Falling in love with best friend
So we were all preparing to go on our much needed vacation, the only reason it was offered was because Daniel's appendix was infected and needed it removed, been there done that. I was getting ready to head to Washington to spend it with Paul, I was leaving later but I had to preform Daniel's surgery, Jack was going to Minnesota to fish, Teal'c was off world visiting his kid, and Sam was working.
Before I could leave I was called into the briefing room, I sighed and made my way up stairs. Teal'c walks into the room; Hammond, Sam and I are sitting at the table.
"Teal'c. Thank you for returning," Hammond tells him
"For what matter of urgency have I been summoned, General Hammond?" Teal'c asked
"I think I witnessed Colonel O'Neill being transported out of the base by the Asgard." Sam said
"For what purpose?"
"We're not sure yet." Hammond said and a light appears, and a holographic three dimensional image of Jack appears in the room.
"Hellooooo? Testing…testing…is this thing on?"
"Colonel!" Sam said
"Carter!"
"Sir, what's going on?" She asked
"Well, I need a SPAS 12, a BF-8, 10 pounds of PBX and a USAS at the base of the Stargate in, oh…five minutes."
"That's a lot of explosives, sir." I said
"May I ask why?" Hammond asked
"Yes. Basically Thor's ship has been overrun by a bunch of nasty techno bugs." Jack said
"Were the Asgard not able to defeat them?" Teal'c asked him
"I guess not."
"So sir, are you saying that these bugs are technological?" Sam asked
"Yeah, apparently they plan to land the ship and infest Earth. Thor says this would not be a good thing."
"What are you going to do?" Hammond asked
"Destroy the ship."
"Where's Thor?" I asked
Jack looks over his shoulder, "Oh he's here. He's just not feeling too well at the moment."
"We'll be ready in ten minutes, sir. Thor can transport us up there to help you." Sam said
"Thank you, Carter, but that's not going to happen. Thor's out cold. The bugs got him pretty good. But he did leave some instructions on how to run the toys up here."
"So can you transport us up?"
"I could. But I'm not going to." Jack said
"What is your reasoning, O'Neill?" Teal'c asked
"Anybody who comes up is not gettin' down."
"Well, sir, if you can't get off the ship…" Sam started to say
"Yeah, I know. Look, my time's almost up here. Have the stuff ready in ten minutes. Wish me luck."
"Colonel…" Sam said
"Major, that's an order, and it's final."
"Good luck, Jack." Hammond tol him
"Thank you, sir." The image of O'Neill disappears. Carter, Hammond, Teal'c and I look shocked.
"Teal'c, see that the ordinance is in place." Hammond told him and Teal'c leaves the briefing room, "Major. To your knowledge, if Colonel O'Neill is unsuccessful, can the Asgard ship be destroyed by a surface to air strike?"
"Sir, the Asgard ships have sophisticated cloaking devices. We've been looking for it in orbit since Colonel O'Neill disappeared. Still nothing." She tells him
"So if we can't see it, we can't target it."
Sam looks thoughtful as though she has an idea.
After telling Sam that her idea was horrible we got ready to be beamed onto Thor's ship, later we appear with the supplies on the ship.
"Dammit! I gave you people a direct order!" Jack yells at us.
"General Hammond overruled you, sir. We have a way off the ship." Sam told him and we hear the sound of the replicators approaching.
"Grab what you can. Let's go!" Jack said
We grab most of the supplies and run off down the corridor followed closely by the replicators. Teal'c shoots them with a Zat gun many times but with no effect. Jack shoots them with a gun but they reintegrate and then seem to be destroyed after the second shot.
"Let's move!" We run down the corridor and enter Thor's chamber.
"Hey buddy. How are you feeling? Uh…you remember Sam and Teal'c? And this is Kate she our new member."
"Why did you bring them?" Thor asked
Jack looks at Me, Sam and Teal'c, "Anyone?"
"We believed we could be of assistance." Teal'c told him
"Now you will all die." Thor said
"Actually, we don't think so. Sir, there's a shuttle preparing on the launch pad. If we can transmit the coordinates to NASA, they can be here within a matter of hours. We also brought spacesuits in case an EVA is required." Sam told Jack
"This pod can generate an antigravity field making it easy to move.." Thor said
"Does this ship have an air lock?" I asked
"Yes."
"So we just plant some PBX, jump ship, and blow it." Jack said
"What is PBX?" Thor asked
"An explosive." Teal'c answered
"You just have to tell us the best places to plant it." Jack said
"All Asgard ships are equipped with internal dampening fields that activate in the event of an explosion." Thor said
"Well, how exactly did you expect us to destroy the ship?" Jack asked
"If I knew a fast simple method, I would have destroyed the ship myself before endangering your lives."
"Of course you would have!" Jack said
"The technical specifications of the Beliskner were contained within the recordings I made for you." Thor said
"Oh. Um…I haven't had time to watch all of the stones."
"What?" Sam asked and Jack indicates the stones on the computer console.
"Stick those on there." He said and Sam moves the stones around, and Thor again appears on the screen with the ships technical layout
"The Beliskner is powered by four neutrino ion generators. In your Earth units of measurement, each engine outputs a maximum of one billion kilojoules."
