Chapter 6
Cheyenne Mountain
"So, what are we going to do now?" Chrislyn asked.
"Firstly, we're going to go change back into our uniform," Chrislyn let out a groan. "and then, considering it's lunch time, I was thinking of grabbing something to eat in the commissary," Jack replied.
"Do we have to change back into those horrible green things?" Chrislyn asked in a whiny voice.
Riley looked over at Chrislyn and rolled her eyes.
"Yes, we do," was Jack's answer.
"And once we're done eating, we have a meeting with the general in the briefing room at 1400 hours," Sam added.
Chrislyn shot a look at Riley as she whispered. "Translation?"
Riley smiled. "Two o'clock."
"I don't see why you military types can't just say that. You have to complicate everything!" she exclaimed with a frown.
"Where would be the fun if everything was easy?" Riley asked.
"I swear Riley, you really are impossible!"
Letting out an exasperated sigh, Jack shot a look at Sam and Teal'c that they both easily read as 'These two are going to drive me insane!'
Sam immediately intervened before the colonel had the chance to kill the two girls and said, "Ok ladies, why don't we head to the locker room and change?"
Chrislyn let out another groan.
Sam then turned to Jack. "Sir, if you'll excuse us, we'll meet you in the commissary in fifteen minutes."
Jack gave Sam a grateful look before nodding. "Alright, we'll see you there." Then he turned to Teal'c, saying, "Come T."
Teal' nodded and then followed Jack down the hallway while the three women headed to the locker room.
Locker Room
After she had finished lacing up her boots, Sam stood up straight and looked over at the two girls that were bickering about military life verses civilian life…again.
"Well, civilians have more freedom!" Chrislyn snapped.
"You have tons of freedom when you're in the military plus you get the added benefits of having a highly structured and productive life!!" Riley shot back.
"You sound like an advertisement for the military!"
Sam watched the two girls in amusement. Just as Riley was about to open her mouth to reply to Chrislyn's last comment, she butted it, saying, "Ladies! That's enough."
Riley and Chrislyn immediately shut their mouths.
"Now, I have to go to my lab to pick up a file for the briefing, but you two can head down to the commissary without me. You know the way, right?" she asked.
Both of the young women nodded.
"Yes Ma'am," Riley replied.
"Good. I'll see you there in a few minutes," Sam said as she walked out of the locker room.
Riley pulled on her uniform jacket. "Are you ready to go?" she asked.
After glancing down at her uniform and letting out one last moan, Chrislyn looked back up at Riley and nodded.
With that, the two young women headed out of the locker room.
Commissary
"Yeah, I totally agree that Brennan and Shalimar make the best couple on Mutant X," Chrislyn said as she and Riley walked into the commissary.
They both looked around to see that Sam, Jack, and Teal'c weren't even there yet. In fact, there were only about four people in the whole commissary not counting the cooks.
"I think we've got this 'being on time' thing down," Chrislyn commented with a smile.
Just then, two men walked up to them. One was about 6'2" with dark brown hair and brown eyes while the other one was about 5'11" with blonde hair and crystal blue eyes. They were both members of SG-14 according to the patches on their jackets.
"So, you two are the new recruits, huh?" the one with brown hair asked as he fought the urge to laugh.
"Yes, we are. Do you have a problem with that?" Riley asked as she glared at the man.
The other man took that chance to answer. "Other than the fact that you both look like you're about fifteen?"
"I assure you that we're both very qualified to be here despite how we may appear," Riley replied in a calm tone.
The men looked at each other and then laughed.
"Well, that's not what we heard," the blonde one said.
"Yeah, we heard that the only reason you're here is because you father got you in. I guess it's always a plus to be a general's daughter," the one with brown hair added.
Riley scowled at the two men, but still managed to keep herself calm.
Chrislyn, on the other hand, wasn't quite as restrained as Riley. "Why don't you just shut your mouth, you jerk," she snapped. "I'll have you know that Riley did all the work to get here. Her father had nothing to do with it!"
