THE MISSION (Post-Disclosure)
It was clear and lovely day, blue skies and warm breeze and blossom flowers and all that. Cheyenne Mountain was as peaceful as it could ever be with a Stargate buried down underneath it. General Hammond was in Washington DC on an official assignment, therefore Colonel O'Neill had the command of the SGC. He was pacing inside the control-room, he glanced at his watch now and again. His restless movement didn't go unnoticed by the people around him.
"Sir, would you please stop it," Major Samantha Carter said in a patient tone while she still had her eyes on the computer screen. She was just doing a routine check-up on the gate system, "You make everyone nervous." It wasn't her job, but she was stuck on the control-room with her team-mates doing nothing, might as well do it to pass the time. She didn't have to be there, but the Colonel had insisted that all SG1 members had to stick together as his plan need to be executed in perfect precision. He didn't want to waste time chasing after his team-mates when the time finally came.
Timing is the key to getting this mission done.
He stared at her back, "So what if I made everyone nervous?" he challenged her. She rolled her eyes, not that he could see that, but she did it anyway. Trust the Colonel to come out with a rhetorical question.
"You would attract unnecessary attention," Teal'c as always was the one who answered when no one had the courage or decency to reply.
The Colonel shook his head in defeat; Sam and Teal'c were getting very fine at team-work, too fine for their own good, "Jonas, wipe that smirk off your face." He diverted his attention to the new guy, at least Jonas still have a lot of respect in him. Jonas, who stood next to Teal'c, quickly took the hint and stopped smiling.
And then an SF approached him, "Sir, General Hammond is on the phone for you, line 2," he informed the Colonel.
"Thank you," he then walked to the nearest phone available in the control room. He picked it up, "O'Neill."
"Yes, sir."
"I understand."
"So, Thor made it in time?"
"That's good to hear, Sir."
"Yes, Sir."
"Everything here is fine, Sir. You don't have to worry."
"Have a good time in DC, General."
The conversation ended there. He put down the phone and turned around to face his 'kids', Carter had swirled around her chair so that she was facing him now.
"Sir?" she was full of enthusiasm. Truth be told, she had a lot of work to do and as soon as they did it, she would finally be able to get her work done. Oh yeah, and she didn't like the Senator either.
He broke into a big grin, clearly pleased with himself, "It's show time."
With that phrase, he walked towards the General's office, followed closely by Teal'c and Jonas, Major Carter got up from her chair and tagged along with them as well. As soon as all of them were inside the office, she closed the door, isolating them from prying eyes. The Colonel made a move to the security camera and pulled the cable off, effectively disabling them. Jonas took a toolbox under the General's desk; he had put it there the other day to make it look less conspicuous.
The Colonel faced his team, "Ready?"
Two aliens and one USAF Major nodded.
"Good." He took out a blue stone, an Asgard's communication device and held it close to his mouth. He felt rather ridiculous to talk to a stone, but hey, as long as it can do its job, he would do it. He cleared his throat, "Thor, we're ready."
A flash of bright blue light burst inside the room.
^o^
"Thor, buddy," Jack greeted the Supreme Commander of the Asgard.
"O'Neill," Thor, still sitting on his big chair acknowledged him.
"Thor, nice to see you again," Sam approached the little grey alien.
"It is my pleasure too, Major Carter."
Jack didn't want to waste any time, "Listen, buddy. We don't have much time, did you bring everything?"
Thor merely blinked, "Yes. It's over there," he pointed somewhere past Jack's shoulder, by the wall at the end of the mother ship's bridge.
Jack eyes followed Thor's finger, "Carter," he was getting straight to business. Sam nodded in understanding and made a move to check the equipment that Thor had brought. "Jonas, help her," once again Jack gave out an order.
"Teal'c, you're with me," Jack walked towards the Asgard's control panel. He had learnt on how to use it when Thor had beamed him out seconds before Carter was just about to agree to go fishing with him. He was still quite sore about it, but Thor was a likeable guy, it was hard to keep getting mad at him.
Thor observed the activity in front of him, "I will be in my private chamber if you need me," he informed them before being engulfed by a bright blue light and disappearing into a thin air. His big chair too.
