CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: GO'OULD AREN'T THE ONLY SNAKES AROUND
After they returned everyone involved, except Jack who was much to his chagrin was in the infirmary at least overnight, and General Hammond were in the conference room for the de-briefing. Hammond turned to Vicky as the senior officer besides himself and said, "Report, Captain."
"Sir, we went through the Stargate picked up the transport from the Asguard and went to the planet where SG-1 was. When we came out of hyperspace we found a Go'ould Mothership. After scanning the Planet's surface and determined that they were not there we scanned the Mothership and found them.
"SGT Chang spotted a transport leaving and heading to the surface, so we waited until they put down and gave them time to get off the ship and we beamed to the ship capturing the Jaffa who was onboard. Chang provided communication interference and when they other Jaffa returned to the ship one at a time, we used the Zat on the.
"We then use the transport to board the Mothership. Since there was the communication problem they assumed that we were the Jaffa that they had sent down."
At this point Ferretti piped in, "and we all know what happens when you assume." Everyone chuckled and Vicky continued.
"We found the members of SG-1 in the audience room with Jacob Carter and a minor Go'ould named Norpret, of as Jack called him Norbert. The Go'ould tried to use a ribbon device on us but I had one also, and because I was extremely pissed, I crisp fried the bastard.
"By this time Chang had figured out the frequency of the shields so we set charges, told the Jaffa to leave, we left and blew that sucker up."
"Do you think that was wise to let the Jaffa go?"
"GeneralHammond, the Jaffa had just seen their false God die and I explained to them that they now had the choice to live free."
"I can understand your concern, Teal'c, however..."
"Sir," Carter interrupted, "I agree that it's a risk but it's a calculated risk. If they do join the Free Jaffa then we will gain powerful allies."
"I suppose you're right, Major."
"So to summarize, General, we went, we saw, we kicked ass, we blew something up, and we returned. I would like to recommend Chang for a commendation. The way she figured how to disrupt the Go'ould shields will be invaluable in the future."
"I agree, write up the recommendation and I'll sign off and pass it along."
An embarrassed Chang said, "Sir, I was just doing my job."
"And an excellent job it was. The work that you did will save Earth, and I agree that it should be recognized."
Daniel smiled over at her and said, "Welcome to the "I Saved The Earth" club."
Vicky said, "T-shirts, we need T-shirts."
Ferretti added, "Definitely one for the "Marine Lisa" action figure."
"Alright everyone is on down time until Monday, dismissed."
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Vicky headed to the infirmary to both check on Jack and to make sure he wasn't terrorizing the medical staff. Just as she came through the door she heard, "Come on, Sir, if you co-operate this will go a lot faster."
"Come on, Jack, let the pretty nurse do her job or I'll have to do something mean."
He arched an eyebrow at her, "Like?"
"Oh, I don't know, like maybe showing her those pictures from that Halloween when..."
"Forcryinoutloud, alright already, I'll co-operate." Making the nurse wonder what was in those pictures, she would be sure and ask the Captain.
"So, Jack, how are you?"
"I'm fine." He glared at the nurse when she started to say something.
"Sure you are, that's why the doctor said that you had to stay for at least overnight."
"They just want to torture me."
"Trust me, the amusement they get from torturing you isn't worth putting up with the whining." Jack again glared at the nurse when she snickered.
Just then Vicky's cell phone rang, "O'Neill. Oh, hi Karen.... I'd love to. When...No tomorrow isn't good Jack is in the infirmary...No, nothing serious, just an accident while training." She saw Jack waving at her trying to get her attention. "Just a minute, Karen, Jack wants to say something to me." She hit the mute button and looked at Jack expectantly.
"What does she want you to do?"
"She wants to take me to Denver with the girls to do some shopping tomorrow."
"You go, have fun."
"I don't want to leave you here alone."
"Go, I'll be fine."
"Are you sure you really want me to do anymore shopping? Besides who is going to stop you from annoying the nurses?"
"You need to have some fun after everything that's happened, and I promise I'll be good." Both Vicky and the nurse looked at him skeptically and he said, "What?"