"Oh, is that so?" the brunette said sarcastically. "And what about you? Did your mommy and daddy get you in here?"
Chrislyn immediately stepped extremely close to the man and got right into his face. "Shut your big mouth before I shut it for you," she growled.
The brunette looked at his blonde partner and laughed. Then he glared back down at Chrislyn and in a very menacing tone, asked, "What are you going to do if I don't?"
"Wouldn't you like to know?" she snarled in return.
The brunette let out a low growl before he pushed Chrislyn away from him, straight into Riley.
Riley caught Chrislyn before she fell. Then once she was sure her friend was ok, she stormed up to the brunette on got right into his face like Chrislyn had been. "Don't touch her," she growled.
The brunette looked back over at his friend and grinned.
"Why the hell do you keep looking at him? Is you buddy there holding your balls for you or are you just not capable of making your own decisions?" Riley asked.
The brunette glared down at her. "You want balls?" he asked coldly. "I'll show you balls." With that, he grabbed Riley behind her head and planted a rough kiss on her lips.
Riley immediately pulled back and then swiftly landed a hard right hook to the brunette's nose. The man went flying backwards into a table. Cursing, he laid on the ground grasping his nose in pain.
The blonde looked from his friend to Riley. Then with a growl, he charged the young woman.
Riley easily blocked most of his attacks and landed quite a few of her own.
The blonde man was getting very annoyed with his inability to land any punches on Riley so without warning, he threw himself into the young woman, knocking the both to the floor. He punched her once in the face and just as he was about to continue beating the crap out of Riley, someone pulled him off of her. Then someone else pulled Riley to her feet and held her back by the arms so she couldn't go after the blonde man.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!!!" It was Colonel O'Neill.
Riley noticed that Teal'c was holding the blonde by him arms while Sam was holding her back.
The brunette was just standing there holding onto his bleeding nose.
"She punched me!" the brunette exclaimed.
"After he kissed me!!" Riley shot back.
"WHAT?! Why the hell did you kiss her, Lieutenant?!" Jack yelled.
The man opened his mouth to reply, but stopped when Jack waved him off.
"You know what, belay that. I don't wanna know. You're going to explain everything to the general instead," he said before he turned to Sam. "Carter, take Captain Fox and Dr. Star to their room. Don't let them leave until I send someone to get them."
Sam nodded. "Yes sir," she replied as she led Riley and Chrislyn out of the commissary.
Riley and Chrislyn's Room
Walking into the room, Sam immediately made Riley sit down on the couch while Chrislyn got some ice from the small refrigerator. Taking the ice from Chrislyn, Sam put her hand underneath Riley's chin and lifted her head slightly so that she could get a better look at the bruise that was forming on the girl's left cheekbone. Letting out a sigh, she gently placed the ice against Riley's face, saying, "Hold it there. It will help the swelling stay down until you go see Dr. Frasier."
Riley did as she was told.
Then Sam stood up straight at looked down at her. "So, are you going to tell me what the heck you were thinking?"
"Permission to speak freely?" Riley asked.
Sam nodded. "Go ahead."
"I was thinking that both those arrogant bastards needed to have their asses kicked," she replied. She normally wouldn't ever talk like that like, but she was still fuming from the fight.
Sam had to fight a smile that was starting to form on her lips. "Fair enough, but why?"
Riley opened her mouth to reply, but Chrislyn interrupted her. She knew that her friend was still pissed and she didn't want her to get into anymore trouble than she was already in. "Why don't you let me explain?"
Both Sam and Riley nodded.
"Well, this is what happened," Chrislyn began. After she had told the whole story, Sam realized why Riley had done what she did. In fact, she might have done the same thing if she had been in that situation.
Just then, there was a knock on the door and Teal'c walked in. "General Hammond and Colonel O'Neill are requesting your presence."
"Thank you, Teal'c. We'll be right there," Sam replied.
Teal'c nodded and left the room.
