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            General Hammond was at home burning up the phone lines with warnings and complaints. He called the head of NID and threatened him with castration if his teams pulled another stunt like the one tonight. He notified the President and the head of his security at NORAD. He was sitting in the dark of his office when a voice came from the direction of his patio doors.

            "So George. Did you think that your Buffy wouldn't garner attention from my old pals?" the General turned in his chair to see Harry Maybourne, sitting in the easy chair, pleased with himself.

            "What are you doing here Maybourne?" the General asked wearily. Harry smiled cheekily, "Well I would've have told this to Jack but he's drinking himself into oblivion and I don't think I wanted to get my ass kicked." He replied. This caused the General to grin just a little, remembering the NID men had been in rough shape when they had arrived. They had been humiliated to be taken down by a 'couple of girls'.

            The General watched Maybourne for a moment, the other part of his comment finally registering, "Jack is drinking?" he frowned. Harry shook his reprovingly at the General, "Apparently Jack is running from the scrumptious Miss Summers. However, there is the threat against Buffy. NID isn't happy with Dr. Frazier's apparent lack of cooperation. They think that the blood samples have been tampered with. They can't believe that Buffy doesn't have anything abnormal in it to make her what she is."

            Hammond snorted in amusement; "They'll need to talk to God then. Apparently He is the one who chooses the Slayer. If there is nothing there then there's nothing there." He sat in thought, "What if I let them take her?" he said and Harry gaped at him. "No, it's a valid tactic. I think she is capable of getting away and their curiosity would be satisfied." He twirled in his chair thoughtfully and Harry appreciated afresh the devious mind of his old enemy. "Well, if you have this under control I'm outta here." And he walked out of the patio doors to disappear.

            Jack sat in his darkened house drinking Wild Turkey and thinking. He was right. She was too young. He was too old. His life was too dangerous. Finally deciding he had enough he went to bed.

            Daniel escorted Buffy into the mountain, kissing her goodbye on the cheek in front of the airman. More gossip for the mill.

            The next morning a slightly hungover Jack was sitting in the conference room, idly twirling in his chair. He looked up as Sam and Teal'c came in and smiled. Daniel rushed in a minute later, more rumpled than usual and a little distracted. He looked over at Jack in panic and said, "Whatever you hear it's not.." then General Hammond walked in and everyone stood.

            "Be seated. Good work last night Major Carter and Colonel O'Neill. I spoke to the President and Miss Summers has been hired here to conduct self-defense training on a full time basis. Tomorrow we'll have the briefing for planet P3x7395's mission. Dismissed." And the General left. Jack sat there stunned and Sam smirked at him and left. Daniel fled and Teal'c left more circumspectly. Jack shook himself and walked into the hallway with his cup of coffee, walking behind a couple of chattering nurses.

            "Did you hear? Dr. Jackson took Buffy home last night. An airman saw them kiss at the elevators." There was laughter and Jack was frozen in the hallway, coffee forgotten. Jack whirled, unaware of the smirking Ferretti lurking behind him and went in search of his 'friend'.

            Daniel was holed up in his office, hoping against hope that Jack wouldn't hear anything. Hearing a knock he tensed and looked up but saw Buffy. "Hey Professor, what's up?" she smiled, flopping into the chair across from him. Daniel smiled and shook his head, "Don't be so cheerful. Haven't you heard the gossip?" Buffy rested her hands over her stomach and placed her boots on the corner of his desk and regarded the nervous man. "Yeah, Ferretti is milking this for all it's worth. Don't worry Daniel, he can run but he can't hide." She looked up at the sound of booted feet, "Here it comes, be strong Danny." She said quietly, eyes dancing.

            Jack came into the office and stopped short. Buffy regarded him from mischievous eyes and Daniel from panic stricken ones. "Why hello Jack. How are you feeling?" Pulling her feet off the desk she walked around to the panic stricken Daniel and kissed him softly on the cheek, "Sorry." she whispered and said out loud, "See you at lunch." And left waving cheerily.

            Daniel moaned and put his head into his hands. "What in the hell is going on Daniel?" Jack demanded. Daniel looked up, "Nothing! Absolutely nothing is going on. You blew her off last night and I took her back to the mountain. I kissed her on the cheek good night and left. That's all!" Daniel barked and opened his drawer rummaging for aspirin. Jack growled and left.