"Well, if you promise to behave," then she turned to the young Lieutenant and said, "Just in case if he gives you any problems, call Dr. Jackson. I'll have him on standby in case Jack is bad and he'll some in an give him lectures."
"Hey, that's just wrong."
"But it sure as hell will make you behave." Jack sulked as Vicky returned to her phone call, "Karen, sorry to keep you waiting. Jack insists that I go, so can you pick me up at my house in the morning? Great, see you then."
Vicky was in and out of the infirmary through out the afternoon and evening, balancing getting her reports written and spending as much time as she could with Jack. She brought him "Real food" from the commissary so that he wouldn't have to eat the infirmary. Jack was grateful for this for two reasons, one he hated the food here, and two since Vicky ate her dinner with him he was sure she ate, too. Finally Sam came by, Jack having called her and asking her to give Vicky a ride so that she would leave, and dragged Vicky out and dropped her off home.
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The next morning Vicky was up early to get ready and to call Jack to check on him before she let for Denver. She was listening for the car and when it pulled up she grabbed her purse and keys and went out to meet them.
"Vicky," the girls shouted as they ran to her to give her a hug. They hit her so hard that they almost knocked her over. Causing their mother to shout, "Easy, girls, you don't want to kill her with kindness!" To which they chorused, "Oh, Mom!"
Karen came up and hugged her also, "So, you ready to go."
The girls each took her by a hand leading her back to the car and telling her how they brought crayons and coloring books so they could color a picture for Jack. They got the girls settled in the back with lap trays. Vicky had never seen anything like that and admired them. Karen responded, "I don't know what I would have done without them. They are great for long car rides to have something to keep the girls occupied."
When the women were settling in the car and Vicky was buckling her seatbelt the light flashed off of Vicky's rings causing Karen to squeal, "You're wearing your wedding rings, dish!"
Vicky looked in the back and said, "Not in front of them. I will, however, say that we seem to be working things out." Karen noticing a fading bruise on her cousin's neck said, "apparently," causing Vicky to blush.
They had a nice drive and the girls very good, they colored several pictures so that they could pick out the best one for Jack.
~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~
They were in a high end department store and Karen had taken the girls to the dressing room to try on some clothes and Vicky was looking are the girl's department for something else for them to try when she heard a familiar voice over a nearby wall. She carefully moved to the wall, edged down it and peeked around the corner and saw Sam's boyfriend Pete.
"Well, you had better get here soon or I'm leaving...I'm in the sock department, I figured it wouldn't be busy and we could talk privately...OK, well, like I said, get here soon."
//holy crap, what is he up to? I just get a bad feeling about this\\ Karen came up behind her scaring the crap out of her. "Ssshh..." she motioned her and the girls back a little so that they wouldn't be overheard.
She whispered, "Sam's boyfriend is in the sock department and I heard him on the phone. He's meeting someone here and I think he's up to no good." She thought a minute and said, "Hey, girls, how would you like to play spy?" They nodded excitedly.
"I don't want you putting them in danger."
"Karen, I would never do anything to hurt the girls."
Her cousin looked doubtful, "then what they have to do?"
Vicky dug around in her purse and came up with what looked like a lipstick case. She held it up and said, "they go around and sit on the floor and play and put this on the floor nest to them and it record the conversation."
"You work in deep space telemetry, why do you need something like that?"
Vicky gave her a wicked smile, "the girls had bets about what the guys talked about in the locker room. So I left this in there and recorded what they said."
Karen's eyes got big, "No way!"
"Way," Vicky clicked the play audio only button, it wouldn't do from them to see a hologram projection, which was what they were REALLY doing. "Hey, Jack, your wife is really hot." "Shut up, Ferretti." "I bet I can lure her away from an old geezer like you."
Vicky turned it off and the girls giggled at Jack being called an "old geezer". Karen thought about it and said, "OK, I don't see how they can be hurt and we should fine out if he's doing something to hurt Sam."
