JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE
BACK TO THE SGC
In the computer lab Dr. Jackson and Col. Carter are sitting at separate work stations pulling up all the records pertaining to the "Dirty Dozens" as well as pictures of the deceased William Smith and the drivers license picture of the satellite technician; In a very short time they are all displayed up on the big screen for everyone to compare
"Well it should come as no surprise there's Lt. Smith" says MacKenzie
"Well , What have we got here?" asks A.J.
The Admiral points to a picture of one Captain Brent Walker USAF retired; Who is the spitting image of the satellite technician
"It should also be no surprise that he was given a medical discharge due to injuries suffered on a training mission over the Antarctic" says Carter
"Unfortunately I don't have a picture of the man he met at the deli, but if memory serves me correctly he looked an awful lot like him" says A.J.
The Admiral points to the picture of another one of the "Dirty Dozens" one Lt. Dustin Campbell
"Well we're three for three" says Jackson
"Let me guess he received a medical discharge due to injuries suffered during a training mission over Antarctica" says Carter
"Bingo" says Jackson
"Why does this one look familiar to me?" asks Vala
Vala points to the "Dirty Dozens " picture of Capt. Colin Skille
"Oh for crying out loud!" cries A.J.
"What is it Admiral?" asks MacKenzie
"Vala's absolutely correct, that's one of the men Woolsey had tailing us" says A.J.
"Just when we thought it couldn't get any weirder" says Carter
"Ok, as of right now we're the only ones that made this connection; do we keep it to ourselves for now or do we bring Woolsey and Webb in?" asks Jackson
"I don't believe Woolsey has a clue about this and for right now I say we keep it that way" says Carter
"Webb on the other hand has the resources to keep an eye on him" says MacKenzie
"True enough; We never spotted anyone tailing us, that doesn't mean they weren't there" says Jackson
"Maybe I was his only concern" says Vala
"I can't say as I blame him" says Jackson
"Oh Please!" whines Vala
"Now's not the time for this discussion; Lately Woolsey and Webb have been like Siamese Twins, but I'm sure I can come up with something to get Woolsey's attention, then the first one of you that get Webb alone can give him the good? news" says Carter
"Dr. Jackson and I will continue to pull the records of the "Dirty Dozens" to confirm just how many of them went off the grid" says MacKenzie
"Works for me" says Jackson
"Well I guess that leaves me to alert Webb" says A.J.
"I thought we were a team" says Vala
"Vala you have no idea just how paranoid Webb can be, Alone I can make him believe that he and I are the only ones with this information which might work to our advantage, Agreed?" asks A.J.
Everyone nods in agreement. So Carter head off to distract Woolsey, A.J. follows anticipating a shot at Webb, While Jackson and MacKenzie continue to pull the remaining records of the "Dirty Dozen" and Vala sits and watches knowing her computer skills are no where good enough to be of any help.
Carter and the Admiral enter the conference room to find both Woolsey and Webb together to neither ones surprise. Webb is on the phone and Carter is about to try and get Woolsey to go with her, when a perfectly timed distraction is provided for her "Unscheduled gate activation, Unscheduled gate activation" As Carter heads for the door she turns to Woolsey
"Are you Joining me Mr. Woolsey?" Says Carter
"There doesn't seem to be anything I need to be here for so Yes" says Woolsey
Carter and Woolsey head to the control room leaving the Admiral his chance to alert Webb (that is if he gets off the phone before anyone else interutps )
Carter and Woolsey enter the control room to find Sgt. Harriman talking with Sgt. Sharp from the beta site
"Is there a problem Sgt." asks Carter
"I'll let Sgt Sharp pass this little gem along" says Walter
"Fine, Sgt Sharp what do you have for us" says Carter
"Not really sure if it's anything Ma'am but Col. Havlat said I should pass it along" says Sharp
"Spit it out Sgt." says Carter
"Yes Ma'am, One minute the Generals and Sgt. Syler were on the lake fishing, the next thing we know they're all heading for shore at the same time and at a brisk pace from what we could tell; The next thing we know all three of them are standing about twenty feet from shore with their shot guns. What ever it is they're shooting at is to small for the satellite to pick up" explains Sharp
"Shouldn't you be asking them not us" says Carter
"We're hoping to keep them from knowing we're watching" says Sharp
"Calling us helps you with this how?" says Carter
"The Col. was hoping you might have and update worth delivering to the Generals personally" says Sharp
Carter turns her back to the screen and gives Walter the sign to mute the mic and asks Woolsey
"The information about the "Dirty Dozens" might be worth the trip" says Carter
"I was hoping not to get their hopes yet but go ahead they're going to find out sooner or later" says Woolsey
Carter turns back to the screen and nods to Walter
"We do have a little tid-bit that will give you a good enough reason to make the trip" says Carter
"Great, Am I allowed to know or should I get Col. Havlat" asks Sharp
Carter can't be sure if A.J. has gotten Webb alone yet so she decides to stretch it out for all it worth. "You'd better get the Col."
