Here it is people! The third chapter! Don't care if nobody likes it because I'm going to keep on writing this story! Oh and the 5th chapter of "This Moment" is going to be posted really soon, so keep your eyes peeled!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Stargate or any of the characters or even the alternate reality theory. Pooh. Arghh! I don't even own "Pooh!" Damez-le tout!(Damn it all, F.Y.I)
A/N: It's going to get REAL confusing later on, so for your understanding, here is a little key!
A.R. Sam a.k.a Dr. Carter- Alternate Reality Dr. Samantha Carter
A.R. Daniel- Alternate Reality Dr. Daniel Jackson
A.R. Jack- Alternate Reality Colonel Jack O'Neill
A.R. Teal'c- Alternate Reality Teal'c
All the rest of the characters have their regular names. 'Counterparts' refers to the A.R.
*~*~*
Sam watched as Jack loaded the alternate reality mirror into Daniel's office. Daniel had even cleared a little area for her to work. She thought it was very sweet of him, but hoped that he didn't get any ideas.
"Thanks, sir," Sam smiled at Jack, and walked to the mirror. She touched the cold glass, and shivered.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Jack put his hand on her shoulder, squeezing it slightly.
"Nothing," she responded, though she was thinking about the last time that they met others from another reality.
"If you says so, Carter. Do you need any help with anything?" Jack looked around at Daniel's office. "Like a garbage bag?"
Sam laughed. "No, sir. Thank you anyway. I can take it from here."
"Okay, but I'll be back."
"Is that a threat, sir?"
"No, Carter," he said looking into her eyes. "It's a promise."
*~*~*
Sam had been up all night studying the mirror, trying to figure out what it was made. She'd given up around midnight and had fallen asleep on her bed in her SGC quarters. It felt like she'd only been asleep for two minutes when she heard the warning bell that meant breeched security.
Bolting out of bed, she rushed to the control room to find out if it was a problem with the Gate. Seeing that it wasn't, she hurried back to her room and accessed the SGC security floor plan from her computer.
Sam froze.
Pushing back her chair, she dialed Jack's number, which she knew by heart.
"Jack, you need to get down here, and fast. Someone's come through the mirror."
*~*~*
Dr. Carter looked around the room, taking note of her surroundings. Daniel looked though the books on the shelf, while Jack and Teal'c stood as security.
"I can't believe it."
"Believe what, Sam?" Daniel asked, his nose delved in one of the real Daniel's books.
"This isn't my office."
"What?" Jack turned on her. "I thought. . ."
"I know, so did I, but this isn't my office."
"How can you tell, Samantha Carter?" Teal'c asked.
"It's a woman's intuition. Plus, this room is VERY disorganized. You all know that I am one of the most organized archaeologists in the world," Sam smiled at Jack, her smile fading, however, when she noticed his grim expression.
"Well, if we're not at the SGC in your office, where are we?"
Just then the warning bell that meant breeched security rang out. Dr. Carter cringed, taking cover near Jack, to Daniel's surprise.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" Jack yelled, waving his gun at empty air, anticipating the cavalry to arrive at any moment.
"I am not sure, O'Neill, but I do believe that they could tell us," Teal'c pointed to the people who had just stepped into the office.
"Who are you?" A middle-height blond woman who looked a lot like Dr. Carter stepped forward.
"Colonel Jack O'Neill, United States Air Force, ma'am. And you are?"
"Major Samantha Carter, and you are NOT Colonel Jack O'Neill, because he is right behind me," Sam waved Jack forward, an amused expression on his face.
A.R. Sam gasped and stepped back. She looked back and forth between A.R. Jack and Jack and Sam, finally figuring out what happened.
"Sam, what is it?" A.R. Daniel asked Dr. Carter.
"Daniel, sweetheart, we're in an alternate reality."
"WE'RE IN A WHAT?!?!" A.R. Jack turned on Dr. Carter. "YOU NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT ALTERNATE REALITIES BEFORE!!"
"Hey, Jack! Don't yell at my fiancée!" A.R. Daniel tried to look intimidating.
"Your what?" Sam and Jack yelled at the same time.
A.R. Daniel and A.R. Jack ignored the two and continued in their war for Dr. Carter until. . . . .
"SG-1, you better have a damn good excuse for this one!" General Hammond's voice penetrated through everyone's conversation, causing all the people in the room to stand at attention.
"Well, you see, sir. . . "
"I believe, General Hammond, that the blame would lie with Major Carter. . . "
"It's all Sam's fault, General. . . "
"Carter brought people from another reality here again!!!"
"Major!!!"
"Yes, sir?"
General Hammond looked up and surveyed the room full of people, and sighed.
"Debriefing. ALL of you."
He left the room abruptly, leaving SG-1 and their counterparts alone to stare at each other.