Sam looked at Riley and Chrislyn. "Alright, it's time for you two to go face the music."
Both girls looked a little less that enthusiastic about facing the general.
"Come on," Sam said as she and the girls headed out of the room.
General Hammond's Office
"Captain Fox, Lieutenant Brinsfield, will one of you please tell me WHAT THE HELL YOU WERE DOING?!!" General Hammond yelled.
With the brunette in the infirmary, Riley, Chrislyn, and the blonde man whose name was Lieutenant Brinsfield, were the only three people in the general's office besides the general himself. General Hammond had told the members of SG-1 that he'd deal with the situation while they went back to work.
Both Riley and the lieutenant were standing rigidly at attention with their eyes focused unwavering on the far wall while Chrislyn stood next to Riley fidgeting nervously. None of the three opened their mouths to answer the general's question.
General Hammond scowled at the three. "Fine," he said. "Let's start with you Captain. Why in God's name did you strike two junior officers?! I mean, you broke Lieutenant Castor's nose!!" the general had to consciously stop himself from adding 'for cryin' out loud' in fear that he would sound like his 2IC.
"Lieutenant Castor said some very inappropriate things to both myself and Dr. Star," Riley replied not daring to look at the irate general.
"And that give you the right to break his nose?!!"
"No sir, but that's not why I hit him."
"Well then, Captain, why did you?!" the general asked.
Riley hesitated for a moment. "He…kissed me, sir," she replied in a cold tone.
"HE WHAT?!!" he hollered, causing Chrislyn to jump slightly. "Alright, that's it!! I want to know exactly what happened and I want to know NOW!!!"
One at a time, Riley, Chrislyn, and Lieutenant Brinsfield told what had happened from their point of view. Once they were all done, the general let them off the hook with a very stern warning.
"If any of you ever do anything like that again, you will be out of the SGC and scrubbing toilets in Timbuktu! Do you understand?!!!" General Hammond yelled.
All three of the replied, "Yes sir."
The general glared at them one last time before saying, "Dismissed."
With that, they all turned and started walking out of the door.
Suddenly, General Hammond called Riley back. "Captain Fox," he said.
Riley turned back around and faced him. "Yes sir?" she replied. Her heart began to beat faster as she waited for him to start yelling at her again. What he actually said surprised her.
"Go down to the infirmary and have that bruise checked out, alright?" he said in a very fatherly tone.
Letting out a soft sigh of relief, Riley nodded. "Yes sir." With that, she left his office.
Chrislyn was waiting for her out in the hall. "What did he say?" she asked as she and Riley started walking down the corridor.
Riley looked over at her. "Oh nothing. He just wants to me to go to the infirmary to get my bruise checked out," she replied. "I don't really need to, but I don't want to get into anymore trouble by disobeying him."
"Yes," Chrislyn said. "Wise choice."
Infirmary
After walking down a couple of hallways, they both finally arrived at the infirmary. Going inside, they noticed that Lieutenant Castor sitting on a bed in the corner having his nose seen to by one of the nurses. He looked over at them and shot them both death glares before the nurse made him turn his head to face her.
"He doesn't look too happy," Chrislyn commented.
"He's not," someone said from behind them. They both turned to see a short woman with reddish-brown hair and brown eyes standing there. "I would be a little angry too if I had my nose broken."
"Um…hi, I'm Captain—"
"Riley Fox," the woman finished for her before looking at Chrislyn, saying, "and I presume you're her partner in crime, Dr. Chrislyn Star, right?"
Chrislyn nodded. "Yeah, that would be me."
"Well, I'm Dr. Janet Frasier," she replied. Then she patted her hand on one of the beds, saying, "Hop up."
Riley and Chrislyn did as they were told and sat down on the bed.
"So, I take it you're the one with broke Lieutenant Castor's nose, right?" Dr. Frasier asked as Riley as she started examining the bruise on the girl's cheek.
"Yes Ma'am," Riley replied.
Handing Riley an ice pack, Janet smiled at her. "You did a good job at it."
