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Chapter 10

Daniel and Janet were sat in the commissary eating their dinner and ignoring the looks they both still got from a few of the Maverians. For the most part they had started to settle in to their lives on Maveria. They had been there for over a month and had started making friends with the people that weren't still giving them distrustful glares.

Janet was sitting opposite him eating whatever Myenan food she had picked out today; he couldn't remember the name of most of it. He had been finding himself getting closer to her since their arrival and the feelings he'd had for her before had grown massively.

"I have to go" Janet told him as she finished off her food and stood up with her tray "Levern wants to talk to me about something so I'll see you later"

"Bye" he told her and watched her dispose of her tray and leave the commissary.

- - -

They had been called to the briefing room by General Hammond with no clue as to why. Jack, Sam and Teal'c watched as Hammond walked into the room with two other people. One was a young woman with long blonde hair and the other a young man with brown hair.

"Colonel, Major Teal'c" Hammond greeted as he walked into the room and Jack knew he wasn't going to like where this was going. "This is Dr Karen Miller and Captain Brian Evans, Dr Miller is our new Chief Medical Officer and Captain Evan will be joining SG1"

"Sir…" Jack said about to protest but Hammond headed it off.

"This is not up for discussion Colonel, I'll trust you'll make them both feel welcome" Hammond said before leaving the room.

"I've read all the files on the three of you and it seems we'll get to know each other quite well" Dr Miller stated condescendingly as soon as Hammond was gone, they were clearly not going to get along.

"Most likely" Jack said with a fake smile.

"I've read all the file on your team Colonel and in my opinion the General allows you to get away with way too much. Clearly Dr Frasier was way too soft on you when you were in the infirmary but I won't be, I'll make sure you think twice before getting yourself into a situation that will land you in my infirmary"

Though he appeared calm on the outside, inside Jack was fuming. Who did she think she was talking to him like that? She had no idea what it was like through that gate, most often they were lucky to come back alive let alone uninjured and how dare she criticise Janet. Janet had done more for the SGC and this planet than this woman could ever do; she had no right to even breathe her name. To make matters worse she had called it her infirmary, it would never be her infirmary it would always be Janet's.

"Don't worry, I intend to avoid it like the plague" Jack told her flatly and she smirked before walking away.

"Well I've also read all your file and I have to say it's an honour to work with you all, you're heroes and so were Dr Jackson and Dr Frasier" Captain Evans said after he watched the doctor leave.

"Welcome to the team" Jack said flatly. Evan seemed nice but he wasn't Daniel and though he knew it was unfair on the young Captain, it would be a long time before he was seen as anything other than Daniel's replacement. The look on Evan's face said he knew it too.

- - -

"So what do you think?" Levern asked her.

"I don't know" Janet said "I don't think I'm ready"

"You've learnt so much, so quickly, the rest we can teach you as you go, you're a natural at this and the infirmary could certainly use a doctor with your expertise and experience" Levern told her.

Janet thought about it for a moment "Okay, I'll do it" Janet said hesitantly.

"That's great, why don't you go tell Daniel and you can get started tomorrow"

"I will" Janet said with a smile before she turned and left heading for Daniel's quarter hoping she would find him there.

- - -

"You want me to what?" Daniel asked Commander Dar as he stood in his office.

"We want you to join our military and help us fight this war"

"This isn't my war; I don't even know these people and you want me to help you kill them?"

"This is your war now too, Maveria is your home and if the Sanii have their way this city will be destroyed along with every human in this galaxy. Your survival depends on the outcome of this war as much as ours"

Daniel shook his head and looked at the floor, feeling the tell tale signs of the oncoming headache.

"We do not expect an answer right away but you should look at this" Dar said handing him a data pad "It contains information on the Sanii, read this and your decision will not be so hard"

Daniel reluctantly took the data pad from the commander's hand and waited for the commander to tell him he could leave before heading for his quarters.

"Daniel, I was just looking for you" Janet said cheerfully as he approached his quarters and Daniel smiled in acknowledgement.

"Dr Levern asked me to help out in the infirmary" she told him noticing the expression on his face, something had definitely happened since dinner to upset him.

"That's great" he said opening the doors and walking into his quarters before dropping down on his bed.

"Isn't that what I'm supposed to do?" She said eliciting a small smile from him as she sat next to him "What's wrong?"

"They asked me to join the Maverian military, to help them fight in the war"

"What did you tell them?" she asked concern covering her face.

"Nothing, they told me to think about and gave me this" he said showing her the data pad in his hand.

"What is it?"

"Information n the Sanii, let's have look"

They spent hours reading through the information on the Sanii. They were a brutal race of people, they looked almost human but with ridges on the sides of their heads and necks. They killed men women and children without mercy and captured some to be tortured, sometimes for information, sometimes for fun. They read report and after report of the horrible things that the Sanii had done and by the end they both felt sick.

"I guess I can see why they said that would convince me" Daniel said quietly.

"Are you gonna do it?"

"I don't know, they were right about one thing, our survival depends on the out come of this war just as much as theirs"

TBC