Part 5

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During the entire tour of the plant Nolanti ignored most of Jack's attempts to make small talk. Instead he merely continued to talk to Sam, only laughing or engaging him in conversation if Sam seemed interested in what he said. Deciding that he really didn't like the man, Jack remained relatively silent during the letter half of the tour. Once the tour was over they returned to the dining hall where Daniel was still talking to same cabinet member, oblivious to the fact that they had even left and returned.

"Has he come up for air at all Teal'c?" Jack asked as he approached the stoic Jaffa

"Indeed he has not O'Neill"

"Sir, Nolanti has offered to let us stay in some diplomatic quarters for the night" Sam said as she approached the three men

Jack was about to reply when Daniel, who had finally pulled himself away from the man he had been speaking to, interrupted him "Jack their culture is quite fascinating I…."

"Easy Daniel, remember to breathe"

"Right, as I was saying their culture is amazing. They seem to have been brought here by the Goa'uld but they have no real ties to earth"

"How so?" asked Sam

"Well as you know most cultures we have come across have had some type of connection in their culture to earth's history, they don't"

"Maybe they didn't come from earth"

"Well I thought that too but there are little things, such as the fact that they speak perfect English and…."

"Daniel, it's late. You'll have plenty of time tomorrow to tell me all about it"

"OK"

"Good. Now Carter" he said turning towards her "where are these sleeping quarters?"

She merely smiled at him. She knew he was tired when he wouldn't even pretend to be interested in what Daniel had to say about a new culture. "This way, sir"

They were shown to their rooms by one of Nolanti's aides. Thankful for the break from the man, Sam let out a deep breath. She quickly became aware the man wanted to get her alone when he offered to 'personally' show her the power plant. While this was not the first time a man on another planet had shown an interest in her, it was the first time she was wear  of it. She wasn't sure why but she had a feeling it had to with the fact that the last time she was alone with a strange man, she was nearly tortured to death.

"You ok?"

The warmth of Jack's breath on her neck startled her. "Yeah, just thinking"

"Nothing new there" he joked

"These are your rooms" The aide said pointing to Teal'c and Jack and then to the aforementioned doors before moving down the hall. She stopped when she reached the intersection of the next hallway

Not really liking the fact that they were being separated even if it was only by a hallway, Jack turned to Daniel "Daniel you take this room" he said pointing to one of the closed doors

"Ok" Daniel figured Jack had a good reason to want him to take the room so he didn't argue

"Sleep tight"  he said to them as he and Sam followed the aide around the corner

"And these are your rooms" she pointing to the adjacent doors "If there will nothing else"

"We're fine thanks" The aide merely bowed her head before leaving them alone.

"Well goodnight sir" Sam said before opening her door and walking into her room

"Good night, Major" he replied before doing to same

The rooms were quite lavish. It was quite obvious that the Triffani were well prepared for diplomatic guests. The room was adorned with several pictures of the city and surrounding landscape, a desk in the corner and a large bed in the middle. Sam was pleasantly surprised to find that she had own bathroom equipped with a shower and large tub.

Placing her pack, this had been returned along with their weapons, on the bed she started to change when she heard a knock at the door. Curious as to who it could be, she redressed and answered. She was relieved when it was the Colonel and not Chancellor Nolanti

"Sir"

"Can I come in?" She moved aside to allow him entrance into the room.

"Is there something wrong, sir?"

"Just wanted to see if you were ok"

She knew immediately what he meant. He wanted to know if she was getting the same vibes from Nolanti that he was getting "I'm fine"

"I know he just makes me feel uneasy that's all"

"Join the club"

"Look about what happened in the cell"

"I really wanted you to come over but not for the reason you were thinking"

"Actually I was talking about the flashback you had"

"Oh that" She suddenly found the floor very interesting

"Not that I don't want to talk about the other thing, I just wanted to make sure you were ok"

"Thank you"

"No problem" He had his hand on the door knob when he heard her soft voice

"Stay"

To be continued….