A/N: So so so so so so so sorry!! Last chapter was crap I know – and I haven't posted for AGES I know! I been away etc etc. But school starts again soon so I figured I better get in another chapter or two before then!!

So here goes!!

CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS FOR FALLOUT

CHAPTER TEN: Watch It Fly By As the Pendulum Swings

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Lizzy Baker stood on the edge of the forest watching the strange looking…spaceship? It was sitting on the edge of the 'runway' and a bunch of Air Force men ran up to it.

What the hell is going on? Lizzy thought to herself. It's obviously not the enemy or else they'd be shooting.

A shortish man wearing strange clothing stepped out with his hands above his head. Some conversation was exchanged and then the men led him to an armoured car.

Lizzy ran across the open field to where the cars were. No one saw her, they all seemed to be running in different directions. She ducked behind a broken down Humvee and listened.

"It's General Carter, he's one of those Tok'ra things…" she heard on of the officers say.

"What's he doing here? How can we be so sure he's not working with the Goa'uld?" another asked.

"The SGC trust him…" the first officer said. "I guess we do too."

"So to Cheyenne Mountain?"

There was silence and they both wandered off. Lizzy guessed the second officer had nodded his head rather than replying.

Cheyenne Mountain

If she was gonna be useful that's the place she had to get into. The question was – how do you break into a top secret military base?

With difficulty, she thought to herself and set off to find transport to Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs.

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"Hi Dad," Sam said hugging her father.

"Hey Sam, sorry this isn't under better circumstances…" Jacob replied, then turned to Hammond. "How can I help?"

Sam looked around the room. Her stomach feeling had gone again…until of course Jacob had entered the room. Her mind wandered back to the room again. It had to be one of McKay, Janet, Hammond, Siler or…the Colonel? She shot a glance at him. It couldn't be could it? Before in the hallway that feeling hadn't been there.

He turned to face her. She suddenly realised she was staring at him and threw her gaze in the other direction…to see Anise entering the room.

Maybe she'd been nearby when Sam had had that feeling in the pit of her stomach. Or maybe she'd really been imagining things.

"Carter you sure you're OK?" Jack asked.

"Fine," she replied.

Jacob and Hammond stopped talking and turned to look at her.

"Sam?" Jacob said in a questioning way.

"I'm fine!" she repeated.

They all looked at her with worried expressions in their faces, but there was nothing they could do. How could the world coming to an end not worry someone?

Jacob turned back to face Hammond. "You were saying?"

"We need someone to fly the cargo ship to the planet where Dr Jackson, Jonas Quinn and Teal'c are because we still don't have enough power to run the Stargate," Hammond said.

"Why are they there?" Jacob asked.

"Trying to work a machine that could kill all Goa'uld…" Hammond replied.

"Wouldn't that…kill the Tok'ra too?" Jack looked confused.

Hammond didn't reply, just stared at Jacob knowingly.

The Tok'ra and the Goa'uld were essentially the same creature. If it destroyed one it would most likely destroy the other.

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"Truth or dare?" Jonas asked.

"There's only so many dares you can do on a tiny island," Daniel replied.

"I am in agreement," Teal'c said.

"Then pick truth," Jonas said, drawing another point of origin symbol.

"Truth," Daniel said.

"Oh now I have to think of another question…" Jonas said.

"This game is becoming pointless," Teal'c stated.

There was silence for a minute as they each in turn stared up at the cloudless sky. The stars of the galaxy were strewn above them forming intricate patterns without actually meaning to form anything.

"Favourite TV show?" Jonas asked.

"MacGyver," Daniel replied, instantly. "You know that guy always reminded me of Jack?"

"Indeed, O'Neill shares many features with MacGyver," Teal'c replied. "I would say my favourite TV show is American Idol…I much enjoy hearing the singing."

Daniel and Jonas both turned to face Teal'c and stared at him strangely.

"JonasQuinn?" Teal'c asked, trying to move the attention away from himself.

"Ooh, the weather channel," Jonas replied. "It's so fascinating."

Now it was his turn to receive the strange looks.

"What?" he asked.

"So who's for dinner?" Daniel asked, changing the subject.

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"Why us, sir?" Jack asked. "Wouldn't we be more useful here?"

"Colonel, if Earth is destroyed I don't want SG-1 here, you're better being offworld," Hammond replied, shovelling some papers on his desk around.

"But General we've saved the world before!" Jack insisted, stopping his pacing and slamming his hands down on his desk. "At least leave Carter here, you need her brains."

"Are you telling me I should leave Major Carter here to get blown up by the Goa'uld like everyone else? I thought she meant more than that to you Jack," Hammond continued, standing up.

"I…" Jack paused. "OK I see your point. But General I don't think it's a good idea, no offence, but if Carter isn't here to save Earth – no one can do it!"

"Then it'll be destroyed…" Hammond said.

"What?" Jack asked.

"Look Colonel, as much as I realise it's always been SG-1 to save Earth – it's not gonna happen this time…it's over," Hammond said. "Now I want you out of here."

Jack sighed in resignation and stepped back.

"Fine," he said. "Have it your way…we'll go fix the machine and wipe out the Goa'uld…and the Tok'ra. And any other poor being that has Naquadah in its system to save our own asses. I ask you…how does that make us better than the Goa'uld?"

Hammond stared at Jack for a minute. "You're dismissed."

With that he turned back to his paperwork.

Jack turned around and stormed out of Hammond's office, not in a good mood. Only to be faced with a SF holding a teenage girl in front of him.

"Colonel…this girl somehow got through our security and asked to see General Carter," the SF said.

"Thanks, I'll take her," Jack said, not really wanting to but knowing the poor SF had no idea what was going on.

Not that he did.

He nodded in the direction of the briefing room and the girl walked in there, to face Jacob and Sam.

"Who's this, sir?" Sam asked.

"Whoa, you're Major Carter!" the girl said. "You're like my idol…well since found out about the whole SGC thing on the news!"

Sam gave Jack a questioning look and he shrugged. "Wanted to talk to your Daddy dearest."

They all looked at Jacob.

"I've never seen this girl before in my life…" Jacob said.

"Yeah, I just used that as an excuse to get in here," the girl grinned. "I wanna help."

"Help!?" the three of them repeated.

"Sorry kiddo, but that ain't gonna happen," Jack said. "We have a planet to save. You stay right here."

The smile was wiped off her face as she plonked down in one of the chairs. Jack, Sam and Jacob left the room and the girl glared after them.

It wasn't fair.

She'd have her fight, then they'd see.

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"Hammond," he said as he picked up his office phone.

"Colonel O'Neill, General Carter and Major Carter have left," the voice on the other end said.

"OK thank you son," Hammond replied, putting down the phone.

He opened his drawer and pulled out a syringe. Inside it contained a mixture which if injected into his blood stream allowed to him to escape detection. But he didn't pull out the syringe, he already had enough in his system. Instead he pulled out the small brown ball next to it.

A long range communication device.

Anubis's face appeared in the ball.

"Torack, report," Anubis replied.

"They've left my Lord, I suggest you send a fighter after them…I want them destroyed," Hammond said…a Goa'uld voice now occupying his own.

"Thank you," Anubis said, and the face disappeared.

He placed the ball back in his desk and looked up to see a figure standing in his doorway.

"Don't come here you idiot, someone will see you!" Hammond…or Torack…shouted…quietly.

"Well I'm sure they've figured out that someone had to let me out of my cell," McKay replied.

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