Author's note: This one is a little shorter than usual, but sometimes I can't help that
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There was a knock on the door of Sam's lab, and she looked up from the generator she was showing her father to see that Daniel was standing there.
"Hey, Sam. Busy?"
"No, come on in."
Daniel walked into her lab, grinning down at Jaffer, who had come over to see if the archeologist had any plans to share the cup of coffee he was holding.
"No way," Daniel said, stroking the velvety ears with one hand and holding the cup away form the black lab at the same time. "I don't know where that mouth of yours has been."
Jaffer snorted, headed back to stand between Sam and Jacob, and Daniel walked over.
"Hi Jacob, it's good to see you again."
The Tok'ra smiled. "You, too, Daniel."
Daniel looked over at Sam, a slight frown on his face, now. "I hate to cut short your time with your dad this morning, Sam, but General Hammond wants you to come with me to P39-045."
"What? Why?"
"He said I needed help." Daniel shrugged. He didn't think he needed help. His apologetic frown turned into a slight scowl. "What I think he really wants is for you and Jaffer to make sure I don't wander off while I'm doing rubbings of the ruins there."
Jacob and Sam both smiled.
"You? Wander off? What possibly would give him that notion?"
"It was only that once..."
"And it almost got you killed."
"I was doing okay."
"Once we pulled you out of that quicksand stuff."
"Yeah, yeah." Daniel shrugged. He wasn't going to win this one. "So anyways, you have to come with me. I'm sorry."
Jacob smiled.
"Don't worry about it, Daniel. I'm going to be here all day. I can see Sam tonight."
"Are you sure, dad?" She asked. "I could probably ask General Hammond to send an SG team with Daniel-"
"No, Sam. It's okay. I want to go do a little looking around, anyways. We'll have dinner tonight, instead of lunch."
She nodded, and he gave her a quick hug, much to Jaffer's displeasure, although the dog didn't make a sound. He just didn't like Jacob touching his Sam.
"I'll see you when we get back," she promised.
"Don't hurry on my account."
He watched as she put away her generator, and then walked with her, Daniel and Jaffer down the corridor to supply to get outfitted for off-world travel, and then to the embarkation room, where Hammond was already waiting.
"Sorry about this, Major." He apologized, shooting Jacob a look that Sam and Daniel didn't see.
"It's all right, Sir."
Daniel picked up his pack, which held all the equipment he'd need to make his rubbings, and Sam checked her weapon, and then snapped Jaffer's leash onto his collar as the gate started dialing out. She'd not risk losing him on another planet any more than she'd risk losing him in her back yard.
"We'll be back soon, dad," She promised.
"No rush," Jacob said.
Hammond was the only one who knew that Jacob meant that. As soon as Daniel, Sam and Jaffer had vanished through the gate, he looked at Jacob.
"Thanks, George."
Hammond nodded. "My aide de camp is waiting to drive you to the tarmac where an F-15 is waiting for you. The flight plan's laid on already and you have clearance to go as soon as you're ready."
"I owe you one." Jacob said, smiling.
"You owe me two." Hammond corrected. "Just don't do anything you might regret. Or that Major Carter might regret."
"Everything's under control, George," Jacob said. "Don't be such a mother hen."
Hammond snorted, and walked off, shaking his head, and Jacob smiled after him. A reminder from Selmac that Sam wasn't going to be gone all day was enough to get him moving, and he left the embarkation room, and headed for the elevator. He had a plane to catch.
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There was a knock on the door of Sam's lab, and she looked up from the generator she was showing her father to see that Daniel was standing there.
"Hey, Sam. Busy?"
"No, come on in."
Daniel walked into her lab, grinning down at Jaffer, who had come over to see if the archeologist had any plans to share the cup of coffee he was holding.
"No way," Daniel said, stroking the velvety ears with one hand and holding the cup away form the black lab at the same time. "I don't know where that mouth of yours has been."
Jaffer snorted, headed back to stand between Sam and Jacob, and Daniel walked over.
"Hi Jacob, it's good to see you again."
The Tok'ra smiled. "You, too, Daniel."
Daniel looked over at Sam, a slight frown on his face, now. "I hate to cut short your time with your dad this morning, Sam, but General Hammond wants you to come with me to P39-045."
"What? Why?"
"He said I needed help." Daniel shrugged. He didn't think he needed help. His apologetic frown turned into a slight scowl. "What I think he really wants is for you and Jaffer to make sure I don't wander off while I'm doing rubbings of the ruins there."
Jacob and Sam both smiled.
"You? Wander off? What possibly would give him that notion?"
"It was only that once..."
"And it almost got you killed."
"I was doing okay."
"Once we pulled you out of that quicksand stuff."
"Yeah, yeah." Daniel shrugged. He wasn't going to win this one. "So anyways, you have to come with me. I'm sorry."
Jacob smiled.
"Don't worry about it, Daniel. I'm going to be here all day. I can see Sam tonight."
"Are you sure, dad?" She asked. "I could probably ask General Hammond to send an SG team with Daniel-"
"No, Sam. It's okay. I want to go do a little looking around, anyways. We'll have dinner tonight, instead of lunch."
She nodded, and he gave her a quick hug, much to Jaffer's displeasure, although the dog didn't make a sound. He just didn't like Jacob touching his Sam.
"I'll see you when we get back," she promised.
"Don't hurry on my account."
He watched as she put away her generator, and then walked with her, Daniel and Jaffer down the corridor to supply to get outfitted for off-world travel, and then to the embarkation room, where Hammond was already waiting.
"Sorry about this, Major." He apologized, shooting Jacob a look that Sam and Daniel didn't see.
"It's all right, Sir."
Daniel picked up his pack, which held all the equipment he'd need to make his rubbings, and Sam checked her weapon, and then snapped Jaffer's leash onto his collar as the gate started dialing out. She'd not risk losing him on another planet any more than she'd risk losing him in her back yard.
"We'll be back soon, dad," She promised.
"No rush," Jacob said.
Hammond was the only one who knew that Jacob meant that. As soon as Daniel, Sam and Jaffer had vanished through the gate, he looked at Jacob.
"Thanks, George."
Hammond nodded. "My aide de camp is waiting to drive you to the tarmac where an F-15 is waiting for you. The flight plan's laid on already and you have clearance to go as soon as you're ready."
"I owe you one." Jacob said, smiling.
"You owe me two." Hammond corrected. "Just don't do anything you might regret. Or that Major Carter might regret."
"Everything's under control, George," Jacob said. "Don't be such a mother hen."
Hammond snorted, and walked off, shaking his head, and Jacob smiled after him. A reminder from Selmac that Sam wasn't going to be gone all day was enough to get him moving, and he left the embarkation room, and headed for the elevator. He had a plane to catch.