0800 HOURS, STARGATE COMMAND:
Two shadowy figures crouched at the top of one of the access shaft above the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. One of the figures carefully clipped a small black device onto the access panel and typed in a code, while the other acted as a lookout. The panel beeped and the access shaft opened. The man who had opened the shaft turned slightly and looked carefully around as the other figure slipped forward and peered into the shaft.
"Clear." She whispered.
The man nodded and the woman slipped over the edge and began climbing down the shaft. He followed soon after, closing the cover before disappearing.
Lara reached the bottom of the shaft first and waited for Jack to join her. She pulled the brim of her hat further forward as Jack dropped down quietly beside her. They were both dressed in the uniforms Janet had provided them and carefully concealed their faces with caps. Lara had even bound her long hair under her hat.
"Let's go." Jack said.
He opened the door to the access shaft a tiny bit, so that he could just peer out. He waited patently until the security camera was looking in the other direction and slipped out of the shaft, Lara close in his heels. Straightening his uniform, he walked off down the corridor and towards the change rooms where they would find SG-3.
Lara followed him, and noticed that the walls were still the same pea green colour that they had been. "I still think you need a new decorator." She muttered to Jack. "Because all this green gets on my nerves."
"It's not that bad." Jack replied, but you could tell by his tone that he wasn't really there.
Lara shrugged. Well, she'd tried. They continued on their way in silence, always on the lookout for cameras. Ten minutes later, Jack and Lara found themselves outside the changing rooms of the base. Jack nodded to Lara, and she slipped inside the females. Jack walked into the male change room.
Inside he found three of the members of SG-3. Major Blake gave Jack a slight nod and turned and disappeared down the back of the room towards the showers. A minute later another member followed. Jack looked at the remaining Marine and he nodded every so slowly.
Five minutes later, SG-3 left the change rooms and made their way down to the gate room. "SG-3 all present and accounted for." Major Blake told the Marine officer at the door.
The man nodded and let them through. The four of them entered the gate room and stood in front of the gate as usual. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. "Chevron one locked." Sergeant Davis said from the control room, as the gate began to dial.
"SG-3." Colonel Forrest's voice came over the intercom. "You are to report back to the SGC in 24 hours."
Major Blake turned and gazed at the control room window. "Yes, sir." He said.
When he turned back around, he muttered to the man standing next to him. "I hope the General gets back soon, or I will hit that man."
The man chuckled softly. "You're more restrained than me." He said. "I want to shoot him."
The two men shared a grin as the gate engaged, shooting out the usual cloud of 'water'. Major Blake straightened his shoulders and began up the ramp, his team following behind him. They all went through, but Davis could have sworn he saw on of them hesitate just a second before going through.
* * *
Janet picked up the phone in her office and quickly dialled a number. "It's Janet." She said when someone at the other end picked up.
"Yes?"
"I just thought you should know that Jack just went through the gate."
"Good." The voice replied. "I'll be there as soon as possible."
Janet nodded to herself as she hung up the phone. She hoped this was the right thing to do.
* * *
SG-3 stepped out of the gate on the other side and found themselves on a green planet. It was remarkably like Earth. Major Blake turned to the man next to him. "I can't believe we managed to pull that off." he said. "I must have jumped about a million times during the wait in the gate room."
Jack looked at him. "Could have fooled me." He said.
"Ah, but - no offence meant Jack - you're not a Marine."
Jack shrugged. "Thanks Rob." He said to Major Blake. "I owe you one."
"No, this makes us even." He replied. "I still owed you one."
Then Blake turned serious. "Just be careful Jack."
"I will."
Lieutenant Peters smiled from the other side of Blake. "Nice meetin' you, Lady Croft." He said with a shy smile.
"Nice meeting you too." She said in her English accent.
"Good luck and all."
Lara grinned at him. "I don't think we'll need it." She said. "I'm not the best for nothing, you know."
Peters nodded at her. Jack walked over to the gate and began dialling. "We'll give you half an hour, but that's all I can promise." Blake said.
"Thanks Blake." Jack said.
Blake nodded.
When the gate was opened, Lara walked up to it, and hesitated a second. "What's wrong?" Jack said softly, close to her ear.
"It's bloody cold in there." She replied, just as softly. "I wasn't really expecting that."
"No, you don't do you?" Jack said.
Lara smiled and stepped through, and Jack was only a step behind her.
* * *
"Sir!" Major Carter burst into General Hammond's office, where Colonel Forrest had taken up residence.
"Yes, Major?" he looked up from his paperwork.
"I was just in the change rooms on the gate level, sir." She said. "I found Lieutenant Madison on the floor. She's unconscious."
"What?" Forrest said, suddenly looking very worried and half rising from his chair.
"I think the Colonel's in the base somewhere." Sam said.
"No." Forrest said, sitting back down in his chair. "He's not."
"Sir?" Sam asked.
He swore. "I just saw SG-3 go through the gate." Forrest explained.
Sam looked worried. "Jack could be anywhere in the galaxy by now!"
Forrest looked at her. "I hope you had nothing to do with this, Major." He said.
Sam's face hardened. "Jack was my friend once, Colonel, and I might have helped him - but that was before he murdered Dr. Jackson."
Forrest nodded, as if pleased with the answer. "Then I want you to assemble a team, Major. I want the Colonel found and brought back to Earth!"