Vicky turned to Jessica and Elizabeth, "Ok here's what I want you to do." They nodded at her seriously, "go around and sit on the floor near that man, but not to close. Set the lipstick on the floor and play quietly. Then when it's time to come back your Mom will come by and get you." When she saw Karen gape at her she said, "Well, I've met him I can't go. He'll just think you're just some shopper. Your Mom will pretend to be mad because you took her lipstick and you pretend that you're sorry you did, OK?"
They nodded and ran around the counter. "You're corrupting my kids."
"Well, you turned out OK in spite of my getting you drunk when you were sixteen."
They watched as another man came up to Pete. They both ignored the girls and talked for a while. Sometimes it appeared that they argued. Pete did not look happy but he nodded at the man who then left. "OK, Karen you're on." Karen took a deep breath, bracing herself and went around the corner.
"Jessica, Elizabeth, they you are. I about had a heart attack, stay with me. That's my lipstick, give it to me. You both are SO in trouble."
"Oh, Mom!"
It worked, Pete barely glanced at them. Vicky was lurking behind a clothes rack when a suspicious sales girl came up and said, "Can I help you Ma'am?" Vicky looked up and saw a girl of about eighteen. "Sshh," and she motioned the girl down beside her.
The girl whispered, "What are you doing?"
Vicky pointed at Pete, "See that guy? He's my friend's boyfriend. He's supposed to be working." Just then a gorgeous girl came out of the dressing room and she and Pete absently smiled at each other. //perfect\\ "He was meeting her."
"The rat. I tell you what, I'll go out there and signal you when he leaves."
"Thanks."
"No problem, I had a boyfriend who cheated. Men are scum."
Vicky waved her wedding rings, "well, most of them."
When the sales girl had given the all clear she met up with the others and Karen handed her the lipstick case. Elizabeth said, "we nored them like you told us."
"Good girl, now we are going to pick out a toy for each of you." She heard Karen mumble, "corruption."
"You get a toy, too, except yours will be at the jewelry counter."
After they made their purchased and were heading out to the car when Vicky's phone rang, "O'Neill."
"O'Neill here, you want to tell me what the hell you just bought."
"A lovely watch for Karen," she smiled into the phone.
"Oh, OK, well when are you coming back, I'm bored?"
"I can always send Daniel by."
"Actually he's here."
"I'm sure he'll be glad that he bores you."
"He already knows," she could hear the smile in his voice, "OK, so I miss you."
"I miss you, too. I'll be there as fast as we can."
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When she got there Jack was smiling, he had just gotten the word from the doctor that he could go home.
"You are such a big baby."
"Hey, I was good, ask the nurses!"
"OK, good boy, I'll take you home and kiss everything and make it all better." That perked Jack up considerably. She stopped and thanked Daniel asked him to come over in the morning. And, much to his puzzlement, told him not to say anything to Sam.
Jack had tried to get Vicky to say what was going but she successfully distracted him by kissing it and making it better.
~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~
The next morning Daniel, Teal'c, George, Chang, and Gunny all gathered at the O'Neill's. Vicky explained about running into Pete and making the recording. She started to play it for the unhappy group. Luckily for them she also played the video projection so the conversation was easier to follow. Pete was the first one to talk.
"OK, what the hell do you want. I shouldn't have agreed to meet you."
"Like you had any choice. What would you girlfriend say if she knew you had checked up on her when you first met?"
Jack said through clenched teeth, "that son of a bitch!"
"Just get on with it. What do you want?"
"We want for you to give us information on the Stargate program."
"No way, that would be treason."
"I work for a civilian arm of the government who's job it is to oversee the Stargate program. We want in out of the military's hands and in control of civilians."
"You're like Internal Affairs."
"No we're like the citizens groups that monitor the police. You have to admit that the police departments have been cleaned up of much of the corruption after these groups started."
Pete seemed to consider this for a minute, "OK, even if you're right, why the hell should I help you?"
"Think about this detective, if Samantha Carter wasn't working in Stargate Command she would have a lot more free time. More time to spend with you."
"I do hate how much time she's away. Even when she's here she's working all the damn time. It pisses me off that she won't talk about her work, either. I mean I was cleared to know about the Stargate, I should be able to know about these things. Another thing, even when we do spend time together all she talks about is them. It's the Colonel this, Daniel that I am sick to death hearing about SG-1."
