The Leap Through the Gate

Chapter 2

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After an awkwardly quiet drive through Colorado Springs with the Colonel, Sam finally found himself at Daniel's apartment. Letting himself in with the keys he found in his pocket, he turned on the lights in the modest living area. A couch and two chairs made up the living room. A small table sat near the tidy kitchen. And a small hallway lead to the bedroom and bathroom. There was no television but instead artifacts and a huge bookcase of historical and educational books filled the space. It was obvious that Daniel was a dedicated archeologist. The apartment had the feel of a man who didn't stay around often but also loved what he did.

Sam had many questions about the whole situation and his, Daniel's, life. Since he didn't expect Al to be back soon, he sat down and picked up a large dark colored book, Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics and Language Origins and Applicable Study. It had dozens of sticky notes, bookmarks and dog-eared pages. A blue notebook, filled with notes and scribbles, accompanied the book. Sam vaguely remembered that he held a degree in ancient languages but he never studied Ancient Egyptian with this kind of detail. Daniel clearly was an expert in the field. Opening the large volume and the notebook, he started reading but soon felt too tired to carry on. Sam felt his eyes drooping when Al choose that moment to step back into the imaging chamber.

"Sam!"

"Oye, Al! I'm awake, I'm awake."

"This is so rad. This is top-secret government stuff. Kinda like Project Quantum Leap. You'd be amazed at the similarities." Sam pushed sleep out of his eyes as Al continued excitedly. "I had to pull some strings in Washington but we got permission to look through some files. This is so cool! I don't think I've been this excited since Tina bought that cute, little..."

"Al, I get it. Please move on."

"Fine, here we go. Dr. Daniel Jackson works for a very Top Secret, very classified, operation called the Stargate Program. The facility you were just in was call Stargate Command or the SGC. Now, this program sends out teams through the Stargate. Which is a great big ring that can establish a wormhole to another ring on a different planet, almost instantaneous travel. There are thousands of these all over the galaxy. The team that was in the briefing room, SG-1, is a exploration team that makes contact with other people on other planets to potentially find new allies and superior technology. The team is still in its first year of operation"

"So what you are saying is that there is life on other planets and the Air Force is operating a secret program to travel in the galaxy via wormholes? So why am I here? Seems like they have it pretty much under control. We have our own top-secret program to deal with."

All suddenly became serious. "This is the bad news, Sam. According to the records, Capt. Samantha Carter is killed in action during your team's next mission."

"Wait, that's tomorrow!"

"Carter's death drastically effects the members of her team. In the original history, Col O'Neill went rouge and ended up dead, trying to kill the people who killed Carter. Teal'c, who isn't actually human, went back to his home planet and the SGC totally lost track of him. Jackson joined another team but was captured and killed by their enemy, Apophis. It gets worse though, Ziggy says that there is a very high chance that without Samantha Carter, Earth will be taken over or destroyed by the Goa'uld within the coming years. Those are really nasty bad guys bent on galactic domination. Ziggy can't even calculate the exact time and percentage because of all the unknown variables. But Sam, this is bad."

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~~Gracie