"Alliances of Sorts"

Ch. 9

(Int. SGC, Embarkation Room)

Jack, Sam, Teal'c, Daniel, and I stood in front of the Stargate, along with Brennan, Emma, Jesse, and Shalimar.

"SG-1 and Mutant X, you have a go. Good luck," General Hammond said.

"Thank you, sir," Jack waved to him from the 'gate room and looked at us. "Let's go."

SG-1 nodded and smiled. We defiantly loved this job. The members of Mutant X looked a little scared. Although they were hiding it well. The ten of us stepped through the Event Horizon.

(The old Mining Planet)

"Whoa!" Jesse said as he stepped out of the 'gate.

"Cool, huh?" I said, grinning.

"How often do you go through the Stargate?" Adam asked as they started walking toward the cave.

"We go off-world a couple of times a week. Sometimes it's every other day. It all depends on our mission," Samantha told him.

"So, how far is this cave?" Emma asked.

"It is a half days walk from here," Teal'c said.

"We only have a few hours of daylight left," Daniel said.

"We should find a place to set up camp for the night then," Jack said.

"I've already found one, sir," Sam said.

Sam did a super job in finding a spot to camp out. It was a nice, roomy clearing a few feet from a creek. Everyone did their part in setting up. The guys put up the tents while the girls collected wood and started a nice fire. The large group bundled up together by the fire, eating the food they had all brought with them.

"So, you must be a great uncle, Dr. Kane," Jack said sarcastically.

Adam and the members of Mutant X looked up. I glanced over at Jack, warningly.

"I don't think that is any of your business, Colonel," Adam said.

"Oh, I think it is," he said.

"Adam, you never told us that Nicole was your niece," Jesse said.

"What? He didn't tell you?" I asked them.

They shook their heads. I looked at Adam.

"You didn't tell your team members?" I asked him.

Adam shook his head, almost shamefully.

"I don't believe you," I laughed.

I got up abruptly and stepped over to a tree and leaned against it. I sighed heavily. I wanted all of this to be over. I wanted Adam and his people to go back to their own lives and SG-1 and myself to go back to ours. Whether I would live or die, I just wanted Adam gone.

I closed my eyes and listened to my surroundings. I could hear the trees moving with the breezes; a brook a few feet away; and idle chatter of Mutant X and SG-1 as they finished their meals. I noticed, however, that Adam had left and was in his tent. I then heard someone footsteps' coming from behind me, crunching leafs in the process.

I turned around and saw Daniel walking towards me. I gave a quick smile.

"Hi," I said.

"Hi," Daniel stood against the tree next to me. "You know, Jack needs to keep his big mouth shut sometimes."

"Yeah," I nodded in agreement.

"Are you going to be alright? I mean, this morning you couldn't keep anything down. And you've hardly eaten a thing all day," he asked.

"I'm feeling better. It must have been the sushi I had last night or something," I shrugged.

"If it was the sushi, then how come Shalimar, Brennan, Jesse, Emma, and I aren't sick? We all had the same stuff," Daniel said.

"Whatever it was, I'm fine. So you could stop worrying now,"

I leaned close to Daniel and kissed him. He wrapped his arms around me.

"Okay, gang, bed! We've got a big day tomorrow," Jack shouted. "Hey, you Love Birds that means you too!"

We broke away from the kiss slowly. We smiled and headed for our tents. I stepped into the tent that I had to share with Sam, Emma, and Shalimar. I was grinning uncontrollably. I slipped into my sleeping bag, without a word, I fell asleep.

To be continued . . .