"Yeah. My eyes glazed over about there." Jack said
"I guess I had better go through all of these recordings." She said as Thor's voice continues in the background.
"…Forward propulsion is achieved by two rear thrusters." Thor's recording said.
Major Davis POV...
As soon as I got the call from General Hammond about SG-1 I headed straight for Colorado Springs, but all I could think about was Kate and I hoped that she would be alright. As I got off the elevator I was greeted by General Hammond.
"Welcome back, Major." He said
"General, I wish it wasn't always under such unusual circumstances. Any further word on the situation?"
"No. We've been unable to make radio contact with SG-1." He said, Damnit
"It's possible that the Asgard cloaking device is also blocking radio signals." I said to him and we made our way upstairs
"I see you've done your homework, Major."
"General, all I do all day long is read up on the Stargate program." And think about Kate.
Kate's POV...
Teal'c, Sam, Jack and I are looking at Thor, "They were discovered on an isolated planet in our home galaxy some years ago. The creators were not present."
"Most likely destroyed by their own creation." Teal'c said
"The replicators were brought aboard an Asgard ship for study before the danger could be fully comprehended." Thor told us
'We do that all the time. I kinda expected more from you guys." Jack said
"Overconfidence in our technologies has been out undoing. The entities learned from the very means that were employed to stop them. They have become a plague on our galaxy that is annihilating everything in its path." Teal'c said
"Why haven't these little buggers landed the ship already?" Jack asked
"Their odds of survival in a new environment depend on numbers. They are currently feeding off the ship and replicating." Thor told him
"What? Are you saying they are actually eating the ship?" I asked
"Ingesting the alloys, yes. They will continue until they risk compromising the integrity of the hull. Then they will land in search of more raw materials."
"How intelligent are they?" Sam asked
"Their capacity for learning is extremely high. Each entity is capable of individual behavior, yet they all act with a common purpose."
"What's that?" Jack asked
"Self replication."
"Then there does not appear to be a way to stop them." Teal'c said
"Hang on, Thor. You said that they wouldn't risk compromising the integrity of the hull?" Sam asked him
"Correct."
"Can this ship withstand an uncontrolled reentry into the atmosphere?" Carter asked
"No, the heat from the friction would cause the ship to burn up." Thor told her
"Wait a minute. Are you trying to tell me that with all this advanced intergalactic technology this ship can't withstand a little heat?" Jack asked him
"In order to reflect the subspace field of the phase generators…" Thor started to say.
"So…no."
"Yes." Thor said
"Then all we have to do is crash the ship into the atmosphere." Sam said and I looked at her like she was nuts.
"You will have to regain control of the navigational computer." Thor told her
"Sounds like a plan." Jack tells her.
"That can only be done from the bridge." Thor tells Sam
"Well, there was a map in the recordings. Can we direct them from here as they go?" Jack asked
"Yes."
"OK." Jack and Teal'c head off out of the chamber while meand Sam stayed behind
"Colonel, can you hear me?" She asked over the radio
"We hear you!"
"You want to go down that hall." She said and is scrutinizing the computer screen.
"Why are some areas flashing?" I asked
"They indicate the quadrants of the ship that the replicators have disabled."
"How do I zoom in?" Sam asked Thor
"Top left symbol." Thor told her and she presses the symbol and the screen zooms in to two red dots that represent Jack and Teal'c.
"You want to go through that door on your left." Sam told them over the radio, "Why can't I see any bugs on this screen?"
"The first thing the replicators do once aboard an Asgard ship is disable the sensors capable of detecting them." Thor said
"But I can still see Colonel O'Neill and Teal'c."
"They are being detected by the thermal sensors which cannot see the replicators." He said and sighs, I walk over to him.
"Are you OK?" I asked
"I cannot use the ships automated medical system. If the replicators have tampered with it, it could kill me."
"We brought medical supplies." I said
"You cannot help me." He said and I look at Sam
"Are we there yet?" Jack asked over the radio
"The door up ahead leads to the bridge."
Jack and Teal'c enter, carrying the rest of the equipment, "OK. New plan!" Jack said
Sam opens the cases and checks the equipment, "Nothing's been damaged."
"Good." Jack said
I walk over to Jack, "Sir, Thor's not doing so well. He says that pod could put him into deep stasis that would preserve his life." I said to him quietly
"So do it."
"He won't let me." I said and Jack walks over to Thor.
"Hey! I understand you are not being a particularly cooperative patient."
"As long as I am conscious, I still may be of some assistance." Thor said
"Yeah…however, if you are dead…"
"As I have said, if you do succeed in destroying the ship, we will all die." Thor told him
"And as Carter has said, we might have a way off this ship." Jack said
"Wait a minute, that's it! Thor, you said there are dampening fields inside the ship that prevent explosions. What about outside the ship?" Sam asked Thor
"There are shields around the ship, but they would not protect against a weapon already inside the force field."
"OK now, there was a specific engine in the information recordings. It controls reentry." She said
"The deceleration drive. Yes."
