Part 36 Reports
Cameron Mitchell entered the briefing room with a rather noticeable limp. He looked clearly uncomfortable and in pain.
"What happened to your ankle colonel?" General O'Neill asked.
Cameron looked rather sheepishly at him. "It is nothing sir. I ah… tripped sir. I will be fine."
"Doctor please take a look at his ankle we can not afford to have Cameron limping." Jack said. He glanced over at the medical personal. What was it about SG1 they always got hurt?
Ducky who was the closest doctor went to the leader of SG1 and made him sit down. He pulled off the boot and Cameron bit back a curse.
"Well my boy it looks like a bad sprain. We should x-ray it to be certain."
"Just wrap it up doc. I have to be in fighting form."
Jack looked annoyed and looked over at Carter. "Fix him."
"Jack you know that sounded bad right?" Daniel said.
Jack glared but Colonel Carter pulled a hand held healing device out of her pocket.
"Look it is just a twisted ankle." The younger colonel complained.
Carter moved to his side. "This won't hurt a bit. Just hold still."
Cameron grumbled but a sharp look from the general made him hold still. Vala came over and sat next to him. "You should really watch were you are going Cam."
He gave his teammate a dark look and waited.
"I wish we had those things." Buffy said. "It would certainly make our lives easier on the Hell mouth."
"I have to agree with B on that one. I wonder if we can use them." Faith said. She moved to Carter's side. "So how does that thing work?"
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Giles watched the interaction of his slayers and smiled. He had to admit if only to himself they had all matured so much in the past few years. He found he could not longer look at any of them as children. He was especially pleased with Buffy. She had matured a lot and now only occasionally slipped into the dumb blonde routine. He wondered if anyone besides himself had ever realized how brilliant she really was. He leaned back and silently considered her stellar SAT scores. While both Willow and Oz had scored higher, they had a far mire steady education then the senior slayer. Now however she was catching up. He knew that below her bag of fashion magazines were several scientific journals as well as several texts that were needed for her life as a slayer. Buffy had mastered over a dozen languages and most of her friends were clueless. Giles knew she never wanted them to feel unneeded or unwanted so she let them all play the roles they had fallen into. Only now, it had changed. Faith was rapidly becoming her Equal. This was unprecedented and Giles was grateful. He knew it meant that Buffy would not be so alone. Together the two of them would be a force for good. Giles knew deep down that they would not be staying forever. For the moment, they were needed here. However, Buffy would need to go back to Earth and their galaxy. That was her place and this place was Faith's. However, for the moment they would stand and fight side by side and mend their broken friendship. In the end, Giles knew it would be valuable to them all. Giles watched Buffy and not for the first time wished he was years younger. He knew he had to ignore his feelings. Buffy deserved so much more.
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"Mitchell when Carter is done with your ankle I am sending you back to Atlantis and then to Earth. I need you to brief Landry and the teams that will be coming over. We need the maximum amount of firepower you can secure. Before you, protest that foot needs rest and I need someone who I can trust to give Landry the cold facts. You may come back with the teams. We are not leaving until they are all in place."
Mitchell nodded at this. He was clearly not pleased but he would follow orders.
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Hank Landry was not a happy man. He hated the idea of sending people he did not know to protect Atlantis. However, the President had assured him that the two "Special Unit": Teams were every bit as good as his own SG1.
Hank watched as they came into the Gate Room. He had to admit they seemed to know what they were doing. However, some part of him was uneasy.
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Cameron Mitchell stepped through the gate to Atlantis. He arrived there in less then a minute and stepped out. He immediately went t Dr. Langford to tell her what was happening. Less then ten minutes latter they were dialing earth. He would be at midway in five minutes and then on to earth. Time was too important for them to wait the traditional 24 hours.
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The Hive ships dropped out of hyperspace. The Queen rose and went to the control room to learn what was causing the delay. A Worker came over to tell her they had a malfunction in the drive. She glared at him and before he could move grabbed him and fed. "See to it we are underway as quickly as possible. " Her look warned the others of the price of failure. They all knew hunger but they could control themselves they had to. A queen however was to important not to feed. The implication was clear. Find feeding ground or become dinner.
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The alarm klaxons went off-
"General we have an incoming wormhole. Sir it is Midway station with SG1 IDC." Sgt. Harriman said.
"Open the iris." Landry ordered. He ordered the Gate Security teams to stand ready. He just hoped it was not worse new.