Chapter 7

Briefing Room — SGC

Riley and Chrislyn followed Sam to the briefing room where Jack, Teal'c and General Hammond were waiting for them.

"Have a seat, ladies," the general said.

Sam walked over and sat between Jack and Teal'c while the two girls sat across from them.

"Alright, now that we're all here, let's get down to business," Hammond said. "Dr. Frasier informed me that you both are in perfect health. So, that means you get to go through the gate today, but we have to pick a nice peaceful planet for you all to go to."

"Let's go to Netu," Jack suggested.

"Sir, Netu didn't even have a gate. We had to get there by ship, remember?" Sam said.

"And it is no longer there, O'Neill. It was blown up," Teal'c added.

"AND, sir, the general just said a FRIENDLY planet."

"Ok, ok, ok!! Forget I even mentioned it!" Jack exclaimed.

"Perhaps we should go to Cimmeria, " Teal'c suggested.

"Yeah…or what about Abydos? We haven't paid the boys a visit in a while. It would be nice to see them again," Jack said.

"Isn't Abydos the planet you went to on the first two missions?" Riley asked.

"Yup, that's the one," Jack replied.

"I wouldn't mind going there, sir," Riley said.

"Yeah, same here," Chrislyn agreed.

Jack looked at Hammond in question. "General?"

"That's fine," he answered.

Jack smiled. "Then Abydos it is!"

"Alright, then gear up and be in the gate room in twenty minutes," the general ordered. "Dismissed."

With that, everyone got up and filed out of the room.

Twenty Minutes Later…

Embarkation Room – SGC

SG-1 was waiting in the embarkation room for General Hammond to okay their leave.  "So, is everyone ready?" Jack asked putting on his hat and looking over at Carter.

"Yes, sir," Sam answered.

Jack looked over at Teal'c and he nodded his head.  "Captain Fox?" he asked looking over at the two young women.

"Yes, sir," she told him smiling.

 "Chris?" he said noticing that she looked a bit concerned.

"What?" she asked, he had broken her train of thought.

"What's wrong?"

"This IS a friendly planet, right?"

"Yes, so?"

"Well, I…"

"What?"

"Never mind…"

"No, what?  I mean…there COULD be some action…"

"Greeeaat."

"So, what's the problem?" Jack questioned.

"Well, I don't know how to use a gun or anything…" Chrislyn admitted.

"Aren't there usually like tomb robbers that invade your digs?" Riley asked.

"Christopher's my buddy when we go on digs and he carries the gun."

"So, did you get issued a weapon?" Colonel O'Neill asked Chrislyn a bit annoyed.

"No."

"Ah!  Well…" Jack thought for a second and then pulled out his zat, "here."

Chrislyn took the weapon.  "What is it?" she asked examining it.

"A zat'nik'atel," Teal'c told her.

"We call it a ZAT gun.  All you have to do is point," he told her showing her how to hold it.  "Push this and," he said as he made the zat pop up so it was ready to fire.  "One shot sort of stuns, two shots kill, and three shots disintegrates."

"Oh," Chrislyn said as she made it pop back down.

"You get that Captain Fox?" O'Neill asked looking back to see she was standing with Carter and Teal'c.

"Yes, sir."

"Good!" he told her and then turned to see that Chrislyn had figured out where the zats were fastened on the uniforms.  Chrislyn just smiled, she was so excited.

One of the doors to the embarkation room opened and General Hammond walked in with Major Ferretti and another member of his team named Captain Grant. They were also suited up.  "Did we miss weapons 101?" Ferretti asked Jack sarcastically.

"I was waiting for you…I wanted Chris and Captain Fox to try the zats on a live target. You and your team are at the top of the volunteer list…"

Ferretti and Grant laughed a bit and Hammond, O'Neill and SG-1 were all smiling.  "Major Ferretti insisted that he and Captain Grant accompany SG-1 through to Abydos."

"Why?" O'Neill asked.

"They're bored," Hammond said to O'Neill.

"Come on," Ferretti said, "it's not at all because half of my team is in the infirmary.  You know…Apophis might come through."

"Apophis is dead," Teal'c stated matter-of-factly in his monotone voice.

"Well, Anubis, then," Ferretti said.

"Uh huh…whatever," Jack said just before looking over at Hammond.  "General, we're ready to go!"

"Okay, then.  Good luck!" Hammond said leaving and making his way up to the control room as Sergeant Davis started the dialing sequence.

"Chevron one encoded," came Sergeant Davis' voice over the loud speaker.  "Chevron two encoded…chevron three encoded…chevron four encoded…chevron five encoded…chevron six encoded…chevron seven locked.  Wormhole established."

The event horizon of stargate shot out down the ramp, making Riley and Chrislyn jump back, and then it settled back inside the gray store ring.  Major Ferretti and Captain Grant started up the ramp with Teal'c behind them.  Next, Major Carter and Captain Fox started up, but stopped at the event horizon.

Jack glanced up at the two to see Riley excitedly spouting off about wormhole physics or something like that, sounding exactly like Carter when she talks about that sort of stuff, while Sam was nodding her head and explaining the things that the girl didn't understand. He shook his head and sighed quietly. Just what he needed: another brainiac to confuse him.

