything in return.
After all…they owed them for so much more.
TBC
A/N: Changed my mind…three parter! WooHoo! Sorry it took me so long to update! I was in Universal Studios for Halloween Horror Nights. Amazing time, by the way!
Part three up soon! Please R&R!!