*~*~*
"Okay. Let's run through this one more time."
A universal groan was heard, but a glare from General Hammond shut everyone in the room up. All the counterparts were on one side of the table, SG-1 on the other.
"I am Dr. Samantha Carter, Archaeologist."
A laugh came from across the table. "What's so funny about that, Major?" A.R. Sam said tauntingly.
"The whole thing! ME! An archaeologist like Daniel! PAHLEASE! Tell me you at least DABBLE in the sciences!" Sam held her stomach which hurt from her laughing.
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" A.R. Daniel and Daniel said at the same time. They looked at each other and pointed fingers.
"I'M DANIEL!" They said AGAIN at the same time.
While Sam, her counterpart, Daniel, and his counterpart argued about science and who was the real Daniel, the Teal'cs were engaged in a staring contest at who could stare the meanest and the Jacks were swapping stories of how they met their Sams. General Hammond shook his head, stood up, and walked out of the room. His absence went unnoticed.
"Well," Jack leaned back in his chair, hands behind his head, "I met Sa- I mean, Major Carter a couple years back. She was so raw it wasn't funny. Actually, it was funny to me, but most people don't have my sense of humor. . . "
"So. . You have to call her Major Carter all the time? You can't ever call her Sam?" A.R. Jack asked him. He looked down to where Dr. Carter sat and smiled at her attempts to argue with the Major about quantum physics or something else. He wasn't exactly sure because they were using A LOT of big, fancy scientific terms.
"Nah. . .I don't call her Major all the time- that's only when I get mad at her. Usually I call her Carter. But sometimes, if you know what I mean by sometimes, I call her Sam. You're pretty lucky, though. At least you can be with Dr. Carter without running the risk of being court marshaled!" Jack sighed, running his hands through his thinning hair.
"Are you kidding me?I can't be with her! She belongs to Daniel. . . but I still love her!" A.R. Jack put his head in hands. "You know, that's the first time I've actually admitted that I love her."
"I know the feeling. . ." Jack smiled knowingly.
"Hey . . Where's General Hammond?"
All those present in the room finally realized that he had left long ago.
Both Daniels looked at their watches and declared the time.
"It's late."
"Sir?"
"Yeah, Carter?" He looked down at her end of the table.
"Where are the others going to stay?"
"Oh. . . I forgot about that."
"That's why you have me, sir."
"Yes, that I do. And what would I do without you, Carter?"
"Probably fish, sir."
"Hey, guys? Yeah, remember me? Daniel? Yeah. We're still here and we still have a problem on our hands," Daniel waved his hands in the air, waking Jack and Sam from their little "happy world."
"O'Neill."
"T."
"Could they not stay on the base?" Teal'c raised an eyebrow as his counterpart did the same.
"Indeed they could, T. But do we have any extra rooms beside isolation?" Jack looked to Daniel and Sam.
They both shook their heads.
"Umm, sir? I think that each of us is going to have to take one of them home."
"OH NO!" Dr. Carter shouted. "I AM NOT GOING HOME WITH YOU!!"
"YOU HAVE NO CHOICE, MISS I THINK I AM AN ARCHAEOLOGIST!!!!" Sam shouted back.
"WHAT IF I REFUSE TO GO?" A.R. Sam challenged, rising from her seat.
"THEN I'LL ZAT YA! SEE WHAT HAPPENS THEN!!!" Sam stood to meet her face to face.
"Sam! Come on!" Daniel rose to pull her back.
"Honey, please. . " A.R. Daniel moved grab Dr. Carter's hand.
"This looks bad, O'Neill," the Teal'cs said at the same time.
"You're telling me!" Jack jumped from his seat and pinned Sam's arms behind her before she could mutilate Dr. Carter. Which, with her level of hand to hand combat, she could easily do.
A.R. Jack followed suit, pushing A.R. Daniel out of the way, grabbing Dr. Carter around the waist and pulling her close.
"Okay, Daniels. Think of something fast. It's obvious that Sam can't take Dr. Carter home with her. . . What are we going to do?" Jack gave a stern look to Sam who struggled in his hold.
"Umm. . . " Both Daniels scratched their heads furiously.
"Send them home?" was what Daniel came up with at last.
"It is a very time consuming process finding the correct reality, Daniel Jackson," Teal'c replied.
"We have to stay here tonight, then, don't we?" A.R. Jack looked to Jack.
Sam turned in Jack's arms.
"Sir, they can't stay here long. Time distortion and all those fancy science terms that you don't want me to use will happen! Remember what occurred with Dr. Carter from the OTHER alternate reality?"
"Yeah. . . First thing in the morning we get them back. Until then, where do they stay?" Jack looked around the room.
The two Daniels had been conversing in a corner away from the rest of the group.
"We've got an idea."
