"Okay people we're already running behind schedule. Hurry it up already."
Jack groaned.
"Colonel, we'll just be another few minutes. I just have to secure the last of the equipment to the FRED." Sam as she continued to work.
"You know we would have been out of here if someone had noticed the wheel had a slow puncture before they loaded all the equipment yesterday. Someone should look into that."
"Yes sir." Sam said. "I'll look into when we back. Teal'c can use pass me the MRE's?" Sam asked.
"Indeed Major Carter." Teal'c picked up the box and placed it on the FRED.
"You know I could have sleep in another half hour, had another cup of coffee, built a rocket and flown to the moon."
"Sir, I'm sure we're all interested in intriguing ideas on how you were going to build a rocket to fly to the moon but FRED is ready to go now." She said as she locked down the edge of the cover to secure everything.
"Major." Hammond said as he walked into the gate room. "You may need this in case of emergencies." He handed her a foot square box and winked at her.
"Thank you sir. I'm sure we'll all appreciate it." She turned and handed the box to Dr Longstein. "Can you carry this I need my hands free for my gun?" He nodded.
"Sgt?" Hammond prompted. Davis activated the gate and entered the co- ordinates.
"Teal'c, Daniel, go first." Jack instructed as the gate sprang into life with a big kwoosh. "Make sure, FRED doesn't have a hard landing." Teal'c nodded and he and Daniel walked through the gate, FRED followed a few seconds later. The scientist head towards the gate. "Whooh boys, wait for them to make sure FRED clears the gate, we don't need any accidents before we even start." He glanced at his watch and gave Daniel and Teal'c another twenty seconds. "Carter." Sam nodded. "Dr, Dr, Lieutenant proceed. General we'll see you in three days."
"Good luck Colonel." Hammond said turning to leave as Jack walked through the gate.
~
"Danny, stay with Carter and her ge..." Sam scowled at him. "Band of merry men. Teal'c and I will scout the perimeter and find scout somewhere to set up base came. Carter, you're in charge, we'll check in every twenty minutes. If there's a problem get everyone back through the gate, don't wait for us."
"Yes sir." Sam said.
"Teal'c." Jack nodded and Teal'c followed him.
"Is he always like that?" Dr Thomas asked as soon as Jack was out of earshot.
"You ain't seen nothing yet." Daniel said. "Sam any idea what's in the box the General gave you?"
"A GameBoy and four games, my portable DVD player and season two of the Simpson's and lots and lots of batteries." Sam replied.
"What scientific use do any of those have?" Dr Longstein asked as he dumped the box on the ground.
"Absolutely none. It's a care package for Jack." Daniel supplied.
"The Colonel needs a care package?" Lieutenant Harmon asked.
"This is basically a babysitting mission for the Colonel and Teal'c. They're here just in case something should happen, other than that they just sit around." Sam explained. "When the Colonel gets bored, he has a tendency to try and help when he does experiments tend to go wrong and expensive equipment gets broken. On top of which a bored Colonel equals a cranky Colonel, and so he has a tendency to yell and then someone needs to entertain him so anyone can get some work done. This way he keeps off our backs and we can get everything we need to do done so we don't have to extend our mission."
"If he gets bored so easily why send him on missions at all?" Dr Longstein asked.
"Because he's very good at what he does. He and Teal'c alternate watches during the day, he only uses the distractions when he's not on watch. You have to understand that he's been in the Air Force a long time; he knows what's acceptable and what isn't. He may joke around and act like a big kid, but when it comes down to the crunch there is no one in the galaxy I'd rather have standing next to me."
"You seem to manage to come up with all the ideas to save the planet Major."
"Saving the planet is always, always a team effort, but don't you dare think for one minute that any of my ideas would even work without the rest of SG-1. The reason we're such a good a team is because we know each other inside and can read each other and most importantly we trust each other implicitly. So don't you even think about disrespecting the Colonel."
"She right." Daniel agreed.
"All that aside why wasn't it put on the FRED earlier?"
"Because everything that leaves Earth is logged and Colonel O'Neill has to sign off on the list. If General Hammond it's too me after we leave it isn't logged. Daniel, why don't you make some coffee?"
