p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Sam immediately sat up at the sound of the bell to her quarters rang, her body shifted to an alert mode. She was concentrating on a few calculations, hoping to buy them time. She decided not to ignore it just in case it was a member of the crew. So, she got up and pressed the button and the door swooshed open. She smiled as she saw the man at the threshold and was even more thrilled when he quickly checked the corridor before he entered wordlessly, the doors closing behind him./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"She smiled as he kissed her lightly around her face, hoping it would be enough to distract her from the fact he was taking the tablet out of her hand. "Sir," she blushed, feeling him step closer to her. "Sir-" she tried again, her voice trembling as her mind was trying to discourage him but her heart and body clearly disagreeing. "Jack." She whispered as his arms came around her. "We agreed, not at work."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""We agreed, not at the SGC." He murmured in her ear, before he kissed it in just the right place that he knew he had to tighten his grip on her as her knees shook beneath her./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Technicality." She said breathlessly. "And you know it."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Hey, I play within the rules." He grinned, kissing round her jaw./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Hardly." Sam snorted./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Hey, I was just checking my best Colonel was resting like I told her to."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""You know I can't rest when I could be doing calculations for…" she started but was soon stopped by his lips, her approval in muffles barely registered. "Jack, come on, we're on a mission."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Tell me you've never fantasized about…?" He asked her, not finishing his sentence, too busy kissing her then he added "Tell me to stop and I will." He whispered before his eyes locked onto hers./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Oh is this your good deed for the day?" She asked him, trying to keep her equilibrium./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""What are you talking about?" He asked her confused./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Always being so good, must have been something you learned in the boy scouts." She teased him./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"He looked at her amazed for a moment wondering how she could know./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"She kissed round his jaw line a wicked smile spread across her lips "Tell me you wore the cute shorts." She teased him. "The shirt-oh the cravat!" She continued, loving the idea of Jack in a cravat, "Tell me there was a cravat!"/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Damn it, Bub!" He cursed his cousin./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Awww" She giggled. "It's okay Jack." She assured him./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""It is?" He questioned her./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""I always did love a man in uniform!" She exclaimed, her teeth biting the corner of her bottom lip as she looked up at him innocently, before she enthusiastically surrendered, the tablet slipping out of her hand. He hummed his approval at her dropping the tablet while he felt her fingers scrape gently along his neck, then his hairline./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""I might still have all the badges and medals somewhere." He gasped as her other hand dipping down his back and under the hem of his trousers and she sounded a giggly "Mmmm."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"A pleasured hiss left his mouth, while Sam grinned in victory her lips locked with his again before there was another ring of her door. They both stopped still, their lips not leaving the others as they opened their eyes and looked at each other. They mutually pulled back while Sam caught her breath and Jack readjusted himself. Sam picked up the tablet and she went to the door opening it to find Mac standing there. /p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Hey Mac," she smiled, waving him in. "Great minds think alike." She told him as his eyes met with Jack./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Fools seldom differ." Jack countered./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""What are you doing here?" Mac asked Jack./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""I knew Carter would try and sneak some work in. I came to make sure she was resting." /p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""How-attentive." Mac said with a strange look to his cousin. /p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""What about you?" Jack asked him./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""I ummm… I can't-" he shook his head and looked down. "I stopped by your quarters first and…" He fell silent. Sam took pity and wrapped him into a hug. "I don't think I'm going to sleep."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Sam looked over Mac's shoulder to the pitiful sad expression on Jack's face before he sighed. He walked over and placed a hand on Mac's shoulder and offered quietly, "How about we get really awful food from the commissary and then sit and watch some awful movie in the ship's database?"/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Mac looked between them. "Is that okay?"/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Sam smiled sweetly. "Sure." Sam said, picking up a jacket. "Oh, we should invite Teal'c and Daniel. Teal'c knew we'd be leaving orbit, so I bet he picked up some snacks at the SGC!" Sam smiled./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Great." Mac perked a little./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Great." Jack tried his best to look happy as his intended tryst with Sam was interrupted but he knew Mac needed his support./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Great." Sam echoed./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"They stood silently for a moment before Jack volunteered, "I'll go get the guys." Where he left swiftly./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Mac looked confused at the door and asked her. "Did I interrupt something here?"/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Sam said, trying to sound casual. "No, not at all, he was checking to see I was resting. He's an attentive boss." Sam smiled. /p
