Jack was waiting at the main entrance to the moutain with Lara and Janet when Sam arrived, She gave a quick smile in his direction, thanking him for the cab money.
"Sam where's your car?"
Janet questioned. Sam gave a quick look over to Jack before answering.
"I thought I'd take a cab instead of leaving my car here at the SGC."
Sam said matter-o-factly.
"Fair enough."
"Where's Teal'c and Daniel."
Sam asks no one in particular.
"Last minute flight plans."
Jack adds.
"Oh."
They smile at each other, the warmness and closeness not going unnoticed by Lara or Janet, they both look at each other and raise an eyebrow, then look back to the blushing Sam and the grinning 'Cheshire cat' Colonel shrugging.
Just at that point Teal'c stoically wanders up from the car park, followed by one weighed down Daniel Jackson, Janet rushes to his aide. Jack, Lara and Sam all look very amused, especially when the petite Doctor Fraiser lifts the pack with ease.
"General Hammond said a chopper will arrive soon to collect us."
Daniel said brushing his shoulders and catching his breath.
"Good, good."
Jack said.
"So Lara ... this thing …"
"Crystal skull."
"Yeah that … who else do we have to look out for."
"Not sure I follow?"
"Well, I think what the Colonel means is, you said other people where after what you were searching for?"
"Yes."
"So we need to know the other people, incase we happen to come across them along the trail to the temple."
"Oh I see, for you security thing."
"Yes … that thing."
"Ok well … "
She started.
"Go on."
"There's Larson, he works for one of my arch enemies ..."
"'Arch' eh ... Never knew archeology could be so … competitive."
Jack shoved his hands in his pockets getting frowns from both Daniel and Lara.
"Ahem, who is? Would be?"
Jack asked trying to draw attention away from himself.
"He would be Pierre."
"French?"
"Very much so."
"So this guy … Larson, he French too?"
"No, he is infact ... well lets just say he's from the Blue Mountains."
Daniel and Janet frowned, Jack lips curled up into a grin as did Sam's … Teal'c as usual remained his placid self.
"Um."
Daniel was about to question.
"Hillbilly Daniel, just your run of the mill, rootin', tootin', shootin' hillbilly."
"And that pretty much sums up Larson."
"Oh."
Daniel commented, not sure to what to think … this Larson was either gonna be a rough and tough, no nonsense gun slinger or he was gonna be an ill educated, slack jawed, gun holder who practiced shooting cans in the backyard with his fathers rifle. Either way Daniel wasn't too happy that this guy possessed a gun.
"And Pierre?"
Janet asked as the helicopter landed in their wake.
"Well he's unpredictable, but not really anything to worry about."
Lara said, slinging her backpack over her shoulder and walking confidently to the chopper. Jack and Daniel shrugged at the ladies frowns when they saw Jack and Daniel starring, for lack of a better word at Lara's behind.
"What?"
They both said, innocently.
"Come on."
Janet said pulling Daniel by the sleeve. Sam folded her arms and waited for Jack to get the hint, as he watched Daniel being pulled away by Janet, he smirked. Sam blinked.
"What are you laughing at?"
Seeing that Sam was being serious ... well at least her eyes were, her smile said otherwise.
"Err, um, nothing."
Jack said hurriedly as he quickly got a move on, literally jogging to the chopper. Sam unfolded her arms and sighed, shaking her head smiling. As the smile spread she hung her head to clam herself down, then looked back to the mountain, shielding her eyes from the rising sun that hung over the apex of Cheyenne Mountain.
"Come on Major."
Jack shouted to her holding the chopper door open, ducking under the fast spinning router blades of the helicopter. She spun on her heals, picked up her ruck sack , sighing once more as she looked back to the under ground facility where she had worked for 5 years. Pulling her pack onto her shoulders, she ran towards Jack, ducking before she was under the blades.
"You ok?"
Jack asked, taking her pack from her, helping her up onto the platform.
"I'm fine."
"Good stuff."
Jack slung her bag on top of the others in the back.
"Um guys, where's the driver going?"
Daniel questioned, with his usual worried, panicked tone.
"Pilot."
Lara corrected as she clambered into the control seat, buckling her seat belt.
"Don't know about you, but I've had bad experiences with provided pilots."
Jack smiled at Sam then sat next to Lara in the front.
"So I take it you know where you're going?"
Jack asked, spinning round in his seat trying to find the seat belt.
"No, I was hoping you could help me with that one."
She said with a grin spreading across her face. Jack stopped.
"Oh … yeah, sure."
"Good, everyone ok in the back?"
She asked.
"Yeah we're fine."
Chorused the two women.
"Well."
"What is wrong Daniel Jackson?"
Teal'c, or the 'big man' as Lara had taken to calling him questioned the puzzled Doctor, who was looking out of the window as they were taking off.
"You don't need to worry Doctor, I've flown one of these things before … and only crashed once"
"Oh well that's reassuring … thank you."
Daniel wasn't convinced. Lara turned and whispered to Jack.
"Well when I say 'once of these things' I mean 'one' of these things … but don't let that worry you."
Jack slowly nodded his head.
"Carter."
"Sir?"
Jack turned around in his chair to talk to Sam who had her back to his chair, he whispered.
"Just to check, but you do know how to fly this thing don't you?"
Sam felt Jack breathe on her neck, she shivered.
"Yes, sir?"
She questioned, not having heard the entire conversation unlike Janet who was happily giggling to herself as she sat opposite Sam.
"That's good, just do me a favor and … stay alert."
Jack told Sam who still didn't understand, patting her reassuringly on the shoulder, turning back to Lara who had been watching him out of the corner of her eye, he smiled at her.
