What Dreams May Hold
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To borrow a phrase: Stargate SG-1 no mine......no money, no sue, please?
Despite the fact that they had technically only just gotten up a few hours ago, both Bethany and Benjamin fell asleep on the car ride home. Their parents quietly undressed them and tucked them into bed, grateful for a little quiet alone time.
"Are you hungry?" Jackie asked, half whispering, as Daniel came down the stairs, still rubbing shower water out of his hair.
"Yeah" he answered. Jackie handed him a plate.
"Macaroni and Cheese?" Daniel asked with a smile as he took the plate and headed to the couch.
"After all that stuff at Rya'c's wedding, it sounded simply divine" his wife answered, "Simple being the key word" She joined him on the couch, pulling her feet up and curling into him.
"Has it ever occurred to you, Danny, that we lead charmed lives?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" Daniel inquired.
"We have two beautiful children, wonderful family, loyal friends, a nice house, the best jobs to be had on the planet" and then she grinned up at him as she pointed the remote at the television, "And Simpsons whenever we want them" Daniel had to laugh even as he took her point. He supposed they did lead nearly perfect lives, especially now that the Goa'uld were under control. Even with the occasional risks and nearly fatal disasters, he wouldn't change anything in his life. After so many years on SG-1, the occasional disaster kept him from getting bored.
He put an arm around his perfect wife, and settled back to enjoy his perfect life.
"Back to the daily grind" Jack muttered to Daniel as they entered the briefing room together. Daniel lifted his eyebrows tiredly and sipped his coffee. Sam, Jackie and Colonel Moorison, who had been in charge during Jack's absence, were already seated around the table.
"Good morning, campers" Jack said as he took his seat, "Everybody rested and relaxed?"
"What is it about vacations that makes one so...tired?" Daniel replied with another sip from his coffee.
"I think they're called children, Daniel" Sam answered with a smile.
"Well, shall we get to it then?" Jack nodded at them. Jackie raised her hand in a salute.
"Ready when you are, fearless leader" she said. It was a morning routine of theirs, joking around in that incorrigible way of theirs.
"Daniel, what've you got?" the General asked. Daniel flipped his folder open and leafed through a couple of pages.
"We still haven't translated all of the markings on the device brought back by SG-11" he answered, "But we're getting close"
"How close?" Jack asked.
"Uh, well...actually, we haven't translated any of it yet" Daniel answered.
"Daniel! You've had that thing for almost three months now! I thought you said you knew what language it was!"
"I know, Jack" Daniel replied, "The problem is the syntax, the sentence structure. We're working on it" Jack swiveled slightly towards his wife.
"Sam?"
"Well, actually, we're finished. We're ready to send it to Norad" she answered.
"You can rebuild it?" Jack inquired.
"Yes, but I don't know if there would be any point" Sam told him. He raised an eyebrow.
"Oh? Why not?"
"It's a...hand held lighting device" she replied.
"A flashlight?" Jack interpreted.
"Well, that'll come in handy. You know...when it's dark" Jackie commented. Her brother gave her an annoyed look.
"I know the device itself isn't anything special, but its power source may be" Sam continued, "It's like a battery that never dies. If we can figure out a way to make a bigger one, the technology could have countless uses."
"Ah. Well, that's good news" Jack turned his attention to his younger sister, "And you, Mrs. Jackson?" Jackie stuck her tongue out at him. In a facility where everyone had a rank, and without even the stature of a doctorate, she hated having her own title used. And he knew it. Which was why he used it whenever she was out of hitting range.
"I'm still working on the Ma'chello stuff" she answered, "I got through the first layer, but I think there are probably another couple layers in there"
"How do you do that?" Sam asked, giving her sister-in-law an impressed look, "It's a completely unique code. There's nothing to even compare it to!"
"You should see the stuff she writes when she's bored" Daniel told his sister-in-law, "They're uncrackable"
"Now, that's hard to imagine" Jack quipped.
"What? Me writing uncrackable codes?" Jackie inquired, a phony look of pain on her face.
"No" Jack said, "You being bored" Jackie laughed.
"Every code has its little clues. Backdoors for people who know how to use them. Anyway, give me another couple weeks. I'll get it"
"Too bad you weren't around back when we really could've used that technology against the Goa'uld" Sam said. Jackie shrugged at her friend.
"What about you, Moorison?" Jack asked the last member of the briefing, "Anything interesting happen while I was gone?"
"SG-4 reported they may have found a new source of naquida, sir" Moorison replied, "Other than that..."
"Excuse me" Sgt. Davis said, as he came up the stairs, "Sorry to interrupt. Bransford Elementary and the daycare just called. They said Benjamin, Bethany and Alexis all got sick"
The parents exchanged looks. Ordinary life intruded on their galaxy sized lives again.
"I'll go" Jackie offered, rising from her chair, "I'll take this stuff home with me"
"I hope they didn't catch anything on Chulak" Sam commented.
"Nah. It's probably just something they ate" Jackie conjectured. She bent and gave Daniel a quick kiss and then headed for the door.
