"Colonel can we stop at the next gas station?" Sam asked.

"What you planning on running out on us Captain?" Jack asked.

"No sir, I just thought I should probably change out of the military garb and into something else."

"Fine, we'll stop." He agreed.

"Thank you sir." Sam said resting her head back against the head rest.

"So have you forgiven us for kidnapping you yet?" Daniel asked from the back seat.

"I'm still not convinced that you haven't been infected with something and that you should all be in the infirmary. But someone needs to keep an eye on you just in case."

"But you forgive us and you're not going to strand us off world when we get back?" Daniel questioned.

"I'll plead the fifth on that one."

"I could order you to forgive us?" Jack offered.

"I'm sure you could sir, but how would you actually know the order had been carried out, I could just pretend I've forgiven you all." She countered logically.

"That is most wise Captain Carter." Teal'c added with a head nod.

"Teal'c do you think you could call me Sam? I mean saying Captain Carter all the time is a bit long winded and every time someone says it I start looking around for my Dad. I mean I don't mind being called Carter or just Captain I've gotten used to it but Captain Carter is a mouthful all the time."

"I will try Captain Carter." Teal'c replied. Jack couldn't help but laugh.

"Sir?" Sam questioned.

"You look around for your Dad?" Jack questioned.

"Yes sir. My Dad was promoted to Major when just after I turned six, so up and until then I was used to people on bases yelling for Captain Carter. In all honesty I used to wonder where he kept his boat."

"His boat?" Jack questioned.

"When you're a kid sir, you expect Captain's to have big boats."

"That was until someone told you that the Air Force uses planes rather than boats to get where ever they're going."

"Yes sir. But have ended up on a boat since joining the Air Force."

"Really when?" He asked.

"Remember when I said I'd log over a hundred hours during the gulf war." Jack nodded. "A storm hit one night when were on the way back and we landed on a Navy aircraft carrier so we spent three days there with the Navy and a few hundred Marines. It was quite enlightening really."

"In what way?" Daniel asked.

"I'll plead the fifth on that one too." She said as Jack pulled into a gas station.

"Here you go Carter. Don't take too long."

"I won't sir. Excuse me." She climbed out the car and headed inside to get the keys to the toilet after accepting her bag from Daniel.

"So do you really think she's angry with us?" Daniel asked.

"Nah, she just wants to know where we're going."

"Where are we going you would even tell us?" Daniel protested.

"You'll see when we get there, Teal'c you doing okay back there buddy." Teal'c was extraordinarily tall and had to fit his frame into the back seat.

"I am most comfortable O'Neill."

Ten minutes later Sam made it back to the car and climbed back in and thrust her bag back to Daniel.

"What took so long Carter?" Jack asked.

"I had to phone the base to make sure someone had switched off all the equipment in my lab so that it didn't cause the base to blow up. I also reported that I'd been kidnapped but they said you were under orders from the General so it was allow."

"I see." Jack sneered.

"I also brought snacks as I didn't know how long this little road trip was going to take and I didn't have any breakfast sir." She added the sir on second thoughts. "Teal'c I got you a sandwich." She held out the packet to him.

"For cryin' out loud it only takes just over an hour to get where we're going."

"Which would put us in the middle of nowhere or Denver." Sam surmised.

"You're way too smart for your own good Miss Carter." Jack said with a sigh.

"Sometimes I'm not smart enough sir." Sam mumbled.

"You know you don't have to save the world by yourself you know we're here to help." He said with a smile.

"Yes sir. So why are we going to Denver?" She asked changing the subject.

"It's a surprise. Now no more questions."

"Yes sir." Sam said and then sat quietly every now and then handing Daniel and Teal'c a packet of sweets.

"Right we're here." Jack said as they pulled up outside a motel. "One point before we go in, no mention of work it's classified. Plus if anyone asks this is a team bonding exercise designed to increase productivity in SG-1 and by extension the SGC." Sam and Daniel shot him questioning glances, Teal'c remained stoic as usual. "What I had to come up with something to say to Hammond to get the weekend off."

TBC