Riley looked at her in surprise. "Ma'am?"
Janet leaned in closer to Riley and Chrislyn, whispering, "Just between us, ladies, Lieutenants Castor and Brinsfield are both arrogant asses. They think they're God's gift to women and they think they're the greatest things since sliced bread. Frankly, they drive me insane and I'm glad that it was a woman that taught them a lesson."
Both Riley and Chrislyn chuckled softly.
Janet backed away from them and smiled. "Anyway, Captain, you need to keep ice on the bruise to keep the swelling down, but you should be ok and since you're both here anyway, I've been asked by the general to give you both a physical before you go through the gate. So, why don't we do it now?"
Riley nodded while Chrislyn said, "Ok."
A little while later…
Infirmary
"Ow, ow, ow!!!" Chrislyn whined as Janet drew some blood from her arm.
"Oh Chrislyn, will you shut up?! You're such a baby," Riley quipped.
Chrislyn glared at her.
"Alright, I'll be right back," Janet said as she walked away with the blood samples.
Just then, Riley noticed an extremely handsome man walking toward the infirmary door. He was about 6'0", 180 pounds, and in really good shape. He had short blonde hair, blue eyes, and a light tan. He was hot!
With a cheeky smile on his face, he walked into the infirmary….and straight into one of the nurses, knocking them both onto the floor.
"Lieutenant Sharp! Watch where you're going!" the nurse exclaimed angrily as she stood back up.
"I'm so sorry!" Lieutenant Sharp said with a sheepish smile as he stood up too.
"You should be!" the nurse said as she glared at him and then walked away.
Sharp looks around the infirmary with a slightly embarrassed look on his face before he walked over to Lieutenant Castor and started talking to him.
"Riley?!!" Chrislyn shouted in her ear.
"Huh? What?" Riley sputtered as she snapped her head back around to look at Chrislyn.
"Are you ok? I've been calling your name for forever," Chrislyn said.
"Uh…yeah, I'm fine," she replied.
Chrislyn eyed her suspiciously before turning her head to see what her friend had been looking at. It was then that she spotted the man. Looking back at Riley, she broke out into a huge grin. "Ohhhh…Now I see why you weren't paying attention. That guy is hot!"
Riley frowned. "What?! No! I wasn't looking at him! Heck, I didn't even see him!" she replied quickly.
"Yeah okay whatever. Than what the heck were you looking at?" Chrislyn asked. "The wall?"
"No! I was…" Riley immediately trailed off when she saw Lieutenant Castor point in their direction. It was at the moment that Sharp started laughing. Lieutenant Castor glared at him and then said something else. Sharp stopped laughing and stared at Castor before nodding. With that, he start walking toward them.
"Uh oh…" Chrislyn said right before he walked over to them.
He stopped in front of Riley and stared at her for a second.
Riley felt her heart start to beat faster and her stomach started to churn. God, he's even hotter closer up! she thought to herself.
"Excuse me Ma'am, but I was wondering if you were the one who broke Lieutenant Castor's nose?" he finally asked.
Riley swallowed hard at the lump that had risen in her throat. "Uh…yes."
It was at that moment that the man broke out into a huge smile.
God, what a cute smile! Riley thought to herself.
"Well, I just wanted to congratulate you on the nice shot! I've fought with Lieutenant Castor before in an SG-12 vs. SG-14 sparring match in the gym and he's hard to beat," the man said with a chuckle.
Riley grinned. "Well, he wasn't exactly prepared for it," she replied. "And I wasn't intentionally trying to break his nose."
"Oh yeah right," Chrislyn muttered under her breath, earning a poke in the ribs from Riley.
"Still Ma'am, it was pretty cool," he declared.
"Well, thank you, Lieutenant…"she frowned slightly, "What is your name anyway?"
"Oh, I'm sorry! I'm Lieutenant Glenn Sharp, SG-12," he said as he shook Riley's hand.
