Chapter 4

"General Hammond's office."

"Hi, is he in? It's General Carter from the SGC."

"Yes sir, one moment please," then he heard two clicks.

"Hammond."

"Hi George, how're things there," he said smiling.

"Jacob, hi, when did you get in?"

"Almost two hours ago, how're things at the Pentagon?"

"Same old thing, is everything alright with the Tok'ra?"

"Yes, Sel and I got into trouble when we returned, but now since the replicators are gone and the Jaffa are free, the Tok'ra are relieved and I've almost got the fence mended."

"That's good to know, so why are you back on earth?"

"A couple of the Tok'ra were on a planet when they found a wall with writing on it, so they took pictures of the wall, just before an earthquake hit and the wall fell down and smashed to pieces, almost killing the two Tok'ra. They just managed to make it back to the gate and dial home just before a landslide hit the gate. Daniel thinks it's from the Ancients, he's been translating it ever since."

"Ok, so when do you have to return?"

"When Daniel's finished. I was hoping to catch up with Sam, but Jack told me she's at the Alpha Site."

"I know, Jack told me this morning when I called."

"Ok, well I'll let you get back to work George, next time I'm in town, I'll beam over so we can get together."

"Sure, see you next time, I better go myself, I've got couple of meetings in a few minutes."

"Ok, take care."

"Always do, bye."

"Bye," then they both hung up.

Jacob looked out to the briefing room to see only Jack there; he was looking down at the gate. Jacob got up and walked into the briefing room and walked over and stood next to Jack.

"Is everything ok Jack?"

"Yeah, just thinking."

"About what?"

"The Air Force… Sam."

"Ah, you miss her don't ya?"

"Yeah," he said quietly.

"She's only been away for what, fourteen hours, don't worry she'll be back here before you know it."

"I hope so Jacob," then he turned to the older man.

"So, what did the Tok'ra say when you returned."

"I told them the reason why I returned back home and I knew they'd ask how Selmak was healed and I told them what you've got and what you did. They were speechless."

"I bet they were." Jacob smiled.

"Well anyway I had a good talk with them, and got a lot of things sorted out. One thing I did say to them was not to piss you off, because, after all, we… they need you and SG1. When I told them that it was you who destroyed Anubis and his super soldiers, they were shocked, then I reminded them whom SG1 has killed in the past and how many times you guys saved Tok'ra lives. By the time Selmak and I finished talking to them, they realized that we were right."

"That's good to know, how did it go with the insurance guy?"

"Oh that, good, Sam's sure going to be shocked when she returns."

"Why's that?"

"Pete Shanahan had another life insurance policy."

"What, he had two of them?"

"Yes, this one he had when he was with the San Diego PD, it seems that their computer went haywire a few years ago and the payments were double, so the insurance company has been trying to get everything sorted out. When they got the letter about Pete's death, they checked it out and found out he was still paying even through he was living in another state. The company had been trying to contact Sam for the past few weeks, so they contacted Pete's lawyer and she put your name down as a contact if someone was trying to contact Sam."

"Ok, so how much did he leave her?"

"One million tax free dollars," Jack raised both eyebrows.

"Woo, that means he left her with over two mill."

"Yes," Jack shook his head in shock. Then Walter walked into the briefing room.

"Excuse me General O'Neill, there's phone call for Colonel Carter, it's area 51."

"Thanks Walter, dismissed."

"Yes sir, the call is on line three," then he walked out the door.