"We brought an explosive device that's enhanced with elementary naquadah. Would that be enough to destroy the deceleration drive?" She said
"This plan could work." Thor told her
"Plan…what plan?" Jack asked
"Sir, the bugs are going to land the ship themselves eventually. The BF-8 might just be enough fire power to blow the deceleration drive." Sam said
"Might?"
"If we blow it at the right time we can alter the reentry path. The ship would then accelerate out of control and burn up in the Earth's atmosphere." She said and Jack rubs his head in confusion.
"What needs to be done then is to place this explosive outside of this vessel." Teal'c said
"Someone's going to have to go out there." I said
"Of course they are!" Jack said not sounding happy
Daniel's POV...
I climb the stairs into the room very slowly and carefully. Hammond sees me coming and walks out of his office.
"What are you doing down here, Dr. Jackson?" He asked
"I've just been informed, sir. I was wondering if there was anything I could do to help?" I asked and Major Davis enters the room. Oh great he's here. Fantastic.
"General, we're going to DEFCON 3. The Russians have gone on alert as a response. The moment the Asgard ship attempts to land, the President had decided to let the rest of the world know what we know." He said
"And then?" Hammond asked
"We hit it with everything we've got."
"Uh, SG-1 is on that ship!" I said, why would he agree to that? Kate's on that ship, if he did that he'd lose her, hell I'd lose her.
"I have as much confidence in SG-1 as you Dr. Jackson. But they left over an hour ago. We've had no communication since. We have no idea what kind of a timeframe we're dealing with here."
"Let's give them a reasonable chance, Major." Hammond told him
"Yes, sir. I'll try to define "reasonable" to the Pentagon." Prick
Hammond looks at a worried me and the DEFCON signal flashes to 3, and a siren goes off.
Kate's POV...
Jack and Sam are looking at a diagram of the ship on a screen.
"The bugs haven't overrun the part of the ship where the air lock is yet." Sam said
"Let's do it."
Sam looks at the spacesuits, "Each tank has six hours of oxygen. Whoever goes should have plenty of time."
"I will go." Teal'c said
"I was going to do it." Jack told him
"There is a radiation concern, sir." Sam told him
"My symbiote protects me from exposure to radiation for a long period of time."
"OK. You go." Jack said and Teal'c nods in agreement.
"It looks like the top button opens the inner door, the middle one depressurizes the airlock, and the bottom one opens the outer door." She said to Jack over the radio as him and Teal'c made their way to the outerdoors
"Yeah. Roger that."
A little while later we notice something happening on the screen, the doors closed on Jack locking Teal'c outside.
"Carter!"
Sam moves the control stones around while watching the display, "Yes sir, I'm working on it."
"His tank just blew!" Jack yelled over the radio, "Carter!"
"Sir, I'm trying to use the transporter to beam him inside but it's not working. The transporter array on that side of the ship must have been knocked out by the bugs. We can still do this but Teal'c is going to have to push off."
"What!"
"The other transporter arrays can pick him up but only if he's far enough away from the ship." She said and looks over at Thor, "He's taking too long. Isn't there some way to re-aim the transporter array?"
Thor gasps. He passes out and an alarm sounds, "Damn!" I said and run over to his pod and put him in stasis
"Carter?"
"I'm trying!"
I see on the monitor Teal'c has at last reached the beam out point, "Got it!" Sam said and beams Teal'c to where Jack is.
Daniel's POV...
"Still no communication of any kind?" I hear Hammond ask a technician.
"No sir and NORAD's still reporting no sign of the alien ship."
"Dr. Jackson, are you OK?" He asks me walking over.
"I'll be fine."
"Why don't you go back up to the infirmary? I promise you I will notify you as soon as there is any news." He said
"Sir, I know that there is no reason for me to be here. But I just…I feel like I should be here…that's not totally true. I feel I actually should be out there with them."
"Now you know how I feel most of the time." He told me and walked away. Come on guys give us some kind of sign. I thought to myself then my thoughts went to Kate like they always do, and I remembered our conversation before I went into surgery.
"Are you sure you can do this?" I asked her and she looked at me.
"Are you questioning my skills Dr. Jackson?"
I smiled at her, "No, I just get nervous when someone has to cut into me."
She smiled at me, god did I love that smile, and turned to face me, "Don't worry Daniel, I know what I'm doing. Plus after this you'll have a cool scar to show all the kids at school." She said and I chuckled.
"Well I actually think Jack has me beat on scars."
She laughed slightly, "That is true, but yours should be a chick magnet."
If that were true then I'd have you, "Yeah." I said and looked down, I felt her hand on my shoulder, just her touch could make me crumble, all I wanted to do was pull her into a kiss, but I can't she's with Major Davis, because I was to afraid of ruining our friendship. Now I have to watch her with another man.
"I'll send the nurse in to prep you then I'll see you when you wake up." She said to me and gave one last smile then left the room.
Come back to me Kate.
Kate's POV...
Jack is helping Teal'c into the room.
"According to the schematic, that was the only one left untouched by the bugs. You going to be OK?" Sam asked Teal'c as I walked over to him to double check.
"I will be fine." Teal'c said
"What happened?" Jack asked indicating to Thor's pod
"He was dying. I had to put him into stasis." I told him
"So…?" He asked Sam
"So, we wait and blow the bomb at the right time." She said.