            Several members of SG-7 and SG-9 were watching Buffy sparring with Major Maxwell, pointing out weaknesses and strengths to his technique. As she flipped him the fourth time he lay there quietly. "Major?" she asked, peering down at him. He smiled, " I was thinking about your relationship with Dr. Jackson and wondered how well you 'threw' him." He smiled and Buffy kicked him gently, "Har har. Get up so I can kick Ferretti's excellent butt now." She said, and helped him to his feet. The men laughed and joked as the training continued.

Ferretti snorted and came to face Buffy. Buffy began sparring with him when Jack stormed into the gym. Not even acknowledging him Buffy continued her instruction. "Ok, now block." She said quietly.  "Buffy, are you seeing Daniel?" Jack asked harshly. Not even slowing down she decided to eak out a bit of revenge, "No, of course not Jack. I'm sleeping with Ferretti here."

Ferretti froze in shock, mouth open when Buffy clocked him and he went down like a sack of potatoes. "Oops." Buffy put her hands to her mouth, then knelt down, slapping the unconscious man's cheeks lightly. Jack knelt down as well; making sure the other team leader was ok. "Ferretti, wakey wakey." Buffy did this few times before he came around and groaned. "Hey sleepy head. Sorry." Ferretti groaned again and Jack helped him to his feet. Buffy shook her head a the man, "You forgot rule #1 Ferretti, pay attention to your opponent." And Ferretti smiled wryly through pain at the dig. Jack sent Buffy a look then helped Ferretti to medical.

The rest of the morning training went well and Buffy was walking to the locker room when a newcomer walked towards her. "Buffy Summers?" he asked, knowing full well that this was the 'incredibly sexy' blond Ferretti had told him about. Buffy smiled and held out her hand, "Yes, and you are?" Paul shook her hand and smiled, "Paul Davis. General Hammond sent me to find you and the rest of SG-1." Buffy laughed, "Well, you can find Jack with Ferretti in medical. Tell the General I'll be there in 10 minutes would ya?" and continued to the locker room. Paul turned to watch her walk away and an amused voice said, "You can look but not touch, unless you want Jack to rip your arms off." Daniel smiled at his friend.

 Paul looked at Daniel, "Hey, the General wants you and the rest of SG-1 to meet him in the conference room." Daniel nodded and they walked together down the hall. "What did you mean about the Colonel?" he asked curiously. Daniel shook his head, "Believe me, you'll understand."

General Hammond and Buffy were discussing his idea when Major Davis, Teal' and Daniel came in. Smiling at the men she finished her point and the General nodded in satisfaction. Jack and Sam came in and were seated, Sam saying hi to Buffy and Jack ignoring her pointedly.

The General shook his head, "I called you here to discuss letting the NID capture Buffy." He said and Jack's head snapped up, looking at Buffy with his heart in his eyes. Buffy carefully didn't look at him her attention on the General. Daniel leaned forward, "What?" he asked.

"Maybourne came to see me last night about Buffy." Now Jack looked panic stricken, and he stood up. "There is no way in hell that I am going to let Buffy be some kind of bait for the NID!" Hammond covered a smile on his face and said, "Sit down Colonel. You have no say in the matter."

Buffy looked at Sam, "This Maybourne guy said that the NID think my blood samples have been tampered with, so they want to experiment on me to see where my 'superpowers' come from. So if we let them, they'll be convinced that I am no different from anyone else, satisfy their curiosity and I'll escape. What will happen is I'll go searching for an apartment with a realtor, hopefully they'll strike during that time." Sam nodded but Jack leaned forward and grabbed Buffy's hand, "Buffy no." he pleaded quietly.

Now she looked at him, "Colonel O'Neill, it's been decided." She looked at the General, "If I can go I'll get ready to go to the realtor." And Buffy stood and left. Jack looked at Hammond, "George, you don't know that this is going to work. What if they hurt her?" he asked. "That's why you and SG-1 will be her backup." Hammond said.

Buffy walked towards the locker room and danced a little jig. A chuckle from behind her made her turn and she saw Ferretti. "Hey cowboy, done making my life miserable?" she smiled and went closer to check his bruised cheek. He smiled back, "I am a reformed man." He held up his hand like a boy scout and Buffy laughed. "Yeah, sure you are. Hey, I've got to get ready. I'm going into the Springs to look for an apartment. See ya!" and she went into the locker room. Neither one noticed the non-descript airman who scurried away to make a phone call.