Thanks for awesome reviews! I really appreciate!

Here is a new chapter of Jack's life being invisible. A little wink to my accountant friend Vanessa down the road. Hope you enjoy and have fun!

Chapter 4

"Aaaaah... You're a real friend! That cake was wonderful" Jack said, clapping his stomach with a satisfied smile.

"You are welcome O'Neill. The doughnuts were most enjoyable" the big Jaffa answered, inclining his head. They were both sitting in Jack's den, the empty cake box lying on the table between two mugs of coffee.

"This is great you know. Why don't you sleep over, hey? We could go back in the morning"

"We must return O'Neill. I was required to accompany SG-13 on their mission in a few hours"

"I don't want to leave yet. I'll pay for a taxi to take you back"

"You cannot drive on your own"

"Don't worry, I'll think of something. I just want to watch some TV and sleep in my bed"

"General Hammond will not approve"

"He doesn't need to know"

"You are not yourself O'Neill, and I do not believe it is safe for you to remain here on your own. I insist that we drive back to the SGC at once"

"Oh come on Teal'c, what could happen uh?"

The Jaffa turned a stoic glare at where Jack was sitting. "What could happen is not the subject of this conversation. I agreed to help you satisfy your craving for cake, which we have now enjoyed together. It is time to go back"

"Pffff... Alright alright... Why do you have to be so serious all the time..."

"I believe it is part of the Jaffa's upbringing O'Neill"

"Yeah well. It's not a funny one" Jack pouted.

"Indeed. Fun isn't the purpose of Jaffa's upbringing" Teal'c posed, deadpan.

"Yada yada, I got it now, let's go" Jack answered, annoyed that he could never have the last word with his friend. A shadow of a smirk appeared on the Jaffa's face as he rose from his chair to depart.

Teal'c was driving Jack's truck back to the base, dutifully respecting all the signs and speed limits as the good Jaffa he was. Jack was in the passenger seat, bored.

"You know, it's more fun with Carter"

"What are you referring to, O'Neill?"

"That she's driving faster!"

"The speed limit is stating clearly that.."

"I know! I know..." Jack interrupted, resigned. "I'm just saying..." Teal'c was stoically keeping his eyes on the road. They were soon at the mountain and he would not have to endure his friend's non sense anymore... Jack's boredom was suddenly distracted by a dog up the motorway.

"Watch out T. Looks like the dog wants to cross over" he warned, although the animal still was quite far ahead.

"Indeed"

At that moment, to both men's horror, the dog took an awful chance and broke into a run to cross just in front of a red truck.

"It hit!" Jack yelled. The dog was thrown back to where it had started from, got up awkwardly and turned away, limping badly.

"Stop the car Teal'c! It's hurt!"

Jack jumped out before the truck had properly stopped, and hurried after the dog. Although he was invisible, the dog had sensed his presence and was growling toward him.

"Hey. I'm not gonna hurt you boy. Pretty big chance you took there, not that clever if you ask me. Let me see that paw now. This one? Oh yeah, I know I know, I can see it, hurts uh? Yeah good boy, yeah" Jack laughed as the dog was licking his face. "Let me help you now, easy, it's not a big wound but you never know how it can develop, I'll take you to Fraiser, she'll patch you up" he said, lifting the dog in his arms. Teal'c intervened.

"You cannot carry this animal O'Neill. It looks like it is flying in the air, the nature of your condition will transpire"

"Oh yeah. Here. Take him then" Jack said, handing the animal over to him. The dog tried to lick the big man's face, which was not appreciated at all by the Jaffa who felt most uncomfortable with a living animal in his arms.

"We have to find the owner of this animal O'Neill"

"It says Zoe Blake on the collar. Maybe he's run away, but he looks like he is well taken care of so he can't have gone that far" Jack said as he was taking the dog back from Teal'c to help it climb in the truck. "Probably lives in the neighborhood, we'll ask if someone knows him at the SGC, could be one of the military families living close to the base"

At the gate, the SF recognized Teal'c and the Colonel's truck so he let them through and they parked on Jack's usual spot. Once inside the mountain however, when the two friends walked up the corridor toward the security check with Zoe on their heels, the guard refused to let them in. Teal'c went through since he had to join SG-13 on a mission, leaving his friend to argue with the guard. But after a couple of minutes leading nowhere, Jack gave up.

"You can stick to your orders, I give you that" he acknowledged.

"Thank you Sir"

"Look, that dog is bleeding. If you won't let him in, at least give me a first aid kit so I can patch him up"

"Of course Sir" the young Lieutenant complied. He fetched the kit he had just under his desk and offered to help patch the dog, which earned him some extra points in Jack's book. As they were chatting, the guard came to think that one of the accountants at NORAD was named Blake and lived close by. He checked the register for an address, and saw that she had signed out already.

"It's not that far, I'll take the dog back" Jack said when he saw the address. Thanking the guard he returned to his truck with the dog on his heels.

