Chapter 26
-What?!!?!
Everyone stared at her in shock. Jonas shook his head in amazement.
-That's remarkable. To find the right amount to get just the right explosive effect must have taken years of testing.
Katie nodded.
-It did. You spent a lot of work on this.
-I did?!
-Um…
Katie cringed. She had to stop letting things like that slip.
-Yeah.
He looked at her in shock and confusion.
-I can't even imagine working on something like that. With everything that my people went through with the Naquadriah bomb…I just…I couldn't do it. I wouldn't.
-You did. You were desperate.
-What? Why?
-Um…
Katie sighed. She knew she should have grabbed a roll of duct tape. She needed it to cover her stupid mouth.
-…long story.
Jonas nodded, realizing he didn't want to know. Jack cleared his throat and pointed to the C4.
-So, do you have more of that stuff back at the base? It could come in handy.
Katie shook her head.
-This is the last stick.
-Darn!! There goes that idea…
Sam turned to look at her CO.
-We could always manufacture some of our own.
-No!! You can't!!!
Once more they stared at Katie, who was vehemently shaking her head. Sam looked at her in confusion.
-Why not?
-Because.
Jack sighed.
-Kiddo, we've got to know.
She took a deep breath.
-They spent years experimenting before they found the perfect amount. Two days after they found it the NID showed up. There had been a mole in the SGC, biding his time and watching their progress. The NID wanted to supply all our armed forces with this new special C4 and have them use it in combat. We obviously couldn't let them do that.
Jack looked at her queerly.
-Why not? Sounds like a good idea to me.
Katie smiled wryly.
-That's exactly what you said. Until it was explained to you that each stick was powerful enough to take out three Goa'uld mother ships. If this stuff were used in combat they would take out a heck of a lot more than just the desired target. Hundreds of thousands of civilians would be killed and our own people would be at great risk.
Jack nodded in understanding.
-No target is worth that many deaths.
-Exactly. So, to make a long story short, all the C4 and the research went uh…missing.
Katie's eyes twinkled.
-They never found out who did it, and the NID were very unhappy to say the least.
-Hmm. Who was the mole?
-We never found out.
Jack sighed.
-Well, at least we can make good use of this stick.
Katie nodded.
-Yeah we ca…
Suddenly Katie sneezed violently.
-Great. They must have posted a guard.
Jonas looked at her quizzically.
-How do you know that?
-I'm allergic to popcorn, homework, little kids and snakes. Trust me, there's somebody with a snake out there.