The other man was silent, he had enough experience to know that he was talking himself into it. Pete nodded, "OK, I'll do it, but I don't know how much help I'll be."
The other man handled him a manila envelope, "These are very sophisticated listening devices. When you see her again plant them in her purse, car and around her house, especially next to the phone." Pete nodded again and the other man left.
Vicky shut off the recording. A very grim looking Hammond said, "Well, people, it goes without saying that we can't let this happen."
Daniel looked up over his glasses, "So, who gets to call Sam?"
Jack said, "I'll do it."
"Jack no offence but she'll just think you're jealous."
"I concur, O'Neill, in spite of your relationship with VictoriaO'Neill she will not believe you."
"Excuse me, Ma'am, Sirs, I think the best thing to do is to just call her over here and play it for her," they all looked at Chang.
"I think that's a good idea, but I don't think that we should stop Pete."
"Vicky, have you lost your mind?"
"Uncle George, if we stop him, what do we have? We don't know who that guy is or what they know. I Sam will agree, I think that we should let him plant the bugs, but while he's here we plant some on him."
"I know Carter, if she doesn't kill him herself, no way is she going to sleep with him."
"And I wouldn't want her to. We get her to get him out to dinner and bug his car. Then will call her in to work for an emergency."
"Sounds like a plan, I'll go call the Major." Hammond did not look happy with this, but who could blame him? None of them were happy with the situation.
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When Sam knocked on the door Jack opened it, "Carter." HE gestured her in the door.
//what's with him\\
She was surprised to see the grim group before her. "Hey, guys, what's up?"
Hammond patted the place beside him on the couch, Daniel was at the other end, "Sit here, Sam."
Vicky gave her a beer, "Here, you're going to need this."
"So, would someone please tell me what's going on?"
Vicky sat on the coffee table in front of her and explained seeing Pete in Denver. Them they played the recording. Sam took a long drink of her beer and stared at the floor, "That son of a bitch. I'm going to kill him."
George patted her leg, "Sam, I know you're upset, but you can't kill him."
She looked up at him, "Why not, Sir? I could take the body off world, no one would ever find him."
"As tempting as that seems we actually have a good reason." Then they explained their plan. Sam was all fro it especially when she didn't have to have sex with him. It was going to be hard enough not kicking his ass. She did have her doubts about letting him go back to Denver.
"How about this, Sam? He goes and meets his contact then you call him back for the rest of the weekend and when he gets here we arrest him."
"Honey, can we arrest him?"
"Sure, Jack, he spied on the military, that's treason. It's not like the NID is going to come forward and admit that he was working with them is it?"
Sam finally smiled, "I like that. Can I be the one to arrest him?"
"Yeah, sure, you Betcha."
"What the hell did I ever see in him?"
Chang said a little hesitantly, "Well, he is kind of cute."
Sam laughed, "and the sex was REALLY great."
Jack screwed up his face, "Way to much information, Carter."
Vicky said, "We'll just have to find you some body else. Hey, maybe you and Daniel can have and "arrangement"."
"Yuck." *Smack* "Ow, Sam, that hurt. What did you do that for?
"You thought I was repulsive."
"You're not really repulsive, it's just you're like my sister." Daniel jumped up to avoid getting hit again.
"DanielJackson, I believe any attempt at verbal communication will only worsen the situation."
"T's, right, Danny, just keep your mouth shut." Daniel looked sullenly at Jack.
"OK, Major, we'll ser up so that you have a three day weekend next weekend. You can call him and have him come on Friday, then call him back on Saturday. Vicky you and SGT Chang get the surveillance and tracking equipment ready. WE will take today off and then have four days to prepare."
"Everyone can stay and watch TV. Teal'c I just got all of the Star Wars movies on DVD and I have only seen the first one."
Jack said, "That's a great idea. Daniel why don't you and T go with me for a beer run and the Ladies can go for snacks."
As Sam is leading the way to her car the guys hear, chocolate, ice cream, chocolate ice cream, chocolate sauce, marshmallows.