"Do you really think that was needed?" asks Woolsey
"Better safe than sorry" says Carter
"That's why I Chose you; maybe I should get back to Webb" says Woolsey
"I'd rather you stayed here just in case Col. Havlat has any questions for you" says Carter
"Very well" says Woolsey
Col. Havlat enters the picture
"Yes Col. Carter what have you got for us?" asks Havlat
"Mr. Woolsey and I have decided to let the Generals know that we've discovered a link between the bad guys and the "Dirty Dozens"" says Carter
"Your kidding!" says Havlat
"Afraid not; So far we have 3 positive ID's ; We think this information might give you the excuse you need to make a trip out for the face to face you want" says Carter
"I'm not sure I want to tell them this while they're holding shotguns" says Havlat
"Reassure them that this means they(the bad guys)had several other means of acquiring information" says Woolsey
"Good point" says Havlat
BACK TO THE LAKE
The scene is the lake where the Generals Landry and O'Neill are standing about twenty feet from the shore while Syler is about 20 feet to the left of them with a case of clay pigeons and the manual thrower as Col. Havlat and Sgt. Sharp arrive in an ATV
"Col. Havlat, What's so important that you couldn't radio us?" asks Landry
"We tried sir but got no response" says Havlat
"Probably couldn't hear it over the gun fire" says O'Neill
"So you were skeet shooting?" asks Sharp
"OH, It's much better then that, just watch" says O'Neill
The Generals reload their guns and give Syler a thumbs up, at which time Syler gives the thrower a flip of the wrist sending a clay pigeon across the water at a very low trajectory; a puzzled Havlat and Sharp watch and are totally blown away when Symbiotes start jumping out of the water trying to grab the clay pigeon as the generals take pot shots at the Symbiotes
"Pretty cool huh" says O'Neill
"Are those what I think they are?" asks Sharp
"We're pretty sure and as soon as we manage to knock one down you'll have a corpse to autopsy" says Landry
"How did they not get penetration when you were in the water?" asks Havlat
"The rubber waders we were wearing are very thick and couldn't be penetrated" says Landry
"I'm really not sure that they are Gou'ld otherwise they would have known to go for the neck" says O'Neill
"You've also got to wonder why the queen went after the fish when we were right there for the taking" says Landry
"Queen!" says Havlat
"You wouldn't happen to have a zat with you?" asks Landry
"Not sure; Sgt?" says Havlat
"I just happened to grab one sirs" says Sharp
"Look for a concussion grenade as well" says O'Neill
Sgt. Sharp reaches into the ATV tool box and comes out with a Zat gun as well as a concussion grenade and hands them to General O'Neill
"How do we want to play it?" asks Landry
General O'Neill hands the Zat to Landry
"Ever throw M-80's into the water?" asks O'Neill
This causes Syler and Sharp to exchange high fives in anticipation of the fire works to come
"You guys are just plain mean" says Landry
"You just be ready with that because although this will stun the little ones it's just going to piss the big one off" warns O'Neill
"Got it" says Landry
General O'Neill proceeds to pull the pin and toss the grenade about 20 ft off shore into about 15 ft of water, while everyone else decides to take cover behind the ATV. BOOM! The grenade goes off followed shortly afterward by several different types fish and other crustaceans including symbiotes come floating to the top. As everyone slowly walk towards the shore General Landry spots the queen break the surface 200 ft off shore heading their way at an alarming pace.
"TAKE COVER!" yells Landry
Everyone jumps back behind the ATV and General Landry takes aim
"How close you going to let it get?" asks O'Neill
"You tell me what the effective range of one of these is" asks Landry
"Do we want it dead or alive?" asks O'Neill
"You know the lab rats will want a shot at it" says Landry
"Then wait until just before it gets to shore" says O'Neill
At the pace the queen is traveling this doesn't take long and as she gets to about 15 ft from shore Landry fires and achieves a direct hit. The queen immediately slows to a coast and stops as her bottom starts to drag the bottom.
