Ch.12
That evening, Sam walked into the bar and looked around until she saw the guys. She walked over to them.
"Hey, you made it. We were worried that Jack wouldn't let you come." Sam smiled.
"Don't worry about Jack. I told him what would happen if you guys ever hurt me."
"We know. So, beer?"
"Sure." Sam was at O'Malley's for the next three hours. Then she left in a taxi to head back home since she'd been drinking and having dinner with the guys. When she walked into their bedroom, Jack was sitting up in bed reading a book.
"Hey." He looked up at her and smiled.
"Hey, how was you evening with the guys?"
"Good. I beat them all in pool tonight," she said smiling.
"Did you now?"
"Yep, I'll be right back. While you are waiting for me… lose the boxers fly boy." She turned around and walked into the bathroom.
Jack did what he was told. Then he got back into bed and waited for Sam. When she walked out of the bathroom she was wearing a silk chemise and robe. She slowly walked to the end of the bed and pulled the duvet and sheet off Jack's naked body.
"Sam, what are you up to?"
"Lie down flat on the bed and don't move."
"Sam…?" Then he smiled when he remembered he told her about his dream.
So he did what she said and watched her as she slowly stripped in front of him. She looked into his eyes while she was doing it. Every now and then she looked down at his crotch to see his length slowly growing hard. She even licked her lips, which made it twitch.
When she was naked in front of him, she then got on all fours and crawled over his body until they were face to face. She bent over and gave him a kiss. At the same time, she laid down on top of him and he flipped them over. Then they broke the kiss.
"Just like in my dream but this is way better."
"So, you like what I did?"
"Yes." Then they kissed and made love for the next hour. Then Sam snuggled up to Jack's side with their blankets over them and Jack reached over and turned off the lamp.
"How are you feeling now?" Sam asked.
"Tired. You?"
"Same here."
"Let's get some sleep."
"Good idea." They closed their eyes and fell asleep with smiles on their faces.
The next morning, they were called into General Hammond's office. The airman from the first check point passed the message on. So, after they both were changed, they walked down to Hammond's office. His door was opened. So, Jack knocked on the door before he and Sam walked in.
"Colonel, Major."
"Sir, we got your message that you wanted to see us?"
"Yes, I'm afraid I've got some bad news for you both."
"Sir?"
"I have to place you both under arrest and send you both to Washington for your court martial, which is tomorrow."
"Kinsey did go ahead."
"I'm afraid so."
"He's just trying to save his own ass, but it's not going to work."
"We know that Colonel. The NID are here to take you to Washington for the court martial."
"Great."
"I'll do what I can from here."
"Thanks, sir." Then six men in dress blues walked into Hammond's office.
"Hi, guys." Then two of them pulled cuffs out.
"We don't need those."
"You will escape."
"No, we won't."
"Put them away."
"General?"
"You heard me."
Yes, sir." Then they put the cuffs away.
"Let's go. We've got a plane to catch."
"OK. OK, but can we go home first?"
"No." Jack turned to the colonel.
"If we're going to be court martialed, don't you think we should show up in our dress blues instead of these BDUs?"
"You've got your dress blues here."
"No, they are at home. We just had ours dry cleaned."
"Alright."
"Thank-you." Then Jack turned to Hammond.
"Give Dad a call and let him know what's happening."
"I sent a message through half an hour ago."
"Thanks, sir."
"Sir, do our teams know about what happened?"
"The whole base knows by now."
"Thanks, sir." Jack turned and held on to Sam's hand as they walked out the door with the six NID agents behind them.
They went to their locker rooms where they got changed and then they left the base in a van. They went around to Jack's place where they got their dress blues and packed a bag each before leaving again. When they were on the plane, they were sitting next to each other holding hands.
"Who is our lawyer?"
"We don't know."
"OK."
"Jack, what about contacting Thor?"
"Already taken care of. You know that this court martial is a waste of time and money."
"I know that, Jack. I've got a gut feeling that Senator Kinsey is up to something."
"Yeah, I know, but what is he up to?" Sam stood up and started pacing back and fourth for ten minutes with Jack and the other air force officers looking at her.
"Sam, what is it?" She stopped and looked at Jack, then to the six men.
"Who knows that we are on this plane?"
"Why?"
"Answer this one question. What do you truly think of Senator Kinsey?"
"We don't like him. We know that he almost killed you and what he's planning on doing to the President. Why?"
"Have you meet the senator?"
"Yes, we all have and we told him what we thought of him."
"That you don't like what he is doing?"
"Yes. Why?" Sam started to go pale.
"Sam?" Jack stood up and looked at her.
"What is it...? Trap?"
"Trap." She turned and looked at the guys.
"I've got a bad feeling… help me check every inch of this plane. I think some of Kinsey's pals might have planted a bomb on this plane."
The men stood up and they all started searching the plane. They couldn't find anything that looked like a bomb.
"Sam, there's nothing here."
"The undercarriage, have any of you checked the undercarriage?"
"No." Then they went to the front of the plane where Jack lifted then floor panel. Sam laid down on her stomach and moved forward to take a look. Then she moved back.
"I need a torch or a pen light." One of the officers went to a box and opened it. Then he returned with a torch and he passed it to Sam.
"Thanks." Then she moved forward again and turned it on before looking around until she found the bomb. Then she moved back.
"Found it. I need gloves so I won't get my finger prints on it."
"We haven't got any gloves," one of the men said.
"First aid box, there should be gloves in there."
"Good thinking, Sam." The guy went to the first aid box to get the gloves. Then he returned. He passed them to Sam.
"Thanks." She put them on. Then she moved back to where she was. She managed to grab the bomb and carefully lift it out. Then she managed, with Jack's help, to stand up, walk over to a table, and put the bomb on the table.