*~*~*
MUWHAHA! I cut it off there because I want to have another chapter and give you a reason to continue reading! REVIEW!! Suspense. . .
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Stargate or any of the characters or even the alternate reality theory. Pooh. Arghh! I don't even own "Pooh!" Damez-le tout!(Damn it all, F.Y.I)
A/N: It's going to get REAL confusing later on, so for your understanding, here is a little key!
A.R. Sam a.k.a Dr. Carter- Alternate Reality Dr. Samantha Carter
A.R. Daniel- Alternate Reality Dr. Daniel Jackson
A.R. Jack- Alternate Reality Colonel Jack O'Neill
A.R. Teal'c- Alternate Reality Teal'c
All the rest of the characters have their regular names. 'Counterparts' refers to the A.R.
*~*~*
Sam watched as Jack loaded the alternate reality mirror into Daniel's office. Daniel had even cleared a little area for her to work. She thought it was very sweet of him, but hoped that he didn't get any ideas.
"Thanks, sir," Sam smiled at Jack, and walked to the mirror. She touched the cold glass, and shivered.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Jack put his hand on her shoulder, squeezing it slightly.
"Nothing," she responded, though she was thinking about the last time that they met others from another reality.
"If you says so, Carter. Do you need any help with anything?" Jack looked around at Daniel's office. "Like a garbage bag?"
Sam laughed. "No, sir. Thank you anyway. I can take it from here."
"Okay, but I'll be back."
"Is that a threat, sir?"
"No, Carter," he said looking into her eyes. "It's a promise."
*~*~*
Sam had been up all night studying the mirror, trying to figure out what it was made. She'd given up around midnight and had fallen asleep on her bed in her SGC quarters. It felt like she'd only been asleep for two minutes when she heard the warning bell that meant breeched security.
Bolting out of bed, she rushed to the control room to find out if it was a problem with the Gate. Seeing that it wasn't, she hurried back to her room and accessed the SGC security floor plan from her computer.
Sam froze.
Pushing back her chair, she dialed Jack's number, which she knew by heart.
"Jack, you need to get down here, and fast. Someone's come through the mirror."
*~*~*
Dr. Carter looked around the room, taking note of her surroundings. Daniel looked though the books on the shelf, while Jack and Teal'c stood as security.
"I can't believe it."
"Believe what, Sam?" Daniel asked, his nose delved in one of the real Daniel's books.
"This isn't my office."
"What?" Jack turned on her. "I thought. . ."
"I know, so did I, but this isn't my office."
"How can you tell, Samantha Carter?" Teal'c asked.
"It's a woman's intuition. Plus, this room is VERY disorganized. You all know that I am one of the most organized archaeologists in the world," Sam smiled at Jack, her smile fading, however, when she noticed his grim expression.
"Well, if we're not at the SGC in your office, where are we?"
Just then the warning bell that meant breeched security rang out. Dr. Carter cringed, taking cover near Jack, to Daniel's surprise.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" Jack yelled, waving his gun at empty air, anticipating the cavalry to arrive at any moment.
"I am not sure, O'Neill, but I do believe that they could tell us," Teal'c pointed to the people who had just stepped into the office.
"Who are you?" A middle-height blond woman who looked a lot like Dr. Carter stepped forward.
"Colonel Jack O'Neill, United States Air Force, ma'am. And you are?"
"Major Samantha Carter, and you are NOT Colonel Jack O'Neill, because he is right behind me," Sam waved Jack forward, an amused expression on his face.
A.R. Sam gasped and stepped back. She looked back and forth between A.R. Jack and Jack and Sam, finally figuring out what happened.
"Sam, what is it?" A.R. Daniel asked Dr. Carter.
"Daniel, sweetheart, we're in an alternate reality."
"WE'RE IN A WHAT?!?!" A.R. Jack turned on Dr. Carter. "YOU NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT ALTERNATE REALITIES BEFORE!!"
"Hey, Jack! Don't yell at my fiancée!" A.R. Daniel tried to look intimidating.
"Your what?" Sam and Jack yelled at the same time.
A.R. Daniel and A.R. Jack ignored the two and continued in their war for Dr. Carter until. . . . .
"SG-1, you better have a damn good excuse for this one!" General Hammond's voice penetrated through everyone's conversation, causing all the people in the room to stand at attention.
"Well, you see, sir. . . "
"I believe, General Hammond, that the blame would lie with Major Carter. . . "
"It's all Sam's fault, General. . . "
"Carter brought people from another reality here again!!!"
"Major!!!"
"Yes, sir?"
General Hammond looked up and surveyed the room full of people, and sighed.
"Debriefing. ALL of you."
He left the room abruptly, leaving SG-1 and their counterparts alone to stare at each other.
*~*~*
"Okay. Let's run through this one more time."
