Sleepless Chapter 2
A/N: Thanks to Louise for the ideas in a review. I deleted the second chapter because it was rubbish compared to her ideas. Thanks to everyone else that reviewed. Here's the better chapter 2. I have a feeling this is going to turn into a long story like most of my fics.
Sam pulled up into her parking space at the SGC. The sun was just coming up and served as a big reminder that she hadn't slept at all. She got out her car to hear an annoyingly cheerful voice.
"Morning Carter. Wonder whether they need us to save the world again!?"
Sam just grunted in response and thought that if the world really did need saving.again.couldn't it have been when she had gotten some sleep.
Jack accompanied Sam into the base, for once noting that she really didn't want to be talked to right now. Well, that's what Sam thought.
"You alright Carter? You seem quiet."
"I'm fine."
"That's it?"
Sam nodded and gave him a sceptical look.
"What?"
He looked confused.
Sam glared at him and stormed out of the elevator as soon as the doors opened. Jack wondered what the hell was up, shrugged, and sauntered after her.
Jack finally caught up with Sam in the locker room, where she had already changed into her BDUs.
"Carter, if there's anything wrong."
"I'll tell you what's wrong! I had no sleep whatsoever last night! When I did get to sleep somebody paged me 15 minutes later!"
"Oh."
Jack was wary; he knew what Sam could be like when she was tired.
Sam walked out without her normal goodbye and Jack was left standing there. He pulled himself out of his thoughtful state and started getting changed at high speed.
When Jack ran into the briefing room five minutes later, the rest of his team, Hammond, and Janet were already there. Jack just sat down, trying to be as inconspicuous as possible. All attention previously focussed on him turned back to Hammond when he started the briefing.
"SG-1, we have a slight problem that the iris will not open. We need Major Carter to sort this problem out as soon as possible."
"What did you call me, Daniel and Teal'C here for then?"
"We need you, Dr Jackson and Teal'C."
"Yes."
"We need you to."
Teal'C raised an eyebrow.
"Well, we don't really need you, but as Teal'C and Dr Jackson were here already we called them to the briefing. You.well.we just didn't want you to be left out as 2IC of the base, and I thought this would be a perfect opportunity for you to catch on your paperwork."
"Great. Carter I suggest you get to work."
The general nodded.
"Dismissed."
Sam walked into the control room to see what the problem was. At least they had a genuine reason to call her in at this time in the morning. The problem could be fatal if one of the SG teams tried getting back to Earth when the iris was closed.
Sam sat down at the main computer terminal and started frantically typing. She started by doing a simple diagnostic, but this turned up nothing useful, as the only thing it said was that the iris would not open.
Next, Sam tried manually searching through all the files by hand to see if there was anything the diagnostic hadn't picked up.
She carried on working for hours but with still no luck. All of SG-1, General Hammond and even Dr Fraiser had been in to see how she was doing. It didn't help, if anything it distracted her even more than she already was.
Dr Fraiser walked into the control room again.
"Sam, you look shattered."
"Thanks Janet, I really needed to know that."
She handed Sam a cup of strong coffee and Sam drank eagerly.
"Still no luck then."
Sam shook her head.
"I'll leave you alone again then."
"Thanks."
Janet left and Sam carried on working.
Suddenly, when nobody was expecting it, especially Sam, the iris opened. General Hammond rushed into the control room to congratulate her.
"But Sir.it wasn't me."
On the top of the ramp of the Stargate, there was a small mouse. Nobody could see it, as it sat and looked around.
A/N Please review and please check out my site. It's on my profile. Things are updated there before anywhere else!
A/N: Thanks to Louise for the ideas in a review. I deleted the second chapter because it was rubbish compared to her ideas. Thanks to everyone else that reviewed. Here's the better chapter 2. I have a feeling this is going to turn into a long story like most of my fics.
Sam pulled up into her parking space at the SGC. The sun was just coming up and served as a big reminder that she hadn't slept at all. She got out her car to hear an annoyingly cheerful voice.
"Morning Carter. Wonder whether they need us to save the world again!?"
Sam just grunted in response and thought that if the world really did need saving.again.couldn't it have been when she had gotten some sleep.
Jack accompanied Sam into the base, for once noting that she really didn't want to be talked to right now. Well, that's what Sam thought.
"You alright Carter? You seem quiet."
"I'm fine."
"That's it?"
Sam nodded and gave him a sceptical look.
"What?"
He looked confused.
Sam glared at him and stormed out of the elevator as soon as the doors opened. Jack wondered what the hell was up, shrugged, and sauntered after her.
Jack finally caught up with Sam in the locker room, where she had already changed into her BDUs.
"Carter, if there's anything wrong."
"I'll tell you what's wrong! I had no sleep whatsoever last night! When I did get to sleep somebody paged me 15 minutes later!"
"Oh."
Jack was wary; he knew what Sam could be like when she was tired.
Sam walked out without her normal goodbye and Jack was left standing there. He pulled himself out of his thoughtful state and started getting changed at high speed.
When Jack ran into the briefing room five minutes later, the rest of his team, Hammond, and Janet were already there. Jack just sat down, trying to be as inconspicuous as possible. All attention previously focussed on him turned back to Hammond when he started the briefing.
"SG-1, we have a slight problem that the iris will not open. We need Major Carter to sort this problem out as soon as possible."
"What did you call me, Daniel and Teal'C here for then?"
"We need you, Dr Jackson and Teal'C."
"Yes."
"We need you to."
Teal'C raised an eyebrow.
"Well, we don't really need you, but as Teal'C and Dr Jackson were here already we called them to the briefing. You.well.we just didn't want you to be left out as 2IC of the base, and I thought this would be a perfect opportunity for you to catch on your paperwork."
"Great. Carter I suggest you get to work."
The general nodded.
"Dismissed."
Sam walked into the control room to see what the problem was. At least they had a genuine reason to call her in at this time in the morning. The problem could be fatal if one of the SG teams tried getting back to Earth when the iris was closed.
Sam sat down at the main computer terminal and started frantically typing. She started by doing a simple diagnostic, but this turned up nothing useful, as the only thing it said was that the iris would not open.
Next, Sam tried manually searching through all the files by hand to see if there was anything the diagnostic hadn't picked up.
She carried on working for hours but with still no luck. All of SG-1, General Hammond and even Dr Fraiser had been in to see how she was doing. It didn't help, if anything it distracted her even more than she already was.
Dr Fraiser walked into the control room again.
"Sam, you look shattered."
"Thanks Janet, I really needed to know that."
She handed Sam a cup of strong coffee and Sam drank eagerly.
"Still no luck then."
Sam shook her head.
"I'll leave you alone again then."
"Thanks."
Janet left and Sam carried on working.
Suddenly, when nobody was expecting it, especially Sam, the iris opened. General Hammond rushed into the control room to congratulate her.
"But Sir.it wasn't me."
On the top of the ramp of the Stargate, there was a small mouse. Nobody could see it, as it sat and looked around.
A/N Please review and please check out my site. It's on my profile. Things are updated there before anywhere else!