"Call me if you need me!" she told them as she left.
Later that night Daniel was trying hard to be quiet as he closed the garage door to the kitchen. The entire downstairs was dark and he could hardly see where he was going, which is why he crashed right into a kitchen chair that hadn't gotten pushed in. A light turned on above the stairs and Jackie came down.
"Danny?" she called softly.
"Yeah" Daniel replied, flicking the kitchen light on. Apparently the kids were upstairs and not on the couch as he had guessed.
"Where've you been?" Jackie chided, "Sam came to pick Alexis up hours ago"
"Jack sent her home early" Daniel told her, rubbing his shin. Jackie pulled an ice pack out of the freezer and handed it to him.
"He didn't want her over working herself"
"He worries too much" his wife complained, "Sam knows when to quit"
"Yeah, just about as much as you"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Jackie asked as they headed upstairs.
"I had to practically drag you out of your office when you were pregnant with Benjamin!" Daniel reminded her.
"Oh you did not" Jackie replied, crawling into bed as he undressed, "And anyway, it's not as if I was doing hard work or anything" Daniel chose not to respond. There was no use arguing with her anyway. He pulled his pajamas on and crawled into bed next to her.
"So, did you guys miss me at work today?" she asked.
"Desperately" Daniel replied with a smile, "How're the kids?"
"Fine. They just aren't used to eating so much, and all that Jaffa food too. It's so rich"
"Mmmm"
"Did I miss anything fun?" Jackie questioned.
"Teal'c came back" Daniel told her. She sat up on her elbows.
"What?"
"Apparently Rya'c told him he could do things himself and sent him home" Daniel told her what Teal'c had said when he'd come through the stargate two days ahead of schedule.
"Oh and we got a call from Moog" Daniel added. Jackie moaned and let her head drop back into the pillows.
"He's coming tomorrow" her husband alerted her. Jackie pulled the covers up over her head.
"I can't stand that little creep" she whined, "He makes me feel sick to my stomach. Literally"
"I know. He bugs me too, but they are our allies. We can't just lock the door and pretend we're not home" her husband said. Jackie flipped the covers back and sighed.
"Fine. Then I'm going in with you tomorrow morning" she said.
"Why?"
"He always asks for the same things, Danny" she replied, "They want the Protector, we tell them no, they want the necklace, we tell them no, they want me, we tell them no and then he wants to shake my hand again. This time, we're skipping all the rigamara, I'm shaking his hand and he's leaving. He'll be on planet for ten minutes, if we're lucky" Daniel shook his head and turned off the light.
To borrow a phrase: Stargate SG-1 no mine......no money, no sue, please?
Despite the fact that they had technically only just gotten up a few hours ago, both Bethany and Benjamin fell asleep on the car ride home. Their parents quietly undressed them and tucked them into bed, grateful for a little quiet alone time.
"Are you hungry?" Jackie asked, half whispering, as Daniel came down the stairs, still rubbing shower water out of his hair.
"Yeah" he answered. Jackie handed him a plate.
"Macaroni and Cheese?" Daniel asked with a smile as he took the plate and headed to the couch.
"After all that stuff at Rya'c's wedding, it sounded simply divine" his wife answered, "Simple being the key word" She joined him on the couch, pulling her feet up and curling into him.
"Has it ever occurred to you, Danny, that we lead charmed lives?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" Daniel inquired.
"We have two beautiful children, wonderful family, loyal friends, a nice house, the best jobs to be had on the planet" and then she grinned up at him as she pointed the remote at the television, "And Simpsons whenever we want them" Daniel had to laugh even as he took her point. He supposed they did lead nearly perfect lives, especially now that the Goa'uld were under control. Even with the occasional risks and nearly fatal disasters, he wouldn't change anything in his life. After so many years on SG-1, the occasional disaster kept him from getting bored.
He put an arm around his perfect wife, and settled back to enjoy his perfect life.
"Back to the daily grind" Jack muttered to Daniel as they entered the briefing room together. Daniel lifted his eyebrows tiredly and sipped his coffee. Sam, Jackie and Colonel Moorison, who had been in charge during Jack's absence, were already seated around the table.
"Good morning, campers" Jack said as he took his seat, "Everybody rested and relaxed?"
"What is it about vacations that makes one so...tired?" Daniel replied with another sip from his coffee.
"I think they're called children, Daniel" Sam answered with a smile.
"Well, shall we get to it then?" Jack nodded at them. Jackie raised her hand in a salute.
"Ready when you are, fearless leader" she said. It was a morning routine of theirs, joking around in that incorrigible way of theirs.
"Daniel, what've you got?" the General asked. Daniel flipped his folder open and leafed through a couple of pages.
"We still haven't translated all of the markings on the device brought back by SG-11" he answered, "But we're getting close"
"How close?" Jack asked.
"Uh, well...actually, we haven't translated any of it yet" Daniel answered.
"Daniel! You've had that thing for almost three months now! I thought you said you knew what language it was!"
"I know, Jack" Daniel replied, "The problem is the syntax, the sentence structure. We're working on it" Jack swiveled slightly towards his wife.