"Which is when?"
"When we start to enter the atmosphere. Too early, and theoretically the entry could be aborted by the bugs. If we wait too long into the descent, the bomb could burn off before we could detonate." Sam told him.
Jack pauses in thought, "Think you could fix that beam down thing?"
"Not without Thor's help, sir." She said
"I'd better contact Hammond. Let him know what to expect." Jack said and he tries the console but nothing happens. "All right, this thing's not workin'!"
Just then we hear replicators in the walls, "Thor was correct, we are going to die." Teal'c said.
"Aww, come on Teal'c, lighten up! We've been in these situations before." Jack told him
"No, sir, we haven't." Sam said
"We haven't?"
"The vessel is beginning its descent." Teal'c said and I see the look on Sam's face.
"I have an idea, sir." She said
Daniel's POV...
Hammond and Davis enter the room.
"Sir, NORAD's reporting that they've spotted an unidentified object entering the upper atmosphere over the Pacific." Walter tells Hammond
I'm sitting in a chair at the control pannels listening to the communications, "They've disabled the ship's cloaking device."
"Object's on a controlled entry." The technician said, "Projected landing on the West Coast of the United States, sir."
"Of course this could also be a sign that they've already lost the battle." Davis said, god what I wouldnt give to hit him in the face right now.
Hammond picks up the phone, "This is General Hammond. At this time I recommend going to DEFCON 2. Deploy all available assets to intercept the alien ship."
"General!" I said
"I'm sorry, Dr. Jackson, but if that ship makes it through the atmosphere intact, we have no choice to assume SG-1 failed. We must destroy it by whatever means necessary." A siren sounds as the sign goes from DEFCON 3 to DEFCON 2.
Kate's POV...
"All right, Carter, let's do it!" Jack told Sam over the communicator, this plan was nuts.
Sam is working the console in Thor's chamber, "Here we go!"
Daniel's POV...
"The Russians have also spotted the incoming object and are inquiring." Davis said
"The Joint Chiefs will respond." Hammond told him and just then the Gate room is enveloped in a bright light, and the Stargate disappears.
"We'll have to call you back." Davis says into the phone and hangs up
"They're going to use it to escape!" I said
"Like you did from the Apophis mother ship. It could work!" Davis said, Oh now you have faith.
"It will work, they…they'll gate to another planet and then home!"
"You had a DHD. They don't." Hammond told me
"Even disconnected, there should be enough power to dial out once." Davis said and Hammond walks over to the telephone.
"This is Hammond. I want the Beta Gate unpacked from storage immediately. Yes, you heard me. I want it unsealed and ready for use as soon as humanly possible!"
"Bandit is still on controlled entry. Present heading 196!" Walter said
Kate's POV...
"Let's go, you two!" Jack said over the radio
Me and Sam materialize next to the open gate with Thor in the stasis pod floating next to her. All four of us fire our guns at the replicators.
"Can we blow this thing yet?" Jack said and I pushed Thor through the gate, "Carter!"
"Not yet!" She tells him
Masses of replicators enter the room. Me, Sam, Jack, and Teal'c back up towards the gate.
"Carter!" Jack yells
"Now!" Sam says and Jack presses the trigger for the bomb then we book it through the gate.
Daniel's POV...
"I understand that, Captain. What I need to know is what do you see. Do you have a visual?" Davis said into the phone, "Tenth's squadron's airborne on intercept course." He tells Hammond
"The target has changed heading! It's dropped out of controlled entry vector. The target is breaking up." Walter said
"We have visual confirmation. A fireball heading for the Pacific Ocean. 400 miles off the coast of California!" Davis tells us and Hammond looks at me in concern then Davis hangs up the phone, "Naval recovery teams are moving in to deal with any wreckage…"
I look at him, "I'm sure you were right, Dr. Jackson. The point of commandeering the Stargate had to be an escape." He said and I look into into the gate room
"I just hope they made it out in time." I hope she made it out.
A week later I'm lying on a hospital bed. Dr. Fraiser is examining my appendectomy incision.
"I hear it took them a lot longer than they thought to set up the second Gate." She said to me
"Err yes, they finally got it running yesterday, technical difficulties or something." I told her
"They needed Sam's help huh?"
Fraiser moves the examination light away and I sit up slowly, still in discomfort
"Yes, it's…uh…it's ironic that she's not here to save herself." I said
"Well…you are fine. There's no signs of residual infection. You were very lucky." She say.
"Yes, so you keep saying."
"Uh-hum. I still want you to take it easy for at least a…."
"Off world activation, repeat, we have an off world activation."
I jump off the bed, grabbing my jacket and ran out of the infirmary.
"Another week…Ok!" I hear Janet yell after me.
I run fast around a corner and bump into two airmen, "Oww, excuse me, sorry, oww!" I run up to the elevator and just manage to make it before it closes.
The iris opens as I rush into the Gate room and looked hopefully at the Gate. Just then Jack, Sam, Teal'c, and Kate step through the Gate. Thank god.
"Well it's about time!" Jack says and they walk down the ramp to me.
"We've been dialing home for over a week." Sam said
"Oh…it's great to see you guys too!" I said sarcastically and looked at Kate, There she is.
