Chapter 3 : "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane"

A/N : Sorry for the delay but school... ya know what it is.

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"That fellow again ! We're sick of him" Daniel whispered with a wink to Janet as Jack's voice was heard in the corridor.

"So how our hero is ?!" the colonel asked with a big grin on his face as he was re-entering into the infirmary.

"Come on Jack ! can't you just shut up for once ?" muttered Daniel calling Michaels down inwardly.

O'Neill paused for a moment, thinking...

'Uh... no I fear I cannot." he grinned again

Janet smiled hearing their 'discussion' as she was bringing crutches for Daniel. She wondered how Sam did to bear both of them during all their missions.

"Do I really need that ?" he asked sounding like a child

"Yes you do." she replied using her doctor mode, leaving no way to argy-bargy.

Jack chuckled and helped Daniel to stand up.

"Where's Teal'c" Jack asked.

"Kel'nu'reem....thanks." Daniel answered leaning on Jack's arm to get up.

The two men left the infirmary, walking towards the mess.

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Not a lot of people were waiting into the bank. As a result only one counter was opened.

Cassie and Sam were waiting behind a young pregnant woman.

"It's stuffy in here." Sam noticed with a sigh.

" Oh Lord ! thanks, I thought I was the only one to think that." the pregnant woman said turning her head to look at Sam.

Sam smiled to her but her smile froze when the woman fell on the ground.

Immediately the young major knelt down by her side to feel her pulse.

She sighed with relief and looked at Cassie : "She fainted."

However Cassie didn't reply. She seemed too shocked. Sam followed her gaze

and starred wide-eyes at the spectacle that was in front of her.

Everybody was lying on the floor.

"But what's the hell is..." she couldn't finish her sentence that a group of armed men with gas masked entered into the bank.

Sam's heart skipped a beat, she grabbed Cassie's arm and pulled her down.

Cassie looked at her, with scared eyes.

"Pretend to be asleep" Sam whispered before lying on the ground and closing her own eyes hoping that the men hadn't noticed Cassie or herself.

Cassie did as she was told to and waited anxiously.

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"What are you going to do now ?" asked Jack yawning.

"I have some work to do." replied Daniel trying to keep his equilibrium.

"You bet !"

"I have some artefacts to study."

"Without your glasses ?" asked Jack with a smile of victory

Daniel sighed and shook his head "I have others in my office."

"Oh." replied Jack a bit disappointed.

"You're bored ?" smiled Daniel

"to death." Jack admitted with a shrug.

"Aren't you behind with your reports ?"

"Huh ?... no, uh well, I am, but Carter will do them for me." Jack replied with a smile remembering her look when Daniel had appeared through the gate.

"I see." replied Daniel. "What ?!" he asked a second later "Did you just say that Sam wrote the mission reports for you ?"

"so ?"

"So ? but you have no right ! she already has her own ones to do."

"what do you want...I'm her CO. She has to do what I order" Jack replied really enjoying to get on Daniel's nerves.

"I can not believe it. Are you really that bad !"

"I'm afraid to say that I am." Jack grinned

"No... I do not believe you. Hammond will notice that they are not your reports."

"what are you saying ?" Jack asked knowing perfectly what Daniel meant.

"I mean that there's a lot of differences between your reports and Sam's ones. The general needs a dictionary to understand Sam's reports and for yours he...well...you never write your reports anyway."

"Good point." Jack admitted.

"So ? why would she write your reports suddenly ?"

"no idea, she's just nice."

"huh?.... let me think.... She must have lost a bet against you. Yeah...you like to bet... So what was it about ?"

"You don't really wanna know"

"Yes I do"

"No you don't"

"Yes I do. I want to know how you could have won against Sam."

Jack glanced at him and then at his crutches and grinned mischievously.

Daniel rolled his eyes, paused for a moment and hit him on his back with his crutch.

"Hey" cried Jack laughing and leaving Daniel alone as they were arrived in his office.

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The four men paused a moment, observing the surroundings.

One of them waved to the others and two of them walked towards the people lying on the floor.

The two others closed all the doors and possible accesses.

Sam felt herself dragging alone by the shoulders across the room.

She half-opened her eyes and saw that all the other people present in the bank were led behind the counters.

The four men joined together and checked their watches.

One of them nodded and removed his gas mask. The others did as well.

Sam tried to look at their faces but they were still wearing a sort of black veil over their faces.

"They'll wake up in a while." one of them declared flatly with a look for his hostages.

"The alarm is out of order. All is checked and we're on time." replied the man who had carried Sam.

"Let's work now." the tallest ordered.

To be continued

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