And now, a continuation...
"What!" Sam yelled.
"You're pregnant."
"Wow! Mien Gott! Jack is going to have a heart attack when he gets the news!" Sam hugged her friend and ran out of the room. Janet watched her leave with a smile on her face. Sam ran down the hall in order to reach Jack's office, nearly running down a young captain. "Sorry!"
She finally reached his office, out of breath. She enters through the door in the briefing room. "Go right in, Colonel. He is doing paperwork."
She thanked the secretary and went in. "Jack."
"Yes, honey?"
"I've got some good news."
"What ya got, Sam?"
"I'm pregnant."
"What! Oh my God!" Jack jumps up from his seat and nearly jumps over his desk. He picks her up and spins her around. "What? When? Where? How?"
"I just learned the news from Janet. She said she wanted to see me and the moment I walked into the infirmary, she broke the news," she said.
"How far along?" Jack asked.
"About four months. I'm due in April, about the 24th."
Jack smiled. "How about I buy lunch for the pregnant lady?"
Sam looked at him with thankful eyes and a weak smile. "Yes. Thank you."
Jack put his arm around her waist. They walked down to the café and ordered lunch. Sam got a salad, a diet coke, and a sandwich. Jack got a Mountain Dew, a steak, and, at the urging of Sam, a salad. Jack paid for the lunch and followed Sam to a table. About ten minutes later, they are met by Daniel, Janet, Teal'c, and Ferreti. "Danny-boy, over here!"
Eventually, they spot the two soon-to-be parents and walk over to them. They all started eating. Daniel and Ferreti started bugging Sam about her being pregnant, Janet started eating, and Teal'c was staring off into space.
Finally, after about ten minutes of ignoring them, Sam started to get pissed off enough that she started yelling. "Ferreti! Daniel! Will you two stop fucking annoying me? That's an order!"
"Sorry, Sam," Daniel tried his best to look apologetic.
"Yeah, sorry, Colonel." Ferreti looked as if he was about to piss his pants because he feared the colonel's wrath. (If a 6'2", 180lbs guy is afraid of a 5'9", 140lbs women, that is pretty sad, no matter their rank.) Jack started cracking up because Ferreti and Daniel looked like they had seen the Grim Reaper.
"Shut up, Jack. It's not funny." Daniel yelled at his friend.
"You're right. It's fuckin' hilarious!" Jack fell off his seat, he was laughing so hard. Finally, after just about pissing his pants, Jack stopped laughing. He got up and sat back down in his seat. The whole café was looking at them, after all it not everyday you get to see a two-star fall out of his seat. Sam was giggling at her husband.
"Having a little trouble staying in your seat, honey?" Sam asked him, still giggling.
"Yeah, I think I am." Jack laughed. Jack sat back down, just as Siler walked by.
"You ok, Sir?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine, Siler. I just fell out of my seat." Jack reassured the sergeant. Siler nodded and walked away. Jack smiled at Sam and held her hand. They walked out after they finished eating, heading toward Jack's office. Sam kissed Jack on the cheek and walked into her lab. Jack smiled and looked at the picture on his desk. It was one of their wedding. He turned on his computer and started to play a game of solitaire.
All of a sudden, the lights went out and his computer shut down. Jack yelled "Fuck!" because he was on the last card when the power went out. He stood up and walked into the control room. "Siler!"
"Sorry, Sir. We'll try to figure it out as soon as possible." He told him, because no one wanted to be way went Jack went off into one of his rants. Jack turned around and left the room. He started his paperwork about 2 pm, and when he finished, it was close to 4. When he looked up, he saw that the power was on. He started up his computer and started a game of solitaire. He finished with a score of 590. Jack stood up and left the room. He walked down the hall and toward the commissary. He grabbed a glass full of Jell-O and walked back. He set it on the corner and opened up his e-mail. He had ten new messages. He organized them by priority. Three from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, one from Area 51 about the new technology that SG – 7 brought back from PJ4 – 548. Two from Hammond. The last four were from Groom Lake again about a new engine for the F-302s. There was a knock on his door. "Enter."
Jack looked up and saw someone new. "Can I help you?"
The man smiled. "I'm Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell. I was sent by General Hammond for the spot on SG – 1. I hope I can make it."
"You and everyone else on this base. Colonel, not going to happen," Jack said. "Before you go anywhere near the gate, you have to go through the proper training."
"Bu-"
"Colonel, you are going through that training just like every single member of every single team. Dismissed." Jack waved his hand toward the door. Mitchell stood up and left. Jack sighed and left the room, heading toward Sam's lab.
"Hey, Jack. I hear the new "probie on base" came to see you," she said, making the gesture of the quotes.
"Oie." Jack rubbed his face and sat down, stealing her chair.
"So, what did you say?"
"I told him to make French fries instead."
"If Hammond sent him, then he must be good." Sam started to lecture him on the reason that he was probably sent. If anyone else tried to lecture him besides SG-1, they would have their asses out on the sidewalk before they knew what hit 'em. "Did you get his file?"
