A New Enemy
Chapter: 11
Two hours later, the male members of SG1 were in the briefing room along with General Hammond, Bra'tac, and Sho'nac.
"I hope they haven't found the UAV," said General Hammond.
"Carter hid it pretty well sir," said Jack.
"That woman stared right at it Colonel," said General Hammond. "How could she have known that the UAV was there?"
"Unless she was the Eye of Ra," said Teal'c.
"She certainly looked the part," said Jonas.
"That's because she is the Eye of Ra,"
Everyone turned to see Riley and Sam walking up the stairs.
"She is?" asked Jack.
"Riley is right Colonel. Even though the gate did shut down while we were waiting for Amun's troops to leave, the UAV was still recording. Riley and I just finished going over the footage. It's full of the basic stuff: gliders coming back to the ship, Jaffa walking around. But there was definitely something," said Sam walking to her seat.
"Don't keep us in suspense," said Jack.
"It was barely noticeable. There is a part of the footage where she has her back to the camera. There is a small imprint of a snake on her left shoulder," said Riley.
"Egyptian history does depict Wadjet as a snake," said Jonas.
"So, it is official. Wadjet is alive, and with Amun," said General Hammond.
"It appears so," said Sam.
"The Tok'ra are going to want to know," said Jack reluctantly.
"We can let them know tomorrow, Colonel. For now everyone get some rest. You deserved it," said General Hammond.
"Sho'nac and I shall return to Chulak. A battle is coming, and the Jaffa must be ready," said Bra'tac.
"I will accompany you to the Gate," said Teal'c.
"I'll go inform the President," said General Hammond standing.
"It was nice meeting all of you," said Sho'nac as he stood.
"Ditto," said Jack.
Teal'c, Bra'tac and Sho'nac left the room leaving Sam, Jonas, Riley, and Jack behind.
"So what are you girls doing for the rest of the evening?" asked Jack.
"I'm moving my stuff over to Sam's, then we'll probably watch a movie," said Riley.
"You're welcome to join us if you want to, you too Jonas, Teal'c too," said Sam.
"As long as we don't watch any sappy movies," said Jack.
"We don't watch sappy movies. We'll probably end up watching a James Bond movie, or some random movie Sam wants to watch," said Riley.
"I don't watch random movies," said Sam.
"Remember when I caught you watching that movie when I visited you back when you worked at the Pentagon?" asked Riley eyebrow raised.
"One time," mumbled Sam.
"I'll go ask General Hammond. Jonas, you want to pack some things together? You and Teal'c can crash at my place. We'll meet outside in, say, one hour?" asked Jack.
"One hour sounds good. I'll just go finish in my lab," said Sam.
Jack entered General Hammond's office while Sam, Riley, and Jonas went downstairs to get the elevator. Riley and Jonas got off first, leaving Sam for the trip down to her lab.
"Sam has been really happy since you've been here," said Jonas as he and Riley walked down the corridor.
"It's always nice to have people that know you around," said Riley.
"Yeah," said Jonas softly.
"I'm sorry," said Riley stopping to face Jonas. "It's a big flaw of mine: open mouth, insert foot."
"It's okay. I do miss Kelowna sometimes, but Earth is my home now," said Jonas.
"I know that feeling," said Riley, continuing down the corridor. "I think of home as Egypt but I live everywhere. My job, my old job, required me to move at a moment's notice."
"Do you visit Egypt often?" asked Jonas.
"My parents and grandparents still live there. I try to visit every year. My brothers live in various places from here to Japan," said Riley.
"Sam mentioned you have nieces," said Jonas.
"Three of them," said Riley smiling. "We call them PIE."
"PIE?" asked Jonas.
"It's the first initial in their names. In order they are Phoebe and Ilena, twins. Then there's the baby of the family, Elizabeth," said Riley.
By then, Jonas and Riley had reached Riley's room.
"Guess I'll see you in an hour," said Riley opening the door.
"You will," said Jonas.
Forty-five minutes later, Sam and Riley were standing by Sam's car waiting for the guys.