After they returned everyone involved, except Jack who was much to his chagrin was in the infirmary at least overnight, and General Hammond were in the conference room for the de-briefing. Hammond turned to Vicky as the senior officer besides himself and said, "Report, Captain."
"Sir, we went through the Stargate picked up the transport from the Asguard and went to the planet where SG-1 was. When we came out of hyperspace we found a Go'ould Mothership. After scanning the Planet's surface and determined that they were not there we scanned the Mothership and found them.
"SGT Chang spotted a transport leaving and heading to the surface, so we waited until they put down and gave them time to get off the ship and we beamed to the ship capturing the Jaffa who was onboard. Chang provided communication interference and when they other Jaffa returned to the ship one at a time, we used the Zat on the.
"We then use the transport to board the Mothership. Since there was the communication problem they assumed that we were the Jaffa that they had sent down."
At this point Ferretti piped in, "and we all know what happens when you assume." Everyone chuckled and Vicky continued.
"We found the members of SG-1 in the audience room with Jacob Carter and a minor Go'ould named Norpret, of as Jack called him Norbert. The Go'ould tried to use a ribbon device on us but I had one also, and because I was extremely pissed, I crisp fried the bastard.
"By this time Chang had figured out the frequency of the shields so we set charges, told the Jaffa to leave, we left and blew that sucker up."
"Do you think that was wise to let the Jaffa go?"
"GeneralHammond, the Jaffa had just seen their false God die and I explained to them that they now had the choice to live free."
"I can understand your concern, Teal'c, however..."
"Sir," Carter interrupted, "I agree that it's a risk but it's a calculated risk. If they do join the Free Jaffa then we will gain powerful allies."
"I suppose you're right, Major."
"So to summarize, General, we went, we saw, we kicked ass, we blew something up, and we returned. I would like to recommend Chang for a commendation. The way she figured how to disrupt the Go'ould shields will be invaluable in the future."
"I agree, write up the recommendation and I'll sign off and pass it along."
An embarrassed Chang said, "Sir, I was just doing my job."
"And an excellent job it was. The work that you did will save Earth, and I agree that it should be recognized."
Daniel smiled over at her and said, "Welcome to the "I Saved The Earth" club."
Vicky said, "T-shirts, we need T-shirts."
Ferretti added, "Definitely one for the "Marine Lisa" action figure."
"Alright everyone is on down time until Monday, dismissed."
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Vicky headed to the infirmary to both check on Jack and to make sure he wasn't terrorizing the medical staff. Just as she came through the door she heard, "Come on, Sir, if you co-operate this will go a lot faster."
"Come on, Jack, let the pretty nurse do her job or I'll have to do something mean."
He arched an eyebrow at her, "Like?"
"Oh, I don't know, like maybe showing her those pictures from that Halloween when..."
"Forcryinoutloud, alright already, I'll co-operate." Making the nurse wonder what was in those pictures, she would be sure and ask the Captain.
"So, Jack, how are you?"
"I'm fine." He glared at the nurse when she started to say something.
"Sure you are, that's why the doctor said that you had to stay for at least overnight."
"They just want to torture me."
"Trust me, the amusement they get from torturing you isn't worth putting up with the whining." Jack again glared at the nurse when she snickered.
Just then Vicky's cell phone rang, "O'Neill. Oh, hi Karen.... I'd love to. When...No tomorrow isn't good Jack is in the infirmary...No, nothing serious, just an accident while training." She saw Jack waving at her trying to get her attention. "Just a minute, Karen, Jack wants to say something to me." She hit the mute button and looked at Jack expectantly.
"What does she want you to do?"
"She wants to take me to Denver with the girls to do some shopping tomorrow."
"You go, have fun."
"I don't want to leave you here alone."
"Go, I'll be fine."
"Are you sure you really want me to do anymore shopping? Besides who is going to stop you from annoying the nurses?"
"You need to have some fun after everything that's happened, and I promise I'll be good." Both Vicky and the nurse looked at him skeptically and he said, "What?"
