Wow! I really hadn't expected for this story to carry on for so long-it
never ends! Okay so I have written an epilogue already but I can't post it
until I fill out the bits yet to be written. I think we need more history
on Paige. Yes? Of course some more character interaction etc...
A massive thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed so far, a smaller thank you to those who have read and not reviewed. Please review- I still promise to come and sing to you if you don't, your eardrums won't be able to stand it trust me!
Chapter 15.
One month later. –Okay so I won't get it all done if it ain't one month in!
"Paige." Jack walked into her little computer room on base.
"Yeah," She said not looking up from her screen. "What do you want?"
"About your friend Nate and his...love of money." He said putting the bill down on the table.
The girl looked across at it and winced. "Sorry, look I'm sure Hammond and Sam and Danny would be willing to help you out there, but I have no money. You should know that, I scrounge off you all the time!"
"True, I was just wondering if you could talk to him, get him to lower the price?" He put on his I-am-an-adorable-little-puppy-please-do-what-I-say look.
"Look Jack that look may work with Sam, but I am not madly in love with you!" She logged out of the computer and walked out of the room.
Jack ran to catch up with her two seconds later. "What do you mean madly in love with me?"
"It does what it says on the tin!" She said quickening her pace.
"Carter's not...where did you hear...did Janet say..."
"Whoa Jack!" She said and stopped. "Is this Question Time?"
"But..."
"Jeez, you sound like a geeky fifteen year old about his first crush on a cheerleader." She started walking again. "Hurry up!" She called back at him. "Inspection time, remember?"
"What? Oh yeah." He said looking down at his uniform, bemused.
They quickly made it to the gate room where all the other teams were standing waiting and talking. Jack and Paige rushed in as Daniel came running up behind them with a notebook in his hand.
"Uh Danny boy, the book?"
"Oh, yeah. Right, um where should I put it?" He looked around at the full room. Finally Paige took it off him and shoved it into the back off his trousers and under his t-shirt. "Thanks."
"Sometimes I feel like your mother."
"Well sometimes I feel like your father!" He snapped back.
"Ah, the regular sound of family-banter in the morning!" Jack sighed and stretched.
"Hey guys!" Sam called as she walked up to them, Teal'c following closely behind.
"Hey Sam!" The two Jackson's smiled.
"Morning Major." Jack smiled with a twinkle in his eye.
"Colonel." She smiled back with a similar twinkle.
"Get a room!" Paige muttered under her breath.
The gate room doors started to open and the base personnel snapped to attention-okay the air force personnel snapped, the civilians just stood there quietly.
General Hammond, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the head honcho of the NID walked into the room.
"At ease." Hammond ordered and the room relaxed slightly.
The three men walked to the centre of the room and up onto the metal ramp. Scanning the room, Hammond shot a disapproving look at Paige who was standing with her hands in her jeans pockets and looking very bored, no matter what anyone said, she wouldn't wear anything suitable for on the base.
There was a brief inspection of all the SG teams together then they were dismissed to go and do their normal work.
"So Paige, want to go and visit your friend?" Jack asked walking beside her.
"Sure, hey you still have that other equipment don't you?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Well if you give it back your bill will be a lot less."
"Good point." He started to walk towards his office. "Meet me topside in ten."
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Outside Nate's garage.
Paige knocked out the theme from Mission Impossible like the last time they were there. The door swung open and Nate pocked his head out.
"Paige!" He cried running forward to spin her around. "You're alive!"
"Okay, you can put me down now." She said dangling in the air.
"Sorry," He dropped her to her feet. "You did the job?" He asked eyeing Jack in his uniform.
"Yep, got busted and all. Ten years playing lackey for the air force, and I found my real parents." They walked into his garage.
"Wow, that is wow isn't it?"
"Oh yeah, Natalia Ferretti and Daniel who was with me last time."
"The guy with the glasses?"
"Yep."
"That is some sweet shit, Natalia Ferretti, man I have to meet your momma." He sighed. "So you here for the money?"