"Hey, how you doing?"
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TBC WHAT DID U THINK?
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"Sam where's your car?"
Janet questioned. Sam gave a quick look over to Jack before answering.
"I thought I'd take a cab instead of leaving my car here at the SGC."
Sam said matter-o-factly.
"Fair enough."
"Where's Teal'c and Daniel."
Sam asks no one in particular.
"Last minute flight plans."
Jack adds.
"Oh."
They smile at each other, the warmness and closeness not going unnoticed by Lara or Janet, they both look at each other and raise an eyebrow, then look back to the blushing Sam and the grinning 'Cheshire cat' Colonel shrugging.
Just at that point Teal'c stoically wanders up from the car park, followed by one weighed down Daniel Jackson, Janet rushes to his aide. Jack, Lara and Sam all look very amused, especially when the petite Doctor Fraiser lifts the pack with ease.
"General Hammond said a chopper will arrive soon to collect us."
Daniel said brushing his shoulders and catching his breath.
"Good, good."
Jack said.
"So Lara ... this thing …"
"Crystal skull."
"Yeah that … who else do we have to look out for."
"Not sure I follow?"
"Well, I think what the Colonel means is, you said other people where after what you were searching for?"
"Yes."
"So we need to know the other people, incase we happen to come across them along the trail to the temple."
"Oh I see, for you security thing."
"Yes … that thing."
"Ok well … "
She started.
"Go on."
"There's Larson, he works for one of my arch enemies ..."
"'Arch' eh ... Never knew archeology could be so … competitive."
Jack shoved his hands in his pockets getting frowns from both Daniel and Lara.
"Ahem, who is? Would be?"
Jack asked trying to draw attention away from himself.
"He would be Pierre."
"French?"
"Very much so."
"So this guy … Larson, he French too?"
"No, he is infact ... well lets just say he's from the Blue Mountains."
Daniel and Janet frowned, Jack lips curled up into a grin as did Sam's … Teal'c as usual remained his placid self.
"Um."
Daniel was about to question.
"Hillbilly Daniel, just your run of the mill, rootin', tootin', shootin' hillbilly."
"And that pretty much sums up Larson."
"Oh."
Daniel commented, not sure to what to think … this Larson was either gonna be a rough and tough, no nonsense gun slinger or he was gonna be an ill educated, slack jawed, gun holder who practiced shooting cans in the backyard with his fathers rifle. Either way Daniel wasn't too happy that this guy possessed a gun.
"And Pierre?"
Janet asked as the helicopter landed in their wake.
"Well he's unpredictable, but not really anything to worry about."
Lara said, slinging her backpack over her shoulder and walking confidently to the chopper. Jack and Daniel shrugged at the ladies frowns when they saw Jack and Daniel starring, for lack of a better word at Lara's behind.
"What?"
They both said, innocently.
"Come on."
Janet said pulling Daniel by the sleeve. Sam folded her arms and waited for Jack to get the hint, as he watched Daniel being pulled away by Janet, he smirked. Sam blinked.
"What are you laughing at?"
Seeing that Sam was being serious ... well at least her eyes were, her smile said otherwise.
"Err, um, nothing."
Jack said hurriedly as he quickly got a move on, literally jogging to the chopper. Sam unfolded her arms and sighed, shaking her head smiling. As the smile spread she hung her head to clam herself down, then looked back to the mountain, shielding her eyes from the rising sun that hung over the apex of Cheyenne Mountain.
"Come on Major."
Jack shouted to her holding the chopper door open, ducking under the fast spinning router blades of the helicopter. She spun on her heals, picked up her ruck sack , sighing once more as she looked back to the under ground facility where she had worked for 5 years. Pulling her pack onto her shoulders, she ran towards Jack, ducking before she was under the blades.
"You ok?"
Jack asked, taking her pack from her, helping her up onto the platform.
"I'm fine."
"Good stuff."
Jack slung her bag on top of the others in the back.
"Um guys, where's the driver going?"
Daniel questioned, with his usual worried, panicked tone.
"Pilot."
Lara corrected as she clambered into the control seat, buckling her seat belt.
"Don't know about you, but I've had bad experiences with provided pilots."
Jack smiled at Sam then sat next to Lara in the front.
"So I take it you know where you're going?"
Jack asked, spinning round in his seat trying to find the seat belt.
"No, I was hoping you could help me with that one."
She said with a grin spreading across her face. Jack stopped.
"Oh … yeah, sure."
"Good, everyone ok in the back?"
She asked.
"Yeah we're fine."
Chorused the two women.
"Well."
"What is wrong Daniel Jackson?"
Teal'c, or the 'big man' as Lara had taken to calling him questioned the puzzled Doctor, who was looking out of the window as they were taking off.
"You don't need to worry Doctor, I've flown one of these things before … and only crashed once"
"Oh well that's reassuring … thank you."
Daniel wasn't convinced. Lara turned and whispered to Jack.
"Well when I say 'once of these things' I mean 'one' of these things … but don't let that worry you."
Jack slowly nodded his head.
"Carter."
"Sir?"
Jack turned around in his chair to talk to Sam who had her back to his chair, he whispered.
"Just to check, but you do know how to fly this thing don't you?"
Sam felt Jack breathe on her neck, she shivered.
"Yes, sir?"
She questioned, not having heard the entire conversation unlike Janet who was happily giggling to herself as she sat opposite Sam.
"That's good, just do me a favor and … stay alert."
Jack told Sam who still didn't understand, patting her reassuringly on the shoulder, turning back to Lara who had been watching him out of the corner of her eye, he smiled at her.
"Hey, how you doing?"
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TBC WHAT DID U THINK?
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