"I am pleased to see you well Daniel Jackson." Teal'c told me and I looked at him
"Thank you Teal'c." I see what appears to be a small white beard on Teal'c's chin. I go to touch it, "You've got a…"
Jack moves my hand away, "Don't touch it." he say quietly, I drop my hand and Teal'c smiles.
"I'm glad you made it SG-1." Hammond said
"Where's the fanfare, General?" Jack asked him
"We did kind of save the planet, sir." Kate said
"Again, this should not get old, General." Jack told him
"Job well done!" Hammond said
"Thank you, sir…it was nothing."
"What happened to Thor?" I asked
"Oh. We got him out in a stasis pod." Sam said
"It was retrieved when we passed though the Stargate on P4X 234." Teal'c says
"It must have had a locating beacon." Kate said
"They left you behind?" Hammond asked
"We were fine, sir." Sam told him
"I'd be happy to debrief you all after I've debriefed myself for a nice hot shower." Jack said
"Permission to shower granted. In fact I insist on it, Colonel."
"Bad?" Jack asked quietly to me.
"I wasn't going to say anything." I said to him
Jack, Sam, Kate and Teal'c walk away leaving me and Hammond smiling in the Gate room.
Later I made my way to Kate's office by the infirmary, she just hung up the phone and her back was facing the door.
"Your gone for a week, you dont write, you dont call. Is that anyway to treat a friend?" I asked and she turned around startled.
She smiled, "Well my carrier pigeon flew away and I forgot to pay my phone bill, cant say I didnt try." She said and I walked into the office.
"Well I'm glad your back..that you all are back."
"Me too, I mean I like Jack, Sam and Teal'c but being stuck with them for a week? I'm glad we get to take that vacation."
I looked at her and automatically knew where she was going, "Still gonna head to Washington?"
"Yeah, I'm actually leving here in a bit once I finish up some things." She said and for a moment time stood still, I didnt want her to go, I wanted to pull her into my arms and finally kiss those lips, but I just stood there imagining what it would be like, until she snapped me out of my thoughts.
"Earth to Daniel." She was saying waving her hand in front of me, "Did I loose you?" She asked and I smiled.
"No sorry, it's been a long day."
"Well go get some rest, for crying out loud you've been stressed out and plus just had surgery a week ago." She said
"For crying out loud?" I asked.
"Yeah, see I told you I spent to much time with Jack." She said with a smile, "But seriously go get some rest, doctors orders." I'd like to see what else you'd order me to do. Snap out of it Daniel.
"Alright I'll go rest, travel safe, and um...again I'm glad your back." I said and she out her arms around me pulling me into a hug which I returned.
"I'm happy to be back." She said and my arms didnt want to let go but I had to.
As I was about to leave the office her phone rang, "Dr. Smith...Okay we'll be right there...Daniel's with me...yep." She hung up the phone and looked at me.
"So much for resting." I said, I could tell by the look on her face we had a briefing.
Kate's POV...
This is the second time I have tried to leave to go see Paul and something else comes up, but thankfully he's coming here this time.
Us and Hammond are sitting around the table as Paul hands out files to us.
"The Navy intercepted a mayday from the commander of the Foxtrot class attack submarine." He said
"That's Russian." Jack pointed out
"Yes. Code-named Blackbird. The crew was being attacked by a large mechanical spider."
We all look up at him
"Just one?" Jack asked
"We thought it was a joke at first. Then the transmission cut out. At approximately 1700 hours the sub was spotted by the aircraft off of Nimitz. It was already surfaced and none of the attempts to communicate were returned. It was boarded. The crew was found dead."
"All of them?" I asked
"They got the bodies off before they discovered how they died." He answered
"That's them." Jack said looking at the pictures
"Sir, if this started with one bug it's already replicated." Sam said
"The man that took the pictures fortunately made it out. But Nimitz reported that the Pentagon will advise the Navy to tow the sub in." Paul told us
"Do the Russians know that we have it?" Hammond asked
"No, we're denying any knowledge but err…this is going to get sticky."
"You have to make sure that none of the replicators get out of that sub." Sam said to Paul
"It's under tight supervision. The harbor has been evacuated and the entire area cordoned off. Our cover story is a dangerous chemical spill."
"Blow it up!" Jack said, Daniel and I look up from our reports.
"The Pentagon has requested that we take measures to preserve a number of specimens for study." Paul told us and I looked at him
"The Asgard already tried that. These buggers are on the verge of wiping out their entire race." Jack says
"That's why I'm here. You people are the closest thing to experts we've got."
"And as an expert, I'm saying blow it up!" Jack tells him again
"Sir, conventional weapons might not do it. At least one of the replicators survived the destruction of Thor's ship." Sam said
"Fine, tow it back out to sea and nuke it!"
"We've considered that." Paul said and looked at Hammond
"We're in a political mess right now, Colonel. The Russians picked up the Asgard ship's entry into the atmosphere." Hammond said
"So?"
"So, they're not buying our version of the story. They already think we're responsible for what happened to their sub. A nuclear explosion in international waters- It's kinda hard to cover up."
Jack rubs his hands over his face in frustration.