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p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Five hours later Daniel was dangling off a chair, fast asleep. Teal'c was Kelno'reeming in the corner, while Sam sat between the two cousins on the sofa, one had fallen asleep as his head rested on her knee, while her hand had soothed him through his hair; the other had his arm around her, her head rested on his shoulder and his head leaning against her hair, relishing the scent of her shampoo./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Is he asleep?" Jack whispered to her. /p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Uneasily but yah, he is." Sam confirmed. /p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Lucky man." Jack grunted nuzzling in./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""As close as another man will get to sleeping with me." She told him, looking up at him. "He's torn up about this."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Yah." Jack admitted./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Who is she to him? I mean past girlfriend seems inaccurate." Sam asked./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Jack didn't answer her for a moment. "Been seeing her on and off again for fifteen years." Jack said quietly./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Sam looked up shocked before she asked. "His commitment issues?"/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Jack shrugged. "Who knows really. He wouldn't actually talk to her about it. Every time he just chickens out."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""But they've been an item for fifteen years. I mean that's a commitment in itself."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""He doesn't see it like that." Jack told her. "It's as if he can't see himself settling down. You know the house, kids, white picket fence-"/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Who says that's what she wants?" Sam asked him. "She's waited around for fifteen years-"/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""I know. I know all this." Jack defended. "A little too recently too."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Sam looked at him and kissed into his hair. "Jack, I- I do want a family, but I went looking because I didn't think this thing between us was ever going to happen. It seemed like we were impossible. Thing was I started questioning all those things, a family, marriage, all of it, because I realized I didn't want those things with Pete." She admitted then caught his eye. "I wanted them with you." She continued quickly, her words coming in a rush as if she needed to get the words out. "I went searching for my ideals away from my own life, when I should have known-" she sighed and with her spare hand, she reached out and gently turned his face to face hers before she caught his lips and kissed him gently. "-it was you. It was always going to have to be you. No one else. Those things would have been meaningless, without sharing them with you." She whispered./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"He kissed her gently on the forehead before he solemnly told her. "Right back at ya." He looked around and sighed. "It's not the night I had planned." He pressed another kiss on her temple. "But I know about a thousand worse ways of spending the night." /p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"She chuckled and snuggled back in. "Me too."/p
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p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Okay Colonel, report." Jack said, entering the command centre./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""We're out of hyperspace, sir. We're using the planet's moon to avoid detection. When he arrives, he won't detect us, but we'll detect him."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Nice going." He smiled. It wasn't long before they were prepping to transport to the Al'kesh. Sam had looked into the status of the Al'kesh before it was taken and discovered not all the sensors were repaired. They were beaming onto the ship to an area that had suspect sensors so their arrival would not be immediately detected./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Information gathering only." Sam reminded them. "We'll be beamed not far from a console where we can download data to help us figure out which Goa'uld we're dealing with and then straight back out."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""What about Maria?" Mac asked./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""We need to gather the intelligence first so we can make this a clean rescue, Mac. We can't go in to get her blind." Sam told him. "We'll come up with a plan and then mount a rescue."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Well, what if this Goa'uld catches on?" He asked, stopping before he can finish his question. 'Before we have the chance to rescue Maria' he said to himself./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""That's why we need to be fast." Jack told him. Jack looked into his cousin's eyes for a minute before Mac nodded. Mac knew his cousin would do all he can to save Maria. That's all he could ask of him. Jack turned to look at his old team. "Are we ready to go?" /p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"She smiled as he kissed her lightly around her face, hoping it would be enough to distract her from the fact he was taking the tablet out of her hand. "Sir," she blushed, feeling him step closer to her. "Sir-" she tried again, her voice trembling as her mind was trying to discourage him but her heart and body clearly disagreeing. "Jack." She whispered as his arms came around her. "We agreed, not at work."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""We agreed, not at the SGC." He murmured in her ear, before he kissed it in just the right place that he knew he had to tighten his grip on her as her knees shook beneath her./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Technicality." She said breathlessly. "And you know it."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Hey, I play within the rules." He grinned, kissing round her jaw./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Hardly." Sam snorted./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Hey, I was just checking my best Colonel was resting like I told her to."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""You know I can't rest when I could be doing calculations for…" she started but was soon stopped by his lips, her approval in muffles barely registered. "Jack, come on, we're on a mission."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Tell me you've never fantasized about…?" He asked her, not finishing his sentence, too busy kissing her then he added "Tell me to stop and I will." He whispered before his eyes locked onto hers./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Oh is this your good deed for the day?" She asked him, trying to keep her equilibrium./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""What are you talking about?" He asked her confused./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Always being so good, must have been something you learned in the boy scouts." She teased him./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"He looked at her amazed for a moment wondering how she could know./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"She kissed round his jaw line a wicked smile spread across her lips "Tell me you wore the cute shorts." She teased him. "The shirt-oh the cravat!" She continued, loving the idea of Jack in a cravat, "Tell me there was a cravat!"/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Damn it, Bub!" He cursed his cousin./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Awww" She giggled. "It's okay Jack." She assured him./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""It is?" He questioned her./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""I always did love a man in uniform!" She exclaimed, her teeth biting the corner of her bottom lip as she looked up at him innocently, before she enthusiastically surrendered, the tablet slipping out of her hand. He hummed his approval at her dropping the tablet while he felt her fingers scrape gently along his neck, then his hairline./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""I might still have all the badges and medals somewhere." He gasped as her other hand dipping down his back and under the hem of his trousers and she sounded a giggly "Mmmm."