"Well, if you promise to behave," then she turned to the young Lieutenant and said, "Just in case if he gives you any problems, call Dr. Jackson. I'll have him on standby in case Jack is bad and he'll some in an give him lectures."
"Hey, that's just wrong."
"But it sure as hell will make you behave." Jack sulked as Vicky returned to her phone call, "Karen, sorry to keep you waiting. Jack insists that I go, so can you pick me up at my house in the morning? Great, see you then."
Vicky was in and out of the infirmary through out the afternoon and evening, balancing getting her reports written and spending as much time as she could with Jack. She brought him "Real food" from the commissary so that he wouldn't have to eat the infirmary. Jack was grateful for this for two reasons, one he hated the food here, and two since Vicky ate her dinner with him he was sure she ate, too. Finally Sam came by, Jack having called her and asking her to give Vicky a ride so that she would leave, and dragged Vicky out and dropped her off home.
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The next morning Vicky was up early to get ready and to call Jack to check on him before she let for Denver. She was listening for the car and when it pulled up she grabbed her purse and keys and went out to meet them.
"Vicky," the girls shouted as they ran to her to give her a hug. They hit her so hard that they almost knocked her over. Causing their mother to shout, "Easy, girls, you don't want to kill her with kindness!" To which they chorused, "Oh, Mom!"
Karen came up and hugged her also, "So, you ready to go."
The girls each took her by a hand leading her back to the car and telling her how they brought crayons and coloring books so they could color a picture for Jack. They got the girls settled in the back with lap trays. Vicky had never seen anything like that and admired them. Karen responded, "I don't know what I would have done without them. They are great for long car rides to have something to keep the girls occupied."
When the women were settling in the car and Vicky was buckling her seatbelt the light flashed off of Vicky's rings causing Karen to squeal, "You're wearing your wedding rings, dish!"
Vicky looked in the back and said, "Not in front of them. I will, however, say that we seem to be working things out." Karen noticing a fading bruise on her cousin's neck said, "apparently," causing Vicky to blush.
They had a nice drive and the girls very good, they colored several pictures so that they could pick out the best one for Jack.
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They were in a high end department store and Karen had taken the girls to the dressing room to try on some clothes and Vicky was looking are the girl's department for something else for them to try when she heard a familiar voice over a nearby wall. She carefully moved to the wall, edged down it and peeked around the corner and saw Sam's boyfriend Pete.
"Well, you had better get here soon or I'm leaving...I'm in the sock department, I figured it wouldn't be busy and we could talk privately...OK, well, like I said, get here soon."
//holy crap, what is he up to? I just get a bad feeling about this\\ Karen came up behind her scaring the crap out of her. "Ssshh..." she motioned her and the girls back a little so that they wouldn't be overheard.
She whispered, "Sam's boyfriend is in the sock department and I heard him on the phone. He's meeting someone here and I think he's up to no good." She thought a minute and said, "Hey, girls, how would you like to play spy?" They nodded excitedly.
"I don't want you putting them in danger."
"Karen, I would never do anything to hurt the girls."
Her cousin looked doubtful, "then what they have to do?"
Vicky dug around in her purse and came up with what looked like a lipstick case. She held it up and said, "they go around and sit on the floor and play and put this on the floor nest to them and it record the conversation."
"You work in deep space telemetry, why do you need something like that?"
Vicky gave her a wicked smile, "the girls had bets about what the guys talked about in the locker room. So I left this in there and recorded what they said."
Karen's eyes got big, "No way!"
"Way," Vicky clicked the play audio only button, it wouldn't do from them to see a hologram projection, which was what they were REALLY doing. "Hey, Jack, your wife is really hot." "Shut up, Ferretti." "I bet I can lure her away from an old geezer like you."
Vicky turned it off and the girls giggled at Jack being called an "old geezer". Karen thought about it and said, "OK, I don't see how they can be hurt and we should fine out if he's doing something to hurt Sam."