^o^
Sam and Jonas were engrossed in setting up the equipment in front of them. They had almost finished their task when Jonas whispered, "I still can't believe that Thor would lend his ship to the Colonel."
Sam just shrugged her shoulder, "What can I say? Thor really likes him."
He frowned at the answer, "Surely it's not the only reason."
She was quiet, pretending to be occupied by the machine in front of her.
"Sam?" he pressed her to give details.
She heaved a heavy sigh, "Let's just say that the Colonel can be very persuasive sometimes."
"Persuasive?" he was not satisfied with the answered that he was given.
"Yes," her hands were fiddling with the device in front of her. It was almost ready.
"How persuasive?" he still insisted.
She gave him a look, he didn't know when to give up. Hesitantly, she told him, "The Colonel kinda threatened him."
Jonas was shocked, well beyond shocked actually. His mouth was hung open for a while, around ten seconds later he recovered, "What? What did the Colonel threaten him with?"
"Thor was rather reluctant to grant his personal request," she almost finished setting up the apparatus, "but the Colonel said that he would constantly pester Thor until he got what he wanted. He had the Asgard's communication device in his possession after all. Thor could not ignore the call because it could be something important," she grimaced at the reminder on how bold her CO was and hoped that Thor didn't hold a grudge against them. But the Asgard didn't show any sign of hostility when he beamed them to his ship; the Colonel was really pushing his luck.
Jonas couldn't say a word.
^o^
Jack and Teal'c were concentrating on the panel in front of them. Jack was moving a stone around the control panel while his eyes were fixed on the giant screen in front of him, searching for something.
"Aha, found him," Jack shouted in excitement. "Teal'c?" he asked for his friend's opinion.
Teal'c smiled, "I believe you are correct, O'Neill. It is him."
"Good," Jack still had his eyes on the screen, he didn't want to lose his target, "Carter, is it ready yet?"
"Yes, Sir, it's good to go," he could hear her behind him.
"Okay, everyone get ready and be alert," he took another stone from the control panel. He waited for a while, his eyes never leave his prey as he wait for the opportunity to present it self. And finally, his patient had pay up, his eyes light with exhilaration, "Carter, on my mark."
"Three," he started the countdown.
"Two,"
"One,"
He moved the stone, "NOW."
^o^
Senator Rodney Kinsey was not a happy man.
Thor's sudden appearance had spoiled his entire plan, the NID still couldn't get their hands on the Gate. He had fought for control of the Stargate when he first found out about it, but now he came to realise that in his hand the Gate could be a very powerful political asset. It was a very powerful alien device and it needed to be treated with respect, not recklessly as O'Neill had done. Sure, he had made friends with *a* powerful race, but he had made so many more enemies.
The Senator grumbled unhappily inside the Pentagon, his bodyguards and aids were walking all around him. He had just left the meeting room, General Hammond really had played it well, he underestimated that man. He had forgotten that this man was one of a few men that could keep O'Neill in the line. He wouldn't make the same mistakes again. He sighed and kicking his own heel mentally.
He needed a bathroom.
"I need to go to the toilet. Where is it?" he asked his personal assistant, the one that knew the Pentagon building layout quite well.
"There's one right the end of the corridor, Senator," his assistant pointed a finger straight forward.
"Okay, clear it," ordered the Senator.
Two of his five bodyguards nodded and speed up their pace, they would empty the communal Pentagon's restroom for the Senator. The last attempted assassination had made the Senator extra cautious. Two unfortunate restroom occupants were ushered away in hurry by the bodyguards, clearly unhappy by the whole thing, but they could not say it out loud. By the time the Senator had reached the toilet, his bodyguards had also checked for any suspicious items.
"It's safe Senator, you can go inside now," one of his men said.
"Thanks," the Senator said while opening the restroom door. His little band of merry men would wait outside the door, as he had a little problem with taking a leak with someone watching him. The door was closed, he walked towards one of the urinals, undid his belt-buckle, and unzipped his trousers when suddenly the scenery was changed. The white tiles of the restroom's wall had been transformed into a big window with beautiful scenery of his blue planet from outer-space.
His eyes were bulged out, "What in the name of God is this?"