"Sam, do you think you could disarm it?"
"I'll try." She looked at it for a few minutes.
"From what I can gather, if this plane drops down below twenty thousand feet we will be dead. It looks like it activated as soon as we hit thirty five thousand feet."
"Is there any way you can deactivated it?"
"No. It has sensors, so if it try.…" They nodded.
"The bad news is, whoever built this bomb is using naquadah."
"That's just great," Jack said.
"How bad?"
"Very bad," Jack said.
"The amount that is here is enough to blow up Cheyenne Mountain three times over." They were all shocked.
"Kinsey sure did do his homework. How on earth did he get his hands on this naquadah and does he have any more?" Jack said.
"I don't know, Jack. First we have to get rid of this bomb."
"How?"
"I've got an idea. First we need a box."
She walked over to where the first aid box was, then returned with it. She tipped everything out. Then she carefully put the bomb into the box. She closed and locked it. Then she picked up two of the lines and put them onto the table. She used the tape to tape them together. Then she used a bandage to wrap around the box like a present and she tied it up.
Then she cut the bandage into four strips and tied one end to the box, She made a hole in each corner of the sling and she tied that to the strips.
"A parachute?" Jack said.
"Yep." When done, she picked up the box, walked up to the cockpit, and walked inside. Then she closed and locked the door.
They all waited. Then they noticed the plane was slowing down and they heard noises coming from the cockpit. It lasted for few seconds. Then they noticed they were picking up speed and then the door opened and Sam walked out.
"Sam, what happened?"
"I asked the pilots to slow down so I could throw the bomb out the window. We're going to circle for a few minutes." Then she walked over to a window and looked out it. So, the others did as well.
"Where's the bomb?"
"Out there over the lake somewhere." They looked out the window and waited. Then they saw the explosion.
"Wow! That was some explosion," one of the men said.
"Yes. It sure was." Then they turned around and moved to their seats.
"Do you think there are any more bombs on the plane?"
"God, I hope not," Sam said.
"Can you tell us why Senator Kinsey wants to court martial you both?"
"Because we are married."
"But that's against the regs."
"We know that. I was at area fifty-one, while Jack here was at the SGC when we got married. We know he isn't happy that we have failed his plans again,"
"You mean this isn't the first time?"
"Yep and it won't be the last," Jack said.
An hour later, their plane landed safely and they walked off the plane with their bags. They got into a van that was heading to JAG headquarters, so they could meet their lawyers. When they got there, they both were shown into an interview room where they both waited for a few minutes. Then their lawyer walked in and put his files on the desk.
"Morning. I'm Major Young and you are Colonel O'Neill and Major Carter." They shook hands.
"Yes, we are."
"Please. sit down. Shall we get started?" They sat down and Sam passed him a file.
"What's this, Major?"
"Some information about Jack and myself that might help with this case."
"I see. Thank-you." He took the file out of her hand and put it down in front of him.
"Now do you know why you are being court martialed?"
"We have a fair idea. We think it's because we are married."
"Yes, from what I've read you two got married while under the same command."
"Not true," Sam said.
"Excuse me, Major?"
"Open the file I just passed you. It holds all the information. It clearly states that I wasn't under Jack's command, or even working for the SGC, when we got married. I was transferred to area fifty-one for two months. I had been there for six weeks when we got married."
"Really? I wasn't told that."
"Well, now you know."
He opened the file and read what it said. The copy of the marriage license, letters from Colonel Smith and General Hammond, a copy of Sam's transfer to area fifty-one, another for her transfer back to the SGC, the dates of the transfers, and the wedding date. When he finished reading them, he looked at both Jack and Sam.
"Well, I don't know what's going on here, but it looks like your case will be thrown out of court."
"We know."
"Leave everything to me and I'll see you both in the morning." They stood up and shook hands.
"Thanks." Then they walked out of the room and back out to the van. Then they were taken to where they were staying the night.
The next morning, they both showed up in court to see some of Senator Kinsey's goons were there. They were shocked to see Jack and Sam walk into court with the six NID agents behind them. Once they were all seated, Jack whispered into the Major's ear. "Some of Kinsey's goons are here and look rather shocked to see us alive."
"I know what happened on the plane. I was informed about it last night." Jack nodded.
Then the door opened. Eight men and women walked out and sat down in their seats. Then the judge walked out just as they all stood. Once they were all seated, the trial began.
"Colonel Jonathan O'Neill, Major Samantha Carter, you are here for court martial for having a relationship and marrying while under the same command. How do you plea?"
"Not guilty," they both said.
"OK. Shall we get started." Jack and Sam sat down and listened as the case started.
When the first witness was on the stand, they listened to the guy. Jack picked up the pen and wrote, 'I don't remember him, do you?'
Sam looked at it and replied, 'No.' Their lawyer saw what was written down. Then he carried on listening to what was being said.
She was taking notes and dates down. Jack noticed what she was doing and looked at her. She wrote 'cross references to our where about.' He nodded. When they stopped for lunch, Sam spoke to the Major.
"Major Young?"
"Yes, Major Carter."
"Can you contact the SGC and ask them for this information?" She passed him a piece of paper. He looked at it.
"What's this for?"
"Cross references to the guy's story and ask them to see if the guy's ever been at the SGC. Jack and I haven't seen him there before."
"Are you sure that he is lying?"
"Yes. This date here, for example," Sam pointed to the date, "SG1 was with the Tok'ra then."
"How do you know that?"
"That is when we first met them and my Dad became a Tok'ra. That's how I know."
"OK. I'll get these checked out for you."
"Thanks." Then Jack and Sam were taken to holding cells where they had lunch. They were quiet since the place was bugged.