"I'm on it."
TBC
"Colonel, we'll just be another few minutes. I just have to secure the last of the equipment to the FRED." Sam as she continued to work.
"You know we would have been out of here if someone had noticed the wheel had a slow puncture before they loaded all the equipment yesterday. Someone should look into that."
"Yes sir." Sam said. "I'll look into when we back. Teal'c can use pass me the MRE's?" Sam asked.
"Indeed Major Carter." Teal'c picked up the box and placed it on the FRED.
"You know I could have sleep in another half hour, had another cup of coffee, built a rocket and flown to the moon."
"Sir, I'm sure we're all interested in intriguing ideas on how you were going to build a rocket to fly to the moon but FRED is ready to go now." She said as she locked down the edge of the cover to secure everything.
"Major." Hammond said as he walked into the gate room. "You may need this in case of emergencies." He handed her a foot square box and winked at her.
"Thank you sir. I'm sure we'll all appreciate it." She turned and handed the box to Dr Longstein. "Can you carry this I need my hands free for my gun?" He nodded.
"Sgt?" Hammond prompted. Davis activated the gate and entered the co- ordinates.
"Teal'c, Daniel, go first." Jack instructed as the gate sprang into life with a big kwoosh. "Make sure, FRED doesn't have a hard landing." Teal'c nodded and he and Daniel walked through the gate, FRED followed a few seconds later. The scientist head towards the gate. "Whooh boys, wait for them to make sure FRED clears the gate, we don't need any accidents before we even start." He glanced at his watch and gave Daniel and Teal'c another twenty seconds. "Carter." Sam nodded. "Dr, Dr, Lieutenant proceed. General we'll see you in three days."
"Good luck Colonel." Hammond said turning to leave as Jack walked through the gate.
~
"Danny, stay with Carter and her ge..." Sam scowled at him. "Band of merry men. Teal'c and I will scout the perimeter and find scout somewhere to set up base came. Carter, you're in charge, we'll check in every twenty minutes. If there's a problem get everyone back through the gate, don't wait for us."
"Yes sir." Sam said.
"Teal'c." Jack nodded and Teal'c followed him.
"Is he always like that?" Dr Thomas asked as soon as Jack was out of earshot.
"You ain't seen nothing yet." Daniel said. "Sam any idea what's in the box the General gave you?"
"A GameBoy and four games, my portable DVD player and season two of the Simpson's and lots and lots of batteries." Sam replied.
"What scientific use do any of those have?" Dr Longstein asked as he dumped the box on the ground.
"Absolutely none. It's a care package for Jack." Daniel supplied.
"The Colonel needs a care package?" Lieutenant Harmon asked.
"This is basically a babysitting mission for the Colonel and Teal'c. They're here just in case something should happen, other than that they just sit around." Sam explained. "When the Colonel gets bored, he has a tendency to try and help when he does experiments tend to go wrong and expensive equipment gets broken. On top of which a bored Colonel equals a cranky Colonel, and so he has a tendency to yell and then someone needs to entertain him so anyone can get some work done. This way he keeps off our backs and we can get everything we need to do done so we don't have to extend our mission."
"If he gets bored so easily why send him on missions at all?" Dr Longstein asked.
"Because he's very good at what he does. He and Teal'c alternate watches during the day, he only uses the distractions when he's not on watch. You have to understand that he's been in the Air Force a long time; he knows what's acceptable and what isn't. He may joke around and act like a big kid, but when it comes down to the crunch there is no one in the galaxy I'd rather have standing next to me."
"You seem to manage to come up with all the ideas to save the planet Major."
"Saving the planet is always, always a team effort, but don't you dare think for one minute that any of my ideas would even work without the rest of SG-1. The reason we're such a good a team is because we know each other inside and can read each other and most importantly we trust each other implicitly. So don't you even think about disrespecting the Colonel."
"She right." Daniel agreed.
"All that aside why wasn't it put on the FRED earlier?"
"Because everything that leaves Earth is logged and Colonel O'Neill has to sign off on the list. If General Hammond it's too me after we leave it isn't logged. Daniel, why don't you make some coffee?"
"I'm on it."
TBC