"I don't think you realize how dangerous these things are." Sam said
"Is there any other way we could neutralize these things, maybe some alien technologies you came across?" Paul asked
"The replicators are impervious to Goa'uld technologies. They are however susceptible to human projectile weaponry."
I see Paul look over at me confused, "Guns." I said
"Sir, if there are still a small enough number of replicators on board, a properly equipped team could possibly…" Sam started to say
"Save the world?"
"Getting old for you, sir?" She asked him
"I'd better inform the Pentagon." Paul said leaving the room, just then the alarm goes off and we hear the sound of the Gate opening.
"Unscheduled off world activation."
"There are no teams currently off world." Hammond says and Sam gets up followed by me, Daniel and Teal'c then eventually Jack.
Hammond enters the control room followed by us. The Gate opens but the iris isn't closed.
"Why isn't the iris closing?" He asked Walter.
"I'm trying sir. It's not responding. We're showing an increasing loss of power in the base." Walter said
"What?" Sam asked and the power goes off, suddenly Thor walks through the Gate.
"That's Thor!" Jack said and he leaves to greet Thor followed by the rest of us and Hammond. "Stand down!" The guards lower their weapons. "Thor, It's good to see you up and around."
"I owe you and your team a great debt of gratitude for saving my life." Thor said.
"Well, here's timing!" Jack said looking at us
"Not all of the replicators were destroyed when your ship exploded in the atmosphere." Sam said to Thor.
"Maybe you could help us out?" Jack asked.
"I cannot."
"Why?" Jack asked.
"I have come by Stargate because there are no ships to spare. My home world is being threatened by the replicators. Thus far, all attempts to stop them have failed. I have come here to seek your help."
The Gate shuts down and the room is in total darkness until the power begins to come on again.
"We're back online sir." Walter said over the intercom
"Good." Hammond replied.
"How can we help you?" Jack asked Thor
"Your projectile weapons proved effective in fatally damaging the replicators."
"Some." Jack said.
"Your technology and strategy for destroying the Beliskner was successful." Thor said
"Yeah, but you guys…"
"The Asgard have tried to stop them. You have demonstrated their weakness may be found from a less sophisticated approach. We are no longer capable of such thinking." Thor told him
"Wait a minute, you're actually saying that you need someone dumber than you are?" Daniel said and I hid back a smile.
"You may have come to the right place." Jack said, him and Daniel look at each other.
"Thor, with all due respect to your situation we need SG-1 here." Hammond said
"I could go, sir." Sam said
"I don't know, Carter. You may not be dumb enough." Jack told her and she smiles.
"I think I can handle it, sir."
"Permission granted." Hammond said
Thor activates a device and the Stargate opens instantaneously, "Whoa, we need one of those." I whispered to Daniel and he smiled.
"We must leave immediately." Thor said and Sam starts to walk up the ramp.
"Have fun!" Jack called after her
"Ya sure, you betcha!" She says and I chuckled
Later I go to my room and open the door, as I walk in I see Paul standing there so I locked the door.
"I thought that was never going to end." I said and he walked over to me, but instead of a sweet hello kiss I usually get he pulls me to him and kisses me deeply and backed us up against the wall. He put his hands in my hair pulling me closer and opening my lips with his tongue then sliding his in. I moaned into his mouth, Paul grabbed my hips bringing my legs to wrap around his waist and I felt the buldge in his pants grow as I went to unbutton his shirt.
"Don't scare me like that again." He said and he took my shirt off as well. He brought us over to my bed and laid us down, I rotated our bodies so that I was on top. I moved away from his mouth and kissed down his neck lightly biting as I moved to his chest leaving a trail of kisses and bites, I heard him moan in his throat. He grabbed my hair and groaned moving me back up to his lips.
Then he flipped me on my back and undid my pants and slide them down and I did the same to him, then he started to do the same thing I did before, kissing and biting me all the way from my neck to my breast then to my thighs. He took two of his fingers and slowly pushed them inside me curling them up so they hit the right spot and started pumping hem in and out, I grabbed the bed with my hands biting my lip to stop from screaming his name. He put another finger in moving faster I let another moan out.
"Oh god Paul" I moaned and then my orgasm hit, I tried to catch my breath but he came up to my face and kissed me then pushed himself in me and started to move his hips slowly just to tease me then picked up the pace and moved my left leg over his arm and his other one cradled my head and he went deeper and faster. My hands clung to his back and I tried not to dig my nails in to hard as he rocked against me, after what felt like forever he pushed into me a few more times then on the last one he grunted as he reached his peak. He let my leg fall and stayed on top of me for a few more minutes and we just stared at each other.
"Well that was a hell of a greeting." I said and his kissed my forehead then laid down next to me, I shifted my body to lay my head on his chest and he ran his hand up and down my arm.
"I was worried i wouldnt see you again, when they told me that they wanted to shoot down the ship everything in me wanted to tell them no, that the woman I love is on that ship." He said and I looked up at him.
"Love?" I asked him.
"Yes, I love you Kate, I cant imagine what it would be like not to see you ever again."
I pulled his face to mine and kissed him on the lips, I did feel the same as he did, but part of me didnt really feel in love with him, "I love you too."
