The next chapter- nicely packaged, wrapped up with a bow and ready to go!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Stargate or the characters or even the alternate reality idea!!
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Samantha Carter looked up as Jack O'Neill poked his head into her office.
"Hey, Carter! Watcha doin'? Got any new toys for me to break- I mean, play with?" Jack tossed an careless and innocent smile her way, making her laugh.
"Sorry, sir. No toys today. Though-"
AUTHORIZED OFFWORLD GATE ACTIVATION!
Jack grinned at Sam, "Guess we'll just have to continue this conversation later, won't we?"
"Indeed, O'Neill." They both laughed and jogged to the Gate Room.
~*~
"Daniel and Sam! Come on, and stop staring at those hieroglyphics! We have to get moving, now!"
"Jack-" Daniel began.
"I'll take care of this, Daniel, you just finish translating," barking her order to Daniel over her shoulder, she then turned her sights to the man she truly loved. "Jack, please. These hieroglyphics could hold the key to a great discovery!"
Jack crossed his arms. "I'm listening."
"Daniel and I believe that another Stargate or another transport device could be behind this wall!"
"All I'm seeing is a great expanse-" Jack was cut off by the rising of the wall of stone he had just been leaning.
"Just like we said, sweetheart!" Daniel kissed his soon-to-be-wife's nose and hurried her into the side of the ziggurat.
Sam looked back at Jack sadly, "Aren't you and Teal'c coming inside with us?"
"I will indeed accompany you, Samantha Carter," Teal'c responded, falling instep behind Daniel.
"Sure, why not?" Jack blandly said, rewarded with a bedazzling smile from Sam.
The chamber that they walked into was cold, dark and clammy. The room was empty except for a single piece of black glass in the center of the room. A pedestal was next to the glass, and on the pedestal was some kind of hand-device.
"What is it?" Sam asked as she neared it with Daniel, stretching out her hand to touch the serene glass.
"Be careful!" Jack impulsively warned her, watching her jerk back her hand just as he said it.
"The hieroglyphics on the outside of the ziggurat said that this was supposed to be a transportation device," Daniel said softy, picking up the hand-device. "I wonder what this is for?" He turned the knob on the device and the black glass changed to a scene of the inside of a temple.
Sam jumped back from the mirror and Jack instinctively put an arm around her and raised his gun. They sprung apart just before Daniel turned around.
"We were right, Sam! This is a transportation device!"
"Where does it go, Daniel?"
"I don't know. I want to try it out," Daniel looked to Jack, and Sam followed suit. Jack looked into her eyes and sighed.
"We can try it out. How about the place that is already on there?"
"I do not think that would be a good idea, O'Neill. That is the inside of the temple of Aphosis," Teal'c spoke up.
"I knew that," Jack quickly covered up his mistake. "Daniel, give the device to Sam. Let her pick the place we go to."
Daniel nodded and handed the device to Sam. She stepped cautiously to the mirror, closed her eyes, and turned the dial seven times. Upon opening her eyes, she gasped.
There on the other side of the mirror was an exact replica of her office!
She dropped the device, and touched the glass. Instantly she was transported to the other side, looking back at Jack and the rest of the men.
Daniel hurriedly picked up the device and instructed the others to touch the glass at the same time as he. They were also transported to the other side of the glass, looking back at the place they had just been in with astonished faces.
~*~
"What is it, sir?" Jack asked of General Hammond when he and Sam finally reached the control room in front of the Gate Room.
"I think you better go see for yourselves," he indicated to where an SG team had recently disembarked. They had with the a large, wrapped package.
Sam and Jack walked into the Gate area, staring at the package that was in front of them.
"What is it lieutenant?" Sam asked the young woman next to her.
"If you just give me a second, ma'am," the lieutenant turned away and untied the ropes that bound the wrappings to the object, revealing, once the wrappings fell, a beautiful piece of black glass, "We were hoping you could tell us, ma'am. We haven't been able to figure it out,yet."
"It's an alternate reality mirror. We came across this before on one of our earlier missions- I thought it was in storage?"
"Apparently this is a different one, Carter! Did anything else come with the mirror? Like a small hand device or something along the lines of that?" Jack asked the woman.
"Yes, sir," reaching into her bag she pulled out a hand device, and handed it to Sam.
"Do you know what it does, ma'am?"
"Yes, I do, lieutenant. Thank you for bringing it back with you. Sir?" Sam turned to look up at the General. "Could I have this taken to my lab for further study?"
"I'm afraid not, Major. You still have the other alien object that you haven't finished looking at yet in your lab," the General answered.
"Oh, yeah, right. Daniel?" She looked to her archaeologist friend, "Could I leave it in your office? In the corner or something? I'll try and get it out as soon as possible!"
"Take your time, Sam," Daniel responded. "Of course you can leave it my office. Besides, I want to study that hand device. Last time we had one of those I only got to turn the dial and nothing more!"
Sam laughed. "Thanks, Daniel. Sir, would you carry it to Daniel's office with me, please? Just be careful!" She yelled as Jack picked up the heavy piece of glass, only to slam it down onto a hand-truck.
"No problem, Carter," Jack and Sam shared another one of their smiles as they strolled together out of the Gate Room.
Teal'c and Daniel shared a knowing glance and followed their friends out.
