Brower:
"It's never that easy, especially where SG-1 is concerned." Brower said, incredulous that Nichols could be so naïve, and was starting to get on Brower's nerves. Nichols had spent the last hour talking about what could have possibly happened to the missing members of SG-1 and had concluded that they had probably run into whatever it was that killed the Goa'ould and were now dead.
"I'll bet anything that they are still alive and are a darn site closer to finding something than we are,." volunteered Brower.
"How do you figure that sir?"
"SG-1 has a way of stumbling into every conceivable bad situation, and then finding a way of escaping from it, every time," explained Brower to the puzzled Nichols.
In an attempt to defend his theory Nichols retorted, "From what I can tell, Carter is probably the dumbest blond I have ever seen. O'Neill is stupid for keeping her just to keep screwing her. As for Teal'c, Jonas, what a waste of time; putting aliens-" He was cut short as Brower grabbed his jacket and nearly threw him to the ground.
"STOP! Nichols you really have NO CLUE DO YOU?!" exclaimed Brower.
Nichols starred at him with alternating between confusion and fear. Brower pushed him away lightly and continued speaking.
"Major Carter, is one of the most intelligent women in the airforce, she is an incredible soldier and an amazing scientist, her profile says it all." He shot Nichols a daring glance.'I just can't believe she'd do something as stupid as sleep with her CO. It is not like her.' Brower mused to himself, clearly at a loss to explain Carter's unusual behavior. "How does that fit into your theory Nichols?"
"I didn't read her profile sir. "
"Damn it Nichols, . . . did you read any of them?"
"No."
"Or the mission reports"
" . . . No sir."
Brower took a moment to calm down from wanting to kill the 'snot nosed little punk' standing in front of him. He was reconsidering taking some physical action against him, whatever the cost back on Earth.
"Nichols, you are the biggest waste of manpower it has ever been my misfortune to be assigned with. You are to go back to the Stargate and sit there. You will do NOTHING else. Understand me Nichols?"
"Yes, sir," answered Nichols before turning tail and running. Brower watched him go with a sigh. It was stupid to underestimate any member of SG-1, and even dumber to assume that they were dead unless you had the body in your hands. Even then you had better make sure it was the right one. At that moment, the Captain would have liked nothing more than to tell Kinsey that the major thorn in his side was out of commission. 'I'd loved reading that the secondary objective of out mission was to nullify SG-1 by any means possible. But now thanks to Carter's 'indiscretion' that would not be an issue.' Brower thought, reflecting on the events of what seemed like days ago already. This was turning into a long trip. 'If I hadn't seen that scene between them I never would have believed it.' That kiss… that had been the convincing factor for the Captain. Before that it had seemed like just a staged argument, but people didn't kiss like that unless they had some serious emotions behind it.
"Senator Kinsey." Brower said to himself. "You will be happy to know that I can confirm the rumors of a relationship between the 2 ranking officers of SG-1."
From the look that he'd given her he was really angry that she had told Hammond but it also had a deeper look behind it, he still loves her and will most likely forgive her.
"Don't you worry your pretty little head Sammy; Big Daddy Jack will certainly have you moaning like a cat in heat the minute he calms down," murmured Brower to himself. He couldn't help but laugh to himself. 'Well, back to work. I'm certain that the pillars hold the key to whatever made Carter and Teal'c disappear, so I'll just start there. Gotta love plasma torches.'
Conway:
I had been teasing Pinocchio for the last hour, but he had clammed up after about 45 minutes after his third and final attempt at contacting Carter. So I left him alone with his wall tinkering to go see what nformation Mallory had brought back.
"Mallory."
"Major, you won't believe what I've found."
I motioned Mallory a little farther away from where Quinn was crouching and looking fascinated by the surface of the stone.
"Tell me. "
"Well, there do seem to be traces of Naquadria in the soil, but check this out. Sir… this is the highest concentration of Naquada that has ever been reported, by anyone. I don't understand it. It's all in one location, like it was all taken out of the soil and put into some sort of repository. There is a building surrounding it, I looked but I couldn't find a way in."
"Kinda like the Fort Knox of Naquadria," ventured Conway.
"Yes sir, but look at these energy readings, this whole planet has a low-level energy field practically wrapped around it sir. The readings are highest at the building."
