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After Sam's bags were packed, she left her quarters to find Daniel quickly. Leaving the bags behind so not to look conspicuous, she slipped into his quarters and tapped him on the back gently. Startled - he turned around, surprised to see Sam standing behind him - nervously looking over her shoulder.
"Sam. What's up?" he asked, noticing her manner.
"Here," she replied, handing him a screwed up piece of paper.
"What's this?" Daniel asked while unravelling it.
"I'm leaving. I told Hammond. I'm going instead of Jack. It's not fair, and so I'm leaving. Jack doesn't know yet. Just, keep it if you need to get a hold of me for any reason. Don't let anyone else know. No one. Not even Jack. It's for you, and you only. I'm trusting you Daniel, please don't let me down,"
Sam explained while he read the address and phone number on the paper. He nodded. When he turned around, she was gone.
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Later that day, Jack went looking for Sam. Knocking on the door to her quarters, he received no answer. He was going to say goodbye to her. He knew she knew why he had to leave, and so he was only going to say a small goodbye. He was to take the fall. Or so he thought.
"Daniel," he said as he walked into his quarters.
"Hey Jack," he replied without turning around. The voice was one he knew well, and didn't need to check who it was.
"Have you seen Sam?" Jack asked.
"No,"
Daniel lied convincingly for a change. He knew the stakes - he had to. The piece of scrunched up paper was still sitting next to him on his table. He grabbed it and threw it to the bin. He missed of course, but it looked as though it were rubbish, so it wasn't too much of a give away.
"Oh. Ok.well, I'm going now. I uhh.I guess I won't be seeing you much."
Daniel knew that Jack didn't know what Sam had done yet. She had told him he didn't. He wanted to tell him. He was going to leave the base with all his things, and then they would both be gone. It seemed like a waste of time. For him to go, and then have to come back once he found out that Sam had gone in his place.
"Oh Jack,"
Daniel called as he left. He stopped and turned around. Daniel faced him.
"I uhh.I was supposed to tell you the General wants to see you. It uhh.it slipped my mind. Something important too I think,"
He made up on the spot. It sounded much like something he would do though. Forget to tell someone something important like that. Jack shrugged.
"Why bother? He made it clear where we wants me. And that's off base. So that's where I'm going. If there was anything else he wanted to tell me, he could have yelled it at me while I was in his office."
"But.I think you should."
"Yeah. Whatever Daniel. I should probably tell him that I'm gone anyway. See ya." Daniel sighed.
"Yeah, see ya."
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Jack knocked softly on the General's door.
"Come," was the simple reply from inside. Upon opening the door, Hammond looked up. "Jack. Glad you're still here."
"Listen General, don't worry.I just came to say that I'm going."
"Sit down Jack." In puzzlement, he did as ordered.
"As much as I disapprove of the news I informed you of earlier today, Major Carter has given up her career for yours. I disagreed in the decision, and that is nothing to do with you as a person nor officer."
"You mean she's gone?"
"I would guess that she has left by now yes."
Jack got up and ran from Hammond's office and straight to Daniel's quarters.
"Daniel!" he called as he burst in.
"What?"
"Where's Sam?"
"You asked me that before, I don't know."
"You have to have seen her!"
"I haven't seen her Jack,"
Daniel lied. His friend sighed and left. He felt so incredible guilty in having to lie to his friend. But it was in the confidence of his other friend - and that confidence he could not break.
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After Sam's bags were packed, she left her quarters to find Daniel quickly. Leaving the bags behind so not to look conspicuous, she slipped into his quarters and tapped him on the back gently. Startled - he turned around, surprised to see Sam standing behind him - nervously looking over her shoulder.
"Sam. What's up?" he asked, noticing her manner.
"Here," she replied, handing him a screwed up piece of paper.
"What's this?" Daniel asked while unravelling it.
"I'm leaving. I told Hammond. I'm going instead of Jack. It's not fair, and so I'm leaving. Jack doesn't know yet. Just, keep it if you need to get a hold of me for any reason. Don't let anyone else know. No one. Not even Jack. It's for you, and you only. I'm trusting you Daniel, please don't let me down,"
Sam explained while he read the address and phone number on the paper. He nodded. When he turned around, she was gone.
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Later that day, Jack went looking for Sam. Knocking on the door to her quarters, he received no answer. He was going to say goodbye to her. He knew she knew why he had to leave, and so he was only going to say a small goodbye. He was to take the fall. Or so he thought.
"Daniel," he said as he walked into his quarters.
"Hey Jack," he replied without turning around. The voice was one he knew well, and didn't need to check who it was.
"Have you seen Sam?" Jack asked.
"No,"
Daniel lied convincingly for a change. He knew the stakes - he had to. The piece of scrunched up paper was still sitting next to him on his table. He grabbed it and threw it to the bin. He missed of course, but it looked as though it were rubbish, so it wasn't too much of a give away.
"Oh. Ok.well, I'm going now. I uhh.I guess I won't be seeing you much."
Daniel knew that Jack didn't know what Sam had done yet. She had told him he didn't. He wanted to tell him. He was going to leave the base with all his things, and then they would both be gone. It seemed like a waste of time. For him to go, and then have to come back once he found out that Sam had gone in his place.
"Oh Jack,"
Daniel called as he left. He stopped and turned around. Daniel faced him.
"I uhh.I was supposed to tell you the General wants to see you. It uhh.it slipped my mind. Something important too I think,"
He made up on the spot. It sounded much like something he would do though. Forget to tell someone something important like that. Jack shrugged.
"Why bother? He made it clear where we wants me. And that's off base. So that's where I'm going. If there was anything else he wanted to tell me, he could have yelled it at me while I was in his office."
"But.I think you should."
"Yeah. Whatever Daniel. I should probably tell him that I'm gone anyway. See ya." Daniel sighed.
"Yeah, see ya."
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Jack knocked softly on the General's door.
"Come," was the simple reply from inside. Upon opening the door, Hammond looked up. "Jack. Glad you're still here."
"Listen General, don't worry.I just came to say that I'm going."
"Sit down Jack." In puzzlement, he did as ordered.
"As much as I disapprove of the news I informed you of earlier today, Major Carter has given up her career for yours. I disagreed in the decision, and that is nothing to do with you as a person nor officer."
"You mean she's gone?"
"I would guess that she has left by now yes."
Jack got up and ran from Hammond's office and straight to Daniel's quarters.
"Daniel!" he called as he burst in.
"What?"
"Where's Sam?"
"You asked me that before, I don't know."
"You have to have seen her!"
"I haven't seen her Jack,"
Daniel lied. His friend sighed and left. He felt so incredible guilty in having to lie to his friend. But it was in the confidence of his other friend - and that confidence he could not break.
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