"Yeah, we managed to save some junk but we also managed to lose some." She handed over the bag Jack had kept with the equipment in.
"You saved most of it then?" He emptied the contents out onto a workbench.
"Yeah, you cutting the bill?"
"Sure," He grabbed the piece of paper from her hand and crossed out the salvaged items before handing it back. "That better?"
Jack took the paper and looked it over. "Yeah." He handed over the cash then left leaving Paige to say goodbye.
"So how is family life?"
"Good, better than before anyway. We have the odd argument but otherwise it's fine."
"Have you told him?"
"Told him what?"
"About your nightmares?"
"No, he asked me after the first night, but he's left it alone now."
"You'll have to tell him girl."
"I will, eventually."
"The sooner the better, does anyone else know?"
"Janet, she's the doctor on the base. Cassie, her daughter knows."
"Don't worry 'bout it. See you soon?"
"Maybe, take care." She said as she walked out of the garage.
"Look after your self!" He yelled after her.
Jack was waiting on the street for her.
"Why does everyone tell me to take care? I'm not incompetent!"
"You're wild, people don't want you to get hurt or in trouble." He said.
"It was a rhetorical question. I'm not that wild, I can be good." She said trying to persuade herself more than anything.
"Yeah, because your last night out with Cassie was proof of that." He grinned sarcastically.
"Well Janet and Daniel weren't meant to find out." She huffed.
"Well if you hadn't answered your phone to your father at eleven o'clock in the middle of a very load club when you were supposed to be sleeping over Emma's house, you wouldn't have been." He said getting into his car.
"Least he didn't phone Emma's mom and get the rest of them in trouble. They would have killed me! Cassie in a mood is bad enough, but all four of them I could not handle." She said rubbing her thumb over her right side.
"You know what I've noticed in the last month? You rub your side a lot."
"Habit." She said too quickly. "One of those weird and wonderful things that yours truley does when thinking; is nervous or is annoyed."
"Thank you for that little insight into your mind."
"Shut up and drive." She laughed.
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Stay tuned for the next episode of 'HACKERS'!
A massive thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed so far, a smaller thank you to those who have read and not reviewed. Please review- I still promise to come and sing to you if you don't, your eardrums won't be able to stand it trust me!
Chapter 15.
One month later. –Okay so I won't get it all done if it ain't one month in!
"Paige." Jack walked into her little computer room on base.
"Yeah," She said not looking up from her screen. "What do you want?"
"About your friend Nate and his...love of money." He said putting the bill down on the table.
The girl looked across at it and winced. "Sorry, look I'm sure Hammond and Sam and Danny would be willing to help you out there, but I have no money. You should know that, I scrounge off you all the time!"
"True, I was just wondering if you could talk to him, get him to lower the price?" He put on his I-am-an-adorable-little-puppy-please-do-what-I-say look.
"Look Jack that look may work with Sam, but I am not madly in love with you!" She logged out of the computer and walked out of the room.
Jack ran to catch up with her two seconds later. "What do you mean madly in love with me?"
"It does what it says on the tin!" She said quickening her pace.
"Carter's not...where did you hear...did Janet say..."
"Whoa Jack!" She said and stopped. "Is this Question Time?"
"But..."
"Jeez, you sound like a geeky fifteen year old about his first crush on a cheerleader." She started walking again. "Hurry up!" She called back at him. "Inspection time, remember?"
"What? Oh yeah." He said looking down at his uniform, bemused.
They quickly made it to the gate room where all the other teams were standing waiting and talking. Jack and Paige rushed in as Daniel came running up behind them with a notebook in his hand.
"Uh Danny boy, the book?"
"Oh, yeah. Right, um where should I put it?" He looked around at the full room. Finally Paige took it off him and shoved it into the back off his trousers and under his t-shirt. "Thanks."
"Sometimes I feel like your mother."
"Well sometimes I feel like your father!" He snapped back.