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"A pleasured hiss left his mouth, while Sam grinned in victory her lips locked with his again before there was another ring of her door. They both stopped still, their lips not leaving the others as they opened their eyes and looked at each other. They mutually pulled back while Sam caught her breath and Jack readjusted himself. Sam picked up the tablet and she went to the door opening it to find Mac standing there. /p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Hey Mac," she smiled, waving him in. "Great minds think alike." She told him as his eyes met with Jack./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Fools seldom differ." Jack countered./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""What are you doing here?" Mac asked Jack./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""I knew Carter would try and sneak some work in. I came to make sure she was resting." /p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""How-attentive." Mac said with a strange look to his cousin. /p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""What about you?" Jack asked him./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""I ummm… I can't-" he shook his head and looked down. "I stopped by your quarters first and…" He fell silent. Sam took pity and wrapped him into a hug. "I don't think I'm going to sleep."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Sam looked over Mac's shoulder to the pitiful sad expression on Jack's face before he sighed. He walked over and placed a hand on Mac's shoulder and offered quietly, "How about we get really awful food from the commissary and then sit and watch some awful movie in the ship's database?"/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Mac looked between them. "Is that okay?"/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Sam smiled sweetly. "Sure." Sam said, picking up a jacket. "Oh, we should invite Teal'c and Daniel. Teal'c knew we'd be leaving orbit, so I bet he picked up some snacks at the SGC!" Sam smiled./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Great." Mac perked a little./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Great." Jack tried his best to look happy as his intended tryst with Sam was interrupted but he knew Mac needed his support./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Great." Sam echoed./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"They stood silently for a moment before Jack volunteered, "I'll go get the guys." Where he left swiftly./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Mac looked confused at the door and asked her. "Did I interrupt something here?"/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Sam said, trying to sound casual. "No, not at all, he was checking to see I was resting. He's an attentive boss." Sam smiled. /p
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p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Five hours later Daniel was dangling off a chair, fast asleep. Teal'c was Kelno'reeming in the corner, while Sam sat between the two cousins on the sofa, one had fallen asleep as his head rested on her knee, while her hand had soothed him through his hair; the other had his arm around her, her head rested on his shoulder and his head leaning against her hair, relishing the scent of her shampoo./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Is he asleep?" Jack whispered to her. /p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Uneasily but yah, he is." Sam confirmed. /p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Lucky man." Jack grunted nuzzling in./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""As close as another man will get to sleeping with me." She told him, looking up at him. "He's torn up about this."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Yah." Jack admitted./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Who is she to him? I mean past girlfriend seems inaccurate." Sam asked./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Jack didn't answer her for a moment. "Been seeing her on and off again for fifteen years." Jack said quietly./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Sam looked up shocked before she asked. "His commitment issues?"/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Jack shrugged. "Who knows really. He wouldn't actually talk to her about it. Every time he just chickens out."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""But they've been an item for fifteen years. I mean that's a commitment in itself."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""He doesn't see it like that." Jack told her. "It's as if he can't see himself settling down. You know the house, kids, white picket fence-"/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Who says that's what she wants?" Sam asked him. "She's waited around for fifteen years-"/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""I know. I know all this." Jack defended. "A little too recently too."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"Sam looked at him and kissed into his hair. "Jack, I- I do want a family, but I went looking because I didn't think this thing between us was ever going to happen. It seemed like we were impossible. Thing was I started questioning all those things, a family, marriage, all of it, because I realized I didn't want those things with Pete." She admitted then caught his eye. "I wanted them with you." She continued quickly, her words coming in a rush as if she needed to get the words out. "I went searching for my ideals away from my own life, when I should have known-" she sighed and with her spare hand, she reached out and gently turned his face to face hers before she caught his lips and kissed him gently. "-it was you. It was always going to have to be you. No one else. Those things would have been meaningless, without sharing them with you." She whispered./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"He kissed her gently on the forehead before he solemnly told her. "Right back at ya." He looked around and sighed. "It's not the night I had planned." He pressed another kiss on her temple. "But I know about a thousand worse ways of spending the night." /p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"She chuckled and snuggled back in. "Me too."/p
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p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Okay Colonel, report." Jack said, entering the command centre./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""We're out of hyperspace, sir. We're using the planet's moon to avoid detection. When he arrives, he won't detect us, but we'll detect him."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Nice going." He smiled. It wasn't long before they were prepping to transport to the Al'kesh. Sam had looked into the status of the Al'kesh before it was taken and discovered not all the sensors were repaired. They were beaming onto the ship to an area that had suspect sensors so their arrival would not be immediately detected./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Information gathering only." Sam reminded them. "We'll be beamed not far from a console where we can download data to help us figure out which Goa'uld we're dealing with and then straight back out."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""What about Maria?" Mac asked./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""We need to gather the intelligence first so we can make this a clean rescue, Mac. We can't go in to get her blind." Sam told him. "We'll come up with a plan and then mount a rescue."/p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""Well, what if this Goa'uld catches on?" He asked, stopping before he can finish his question. 'Before we have the chance to rescue Maria' he said to himself./p
p style="font-family: 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;""That's why we need to be fast." Jack told him. Jack looked into his cousin's eyes for a minute before Mac nodded. Mac knew his cousin would do all he can to save Maria. That's all he could ask of him. Jack turned to look at his old team. "Are we ready to go?" /p