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Disclaimer: SG1 is not mine!

Sam and Jack forever!

A/N: So, this is for all 3 of you who reviewed the last chapter. I have 19 followers... but only got three reviews on the last chapter... I kept waiting and waiting for more... but I have decided to continue this for dpdp, Sumanira, and Smiffy11052: Thank you so much guys for taking 5 seconds of your life to drop me a line. It means a lot (:

This one will have to be short because I have to be to my community theater in a little bit. I am currently in a production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. It's my first ever Shakespeare (: And the first show since high school I've done that I've had a line. (I've only done a couple shows since, one was as chorus and the others were as backstage tech crew.)

But again thank you dpdp, Sumanira, and Smiffy11052.

I've been telling myself this story in my head during scenes in the show where I'm supposed to keep a straight face, and if you've ever read/seen Much Ado... it's a comedy. And unfortunately I've always been bad at the laughing game, and the minor character I play is in some of the funniest scenes in the whole show, in my humble opinion ;)

Sumanira: I promise the next installment will be longer than this one, just for you (:

Much Love, Dwarf Runner

PS. I have absolutely no idea what floor everyone's quarters are on in the SGC, so I just made some up.

Love, DR

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"Damn," whispered Sam. She pulled herself back alongside Janet and hand signalled the small woman to hurry back the way they had come. They rushed back to the tube. They would have to aim for the armory, but if the colonel had already thought of Teal 'c, no doubt he had the armory covered. "Surface or infirmary do you think?" Sam whispered.

"Surface, we need help," Janet replied.

Janet opened the tube and hurried in, and Sam glanced back and saw, to her horror, a booted foot, then a solid body, that of a man, come around the corner.

Sam hastily shut the tiny doctor into the tube and pressed her body as a shield against the door.

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Janet wasted five seconds staring at the now-sealed tube door in shock, a little afraid for her best friend. She bit her lip for a moment before resolutely beginning her climb to the surface. It took forever because they had been on the 20th floor to try and reach Teal'c. Janet had to pause a few times to catch her breath on the climb. She needed to start hitting the gym more routinely; she had been slacking lately. Janet froze momentarily just a few floors short of the escape hatch, hearing movement and shouting in the halls. She swore and quickly resumed her climb; she had to get to the surface. Several nerve-wracking moments later, Janet hit the hatch. She carefully looped her leg through the ladder to anchor herself and began twisting with all the strength her tiny frame could manage, all the while listening below for anyone coming after her.

Finally, she managed to get the hatch open and sighed with relief as she shoved the hatch up and out. Sam must have been successful in diverting the colonel's attentions. Janet hoped Sam would be safe from the colonel's advancements for the time being.

Janet wriggled out of the escape hatch just as she heard shouts echoing from below through the tube. Someone near the bottom of the shaft had finally thought to check for her. Damn. Janet tried to gently close the heavy hatch; not an easy task. She was fairly certain it weighed as much as she did. The hatch slipped from her fingers and banged shut with an almighty clang! she was fairly certain echoed throughout the galaxy. Janet glanced around the darkened forest, trying to get her bearings.

The mountain top stretched up behind her and to her left; town lay behind and directly off to the right then, a good three clicks. Sure, that would easy, in heels and a skirt, in the dark and cold. Janet shivered and pulled her lab coat tighter around her body, wishing for once that she would adopt the lax manner of SG1 and the other teams for wearing BDUs and combat boots. She felt that as the CMO that she should always look professional, and that involved wearing her blues and dress heels all the time. Janet hadn't arrived at the rank of "major" for nothing and resolutely set off in the direction of town, moving as quickly as she could, trying desperately not to make noise.

Janet had to move more slowly than she would have liked because of her impractical hiking shoes. Her mind kept straying back to that kiss Daniel had given her and she couldn't help a faint smile from spreading over her face but shook her head quickly. Clearly he and the colonel were under some sort of alien influence. A virus that made people, specifically men, need to mate? That didn't make sense. A Goa'ould experiment gone terribly wrong? Perhaps there was a physiological difference between SG1 and the inhabitants of - it had been P3X-773 right? Sam had mentioned that they had all been kissed many many times. There had to be something to that. Some sort of disease? But no one had seemed ill on the planet. Janet wondered how SG-17 was doing; were they sick?

Janet heard a twig crack and jumped, realizing she hadn't been scanning her surroundings as well as she should be. Any of the SGC personnel could be out here to capture her. Janet hurried on through the trees. Thirty minutes later, she finally reached the edge of town and a small gas station. Janet had, of course, left her cell phone in the infirmary. Who to call? The top secret nature of the SGC severely limited her options. Hammond had debriefed SG1 this afternoon after their return; would he be infected as well?

Janet pushed open the door to the gas station. The sleepy looking attendant looked up from idly flipping through a trashy magazine. She didn't say anything to Janet but went back to the photographs of celebrities and what looked strangely like a green version of an Asgard.

"Excuse me," Janet interrupted the woman's magazine perusal. The woman glanced up again and raised her eyebrows. "Might I use your phone? My car broke down and I'm afraid I left my phone at work tonight."

The woman looked Janet up and down before disappearing into her office and returning with a cordless. She mutely handed it over and then went back to her odd reading choice.

"Thank you," Janet said politely, accepting the thick phone. Janet walked away toward the short, rather smelly restroom hallway and began dialing the general's cell phone. Janet waited on tenterhooks, hoping that the general had not been compromised. After four rings, he answered.

"Hammond," the Texan said gruffly.

Oops, Janet had woken her CO. But considering the situation at the base...

"Sir, it's Doctor Frasier," Janet said quickly. "Sir, I'm afraid we have a bit of situation at the mountain."

"Doctor Frasier?" Hammond asked in surprise. "What's going on?"

"Well... this is difficult to explain, sir," Janet said slowly. "I can't say too much. I am at the gas station near the mountain, sir. It seems that... Jack's team brought something else back from... Canada. It is causing a few issues, General. I don't think I should say much else here..."
"I'm already en route to you, doctor," the general said. "Hang in there. I'll be to the station soon."

Janet sighed in relief. "Yes, sir," she replied. "See you in a bit."

Janet returned the phone with a quiet, "Thank you," and went to wait by the drinks, pretending to be interested in an energy drink. A Rockstar. Curious, Janet picked it out of the cooler and scanned the label, her eyebrows shooting up. That was a heart attack waiting to happen.

Lights flashed across the store through the windows and Janet glanced out to see a black SUV pulling into the gas station. Texas plates. Finally.

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