"Welcome back SG1, I suspect negotiations went well" General Hammond welcomed back him number one team.
"Yes Sir," Jack said proudly, "Daniel got to take some rocks, Carter got to play with some flowers and dirt, and Teal'c…well he just…was Teal'c."
"I'm glad to hear it son," Hammons said with a smile. "Debriefing at 0800 hours tomorrow morning."
"Yes sir" was chorused as SG1 went to the infirmary for their post mission physicals.
"Oh and Doctor Jackson," the General called after them. The younger man turned to face him. "That new archaeologist is here now, I'll tell her to meet you in your office if that's alright with you."
"It's fine, thank you sir."
General Hammond watched the retreating forms of his premier team. Shaking his head and chuckling to himself, he walked back to his office; amazed they hadn't gotten even one injury among themselves on a mission. Ah well there's a first time for everything he thought, as he sat down to finish some long awaited paperwork that had his name on it.
~~~
Daniel strolled out of the elevator and made his way to his office. He was eager to meet this new archaeologist that had come highly recommended from the President of the United States himself. He rounded the corner to his office and saw a woman with shoulder length blond hair studying an artefact of his closely. She didn't even hear him come in the room. Clearing his throat, he made his presence known.
"Uh hi, you must be the new archaeologist," he said kindly, offering his hand to shake. Putting the ancient pot down and taking his hand, she smiled,
"You must be the archaeologist." She stated, with a small laugh. He looked her in the eye, blue meeting a mesmerizing green,
"Daniel Jackson" he introduced himself.
"Anna Connor" she said, "it's a pleasure to have the opportunity to work with you Dr. Jackson"
"Call me Daniel."
"All right, Daniel" she said smiling once again.
"So do you want a tour of this place?" Daniel asked.
"How 'bout some coffee first, then a tour."
"Sounds good" Daniel chuckled, and he allowed her to walk by before following her out into the corridor. Sounds great he thought as he shut his office door, a small smile lingering on his lips.
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On the way back from the commissary and a brief tour of the base, Anna and Daniel headed back to Daniels office to look at some artefacts and notes on cultures that SG teams had encountered. As they rounded a corner they ran directly into Jack, or at least Anna did and the papers she was carrying scattered all over on the floor.
"I'm sorry -" she said, before looking up to see whom she had bumped into. She saw the insignia on the mans shoulder, "- Colonel." She finished. Anna found herself looking into the eyes of a worn soldier.
"Clumsy me, I should watch where I'm going" she said with a small laugh.
"Eh, don't worry about it, Daniel has done that tonnes of times" Anna smiled at Daniel who rolled his eyes, trying to mask his embarrassment.
"So Daniel, who's your new friend?" Jack asked curiously about the petit blond woman.
"Anna Connor," Anna stated professionally, offering her hand to him to shake. Jack shook her hand,
"Jack O'Neill"
"She's the new archaeologist/linguist that the General told us about" Daniel clarified seeing Jack's slight confusion at her purpose for being there.
"Another scientist?" Jack all but whined.
"Sorry to disappoint you Colonel" Anna said lightly with a small grin tugging at the corners of her mouth. Jack smiled; maybe this doctor won't be like the rest.
"So, Doctor Connor how do you like it here so far?"
"It's great, actually more like unbelievable… but sir isn't proper to address an officer by rank not title?" She asked innocently, trying not to burst out laughing at the two men's facial expressions.
"Rank?" Daniel asked disbelieving, "You're in the Air Force?"
"Yes." Most people never believed she was in the military due to her seemingly fragile demeanour, and small figure. But all five foot five inches of her were born and raised military.
"Rank?" queried Jack.
"Captain Sir." She answered back dutifully.
"What sort of training you got?" Jack asked curiously, not knowing what to make of this woman.
"Special Ops sir." Jack raised his eyebrows in surprise. Anna glanced down at her watch briefly, then back up to Jack and Daniel. "Well if you'll both excuse me, I have a meeting with General Hammond in about four minutes that I probably shouldn't be late for…" She politely waited for her superior officer to acknowledge what she said before leaving. Jack gave a slight nod and Anna smiled at both men and walked off down the corridor.
"Well I have some translations to do… see ya later Jack" Daniel said quickly as he turned and made a bee line for his office.
"But there's a hockey game on tonight don't you want to watch it with me?" Jack asked trying to break the young scholars habit of working when he didn't have to.
"Bye Jack" Daniel called over his shoulder as he went in his office. Jack frowned momentarily, but then his face lit up. I wonder what Teal'c and Carter are up to tonight, he thought, and with that he got on the elevator and headed to the science labs.
~~~
After her meeting with General Hammond about what exactly she would be doing at Stargate Command, Anna left the base to go and unpack her belongings at her new apartment.
She entered her apartment only to hear the phone ringing loudly in her kitchen. Running to it before the person hung up, she picked up the receiver,
"Hello?"
"You get to Colorado okay?" the deep, husky voice on the other end asked.
"Yes. I'm fine, you shouldn't be phoning me you know, no contact until the job is done remember? It could ruin everything!" she said in an annoyed voice, self consciously looking around to see if anyone could hear her.
"Okay, okay. Geeze this is what a guy gets for being concerned" The voice said feigning hurt.
"Aw quit it you're breaking my heart," Anna joked, her annoyance lifting
"… Well I'll see ya around boss lady" the voice said, "be careful" it added.
"Yeah." Anna replied and they both hung up.
Turning around and looking at her bare home, she moved to a box and pulled the flaps on it open.
"Guess it should look like someone lives here huh?" she asked her empty apartment. She began pulling out books and small ancient relics that she had collected over the years, putting them on a tall wall size shelf in her living room.
TBC…