"Which means that that is the power source."
"That was my guess," answered Mallory.
I considered the possibilities, a Naquadria based power source. From the mineral reports that kind of power source would last for centuries, if not millennia. The trouble was getting at it. Well if Mallory couldn't, maybe Pinocchio could.
"Jonas we may have a clue to finding the Colonel, get your things… it's a long walk."
" But I think I may be on to something here, these rock grouping would seem at first to be walls but with closer inspection--" started Jonas.
"Zip it, Mr. Quinn, " ordered Conway.
"But Major ."
"I understand how you feel Jonas but I think we'll have a better chance of finding Colonel O'Neill if we check out what Mallory has found." He opened his mouth as if to say something, gave a questioning look and then gratefully turned toward his pack. I was not in the mood for an SG-1's 'Never leave a man behind' crap right now.
"Okay, let's move out."
Jonas:
This is what Jack would lovingly refer to as BULL SHIT!! I was just beginning to make real headway on what had caused Jack to disappear and this JERK thinks his precious soil samples are more important. This would never happen with Carter and Teal'c. Carter wouldn't stop until she found him. 'How could they have hidden a relationship from me?' he mused. Teal'c would have torn this place apart looking for O'Neill. But then he had threatened him with his staff weapon when he had slapped Carter. Why would he slap her like that… or kiss her like that if they didn't have a thing for each other?. But no, I would have noticed if they had, there would have been looks…
'there were looks,'
and glances…
'there were glances'
and 'accidental' touches…
'I could name a few.'
But the wall here was built to conceal sensors and equipment of some kind.
' Jack was checking her out in the briefing last week.'
All he'd been able to find was the access ports and those strange round rings.
'I wonder if they ever did it on base?'
Which from the looks of it is made, with Naquadria.
' I wonder what Sam looks like naked.'
I shook my head, wondering where the random thoughts had come from, glad that I was used to having two streams of thought going at once. I hurried to catch up to Conway and Mallory.
****
Meanwhile in a nearby lab, Hi'ka was cursing to herself about a certain 'Pinocchio' not being very susceptible to telepathic suggestion.
"It's never that easy, especially where SG-1 is concerned." Brower said, incredulous that Nichols could be so naïve, and was starting to get on Brower's nerves. Nichols had spent the last hour talking about what could have possibly happened to the missing members of SG-1 and had concluded that they had probably run into whatever it was that killed the Goa'ould and were now dead.
"I'll bet anything that they are still alive and are a darn site closer to finding something than we are,." volunteered Brower.
"How do you figure that sir?"
"SG-1 has a way of stumbling into every conceivable bad situation, and then finding a way of escaping from it, every time," explained Brower to the puzzled Nichols.
In an attempt to defend his theory Nichols retorted, "From what I can tell, Carter is probably the dumbest blond I have ever seen. O'Neill is stupid for keeping her just to keep screwing her. As for Teal'c, Jonas, what a waste of time; putting aliens-" He was cut short as Brower grabbed his jacket and nearly threw him to the ground.
"STOP! Nichols you really have NO CLUE DO YOU?!" exclaimed Brower.
Nichols starred at him with alternating between confusion and fear. Brower pushed him away lightly and continued speaking.
"Major Carter, is one of the most intelligent women in the airforce, she is an incredible soldier and an amazing scientist, her profile says it all." He shot Nichols a daring glance.'I just can't believe she'd do something as stupid as sleep with her CO. It is not like her.' Brower mused to himself, clearly at a loss to explain Carter's unusual behavior. "How does that fit into your theory Nichols?"
"I didn't read her profile sir. "
"Damn it Nichols, . . . did you read any of them?"
"No."
"Or the mission reports"
" . . . No sir."
Brower took a moment to calm down from wanting to kill the 'snot nosed little punk' standing in front of him. He was reconsidering taking some physical action against him, whatever the cost back on Earth.
"Nichols, you are the biggest waste of manpower it has ever been my misfortune to be assigned with. You are to go back to the Stargate and sit there. You will do NOTHING else. Understand me Nichols?"