Vicky turned to Jessica and Elizabeth, "Ok here's what I want you to do." They nodded at her seriously, "go around and sit on the floor near that man, but not to close. Set the lipstick on the floor and play quietly. Then when it's time to come back your Mom will come by and get you." When she saw Karen gape at her she said, "Well, I've met him I can't go. He'll just think you're just some shopper. Your Mom will pretend to be mad because you took her lipstick and you pretend that you're sorry you did, OK?"
They nodded and ran around the counter. "You're corrupting my kids."
"Well, you turned out OK in spite of my getting you drunk when you were sixteen."
They watched as another man came up to Pete. They both ignored the girls and talked for a while. Sometimes it appeared that they argued. Pete did not look happy but he nodded at the man who then left. "OK, Karen you're on." Karen took a deep breath, bracing herself and went around the corner.
"Jessica, Elizabeth, they you are. I about had a heart attack, stay with me. That's my lipstick, give it to me. You both are SO in trouble."
"Oh, Mom!"
It worked, Pete barely glanced at them. Vicky was lurking behind a clothes rack when a suspicious sales girl came up and said, "Can I help you Ma'am?" Vicky looked up and saw a girl of about eighteen. "Sshh," and she motioned the girl down beside her.
The girl whispered, "What are you doing?"
Vicky pointed at Pete, "See that guy? He's my friend's boyfriend. He's supposed to be working." Just then a gorgeous girl came out of the dressing room and she and Pete absently smiled at each other. //perfect\\ "He was meeting her."
"The rat. I tell you what, I'll go out there and signal you when he leaves."
"Thanks."
"No problem, I had a boyfriend who cheated. Men are scum."
Vicky waved her wedding rings, "well, most of them."
When the sales girl had given the all clear she met up with the others and Karen handed her the lipstick case. Elizabeth said, "we nored them like you told us."
"Good girl, now we are going to pick out a toy for each of you." She heard Karen mumble, "corruption."
"You get a toy, too, except yours will be at the jewelry counter."
After they made their purchased and were heading out to the car when Vicky's phone rang, "O'Neill."
"O'Neill here, you want to tell me what the hell you just bought."
"A lovely watch for Karen," she smiled into the phone.
"Oh, OK, well when are you coming back, I'm bored?"
"I can always send Daniel by."
"Actually he's here."
"I'm sure he'll be glad that he bores you."
"He already knows," she could hear the smile in his voice, "OK, so I miss you."
"I miss you, too. I'll be there as fast as we can."
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When she got there Jack was smiling, he had just gotten the word from the doctor that he could go home.
"You are such a big baby."
"Hey, I was good, ask the nurses!"
"OK, good boy, I'll take you home and kiss everything and make it all better." That perked Jack up considerably. She stopped and thanked Daniel asked him to come over in the morning. And, much to his puzzlement, told him not to say anything to Sam.
Jack had tried to get Vicky to say what was going but she successfully distracted him by kissing it and making it better.
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The next morning Daniel, Teal'c, George, Chang, and Gunny all gathered at the O'Neill's. Vicky explained about running into Pete and making the recording. She started to play it for the unhappy group. Luckily for them she also played the video projection so the conversation was easier to follow. Pete was the first one to talk.
"OK, what the hell do you want. I shouldn't have agreed to meet you."
"Like you had any choice. What would you girlfriend say if she knew you had checked up on her when you first met?"
Jack said through clenched teeth, "that son of a bitch!"
"Just get on with it. What do you want?"
"We want for you to give us information on the Stargate program."
"No way, that would be treason."
"I work for a civilian arm of the government who's job it is to oversee the Stargate program. We want in out of the military's hands and in control of civilians."
"You're like Internal Affairs."
"No we're like the citizens groups that monitor the police. You have to admit that the police departments have been cleaned up of much of the corruption after these groups started."
Pete seemed to consider this for a minute, "OK, even if you're right, why the hell should I help you?"
"Think about this detective, if Samantha Carter wasn't working in Stargate Command she would have a lot more free time. More time to spend with you."
"I do hate how much time she's away. Even when she's here she's working all the damn time. It pisses me off that she won't talk about her work, either. I mean I was cleared to know about the Stargate, I should be able to know about these things. Another thing, even when we do spend time together all she talks about is them. It's the Colonel this, Daniel that I am sick to death hearing about SG-1."