"Ah, the regular sound of family-banter in the morning!" Jack sighed and stretched.
"Hey guys!" Sam called as she walked up to them, Teal'c following closely behind.
"Hey Sam!" The two Jackson's smiled.
"Morning Major." Jack smiled with a twinkle in his eye.
"Colonel." She smiled back with a similar twinkle.
"Get a room!" Paige muttered under her breath.
The gate room doors started to open and the base personnel snapped to attention-okay the air force personnel snapped, the civilians just stood there quietly.
General Hammond, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the head honcho of the NID walked into the room.
"At ease." Hammond ordered and the room relaxed slightly.
The three men walked to the centre of the room and up onto the metal ramp. Scanning the room, Hammond shot a disapproving look at Paige who was standing with her hands in her jeans pockets and looking very bored, no matter what anyone said, she wouldn't wear anything suitable for on the base.
There was a brief inspection of all the SG teams together then they were dismissed to go and do their normal work.
"So Paige, want to go and visit your friend?" Jack asked walking beside her.
"Sure, hey you still have that other equipment don't you?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Well if you give it back your bill will be a lot less."
"Good point." He started to walk towards his office. "Meet me topside in ten."
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Outside Nate's garage.
Paige knocked out the theme from Mission Impossible like the last time they were there. The door swung open and Nate pocked his head out.
"Paige!" He cried running forward to spin her around. "You're alive!"
"Okay, you can put me down now." She said dangling in the air.
"Sorry," He dropped her to her feet. "You did the job?" He asked eyeing Jack in his uniform.
"Yep, got busted and all. Ten years playing lackey for the air force, and I found my real parents." They walked into his garage.
"Wow, that is wow isn't it?"
"Oh yeah, Natalia Ferretti and Daniel who was with me last time."
"The guy with the glasses?"
"Yep."
"That is some sweet shit, Natalia Ferretti, man I have to meet your momma." He sighed. "So you here for the money?"
"Yeah, we managed to save some junk but we also managed to lose some." She handed over the bag Jack had kept with the equipment in.
"You saved most of it then?" He emptied the contents out onto a workbench.
"Yeah, you cutting the bill?"
"Sure," He grabbed the piece of paper from her hand and crossed out the salvaged items before handing it back. "That better?"
Jack took the paper and looked it over. "Yeah." He handed over the cash then left leaving Paige to say goodbye.
"So how is family life?"
"Good, better than before anyway. We have the odd argument but otherwise it's fine."
"Have you told him?"
"Told him what?"
"About your nightmares?"
"No, he asked me after the first night, but he's left it alone now."
"You'll have to tell him girl."
"I will, eventually."
"The sooner the better, does anyone else know?"
"Janet, she's the doctor on the base. Cassie, her daughter knows."
"Don't worry 'bout it. See you soon?"
"Maybe, take care." She said as she walked out of the garage.
"Look after your self!" He yelled after her.
Jack was waiting on the street for her.
"Why does everyone tell me to take care? I'm not incompetent!"
"You're wild, people don't want you to get hurt or in trouble." He said.
"It was a rhetorical question. I'm not that wild, I can be good." She said trying to persuade herself more than anything.
"Yeah, because your last night out with Cassie was proof of that." He grinned sarcastically.
"Well Janet and Daniel weren't meant to find out." She huffed.
"Well if you hadn't answered your phone to your father at eleven o'clock in the middle of a very load club when you were supposed to be sleeping over Emma's house, you wouldn't have been." He said getting into his car.
"Least he didn't phone Emma's mom and get the rest of them in trouble. They would have killed me! Cassie in a mood is bad enough, but all four of them I could not handle." She said rubbing her thumb over her right side.
"You know what I've noticed in the last month? You rub your side a lot."
"Habit." She said too quickly. "One of those weird and wonderful things that yours truley does when thinking; is nervous or is annoyed."
"Thank you for that little insight into your mind."
"Shut up and drive." She laughed.
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Stay tuned for the next episode of 'HACKERS'!