"Yes, sir," answered Nichols before turning tail and running. Brower watched him go with a sigh. It was stupid to underestimate any member of SG-1, and even dumber to assume that they were dead unless you had the body in your hands. Even then you had better make sure it was the right one. At that moment, the Captain would have liked nothing more than to tell Kinsey that the major thorn in his side was out of commission. 'I'd loved reading that the secondary objective of out mission was to nullify SG-1 by any means possible. But now thanks to Carter's 'indiscretion' that would not be an issue.' Brower thought, reflecting on the events of what seemed like days ago already. This was turning into a long trip. 'If I hadn't seen that scene between them I never would have believed it.' That kiss… that had been the convincing factor for the Captain. Before that it had seemed like just a staged argument, but people didn't kiss like that unless they had some serious emotions behind it.
"Senator Kinsey." Brower said to himself. "You will be happy to know that I can confirm the rumors of a relationship between the 2 ranking officers of SG-1."
From the look that he'd given her he was really angry that she had told Hammond but it also had a deeper look behind it, he still loves her and will most likely forgive her.
"Don't you worry your pretty little head Sammy; Big Daddy Jack will certainly have you moaning like a cat in heat the minute he calms down," murmured Brower to himself. He couldn't help but laugh to himself. 'Well, back to work. I'm certain that the pillars hold the key to whatever made Carter and Teal'c disappear, so I'll just start there. Gotta love plasma torches.'
Conway:
I had been teasing Pinocchio for the last hour, but he had clammed up after about 45 minutes after his third and final attempt at contacting Carter. So I left him alone with his wall tinkering to go see what nformation Mallory had brought back.
"Mallory."
"Major, you won't believe what I've found."
I motioned Mallory a little farther away from where Quinn was crouching and looking fascinated by the surface of the stone.
"Tell me. "
"Well, there do seem to be traces of Naquadria in the soil, but check this out. Sir… this is the highest concentration of Naquada that has ever been reported, by anyone. I don't understand it. It's all in one location, like it was all taken out of the soil and put into some sort of repository. There is a building surrounding it, I looked but I couldn't find a way in."
"Kinda like the Fort Knox of Naquadria," ventured Conway.
"Yes sir, but look at these energy readings, this whole planet has a low-level energy field practically wrapped around it sir. The readings are highest at the building."
"Which means that that is the power source."
"That was my guess," answered Mallory.
I considered the possibilities, a Naquadria based power source. From the mineral reports that kind of power source would last for centuries, if not millennia. The trouble was getting at it. Well if Mallory couldn't, maybe Pinocchio could.
"Jonas we may have a clue to finding the Colonel, get your things… it's a long walk."
" But I think I may be on to something here, these rock grouping would seem at first to be walls but with closer inspection--" started Jonas.
"Zip it, Mr. Quinn, " ordered Conway.
"But Major ."
"I understand how you feel Jonas but I think we'll have a better chance of finding Colonel O'Neill if we check out what Mallory has found." He opened his mouth as if to say something, gave a questioning look and then gratefully turned toward his pack. I was not in the mood for an SG-1's 'Never leave a man behind' crap right now.
"Okay, let's move out."
Jonas:
This is what Jack would lovingly refer to as BULL SHIT!! I was just beginning to make real headway on what had caused Jack to disappear and this JERK thinks his precious soil samples are more important. This would never happen with Carter and Teal'c. Carter wouldn't stop until she found him. 'How could they have hidden a relationship from me?' he mused. Teal'c would have torn this place apart looking for O'Neill. But then he had threatened him with his staff weapon when he had slapped Carter. Why would he slap her like that… or kiss her like that if they didn't have a thing for each other?. But no, I would have noticed if they had, there would have been looks…
'there were looks,'
and glances…
'there were glances'
and 'accidental' touches…
'I could name a few.'
But the wall here was built to conceal sensors and equipment of some kind.
' Jack was checking her out in the briefing last week.'
All he'd been able to find was the access ports and those strange round rings.
'I wonder if they ever did it on base?'
Which from the looks of it is made, with Naquadria.
' I wonder what Sam looks like naked.'
I shook my head, wondering where the random thoughts had come from, glad that I was used to having two streams of thought going at once. I hurried to catch up to Conway and Mallory.
****
Meanwhile in a nearby lab, Hi'ka was cursing to herself about a certain 'Pinocchio' not being very susceptible to telepathic suggestion.