Jack opened his desk drawer. He pulled out Mitchell's file and tossed it down on the desk. Sam picked the file and flipped through it. "Wow! Recommended for the Silver Star twice!"
"Ya." Jack sighed. "I know I was being tough on him, but, I sure as hell am not risking the lives of anyone under my command on a slick resume."
"So, we're sticking with a three man team?" Daniel asks.
"How overly cautious of you, Jack." Sam said. "There's nothing in the regulations that says a SG team has to be made up of four members. You do know that he saved our asses in Antarctica, though, right, Jack?"
"Yeah, I know, but, just because you can engage in dogfights with alien ships, it does not mean you can take on hundreds of Jaffa on solid ground," Jack said. He stood up and walked toward the door and toward the café. Sam, feeling the urge to eat, followed him. Jack had grabbed what had to be at least half a pizza and a one liter bottle of Pepsi. Sam grabbed the other half and a bottle of water, upon orders of Janet. They sat down and started to eat.
Elsewhere in the mountain…
Daniel walked down the hall toward the guest corridors. He knocked on a door and was greeted by a distraught colonel. "Colonel Mitchell."
"Yes. Can I help you?"
"Daniel Jackson."
"Doctor Jackson, nice to meet you." He opens the door farther and let him in.
"Don't let General O'Neill's decision get to you, we all just lost a great friend and he has a lot on his plate as of recently." Daniel said. Daniel left the room and headed toward the briefing room. Jack, Sam, and Teal'c were sitting in their respective chairs. Daniel sat down and looked at Jack.
"Finally, what took you so long?"
"I was talking to Colonel Mitchell."
"O.K. I have decided to let us see what he is made of. He is going with you on this one. Sam, you're going to get him set up with gear and a weapon. Teal'c, you're going to watch him and make sure he doesn't do anything stupid. Daniel, be yourself." Jack said.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Daniel yelled as Sam giggled and Teal'c smirked.
"You know. Stand there, rave over artifacts, and whine when Sam says you have to leave. I'm sending SG-3, -5 ,and SG-12 with you on this one. You're going into enemy territory and you are going to need the backup," Jack stood up. "Dismissed."
Sam left the room and headed down to the guest corridors and knocked on Mitchell's door. He answered and she told him to follow her. She led him to SG -1's locker room and showed him his locker. She then led him to the armory. She handed him some armor and a service pistol. She told him to choose between the MP5, P90, and M4. Mitchell picked up a P90 and about five or six spare magazines. She led him to the gateroom and was met by Colonel Reynolds. "Colonel."
"Colonel." Sam nodded to Jack, who told Siler to dial the gate. Jack looked out the window at the four teams.
"SG teams -1, -3, -12, and -27, you have a go. Good luck, people and be careful. Teal'c." Jack nodded his head. Sam waved and the teams went through with guns level. Jack waited till the gate shut down to leave the room.
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Sam motioned for the teams to fan out. SG -1 went straight ahead, SG -3 went to the left, SG -12 to the right, and SG -27 guarded the gate. Teal'c walked toward the woods and was met with an ambush. Lieutenant Colonel Johnson, leader of SG -12, ran to his aid. After about ten minutes of a constant firefight, the team was able to move on and met up with the other teams. Colonel Reynolds ran off into the distance with SG -3 and member of SG -27. "Reynolds. This is O'Neill. We were pinned down trying to set the C4 and we need assistance."
"On our way." Reynolds ran toward the woods and met up with the team. He looked up and saw about two hundred Jaffa. "HOLY SHIT!"
He pulled out seven grenades and taped them together in a beehive formation. He pulled the pin on the middle one and threw the pile. The explosion killed or maimed about fifty of the Jaffa. He told the M-60 gunner on his team to mow down the rest. The -60 gunner killed about another fifty before his was shot in the chest with a staff blast. He was killed instantly. Reynolds put a grenade into the M-213 launcher that was attached to his M4 carbine and fired it into the advancing line of Jaffa. The explosion killed another ten and blinded about fifteen. He fired until he ran out of ammo.
SG -1 was met with surprisingly little resistance afterward. Sam held up her fist and the teams stopped. She unloaded about twenty pounds of C4 and primacord. She tossed some to Reynolds, Teal'c, and Johnson. She told Mitchell to cover them while they went around and set the explosives. She had Reynolds and Teal'c go to the left and her and Johnson went to the right. They set the explosive close enough the when one went off, they all set off in a chain reaction. After thirty minutes, they all set off toward the gate. About halfway back, Sam threw the switch and the new base of Ba'al's had gone up in flames. Daniel was first to the gate so he dialed up Earth while the rest watched out for Jaffa. Daniel had a hard time concentrating with all gunfire around him. Finally, they managed to get a lock and Daniel punched in the numbers on his GDO. He waited about a minute and went through followed by SG -12, SG -27, SG -1, and SG -3.