"Sam?"
"Well, actually, we're finished. We're ready to send it to Norad" she answered.
"You can rebuild it?" Jack inquired.
"Yes, but I don't know if there would be any point" Sam told him. He raised an eyebrow.
"Oh? Why not?"
"It's a...hand held lighting device" she replied.
"A flashlight?" Jack interpreted.
"Well, that'll come in handy. You know...when it's dark" Jackie commented. Her brother gave her an annoyed look.
"I know the device itself isn't anything special, but its power source may be" Sam continued, "It's like a battery that never dies. If we can figure out a way to make a bigger one, the technology could have countless uses."
"Ah. Well, that's good news" Jack turned his attention to his younger sister, "And you, Mrs. Jackson?" Jackie stuck her tongue out at him. In a facility where everyone had a rank, and without even the stature of a doctorate, she hated having her own title used. And he knew it. Which was why he used it whenever she was out of hitting range.
"I'm still working on the Ma'chello stuff" she answered, "I got through the first layer, but I think there are probably another couple layers in there"
"How do you do that?" Sam asked, giving her sister-in-law an impressed look, "It's a completely unique code. There's nothing to even compare it to!"
"You should see the stuff she writes when she's bored" Daniel told his sister-in-law, "They're uncrackable"
"Now, that's hard to imagine" Jack quipped.
"What? Me writing uncrackable codes?" Jackie inquired, a phony look of pain on her face.
"No" Jack said, "You being bored" Jackie laughed.
"Every code has its little clues. Backdoors for people who know how to use them. Anyway, give me another couple weeks. I'll get it"
"Too bad you weren't around back when we really could've used that technology against the Goa'uld" Sam said. Jackie shrugged at her friend.
"What about you, Moorison?" Jack asked the last member of the briefing, "Anything interesting happen while I was gone?"
"SG-4 reported they may have found a new source of naquida, sir" Moorison replied, "Other than that..."
"Excuse me" Sgt. Davis said, as he came up the stairs, "Sorry to interrupt. Bransford Elementary and the daycare just called. They said Benjamin, Bethany and Alexis all got sick"
The parents exchanged looks. Ordinary life intruded on their galaxy sized lives again.
"I'll go" Jackie offered, rising from her chair, "I'll take this stuff home with me"
"I hope they didn't catch anything on Chulak" Sam commented.
"Nah. It's probably just something they ate" Jackie conjectured. She bent and gave Daniel a quick kiss and then headed for the door.
"Call me if you need me!" she told them as she left.
Later that night Daniel was trying hard to be quiet as he closed the garage door to the kitchen. The entire downstairs was dark and he could hardly see where he was going, which is why he crashed right into a kitchen chair that hadn't gotten pushed in. A light turned on above the stairs and Jackie came down.
"Danny?" she called softly.
"Yeah" Daniel replied, flicking the kitchen light on. Apparently the kids were upstairs and not on the couch as he had guessed.
"Where've you been?" Jackie chided, "Sam came to pick Alexis up hours ago"
"Jack sent her home early" Daniel told her, rubbing his shin. Jackie pulled an ice pack out of the freezer and handed it to him.
"He didn't want her over working herself"
"He worries too much" his wife complained, "Sam knows when to quit"
"Yeah, just about as much as you"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Jackie asked as they headed upstairs.
"I had to practically drag you out of your office when you were pregnant with Benjamin!" Daniel reminded her.
"Oh you did not" Jackie replied, crawling into bed as he undressed, "And anyway, it's not as if I was doing hard work or anything" Daniel chose not to respond. There was no use arguing with her anyway. He pulled his pajamas on and crawled into bed next to her.
"So, did you guys miss me at work today?" she asked.
"Desperately" Daniel replied with a smile, "How're the kids?"
"Fine. They just aren't used to eating so much, and all that Jaffa food too. It's so rich"
"Mmmm"
"Did I miss anything fun?" Jackie questioned.
"Teal'c came back" Daniel told her. She sat up on her elbows.
"What?"
"Apparently Rya'c told him he could do things himself and sent him home" Daniel told her what Teal'c had said when he'd come through the stargate two days ahead of schedule.
"Oh and we got a call from Moog" Daniel added. Jackie moaned and let her head drop back into the pillows.
"He's coming tomorrow" her husband alerted her. Jackie pulled the covers up over her head.
"I can't stand that little creep" she whined, "He makes me feel sick to my stomach. Literally"
"I know. He bugs me too, but they are our allies. We can't just lock the door and pretend we're not home" her husband said. Jackie flipped the covers back and sighed.
"Fine. Then I'm going in with you tomorrow morning" she said.
"Why?"
"He always asks for the same things, Danny" she replied, "They want the Protector, we tell them no, they want the necklace, we tell them no, they want me, we tell them no and then he wants to shake my hand again. This time, we're skipping all the rigamara, I'm shaking his hand and he's leaving. He'll be on planet for ten minutes, if we're lucky" Daniel shook his head and turned off the light.