"Now's a good time to finish that conversation we started," said Sam smiling.
"Fine," said Riley leaning on Sam's car. "What do you want to know?"
"Everything. Did you ask him out?" asked Sam smiling.
"Why do I have to be the one to ask him out?" asked Riley.
Sam just raised her eyebrow and looked at Riley.
"He asked me out," said Riley quickly.
"Really?" asked Sam smiling brightly. "How did he ask?"
"It was nice, and really sweet. Right before the mission to Chulak," said Riley.
"Aww," said Sam.
Riley rolled her eyes and hit Sam on the shoulder.
"You girls ready?" shouted a loud voice.
Riley and Sam turned around to see the male members of SG1 heading towards them.
"We're all set Colonel," replied Sam getting in the driver's seat of her car.
Fifteen minutes later the group pulled up in the driveway of Sam's house.
"Nice house Sam," said Riley as she got out of the car.
"Thanks," replied Sam as she got out of the car.
Riley pulled her duffel bag out of the backseat as the guys walked up to Sam who was opening the front door. Riley joined the group inside the house as they were taking off their coats.
"I'll show you where the guest room is Riles," said Sam. "You guys can grab a beer and pick out a movie."
Riley followed Sam down the corridor into the guest room. It was painted a crème color with a queen-sized bed against the back wall, and a door leading to the bathroom by the window.
"Nice room," said Riley setting her duffel bag on the bed.
"That's not the best part," said Sam, walking over to the closet.
Opening the closet, Sam bent down and reached in. Straightening up and turning, Riley could see that Sam had pulled out a pair of red fuzzy bedroom slippers.
"You remembered!" exclaimed Riley reaching out to hug Sam.
"How could I possibly forget? You're the only friend that got literal cold feet," replied Sam laughing.
"At least it gave me an excuse to go shopping for adorable bedroom slippers," said Riley taking the slippers and taking off her shoes before putting the bedroom slippers on.
"Let's go see what the guys are doing," said Sam watching Riley wiggle her toes in the slippers.
"What's all the squealing about?" asked Jack when Riley and Sam entered the living room.
"Sam got me fuzzy slippers," said Riley smiling as she stuck a foot out.
"Did you choose a movie?" asked Sam going into the kitchen.
"Indeed," replied Teal'c. "We have chosen 'G.I. Jane'."
"Ooh. Semi-chick flick. I hope you're grabbing me a beer in there Carter," said Riley.
"It's not a chick flick. Demi Moore gets her ass kicked in some parts," replied Jack indignantly.
"And making popcorn," shouted back Sam.
"Butter popcorn for me," said Riley walking towards the kitchen.
Riley walked in the kitchen to find Sam getting two bowls to put popcorn in, and Jonas putting some potato chips and pretzels into three other bowls.
"Do you know what we're missing Sam?" asked Riley looking around.
"We have beer, popcorn, and chips. What are we… oh. Check the cupboard," said Sam taking the popcorn out of the microwave.
Riley turned and rummaged through the cupboard.
"C'mon people. Let's go," shouted Jack from the living room.
"Found it!" shouted Riley in excitement as she pulled out… Twizzlers. "The ultimate movie snack."
Sam, Riley, and Jonas walked out carrying two bowls, or in Riley's case, a bowl of pretzels and two packs of Twizzlers.
Jack was sitting in an armchair while Teal'c was on Sam's four-seater couch. Sam sat down next to Teal'c, Riley next to Sam, which left Jonas next to Riley.
Teal'c was about to press PLAY when Sam and Riley shouted at the same time.
"The beers!"
"I got it," said Jack, getting up before Riley and Sam could. "Before you find something else to grab. Start the movie T."
Amidst the beginning of the movie where the narrator was giving the history of the Navy Seals, they could hear Jack taking the caps off the beers. Jack had just sat after handing out the beers when the movie officially started.
The team laughed and enjoyed for the next two hours. They sat not knowing that this was the last time that they would be able to enjoy each other's company for a while.