"I'm Captain Ri…"
"Riley Fox, SG-1" he finished for her with a smile before he looked at Chrislyn. "And you're Dr. Chrislyn Star, right?"
Chrislyn nodded.
"It's nice to meet you," he said as he shook her hand.
"Likewise."
"You know, we're not on SG-1 yet. We're only training with them," Riley stated.
"Yes Ma'am, everyone knows that," Glenn replied.
"O…k. Well, then can I ask a question?"
"Yes, of course, Ma'am,"
"How is it that everyone knows who we are?" Riley asked with a frown.
Glenn chuckled. "Here at the SGC, news carries very fast through our little grapevine…especially when it has to do with SG-1."
"Why's that?"
"Well, other that the fact that the SGC is kind of a "tight knit" community, SG-1 is the most popular team and everyone knows everything about them. I mean, they are the general's flagship team," he explained. "So naturally we know almost everything about you too."
"Oh, I see," Riley said as she nodded in understanding.
Glenn grinned. "Well, if you'll excuse me, I have paperwork to do," he declared. "It was nice meeting you."
"It was nice meeting you too," Riley replied with a smile.
Glenn looked straight into Riley's eyes as he said, "Maybe we could get together for some lunch sometime."
Riley nodded and smiled again. "Yeah, I'd like that."
Chrislyn stared at the two and then rolled her eyes, muttering, "Oh, good grief."
Both Glenn and Riley snapped out of their daze and looked over at Chrislyn.
Glenn cleared his throat and then pointed to the infirmary door. "Well, I better go. I'll see you two later." With that, he turned and walked toward the door. He was just about to leave when he suddenly turned back around. "Oh, and if either of you need anything, just let me know, ok?" he asked although, he didn't even look at Chrislyn. He kept his eyes on Riley the whole time.
"Yes, thank you, Lieutenant," Riley replied with a smile.
"Welcome to the SGC," he said just before turning around and walking out of the infirmary.
Chrislyn looked over at Riley, who was still staring at the door, and smiled. "I think someone has a crush!" she teased.
Riley pulled her eyes away from the door to look at Chrislyn. She had a small lopsided grin on her face and she didn't deny what her friend had said.
Before Chrislyn could say anything else, Dr. Frasier suddenly walked back up to them. "Alright ladies, you both are in perfect health…at least I think…Doctor Star…I found some rather small inconsistencies in your blood work. But I'm afraid that I don't know why it's there, but other than that you're fine. You don't know what it is, do you?"
"What? The weirdness with the blood work?" Chrislyn asked obviously not disturbed by Doctor Frasier's news.
"Yes."
"No, I don't."
"Okay. Well, you're free to go then," she stated with a smile.
"Thank you, Dr. Frasier," Riley replied as she and Chrislyn got off the bed.
"Yeah, thanks," Chrislyn agreed.
"Anytime ladies. Have fun going through gate and be careful. I don't want to see you back in here for long time, you got it?"
Both the girls nodded and then headed toward the infirmary door.
"Oh, and Chrislyn!" Doctor Frasier called and they both turned around. "Will you please contact the Luna Foundation and ask them to send me your medical records soon?"
"Of course," Chrislyn told her and then she and Riley turned back around and headed for the door.
With that, they both left the infirmary.
Some Corridor in the SGC
"I'm telling you, Chris, I have no idea what you're talking about," Riley said.
"Oh yeah right!! I saw how you were looking at him…and how he was looking at you," Chrislyn said with a grin. "Face it Riley, you and Lieutenant Sharp have the hots for each other!"
"No we don't! " Riley exclaimed. "I mean, I just met the guy! I don't even know him. I couldn't possible have the 'hots' for someone I know nothing about."
Chrislyn laughed. "Yeah, you keep telling yourself that, Ri."
Just then, they both spotted Major Carter walking towards them. "Hello ladies," she greeted. "I was just coming to look for you."
"Why?" Chrislyn asked.
"Because the general wants to see us in the briefing room," Sam replied.
"Oh."
TO BE CONTINUED!