The next day me and Paul arrive at the harbour together and walk in heading over to where Daniel, I could hear Jack talking to the rest of the SGC personnel who are already inside.
"Simple recon, gentlemen. Do not fire unless absolutely necessary." He said
"The replicators will not attack unless threatened." Teal'c said to them
"Lets move!" Jack said and they head off.
Sgt. Siler is setting up a video link to the reconnaissance team's helmet cameras. Daniel and I are watching shots of all of the team members from another's perspective.
"Video feed's up and on line." Siler said
"Jack, can you hear me?" Daniel asked into the radio.
"Would it be necessary for me to mention my insane aversion to bugs at this time?" Jack says and Siler sits down next to Daniel. Paul eventually sits down next to me and we all look at the screens as the team climb into the submarine.
Suddenly O'Neill stops and raises his gun. Inside the harbor building, we see a cluster of replicators on the video screen.
"They're a different color." Jack said
"Some sort of camouflage?" Paul asked me but I just shook my head still staring at the screen.
I see Teal'c and Stephens make their way down a different corridor. They open a door and there are even more replicators. There is a large metallic mass in the middle of the room.
Paul leans over me and points to the screen, "What is that?" He asked, Teal'c and Stephens walk cautiously into the room. The mass is an extremely large replicator. "That's a big one."
"If that's some sort of queen, the other bugs may try to protect it." Daniel said and Paul sat back down.
I see Jack turn around and look into the other persons camera, "Queen?"
One of the replicators comes near to Stephens and he fires at it, "Aaaggggghhhh!"
All of the other bugs prepare to attack, "Teal'c and Stephens are in trouble!" I said into the radio
"Battery room." Siler said
Teal'c and Stephens try to retreat. Shots are fired and suddenly Teal'c's video link shows the replicators swarming over Stephens. Then Teal'c's link goes dead.
"Shit" I said and I felt Paul put his hand on mine.
The team made it back into the building and I went over to Teal'c and was attending to his shoulder.
"It's out of control. Nobody's going back down in there." Jack said
"We have to blow up the sub and hope that we can contain any of the bugs that survive." Paul tells him
"I think it's the only way."
"I'll talk to the Pentagon." Paul said and walks away.
"Colonel?" I said, Jack and Daniel walk up to me and Teal'c, "There is definitely something in here." I remove a small object from Teal'c's shoulder with tweezers and wash it, "Well, I think you brought back a souvenir." I tell him and handed Daniel the object. He studies it. It is a piece of a replicator.
Daniel is still studying the replicator chip and Paul approaches.
"The Dallas is standing by in the harbor." He said
"Dallas?" I asked.
"Los Angeles class attack submarine. On my command it will target the Blackbird with torpedoes." Paul said
Jack and Teal'c are sitting behind Daniel, who is stands up behind me.
"You should probably put a hold on that." Daniel told him, "This new block is corroded."
"And the significance of that is…?" Jack asked
"Ok, look. The way Sam explained this to me, the bugs use whatever raw materials are around them to replicate, right? Now these ones are eating the Russian submarine which means that they are basically made out of steel or whatever the sub is made of.'
"That is why they are a different color." Teal'c said
'And it may also explain why they haven't tried to get off the sub yet." I pointed out
"It does?" Jack asked
"They can't. You see they're only as resilient as the raw materials they are made of. These ones aren't like the ones on Thor's ship. They'll rust or short circuit in the water. They're less sophisticated and they're vulnerable." I told him
"I'm sorry, it sounds like you're now saying that blowing up the sub will easily destroy them. If that's the case, why don't we do it right now?" Paul asked
"Because there is still one bug that could survive." Daniel told him
"The one that survived Thor's ship." Teal'c said
Daniel looks at Teal'c then back to Paul, "Right, it's the one that started all this by killing the entire crew of that sub. We have to make sure that this won't happen again." Daniel looks at Jack and Teal'c. Jack has his hand on his forehead and looks frustrated.
We are sitting watching a computer screen of the queen replicator.
"Mother bug." Jack said
"It's a little dark." Paul said next to me
Siler works at a computer console and enhances the image. The original bug that survived the crash is highlighted inside the 'queen' replicator.
"It's incorporated itself into the…mother bug." Daniel said
"I will return with you, O'Neill." Teal'c said
"You sure?"
"Err, look, every other bug on that sub is probably going to be pretty upset if you try to kill mom." I said to them
"Yeah. That would be a fair reaction." Jack said
"Can we not create a diversion? The replicators are attracted to bursts of energy, are they not?" Teal'c asked
"A small charge on the upper level, draw them away from mom. We're in a containable situation. Now's our shot."
"Sir, the sub's diesel engines just started." Siler tells him
"The replicators are trying to move?" Daniel asked
"We're anchored for now, but you better get out there before they decide to dive." Paul said and they move to get prepared.
Daniel, Siler, me and Paul are watching the events on the video link.
"The charge is set." Jack said and we hear the sound of the sub's engines
"They're submerging." Siler said
Paul is next to me talking on the phone, "Yes sir."
"Jack, the sub is diving." Daniel said over the radio"
"Yeah, we got that. Heading to the battery deck."