^o^
Jack smiled at the sight of Kinsey before him, his hand still on his pants which hung nicely on his thigh, revealing a glimpse of his boxers. Out of corner of his eyes, he could see that Jonas had made a quiet move around him. Kinsey was still oblivious that he had a spectator.
Kinsey had finally opened his mouth, "What in the name of God is this?"
Flash
Kinsey jumped at the blinding light and noticed that Jonas was on the edge of the big window, with a camera in his hand. No doubt that he would pay a fortune just to get his hand on the negative. Jack had a very wide grin that stretch from ear-to-ear. This was priceless. The new guy knew how not to waste any excellent prospect; he was proud of him.
"YOU," the Senator shouted angrily at Jonas.
Jack had to divert the Senator's attention from Jonas, "Yo, Kinsey."
The Senator froze at that, he would recognize that voice anywhere. He turned around and to his horror, he found Jack and Teal'c standing near some big round pole that he guessed was a control panel; Major Carter was slightly behind them; all of them had their own version of smug face.
"If I were you, I'd fix my pants or Carter here wouldn't stop grinning," well, that produced a glare from Sam and immediate response from Kinsey to zip up his trousers and fix his belt-buckle, saving whatever dignity that he had left.
"Sir, I let you know that I have better taste than that," Sam opposed his assessment, still glaring at his back as Jack couldn't let his eyes miss the downfall of Kinsey's majesty. She approached him and stood between him and Teal'c.
Jack at last tore his eyes from Kinsey and looked at her, "Of course you do, Major, I'm just saying." He smiled at her and she reluctantly accepted his not-so-subtle apology. She knew that he only said that to embarrass Kinsey further, and it did work. Kinsey's face was as red as a well-cooked lobster. Jack moved something on the control panel and the big window behind Kinsey was closed.
Flash
Jonas was having fun with his camera. Once again the Senator jumped, he completely forgot about Jonas and his camera when he saw O'Neill was in the same room as him. "Stop it!" Kinsey ordered Jonas. But Jonas had been taking a lesson on following order from the rest of the SG1.
Flash
He did that one on purpose just to annoy Kinsey.
"You little ..., I'll have your butt kick out from ..."
Flash
Kinsey made a move towards Jonas, "I warn you."
Flash
Kinsey's eyes were full of fire, a few more steps from Jonas's position.
Flash
"Jonas, stop it," Jack once again came to his rescue, Kinsey stopped dead in his tracks. He turned around and faced the rest of SG1. Jack smiled at his newest team member; he had made a move away from Kinsey and towards them while Kinsey's attention was sidetracked, "You have your fun, now it's ours." Evil didn't even begin to cover the mood that he was in, "Beside, we still need the camera for other things."
Kinsey squirmed.
But he will be damned if he would just surrender to be subjected to whatever O'Neill had in mind, "Colonel, what are you playing at?" He put on a brace face and angry voice. He was a Senator for a reason. Bluffing was one of his games.
But Jack knew that there was nothing that Kinsey could do, and he knew that Kinsey knew it too. That gave him a burst of confidence. Jack crooked his eyebrows, "I'm just giving you what you deserved," he advanced towards the older man, "you had made me parade for your presidential candidacy against my will," he was referring to the press-conference that the President arranged after the shooting incident. To Jack's disgust, Kinsey had made a meal out of it.
Kinsey smirked at the memory, "I only took what's right in front of me."
"Yeah," Jack said not so enthusiastically, and then he encircled the Senator, giving him a predatory look. Kinsey shifted uncomfortably while his eyes followed Jack's movement. He stood his ground with every ounce of courage that he could muster.
He knew what kind of man O'Neill was. He read his files. And to concede that he was actually at Jack's mercy made him quiver a bit. But he would never beg to this man. Not now, not ever. He held his chin high, "What are you planning to do to me?"
Jack stood right in front of him, "I'm going to have fun," the inner-kid inside of him resurfaced, Jack turned around to face his team-mates, "Teal'c, he's yours," he walked to where they are, "for now."
Teal'c's lip was twitched in anticipation, "Thank you, O'Neill" he said while closing his distance with the Senator.