"Yes, sir." Sam said and left.
Two shadowy figures crouched at the top of one of the access shaft above the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. One of the figures carefully clipped a small black device onto the access panel and typed in a code, while the other acted as a lookout. The panel beeped and the access shaft opened. The man who had opened the shaft turned slightly and looked carefully around as the other figure slipped forward and peered into the shaft.
"Clear." She whispered.
The man nodded and the woman slipped over the edge and began climbing down the shaft. He followed soon after, closing the cover before disappearing.
Lara reached the bottom of the shaft first and waited for Jack to join her. She pulled the brim of her hat further forward as Jack dropped down quietly beside her. They were both dressed in the uniforms Janet had provided them and carefully concealed their faces with caps. Lara had even bound her long hair under her hat.
"Let's go." Jack said.
He opened the door to the access shaft a tiny bit, so that he could just peer out. He waited patently until the security camera was looking in the other direction and slipped out of the shaft, Lara close in his heels. Straightening his uniform, he walked off down the corridor and towards the change rooms where they would find SG-3.
Lara followed him, and noticed that the walls were still the same pea green colour that they had been. "I still think you need a new decorator." She muttered to Jack. "Because all this green gets on my nerves."
"It's not that bad." Jack replied, but you could tell by his tone that he wasn't really there.
Lara shrugged. Well, she'd tried. They continued on their way in silence, always on the lookout for cameras. Ten minutes later, Jack and Lara found themselves outside the changing rooms of the base. Jack nodded to Lara, and she slipped inside the females. Jack walked into the male change room.
Inside he found three of the members of SG-3. Major Blake gave Jack a slight nod and turned and disappeared down the back of the room towards the showers. A minute later another member followed. Jack looked at the remaining Marine and he nodded every so slowly.
Five minutes later, SG-3 left the change rooms and made their way down to the gate room. "SG-3 all present and accounted for." Major Blake told the Marine officer at the door.
The man nodded and let them through. The four of them entered the gate room and stood in front of the gate as usual. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. "Chevron one locked." Sergeant Davis said from the control room, as the gate began to dial.
"SG-3." Colonel Forrest's voice came over the intercom. "You are to report back to the SGC in 24 hours."
Major Blake turned and gazed at the control room window. "Yes, sir." He said.
When he turned back around, he muttered to the man standing next to him. "I hope the General gets back soon, or I will hit that man."
The man chuckled softly. "You're more restrained than me." He said. "I want to shoot him."
The two men shared a grin as the gate engaged, shooting out the usual cloud of 'water'. Major Blake straightened his shoulders and began up the ramp, his team following behind him. They all went through, but Davis could have sworn he saw on of them hesitate just a second before going through.
* * *
Janet picked up the phone in her office and quickly dialled a number. "It's Janet." She said when someone at the other end picked up.
"Yes?"
"I just thought you should know that Jack just went through the gate."
"Good." The voice replied. "I'll be there as soon as possible."
Janet nodded to herself as she hung up the phone. She hoped this was the right thing to do.
* * *
SG-3 stepped out of the gate on the other side and found themselves on a green planet. It was remarkably like Earth. Major Blake turned to the man next to him. "I can't believe we managed to pull that off." he said. "I must have jumped about a million times during the wait in the gate room."
Jack looked at him. "Could have fooled me." He said.
"Ah, but - no offence meant Jack - you're not a Marine."
Jack shrugged. "Thanks Rob." He said to Major Blake. "I owe you one."
"No, this makes us even." He replied. "I still owed you one."
Then Blake turned serious. "Just be careful Jack."
"I will."
Lieutenant Peters smiled from the other side of Blake. "Nice meetin' you, Lady Croft." He said with a shy smile.
"Nice meeting you too." She said in her English accent.
"Good luck and all."
Lara grinned at him. "I don't think we'll need it." She said. "I'm not the best for nothing, you know."
Peters nodded at her. Jack walked over to the gate and began dialling. "We'll give you half an hour, but that's all I can promise." Blake said.
"Thanks Blake." Jack said.
Blake nodded.
When the gate was opened, Lara walked up to it, and hesitated a second. "What's wrong?" Jack said softly, close to her ear.
"It's bloody cold in there." She replied, just as softly. "I wasn't really expecting that."
"No, you don't do you?" Jack said.
Lara smiled and stepped through, and Jack was only a step behind her.
* * *
"Sir!" Major Carter burst into General Hammond's office, where Colonel Forrest had taken up residence.
"Yes, Major?" he looked up from his paperwork.
"I was just in the change rooms on the gate level, sir." She said. "I found Lieutenant Madison on the floor. She's unconscious."
"What?" Forrest said, suddenly looking very worried and half rising from his chair.
"I think the Colonel's in the base somewhere." Sam said.
"No." Forrest said, sitting back down in his chair. "He's not."
"Sir?" Sam asked.
He swore. "I just saw SG-3 go through the gate." Forrest explained.
Sam looked worried. "Jack could be anywhere in the galaxy by now!"
Forrest looked at her. "I hope you had nothing to do with this, Major." He said.
Sam's face hardened. "Jack was my friend once, Colonel, and I might have helped him - but that was before he murdered Dr. Jackson."
Forrest nodded, as if pleased with the answer. "Then I want you to assemble a team, Major. I want the Colonel found and brought back to Earth!"
"Yes, sir." Sam said and left.
