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CHAPTER TWO: I Don't Know Why

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"Wait…we can't just blow up a Goa'uld Mothership…let alone a whole fleet of motherships!" Daniel said.

"Have you got a better plan DanielJackson?" Teal'c asked.

"Well we could contact the Asguard to start with!" Daniel replied.

"We have," General Hammond replied, walking into the briefing room and looking at SG-1, SG-2 and SG-4 who were sitting around the table. "Major Carter and Colonel O'Neill will be heading back here after the press conference in Washington D.C."

"Well what did the Asguard say?" Major Feretti asked.

"They haven't replied…" Hammond replied. "Our chances of gaining help from them are not looking good."

"But they have to help…" Daniel said.

"The Asguard have their own problems to deal with DanielJackson," Teal'c reminded him.

"OK well, then has anyone contacted the Tok'ra?" Daniel asked.

Hammond nodded. "They have operatives within the ranks of the Goa'uld, but not high enough to make any kind of dent."

Just then Dr Janet Frasier appeared at the top of the staircase and looked around at the briefing room table.

"Permission to join the briefing, sir?" Janet asked.

"Granted," Hammond said and Janet took her seat next to Major Feretti.

"Sir, I've been looking for ways to defeat the Goa'uld, biologically…the only thing I can come up with is that vile that Daniel was given by the Tok'ra to destroy the System Lords during that summit of theirs…but there's none of that left as far as I know," Janet said. "I think we're stuck."

"I'm starting to agree with you Doctor…but it's not over till we're attacked and we've still got a few days before that happens," Hammond said. "I want you all searching for ways to defeat the Goa'uld, inform me the minute you find anything that could prove useful. Dismissed."

The all stood up as the General exited the room. Daniel looked across the briefing table at Janet. She forced him a smile as she turned around to leave. This situation just kept getting worse and worse.

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Jack peaked out from behind the curtain at the press waiting to hear their speech.

"I swear that's more reporters than we have people working in Cheyenne Mountain," Jack muttered.

Sam tried to smile, but it was obviously forced. Jack looked back at her.

"Hey, we'll be fine…" he said, not really believing his words.

"Define what emergency you're referring to, sir," Sam sighed. "It's not the press conference I'm worried about."

"I know," Jack replied, turning back around to look out at the press conference.

The President stepped out and up onto the podium, suddenly silence spread across the room. The anticipation was immense, if you hadn't been there you wouldn't have been able to imagine the amount of tension and anticipation in the atmosphere.

"Oh for crying out loud, I can't do this," Jack muttered.

"Sir, I'm sure we've got more worrying things to deal with than the press at the moment…" Sam reassured him. "What they think doesn't matter. Plus, I'm sure they'll love you."

"Yeah, doesn't everyone?" Jack said sarcastically.

Sam was about to open her mouth and say something, but decided against it. Just then they heard the President introducing them. Jack looked at Sam again.

"Well here goes nothing," he said, stepping out from behind the curtain and up the stairs to the microphone.

Again the room went silence as the two Air Force officers stood in front of them.

"Hi," Jack said into the microphone. "Well, what do you want me to say?"

A few reporters laughed slightly. Jack gathered they hadn't been told about the impending Goa'uld attack yet. And he wasn't gonna be the one to tell them.

One reporter in the front row raised her hand.

"How long as this program been running?" she asked.

Jack cringed slightly. "Seven years…well the Stargate was opened for the first time eight years ago, but we closed it after we thought the enemy had been destroyed…which he had – but what we didn't know is that there was more than one."

"More than one what?" another reporter, this one a man, asked.

"Another Goa'uld. Goa'uld are parasites that invade bodies, mainly humans and they impersonate gods to get people to work under them, do as they wish," Jack replied. "We made the mistake of thinking the Stargate only went to one location when really it goes to thousands, maybe even millions of worlds."

"Who inhabits these worlds?" asked one reporter.

"Have the Goa'uld ever been the Earth?" asked another at the same time.

"What's it like being second-in-command to the biggest, most dangerous and most secret organisation in the world?" asked a third one.

"One at a time," Jack said. "Different people inhabit all these worlds – although most of them are humans transported from Earth hundreds or thousands of years ago by the Goa'uld. Then of course some are inhabited by Goa'uld themselves, others by Jaffa who used to be slaves to Goa'uld and while many still are the smart ones are fighting on our side. Yes the Goa'uld have been to Earth…and well, its kinda cool being the second-in-command to the biggest, most dangerous and…well I wouldn't call if the most secret organisation in the world."

"Have the Goa'uld ever tried to destroy Earth?" another reporter asked.

Sam stepped forward. "Yes. Multiple times, but we knocked them back."

"You're Major Samantha Carter right?"

Sam nodded and the journalist scribbled it down on his notepad.

"Is it true that you two are in a relationship?"

Jack recognised the reporter from on the steps earlier. He stepped forward again. "That would be against regulations, and I don't see how it's in any way related to the SGC."

Silence fell over the crowd for a couple of seconds till a short reporter with glasses and a checked shirt that kind of reminded Jack of Daniel raised his hand.

"Yes?" Jack asked.

"How does the Stargate work?"

Jack looked at Sam and stepped away from the microphone. She smiled slightly and stepped up to the microphone. She launched into her explanation of how the thing worked and Jack switched off, staring at his watch. They had to the get back to the SGC, figure out what to do about the approaching disaster. He looked impatiently at the sea of reporters and inwardly cringed. They would have to tell all these people why they had to leave in such a hurry. That he wasn't looking forward to.

Or maybe not…

They didn't have to tell the reporters did they? They could just try and get rid of the impending attack before it actually happened. But how? No that wasn't a question he could possibly answer…thinking was definitely not his department. He looked over at Sam who was still explaining how the Stargate actually worked and instantly knew he couldn't put that pressure on her shoulders…not again. Finally she stopped talking and the dumbfounded reporters stood gaping at her. One reporter…the one who had asked the question in the first place…was still scribbling down notes. Jack guessed he must've been from some kind of science magazine.

"Carter, we gotta go," he whispered in her ear.

She nodded and took the microphone again. "We're sorry, but we have to leave you because of events that have occurred at the SGC. Hope we've provided some light to the confusion."

"Yes…or confused you more," Jack smiled and the two of them hurried off the platform.

They were immediately greeted by a group of bodyguards who escorted them to their transport to the airport. Jack got in the limo and sat opposite Sam. She stared at him and he stared straight back. Neither said anything, but both knew what the other was thinking.

They were in trouble.

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A/N: OMG I'm so so so so so sorry bout how long it took for this chapter to be posted!! I …I'm not even gonna try explaining why lol – it's a long complicated story & ur not interested anywayz but I will TRY and get the next chapter up faster!! Sorry…Please Review :D!