"It's a pity I have to take you back you know. I would have liked to keep you if I could but hey... in my line of work, things happen all the time, it wouldn't be fair to you" he explained to Zoe. He was happy that the dog looked well and limped only slightly now. He made him jump into the truck and sat himself back the wheel. He had to readjust the seat after Teal'c had used it, which brought back in his mind why Teal'c was driving in the first place. He needed someone to sit at his place and be visible for him...

A few minutes later, the truck stopped at the security checkpoint, horn honking impatiently. An irritated SF approached and looked around in shock when he spotted a dog in the driver's seat, its paw on the horn...

Jack had successfully -and discreetly- returned Zoe to its home and was now back under the mountain for the night. He had a chat with Hammond who hadn't changed his mind about not allowing him off-world. So here he was again, walking the empty corridors in frustration, until he spotted Siler. The technician was standing in the middle of the corridor, looking up at a blinking neon tube. Deciding that this light needed to be changed, the technician climbed on his little stepladder and carefully removed the tube before he climbed down and stored the stepladder against the wall. Then, he left to fetch a new neon tube. The scene had inspired Jack, who broke into a run.

"Where did he put it?" he asked himself as he switched on the light in Teal'c quarters. He was certain Teal'c had his birthday present somewhere in his base quarters, since he had no other place to store his stuff. Finally, pulling a large drawer from under the bed, he found what he had been looking for and pumped his fist "Yes!" Hastily, he removed his boots and shirt, and took on the shiny outfit.

Meanwhile, Siler had returned with a brand new neon tube and he had just finished fitting it in its socket. He carefully climbed down and folded his stepladder again, satisfied that he had done his task properly. Suddenly, from the corridor on his left, a large figure clad in a shiny black armor walked up to him with a red light saber menacingly pointing at him. The Darth Vader figure was breathing heavily through its mask and the deadly voice said "Prepare to meet your doom!", the light saber swinging around as to slay Siler. Totally unperturbed, the technician gathered his stepladder.

"Good evening Sir. Sorry. Excuse me. Good night Sir" he said as he walked around and past the menacing figure, then disappeared into the elevator. Dumbstruck, Jack stood there with his light saber dangling from his armor-clad hand.

"What's with that man?!" he cried to himself, frustrated. He had been so happy about his clever idea... No way he would return the outfit without having some kind of fun with it!

The control room was silent except for the computers and numerous machines beeping from time to time, and Walter's feet tapping under his chair. The Sergeant was doing his best to keep his eyes opened but no team was supposed to come back and he had done all of his paper work so there was nothing else to do than to look at the gate or at the screens, or... yeah... that was about it actually. Leaning back in his chair, he folded his hands on his head to relieve his back, which had stiffened up from sitting so long. That's when Walter detected a movement reflecting in the gate window. He swiveled his chair to have a look, and found himself facing the great, terrible, Darth Vader himself!

"Prepare to meet your dooooom!" the deadly voice said through the mask. Walter jumped out of his chair and grabbed a paperboard tube containing maps of the galaxy. He took position in front of the evil Master.

"I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete. When I met you I was but the learner. Now, I am the master" came from the black mask.

"Only a master of evil, Darth!" Obi-Walter quoted, throwing the first blow. Jack Vader deflected like a boss and served him a trick of his own. Obi-Walter blocked the blow, his roll sliding down the light saber

"It's over Anakin! I have the high ground!" he shouted, fencing like a ninja with the roll.

"You underestimate my power!" Jack quoted through the mask, fighting back.

"Don't try it!" Obi-Walter continued, feeling like a real Jedi. "Ksssshhhh! Kksssshhhh!" he said each time their light sabers were clashing.

"Your powers are weak, old man"

"You can't win, Darth" Obi-Walter bragged. "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine! Kksssshhhh! Kksssshhhh!" The red saber touched his shoulder, and Obi-Walter crumbled dramatically on the floor, cut in two. Jack Vader let his saber swing a couple of times over him before he reached a hand out to help Walter up.

"You know your Star Wars' quotes Sir" the Sergeant congratulated.

"I've been hanging around Teal'c too much. You're not bad either Walter!"

"My kids are into the movies just now, hear them all day long" Walter casually informed as he dusted his pants. "So. Planing a trip to Tatooine Sir?" he grinned.

"No. I was bored. Then I saw Siler changing a neon tube" Jack said waving his light saber.

"Of course" Walter smiled. "Coffee?" he offered, pointing at the pot at the back of the room.

"Er.. yeah sure" Jack switched his saber off and removed his mask, propping it under his arm. Walter returned with two mugs and stood a moment looking at the headless Colonel before he handed him his coffee.

"It's disturbing you know"

"I bet" Jack acknowledged, lifting the mug to his lips.

TBC... Hope you had fun with this chapter! More to come, a little more serious now. Please review!