"Come on Chris," O'Neill said as he looked over and gave her a little push up the ramp.  Soon, he and Chris were standing next to Riley and Carter.  He looked over at his second-in-command. "Deja-vu?"  They smiled at each other and then both gave the girls a little push through the gate and then stepped through themselves.

Abydos

When Ferretti, Grant, the girls and SG-1 emerged on the other side, they were greeted by Abydos' militia; weapons aimed at them. 

"Hey!  No shooting!" Jack told the Abydonian 'boys'. 

After getting over the initial shock of having her molecules scrambled up and then put back together again, Riley immediately pulled her weapon up.

Major Carter looked over at Captain Fox and then quickly pushed the girl's weapon down.

There was some chatter and then one of the 'boys', as O'Neill had called them, stepped forward, put his hands in the air, said something to the militia. At his command, they all put their weapons down.  Then the boy turned back to Jack.  "Waneill!" he said saluting Colonel O'Neill.

Jack saluted back and then walked down the steps to the 'boys'.

"Hey Skaa'ra!" he greeted with a smile as he gave him a hug.

"I'm so glad to be seeing you again!" Skaa'ra exclaimed.

"Yeah, I'm glad to see you too," Jack agreed.

All the boys then surrounded Jack and started saying hello.

While that was happening, Riley looked over her shoulder to see that Chrislyn was standing there bent over with her hands on her knees. She was actually looking a little green.

"Chris, you ok?" Riley asked as she turned and walked over to her.

Chrislyn looked up at her and gave her a weak smile. "Oh yeah. I'm just recuperating from the effects of the gate travel," she replied.

Sam looked over at the two girls and smiled. "The same thing happened to me when I first went through the gate," she said. "In fact, Captain, I'm surprise you didn't feel any ill effects."

"Oh, believe me, I did ma'am. I just didn't show it," Riley replied with a grin.

Just then, they heard Jack calling them. "Oh ladies!" he said.

Sam, Riley, and Chrislyn all looked over to see Jack, Ferretti, Grant, and Teal'c standing with the boys.

"Would you care to join us?" Jack asked.

All three women just walked down the steps without saying a word.

"Skaa'ra, I would like you to meet Captain Fox and Chris," Jack said.

"It is nice to meet you," Skaa'ra replied. "Would you all like to join us for our evening meal?"

Jack looked at everyone, who had come through the gate with him, for an answer. All of them either shrugged or nodded. Turning back to Skaa'ra, Jack nodded and smiled. "Sure Skaa'ra, we'd love to have dinner with you."

Skaa'ra grinned brightly and nodded.

Soon, everyone was sitting around a fire laughing, eating, and just having fun in  general.

Riley and Chrislyn sat back against a pillar just watching everyone interact with each other. Jack, Ferretti, and Grant were joking around with Skaa'ra and some of his friends while Sam and Teal'c were having an intelligent conversation with an older man.

"Well, this is…interesting," Riley commented.

"Are you kidding me?! This is amazing!" Chrislyn exclaimed. "I mean, all these people are descendants of humans from Earth! Just look at this place! The structure of this building, the—"

She was abruptly cut of by Riley who said. "Chris stop!! I really don't care."

Chrislyn frowned at her and then shut her mouth.

A couple hours later when everyone had eaten and it had gotten dark outside, everything seemed to quiet down.

Most of the Abydonians had gone to sleep except for Skaa'ra, a few other boys, Ferretti, Grant, SG-1, and the two girls.

Chrislyn was deep in conversation with one of the boys and was so enthralled by everything to even consider being tired. 

Riley, on the other hand, was so tired she could barely keep her eyes open. She kept dozing off against the pillar she was leaning against, but every now and then, someone would laugh causing her to jolt awake again.

Sam glanced back at the girls to see Riley falling asleep. Smiling, she turned back to Jack, saying, "Sir, it's getting late."

Jack looked at her and nodded. "Yeah, alright." Turning back to Skaa'ra, he said, "It's getting late, Skaa'ra, and my team needs to rest."

Skaa'ra nodded. "Yes, we all need rest. Sleep wherever you would like," he replied.

Jack smiled. "Thanks."

With that, everyone started to get ready for bed.

Sam walked over to Riley, who was now asleep, and picked up the girl's backpack. Taking out the sleeping bag, she unrolled and then moved over to Riley. "Captain, wake up," she whispered as she gently shook the girl's shoulders.

Riley's eyes snapped open. "Huh? What?" she sputtered.

Sam smiled and then pointed to the sleeping bag. "It would probably be more comfortable to sleep in your sleeping bag then against the wall," she said.

Riley nodded and then moved over to the sleeping bag. She looked at Sam, asking "What about my watch? When do I take it?"

"You have the last watch so Teal'c will wake you up later, ok?" Sam replied.

Riley nodded again and then laid down. Letting out one last yawn, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Sam smiled as she watched the girl fall asleep. Then she got her own sleeping bag and unrolled it next to the wall near Riley.

Seeing everyone getting ready for bed, Chrislyn kinda got the drift and did the same. She unrolled her sleeping bag next to Riley and after saying goodnight to Sam, she laid down. Soon everyone was asleep.

TO BE CONTINUED!

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