"Colonel, you won't get away with this," Kinsey said through gritted teeth. USAF Colonel he could deal with, but the former First Prime of Apophis? He knew what the Jaffa was capable of doing. At least O'Neill's hands were still tied by regulation and duty, Kinsey could use that. Teal'c was a different matter all together.
Unconsciously, Kinsey stepped backwards as Teal'c was getting closer and closer. The big man suddenly looked a lot bigger. He couldn't hide his fear any longer; his face was a mixture of anxiety and vulnerability.
Flash
Unknown to him, Jonas had taken a position next to Teal'c. He would like nothing more than snatch that camera from Jonas's hand, but the situation didn't really support his intention. Teal'c was still getting bigger in his eyes. The Jaffa was still not saying a word, but there were something in his eyes that made Kinsey's knees went weak.
Kinsey's back made contact with the window, he could not step back any further. Meanwhile, Teal'c was still taking slow steps towards him.
Flash
God have mercy on him.
^o^
Sam watched Teal'c and Jonas having their fun. She nudged her CO's shoulders with hers, "Jonas seems to adapt quite quickly to us, don't you think?"
"Yes," Jack didn't want let out an over-committed opinion about him.
"I told him about your little 'tantrum' with Thor earlier, I hope you don't mind," she didn't want him to think that she had gone behind his back.
"Why?"
"Because I don't think that it was fair to leave him out of this. He's a part of us now," she stated.
Jack was considering her reason; their eyes were still at the other three men in the bridge.
"Sir?" she was waiting for his acceptance.
He sighed, "He is. Part of the team, I mean."
He could tell she was smiling even though his eyes were on something else.
^o^
Teal'c was just a couple steps away from Kinsey. Jonas had finally decided that he couldn't get any good shoot with Teal'c so close to Kinsey. He only took pictures of Kinsey alone, just in case any of the developed pictures ever came into the wrong hands. It could be career damaging, especially for the Colonel and the Major.
Kinsey was sweating; his whole body was pressed against the windows.
Teal'c took one step forward.
Never in his life had Kinsey ever wanted to disappear this bad. His palms were wet with cold sweat.
Teal'c took the final step.
Kinsey's pupil dilated. He shivered involuntarily.
Teal'c leaned forward so that their faces were just inches. His brown eyes were issuing threat and throwing mental daggers at their recipient.
Kinsey was visible shrunken. He held his breath.
Teal'c's chin was lifted ever so slowly, with his eyes looking down at Kinsey's now.
Kinsey squealed.
"Boo."
^o^
Sam pinched the bridge of her nose and closed her eyes, followed by a shake of her head, "You told him to do that, didn't you?" It was more a statement than a question.
Jack patted her shoulder, "Smart girl."
^o^
Kinsey's legs had already given up, his body was slumped ungraciously on the floor. He was shaken. Teal'c was still standing in front of him, he looked down on Kinsey. Who could imagine that one single meaningless word could transform a Senator into jelly. He stepped aside from the Senator.
Flash
^o^
"O'Neill, I have accomplished my task," Teal'c informed his CO.
"Excellent," Jack replied in his best Montgomery Burns expression and clasped his hands together, "Carter, where's the sedative?"
She pulled a syringe out of her pocket, "Here, Sir."
He looked at the syringe, "Would you like to do the honour, Carter?"
She grinned, "Might as well. Thanks Sir." Nice to know that he was more than willing to share his fun with her. She promptly moved towards the Senator, and without wasting any time she introduce the contents of the syringe into the Senator's blood stream. Kinsey couldn't give too much of a fight in his current condition.
"Done," she put the empty syringe back to her pocket. She would dispose of it later on.
Jack, Teal'c and Jonas had also moved closer to the Senator's limp form.
"Good," Jack checked his watch, "How long did Janet reckon before the drug kicks in?"
"Five minutes," Jonas provided the information.
"Okay. Jonas, get ready. How long is it going to take?"
Jonas handed his camera to Teal'c as he moved across the room to take his toolbox, "Three or four hours."
Jack nodded, "Carter?"
"Four hours is plenty of time, Sir. We're safe."
"Let's get to work, people."