"Do we have the proper hardware to lock her up?" asks Landry
"Do we have the right drugs to keep her under until the proper tank can be brought here?" asks O'Neill
"Sgt. Sharp take the ATV back to base and tell Felger what we need and if we don't have it here call the SGC and put in a priority request" says Havlat
"Not Felger!" says O'Neill
"Afraid so" says Havlat
"Yes sir, as quick as I can" says Sharp
"Do we have anything to scoop one of the little ones up to send back to keep Felger busy" asks Landry
"Why bother, as soon as he knows that there is a queen here there'll be no stopping him" says O'Neill
"True enough; Just bring something to properly contain them as well" says Landry
With that Sgt. Sharp heads back towards base while the rest stand guard over the queen. Sgt. Syler runs back to the camp site and brings back a folding chair for each one
"Why thank you Syler" says O'Neill
"No problemo sir; I was up for lunch detail sirs anyone hungry?" says Syler
"I guess it couldn't hurt what are you offering? And if you mention this mornings fish remember who's holding the Zat" says Landry
"Well I could walk over to the shore line and see what else floated up" says Syler
"Nobody goes near the water until the proper equipment gets here" orders O'Neill
"I concur, so why don't you go back to camp and whip something up that isn't native to this planet if you catch my drift" says Landry
"Got it sir" says Syler
SGT. Sharp arrives back at the Beta-site base and goes directly into the lab where Jay Felger is busy fiddling with something
"Felger (a startled Felger almost falls off his stool) do we have the tranquilizers necessary to keep a symbiote queen out until the proper tank can be arranged for?" asks Sharp
"Gees Sgt you scared the heck out of me ; Why would you need those kinds of drugs?" asks Felger
"To keep a symbiote queen down until the proper equipment gets here" says Sharp
"They found a queen at the lake? I went wading into that lake." says Felger
"Well apparently they do have standards" mocks Sharp
"Very funny; However thanks to the Pangeras we now have the drugs needed to tranc a queen as standard issue." says Felger
Felger opens a cabinet and pulls out a rather large vile of tranquilizer, then reaches into a drawer for some refillable darts
"The rifle is hanging right behind you" says Felger
Sharp turns around to see it and takes it down
"I'm ready let's go" says Felger
"Not so fast , I still have to contact the SGC and request a tank; we're probably going to need some additional equipment another tent or 2 , some additional food and at least 3 more cots." says Sharp
"Fine just try not to tell Coombs he'll only get me into trouble like he always does." says Felger
Sgt. Sharp goes into the control room and dials up the SGC. Back at the SGC the usual alarm goes off "Unscheduled gate activation, Unscheduled gate activation" Col. Carter and Woolsey had made it back to the conference
room and were still there with Webb and the Admiral still discussing what direction to take as far as the "Dirty Dozens" when it goes off ; this time all four head to the control room
"It's the beta-site Ma'am" says Walter
"Already, Put it up Sgt." says Carter
As the screen comes up it's Sgt Sharp
"That was quick" says Carter
"Yes Ma'am and your not going to believe what they were shooting at" says Sharp
"Who was shooting?" says Webb
"Go ahead Sgt" says Carter
"They were shooting at symbiote larva" says Sharp
"Gou'ld!" yells Woolsey
"Not sure yet, but General O'Neill threw a concussion grenade in stunning a bunch of small ones only to really piss off the queen" says Sharp
"A Queen! I sent them there for their own safety!" cries Woolsey
"Yep, but General Landry was standing ready with a Zat and knocked her out; we're just getting ready to go back with the tranquilizer gun and the drugs we were issued for just this purpose.
"Good; What do you need from us?" asks Carter
"The generals said we would need a tank to secure her in and the proper equipment to test her and her offspring" says Sharp
"You got it, anything else?" says Carter
"Another bottle of that tranquilizer couldn't hurt and you'll probably want to let the appropriate lab rats in on the fun; Oh ,and Felger would appreciate it if Coombs isn't one of them" says Sharp
"Well they do have a history, but I can't promise anything, He does pretty much head up the department" says Carter
"Thank you, Sgt. Ladd will be on duty here as soon as Felger and I head back to the lake" says Sharp
"Hopefully we'll have what you need on route within a couple of hours SGC out" says Carter
With that the screen goes black on both ends
"Alright Felger let's get this stuff back to the lake, what all did you pack us" asks Sharp
"Two more tents, three more cots, 12 MRE's, another Zat and a few high powered lights" says Felger
"Not bad Felger, not bad" says Sharp
"Can we just go now, I can't wait to see it" says Felger
Sharp and Felger head back to the lake
BACK AT THE SGC
In the control room everyone is still trying to get a grip on what just transpired
"Calm down Woolsey everything seems to be under control" says Webb
"Never the less anyone we send will have to be in haz-mat suits and be prepared to test everyone and I mean everyone there just to make sure" says Carter
"Agreed" says Woolsey
"Has Col. Mitchell checked in yet?" asks Carter
"No Ma'am and all attempts to contact them have failed as well" Walter says
"Prepare a UAV for deployment to P-1953; Anyone for some "Morton Salt"" says Carter
Col. Carter exit's the control room heading for the labs
"What was the Morton Salt thing all about" asks Webb
"Why are you looking at me for?" says Woolsey
They both look at Sgt. Harriman
"Probably the whole "When it rains it pours" idea" says Walter
"Very good Sgt." says Webb
In under an hour the UAV is ready to deploy through the gate and Sgt. Harriman pages Col. Carter to the control room
"What now Walter?" asks Carter
"We're ready to deploy the UAV Ma'am" says Walter
"Very good dial it up" says Carter
Walter dials up P-1953 and a wormhole is quickly established and the UAV is launched
"The UAV will reach its destination in 5,4,3,2,1, we're receiving telemetry now and it will be at altitude in 3,2,1..." Walter stops
The screen goes blank
"What just happened, play that back in slow-motion" says Carter
Walter does just that and the UAV camera barely gets the ground into focus when a staff blast is seen coming at it from near the gate and the UAV takes a direct hit knocking it out of the sky
"Well now we know that they might have run into interference, but there's nothing we can do for them right now; Disconnect the wormhole Walter" says Carter
"Yes Ma'am" says Walter
"Clear that launching pad out of the gate room to get ready for the supplies going to the Beta-site Sgt." orders Carter
"Yes Ma'am" says Walter