The other man was silent, he had enough experience to know that he was talking himself into it. Pete nodded, "OK, I'll do it, but I don't know how much help I'll be."
The other man handled him a manila envelope, "These are very sophisticated listening devices. When you see her again plant them in her purse, car and around her house, especially next to the phone." Pete nodded again and the other man left.
Vicky shut off the recording. A very grim looking Hammond said, "Well, people, it goes without saying that we can't let this happen."
Daniel looked up over his glasses, "So, who gets to call Sam?"
Jack said, "I'll do it."
"Jack no offence but she'll just think you're jealous."
"I concur, O'Neill, in spite of your relationship with VictoriaO'Neill she will not believe you."
"Excuse me, Ma'am, Sirs, I think the best thing to do is to just call her over here and play it for her," they all looked at Chang.
"I think that's a good idea, but I don't think that we should stop Pete."
"Vicky, have you lost your mind?"
"Uncle George, if we stop him, what do we have? We don't know who that guy is or what they know. I Sam will agree, I think that we should let him plant the bugs, but while he's here we plant some on him."
"I know Carter, if she doesn't kill him herself, no way is she going to sleep with him."
"And I wouldn't want her to. We get her to get him out to dinner and bug his car. Then will call her in to work for an emergency."
"Sounds like a plan, I'll go call the Major." Hammond did not look happy with this, but who could blame him? None of them were happy with the situation.
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When Sam knocked on the door Jack opened it, "Carter." HE gestured her in the door.
//what's with him\\
She was surprised to see the grim group before her. "Hey, guys, what's up?"
Hammond patted the place beside him on the couch, Daniel was at the other end, "Sit here, Sam."
Vicky gave her a beer, "Here, you're going to need this."
"So, would someone please tell me what's going on?"
Vicky sat on the coffee table in front of her and explained seeing Pete in Denver. Them they played the recording. Sam took a long drink of her beer and stared at the floor, "That son of a bitch. I'm going to kill him."
George patted her leg, "Sam, I know you're upset, but you can't kill him."
She looked up at him, "Why not, Sir? I could take the body off world, no one would ever find him."
"As tempting as that seems we actually have a good reason." Then they explained their plan. Sam was all fro it especially when she didn't have to have sex with him. It was going to be hard enough not kicking his ass. She did have her doubts about letting him go back to Denver.
"How about this, Sam? He goes and meets his contact then you call him back for the rest of the weekend and when he gets here we arrest him."
"Honey, can we arrest him?"
"Sure, Jack, he spied on the military, that's treason. It's not like the NID is going to come forward and admit that he was working with them is it?"
Sam finally smiled, "I like that. Can I be the one to arrest him?"
"Yeah, sure, you Betcha."
"What the hell did I ever see in him?"
Chang said a little hesitantly, "Well, he is kind of cute."
Sam laughed, "and the sex was REALLY great."
Jack screwed up his face, "Way to much information, Carter."
Vicky said, "We'll just have to find you some body else. Hey, maybe you and Daniel can have and "arrangement"."
"Yuck." *Smack* "Ow, Sam, that hurt. What did you do that for?
"You thought I was repulsive."
"You're not really repulsive, it's just you're like my sister." Daniel jumped up to avoid getting hit again.
"DanielJackson, I believe any attempt at verbal communication will only worsen the situation."
"T's, right, Danny, just keep your mouth shut." Daniel looked sullenly at Jack.
"OK, Major, we'll ser up so that you have a three day weekend next weekend. You can call him and have him come on Friday, then call him back on Saturday. Vicky you and SGT Chang get the surveillance and tracking equipment ready. WE will take today off and then have four days to prepare."
"Everyone can stay and watch TV. Teal'c I just got all of the Star Wars movies on DVD and I have only seen the first one."
Jack said, "That's a great idea. Daniel why don't you and T go with me for a beer run and the Ladies can go for snacks."
As Sam is leading the way to her car the guys hear, chocolate, ice cream, chocolate ice cream, chocolate sauce, marshmallows.