^o^
"Thor," Jack called as he entered Thor's private chamber. He took a glance at the massive room, it was barren. Thor could really put some personal touches in there.
"O'Neill, what can I do for you?"
Jack felt a little bit guilty about 'threatening' his little friend, Thor had been nothing but helpful, "Listen, I just want to thank you once again for lending me your ship."
Thor blinked, "As I recall, I had very little choice."
Jack winced at that, "Yeah, that was purely my selfishness. Listen, next time you need my help, just beam me up, I won't ask questions."
"I do not mind you asking questions."
"Well, yeah. Anytime you need me, I'll be there for you."
"Thank you."
^o^
"So, have you apologised to Thor, Sir?" Sam asked as soon as he was back on the bridge.
Jack was speechless for a while.
Her eyes were narrowed, "Sir?"
He still didn't say a word.
She rolled her eyes, hands on the hip, "I can't believe that you didn't do it."
"I did," he defended himself, "in my own way," he added with a little voice.
She stared at him.
He stared back, "What? If Thor had granted my request to send Kinsey to a planet far far away in the first place, I wouldn't have to go to all this trouble."
She was still staring.
He chose to distract her from her scrutinizing, "So, how's Jonas doing?"
She had accepted long ago that he was incorrigible, so she let the subject go, "He's almost finished, Teal'c is with him," she gestured towards them.
"Good."
They chatted for a few more minutes, and finally Jonas was done. Sam took out another syringe from her pocket and gave it to her CO. He then knelt down and injected it into the unconscious form of Kinsey. It was the 'cure' for the sedative, both sedative and 'cure' were an off-world products.
"Move away, kids. Teal'c, get ready to beam him down."
Teal'c quickly took his position near the control panel while Sam and Jonas stood a few steps back from Jack. Satisfied with his team's position, he then started to slap Kinsey's cheek.
"Oh Kinsey, wakey, wakey."
Kinsey's eyes were fluttered open. The sight of Jack made him bolt and sit up. He was furious, "Colonel, you will ..."
But Jack cut him from his little speech, "Ah, ah, ah. Remember where you are, Kinsey. I'm only going to tell you this once," he leaned closer and whispered in a dangerous tone, "I could have taken your sorry little life if I wanted to. Just remember that."
Kinsey had recovered from his earlier shocked, he was not to be outdone, "Is that a threat, Colonel?"
Jack smiled frostily at him, "No. It's a fact." He then stood up and turned his head to Teal'c, "Are you ready?"
"I am."
"On my mark," Jack pulled out his sunglasses and put it on. He had that aurora of 'overwhelming coolness' around him.
Kinsey also stood up now, "What are you going to do now?"
Jack took out a gun and pointed at Kinsey's chest, "I'm going to shoot you."
The Senator's fear was starting to surface now; he realised that Jack would do just as he said. The colour had been drained from his face.
Jack undid the safety of his gun, still pointing at Kinsey, "Not so proud now, are you?"
Kinsey was trying to see through Jack's eyes, but the dark sunglasses had made it impossible. His time was drawing near. But fear sometimes made people do stupid things, "Come on Colonel, what are you waiting for? If you want to shoot me, just do it." Kinsey was hoping that if he pushed the right button, O'Neill might not shoot him after all.
Jack's face was unreadable, it was a blank one, "I intend to."
Kinsey gulped nervously, he recognised the face anywhere, it was a face of a killer. Picking up the last crumble of dignity that he had, he lifted his chin, "Then do it."
Jack gave him a cold smile, "Bye, Kinsey."
The Senator's life flashed before his own eyes.
Jack lowered his gun so that it was pointed towards Kinsey's private part; Kinsey saw that too. The man with the gun then pulled the trigger and Kinsey screamed, "Nooooo." Kinsey shut his eyes and was waiting for the pain to come and an angel to take him away, but it never did. Instead he could feel wetness on his front.
"Jonas," he could hear O'Neill's voice.
Flash
The Senator was baffled; he opened his eyes to see that his trouser was soaked wet on the front. It was a water-gun.
"Teal'c," O'Neill's voice once again.
And then the scenery was changed. Kinsey was back at the Pentagon's restroom.