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Jack ran into the room and saw the teams running down the ramp. He looked for Sam and saw her come in right before Reynolds, dragging two Marines. The gate shut down. Jack ran down the steps that led from the control room and into the gate room. He looked at Sam. "Well?"
"Put another one down on our credit list, Jack." Jack looked at Reynolds. He looked back at him.
"General. Can I talk to you?" Jack nodded and the went to his office. Reynolds told him something that the rest could not make out. Jack nodded and left with Reynolds back into the briefing room.
"Anyway."
"Jack, is there something you're not telling us?" Sam inquired. Jack smiled. "What is it?"
"You'll find out soon enough." With that, Jack left the room and went to the commissary. He grabbed a cup of Jell-o and left toward his office. He sat down and started to do paperwork. He turned on his computer and typed up something and pressed enter. He finished the Jell-o and left the room, turning off the light.
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Jack walked into his office after Sam had her weekly checkup with Janet. He turned on his computer and found an e-mail that said the President was coming in response to his letter. Ten minutes later, he heard a knock on his door. He looked up and saw the President standing there in his best suit. "Good morning, sir."
"Jack."
"What brings you here to this dark, bleak mountain on the fine, nice day, sir?" The President smiled.
"You know why, Jack. So, when do you want to do this?"
"Right now fine?"
"Sure." He looked out at two Secret Service agents and nodded. They left and went toward the gate room. They secured the room and placed themselves each at the corners right before the gate on the ramp. The President walked into the room to find all of the SG teams lined up in neat rows, with SG -1 and SG -3 standing along the side of the ramp. Everyone stood at attention when he walked by, followed by Jack. President Henry Hayes stood at the podium.
"Our Air Force has seven values. Courage, integrity, duty, loyalty, respect, selfless service, and honor. Colonel Samantha O'Neill embodies all of these values. So I am left with only two things to do. Colonel Samantha O'Neill is promoted to the grade of Brigadier General, United States Air Force." Jack picked up one of the pins and took off the eagles on her blue overcoat. He put the stars on each of her shoulders.
"Brigadier General Samantha O'Neill, for going above and beyond the call of duty in the line of fire, is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. She singlehandedly dragged three Marines to safety at the risk of her own." President Hayes turned to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He walked over to the President and gave him a black box. The President took out the Medal of Honor and placed it around Sam's neck. "I also have one more thing to do while I am here. I am authorizing the promotion of Major General Jack O'Neill, for extremely outstanding leadership, to the rank of General of the Air Force, United States Air Force."
Jack looked surprised. He walked over to the President. Hayes took off the stars and placed five on each side. The President turned back to the crowd. "That's all. Dismissed."
They all left down to the commissary to find a shitload of food and drinks. Jack grabbed a one liter of Mountain Dew, since Sam wouldn't let him drink beer on duty, and at least half a pizza. Sam grabbed a bottle of water and a sandwich. They sat down at a table that was empty. The table filled rapidly with the President, a Secret Service agent, Teal'c, Daniel, Janet, and General Hammond. Sam was gazing off into space. Jack looked at her, worried. "Sam, you all right?"
"I'm fine. Just thinking."
"It's when you're not, that I should be worried." Jack smiled and put his arm around her shoulder. She moved her chair closer to his and leaned up against him. They took off their blue jackets that had all their ribbons and rank insignia and laid them across the back of their chairs. Jack streached and hit the President in the head. "Sorry, Sir."
Hayes smiled and said it was alright. Jack and the President left the room. Janet looked at Sam. "Congratulations, General."
Sam smiled and hugged her friend. Jack walked back in. "I'm sorry, Sam, but I have to go to Iraq."
"Why? Don't they have enough soldiers there?" Sam asked.
"They need me to command a Special Ops battalion. I'm sorry. I should be back in a couple months."
"What about the SGC?"
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about. Either I can call in Landry or Teal'c can lead SG -1. Your choice." Sam thinks about it and decides to lead the SGC. Jack looked at her. "You're sure?"
"Yep. When are you leaving?"
"Friday." Jack said. "Follow me." He led her to his office and started telling her what to answer. "The information in the black folders go to Hammond, the blue folders go to Area 51, and the red folders go to the President. Here is my password for my email." He pulled out at sticky note from his desk drawer and writes down seven letters. (try and guess) you will know if your have seen the end of "Cold Lazuras" Jack got all depressed. Sam tried to think of something to take his mind off of it.
"So?" Sam started. "What now?"
"Well, now, we go home." She stands up. Jack puts his arm on her shoulder and they walk out toward the elevator. Sam presses the button for the surface. The elevator stops on level 10 and Reynolds walks in. "Night, Colonel."
"Night, Generals." The elvator stop again two levels below the surface and Reynolds walks out. Finially, the elevator stops at the surface. The two of them walk out and head for the garage. Jack pulls out his keys and they drives out, heading for home.
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Jack pulls into their garage around 10 pm. They step out and into the house. They walk back to their bedroom, closing the door. As for the rest, I'll leave that up to you. TBC….