The views of the video links are breaking up. Paul is still on the telephone
"We're losing their signal." I said
"It's ok, the sub can't dive below periscope depth running on diesel engines." Paul tells me
"Underwater radio transmission boosters launched." Siler said
"How do they get out if the sub is under water?" daniel asked as we both look at a map of the sub.
"Escape hatch." Paul said pointing at that part of the map then went back to the phone, "Yes, sir."
Jack sets off the explosives, him and Teal'c are now moving through the submarine. They arrive at the 'queen bug's' room. Teal'c cautiously opens the hatchway and Jack tosses a grenade inside. They quickly close the hatch as the grenade goes off. They reopen the door to see a replicator reforming and Jack shoots at it.
"Son of a bitch!" The room goes quiet and no more replicators reform.
"I believe you got it O'Neill."
"Yeah. I think I got it." They walk away quickly but when they reach the ladders they see that the replicators have formed a barrier over the hatch.
"What the hell?" Jack shoots at it but the barrier quickly reforms.
"O'Neill!" O'Neill walks over to Teal'c. He is staring at more replicators heading at them from a hatchway.
"Awww…crap!"
"Colonel O'Neill, is there any way you can make it to the escape hatch?" Paul said into the radio
"The anchor line just snapped!" Siler said
"Is there anything we can do?" Daniel asked
"The best thing we can do right now is to try and chase them into shallow waters and hope that they surface."
"No, there's not enough time for that." I said and we watch the video links which show Jack and Teal'c running through the submarine and they come to a small hatch.
"Teal'c let's try this!" Jack opens the hatch but just as he is looking up it some replicators come down through it, he shoots a few of them but more keep coming. "All right, forget that!"
"Prepare to go ahead and blow this thing." Jack said to us over the radio
"That's not exactly a positive attitude, Jack." Daniel said
Jack points the camera at his face, "Listen to me. We are not getting out of here. Mission accomplished. Blow it!"
"Jack!"
"Daniel please!" (static) "Before I get eaten alive by these…" (static) "…damn bugs! Davis, give the order!"
Daniel is looking at the video link from Jack's fallen helmet. He is shaking his head and looking upset. "Ok, Ok!" he says and I put my hand on his arm.
"Fire on target." Paul says into the phone.
A radar display shows the two submarines, "Dallas is firing torpedoes!" Siler said the Dallas submarine fires the torpedoes, "Eight seconds to impact."
Daniel and I watch, and I dont what happened but the next thing I knew Daniel put his hand on top of mine, I knew how he felt, we just got back and now he was gonna lose Jack and Teal'c.
"Blackbird attempting evasive maneuver." Siler said, the torpedoes approach the Russian submarine, "Torpedoes still on target. Two seconds."
Me and Daniel look at the torpedoes approaching the submarine on the radar screen. The torpedoes strike the ship.
"Direct hit." Siler said
The view from Jack's helmet camera shows him and Teal'c fall to the floor. Jack reaches out for his helmet. The replicators are all over the place, as Jack reaches for the camera he and Teal'c are enveloped in a flash of light and are transported away.
"They're ok…" Daniel said and I looked up at the screen.
"What?" Paul asked
Daniel is gesturing at the screen, "Therrrrr…Therrr…Ther…they're ok!" He points upwards. Everyone cheers and I give Daniel a hug then feel Paul pull me towards him and I wrap my arms around him giving him a hug as well.
After a long day me and Paul were heading back to my place, Paul was driving my car because I was way to tired, but for some reason he was quiet the entire time.
We got to my place and I unlocked the door and we went inside, after putting my keys down and taking off my shoes I look over at Paul who's doing the same and I put my arms around his waist resting my chin on his shoulder.
"Want something to drink?" I asked and he shook his head then walked away from me into my living room, "Okay? Well then do you want to tell me why you have been quiet since we left the SGC?"
He's standing with his back facing me looking at my fireplace with his hands on his hips then he turns to face me, "Is there something going on with you and Daniel?" He asked and I looked at him in shock.
"What are on earth are you talking about?"
"Today after Daniel told me to go ahead and blow up the sub I saw you put your hand on his arm and then he put his hand on your hand, then after Jack and Teal'c were saved you hugged him. Now I dont want to come across as paranoid but it seems like you two are rather close." He said and I scoffed at him.
"You can't be serious right now, the reason for all of that is because Daniel is my friend, the first friend I even had at the SGC and the reason I put my hand on his arm and hugged him is because me, Jack, Sam and Teal'c just got back after being gone a week and there he was about to lose two of his friends. So I'm sorry if comforting my best friend is causing you to be jealous." I snapped at him and he turned back around.
"I also see the way he looks at you." He said but I could barely hear him.
"Okay you do sound paranoid, me and Daniel are just friends that's it. Where is all of this coming from?"
He faced me again, "From the fact that everytime I come here and arrive at the SGC I always see you two together."
I scoffed at him again and looked him, "I think you should back to Washington. I just cant even talk to you right now." I said and I left the room heading upstairs, when I got to my room I heard my front door slam shut and I walked over to the window and saw Paul get into a cab. I couldnt believe him, yes I may have feelings for Daniel but for him to think something was actually going on with me and Daniel mad me angry.