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So, what do you think so far? Crappy? Oh, well! I like it and am going to forge ahead! Check for more updates soon!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Stargate or the characters or even the alternate reality idea!!
*~*~*
Samantha Carter looked up as Jack O'Neill poked his head into her office.
"Hey, Carter! Watcha doin'? Got any new toys for me to break- I mean, play with?" Jack tossed an careless and innocent smile her way, making her laugh.
"Sorry, sir. No toys today. Though-"
AUTHORIZED OFFWORLD GATE ACTIVATION!
Jack grinned at Sam, "Guess we'll just have to continue this conversation later, won't we?"
"Indeed, O'Neill." They both laughed and jogged to the Gate Room.
~*~
"Daniel and Sam! Come on, and stop staring at those hieroglyphics! We have to get moving, now!"
"Jack-" Daniel began.
"I'll take care of this, Daniel, you just finish translating," barking her order to Daniel over her shoulder, she then turned her sights to the man she truly loved. "Jack, please. These hieroglyphics could hold the key to a great discovery!"
Jack crossed his arms. "I'm listening."
"Daniel and I believe that another Stargate or another transport device could be behind this wall!"
"All I'm seeing is a great expanse-" Jack was cut off by the rising of the wall of stone he had just been leaning.
"Just like we said, sweetheart!" Daniel kissed his soon-to-be-wife's nose and hurried her into the side of the ziggurat.
Sam looked back at Jack sadly, "Aren't you and Teal'c coming inside with us?"
"I will indeed accompany you, Samantha Carter," Teal'c responded, falling instep behind Daniel.
"Sure, why not?" Jack blandly said, rewarded with a bedazzling smile from Sam.
The chamber that they walked into was cold, dark and clammy. The room was empty except for a single piece of black glass in the center of the room. A pedestal was next to the glass, and on the pedestal was some kind of hand-device.
"What is it?" Sam asked as she neared it with Daniel, stretching out her hand to touch the serene glass.
"Be careful!" Jack impulsively warned her, watching her jerk back her hand just as he said it.
"The hieroglyphics on the outside of the ziggurat said that this was supposed to be a transportation device," Daniel said softy, picking up the hand-device. "I wonder what this is for?" He turned the knob on the device and the black glass changed to a scene of the inside of a temple.
Sam jumped back from the mirror and Jack instinctively put an arm around her and raised his gun. They sprung apart just before Daniel turned around.
"We were right, Sam! This is a transportation device!"
"Where does it go, Daniel?"
"I don't know. I want to try it out," Daniel looked to Jack, and Sam followed suit. Jack looked into her eyes and sighed.
"We can try it out. How about the place that is already on there?"
"I do not think that would be a good idea, O'Neill. That is the inside of the temple of Aphosis," Teal'c spoke up.
"I knew that," Jack quickly covered up his mistake. "Daniel, give the device to Sam. Let her pick the place we go to."
Daniel nodded and handed the device to Sam. She stepped cautiously to the mirror, closed her eyes, and turned the dial seven times. Upon opening her eyes, she gasped.
There on the other side of the mirror was an exact replica of her office!
She dropped the device, and touched the glass. Instantly she was transported to the other side, looking back at Jack and the rest of the men.
Daniel hurriedly picked up the device and instructed the others to touch the glass at the same time as he. They were also transported to the other side of the glass, looking back at the place they had just been in with astonished faces.
~*~
"What is it, sir?" Jack asked of General Hammond when he and Sam finally reached the control room in front of the Gate Room.
"I think you better go see for yourselves," he indicated to where an SG team had recently disembarked. They had with the a large, wrapped package.
Sam and Jack walked into the Gate area, staring at the package that was in front of them.
"What is it lieutenant?" Sam asked the young woman next to her.
"If you just give me a second, ma'am," the lieutenant turned away and untied the ropes that bound the wrappings to the object, revealing, once the wrappings fell, a beautiful piece of black glass, "We were hoping you could tell us, ma'am. We haven't been able to figure it out,yet."
"It's an alternate reality mirror. We came across this before on one of our earlier missions- I thought it was in storage?"
"Apparently this is a different one, Carter! Did anything else come with the mirror? Like a small hand device or something along the lines of that?" Jack asked the woman.
"Yes, sir," reaching into her bag she pulled out a hand device, and handed it to Sam.
"Do you know what it does, ma'am?"
"Yes, I do, lieutenant. Thank you for bringing it back with you. Sir?" Sam turned to look up at the General. "Could I have this taken to my lab for further study?"
"I'm afraid not, Major. You still have the other alien object that you haven't finished looking at yet in your lab," the General answered.
"Oh, yeah, right. Daniel?" She looked to her archaeologist friend, "Could I leave it in your office? In the corner or something? I'll try and get it out as soon as possible!"
"Take your time, Sam," Daniel responded. "Of course you can leave it my office. Besides, I want to study that hand device. Last time we had one of those I only got to turn the dial and nothing more!"
Sam laughed. "Thanks, Daniel. Sir, would you carry it to Daniel's office with me, please? Just be careful!" She yelled as Jack picked up the heavy piece of glass, only to slam it down onto a hand-truck.
"No problem, Carter," Jack and Sam shared another one of their smiles as they strolled together out of the Gate Room.
Teal'c and Daniel shared a knowing glance and followed their friends out.
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So, what do you think so far? Crappy? Oh, well! I like it and am going to forge ahead! Check for more updates soon!