A universal groan was heard, but a glare from General Hammond shut everyone in the room up. All the counterparts were on one side of the table, SG-1 on the other.
"I am Dr. Samantha Carter, Archaeologist."
A laugh came from across the table. "What's so funny about that, Major?" A.R. Sam said tauntingly.
"The whole thing! ME! An archaeologist like Daniel! PAHLEASE! Tell me you at least DABBLE in the sciences!" Sam held her stomach which hurt from her laughing.
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" A.R. Daniel and Daniel said at the same time. They looked at each other and pointed fingers.
"I'M DANIEL!" They said AGAIN at the same time.
While Sam, her counterpart, Daniel, and his counterpart argued about science and who was the real Daniel, the Teal'cs were engaged in a staring contest at who could stare the meanest and the Jacks were swapping stories of how they met their Sams. General Hammond shook his head, stood up, and walked out of the room. His absence went unnoticed.
"Well," Jack leaned back in his chair, hands behind his head, "I met Sa- I mean, Major Carter a couple years back. She was so raw it wasn't funny. Actually, it was funny to me, but most people don't have my sense of humor. . . "
"So. . You have to call her Major Carter all the time? You can't ever call her Sam?" A.R. Jack asked him. He looked down to where Dr. Carter sat and smiled at her attempts to argue with the Major about quantum physics or something else. He wasn't exactly sure because they were using A LOT of big, fancy scientific terms.
"Nah. . .I don't call her Major all the time- that's only when I get mad at her. Usually I call her Carter. But sometimes, if you know what I mean by sometimes, I call her Sam. You're pretty lucky, though. At least you can be with Dr. Carter without running the risk of being court marshaled!" Jack sighed, running his hands through his thinning hair.
"Are you kidding me?I can't be with her! She belongs to Daniel. . . but I still love her!" A.R. Jack put his head in hands. "You know, that's the first time I've actually admitted that I love her."
"I know the feeling. . ." Jack smiled knowingly.
"Hey . . Where's General Hammond?"
All those present in the room finally realized that he had left long ago.
Both Daniels looked at their watches and declared the time.
"It's late."
"Sir?"
"Yeah, Carter?" He looked down at her end of the table.
"Where are the others going to stay?"
"Oh. . . I forgot about that."
"That's why you have me, sir."
"Yes, that I do. And what would I do without you, Carter?"
"Probably fish, sir."
"Hey, guys? Yeah, remember me? Daniel? Yeah. We're still here and we still have a problem on our hands," Daniel waved his hands in the air, waking Jack and Sam from their little "happy world."
"O'Neill."
"T."
"Could they not stay on the base?" Teal'c raised an eyebrow as his counterpart did the same.
"Indeed they could, T. But do we have any extra rooms beside isolation?" Jack looked to Daniel and Sam.
They both shook their heads.
"Umm, sir? I think that each of us is going to have to take one of them home."
"OH NO!" Dr. Carter shouted. "I AM NOT GOING HOME WITH YOU!!"
"YOU HAVE NO CHOICE, MISS I THINK I AM AN ARCHAEOLOGIST!!!!" Sam shouted back.
"WHAT IF I REFUSE TO GO?" A.R. Sam challenged, rising from her seat.
"THEN I'LL ZAT YA! SEE WHAT HAPPENS THEN!!!" Sam stood to meet her face to face.
"Sam! Come on!" Daniel rose to pull her back.
"Honey, please. . " A.R. Daniel moved grab Dr. Carter's hand.
"This looks bad, O'Neill," the Teal'cs said at the same time.
"You're telling me!" Jack jumped from his seat and pinned Sam's arms behind her before she could mutilate Dr. Carter. Which, with her level of hand to hand combat, she could easily do.
A.R. Jack followed suit, pushing A.R. Daniel out of the way, grabbing Dr. Carter around the waist and pulling her close.
"Okay, Daniels. Think of something fast. It's obvious that Sam can't take Dr. Carter home with her. . . What are we going to do?" Jack gave a stern look to Sam who struggled in his hold.
"Umm. . . " Both Daniels scratched their heads furiously.
"Send them home?" was what Daniel came up with at last.
"It is a very time consuming process finding the correct reality, Daniel Jackson," Teal'c replied.
"We have to stay here tonight, then, don't we?" A.R. Jack looked to Jack.
Sam turned in Jack's arms.
"Sir, they can't stay here long. Time distortion and all those fancy science terms that you don't want me to use will happen! Remember what occurred with Dr. Carter from the OTHER alternate reality?"
"Yeah. . . First thing in the morning we get them back. Until then, where do they stay?" Jack looked around the room.
The two Daniels had been conversing in a corner away from the rest of the group.
"We've got an idea."
*~*~*
MUWHAHA! I cut it off there because I want to have another chapter and give you a reason to continue reading! REVIEW!! Suspense. . .